A large amount of gorgeous covers that color specialized magazines in the early days of computers published in the Christmas season will be released



Every magazine published during the Christmas season has a Christmas-like cover, so the magazine corner of bookstores and station stalls during this time will be very gorgeous. It seems that this trend is not the exception of the early computer magazines published in the 1980s, and

Paleotronic has compiled the cover of a retro magazine with a gorgeousness that was actually published during the Christmas season.

A Christmas Cover Story: 55 Classic Computer and Video Game Magazine Covers-Paleotronic Magazine
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In the December 1983 issue of `` TRS-80 Microcomputer News '', which was published by the consumer electronics retailer chain Radio Shack for purchasers of Tandy Corporation 's micro computer TRS-80 , Santa Claus touched the computer on the cover Is used. Behind them are shadows of reindeer pulling a sled and a gorgeous Christmas tree.



The cover of the December 1985 issue of

INCIDER, a magazine for Apple II users, is a photo of a child who is happy to find a computer under a Christmas tree.



In the December 1985 issue of the Italian version of the computer magazine 'EG COMPUTER' published by

Electronic Games , a cover photo of a world-renowned comedian named Charles Chaplin wearing a Santa Claus costume is on the cover.



The cover of the December 1984 issue of

Crash, a home computer magazine focusing on games, gives gifts to aliens with strange appearances of Santa Claus. The box opened by an alien at the lower left of the cover seems to contain an earth computer.



The December 1980 issue of the Dutch electronics magazine ' Elektuur ' is an impactful cover with Christmas-colored women lined up in a row. The word 'disco' is written in the lower right corner, and the mismatch with the pattern that appears to be the electronic board behind is noticeable.



The December 1985 Swedish edition of the computer magazine “ RUN ”, published by IDG, features a photo of Santa Claus typing on a keyboard smiling. The green letter “Årets Julegaver” means “this Christmas present” and “de nyeste spil” means “latest game”.



The cover of the December 1987 issue of the magazine

Antic, a magazine specializing in Atari 8-bit computers , is a picture of a child giving a computer-generated illustration to her mother. At this time, it seems that computers were beginning to be used for children's education.



The cover of the December 1982 issue of the computer magazine '

Creative Computing ', which was published quite early in 1974, is a dot picture style Santa Claus.



The December 1990 issue of the German computer magazine '

Amiga-Magazin ' features an illustration of a robot Santa Claus trying to give a floppy disk to him. Surreal is a white beard growing from a metal mask that shines in silver.



The cover of the December 1982 issue of the

Australian computer magazine, Australian Personal Computer, depicts the alien ET and the main character, Elliott, appearing in the movie ' ET ' released that year.



The popularity of ET in 1982 seems to be quite high, and the cover of the December 1982 issue of '

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games ' is also ET.



The December 1985 issue of '

Family Computing ' is a cover photo of a child pointing at a computer in a shop window and looking up at his father, asking for the latest computer for a present.



In the December 1985 issue of Atari 8-bit computer magazine

ANALOG Computing, a cover illustration of Santa Claus operating a computer to create a list of gifts to give to children.



Also, in the cover illustration of the December 1985 issue of '

Personal Computing ', I stared at the list of papers output by Santa Claus. If you look closely, the names are lined up under the heading `` NAUGHTY (child who can not say what you say) '' `` NICE (good child) '', as if you are separating children who give gifts and children who do not give them An illustration.



In the December 1982 issue of '

80-US Journal ', an illustration of Santa Claus sitting under the Christmas tree entering the letters 'MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM 80 US JOURNAL' and creating a Christmas card is the cover. You.



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