Catalogs

The library's scan of this catalog includes a shipping envelope and an advertisement insert for the software Music Ace. It is unclear where the Music Ace insert was originally placed in the catalog, so both extras were placed at the end of the scan.

This brochure promotes a variety of video game hardware from Tigergame Limited, a game hardware manufacturer and distributor based in China. Several of the products in this catalog are intended to facilitate piracy or circumvent digital lockouts, such as a metal spring used to bypass disc checks on the PlayStation, or a PlayStation 2 memory card containing modified firmware for the system's DVD player.

Toys "R" Us Gamer Guide was undated and unnumbered; this issue has been cataloged based on the copyright dates on the ads.

Toys "R" Us Gamer Guide was undated and unnumbered; this issue has been cataloged based on the copyright dates on the ads.

This collection currently includes several dozen video game and software retailer catalogs. This includes both physical and mail-order retailers. Catalogs sent directly by game publishers are separately (see "Video game publisher product catalogs").

This catalog from Toys R Us contains syndicated game reviews from GamePro magazine.

This collection currently includes several dozen video game and software retailer catalogs. This includes both physical and mail-order retailers. Catalogs sent directly by game publishers are separately (see "Video game publisher product catalogs").

This collection currently includes several dozen video game and software retailer catalogs. This includes both physical and mail-order retailers. Catalogs sent directly by game publishers are separately (see "Video game publisher product catalogs").

Video game publishers would sometimes print and distributed their own product catalogs for direct-to-consumer game sales. These catalogs were often bundled with retail games or promotional magazines; they would also be mailed directly to consumers who had registered their products.

This collection includes three issues of the long-running, self-published newsletter Video Magic by Frank M. Polosky. The newsletter could be described as an early game collecting magazine. It contains sales listings for used video and computer games, reviews for games on older platforms, and advertisements for gaming magazines, newsletters, and services.

Issue 113 implies that these three issues were given away as a free sample.