''Videogaming Illustrated'', also known as ''VGI'',
was a
video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...
magazine published in the United States and ran from August 1982 to March 1984.
History
VGI changed its title twice: in issue June 1983 to ''Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated'' and in issue January 1984 to ''Video and Computer Gaming Illustrated''.
It began life as a bi-monthly publication before becoming a monthly publication.
Its short run has been explained by the
video game crash of 1983
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Content
The magazine was split up into the following sections:
* Keyboard
* Eye On
* Preview
* VIP
* Focus On
* Input
* RAMblings
The ''Star Words'' section featured commentary about computer games from celebrities such as Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Cinema of the United States, Hollywood films including biblical epics, science-fiction f ...
and Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in '' The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. ...
.
See also
* Computer Gaming World
''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American Video game journalism, computer game magazine that was published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 199 ...
* List of video game magazines
This is a list of video game magazines. The primary focus of the magazines in this list is or was video game journalism for at least part of their run. For general computing magazines that may also cover games, consult the list of computer magazin ...
References
External links
* Videogaming Illustrated on the Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including web ...
Popular Video Game Resources at Gamevcoreretromags.com
- PDF magazine repository (in high resolution)
Magazines established in 1982
Magazines disestablished in 1984
1982 establishments in Connecticut
1984 disestablishments in Connecticut
Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct video game magazines published in the United States
Magazines published in Connecticut
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