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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2453 Collections and/or Records:

Strategy Plus, Issue 9 (UK), July 1991

 Item — Location Computer Games Strategy Plus
Identifier: MAG-CGSP.009
Scope and Contents From the Series: The library's physical collection includes all but one issue from the main run of Computer Games Strategy Plus, as well as several special issues. It is unknown how many of these supplemental guides were published. Most issues in this collection are from the American edition of CGSP. The first eleven issues were only published in the United Kingdom and had no corresponding US edition. Although the library does not intend to acquire British issues of CGSP, some British issues...
Dates: Publication: July 1991
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Computer Games Strategy Plus / Strategy Plus

Strategy Plus, Issue 10 (UK), August 1991

 Item — Location Computer Games Strategy Plus
Identifier: MAG-CGSP.010
Scope and Contents From the Series: The library's physical collection includes all but one issue from the main run of Computer Games Strategy Plus, as well as several special issues. It is unknown how many of these supplemental guides were published. Most issues in this collection are from the American edition of CGSP. The first eleven issues were only published in the United Kingdom and had no corresponding US edition. Although the library does not intend to acquire British issues of CGSP, some British issues...
Dates: Publication: August 1991
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Computer Games Strategy Plus / Strategy Plus

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 / 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 / PC Pilot / PC Pilot, Issue 145

The Developer's Library of Books and Tools [audiocassette], May 8, 1989, 3:15pm

 Item — Location CGDC 1989 tapes
Identifier: EVENTS-GDCPRES-TAPES.89.21
Abstract

"It doesn't matter what you know, as long as you know where to find it. What are the essentials for your bookshelf and your hard drive? The Robinsons will cover the necessary resources for IBM, Mac, and Amiga developers." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

Dates: Event: May 8, 1989, 3:15pm
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Developers Conference presentations / Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 talk recordings

The Developer's Library of Books and Tools, side A [audiocassette], May 8, 1989, 3:15pm

 Item
Identifier: EVENTS-GDCPRES-TAPES.89.21.A
Abstract

"It doesn't matter what you know, as long as you know where to find it. What are the essentials for your bookshelf and your hard drive? The Robinsons will cover the necessary resources for IBM, Mac, and Amiga developers." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

Dates: Event: May 8, 1989, 3:15pm
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Developers Conference presentations / Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 talk recordings / The Developer's Library of Books and Tools [audiocassette]

The Developer's Library of Books and Tools, side B [audiocassette], May 8, 1989, 3:15pm

 Item
Identifier: EVENTS-GDCPRES-TAPES.89.21.B
Abstract

"It doesn't matter what you know, as long as you know where to find it. What are the essentials for your bookshelf and your hard drive? The Robinsons will cover the necessary resources for IBM, Mac, and Amiga developers." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

Dates: Event: May 8, 1989, 3:15pm
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Developers Conference presentations / Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 talk recordings / The Developer's Library of Books and Tools [audiocassette]

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, 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 / The Dirty Book

The Edutainment Catalog, Spring 1997

 Item
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER.TEC.1997.SPRING
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 / Retailer catalogs

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