Genre-specific game magazines

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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).

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 ...

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).

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This collection includes a physical copy of the Spring 2005 issue of SOE Worlds, as well as a digital copy of the special preview issue. It is unclear if the special preview issue was ever distributed physically.

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SOE Worlds was the official magazine for Sony Online Entertainment, a major publisher of massively multiplayer games in the 2000s. The magazine covered content from a variety of SOE games, such as EverQuest, PlanetSide, and Star Wars Galaxies, as well as SOE's annual Fan Faire event.

SOE Worlds appears to have only run for a single issue, along with a digital preview issue.

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The library only has a digital copy of this issue, obtained from SOE's defunct website.

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...

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The library's physical collection of Electronic Gaming Monthly covers both print runs of EGM, 1989–2009 and 2010–2015. The final issue of the orignial run of EGM, Issue 237, was never published in print; instead, the collection includes the February 2009 issue of EGM Brasil, which was published the same month. The library's digital collection also currently includes most supplements included with EGM, with the exceptions of inserts for subscribers (such...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The library's physical collection of Electronic Gaming Monthly covers both print runs of EGM, 1989–2009 and 2010–2015. The final issue of the orignial run of EGM, Issue 237, was never published in print; instead, the collection includes the February 2009 issue of EGM Brasil, which was published the same month. The library's digital collection also currently includes most supplements included with EGM, with the exceptions of inserts for subscribers (such...