Monthly Arcadia (月刊アルカディア, Gekkan arukadia) was a Japanese arcade game magazine, published by Enterbrain.
 Cover of the initial issue of the Japanese magazine Monthly Arcadia from June 2000 | |
| Categories | Video games |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Publisher | Enterbrain |
| First issue | December 8, 1999 |
| Final issue Number | February 28, 2015 168 |
| Company | Enterbrain |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | archive |
History
editMonthly Arcadia launched on December 8, 1999.[1][2][3] 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".[4]
The magazine was published monthly from its start[3] to June 2013, when its frequency was switched to bi-monthly.[2] The last issue, cover-dated April 2015, was published in February 2015.
Table of contents
editLater issues of Monthly Arcadia were typically subdivided into the following sections:
- several "Feature" sections
- Special supplement (DVD)
- Game
- Index
- Ad
References
edit- ^ Date taken from page 50 of Monthly Arcadia issue June 6, 2000.
- ^ a b "Arcadia magazine going bimonthly". Beast Note. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b Kevin Gifford (30 April 2008). "Analysis: The State of Game Magazines in Japan". Gamasutra. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ Celebrating 10 Years of Arcadia Magazine! at
capcom-unity.com
External links
edit- Monthly Arcadia PDF magazine archive (incomplete)