Computer Game Review
| Categories | Video and computer game magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Year founded | 1991 |
| Final issue | 1996 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Computer Game Review was a print monthly magazine covering both computer gaming, and at the time upper end video gaming.[1] The magazine was started in 1991.[2] Also known as Computer Game Review and 16-Bit Entertainment, and then later as Computer Game Review and CD-Rom Entertainment. The headquarters of the magazine which was part of Sendai Publication Group was in Lombard, Illinois.[3][4]
Reviews typically consisted of a short, impartial synopsis of plot and gameplay, with separate scores assigned subjectively by each of three reviewers. Games were rated out of 100, and if the game received a high enough ranking it would receive either a Platinum or Golden Triad Award.
The magazine folded in 1996, when Sendai Media Group was bought by Ziff-Davis, owner of the competing Computer Gaming World.[4]
References
- ↑ Ken S. McAllister (2004). Game Work: Language, Power, and Computer Game Culture. University of Alabama Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8173-1418-7. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "Issue 5, December 1991 Cover Page". Retromags. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ Blair Carter (1 January 2002). Computer Games: A Bibliography with Indexes. Nova Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-59033-526-0. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Lombard Publishers Acquired". Chicago Tribune. 9 May 1996. Retrieved 17 December 2015.