Game Players was a brand of video gaming magazines published in North America for ten years, beginning in 1988 and ending during 1998. The brand began with the magazine Game Player's, which covered multiple gaming platforms. Several spin-off titles later appeared, such as Game Players Encyclopedia of Sega Genesis Games, Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide, and Nintendo themed versions of those titles.
Eventually the original magazine was canceled and, after management changes, the main Nintendo and Sega spin-offs combined to replace the original as Game Players Nintendo-Sega. This magazine later resumed numbering based on the original title. It was also renamed to Ultra Game Players and Game Buyer before being canceled.
In the early years of Game Players, that magazine originally covered all gaming systems. To provide more dedicated coverage of games for specific consoles, spin-off magazines were launched. Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide was the title targeting Sega systems. Eventually this title was canceled and combined with the matching Nintendo targeted spin-off to form Game Players Nintendo-Sega, which replaced the main Game Players title.
Another spin-off Game Players, this magazine featured a much larger page count than the other Sega focused title. The extra space was used to provide in-depth coverage of games on a greater scale than the sister publication.
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Release Title | Date | Region |
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Game Player's 2 | February 1990 | North America |
Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide Vol. 1 No. 1 | 1990 | North America |
Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide Vol. 2 No. 5 | 1991 | North America |
Game Players Encyclopedia of Sega Genesis Games Volume 3 | 1991 | North America |
Game Players 30 | July 1993 | North America |
Game Players 37 | February 1994 | North America |
Game Players 43 | August 1994 | North America |
Game Players 49 | February 1995 | North America |