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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2157 Collections and/or Records:

The Aviator's Guide to Flight Simulation supplement, 2021

 Item — Location PC Pilot
Identifier: MAG-PCPILOT.AVIATORSGUIDE
Abstract This supplement to PC Pilot commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of Aerosoft, a company that develops and publishes simulator games. According to the cover, the issue was produced "in association with Aerosoft," likely a paid promotion. The folio on the bottom of each page lists this magazine's title as PC Pilot Aerosoft Supplement.This supplement was believed to have been bundled with an issue of PC Pilot; however, it is unclear which issue...
Dates: Copyright: 2021
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCPILOT, PC Pilot

The Aviator's Guide to Flight Simulation supplement, May/June 2023

 Item — Location PC Pilot
Identifier: MAG-PCPILOT.145.AVIATORSGUIDE
Abstract

This issue was co-produced by Just Flight, a developer of flight simulation game add-ons. This was likely a paid promotion. The folio on the bottom of each page lists this magazine's title as PC Pilot Just Flight Supplement.

Dates: Publication: May/June 2023
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-PCPILOT, PC Pilot / PC Pilot, Issue 145

The Dirty Book

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DIRTYBOOK
Abstract The Dirty Book (subtitled "Users Guide to Erotic Software") was a biannual magazine covering the early adult software industry in the 1980s. Originally started as a catalog for adult software distributors whose products were not carried by other catalogs and retailers, The Dirty Book evolved into a longer publication that contained jokes and stories about sex and computers. It is unclear how long the magazine ran, though it appears to have started in 1981...
Dates: Publication: 1981– 198?
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / The Dirty Book

The Dirty Book, Volume 2, Number 2, last quarter 1982

 Item
Identifier: MAG-DIRTYBOOK.V2N2
Scope and Contents

The scanned copy of this issue is missing its software ordering form, which appears to have been included with the dirty book (based on other known issues)


Content Note: The Dirty Book includes sexual imagery; graphic, crude descriptions of sexual content; and extensive coverage of adult software.

Dates: Publication: last quarter 1982
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-DIRTYBOOK, The Dirty Book

The Edutainment Catalog, Spring 1997

 Item
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER.TEC.1997SPRING
Scope and Contents

The library's scan of this catalog includes a shipping envelope and an advertisement insert for the software Music Ace. It is unclear where the Music Ace insert was originally placed in the catalog, so both extras were placed at the end of the scan.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1997
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / PROMO-RETAILER, Retailer catalogs

The First Decade of Computer Games supplement, November/December 1992

 Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS-PC.V5N6.SUPPLEMENT
Scope and Contents

This supplement to Game Players PC Entertainment contains a 32-page history of the early computer game industry, based in part on interviews with early key game designers and executives that have not been republished.

Dates: Publication: November/December 1992
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-GAMEPLAYERS, Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer / Game Player's / Game Player's, PC / Game Players PC Entertainment, Volume 5, Number 6

The Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games, Volume 1, Number 2, December 1988/January 1989

 Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS-GPGUIDE.V1N2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes nearly every known issue of Game Players in its various forms.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games. After four issues, it was relaunched as three separate magazines, covering Nintendo, PC, and general gaming, respectively. Several spinoff magazines followed, covering other platforms.All three editions of Game Player's...
Dates: Publication: December 1988/January 1989
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-GAMEPLAYERS, Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer / Game Player's / Game Player's Guide

The Journal of Computer Game Design

 Series
Identifier: MAG-JCGD
Abstract The Journal of Computer Game Design was an early journal for the electronic games industry, edited and self-published by Chris Crawford, the founder of the Game Developers Conference. Many articles in the journal were written by Crawford's early collaborators in the computer game industry.Over its nine-year run, the journal's content shifted away from technical writing and industry news, focusing heavily more game design theory and editorial articles, often written by Crawford...
Dates: June 1987 – August 1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / The Journal of Computer Game Design

The Journal of Computer Game Design, Volume 1, Number 1, June/July 1987

 Item — Location Journal of Computer Game Design
Identifier: MAG-JCGD.V1N1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete run of The Journal of Computer Game Design.

Dates: Publication: June/July 1987
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-JCGD, The Journal of Computer Game Design

The Journal of Computer Game Design, Volume 1, Number 2, August/September 1987

 Item — Location Journal of Computer Game Design
Identifier: MAG-JCGD.V1N2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a complete run of The Journal of Computer Game Design.

Dates: Publication: August/September 1987
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-JCGD, The Journal of Computer Game Design

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