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Subject Source: Naf

Found in 7632 Collections and/or Records:

MAGFest promotional booth at Otakon 2002, July 26–28, 2002

 Item
Identifier: EVENTS-MAGFEST-01.08
Abstract

This photograph shows the promotional booth for MAGFest at the Baltimore-area anime convention Otakon 2002.

Dates: July 26–28, 2002

Matchbox "Accelerated Video Games" publicity kit, distributed October 31, 1990

 Item — Location Game publisher publicity kits
Identifier: PROMO-KITS.MATCHBOX.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.

Dates: Issued: distributed October 31, 1990

Maxim, Volume 9, Number 6, "Three Kings: The Poker Pack", June 2005

 Item — Location Lifestyle magazines, assorted
Identifier: MAG-LIFEMISC-MAXIM.V9N6
Scope and Contents

Due to the irrelevance of most of this magazine's contents to video game history, the library's digital copy of this issue currently only includes the cover and the relevant article.


Content Note: Maxim contains sexual imagery and crude content.

Dates: Publication: June 2005

Maxis, SimTower: The Vertical Empire sell sheet, December 1994

 Item — Location Video game flyers, assorted
Identifier: PROMO-FLYERSMISC.MAXIS.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an unorganized collection of miscellanous video game flyers, likely sourced from trade show events. These items may be reorganized in the future as this collection grows.

Dates: Publication: December 1994

Maxis Software Toys Catalog, "The Continuing Adventures", Spring 1996

 Item — Location Video game publisher product catalogs
Identifier: PROMO-PUBCATS.MAXIS.96.SP
Abstract

This catalog was distributed with Maxis games published in early 1996.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1996

Maze Rats Asks, Issue 1, What's Your Favorite Video Game?, October 4, 2017

 Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-MAZERATS-ASKS.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Maze Rats is the publishing group name for writer Broson O'Quinn, who writes essays and zines about video games. This collection includes the full run of his zine The Backlog, as well as a single of Maze Rats Asks, produced with friends at the 2017 Kentucky Fried Zine Fest.

Dates: Publication: October 4, 2017

Maze Rats zines, 2016–2017

 Collection
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-MAZERATS
Scope and Contents

Maze Rats is the publishing group name for writer Broson O'Quinn, who writes essays and zines about video games. This collection includes the full run of his zine The Backlog, as well as a single of Maze Rats Asks, produced with friends at the 2017 Kentucky Fried Zine Fest.

Dates: Publication: 2016–2017

MCV

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MCV
Abstract MCV (originally The Market for Computer & Video Games) is a long-running game developer trade magazine, originally published weekly and first printed in September 1998. After the magazine was sold to Biz Media in 2019, it was renamed MCV/Develop, reviving the name of the defunct trade magazine Develop from the same publishers and moving from a weekly to monthly format.MCV was originally published in both the United...
Dates: Publication: September 1998 –