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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2157 Collections and/or Records:

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

Psygnosis PC Games promotional supplement, May 1, 1999

 Item — Location Games Business
Identifier: MAG-GAMESBUSINESS-SUPPLEMENT.1999.05.01
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes all known issues of Games Business, including a 1998 preview issue and an E3 special issue from June 2000. It is unclear if any other special issues were produced.

Issues of Games Business are unnumbered and are cataloged by date only.

Dates: Publication: May 1, 1999
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-GAMESBUSINESS, Games Business / Games Business

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

Retro Gamer Anthology, 2004

 Item — Location Retro Gamer
Identifier: MAG-RETROGAMER-SPECIAL.ANTHOLOGY01
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: 2004
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-RETROGAMER, Retro Gamer / Retro Gamer special issues

Retro Gamer Anthology, Volume 2, 2006

 Item — Location Retro Gamer
Identifier: MAG-RETROGAMER-SPECIAL.ANTHOLOGY02
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: 2006
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-RETROGAMER, Retro Gamer / Retro Gamer special issues

Retro Gamer, Issue 1, est. early 2004

 Item — Location Retro Gamer
Identifier: MAG-RETROGAMER.001
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: est. early 2004
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-RETROGAMER, Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer, Issue 2, April 2004

 Item — Location Retro Gamer
Identifier: MAG-RETROGAMER.002
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: April 2004
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-RETROGAMER, Retro Gamer

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