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Monthly Arcadia

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月刊アルカディア
Monthly Arcadia
Cover of the initial issue of the Japanese magazine Monthly Arcadia from June 2000
CategoriesVideo games
FrequencyBi-monthly
PublisherEnterbrain
First issueDecember 8, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-12-08)
Final issue
Number
February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28)
168
CompanyEnterbrain
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitearchive.today/www.arcadiamagazine.com

Monthly Arcadia (月刊アルカディア, Gekkan arukadia) was a Japanese arcade game magazine, published by Enterbrain.

History

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Monthly 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

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Later issues of Monthly Arcadia were typically subdivided into the following sections:

  • several "Feature" sections
  • Special supplement (DVD)
  • Game
  • Index
  • Ad

References

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  1. ^ Date taken from page 50 of Monthly Arcadia issue June 6, 2000.
  2. ^ a b "Arcadia magazine going bimonthly". Beast Note. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b Kevin Gifford (30 April 2008). "Analysis: The State of Game Magazines in Japan". Gamasutra. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ Celebrating 10 Years of Arcadia Magazine! at capcom-unity.com
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