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Retailer publications

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 604 Collections and/or Records:

Silicon Magazine, Issue 17, January 2000

 Item — Location Silicon
Identifier: MAG-SILICON.17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes an incomplete number of issues of Silicon, ranging from April 1999 – February 2002. Starting with Issue 18, issues were referred to as "episodes." It is unknown how many of issues of Silicon were published in total.

Dates: Publication: January 2000

Silicon Magazine, Issue 19, March 2000

 Item — Location Silicon
Identifier: MAG-SILICON.19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes an incomplete number of issues of Silicon, ranging from April 1999 – February 2002. Starting with Issue 18, issues were referred to as "episodes." It is unknown how many of issues of Silicon were published in total.

Dates: Publication: March 2000

Software Etc. / Babbage's "Where Sports Come Alive!" catalog, August 5–25, 1998

 Item — Location Retailer catalogs
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER.SOFTWAREETC.1998.0805
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of video game retailer catalogs. Currently, the library does not actively seek these out but will accession them when donated.

Dates: Publication: August 5–25, 1998

Software Etc., Super Nintendo Entertainment System "Experience the Power" brochure, 1991

 Item — Location Retailer catalogs
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER-SOFTWAREETC.SNES1991
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of video game retailer catalogs. Currently, the library does not actively seek these out but will accession them when donated.

Dates: Publication: 1991

Software Excitement! catalog, est. first half 1992

 Item — Location Retailer catalogs
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER.SE.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of video game retailer catalogs. Currently, the library does not actively seek these out but will accession them when donated.

Dates: Publication: est. first half 1992

Telegames USA "8th Great Year" catalog, 1993

 Item — Location Retailer catalogs
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER-TELEGAMES.1993
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of video game retailer catalogs. Currently, the library does not actively seek these out but will accession them when donated.

Dates: Publication: 1993

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.1997SPRING
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 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. After this email was sent, the entire Game Informer website was replaced with the same statement.

Dates: Issued: August 2, 2024