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Retailer publications

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 733 Collections and/or Records:

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

The Video Game Update, Volume 1, Number 4, July 1982

 Item — Location Computer Entertainer
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU.V1N4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes the complete run of Computer Entertainer from 1982 – January 1990, as well as bound volumes of all issues from 1982–1989.

Dates: Publication: July 1982

The Video Game Update, Volume 1, Number 5, August 1982

 Item — Location Computer Entertainer
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU.V1N5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes the complete run of Computer Entertainer from 1982 – January 1990, as well as bound volumes of all issues from 1982–1989.

Dates: Publication: August 1982

The Video Game Update, Volume 1, Number 6, September 1982

 Item — Location Computer Entertainer
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU.V1N6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes the complete run of Computer Entertainer from 1982 – January 1990, as well as bound volumes of all issues from 1982–1989.

Dates: Publication: September 1982

The Video Game Update, Volume 1, Number 7, October 1982

 Item — Location Computer Entertainer
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU.V1N7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes the complete run of Computer Entertainer from 1982 – January 1990, as well as bound volumes of all issues from 1982–1989.

Dates: Publication: October 1982

The Video Game Update, Volume 1, Number 8, November 1982

 Item — Location Computer Entertainer
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU.V1N8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes the complete run of Computer Entertainer from 1982 – January 1990, as well as bound volumes of all issues from 1982–1989.

Dates: Publication: November 1982