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Hello! I like maintaining big lists of video games, currently my largest project is trying to clean up the mountains of stubs and underloved articles for video games released before 1985. I've been steadily digging through all of the sources from the era I can and the results have been promising. If you want to write or improve an article from this time period, step one should be to check "What links here" on the article. Chances are you'll see some of the fruits of my work.

When I'm not on Wikipedia, you can also find me in and around the speedrunning community. I've been a speedrunner, TASer, and especially a glitch hunter since 2013. My biggest claim to fame might be in the Psychonauts 2 community. I discovered a glitch that let's you fly in that game, saving over ten minutes. Other communities I've contributed to have included Elden Ring, Blasphemous 2, Another Crab's Treasure, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and more. I'm very proud to have been a part of bringing Super Mario Bros. speedrunning to this website. Working on that article, I was surprised just how notable the topic was. That article currently has 58 citations from reliable sources. I know that's probably the diamond in the rough as far as this topic is concerned, but I hope that article can serve as a model for what speedrunning articles can be in the future.

If you would like to contribute or even create an article on a specific speedrunning community, feel free to contact me. I can definetly offer advice and technical expertise. I've been in and around that community for a long time so I have quite a bit of general knowledge on most of the popular games. I've started to dream of putting together a speedrunning taskforce to aid in pooling sources, figuring out which games are notable, and bringing important articles up to GA or even FA. If you would be interested in contributing to such a project, please let me know.

Pre-1985 magazines

For some reason I've fallen into the niche of pre-crash video games and consoles. By 1983, there were at least 15 different publications dedicated to video games in the United States. By 1986, only two of these publications still existed (Computer Entertainer and Computer Gaming World). One of my goals is to complete reference library entries for all 15 of these short lived publications at least up through 1984. Hopefully when all of them are properly redlinked, searching for reviews for any game from this time period will be as simple as clicking "What links here".

American magazines

Publication	Period	Issues	Scan Availability	Created By	Populated By	Status
Arcade Alley (RL)	1979-1984	58	Incomplete	me	me	Complete
Arcade Express (RL) Electronic Games Hotline	1982-1984	53	Complete	me	me	Complete
Blip (RL)	1983	7	Complete	me	me	Complete
Computer Entertainer (RL) The Video Game Update	1982-1990	100	Complete	TarkusAB	me	Up to 1984
Computer Gaming World (RL)	1981-2006	268	Complete	BOZ	BOZ	Complete
Creative Computing (RL) Video and Arcade Games	1977-1985	187	Complete	BOZ	BOZ	Incomplete
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games (RL)	1982-1984	18	Complete	BOZ	BOZ	Complete
Electronic Games (RL) Computer Entertainment	1981-1985	38	Complete	BOZ	BOZ, me	Complete
JoyStik (RL) How to Win at Video Games	1982-1983	10	Complete	me	me	Complete
The Logical Gamer (RL)	1982-1983	16	Complete	me	me	Complete
Video Games (RL)	1982-1984	21	Complete	me	-	Incomplete
Videogaming Illustrated (RL)	1983-1984	14	Complete	BOZ	BOZ, me	Complete
Video Games Player (RL) Computer Games	1982-1985	10	Incomplete	me	me	Complete
Vidiot (RL)	1982-1983	5	Complete	me	me	Complete
Win at Video (RL) by Michael Blanchet	1982-1983	152	Complete	me	me	Complete

European magazines

Publication	Lang	Period	Issues	Scan Availability	Created By	Populated By	Status
Big K (RL)	UK	1984-1985	12	Complete	-	-	Uncreated
Computer and Video Games (RL)	UK	1981-2004	277	Up to 1992	Hellknowz	BOZ	Incomplete
Joystick (RL)	SW	1983-1987	?	Incomplete?	-	-	Uncreated
Tilt (RL)	FR	1982-1994	122	Complete	me	me	Incomplete
Telematch (RL)	GE	1982-1995	20	Complete	Hellknowz	BOZ	Incomplete
TV Gamer (RL)	UK	1983-1985	14	Complete	me	me	Incomplete

Books

Title	Year	Author	Coverage	Publisher	ISBN
Atari Archive Vol. 1	2023	Bunch, Kevin	1977-1978	Limited Run Games	978-1955183215
The Book of Atari Software (RL)	1983 1984 1985	Stanton, Jeffrey P. Wells, Robert Rochowansky, Sandra	1977-1983	The Book Company	0736-2706 (ISSN)
Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984: A Complete Reference Guide	2011	Weiss, Brett	1972-1984	McFarland & Company, Inc.	978-0-7864-8755-4
Electronic Games 1983 Software Encyclopedia	1983	Katz, Arnie Kunkel, Bill	1977-1982	Reese Communications, Inc.	0736-8488 (ISSN)
Guide to Buying and Beating the Video Games	1982	Uston, Ken	1977-1981	Signet Books	0-451-11901-0
How to Master Home Video Games	1982	Hirschfeld, Tom	1977-1981	Bantam Books	0-553-20195-6
How to Win at Video Games: A Complete Guide	1982	Sullivan, George	1977-1981	Scholastic Book Services	0-590-32630-9
The Kid Vid's Book of Home Video Games	1984	Stovall, Rawson	1977-1983	Doubleday & Co.	0-385-19309-2
Videogames Hardware Handbook - Volume 1	2016	Retro Gamer	1977-1999	Imagine Publishing Ltd.	978-1785462399
The Winners' Book of Video Games	1982	Kubey, Craig	1977-1981	Warner Books	0-446-37115-7

The Odyssey² Project

Before I got to them pretty much every article covering the Magnavox Odyssey 2 was a stub at best. I've been working hard to bring this articles up to the modern day and modern expectations. Pretty much every article here I have either created or pretty heavily revised (besides the court case and the third-party games). If I haven't gotten to one, I promise I will very soon.