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[mshortland]

Hi

Can anyone shed any light on how long the following mags ran for;

Electronic Fun
Joystick
Video Games
Videogaming Illustrated
Computer Games

Thanks Martin

[Rick Weis]

mshortland said:

Hi

Can anyone shed any light on how long the following mags ran for;

Electronic Fun
Joystick
Video Games
Videogaming Illustrated
Computer Games

Thanks Martin

Electronic Fun
nov 82- mar 84
changed to computer fun apr 84-may 84


Joystick
sep 82- dec 83


Video Games
aug 82-fall 84



Videogaming Illustrated
aug 82 - apr 83 changed to videogaming and computer gaming illusted jun 83- dec 83 changed to video and computer gaming illustrated jan 84- mar 84



Computer Games started as video games player fall 82- oct 83 changed to computer games dec 83- jun 84

hope this helps!

Take Care,

Rick

[NE146]

Rick Weis said:

Joystick
sep 82- dec 83

Rick, you of all people know it's JOYSTIK.. come on man!

[rolenta]

mshortland said:

Hi

Can anyone shed any light on how long the following mags ran for;

Electronic Fun
Joystick
Video Games
Videogaming Illustrated
Computer Games

As an aside, the third edition of Phoenix has dates and photos of the first and last covers for nearly all of the US videogame magazines (thorugh summer 2001).

[NE146]

Phaze's Classic Videogame Magazine Museum has some cover scans online as well. Beware of popups though

[Rick Weis]

NE146 said:

Rick Weis said:

Joystick
sep 82- dec 83

Rick, you of all people know it's JOYSTIK.. come on man!

as homer would say "DOH"!! my bad!! :wink:

speaking of joystiks that a nice avatar you have!

take care,

rick

[Callipygous]

Rick Weis said:

Electronic Fun
nov 82- mar 84
changed to computer fun apr 84-may 84

Joystick
sep 82- dec 83

Video Games
aug 82-fall 84

Videogaming Illustrated
aug 82 - apr 83 changed to videogaming and computer gaming illusted jun 83- dec 83   changed to video and computer gaming illustrated jan 84- mar 84

Computer Games started as video games player fall 82- oct 83    changed to computer games dec 83- jun 84

Rick,

Great! If its not too much trouble, it would be very useful to know the total number of issues for each mag. Many times, issues are skipped and therefore it helps to know how many exist from say "aug 82-fall 84".

Thanks again

[MrRetroGamer]

I've been using the list on DP for this, but I have found a few inconsistencies.

http://www.digitpres.../faq/vgmags.txt

Since we're on the topic of magazines, I still need a few to complete my collections - if anyone has the following issues and wants to sell them, please let me know.

Colecovision Experience #2
Joystik Apr 83, Sep 83, Dec 83
Video Games Apr 83, Aug 83, May 84, Fall 84
Video Games Player Dec 82/Jan 83, Feb/Mar 83, Apr/May 83, Jun/Jul 83
Computer Games Jul 84 and any later issues.

I have completed the following collections: Electronic Games, Electronic Fun, Videogaming Illustrated, Vidiot, BLiP, Atari Age.

[Rick Weis]

Callipygous said:

Rick Weis said:

Electronic Fun
nov 82- mar 84
changed to computer fun apr 84-may 84

Joystick
sep 82- dec 83

Video Games
aug 82-fall 84

Videogaming Illustrated
aug 82 - apr 83 changed to videogaming and computer gaming illusted jun 83- dec 83   changed to video and computer gaming illustrated jan 84- mar 84

Computer Games started as video games player fall 82- oct 83    changed to computer games dec 83- jun 84

Rick,

Great! If its not too much trouble, it would be very useful to know the total number of issues for each mag. Many times, issues are skipped and therefore it helps to know how many exist from say "aug 82-fall 84".

Thanks again

Electronic Fun =17 issues & 2 computer fun issues
JOYSTIC not Joystick=9 issues
Video Games =21 issues
Videogaming Illustrated=total 14 issues for all
Computer Games= total 14 issues for all

oops... i made a mistake computer games end with jan 85 not jun 84

"I've been using the list on DP for this, but I have found a few inconsistencies." I AGREE!!

Take care,

rick

[Callipygous]

MrRetroGamer said:

I've been using the list on DP for this, but I have found a few inconsistencies.

http://www.digitpres.../faq/vgmags.txt

Thanks for the link! Need to convert this to Ms Excel. Mainly collect Atari Computer related mags, but occasionally run across others.

Completed Collections: Antic (88 issues), Analog (79), Atari Connection(15), Atarian(3)

Wantlist:

Compute! : NovDec 1980, Mar,Apr,May Jun 1981

Creative Computing: Missing only the first five issues 1974-1975 and one or two in 1976. Fat chance :!:

Atari Interface: 1989 - need all except August, July 1991

Atari Classics : October-1993, Sep/Oct 1995, July-1997

Current Notes: Feb-86, Mar-86, Apr-86, May-86, Jul-86/Aug-86,
Nov-86, Mar-88, May-88, Aug-94/Sep-94, 1996- the last 4 issues

APX catalogs - Fall 1981, Winter 1981