Joystick (magazine)

Not to be confused with Joystiq, a defunct video game blog.

Joystick
Issue 107 cover
CategoriesComputer magazine, Video games
FrequencyMonthly[1][2]
Circulation14000[3]
FounderMarc Andersen[4][5]
Founded1988
First issue9 November 1988
Final issue
Number		23 November 2012
260
CompanySipress,[5] Hachette Digital Presse,[1] MER7,[6] Anuman Interactive[7]
CountryFrance
Based inParis
LanguageFrench
ISSN1145-4806

Joystick (formerly Joystick Hebdo)[4][8] was a French computer magazine that published monthly issues on PC games. It was founded in 1988 by Marc Andersen,[5] who later left in November 1995. Originally published in the form of a 32-page weekly magazine in 1988 and 1989, it saw monthly 148-page issues (and more) past 1990.[1][4][9] It initially sold with one or more floppy disks and then later with several CD-ROMs, and finally, until April 2012, a DVD that included complete copies of video games. In 2012, Joystick ceased distribution.

Despite 80,000 unique visitors per month to Joystick's website, it was closed in March 2002 due to the lack of profitability.[10] It reopened in early 2008 as a summary of the magazine, including video game reviews and video game news; it would be updated irregularly until June 2012.

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  2. ^ Willing, James (2006). Willing's Press Guide. Michigan State University: Willing's Press Service. p. 20. ISBN 9780955174537.
  3. ^ "Joystick entry on OJD". ojd.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Magazine Joystick Hebdo". Abandonware France (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Marc Andersen - Cyber Press Publishing Sa (cybr.ln)". The Wall Street Transcript. 3 April 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Company Overview of M.E.R.7, Joystick and Tilt Brands". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. ^ "L'éditeur Anuman Interactive acquiert les licences "Joystick" et "Tilt"". AFJV (in French). 8 February 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - Joystick Hebdo". www.abandonware-magazines.org (in French). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Oldies But Goodies". Le site des jeux vidéos rétros. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Le site Joystick.fr ferme ses portes". Clubic (in French). 1 February 2002. Retrieved 4 October 2018.