The German PC Diskmag Scene

The Internet enables every user to express their views and ideas and get them published. In the years prior to the advent of Internet access for the general population, it was almost impossible to get heard unless you were a professional journalist. Diskmags were a way to get published - almost the only way. While nowadays this aspect of diskmags is obsolete, nothing beats the charm of a good diskmag. Yet nobody really cares about releasing new diskmags.

In the years 1992 to 1995, there were several diskmags for IBM-compatible PC that issued in the German language. Six of them were pretty good, the others are not worth mentioning. The six decent diskmags were: Blackmail, Platinum, Skyline, MicroCode, HotMag and Suicide. All of these mags ceased to issue in 1996 or 1997. In 1996, two new mags were founded, Hugi and Cream. Cream stopped issuing after two years and Hugi became an English-language magazine in 1998. After 1998, there were only two short-lived German diskmags, WildMag and Image.

I feel sad that there is nothing comparable to a good diskmag these days. The forums with their rude participants are not a decent substitute.

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