1980s Electronic Gaming Magazines

[breathdeeply]

Does anyone know of a website that provides detailed descriptions of each issue of the magazine from the early-mid 80s issues.

 

Thanks!

[NE146]

Phaze's musuem doesn't have detailed descriptions.. but he has some scans

 

http://cvmm.vg-network.com/

[JimmydelaKopin]

Actually, there was no EGM back in the 80's...unless it got its start in the late 80's.

 

The top two magazines for videogames then were Electronic Fun and Electronic Games. Then there was Vidiot (which was MTvish) and Joystik (and they insisted the word is spelled that way), Family Computing (just as the title says)...

...and Blip.

 

Hey, it was a guilty pleasure! I was young then!

[NE146]

Actually, there was no EGM back in the 80's...unless it got its start in the late 80's.

 

Actually I interpreted it that he was looking for magazines about electronic gaming from the 80's (i.e. Electronic Games) rather than EGM proper.

 

But then again EGM did start off in 1987/88 or so when they were Electronic Game Player.

[Famicoman]

If I can remember, Digital Press has some scans somewhere on their site.

[atarilovesyou]

Let me test my memory...EGM came out in the fall of 89, I believe...I had one of the first issues, had the Genesis version of Ghouls and Ghosts on the cover...had a blurb on the Lynx on the inside from a CES.

 

Gamepro was out in fall of 88 or 89...I had the second issue with an artistic Gradius 2. Funny, I also got an issue of Atarian back then too.

 

Hmmm...there was another major publication called Video Gaming, or something....first issue was like around 87 or so...Master Blaster on the first issue?

 

There was this one mag that had pulp paper contents....crappy quality paper, but a good mag from what I remember. It was in the 80's.

 

Mind you those were the bigger late 80's NES days....I can't recall the names of the early stuff....but they were around!

 

I remember one that had a huge article on the Vectrex..drool. And I had a few issues which I can remember clearly...just not the title!..had reviews of some Coleco games...like Frontline!..I recall that was the first time I ever heard anything negative about that game!...I was shocked, I thought it was the ULTIMATE in gaming at the time!...it likened the bomb sound effects to 'baby burps'....perhaps, but hey...it was the 80's!!!

 

I'd like to find a good resource for those old mags....memories! Nintendo Power, before it became a magazine published a quarterly 4 page newsletter....man, that thing was like mana from heaven!!!...those days!!!

[yuppicide]

I don't think he's looking for EGM either. It's Electronic Gaming Monthly. He said he's looking for Electronic Gaming Magazines.

 

Besides EGM is a horrible magazine.

[NE146]

Let me test my memory...EGM came out in the fall of 89, I believe...I had one of the first issues, had the Genesis version of Ghouls and Ghosts on the cover...had a blurb on the Lynx on the inside from a CES.

 

Actually as I said above, it came out around 88 (I dunno if they had any prelimary versions in 87) and initially had the name Electronic Game Player

[atarilovesyou]

...yep, that looks to be the mag with the cheapo paper!...cool, although I don't recognize the cover....Iron Tank, yipes, what a piece of crap that was...although I'm not into SNK that much, granted.

[JimmydelaKopin]

My favorite 80's videogame magazine was Electronic Fun. I still buy old issues of that mag I can find at flea markets.

 

My favorite parts (aside from the game reviews) are the Unknown Arcader article series and the Ask the Game Doctor column. I swear, I'd love to meet those two. It would be so super if either of them were forum members here.

 

...still, I wonder if the UA still wears purple shoes...or if the Game Doctor is still licensed to practice hos "Smart Bomb Therapy"