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Computer games

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2196 Collections and/or Records:

PCGames, Volume 2, Number 2, Summer 1989

 Item — Location PC Games
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMES.03
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library has a complete physical collection of all known issues 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 most issues were unnumbered and are poorly documented, it is difficult to tell how many were published. We believe our catalog accounts for all 28 issues of PCGames.

Dates: Publication: Summer 1989

PCGames, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1989

 Item — Location PC Games
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMES.04
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The library has a complete physical collection of all known issues 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 most issues were unnumbered and are poorly documented, it is difficult to tell how many were published. We believe our catalog accounts for all 28 issues of PCGames.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1989

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

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

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

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

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

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

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–

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 –