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Gamest Magazine, the first magazine dedicated to arcade culture

gamest japanese game magazine

Gamest (ゲーメスト) was a Japanese video game magazine specialized in covering arcade games.  Launched in may 1986 by Shinseisha and originally published bi-monthly, Gamest originated from the bi-monthly fanzine VG2 Newsletter from the early 1980s.

The magazine had first a heavy-focus on shoot ’em up arcade games before covering …