A classic '80s video game magazine called Computer Entertainer has been released under the Creative Commons license, allowing anyone to make use of the magazine's contents for free. The Video Game History Foundation, which facilitated Computer Entertainer's move into what's essentially a public utility, says this is one of the only English-language sources for information about what gaming enthusiasts actually thought of the NES during its North American launch.
There were numerous gaming magazines covering home console titles in the early '80s, but most of them disappeared in the aftermath of the infamous North American video game industry crash of 1983. Computer Entertainer is an extremely rare exception – which is why it was uniquely positioned to cover the NES launch as Nintendo attempted to revitalize the console game market in the US.
