United States

Video Games Player / Computer Games

Series

Identifier: MAG-VGPLAYER

Abstract

Video Games Player, renamed Computer Games in 1984, was a video game magazine by Carnegie Publications Corp., usually published bimonthly. Despite its change in title, both incarnations of the magazine covered home consoles, arcade games, and computer games.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1982 – February 1985

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Video Games Player, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 1982

Item — Location Video Games Player

Identifier: MAG-VGPLAYER.V1N1

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of Video Games Player and Computer Games.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1982

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Video Games Player / Computer Games

Video Games Player, Volume 2, Number 1, August/September 1983

Item — Location Video Games Player

Identifier: MAG-VGPLAYER.V2N1

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of Video Games Player and Computer Games.

Dates: Publication: August/September 1983

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Video Games Player / Computer Games

Video Games Player, Volume 2, Number 2, October/November 1983

Item — Location Video Games Player

Identifier: MAG-VGPLAYER.V2N2

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of Video Games Player and Computer Games.

Dates: Publication: October/November 1983

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Video Games Player / Computer Games

Video Games: Serious Business for America's Economy, 2006

Item — Box A-004: Series RAUCH-004-01; Series RAUCH-004-04; Series RAUCH-004-02, Folder: 2

Identifier: RAUCH-004-02.12

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes ephemera from the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E for All, and the Game Marketing Summit. These are mainly marketing materials, such as press kits, press releases, promotional brochures, event invitations, and programs. This also includes collections of event photographs, transcripts of event presentations, and digital press kits on CD. Additionally, this collection includes various reports and studies issued by the ESA and typically distributed at the...

Dates: Publication: 2006

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Carolyn Rauch event ephemera collection / Entertainment Software Association industry reports

Video Games: Serious Business for America's Economy press release, May 10, 2006

Item — Box A-004: Series RAUCH-004-01; Series RAUCH-004-04; Series RAUCH-004-02, Folder: 2

Identifier: RAUCH-004-02.12.1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes ephemera from the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E for All, and the Game Marketing Summit. These are mainly marketing materials, such as press kits, press releases, promotional brochures, event invitations, and programs. This also includes collections of event photographs, transcripts of event presentations, and digital press kits on CD. Additionally, this collection includes various reports and studies issued by the ESA and typically distributed at the...

Dates: Publication: May 10, 2006

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Carolyn Rauch event ephemera collection / Entertainment Software Association industry reports / Video Games: Serious Business for America's Economy

Video Games Underground

Series

Identifier: MAG-VGUNDERGROUND

Abstract

Video Games Magazine was a bimonthly publication that billed itself as "the source for next-generation gamers." A substantial amount of each issue was dedicated to game hints, strategy guides, and cheat codes, though the magazine also covered upcoming video games with a focus on large screenshots. The magazine appears to have run for nine issues, ending after one-and-a-half years.

Dates: Publication: May 2002 – November 2003

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library