List of disk magazines

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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[]

  • (IBM-PC, 1994–1996, English/Polish)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC, 1999, German)
  • (IBM-PC, 1998–1999)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • Big Blue Disk was a disk magazine published by Softdisk for IBM PC from 1986.[2]
  • (IBM-PC, 1993–1996, German)
  • (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 Commodore Amiga; produced by with editorial support from [3]
  • (Commodore Amiga), titled dedicated to the Amiga CDTV, Amiga CD32 and Amiga CD-ROM systems; produced by )
  • (Commodore 64, relaunched as (q.v.))
  • (IBM-PC, 1999–2000, Spain)
  • (IBM-PC, 1996–1997)
  • Chromasette (TRS-80 Color Computer)
  • (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]
  • (IBM-PC, 1994–1995)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • CURSOR (Commodore PET, 1978 to early 1980s)
  • (Commodore 64, early 1980s)

D[]

  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore 64)
  • (IBM-PC) Beam Software, ca 1995-1996
  • (MSX, PC-9801, Windows 95, 1988–2000)
  • (Apple II, 1983; business-oriented)
  • Disk Busters Association (DBA) Diskmagazine (, 1991–1996)
  • (Apple II, c. 1983; geared to programmers)
  • Disk User (BBC Micro, '80s)
  • (Apple II, 1982; geared to families)
  • Diskworld (ISSN 0899-4838) (Apple Macintosh, 1988–1993; relaunched as Softdisk for Mac (q.v.))
  • (Commodore 64)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore 64, 1994–1995)

E[]

  • European Top 20 (Commodore Amiga, 1992–1993)
  • (IBM-PC)

F[]

  • (Commodore Amiga, Spanish)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga), first disk magazine dedicated solely to Star Trek; produced by
  • Flash (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM PC, 1990s)
  • Fluxus (Apple Macintosh Hypercard-based)
  • (Amstrad CPC)

G[]

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[]

  • (IBM PC, 1982–?)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga)

J[]

  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (Commodore Amiga)

K[]

L[]

  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Microsoft Windows and , late 1990s - early 2000s)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • Loadstar (ISSN 0886-4144) (Commodore 64, 1984–2010)
  • (Commodore 128)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga and Acorn Archimedes, 1990–1996) (#1-Digital Dog Edition; #2 - Hamsters on the Prowl; #3 - Edward's Revenge; #4 - Yul Brynner's Memorial Toolshed; #5 - Wardrobe Racing for Foreigners; #6 - Danger: Unexploded Whippet)

M[]

  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Atari ST, 1990-2000)[7] · [8]
  • (Commodore 64, 1987–1993)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM PC, 1989; computer-aided activities for married couples)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM PC, c. 1983; mostly support programs for business software)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Apple II, c. 1983; geared to pre-teens)
  • Miggybyte (Commodore Amiga, 1995–1997)

N[]

  • (Apple Macintosh)
  • (IBM-PC)

O[]

  • Obligement (Commodore Amiga - diskmag between 1998 and 2005, website only since 2005)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • On Disk Monthly (IBM PC, 1991–1993; relaunched as Softdisk PC (q.v.))
  • (IBM-PC)

P[]

  • (IBM PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM PC, 1990–1991)
  • PC Disk (IBM PC, c. 1983; mostly business)
  • (ISSN 1170-2737) (IBM-PC; Australia/New Zealand adaptation of Big Blue Disk)
  • PC Life (IBM PC, 1988)
  • (IBM-PC, German)
  • (Commodore 64, 1992-?, Canada)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)

Q[]

R[]

S[]

  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • Scene World Magazine (Commodore 64, Amiga, 2000–present)
  • (Dreamcast, 2005–present)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • Sex'n'Crime was a disk magazine for the demoscene of the Commodore 64 home computer.[9] The magazine was published from 1989 to 1990 by Amok, a label of publisher Genesis Project, and mainly edited by anonymous writer OMG.[9][10] The successor was titled Propaganda.[10]
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • Softdisk (ISSN 0886-4152) (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)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • Subkult (IBM-PC)
  • Subliminal Extacy (ZX Spectrum)
  • (IBM-PC, German)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)

T[]

  • (IBM-PC, 2000–2001, German)
  • (IBM-PC, Hungarian)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (Commodore Amiga, 1995–1999, Spanish, English)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)

U[]

  • (Atari ST) (merged with in 2000, but re-animated in 2001)
  • (Commodore 64 1990-1994 - Canada)
  • (Commodore Amiga)
  • UpTime (various platforms, 1984–1990)
  • (IBM-PC; Latin American adaptation of Big Blue Disk)

V[]

W[]

  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC, 2000–2001, German)
  • (Apple II, 1982; educational)
  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)

X[]

  • (IBM-PC)

Y[]

  • (IBM-PC)
  • (IBM-PC)

Z[]

  • (IBM-PC, German)
  • (Amiga, IBM-PC from issue #12)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Interview with Def KLF". Atari Legend.
  2. ^ L. R. Shannon (27 October 1987). "Peripherals; New Look of Magazines". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Project: CD32 - CD Gold".
  4. ^ Dobson, Dale. "Games from the Trash: The History of the TRS-80". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  5. ^ a b Welsh, Theresa; Welsh, David (2013). Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution. The Seeker Books. ISBN 9780979346811.
  6. ^ Bagnall, Brian (2006). On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore. Variant Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780973864908.
  7. ^ "RG::Maggie()". rg.atari.org.
  8. ^ "ROMs Atari ST - Atari ST - Diskmags". Planet Emulation.
  9. ^ a b Impagliazzo, John; Järvi, Timo; Paju, Petri (19 September 2009). History of Nordic Computing 2: Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC 2, Turku, Finland, August 21–23, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 292–293. ISBN 9783642037573.
  10. ^ a b Tamás, Polgár (17 April 2016). Freax: The Brief History of the Computer Demoscene. . ISBN 9783941287976.
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