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#TradeMagWeek DAY 1: Electronic Gaming Retail News

From the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGRN was one of the first video game trade magazines, running from 1991–1993. With help from @kohler.bsky.social, we've digitized 11 of its 12 issues!

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Electronic Gaming Retail News, Volume 1, Number 3, with a cover story on Sega.
June 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 4 BONUS:

Did you know our digital library has the complete run of Game Developer magazine? From 1994–2013, Game Developer was the leading magazine for developers to share their craft and learn about the art of game dev

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A cover of Game Developer, showing Cate Archer from No One Lives Forever holding the Game Developer Front Line Award. The cover of Game Developer, featuring a post-mortem on Deus Ex. Other headlines include "Creepy Animation Techniques for Multi-legged Creatures" and "Dodging Data Disasters."
June 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 2: E3 Show Daily

Did you know E3 had its own daily magazine? E3 Show Daily was handed out for free at the Electronic Entertainment Expo and featured a mix of breaking news and promotional content.

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E3 Show Daily, featuring Link on the cover.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 1 BONUS:

It's not just trade magazines this week! We also added a few hundred other game magazine issues to our digital library, including:

- VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
- Game On! USA
- Hardcore Gamer
- Play

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The cover of VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine, featuring the live-action case of Mortal Kombat II looking goofy. The cover of Game On! USA teasing an interview with Howard Lincoln about the Nintendo 64. The cover of Hardcore Gamer Magazine, featuring Rogue Galaxy. The cover of Play, featuring P.N.03.
June 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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We love these. Please keep sharing your favorite finds from our new trade magazine collections this week! #TradeMagWeek
earth-64.com Skyplayer37 @earth-64.com · Jun 25
no money was exchanged for the Gummi Savers tie-in. They just traded "Croc gets to be on the packaging" for "Gummi Savers are an integral gameplay mechanic"
June 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 3

We've digitized EVERY ISSUE of Games Business, a leading industry magazine that ran from 1998–2000. NONE of these have previously been scanned!

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The cover of Games Business, featuring interviews with Bernie Stolar, Bing Gordon, and Mary Dolaher. Top headlines include "Infogrames Morphs" and "L.A. Move Boosts E3."
June 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 5 (last day!)

To our friends in Europe: We've heard you! You want more international materials in our digital library.

So... we've added nearly *300* out-of-print issues of the UK trade magazines MCV and Develop!

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MCV, Issue 578 from March 12, 2010. The cover story is "GamesMaster back on TV this autumn?" Develop, Issue 147, March 2014. There's a variety of stories about GDC, wearable tech, and Peter Molyneux.
June 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 4

Today, we have a grab bag of trade magazines for you!

📊 Videogame Advisor
📆 GameWEEK
🧠 Game Intelligence Magazine

Let's go through these one at a time... 🧵
Logos for Videogame Advisor, GameWEEK, and Game Intelligence Magazine.
June 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 5 BONUS:

Folks, it's been a long week. Let's end with something silly.

Lifestyle magazines that talk about video games.

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The cover of Guitars and Gaming magazine, which is mostly about Guitar Hero and Rock Band. It comes with a gift card for free guitar lessons.
June 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 2 BONUS:

📰❗ In 2006, Kojima Productions and Konami made a parody of E3 Show Daily called "M4 Show Maybe" to promote Metal Gear Solid 4.

We've scanned it and added it to our digital library too!

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M4 Show Maybe from Kojima Productions.
June 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 3 BONUS:

We also digitized all the supplements we have for Games Business!

Most issues of Games Business came with a little something extra, like the promotional newsletter Dreamcast Insider

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"Welcome to the Dreamcast Insider, retailers' inside edge on the Dreamcast. Brought to you by Sega, the Insider has everything you need to know to sell more games and systems." Headlines include "Sega Announces $50 Online Bonus" and "Space Channel 5 Arrives."
June 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM