PC Player (German magazine)

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PC Player
PC Player April 2001 Issue Cover.jpg
April 2001 cover
EditorManfred Duy
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 140,000
PublisherDMV-Verlag
WEKA Verlag
Future Verlag
FounderHeinrich Lenhardt
Boris Schneider
First issueDecember 1992
Final issueJune 2001
Country Germany
Based in Munich, Germany
Poing, Bavaria
Language German
ISSN 0943-6693
OCLC 85504377

PC Player was a German computer magazine that was published from December 1992 until June 2001. [1] The founders were Heinrich Lenhardt and Boris Schneider. [1] During its existence the magazine was published by three different companies: DMV-Verlag, WEKA Verlag and Future Verlag GmbH. [2] It was published on a monthly basis. [1] The magazine reached its peak circulation of 140,000 copies in March 1994. [1] İn 1996 it was the best-selling European PC magazine. [3]

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