{"id":190404,"date":"2025-08-13T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=190404"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:10:39","slug":"computer-entertainer-the-video-game-update-1982-1990-newsletter-archive-now-freely-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2025\/08\/13\/computer-entertainer-the-video-game-update-1982-1990-newsletter-archive-now-freely-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Entertainer \/ The Video Game update 1982 &#8211; 1990 newsletter archive now freely available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Video Game History Foundation<\/strong>, as part of their <strong>Digital Archive<\/strong>, has made <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.gamehistory.org\/folder\/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&amp;sortDir=asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Computer Entertainer<\/em> (nee, <em>The Video Game Update<\/em>) newsletter archive<\/a> available within <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.gamehistory.org\/item\/9a193e8c-67e0-45ff-98d2-a33e85721cc4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their wider magazine library<\/a>. Many of the scans have even been enhanced. Here&#8217;s what they have to say about the 1982 &#8211; 1990 collection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer Entertainer, originally titled The Video Game Update, was a video game newsletter published from 1982 until July 1990. It began as a newsletter for the video game mail-order company Video Take-Out, operated by sisters Marylou Badeaux and Celeste Dolan, before branching out into general video game coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer Entertainer was one of the few American video game publications that ran continuously through the 1983\u20131984 American game industry crash. As such, it was one of the few American press outlets to cover console video games in the mid-to-late-80s. Notably, the magazine features some of the only known American coverage of the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System, including one of the only American reviews of Super Mario Bros. Because of its connection with Video Take-Out&#8217;s mail order business, Computer Entertainer is also one of the few reliable sources of American release date information for 1980s video games, which were printed in each issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Video Game History Foundation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/computerentertainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquired the rights to Computer Entertainer in 2025<\/a>\u00a0and released the complete run of the magazine into the Creative Commons. See &#8220;Conditions Governing Reproduction&#8221; for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Video-Game-Update-includes-Computer-Entertainer-June-1983.png?resize=721%2C973&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Video Game Update includes Computer Entertainer - June 1983\" class=\"wp-image-190405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Video-Game-Update-includes-Computer-Entertainer-June-1983.png?w=721&amp;ssl=1 721w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Video-Game-Update-includes-Computer-Entertainer-June-1983.png?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, 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