Terry93D Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) At the prodding of RetroDefense, I am bringing over my list from Digital Press (where I am no longer active) to Retromags. Truthfully I ought to have done this a month ago; I am the great procrastinator, you see. Anyways. Here's the list with accompanying info on editor and links to whatever website/info there is on it. 8/16Colin Hunt Above and BeyondTom Donoho Access TimeJohn Leverich & Genesis Kryscki Adult Gamers QuarterlyRick Shrand At the ControlsGlenn Rubenstein Atari EntertainmentEdwin Stifter Atari MagazinRobert Kaltenbrunn, later Werner Ratz Atari ZoneDan Iacovelli [?] Bit Age Times Blip!Tim Johnson BOOT! The Official Newsletter of LACE ChromeMike Histen Circuit City ReportDanny Tan & Terrence Yee Classic Console MagazineJosh LaFrance Classic Gamer MagazineChris Cavanaugh Classic Systems and Games MonthlyJeff Perkins Codename: Megazine Commodore Cracker Commodore FactionDavid Connolly Commodore Free Commodore Zone Computer Gaming Update ConceptJess Ragan Concordant OppositionJeff Bogumil Continue?Greg Wilcox Control Freaks Counterpoint!Tabitha Indigo Paige Crappy, Cheaply Produced Newsletter About What SucksAlan Lanoie Cyber BeatMike Ciletti DenialJeff Daniels Digital AnimeEric Patterson Digital FlairDan Bowden Digital PressJoe Santulli No. 1-49 / Dave Giarusso No. 50-? / Jeff Belmonte (or Jeff Spega) No 66-? with Tim Snider No. 67-? Digital SaviorKevin Cline Digital StormCorey You DominionNate Hineline DreamscapeFrank Eva DSXCorey You Duh?!Carlton Rahmani Duo-DimensionsMichael D. Babcock DystopiaDennis Crowley Electro WorldCharlie Kraupp and Garrett Baldwin [?] Electronics ConquestBrian Penzone Entry LevelDavid Hunt [?] and Tyrone Rodriguez EscapistMichael Palisano (probably the same person as Mike Palisano) EXCEL DISK MAGAZINER. Stuart exp. Magazine FanarchyBen Leatherman FantazinePat Reynolds FeatureCharles Brownstein Forgotten WordsRussell Loudin Futura XL/XE NewsletterS. J. Murray G-Force"Mr. Nutz" Game Enthusiasts Magazine Game ForceJeff Beedham Game MagJon Ratcliffe Game MastersGreg Meyers Game OverMatt Leone Game Rave Game StarMike Burns Game Time with Mister RarooBill Sennwald GameLordPat Reynolds Gamer X Gamers QuarterlyKen Song Gametron Gaming Source Genesian Rick Shrand GirlGames HardcoreTyrone Rodriguez High DensityGreg Bemis and Jonah Jackson HyperzineMatt Lotti In Between the LinesSean Pettibone In SightsDavid Mussman InfestationAlan Lanoie InfiltrationLee Bridges Intellivision LinesRalph Linne Jeff's MegaSports WireJeffrey Michael Tschiltsch Jounrey's End Joystick Jolter KC ConnectionKen Walls Lynx UserEdwin Stifter and Chris Wetherley MASTERmindsTodd Lintner Matrix3Jeremy Statz Media PointNate Palmer MegaForceA. J. Ramas MegaGaming MEGAmaniaMike Pittaro MetropolisJames Catalano MindstormAaron Buckner Monty's KittenBrooks King N.A.E.G.E. JournalEd Finkler Neo World Neo-LordChris Dyer New World NewsJames Thomas Next GenerationCasey Loe OverkillRick Florey ParadoxChris Johnston PC Engine Gamer & ZX Spectrum Gamer Phantasy FlightDavid Yan Phanzine StarNoah Dziobecki Porta-PlayScott Boehmer Portable Gameplay Power PlayShawn Surmick Project: IgnitionJess Ragan Random AccessEric Cohen Random AccessScott Boehmer Retro ClassixG. Howden RetrogamesJason Moore Role Call SagaJon Althouse (possibly also known as Saga Force) SCROLLRay Burnholt Sega Prime Sensory OverloadNathan Hauke Shining ForthRobert Schmitz (alternatively called Shining Force) Shoryuken!Tony Fazzone Slap-DashRuss Perry Jr. SlipstreamDennis Thompson SNES GamingRick Wigstone SpectrumAra Shirinian Splat!Eric Longdin Sub-ZeroChris Dyer Super EffectsJanice Hrusaky Super GamerEric Longdin (formerly Super NES Gamer) Super NES GamerEric Longdin (became Super Gamer) Super Power Bi-MonthlyAndrew McNaughton The 16-Bit PitBrian Pacula The 2600 ConnectionTim Duart No. 1-50 / Russ Perry Jr. No. 51-76 / Al Backiel No. 77-100 The BombadierChris Johnston The ConsortiumRick Florey The Dark SideAl Riccitelli Jr. The Enigma JournalMatt Wensinge and ? The Game GuruNate Hineline The Gamer's Quarter The Gameroom BlitzJess Ragan The Gaming Edge The Good, the Bad, and the 8-BitBrian Pacula The GURUBrian Goss The LaserMike Palisano The MonitorGeorge Elwell and David Weinstein ? The New Video Game TraderJerry Greiner The Obsessed Game FanJeffrey Lee The Panic ZoneChris Larson The Portfolio ConnectionPeter and Lyn Bennett The Prowler The Shape of Gaming to ComeDarren Krowlewski The Subversive SpriteLance Rice The Videogame TraderTim Duarte Thy Holy HandgrenadeLester Walsh Total SupremacyJim Pittaro Totally Super NESAndy Saito Tyne & WearJohn Matthewson Ultra Bit MagazineCorey You UproarMike Pittaro V: The Video Game ExperienceDaniel Thomas as Dan Thomas McInnes VendettaPat Reynolds Video ApocalypseJosh Lesnick Video Game ReviewTravis Scott Video Game RevolutionNathan Hauke Video Gaming MonthlyBen Leatherman Video Gaming Monthly / ViewpointAlex Frias Video MagicFrank Polosky Video ScopeAaron Buckner Video UniverseChad Laubach and George Wilson Video Universe Generation 2Chad Lauback Video ViewsUlrich Kempf Video VisionJared Jones Video Wars Video ZoneChris Kohler WarpzoneMatthew Smith Wild Cat (later The Lynx)Phil Patton Zap!Ter Micharoni Zapp!Scott Weller ZineophiliaNoah Dziobecki ZONGYoda Zhang Hopefully this list will come in handy to someone. 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Retromags Curator Areala Posted October 23, 2016 Retromags Curator Share Posted October 23, 2016 Holy cow, this is AWESOME!! Thanks so much, Terry, and welcome to Retromags! *huggles*Areala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktrade Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Interesting! Another resource might be the e-zines bundled with issues of Inside Mac Games, which were mostly Mac gaming oriented but not completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry93D Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Holy cow, this is AWESOME!! Thanks so much, Terry, and welcome to Retromags! *huggles* Areala You're welcome, and no need to welcome me - I'm just HunterofBugs under a less ridiculous name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroDefense Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Thanks for bringing this over, Terry93D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroDefense Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Found this the other day and thought I'd share - Chris Kohler has donated his fanzine collection of 350 issues to The Strong. If the name rings familiar, you'll find Chris listed as the editor of Video Zone in the fanzine list above. He eventually parlayed this into a profession with Wired and now Kotaku. (Several fanzine editors went on to obtain careers in video game journalism or development, actually - Satoshi Tajiri (of Game Freak and Pokemon fame) probably being the most notable.) The interview is an interesting read for anyone curious as to the video game fanzine culture of the early 90s. And for some old-timers like myself, even a little nostalgic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitsunebi Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I recognize the name from his appearances on Retronauts. Btw, I realize that physical collections and museums are valuable ways of preserving history, but all I think whenever I see these kinds of print archives is, "yeah, but who the hell is ever gonna see that stuff?" In the long run, I think digital preservation of media of all kinds is far more essential in the dissemination of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroDefense Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Yeah, a museum collection makes for very limited access - to be sure - but I appreciate The Strong deciding to archive these publications as part of video game history. The video game fanzine bubble burst quickly after the Internet went mainstream but I'll always appreciate those 90s-era print 'zines. Lots of work and love went into those things. When @Terry93D originally began compiling this list via the Digital Press forums, someone posted about a major preservation effort underway, spearheaded by Digital Press itself. I don't think it ever went anywhere, though. I may do some digging and see if anything ever came of it. I've toyed with the idea of digitally preserving and sharing my own collection - which sits at around 180 issues or so - but I always find myself having reservations. Digitally preserving history documented by paid, professional adults is one thing, but 90s fanzines were written primarily by minors. I'd probably be more comfortable with a case-by-case approach as situations vary. I know one former fan-ed who has granted permission for scans to be shared. I know another who has requested certain content not be. One former fan-ed is actively looking for his old issues long since lost. Another fan-ed - Sean Pettibone of In Between the Lines - passed away at a young age, and frankly, is one of the primary drivers as to why I'd like to see fanzines preserved. His 'zine was exceptional and deserves to be appreciated. 'Course, all this assumes the fan-ed would have the final word in having a 'zine preserved and shared, despite most fanzines containing content from numerous contributors. Don't know - I'm on the fence. Open to opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitsunebi Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I think it's silly to try to over-analyze it, particularly whether or not it's OK to preserve fanzines based on the authors' ages. Preservation is preservation. It doesn't matter if it's professionally published documents, fanzines, or mummified corpses. So long as it has value to someone, it deserves to be preserved. Who values amateurish fanzines? Well, you do, apparently. If you didn't, you would have thrown them in the garbage long ago. That said, nearly everything we do here is illegal. Which doesn't mean it couldn't necessarily be debated in a lengthy and expensive court battle, but copyright laws only get stronger as time goes on, and currently it stands at a minimum of 70 years after the death of the author, or else 95 years after publication for works-for-hire, meaning pretty much all mags. I know marktrade used to come around swearing nonsense about the "transformative" nature of scans making them exempt from the law, but it just isn't any more true than saying that it's OK to take a camcorder into a theater or to transcribe the works of Stephen King by hand into lavishly illustrated manuscripts and distribute them for free. "Transformative uses are those that add something new, with a further purpose or different character, and do not substitute for the original use of the work. The use must be productive and must employ the quoted matter in a different manner or for a different purpose from the original." The purpose of a mag is to be read. So is the purpose of a scan of a mag. The media has changed, but not the purpose. Ripping a movie from blu-ray to .avi doesn't make the work transformative, and neither does scanning copies of magazines. It's just copying - quite literally. Is it easy? No. It requires a lot of effort on our part. But so did manually setting the type on a printing press back when it became necessary to implement copyright law in the first place. So obviously, anyone running a site like this one has to carefully consider what they're willing to post. Looking at the original American copyright law from 1790, it lasted 14 years after date of publication. This is pretty close to what we do, and is pretty fair, in my opinion, particularly for periodicals like magazines which aren't actually kept in print beyond their initial point of publication. But fair doesn't mean legal, and so we take the stance of "if a publisher/rights-holder asks us to remove it, we'll take it down." From a preservationist's point-of-view, however, copyright is irrelevant. Will there be any copies of those fanzines in existence 70 years after the death of their authors? Unlikely. Without our flagrant disregard for copyright law, a lot of the stuff you see here would be lost forever, eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry93D Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, kitsunebi77 said: I think it's silly to try to over-analyze it, particularly whether or not it's OK to preserve fanzines based on the authors' ages. Personally, I think that it is OK to preserve fanzines. As you say, this is, technically speaking, wholly illegal. However, I won't say I think the fanzines should be straight up preserved in original form. Addresses should be whited out, since these people sent the fanzines from their home. That's just the simple matter of privacy, and, also, those people may not live there any more. Likewise with telly numbers if there are any in the fanzines. With regards to names, I don't think that matters much once you remove the address. There are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of, say, Chris Kohlers out there. But, I suppose, if one had so many reservations about it, you could white out the last name of anyone who isn't a known media figure e.g. Chris Kohler, again (when I say "known media figure" I mean someone who is not today anonymous and whom we have confirmation did work on the fanzine), or, heck, at the very most, white-out all the last names. Those are, I think, perfectly reasonable solutions to the matter of privacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitsunebi Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, Terry93D said: However, I won't say I think the fanzines should be straight up preserved in original form. Addresses should be whited out, since these people sent the fanzines from their home. That's just the simple matter of privacy, and, also, those people may not live there any more. Likewise with telly numbers if there are any in the fanzines. While I don't think anyone would mind such things being whited-out, I think this might also be over-thinking things. Presumably, if they printed their names/addresses/telephone numbers in the zine, they were OK with being contacted that way. Granted, they probably wouldn't be expecting anyone to contact them in 2017, but it's unlikely anyone is going to be writing their address now, anyway, particularly since, as you say, they likely don't live there anymore. A lot of magazines used to print the contact info of readers looking for pen-pals in their letters sections. It's unlikely that they're still hoping for anyone to write them to talk about what a rad game Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is, but that doesn't mean we bother editing out those sections when we scan the mags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry93D Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, kitsunebi77 said: While I don't think anyone would mind such things being whited-out, I think this might also be over-thinking things. Presumably, if they printed their names/addresses/telephone numbers in the zine, they were OK with being contacted that way. Granted, they probably wouldn't be expecting anyone to contact them in 2017, but it's unlikely anyone is going to be writing their address now, anyway, particularly since, as you say, they likely don't live there anymore. A lot of magazines used to print the contact info of readers looking for pen-pals in their letters sections. It's unlikely that they're still hoping for anyone to write them to talk about what a rad game Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is, but that doesn't mean we bother editing out those sections when we scan the mags. Be fair, though. Some of the fanzine editors were 13, 16. Young. Just because they were okay with it then doesn't mean they would be now. That said, you're quite correct. Please forgive my poor wording. Take them as potential precautionary measure if the problem was to ever arise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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