Top Secret (magazine)

{{short description|Polish video game magazine}}

{{Infobox magazine

|title = Top Secret

|frequency = Monthly, bimonthly

|publisher = Wydawnictwo Bajtek
(1990–1996)
Axel Springer Polska
(2002–2003)

|image_file = File:Top_Secret_Issue_53_August_1996_Cover.jpg

|caption = August 1996 cover

|country = Poland

|based = Warsaw

|category = Computer and video games

|firstdate = October 1990

|lastdate = March 2003

|editor = Marcin Przasnyski (issues 1 to 9)
Marcin Borkowski (issues 10 to 54)

|format = A4 (22–54)

|ISSN = 0867-8480}}

Top Secret was a Polish magazine devoted to the subject of computer and video games, as well as to culture and events connected with them.

The first edition of the magazine was published between 1990 and 1996{{Cite web | title = Pierwszy polski magazyn gamingowy „Top Secret” wychował całe pokolenie | work = Vice | accessdate = 2018-04-04 | url = https://www.vice.com/pl/article/ppa4ev/top-secret-magazyn-historia | language = pl | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180404101150/https://www.vice.com/pl/article/ppa4ev/top-secret-magazyn-historia | archivedate = 2018-04-04 }} by the Bajtek publishing cooperative, and it was the first magazine of this type in Poland. During that time, 54 issues were released.{{Cite web | title = Zapach papieru - strona fanów prasy o grach | work = zapach-papieru.strefa.pl | accessdate = 2018-04-04 | url = http://www.zapach-papieru.strefa.pl/autorzy/czekajewski.html | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161028133325/http://www.zapach-papieru.strefa.pl/autorzy/czekajewski.html | archivedate = 2016-10-28 }}

The second edition was published between 2002 and 2003 by the Polish division of Axel Springer as an attempt to restore the title.{{cite web|url=http://polygamia.pl/top-secret-historia-kultowego-pisma-w-9-okladkach/|title=TOP SECRET – historia kultowego pisma w 9 okładkach - Polygamia|website=polygamia.pl|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713012141/http://polygamia.pl/top-secret-historia-kultowego-pisma-w-9-okladkach/|archivedate=2017-07-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.komputerswiat.pl/gamezilla/publicystyka/2010/4/to-sie-czytalo-moje-w-top-secrecie-poczatki|title=To się czytało: Moje w Top Secrecie początki|website=Gamezilla|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320043710/http://www.komputerswiat.pl/gamezilla/publicystyka/2010/4/to-sie-czytalo-moje-w-top-secrecie-poczatki|archivedate=2018-03-20}} However, in this time, only four issues were produced, and the project was abandoned.{{cite web|url=http://www.galu.info/artykuly-6-marcin-borek-borkowski-wywiad.html|title=Galu.info - Marcin "Borek" Borkowski. Wywiad.|website=www.galu.info|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108225258/http://www.galu.info/artykuly-6-marcin-borek-borkowski-wywiad.html|archivedate=2015-01-08}}