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Multiplatform gaming -- Magazines

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3513 Collections and/or Records:

Launch Day Magazine, 2014–2016

 Sub-Series
Abstract

Launch Day Magazine was a digital magazine distributed by Walmart from 2014–2016. Each issue coincided with the release of a specific video game at North American retail. The magazine appears to have been distributed exclusively through a series of mobile apps, and their data is no longer online. The only surviving issues of Launch Day were distributed as PDFs by EGM Media, the magazine's original publisher.

Dates: Publication: 2014–2016
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Walmart GameCenter

Launch Day Magazine, Alien: Isolation, October 7, 2014

 Item
Identifier: MAG-WALMART-LDM.05
Scope and Contents From the Series: This is a partial collection of Walmart GameCenter, Geek Magazine, and Walmart Parents Guide To Videogames. All three magazines were published on irregular schedules and were frequently undated. Dates were listed with the digital copies of many issues, although many of those were unavailable at the time of cataloging. When possible, dates were also taken from copyright years printed each issue, from editorial comments, or from ...
Dates: Publication: October 7, 2014
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Walmart GameCenter / Launch Day Magazine

Launch Day Magazine, Sunset Overdrive, October 28, 2014

 Item
Identifier: MAG-WALMART-LDM.07
Scope and Contents From the Series: This is a partial collection of Walmart GameCenter, Geek Magazine, and Walmart Parents Guide To Videogames. All three magazines were published on irregular schedules and were frequently undated. Dates were listed with the digital copies of many issues, although many of those were unavailable at the time of cataloging. When possible, dates were also taken from copyright years printed each issue, from editorial comments, or from ...
Dates: Publication: October 28, 2014
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Walmart GameCenter / Launch Day Magazine

MegaFan Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, July/August 1997

 Item — Location Diehard GameFan
Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN-SPECIAL.MEGAFAN2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library has a complete physical collection of the main run of GameFan. Due to publication difficulties, only five issues of Volume 6 were actually produced, although they retain issue numbering based on the month they were published. Volume 7, Issue 2 was also not produced.



The collection also includes several special issues of GameFan; the only print issue of the unofficial GameFan spin-off magazine GameGO!; and issues of the relaunched GameFan from 2010.

Dates: Publication: July/August 1997
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GameFan / GameFan special issues and spin-offs

MegaFan Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 3, November 1997

 Item — Location Diehard GameFan
Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN-SPECIAL.MEGAFAN3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library has a complete physical collection of the main run of GameFan. Due to publication difficulties, only five issues of Volume 6 were actually produced, although they retain issue numbering based on the month they were published. Volume 7, Issue 2 was also not produced.



The collection also includes several special issues of GameFan; the only print issue of the unofficial GameFan spin-off magazine GameGO!; and issues of the relaunched GameFan from 2010.

Dates: Publication: November 1997
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GameFan / GameFan special issues and spin-offs

MegaFan, Volume 1, Issue 1, November 1996

 Item — Location Diehard GameFan
Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN-SPECIAL.MEGAFAN1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library has a complete physical collection of the main run of GameFan. Due to publication difficulties, only five issues of Volume 6 were actually produced, although they retain issue numbering based on the month they were published. Volume 7, Issue 2 was also not produced.



The collection also includes several special issues of GameFan; the only print issue of the unofficial GameFan spin-off magazine GameGO!; and issues of the relaunched GameFan from 2010.

Dates: Publication: November 1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GameFan / GameFan special issues and spin-offs

Millennium Presents 1999 Video Game Buyers Guide and Y2K Preview, 1999

 Item — Location Gamers' Republic
Identifier: MAG-GAMERSREPUBLIC.BUYERS1999
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes most issues of Gamers' Republic.

Due to internal production issues, there was no February 2000 issue of Gamers' Republic. The following issue (March 2000) skipped the issue count ahead by one number, going from Issue 20 to Issue 22. However, volume-and-issue numbering continued with no skipping.

Dates: Publication: 1999
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Gamers' Republic / Gamers' Republic special issues

Mindscape Visions, December 1995

 Item — Location Electronic Gaming Monthly
Identifier: MAG-EGM-SUPPLEMENT.077.1
Abstract

This supplement was included with Issue 77 of Electronic Gaming Monthly.

Dates: Publication: December 1995
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Electronic Gaming Monthly / Electronic Gaming Monthly / Electronic Gaming Monthly, Volume 8, Number 12, Issue 77

MultiMedia Merchandising

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MMM
Abstract MultMedia Merchandising (stylized as M³) was a magazine for retailers that covered the electronic entertainment market. The magazine focused on retail trends and lists of best-selling titles across the interactive entertainment space, including console games, educational computer software, and interactive music CDs. Issues also included spotlights on specific stores that sold multimedia. With exceptions, the magazine was published monthly and is known to have run...
Dates: Publication: 1994–1996?
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

MultiMedia Merchandising, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1995

 Item — Location MultiMedia Merchandising
Identifier: MAG-MMM.V2I10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library's collection currently includes seven issues of MultiMedia Merchandising, mostly from 1996.

Dates: Publication: October 1995
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MultiMedia Merchandising

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