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Computer Gaming World Archive - PDF Versions of the Magazine from 1981-1989

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Welcome to the official online archive of Computer Gaming World magazine, where you can read and download digitized versions* of the first 100 issues of the magazine, beginning with the first issue in November 1981, and then see covers of all the rest of the magazine's run through the final issue in November 2006.

Founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe, Computer Gaming World began life as a small, self-published, independent magazine for the then small community of computer game hobbyists (it was, in fact, the first magazine dedicated to the hobby...

http://cgw.filefront.com/

For those of us who grew up with this magazine, this is an *amazing* collection, and is bound to fill you with nostalgia.
The first issue from November 1981 has an article on Robotwar, one of the first games i ever made a clone of, and a game that was near and dear to my heart.

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