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Computer games

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:

Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS
Abstract Game Players (first published under the name Game Player's, later as Ultra Game Players) was a series of video game magazines that ran from the late 1980s through the 1990s. The magazine originated as a buyer's guide for Nintendo Entertainment System games but quickly expanded into a number of spinoff publications that covered additional platforms. Each version of Game Players was published under a variety of names during its lifetime, sometimes changing in multiple back-to-back issues....
Dates: Publication: Winter 1988 – October 1998

Online Arena: The Definitive Guide to Levels, Maps, Mods, and Do-It-Yourself Levels, Edition 2000, Issue Number 1, 2000

 Item — Location PC Gamer US
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS.ONLINEARENA1
Scope and Contents From the Series: This is an incomplete collection of the American run of PC Gamer. The library's physical collection also includes o special severals from 1999–2011. None of the issues in the library's collection include the demo discs.Between October 2001 and March 2008, volume-based issue numbering was gradually phased out in favor of sequential numbering as the Future US brand took over the magazine. The varying numbering systems used in this collection reflect the issue numbers as...
Dates: Publication: 2000

PC Accelerator

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCXL
Abstract

PC Accelerator (abbreviated PCXL) was a computer game magazine targeted to men, in the style of men's magazines such as Maxim. PCXL is mostly notable for its pervasive crude, sexist content, which was objectionable even in its own time.

A one-off revival issue of PC Accelerator was published by PC Gamer in Fall 2007.

Dates: Publication: September 1998 – June 2000

PC Accelerator "Charter subscription" letter and poster, est. 1998

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.SPECIAL.AD
Scope and Contents

This appears to be a solicitation to sign up for the preview "Charter" issue of PC Accelerator, some time around when the magazine was first launched. It is unclear how it was distributed. The letter also came with a poster for PC Acclerator.

Dates: Publication: est. 1998

PC Accelerator, Issue 9, May 1999

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.09
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of PC Accelerator, including the Special Preview Issue.

Content Note: PC Accelerator includes abundant prejudiced content (including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia) and sexualized imagery.

Dates: Publication: May 1999

PC Accelerator, Issue 10, June 1999

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of PC Accelerator, including the Special Preview Issue.

Content Note: PC Accelerator includes abundant prejudiced content (including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia) and sexualized imagery.

Dates: Publication: June 1999

PC Accelerator, Issue 11, July 1999

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of PC Accelerator, including the Special Preview Issue.

Content Note: PC Accelerator includes abundant prejudiced content (including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia) and sexualized imagery.

Dates: Publication: July 1999

PC Accelerator, Issue 12, August 1999

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of PC Accelerator, including the Special Preview Issue.

Content Note: PC Accelerator includes abundant prejudiced content (including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia) and sexualized imagery.

Dates: Publication: August 1999

PC Accelerator, Issue 13, September 1999

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of PC Accelerator, including the Special Preview Issue.

Content Note: PC Accelerator includes abundant prejudiced content (including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia) and sexualized imagery.

Dates: Publication: September 1999

PC Accelerator, Issue 14, October 1999

 Item — Location PC Accelerator
Identifier: MAG-PCXL.14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete collection of PC Accelerator, including the Special Preview Issue.

Content Note: PC Accelerator includes abundant prejudiced content (including misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia) and sexualized imagery.

Dates: Publication: October 1999