Monthly Arcadia

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Monthly Arcadia

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| image_caption = Cover of the initial issue of the Japanese magazine Monthly Arcadia from June 2000

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| category = Video games

| frequency = Bi-monthly

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| publisher = Enterbrain

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| firstdate = {{Start date and age|1999|12|08}}

| finaldate = {{End date|2015|02|28}}

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| country = Japan

| based = Tokyo

| language = Japanese

| website = {{URL|https://archive.today/www.arcadiamagazine.com}}

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{{nihongo|Monthly Arcadia|月刊アルカディア|Gekkan arukadia}} was a Japanese arcade game magazine, published by Enterbrain.

History

Monthly Arcadia launched on December 8, 1999.Date taken from page 50 of Monthly Arcadia issue June 6, 2000.{{cite web|author1=Kevin Gifford|title=Analysis: The State of Game Magazines in Japan|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/analysis-the-state-of-game-magazines-in-japan|work=Gamasutra|access-date=4 December 2016|date=30 April 2008}} It was the successor to the then popular magazine Gamest by the bankrupt publisher Shinseisha. The first issue of Monthly Arcadia was subtitled "Coin op'ed videogame magazine" and later issues "Arcade video game machine magazine".[http://www.capcom-unity.com/bigmex/blog/2009/05/14/celebrating_10_years_of_arcadia_magazine Celebrating 10 Years of Arcadia Magazine!] at capcom-unity.com

The magazine was published monthly from its start to June 2013, when its frequency was switched to bi-monthly.{{cite news|title=Arcadia magazine going bimonthly|url=http://beastnote.blogspot.com.tr/2013/03/arcadia-magazine-going-bimonthly.html|accessdate=4 December 2016|work=Beast Note|date=28 March 2013}} The last issue, cover-dated April 2015, was published in February 2015.

Later issues of Monthly Arcadia were typically subdivided into the following sections: