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Video Games Player was a video game magazine published by Carnegie Publications Corp. published from 1982 to 1984. After three issues it was renamed to Computer Games. Scans are partially available through the internet archive.

Issues

Issue	Topics	Titles
Video Games Player Vol. 1 No. 1 Fall 1982	Features	"Big Daddy" (Nolan Bushnell), "Video Game Wars", "The Making of Tron"
	Hardware	Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Intellivision Intellivoice Odyssey 2 ColecoVision Astrocade Vectrex
	Companies	Activision Imagic Games by Apollo
Video Games Player Vol. 2 No. 1 Aug/Sep 1983	Features	"Lights! Camera! Action! Roll 'em" (1983 Summer Movie Games), "How to Turn Your Atari into a Computer" (My First Computer), "ColecoVision vs. Atari 5200"
	Hardware	Sharp PC-1250 Atari Trakball Mattel Expander Super Action Controller
	Beat It!	Popeye Pole Position Keystone Kapers Centipede
	Console	(Sharp Shot White Water! Shark! Shark!)_INTV Qix₅₂₀₀ Galaxian Shootin' Gallery I Want My Mommy Killer Satellites Eggomania Vanguard Star Wars: Jedi Arena Stargunner Ram It Flash Gordon Air Raiders Dolphin Seaquest RealSports Tennis Tennis)₂₆₀₀ (Donkey Kong Jr. Space Fury)_Coleco
	Computers	(Tubeway Microbe)_{Apple II} (Necromancer A.E. Deadline)_{Atari 8-bit} (Mutant Herd Spiders of Mars Choplifter Robot Panic)_VIC-20
Video Games Player Vol. 2 No. 2 Oct/Nov 1983	Features	"The Video Game Pirates", "Sound in Video Games"
	Interviews	Alex Leavens (Stargunner)
	Hardware	Entertainment Computer System Mattel Aquarius
	Beat It!	Ms. Pac-Man Sinistar Galaga
	Console	(Demolition Herby Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes Plaque Attack Solar Fox Enduro Sky Skipper Robot Tank Jungle Hunt Cakewalk Pitfall!)₂₆₀₀ Space Dungeon₅₂₀₀ (Nova Blast Truckin' Happy Trails Dracula)_INTV (Pepper II Looping Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups Gorf Zaxxon)_Coleco
	Computers	(WizPlus Spy's Demise MasterType Mask of the Sun Ultima II Prisoner 2)_{Apple II} (Shamus: Case II Boulders and Bombs E.T. Phone Home! Astro Chase Protector II Starbowl Football Juice!)_{Atari 8-bit} (Squish 'Em Frogger)_C64 (Apple Panic SyntheSound)_VIC-20
Computer Games Vol. 2 No. 3 Dec/Jan 1983	Issue Missing
Computer Games Vol. 2 No. 4 Feb/Mar 1984	Issue Missing
Computer Games Vol. 3 No. 1 April 1984	Features	"The Lasers Have Landed! Here Comes the Videodisc Invasion", "Telegaming", "The Clones of QBert*"
	Interviews	Eugene Jarvis, Ben Gold (high score holder), Don Bluth
	Hardware	IBM PCjr
	Beat It!	M.A.C.H. 3 Champion Baseball
	Q*Bert Clones	Mr. Cool Frostbite Q-Bopper Juice! Quick Step Flip & Flop Pharoah's Pyramid Pogo Joe
	Console	(Stronghold Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space Survival Run Mountain King Artillery Duel Chuck Norris Superkicks)₂₆₀₀ (K-Razy Shoot-Out Berzerk Dig Dug)₅₂₀₀ (Omega Race Rocky Super Action Boxing SubRoc Escape from the Mindmaster)_Coleco
	Computers	(Oil Barons Minit Man Enchanter Robotron: 2084)_{Apple II} (Pole Position Combat Leader Star League Baseball Bristles Capture the Flag Computer War Miner 2049er)_{Atari 8-bit} (Computer Football Strategy Lunar Leeper Jumpman Learning with Leeper)_C64 Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom_{Coleco Adam} Rabbit Trail_TI99/4A
	Software	(Graphics Magician KoalaPad Micropainter)_{Apple II} (Tax Advantage Fun with Art VersaWriter Drawit)_{Atari 8-bit} (The Hypnotist Aerobics CheckEase! Doodle Paint Magic)_C64
Computer Games Vol. 3 No. 2 June 1984	Features	"The Ms. Pac-Man Mystery"
	Interviews	Silas Warner, Dan Gorlin, Bob Flanagan (Marble Madness), Chris Jochumson (The Arcade Machine), Robert Woodhead, Steve Bjork (Canyon Climber)
	Beat It!	Track & Field Blue Max
	Murder Games	Deadline The Witness Murder on the Zinderneuf Murder by the Dozen Masquerade
	Console	(Big Bird's Egg Catch Cookie Monster Munch Alpha Beam with Ernie Congo Bongo Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle Tunnel Runner)₂₆₀₀ (Slither Campaign '84 B.C.'s Quest for Tires Frenzy Front Line)_Coleco
	Computers	Moon Shuttle The Coveted Mirror Gateway to Apshai Beach-Head Oil's Well Pitstop Zombies Epidemic One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird Infidel Ken Uston's Professional Blackjack Drol Ultima III Gruds in Space The Bilestoad Millionaire: The Stock Market Simulation Star League Baseball Computer Baseball Telengard Temple of Apshai
	Software	Fast-Food Microguide Atariwriter 3G Horse Race Handicapper Preparing for the SAT Moviemaker Computer Mechanic Super-Text Professional
Computer Games Vol. 3 No. 3 Jul/Aug 1984	Issue Missing
Computer Games Vol. 3 No. 4 Nov/Dec 1984	Features	"The Empire Strikes Pay Dirt: Lucasfilms", "Behind the screens...Monitors", "Computer Games for President" (President Elect), "Playing Mind Games Forever"
	Interviews	David Levine (Ballblazer), Peter Langston, David Fox, Loren Carpenter, Gary Winnick, Tom Snyder
	Hardware	Atari 7800
	Beat It!	Zaxxon Space Ace
	Computers	The Seven Cities of Gold Bruce Lee Star Wars Gyruss Sorcerer Space Taxi International Soccer Expedition Amazon King's Quest I James Bond 007 Dallas Quest Questron The Institute Summer Games Frogger II Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park WarGames Super Action Football Bumblebee Webster: The Word Game Choplifter Fort Apocalypse Solo Flight Flight Simulator II
	Software	The Print Shop Magic Desk I The Writer Micro Speedread
Computer Games Vol. 3 No. 5 Jan/Feb 1985	Features	"200 Games: 1985 Software Buyer's Guide", "State of the Art" (3D Rendering), "1984: The Year in Computers", "Which Computer Should You Buy?", "How to beat Infocom"
	Hardware	Apple IIc, Atari 800XL, Coleco Adam, Macintosh 128K, Commodore 64, Apple IIe, Mindset, IBM PCjr
	Beat It!	Punch-Out!!
	Computers	Arcade Boot Camp Seastalker Beyond Castle Wolfenstein The World's Greatest Baseball Game Xyphus Archon II: Adept The Activision Decathlon Summer Games Track & Field HES Games