TheRedEye

Was it one of these maybe? http://cgi.ebay.com/Game-Players-Encyclopedia-of-PC-Games-volume-2-80-Games_W0QQitemZ370257021395QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item563509c9d3

Since this is an interest check and you'd looking for opinions, I think magazines should be of a much higher priority. I don't imagine there is much information in those strategy guides that you can't already find on the web, whereas it seems every single magazine through the 1999 cut-off has at least a few things that are not common knowledge. If someone has the time and patience to scan hundreds of pages, I'd much rather it be several old magazines than a guide with the same information I can find on GameFAQs.

U.S. MAGS Atari Lynx Grey Matters(?) (looks like a pack-in ad, but has a cover price?) 3 Beyond Gaming (just an Ultimate Games Club ad masquerading as a mag, not sure if this counts) 4 Computer Games 184 188 Dreamcast Codebook Winter 2000 (no cover) EGM2 1-3 5-6 8-31 35 37-43 47-50 (becomes Expert Gamer) Electronic Games (1981) 5-6 9 11 Electronic Games (1992) 1-2 4-9 17 20 Electronic Gaming Monthly 4 (Ghouls & Ghosts) 5 (1990 Buyer's Guide) 6 (Batman) 9-10 13-28 30-33 35-77 79-103 105-115 117-126 134 141 143-145 147-148 150 163 167 181 192-195 197-198 203 205 212 EGM Video Game Buyer's Guide (annuals) 1992-1997 (1990, 1991 counted as regular issues) Expert Gamer (formerly EGM2) 53 54 61-65 73 (no cover) 86 Game Buyer 1-4 Game Developer (several, 1994-2009, will track later) Game Informer 3-9 13 80-84 118 134 156-157 164 183 185 188 198 Game Player's (v1) 7-10 12 14-15 17-20 24-26 Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games (note: is this the same series as "Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games"?) V. 2, iss. 5 Game Player's Nintendo Guide v. 5 iss. 8 v. 6 iss. 4 Game Player's Nintendo Strategy Guide (1988) V.1, iss. 2-3 Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide 1 Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games 1 5 Game Players Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games (1989-1991) V. 2 iss. 6 (no cover) V. 3 iss. 1, 4, 7 V. 4 iss. 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-10 Game Players (1993-1996) Note: Number 48 is the first issue 48 54 (2 different covers, Eternal Champions/Star Wars) 55-56 62 64 67 69-71 74-76 78 80 85 87 (becomes Ultra Game Players) (Diehard) GameFan 6 10 24 25 27 33 40-41 43 45-63 79-80 85 GameNOW 27 GamePro 4-23 25-49 51-52 55-60 62-69 71-72 74-78 81-103 159-165 173 175 182-188 Gamers' Republic 2-3 25 (no cover) Incite 1 (two versions, w and w/o CD) June 2000 (no cover) Manci Games 1 Mega Play 1-6 8-19 Next Generation 13-14 20-21 23-24 28-29 36 40 46 (becomes Next Gen) 69-70 77-78 82 NewType Gaming 5 Nintendo Fun Club News 6 Nintendo Power 1-67 (some water damaged, but intact) 75 77 80-81 83-90 98 100 114-115 144-145 Official Dreamcast Magazine 8 Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 1 13 23 34 38 92-98 104 111 Play 13 15 18 22 25 27 31 Pocket Games 20 PSM 37 101 107 PSX July 1997 (becomes Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine) SEGA Visions 8 10-11 13-18 Silicon Magazine 9 21-22 Super NES Buyer's Guide Winter 1991 (seems to be a one-off special?) 1-8 (2 missing cover) S.W.A.T. 1 3 (becomes S.W.A.T.Pro) S.W.A.T.Pro 1 3 Turbo Force 3 Ultimate Gamer 4-5 Ultra Game Players 89-90 93 98 100 103 Video Game Collector 1 Video Games & Computer Entertainment 1-4 7-12 14-36 38-47 51-55 (becomes VideoGames) VideoGames 1-9 11-12 13-19 30 36 INTERNATIONAL Edge 112 146-147 160 162-163 165-166 Game Face 19 Game Journal International (Korean pro arcade magazine, in English) 3 GamesTM 29 33 35 39 Nintendo Magazine System 1-5 7-12 14-15 17-23 26 28 (becomes Nintendo Official Magazine UK) Nintendo Official Magazine UK 134 136-146 150-162 Retro Gamer (Anthology) Sega Saturn Magazine (Japanese) 25