Gamest
Cover art for the first issue of Gamest magazine, May 1986.
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| Categories | Arcade game |
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| Frequency | 1986: Bi-monthly 1987-1992: Monthly 1993-1999: Bi-weekly |
| Format | Paper magazine |
| Publisher | Shinseisha, Ltd. |
| First issue | Issue #001: May 5, 1986 |
| Final issue | Issue #274: September 30, 1999 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
GAMEST (ゲーメスト? Gēmesuto) was a Japanese arcade game magazine published by Shinseisha Ltd. from 1986 to 1999. Its circulation reached 30 million copies. It was discontinued along with the bankruptcy of the publisher. It was successed by the arcade game magazine Monthly Arcadia (月刊アルカディア? Gekkan arukadia) by Enterbrain.
Gamest arose from the bimonthly fanzine VG2 newsletter (ＶＧ２ 会報? VG2 kaihō) which was also called VG2 Union magazine (ＶＧ２ 連合誌? VG 2 rengō-shi) edited by Uemura Bankita (植村伴北? Uemura Tomokita).
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