ATARI AGE

By Atari Inc.

Every page of every Atari Age, ever. Right here. This also includes the incredibly rare black and white newsletter style Atari Age's that pre-date the more well-known "Atari Club" style.

BLIP

By Marvel Comics

A short-lived video game magazine that was printed in comic book-style format, and on the same type of paper (which made for some rather low-quality photos).  It premiered in February 1983 and ended in August that same year.

Collector's Closet (Tips & Tricks Magazine)

DP editor Joe Santulli's monthly column with Tips & Tricks magazine, archived here for posterity.

I/O

By Atari (UK) Inc.

This was the official magazine for Atari's UK home computer club.  By issue 4 the abbreviation was dropped in favor of the full spelling (Input/Output), but the magazine only lasted 5 issues.

JoyStik - How to Win at Video Games

By Publications International Ltd.

Easily the most artistic game magazine ever created.  It's also known for featuring a column by the world's first professional home video game player, Todd Rogers.  The first issue debuted in September 1982. Starting with Volume 2, the subtitle was changed to "How to Win At Home, Computer & Arcade Games". Sadly, the magazine only lasted for 10 issues.

Video

By Reese Publishing Co., Inc.

While Electronic Games is well remembered by most of the gaming world, I almost never see any references to Video, the magazine in which Arnie Katz and I created the first videogame review column, "Arcade Alley." More than that, however, Arnie (then writing under the pseudonym "Frank Laney Jr" in order to protect his regular editorial gig) and I wrote quite a few features for Video editor Bruce Apar.

"Arcade Alley" launched in 1978 but continued to appear in Video until around 1983, overlapping the appearance of EG. In the December '81 issue, in fact, we produced the following look at the gaming world a decade after the arrival of Pong. So take a trip into a past in which you may not have even been alive and feel some of the raw passion that was building for this amazing new hobby... videogames!   -Bill Kunkel