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 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 9073 Collections and/or Records:

Penny Power, Volume 10, Number 2, October/November 1989

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V10N2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: October/November 1989
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PENNYPOWER, Penny Power / Zillions / Penny Power

Penny Power, Volume 10, Number 3, December/January 1990

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V10N3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: December/January 1990
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PENNYPOWER, Penny Power / Zillions / Penny Power

Penny Power / Zillions

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER
Abstract Penny Power (later titled Zillions) was a consumer economics magazine for children, publishing by the makers of Consumer Reports. Like the adult version of Consumer Reports, Penny Power reviews and analyzed products for children and their associated costs. This included coverage of video games and electronic games. The magazine was relaunched under the name Zillions in mid-1990, though its content remained the same.Across its entire run, the magazine was...
Dates: Publication: 1980–2000
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Penny Power / Zillions

Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCCOMBAT
Abstract Personal Computer Combat Simulations was a computer game magazine by military enthusiast publisher Challenge Publications. The magazine primarily covered military simulation games. Special issues of PC Combat Simulations were released under an alternate title PC Special, featuring much of the same staff.Following the apparent end of Personal Computer Computer Combat Simulations, former Challenge Publications editor ...
Dates: Publication: 1993–1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace

Personal Computer Combat Simulations, Volume 1, Number 1, 1993

 Item — Location PC Combat Simulations
Identifier: MAG-PCCOMBAT.V1N1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection has the first issues of three separate magazines, Personal Computer Combat Simulations and PC Special by Challenge Publications, and PC Ace by Vector Publishing Group. The total number of issues published for each magazine is unknown, although PC Combat Simulations ran until at least February 1995 (PC Special, Volume 1, Number 1, p.50).

Dates: Publication: 1993
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCCOMBAT, Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace

Personal Software

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT
Abstract Personal Software (also referred to as Personal Software Magazine) was an early computer software magazine, published by the Hayden Publishing Company. Each issue featured extensive reviews of new software products, including entertainment titles such as games. The magazine appears to have been a spinoff of Hayden's other computer magazine, Personal Computing (according to the letter from the editor in the final issue).The magazine would only run for...
Dates: Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Personal Software

Personal Software, Volumes 1–2, November 1983 – September 1984

 Item — Location Personal Software
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT.V1V2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library holds a bound set containing the complete run of Personal Software (volumes 1–2).

Dates: Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PERSOFT, Personal Software

Pixel Bison, Issue 1, June 2020

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

The library's zine collection currently holds five subcollections of zines by various authors and groups.

Dates: Publication: June 2020
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-ZINES, Zines, assorted / Other zines

Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAY
Abstract

Play (sometimes Play Magazine) is a gaming magazine started by Dave Halverson, who previously founded GameFan and Gamers' Republic. As with Halverson's other magazines, Play has a special focus on Japanese import games, anime, and niche genres that appeal to a dedicated gaming audience.

Not to be confused with Play, a British PlayStation magazine launched in 1995 and re-launched in 2021.

Dates: Publication: December 2001 – January 2010
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Play

Play, Issue 1, June 2021

 Item — Location Play (UK)
Identifier: MAG-PLAYUK.01
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a collection of the re-launched Play magazine from 2021. The library currently does not hold any issues from the original run of Play.

Dates: Publication: June 2021
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PLAYUK, Play (UK)

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