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 Cover of issue 3 | |
| Editor | Hugh Gollner |
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| Categories | Computer and video games |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Europress |
| First issue | 3 May 1991 |
| Final issue | April 1992 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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You were Launch Editor/Managing Director on Games-X, which was an ambitious weekly games magazine launched in April 1991. [...] It was an ambitious magazine. It was also a big mistake – it lost a fortune!
Archived Games-X magazines on the Internet Archive