(DONE) Missing Magazine - Pocket Games

[RetroDefense]

I've already discussed most of this material elsewhere but thought I'd post it to the proper forum. If you have any information about Pocket Games magazine, please chime in so we can fill in the details and eventually create a database entry for this publication!

Published by Ziff Davis, Pocket Games was a loosely tri-annual magazine focusing on portable gaming, with a close - if not synonymous - relationship with the staff of Electronic Gaming Monthly. In fact, according to former writer Frank Provo, issues included re-purposed EGM content with "mostly original content" after issue #3.

Issues of Pocket Games I've found carry a time stamp on the cover listing the publication date, publication season, or both.

Name: Pocket Games

Country of Origin: USA

Number of issues: 20?

Dates of each issue:

??? / Summer/Fall 1999

May-01-2000 / Spring 2000

Sep 2000 / Summer 2000

Nov-27-2000 / Fall 2000

Mar-31-2001 / Winter

Sep-24-2001 / Summer

Feb-1-2002 / Winter

May-1-2002 / Spring

??? / Summer 2002?

Jan-1-2003 / Winter

May-26-2003 / Spring

Aug-25-2003 / Summer

Dec-8-2003 / Fall

Jun-15 / Spring

Sep-13 / Summer

Feb-21 / Winter

Jun-27-2005

???

Mar-6-2006

Aug-9-2006

The last issue I've tracked down is issue 20 - I don't know if this is the final issue.

A DVD with cardboard sleeve was included with issue 17. I don't know if the disc was included with all copies, or if standard/disc editions were printed.

Some reference links:

Frank Provo's Pocket Games portfolio page - includes lots of readable excerpts.

RFGeneration.com - a blog discussing issue #1.

The Strong's National Museum of Play - short magazine bio and image of issue #17 DVD in sleeve.

Cover scans in RetroMags' Unsorted Covers Gallery:

http://community.retromags.com/gallery/image/1698-pocketgames20/

http://community.retromags.com/gallery/image/1544-pg-2004fa/

http://community.retromags.com/gallery/image/1656-pg-2004su/

http://community.retromags.com/gallery/image/1561-pg-2004sp/

[RetroDefense]

Here's a cover thumbnail gallery I put together a while back. If you can help with the unsightly question marks, that'd be grand.

[Phillyman]

I have created sections for Pocket Games

Publication Database

http://www.retromags.com/publications/category/united-states/pocket-games

Magazine Database

http://www.retromags.com/magazines/category/usa/pocket-games

Gallery

http://community.retromags.com/gallery/category/358-pocket-games/

[Phillyman]

Issue 8 is up on eBay, but in acceptable condition. E-Day do we think we can fix up that corner in post?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pocket-Games-Magazine-Spring-2002-Guide-SONIC-MARIO-Gaming-Previews-Nintendo-/171944712125

[Sean697]

I am pretty sure that's fixable. Straight lines not too hard to fix on the UPC. And Blue border the same.

[Phillyman]

I am pretty sure that's fixable. Straight lines not too hard to fix on the UPC. And Blue border the same.

Then I see in the description....

Some pages might be stuck together

[RetroDefense]

Updated the OP and my fill-in-the-blank thumbnail gallery with issue 8 details. Thanks, Phillyman!

[RetroDefense]

Issue #2 (5-1-2000; Spring 2000)