A Look at a Old Computer and Video Game Magazine from the Early 1990s Vol 1
2This video is a review about a gaming magazine called "Computer and Video Game Entertainment" magazine. I used to read this magazine regularly back in the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. They used to have these magazines at super markets in the magazine section, and kids would always look at these while our parents shopped for groceries. There was a lot of game reviews and adverts on various systems from the Commodore 64 to PC games. It didn't really focus on console games or computer games, it was a comprehensive gaming magazine.
Back in 1989, I had a IBM compatible 386 sx-16 mhzs based computer, a Apple IIc, and a Nintendo Entertainment System as well. That is what attracted me to this magazine. After I got my IBM based computer in late 1989, I pretty much transitioned to the PC entirely. It had a much higher degree of freedom than the Apple 2, NES, or any console system. At that time, they didn't have a dedicated PC gaming magazine at the time.
This magazine was similar to other gaming magazines at the time, like Nintendo Power, and other magazines of this type. You had gaming reviews, hints for certain games, editorials, reviews on new accessories, consoles, and hardware. These magazines had a lot of advertisements, because that was the best way of promoting new products, like software, new video game consoles, new accessories, new video cards, computers, etc. It was a great resource for buying and selling games, because back in those days we did not have the internet in that timeline. They didn't have websites, so we could order things via telephone and mail.
Reviewing a old magazine like this bring back many memories of the past, and you can get a good feel of how life was like in this era. If you read a magazine from the 1890s, you could also get a idea of how life was like back then as well. When you do scholarly research, you would go to the library and look at magazines on microfilms from 50 to 100 years ago. A archaeologist would piece all the artifacts in a archeological site to get a better idea of how life was like in the past. A magazine or a new paper is an artifact called a primary source. I am glad someone archived these old magazines, and people should archive these items. They should archive old software, old games, old new papers, old magazines, old catalogues, boxes of old games, etc.