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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2151 Collections and/or Records:

OGR Magazine, January – March 1998

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is complete collection of Computer Player in its various forms. There was no August 1997 issue of Computer & Net Player. It is unknown if any issues of OGR Magazine were published after February/March 1998, though circumstantial evidence (copyright registration, employee work history) suggests this was the last issue.

Dates: Publication: January – March 1998
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-COMPPLAYER, Computer Player

OGR Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1, January 1998

 Item — Location Computer Player
Identifier: MAG-COMPPLAYER-OGR.V1N1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is complete collection of Computer Player in its various forms. There was no August 1997 issue of Computer & Net Player. It is unknown if any issues of OGR Magazine were published after February/March 1998, though circumstantial evidence (copyright registration, employee work history) suggests this was the last issue.

Dates: Publication: January 1998
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-COMPPLAYER, Computer Player / OGR Magazine

OGR Magazine, Volume 1, Number 2, February/March 1998

 Item — Location Computer Player
Identifier: MAG-COMPPLAYER-OGR.V1N2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is complete collection of Computer Player in its various forms. There was no August 1997 issue of Computer & Net Player. It is unknown if any issues of OGR Magazine were published after February/March 1998, though circumstantial evidence (copyright registration, employee work history) suggests this was the last issue.

Dates: Publication: February/March 1998
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-COMPPLAYER, Computer Player / OGR Magazine

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCGAMERUS, PC Gamer (US) / PC Gamer special issues

OS/2 Magazine, Volume 1, Number 10, October 1994

 Item — Location Computer magazines
Identifier: MAG-COMPUTERMISC-OS2.V1N10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an assorted collection of computer magazines for which the library only holds a small number of issues; they are cataloged and shelved together. Larger magazine runs are cataloged separately.

Dates: Publication: October 1994
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-COMPUTERMISC, Computer magazines, assorted

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / PC Accelerator

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCXL, PC Accelerator / PC Accelerator, Special Preview Issue

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCXL, PC Accelerator

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCXL, PC Accelerator

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCXL, PC Accelerator

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