Many individuals have scanned and made available online copies of 1980s (and later) video game and computer magazines in PDF format. The below list is not intended to be comprehensive or exhaustive; rather it is limited to those titles that are of interest to me, personally. Most of the sites listed here also include other computer and video game magazines, and several of these titles are hosted at more than one site.

For those who can read the language, Abandonware Magazines has excellent coverage of European French language computer and video game magazines.

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Title Dates Source Notes
Activisions Newsletter 1981-1983 Atari Age Magazine Archive
Atari Games Players Club 1986 Atarimania
Atari Age 1982-1984 Digital Press Library
Big K 1984-1985 Digital Press Library
Blip 1983 Digital Press Library
Classic Gamer Magazine 1999-2001, 2004, 2010 Digital Press Library
ColecoVision Experience 1983-1984 A Danish ColecoVision Site Issues #1, #3-#4 in PDF format; ColecoVision Zone has page images for all four issues.
Compute 1979-1994 The Computer Magazine Archives Complete run?
Computer Game Forum 1987 Computer Gaming World Museum Complete run
Computer Gaming World 1981-2006 Computer Gaming World Museum Complete run
Computer Language Magazine 1984-1985 DLH's Commodore Archive
Computers & Electronics 1982-1985 American Radio History website Complete run
Creative Computing 1978-1985 The Computer Magazine Archives Complete run?
Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games 1983 Digital Press Library Complete run
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games / Computer Fun 1982-1984 Atari Compendium Complete run
Electronic Games / Computer Entertainment 1981-1985 Atari Compendium Complete run
Electronic Games Monthly (EGM) 1989-2001 Retro CDN Mostly complete run (#1 to #141)
Family Computing 1983-1988 The Computer Magazine Archives Complete run?
Game Developer Magazine 1994-2013 GDC Vault Complete run
GamePro 1989-2000 Retro CDN Mostly complete run (#1 to #143)
GamesTM 2002-2006 Internet Archive Complete run to that point
Hardcore Gamer 2005-2010 Magazine Archive Complete run
Input 1984-1985 DLH's Commodore Archive
Intellivision Game Club 1982-1983 The Computer Magazine Archives Missing: Premiere issue
JoyStik - How to Win at Video Games 1982-1983 DLH's Commodore Archive Complete run
Micro Adventurer 1983-1985 DLH's Commodore Archive
New Zork Times/Status Line 1982-1989 Museum of Computer Adventure Game History Missing: Premiere issue; see also Infocom Documentation Project for another partial run.
Next Generation 1995-1996 The Computer Magazine Archives Complete run?
Numb Thumb News 1982-1983 Atari Age Magazine Archive

Published by Imagic

Odyessy Adventure 1982-1983 Ozyr's Odyssey2 Archive Index

Published by Magnavox; complete run; page images only

Personal Computing 1977-1984 The Computer Magazine Archives

Mostly complete run

Questbusters 1984-1996 Museum of Computer Adventure Game History

Complete run?

Retrogaming Times 1997- present The Retrogaming Times Complete run
Sega Visions 1990-1995 The Computer Magazine Archives Complete run?
Softline 1981-1984 Computer Gaming World Museum Complete run
Syzygy Magazine 2000-2001 Atari Compendium Complete run
TRS-80 Microcomputer News 1977-1984 CoCo/OS-9 Archive Complete run
TV Gamer 1983-1985 Digital Press Library
Video Game Collector 2004-2010 Magazine Archives Complete run
Video Games 1982-1984 Digital Press Library Missing last issue: Fall 1984
Video Games Player / Computer Games 1982-1985 Atari Compendium Mostly complete run?
Videogaming Illustrated / Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated / Video and Computer Gaming Illustrated 1982-1984 Atari Compendium
Vidiot 1982-1983 DLH's Archive Complete Run

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