Gamest
Cover art for the first issue of Gamest magazine, May 1986 | |
| Categories | Arcade game |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1986: Bi-monthly 1987-1992: Monthly 1993-1999: Bi-weekly |
| Format | Paper magazine |
| Publisher | Shinseisha, Ltd. |
| First issue | Issue #001: May 5, 1986 |
| Final issue | Issue #274: September 30, 1999 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Gamest was a Japanese video game magazine that specialized in covering arcade games. Gamest originated from the bi-monthly fanzine VG2 Newsletter from the early 1980s. Following the bankruptcy of publisher Shinseisha, many editors would move to ASCII and create a successor magazine, Monthly Arcadia. The magazine also featured the annual Gamest Awards, which handed out awards to games based on user vote.