PC Accelerator (USA) - Coverdisc List

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'''PC Accelerator''' (sometimes shortened to ''PCXL'') was a PC gaming magazine. It ran for 22 issues, starting in September 1998, and its last issue was #22, in June 2000. When the magazine closed, many of its staff went on to work on other related publications, such as Daily Radar and PC Gamer, and Mike Salmon, its editor in chief, started Official Xbox Magazine. The discs featured a combination of demos, patches, updates, and videos related to the magazine's contents. Some issues included two discs.
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The editors of PC Gamer released a special issue of the magazine (titled PCXL) in Fall 2007. This issue did not include a disc.
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==1998==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title||Status (Disc 1)||Status (Disc 2)||Note
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|Issue 1 (September 1998)||Undumped||None||
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|-
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|Issue 2 (October 1998)||Undumped||None||
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|-
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|Issue 3 (November 1998)||Undumped||None|| Features Rainbow Six
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|-
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|Issue 4 (December 1998)||Undumped||None||
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|-
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|}
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==1999==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title||Status (Disc 1)||Status (Disc 2)||Note
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|Issue 5 (January 1999)||Undumped||None||
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|-
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|Issue 6 (February 1999)||[http://redump.org/disc/88758/ Dumped]||[http://redump.org/disc/88759/ Dumped]||
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|-
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|Issue 7 (March 1999)||Undumped||Undumped||
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|-
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|Issue 8 (April 1999)||Undumped||Undumped||
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|-
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|Issue 9 (May 1999)||Undumped||Undumped||
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|-
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|Issue 10 (June 1999)||Undumped||Undumped||
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|Issue 11 (July 1999)||Undumped||Undumped||Disc 1 features Drakan: Order of the Flame, Disc 2 features Half-life
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|Issue 12 (August 1999)||Undumped||[http://redump.org/disc/97797/ Dumped]|| Disc 1 features Need for Speed
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|Issue 13 (September 1999)||Undumped||Undumped|| Disc 1 features Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Disc 2 features Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
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|Issue 14 (October 1999)||Undumped||Undumped||Disc 2 appears to be [http://redump.org/disc/82059/ Eidos Demos Volume 5] (needs confirmation).
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|Issue 15 (November 1999)||[http://redump.org/disc/97471/ Dumped]||Undumped||
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|Issue 16 (December 1999)||[http://redump.org/disc/68276/ Dumped]||Undumped||
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|}
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==2000==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title||Status (Disc 1)||Status (Disc 2)||Note
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|Issue 17 (January 2000)||Undumped||Undumped||One disc appears to be [http://redump.org/disc/10582/ Eidos Demos Volume 6] (needs confirmation). Disc sleeves have no disc number.
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|-
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|Issue 18 (February 2000)||Undumped||None|| Features Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament
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|-
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|Issue 19 (March 2000)||Undumped||None|| Features "The PCXL Variety Pack"
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|Issue 20 (April 2000)||[http://redump.org/disc/97798/ Dumped]||None||
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|Issue 21 (May 2000)||Undumped||None|| Features Soldier of Fortune
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|Issue 22 (June 2000)||Undumped||None|| Features Force Commander
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|}
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[[Category:Missing Lists]]
[[Category:Missing Lists]]

Latest revision as of 18:50, 27 August 2024

PC Accelerator (sometimes shortened to PCXL) was a PC gaming magazine. It ran for 22 issues, starting in September 1998, and its last issue was #22, in June 2000. When the magazine closed, many of its staff went on to work on other related publications, such as Daily Radar and PC Gamer, and Mike Salmon, its editor in chief, started Official Xbox Magazine. The discs featured a combination of demos, patches, updates, and videos related to the magazine's contents. Some issues included two discs.

The editors of PC Gamer released a special issue of the magazine (titled PCXL) in Fall 2007. This issue did not include a disc.

1998

TitleStatus (Disc 1)Status (Disc 2)Note
Issue 1 (September 1998)UndumpedNone
Issue 2 (October 1998)UndumpedNone
Issue 3 (November 1998)UndumpedNone Features Rainbow Six
Issue 4 (December 1998)UndumpedNone

1999

TitleStatus (Disc 1)Status (Disc 2)Note
Issue 5 (January 1999)UndumpedNone
Issue 6 (February 1999)DumpedDumped
Issue 7 (March 1999)UndumpedUndumped
Issue 8 (April 1999)UndumpedUndumped
Issue 9 (May 1999)UndumpedUndumped
Issue 10 (June 1999)UndumpedUndumped
Issue 11 (July 1999)UndumpedUndumpedDisc 1 features Drakan: Order of the Flame, Disc 2 features Half-life
Issue 12 (August 1999)UndumpedDumped Disc 1 features Need for Speed
Issue 13 (September 1999)UndumpedUndumped Disc 1 features Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Disc 2 features Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Issue 14 (October 1999)UndumpedUndumpedDisc 2 appears to be Eidos Demos Volume 5 (needs confirmation).
Issue 15 (November 1999)DumpedUndumped
Issue 16 (December 1999)DumpedUndumped

2000

TitleStatus (Disc 1)Status (Disc 2)Note
Issue 17 (January 2000)UndumpedUndumpedOne disc appears to be Eidos Demos Volume 6 (needs confirmation). Disc sleeves have no disc number.
Issue 18 (February 2000)UndumpedNone Features Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament
Issue 19 (March 2000)UndumpedNone Features "The PCXL Variety Pack"
Issue 20 (April 2000)DumpedNone
Issue 21 (May 2000)UndumpedNone Features Soldier of Fortune
Issue 22 (June 2000)UndumpedNone Features Force Commander
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