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.
Description Published by Shinseisha, the magazine first began in May 1986 and was originally published bi-monthly, later changed to be a monthly-issued magazine in the late 1980s. The magazine had a heavy-focus on shoot 'em up arcade games,but would also cover games from other genres. The magazine ran for several years, with its final issue being released in September 1999. Gamest was subdivided into three sections: , Report, and Comic.
History Gamest arose from the early 1980s bimonthly fanzine which was also called edited by .
The cover of the first issue of read . Initially, it covered arcade games with an emphasis on 2D Shoot 'em ups. From issue 6 on, it appeared monthly and from issue 116 (1994) the magazine was published twice a month.
In the mid-90s, the magazine covered mainly the then booming versus fighting game genre. In 1999, the magazine was discontinued without a final issue due to the sudden bankruptcy of the publisher Shinseisha. Thereafter, much of the Gamest staff transferred to the publisher ASCII (currently Enterbrain) who launched the arcade game magazine .
Shinseisha
Co., Ltd. was a Japanese publisher founded in 1971 and who filed for bankruptcy in 1999. It originally published learning reference books, but it is more known for Gamest. The representative was Hiroshi Kato. The company's capital was 10 million yen. Major subsidiaries of Shinseisha were and .Shinseisha Co. Ltd. address at bloomberg.com
Gamest Awards The magazine featured annual Gamest Awards, which handed out awards to games based on user vote.
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External links Gamest PDF magazine archive (incomplete) List of all Gamest issue contents