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| Categories | Computer magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | ASCII Publishing (–1982) ASCII (–2008) Kadokawa Group Publishing |
| Total circulation (1999) | 170,000[1] |
| Founder | Kazuhiko Nishi |
| First issue | 18 June 1977 |
| Final issue Number | 23 August 2008 373 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo (founded) |
| ISSN | 0386-5428 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Publisher | ASCII Media Works |
| Total circulation (Sep. 2009) | 19,400[2] |
| First issue | 24 September 2008 |
| Final issue Number | 23 January 2010 390 |
| ISSN | 1884-0914 |
ASCII (アスキー) was a monthly released microcomputer magazine in Japan, published by ASCII Corporation from 1977. It targeted business users who used a personal computer in their home and office, but it sometimes introduced computer games and computer music. It was also known as the Monthly ASCII (月刊アスキー) written along with the title from Vol. 2 No. 4, and distinguish with the Weekly ASCII (週刊アスキー) founded in 1997. The ASCII was rebranded as the Business ASCII (ビジネスアスキー) in 2008, and ceased in 2010. Its news website and the Weekly ASCII are continuing as in 2016.[3]
The LOGiN (ログイン), a computer game magazine, was first published as an extra issue of the ASCII in 1982, and the Famitsu (ファミ通) was branched from the LOGiN.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ascii_cirwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "「月刊ビジネスアスキー」休刊 (f/x [エフエックス] ITメディア・タンク)" [The Business Ascii will be ceased.] (in Japanese). f/x, KG. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ The 9 June 2015 issue was the last printed of the Weekly ASCII.
- ^ "ゲームメディア30年史" [30 Year History of Game Media]. 週刊ファミ通. 31 (24). Enterbrain: 120–127. 2016.