List of disk magazines explained
This article contains a list of magazines distributed on cassette, floppy disk, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM - collectively referred to as disk magazines (or diskmags).
Alphabetical list
A
B
- Bad News (IBM PC, 1994–1996, English/Polish)
- Bain (IBM PC)
- Batsch (IBM PC, 1999, German)
- Beam (IBM PC, 1998–1999)
- Becanne (IBM PC)
- Belgian Scene Report (IBM PC)
- Big Blue Disk was a disk magazine published by Softdisk for IBM PC from 1986.[2]
- Blackmail (IBM PC, 1993–1996, German)
- Budyn (IBM PC, 1996–2001, Polish/English)
C
- CD Gold (Commodore CD32/CDTV, 1993), commercial release and first known CD-ROM based disk magazine for the Amiga; produced by Goldtech with editorial support from Infinite Frontiers[3]
- CD World (Amiga), titled dedicated to the Amiga CDTV, Amiga CD32 and Amiga CD-ROM systems; produced by Infinite Frontiers)
- Cee-64 Alive! (Commodore 64, relaunched as Commodore Cee (q.v.))
- Ceibe (IBM PC, 1999–2000, Spain)
- Cheese (IBM PC, 1996–1997)
- Chromasette (TRS-80 Color Computer)
- CLI (IBM PC)
- CLOAD was a cassette and disk magazine for the TRS-80 which started in 1978.[4] The magazine ran monthly and provided tapes by subscription.[5] The magazine was named after the command to load a tape into the TRS-80.[5]
- Compute!'s Gazette, originally announced as The Commodore Gazette, was a spinoff of Compute! for the Commodore 64.[6]
- Contrast (IBM PC, 1994–1995)
- CooleR (IBM PC)
- Cows and Snakefights (Amiga)
- Cream (IBM PC)
- CURSOR (Commodore PET, 1978 to early 1980s)
- Cursor 64 (Commodore 64, early 1980s)
D
- Daskmig (IBM PC)
- Death (IBM PC)
- Defcon (IBM PC)
- Demojournal (IBM PC)
- DemoNews (IBM PC)
- Digital Chat (IBM PC)
- Digital Talk (Commodore 64)
- Disc, The (IBM PC) Beam Software, ca 1995-1996
- Disc Station (MSX, PC-9801, Windows 95, 1988–2000)
- Disk (Apple II, 1983; business-oriented)
- Disk Busters Association (DBA) Diskmagazine (Atari ST/Falcon 030, 1991–1996)
- Disk Network (Apple II, c. 1983; geared to programmers)
- Disk User (BBC Micro, '80s)
- Diskazine (Apple II, 1982; geared to families)
- Diskworld (Apple Macintosh, 1988–1993; relaunched as Softdisk for Mac (q.v.))
- Domination (Commodore 64)
- Dragon (IBM PC)
- Driven (Commodore 64, 1994–1995)
E
F
G
- Game On (Commodore 64, 1988–1995)
- Gamer's Edge (IBM PC, 1990–1991)
- Gedan (Amiga, 1994–1995)
- Generation (Amiga)
- Genetic Dreams (Commodore 64, IBM PC)
- Golden Disk 64 (Commodore 64, 1988–1996)
- GURU (Amiga, 1990–1992, 2011–2012, Hungarian)
- GURU (Amiga, 1991–1993, Slovak)
H
- Hacker (IBM PC, 1996–1999, Russian, Croatian)
- Harm (Hellraiser's alternative Russian magazine) (IBM PC)
- Heroin (IBM PC, 1998, English)
- Hoax (IBM PC, 1992–1995, English)
- Hot-Mag (IBM PC, 1994–1995, German)
- Hugi (IBM PC, 1996–present, English, German and Russian)
- Hugi.GER (IBM PC, 2000–2005, German)
- HugiNews (IBM PC, 1998–2000, English)
- Hydrophobia (IBM PC, 1996–1997, Hungarian)
I
J
K
- Kelstar (Atari)
- Kendermag (IBM PC)
- Karmelia (Amiga)
L
M
N
O
- Obligement (Amiga - diskmag between 1998 and 2005, website only since 2005)
- The Official Eurochart (Amiga)
- On Disk Monthly (IBM PC, 1991–1993; relaunched as Softdisk PC (q.v.))
- Ooze (IBM PC)
- Overshadow (Commodore 64, 1997–, Hungarian)
P
R
S
- Satanic Rites (Amiga)
- Savage (IBM PC)
- Savage Charts (IBM PC)
- Saxonia (IBM PC)
- The Scene Post (IBM PC)
- Scene World Magazine (Commodore 64, Amiga, 2000–present)
- Scenedicate (Dreamcast, 2005–present)
- Scenial (IBM PC)
- Schwugi (IBM PC)
- Sex'n'Crime was a disk magazine for the demoscene of the Commodore 64 home computer.[11] The magazine was published from 1989 to 1990 by Amok, a label of publisher Genesis Project, and mainly edited by anonymous writer OMG.[12] The successor was titled Propaganda.
- Shine (IBM PC)
- Showtime (Amiga)
- Sinner (IBM PC)
- Skyline (IBM PC)
- Slonecznik (IBM PC)
- Smok (IBM PC)
- Smurffi (IBM PC)
- Sneaker (IBM PC)
- Soap (IBM PC)
- Softdisk (Apple II, 1981–1995)
- Softdisk for Mac (Apple Macintosh, 1993–1998)
- Softdisk for Windows (Microsoft Windows, 1994–1999)
- Softdisk G-S (Apple IIGS, 1989–?)
- Softdisk PC (IBM PC, 1993–1998)
- SoftSide (various platforms, early 1980s; disk/cassette companion to paper magazine)
- Speed (Amiga)
- Splash (IBM PC)
- Static Line (IBM PC)
- Stream CD-ROM Digizine (IBM PC)
- Subkult (IBM PC)
- Subliminal Extacy (ZX Spectrum)
- Suicide (IBM PC, German)
- Sunray (IBM PC)
- Syntax Error (IBM PC)
T
U
- Undercover Magascene (Atari ST) (merged with Alive Disk Magazine in 2000, but re-animated in 2001)
- Underground News (Commodore 64, 1990-1994 - Canada)
- Upstream (Amiga)
- UpTime (various platforms, 1984–1990)
- El Usuario (IBM PC; Latin American adaptation of Big Blue Disk)
V
W
X
Y
Z
See also
References
- Web site: Interview with Def KLF. Atari Legend.
- News: L. R. Shannon. Peripherals; New Look of Magazines. 28 November 2015. The New York Times. 27 October 1987.
- Web site: Project: CD32 - CD Gold.
- Web site: Games from the Trash: The History of the TRS-80 . Gamasutra . 2018-09-28. Dale . Dobson.
- Book: Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution . Welsh . Theresa . Welsh . David . 2013 . The Seeker Books . 9780979346811 .
- Book: Bagnall, Brian. On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore. 2006. Variant Press. 9780973864908. en. 283.
- Web site: RG::Maggie. rg.atari.org.
- Web site: ROMs Atari ST - Atari ST - Diskmags. Planet Emulation.
- Web site: RG::Maggie. rg.atari.org.
- Web site: ROMs Atari ST - Diskmags. ROM Packs.
- Book: History of Nordic Computing 2: Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC 2, Turku, Finland, August 21–23, 2007, Revised Selected Papers . John . Impagliazzo . Timo . Järvi . Petri . Paju . 19 September 2009 . . 292–293. 9783642037573 .
- Book: Tamás, Polgár . Freax: The Brief History of the Computer Demoscene . 17 April 2016 . CSW-Verlag. 9783941287976 .
