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Periodicals

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 9550 Collections and/or Records:

The Cursor: Game Developer Life, Premier Issue, Summer 1997

 Item — Location The Cursor
Identifier: MAG-CURSOR.1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of both issues of The Cursor.

Dates: Publication: Summer 1997

The Cutting Edge, Spring 1996

 Item — Location GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.CUTTINGEDGE
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These special issues of GamePro were published outside the magazine's normal publishing schedule and numbering scheme. They include issues for specific games, consoles, and subject areas.

This sub-series currently includes 10 special and supplemental magazines that were published between 1990–1993. Other special issues of GamePro have not been cataloged yet.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1996

The Dirty Book

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DIRTYBOOK
Abstract The Dirty Book (subtitled "Users Guide to Erotic Software") was a biannual magazine covering the early adult software industry in the 1980s. Originally started as a catalog for adult software distributors whose products were not carried by other catalogs and retailers, The Dirty Book evolved into a longer publication that contained jokes and stories about sex and computers. It is unclear how long the magazine ran, though it appears to have started in 1981...
Dates: Publication: 1981– 198?

The Dirty Book, Volume 2, Number 2, last quarter 1982

 Item
Identifier: MAG-DIRTYBOOK.V2N2
Scope and Contents

The scanned copy of this issue is missing its software ordering form, which appears to have been included with the dirty book (based on other known issues)


Content Note: The Dirty Book includes sexual imagery; graphic, crude descriptions of sexual content; and extensive coverage of adult software.

Dates: Publication: last quarter 1982

The Edutainment Catalog, Spring 1997

 Item
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER.TEC.1997.SPRING
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1997

The Essential PSP Handbook, 2006

 Item — Location PSM
Identifier: MAG-PSM-SPECIAL.PSPHANDBOOK
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of all 130 issues of PSM prior to its relaunch as PlayStation: The Official Magazine. The library's physical collection of PSM also has all known special issues, as well as the preview issue given out at E3 1997.



Starting with a redesign for Issue 111, PSM discontinued volume-and-issue numbering, using only sequential issue numbering.

Dates: Publication: 2006

"The Final Level: Farewell from Game Informer" subscriber letter, August 2, 2024

 Item
Identifier: MAG-GAMEINFORMER-SPECIAL.LETTER.1
Abstract

This email was sent to Game Informer subscribers by GameStop on August 2, 2024 to announce the end of the magazine under GameStop. After this email was sent, the entire Game Informer website was replaced with the same statement.

Dates: Issued: August 2, 2024

The First Decade of Computer Games supplement, November/December 1992

 Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS-PC.V5N6.SUPPLEMENT
Scope and Contents

This supplement to Game Players PC Entertainment contains a 32-page history of the early computer game industry, based in part on interviews with early key game designers and executives that have not been republished.

Dates: Publication: November/December 1992

The Game News, "A Special Number on the E3", May 22–24, 2002

 Item — Location Promotional trade event periodicals (oversized)
Identifier: PROMO-EVENTMAGS-GAMENEWS.E32002
Abstract

This is a special English-language issue of the Korean trade newspaper The Game News (게임신문), promoting the achievements and products of the Korean game industry. This special issue was created for and distributed at E3 2002.

Dates: Publication: May 22–24, 2002

The Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games, Volume 1, Number 2, December 1988/January 1989

 Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS-GPGUIDE.V1N2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes every known issue of Game Players in its various forms.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games. After four issues, it was relaunched as three separate magazines, covering Nintendo, PC, and general gaming, respectively. Several spinoff magazines followed, covering other platforms.All three editions of Game Player's...
Dates: Publication: December 1988/January 1989