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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2036 Collections and/or Records:

PCGames, Winter 1994

 Item — Location PC Games
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMES.28
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is an incomplete collection of the full run of PC Games in its various forms.



During its first incarnation as PCGames, the magazine's publishing schedule was inconsistent, alternating between monthly, bimonthly, or sometimes seasonal publishing. Because issues were unnumbered, it is unknown how many issues of PCGames were published and which issues may be missing from the collection.

Dates: Publication: Winter 1994
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCGAMES, PC Games / Electronic Entertainment / PCGames

PCGames, Premiere Issue, Fall 1988

 Item — Location PC Games
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMES.01
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is an incomplete collection of the full run of PC Games in its various forms.



During its first incarnation as PCGames, the magazine's publishing schedule was inconsistent, alternating between monthly, bimonthly, or sometimes seasonal publishing. Because issues were unnumbered, it is unknown how many issues of PCGames were published and which issues may be missing from the collection.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1988
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCGAMES, PC Games / Electronic Entertainment / PCGames

PCXL, Fall 2007

 Item — Location PC Gamer US
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS.PCXL
Abstract

This is a one-off revival of the defunct magazine PC Accelerator. It was presented as a special issue of PC Gamer rather than a continuation of the original magazine.

Dates: Publication: Fall 2007
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCGAMERUS, PC Gamer (US) / PC Gamer special issues

Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCCOMBAT
Abstract Personal Computer Combat Simulations was a computer game magazine by military enthusiast publisher Challenge Publications. The magazine primarily covered military simulation games. Special issues of PC Combat Simulations were released under an alternate title PC Special, featuring much of the same staff.Following the apparent end of Personal Computer Computer Combat Simulations, former Challenge Publications editor ...
Dates: Publication: 1993–1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace

Personal Computer Combat Simulations, Volume 1, Number 1, 1993

 Item — Location PC Combat Simulations
Identifier: MAG-PCCOMBAT.V1N1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection has the first issues of three separate magazines, Personal Computer Combat Simulations and PC Special by Challenge Publications, and PC Ace by Vector Publishing Group. The total number of issues published for each magazine is unknown, although PC Combat Simulations ran until at least February 1995 (PC Special, Volume 1, Number 1, p.50).

Dates: Publication: 1993
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCCOMBAT, Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace

Personal Software

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT
Abstract Personal Software (also referred to as Personal Software Magazine) was an early computer software magazine, published by the Hayden Publishing Company. Each issue featured extensive reviews of new software products, including entertainment titles such as games. The magazine appears to have been a spinoff of Hayden's other computer magazine, Personal Computing (according to the letter from the editor in the final issue).The magazine would only run for...
Dates: Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Personal Software

Personal Software, Volumes 1–2, November 1983 – September 1984

 Item — Location Personal Software
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT.V1V2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library holds a bound set containing the complete run of Personal Software (volumes 1–2).

Dates: Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PERSOFT, Personal Software

Retro Fusion

 Item — Location Fusion
Identifier: MAG-FUSION-SPECIAL.RETRO
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is an ongoing collection of Fusion. Some issues are missing, particularly special issues.

For the first 21 issues (and specials through 2021), Fusion came with a collectible trading card featuring the issue's cover art. When available, these trading cards were left inside the magazines and were not cataloged. Some trading cards may be missing.

Dates: Publication: 2018–
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-FUSION, Fusion / Fusion special issues

Retro Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-RETROGAMER
Abstract Retro Gamer is the longest-running British retrogaming magazine. The magazine covers of a wide range of historical gaming subjects, typically overviews of old games and platforms as well as interviews with game developers.Retro Gamer publishes around 13 issues per year, typically every four weeks. The magazine's original publisher, Live Publishing International, Ltd., went bankrupt in mid-2005. During a subsequent five-month gap in Retro Gamer's schedule, the magazine was...
Dates: Publication: 2004 –
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer Annual, 2015

 Item — Location Retro Gamer
Identifier: MAG-RETROGAMER-SPECIAL.ANNUAL15
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a nearly complete and ongoing collection of Retro Gamer, along with several books and special annual issues published under the Retro Gamer brand name. There may be additional special issues of Retro Gamer not held by the collection.

Dates: Publication: 2015
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-RETROGAMER, Retro Gamer / Retro Gamer special issues

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