Gamest
{{Short description|Japanese video game magazine}}{{Refimprove|date=February 2025}}{{Infobox magazine
| title = Gamest
| logo = Gamest_logo.svg
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| image_file = Gamest_1986-05_Issue_001_cover.jpg
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| image_caption = Cover art for the first issue of Gamest magazine, May 1986
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| category = Arcade game
| frequency = 1986: Bi-monthly
1987-1992: Monthly
1993-1999: Bi-weekly{{cite web|url=http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/mest.html |title=Magazine Index |language=ja |website=netlaputa.ne.jp}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arcade-gear.com/Press/Gamest/Gamest.htm |title=Gamest |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919022109/http://www.arcade-gear.com/Press/Gamest/Gamest.htm |archivedate=2016-09-19 |website=arcade-gear.com}}
| format = Paper magazine
| publisher = Shinseisha, Ltd.
| firstdate = Issue #001: May 5, 1986
| finaldate = Issue #274: September 30, 1999
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| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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{{nihongo foot|Gamest|ゲーメスト|Gēmesuto|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} was a Japanese video game magazine that specialized in covering arcade games. Gamest originated from the bi-monthly fanzine VG2 Newsletter from the early 1980s. Following the bankruptcy of publisher Shinseisha, many editors would move to ASCII and create a successor magazine, Monthly Arcadia. The magazine also featured the annual Gamest Awards, which handed out awards to games based on user vote.
Description
Published by Shinseisha, the magazine first began in May 1986 and was originally published bi-monthly, later changed to be a monthly-issued magazine in the late 1980s. The magazine had a heavy-focus on shoot 'em up arcade games,{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} but would also cover games from other genres. The magazine ran for several years, with its final issue being released in September 1999.
Gamest was subdivided into three sections: {{nihongo|New Game {{langx|ja|初弾}}|New Game Hatsutama}}, Report, and Comic.
History
Gamest arose from the early 1980s bimonthly fanzine {{nihongo|VG2 newsletter|VG2 {{langx|ja|会報}}|VG2 kaihō}} which was also called {{nihongo|VG2 Union magazine|VG2 {{langx|ja|連合誌}}|VG 2 rengō-shi}} edited by {{nihongo|Uemura Bankita|{{langx|ja|植村伴北}}|Uemura Tomokita}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~otayan/80s/keshi.html |title=消しゴムかけのおもひで |website=nsknet.or.jp |language=ja}}
The cover of the first issue of read {{nihongo|"Game book Gamest - High score magazine for fans of games"|{{langx|ja|ゲ一メス}}卜 Gamest {{langx|ja|ゲームファンのためのハイスコアマガジン}}|Gēmesu boku Gamest Gēmufan no tame no haisukoamagajin}}. Initially, it covered arcade games with an emphasis on 2D Shoot 'em ups. From issue 6 on, it appeared monthly and from issue 116 (1994) the magazine was published twice a month.
In the mid-90s, the magazine covered mainly the then booming versus fighting game genre.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} In 1999, the magazine was discontinued without a final issue due to the sudden bankruptcy of the publisher Shinseisha. Thereafter, much of the Gamest staff transferred to the publisher ASCII (currently Enterbrain) who launched the arcade game magazine {{nihongo|Monthly Arcadia|{{langx|ja|月刊アルカディア}}|Gekkan arukadia}}.
''Gamest'' Awards
The magazine featured annual Gamest Awards, which handed out awards to games based on user vote.
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161025052300/http://read.oldgamemags.com/Arcade/Gamest/ Gamest PDF magazine archive] (incomplete)
- [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/cover.html List of all Gamest issue contents] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:1986 establishments in Japan
Category:1999 disestablishments in Japan
Category:Biweekly magazines published in Japan
Category:Defunct magazines published in Tokyo
Category:Defunct education magazines
Category:Monthly magazines published in Japan
Category:Video game magazines published in Japan
Category:Magazines established in 1986
Category:Magazines disestablished in 1999
Category:Defunct video game magazines
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