Computer games

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

Item — Location Game Players

Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS-PC.V5N6.SUPPLEMENT

Abstract

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. The supplement was distributed with Game Players PC Entertainment, Volume 5, Number 6 (November/December 1992).

Dates: Publication: November/December 1992

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer / Game Player's and spinoff magazines / 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: The library's physical collection includes every known issue of Game Players in its various forms. Our digital library currently includes almost all issues of the magazine, with an exception of one issue of Game Player's PC (Volume 3, Number 1, January/February 1990) and several editions of Game Player's Encyclopedia.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games....

Dates: Publication: December 1988/January 1989

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer / Game Player's Guide

The Golden Days of Computer Games [audiocassette], May 7, 1989, 10:15am

Item — Location CGDC 1989 tapes

Identifier: EVENTS-GDCPRES-TAPES.89.03

Abstract

"Return with us to the thrilling days of yesteryear (about ten years ago). The days when user manuals meant photocopies of typewritten pages, packaging meant ziplock bags, and advertising meant classifieds in Creative Computing. The days when you could write your game in three months of spare time for computers with a whopping 128 bytes of RAM." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

Dates: Event: May 7, 1989, 10:15am

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Developers Conference presentations / Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 talk recordings

The Golden Days of Computer Games, side A [audiocassette], May 7, 1989, 10:15am

Item

Identifier: EVENTS-GDCPRES-TAPES.89.03.A

Abstract

"Return with us to the thrilling days of yesteryear (about ten years ago). The days when user manuals meant photocopies of typewritten pages, packaging meant ziplock bags, and advertising meant classifieds in Creative Computing. The days when you could write your game in three months of spare time for computers with a whopping 128 bytes of RAM." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

Dates: Event: May 7, 1989, 10:15am

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Developers Conference presentations / Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 talk recordings / The Golden Days of Computer Games [audiocassette]

The Golden Days of Computer Games, side B [audiocassette], May 7, 1989, 10:15am

Item

Identifier: EVENTS-GDCPRES-TAPES.89.03.B

Abstract

"Return with us to the thrilling days of yesteryear (about ten years ago). The days when user manuals meant photocopies of typewritten pages, packaging meant ziplock bags, and advertising meant classifieds in Creative Computing. The days when you could write your game in three months of spare time for computers with a whopping 128 bytes of RAM." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

Dates: Event: May 7, 1989, 10:15am

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Developers Conference presentations / Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 talk recordings / The Golden Days of Computer Games [audiocassette]

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