List of disk magazines

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
  • Adventurer (ZX Spectrum, 1995–2004, Russian/English [#14-#15 issues])
  • El Afghano (IBM-PC)
  • Alive (Atari ST/Atari Falcon)
  • Amber (IBM-PC, 1998–1999)
  • AMnews (Amiga, 1988–1989)
  • AnotherMag (IBM-PC)
  • Apple Talk (Apple)
  • Autark (IBM-PC, 1996, English/German)

B
  • Bad News (IBM-PC, 1994–1996, English/Polish)
  • Bain (IBM-PC)
  • Batsch (IBM-PC, 1999, German)
  • Beam (IBM-PC, 1998–1999)
  • Becanne (IBM-PC)
  • Belgian Scene Report (IBM-PC)
  • Big Blue Disk was a disk magazine published by Softdisk for IBM PC from 1986.[1]
  • Blackmail (IBM-PC, 1993–1996, German)
  • Budyn (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 Goldtech with editorial support from Infinite Frontiers[2]
  • CD World (Commodore Amiga), titled dedicated to the Amiga CDTV, Amiga CD32 and Amiga CD-ROM systems; produced by Infinite Frontiers)
  • Cee-64 Alive! (Commodore 64, relaunched as Commodore Cee (q.v.))
  • Ceibe (IBM-PC, 1999–2000, Spain)
  • Cheese (IBM-PC, 1996–1997)
  • Chromasette (TRS-80 Color Computer)
  • CLI (IBM-PC)
  • CLOAD was a cassette and disk magazine for the TRS-80 which started in 1978.[3] The magazine ran monthly and provided tapes by subscription.[4] The magazine was named after the command to load a tape into the TRS-80.[4]
  • Compute!'s Gazette, originally announced as The Commodore Gazette, was a spinoff of Compute! for the Commodore 64.[5]
  • Contrast (IBM-PC, 1994–1995)
  • CooleR (IBM-PC)
  • Cows and Snakefights (Commodore Amiga)
  • Cream (IBM-PC)
  • CURSOR (Commodore PET, 1978 to early 1980s)
  • Cursor 64 (Commodore 64, early 1980s)

D
  • Daskmig (IBM-PC)
  • Death (IBM-PC)
  • Defcon (IBM-PC)
  • Demojournal (IBM-PC)
  • DemoNews (IBM-PC)
  • Digital Chat (IBM-PC)
  • Digital Talk (Commodore 64)
  • Disc Station (MSX, PC-9801, Windows 95, 1988-2000)
  • Disk (Apple II, 1983; business-oriented)
  • Disk Busters Association (DBA) Diskmagazine (Atari ST/Falcon 030, 1991–1996)
  • Disk Network (Apple II, c. 1983; geared to programmers)
  • Disk User (BBC Micro, '80s)
  • Diskazine (Apple II, 1982; geared to families)
  • Diskworld (ISSN 0899-4838) (Apple Macintosh, 1988–1993; relaunched as Softdisk for Mac (q.v.))
  • Domination (Commodore 64)
  • Dragon (IBM-PC)
  • Driven (Commodore 64, 1994–1995)

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

F
  • Fanzine (Commodore Amiga, Spanish)
  • Fatum (IBM-PC)
  • The Final Frontier (Commodore Amiga), first disk magazine dedicated solely to Star Trek; produced by Infinite Frontiers
  • Flash (IBM-PC)
  • Fleur (IBM-PC)
  • Floppyland (IBM PC, 1990s)
  • Fluxus (Apple Macintosh Hypercard-based)
  • FutureView (Amstrad CPC)

G
  • Game On (Commodore 64, 1988–1995)
  • Gamer's Edge (IBM PC, 1990–1991)
  • Gedan (Commodore Amiga, 1994–1995)
  • Generation (Commodore Amiga)
  • Genetic Dreams (Commodore 64, IBM-PC)
  • Golden Disk 64 (Commodore 64, 1988–1996)
  • Grapevine (Commodore Amiga, ?–1995)
  • GURU (Commodore Amiga, ?–?)

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
  • I.B.Magazette (IBM PC, 1982–?)
  • Image (IBM-PC)
  • Imazine (Commodore Amiga)
  • Imphobia (IBM PC)
  • Incube (IBM-PC)
  • Infinity (IBM-PC)
  • Insomnia (Commodore Amiga)

J
  • Jurassic Pack (Commodore Amiga)

K
  • Kelstar (Atari)
  • Kendermag (IBM PC)
  • Karmelia (Amiga)

L
  • Lano (IBM-PC)
  • Launch (Microsoft Windows and Mac OS 7.1 up, late 1990s - early 2000s)
  • Legend (IBM-PC)
  • Loadstar (ISSN 0886-4144) (Commodore 64, 1984–2010)
  • Loadstar 128 (Commodore 128)
  • Lookain Fanz (IBM-PC)
  • Luna (IBM-PC)
  • Lunchtime (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
  • The Mag (IBM-PC)
  • Maggie (Atari ST)
  • Magic Disk 64 (Commodore 64, 1987–1993)
  • Maniac Magazine (IBM-PC)
  • Marriage Connection (IBM PC, 1989; computer-aided activities for married couples)
  • M*A*R*S (IBM-PC)
  • McDisk (Commodore Amiga)
  • Megazin (Commodore Amiga)
  • Mentor (IBM PC, c. 1983; mostly support programs for business software)
  • MicroCode (IBM-PC)
  • Microzine (Apple II, c. 1983; geared to pre-teens)
  • Miggybyte (Commodore Amiga, 1995–1997)

N
  • Nautilus (Apple Macintosh)
  • New World Order (IBM-PC)

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

P
  • Pain (IBM PC)
  • Parrot (IBM-PC)
  • PC BusinessDisk (IBM PC, 1990–1991)
  • PC Disk (IBM PC, c. 1983; mostly business)
  • PC Disk Downunder (ISSN 1170-2737) (IBM-PC; Australia/New Zealand adaptation of Big Blue Disk)
  • PC Life (IBM PC, 1988)
  • Platinum (IBM-PC, German)
  • Pornograffitti (Commodore 64, 1992-?, Canada)
  • Pressure (Commodore Amiga)
  • The Product (IBM-PC)
  • Pulse (IBM-PC)

Q

R

S
  • Satanic Rites (Commodore Amiga)
  • Savage (IBM-PC)
  • Savage Charts (IBM-PC)
  • Saxonia (IBM-PC)
  • The Scene Post (IBM-PC)
  • Scene World Magazine (Commodore 64, Amiga, 2000–present)
  • Scenedicate (Dreamcast, 2005–present)
  • Scenial (IBM-PC)
  • Schwugi (IBM-PC)
  • Sex'n'Crime was a disk magazine for the demoscene of the Commodore 64 home computer.[6] The magazine was published from 1989 to 1990 by Amok, a label of publisher Genesis Project, and mainly edited by anonymous writer OMG.[6][7] The successor was titled Propaganda.[7]
  • Shine (IBM-PC)
  • Showtime (Commodore Amiga)
  • Sinner (IBM-PC)
  • Skyline (IBM-PC)
  • Slonecznik (IBM-PC)
  • Smok (IBM-PC)
  • Smurffi (IBM-PC)
  • Sneaker (IBM-PC)
  • Soap (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)
  • Speed (Commodore Amiga)
  • Splash (IBM-PC)
  • Static Line (IBM-PC)
  • Stream CD-ROM Digizine (IBM-PC)
  • Subkult (IBM-PC)
  • Subliminal Extacy (ZX Spectrum)
  • Suicide (IBM-PC, German)
  • Sunray (IBM-PC)
  • Syntax Error (IBM-PC)

T
  • TAP.MAG (IBM-PC, 2000–2001, German)
  • Terror News (IBM-PC, Hungarian)
  • Testimony of the Ancients (IBM-PC)
  • Total Disaster (IBM-PC)
  • Totem (IBM-PC)
  • Trashcan (Commodore Amiga, 1995–1999, Spanish, English)
  • Trip! (IBM-PC)
  • Trip 2 Hell (IBM-PC)

U
  • Undercover Magascene (Atari ST) (merged with Alive Disk Magazine in 2000, but re-animated in 2001)
  • Underground News (Commodore 64 1990-1994 - Canada)
  • Upstream (Commodore Amiga)
  • UpTime (various platforms, 1984–1990)
  • El Usuario (IBM-PC; Latin American adaptation of Big Blue Disk)

V

W
  • What (IBM-PC)
  • WildMag (IBM-PC, 2000–2001, German)
  • Window (Apple II, 1982; educational)
  • Worldcharts (IBM-PC)
  • Wrotki (IBM-PC)

X
  • X-Ray (IBM-PC)

Y
  • Yahoo (IBM-PC)
  • Yonga (IBM-PC)

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

See also

References
  1. L. R. Shannon (27 October 1987). "Peripherals; New Look of Magazines". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. Project: CD32 - CD Gold
  3. Dobson, Dale. "Games from the Trash: The History of the TRS-80". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  4. Welsh, Theresa; Welsh, David (2013). Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution. The Seeker Books.
  5. Bagnall, Brian (2006). On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore. Variant Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780973864908.
  6. 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.
  7. Tamás, Polgár (17 April 2016). Freax: The Brief History of the Computer Demoscene. CSW-Verlag.
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