Coverdiscs - Launch Magazine

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Launch Magazine was a CD-Rom based music and entertainment magazine that began publishing in 1995. 54 numbered and two unnumbered issues were released, along with several special event only or promotional discs.

Issues 1 to 8 came in jewel cases, 9 to 16 came in Digipaks, and all issues until the end of the run were released in disc sleeves.

The discs featured interviews with musicians and actors, music videos and songs (early issues had them in CD Audio), movie trailers, gaming footage, video game and movie reviews, plus game demos. The discs were Windows and Macintosh hybrid discs that relied heavily on QuickTime for media playback. Only discs with gaming content (trailers, footage or demos) are acceptable in Redump. Issues 52 to 54 do not mention any game content in their back covers, but they feature a PlayStation 2 logo, so they may still have trailers, videos, or game reviews.

Issue # Date (Year-Month) Status Notes
1 1995 Undumped Has game demos
2 1995Dumped Second dump
3 1995 Undumped Has game demos
4 1995 Undumped Has game demos
5 1996 Undumped Has game demos
6 1996Dumped
7 1996 Undumped Has game demos
8 (Disc 1) 1996Dumped
8 (Disc 2) 1996Dumped
9 1996 Undumped Has game demos
10 1996Dumped
11 1997 Undumped Has game demos
12 1997 Undumped Has game demos
13 1997 Undumped Has game demos
14 1997 Undumped Has game demos
15 1997Dumped
16 1997Dumped
17 1998Dumped
18 1998Dumped
19 1998Dumped
20 1998Dumped
21 1998Dumped
22 1998Dumped
23 1998Dumped
24 1998Dumped
25 1999Dumped
26 1999Dumped
27 1999Dumped
28 1999Dumped
29 1999Dumped
30 1999Dumped
31 1999Dumped
32 1999Dumped
33 1999Dumped
34 1999Dumped
35 1999Dumped
36 2000 Undumped Has game demos
37 2000 Undumped Has game demos
38 2000 Undumped Has game demo
39 2000 Undumped Has game demo
40 2000 Undumped Has game footage
41 2000 Undumped Has game demo
42 2000 Undumped Has game demo
43 2000Dumped
44 2000 Undumped Has game demo
45 2000 Undumped Has game demo
46 2000 Undumped Has game content
47 2000 Undumped Has game content
48 2001 Undumped Has game content
49 2001 Undumped Has game content
50 2001 Undumped Has game content
51 2001 Undumped Has game content
51b 2001 Undumped Has game content (Launch Tour edition variant of #51 with different back cover, may have info about a Sony-sponsored contest)
52 2001 Undumped Unknown content
53 2001 Undumped Unknown content
54 2001 Undumped Unknown content

Additional CDs

Issue # Date (Year-Month) Status Notes
Launch Live 1995 Ineligible Audio CD with live performances.
Launch Live 1997 1997 Ineligible Audio CD with live performances.
Launch Live '98 1998 Ineligible Audio CD with live performances.
Launch - Live Exclusive Performances1999 Ineligible Audio CD with live performances.
Launch Seasons Greetings 1999 December? 1999 Ineligible Audio CD with live performances
Launch Launch - Happy Holidays 2000 December? 2000 Ineligible Audio CD with live performances


This page is a work in progress. A very large amount of this information has been sourced from Launch CD-Rom Notes, created by futuristguy. Additional data has been taken from Discogs and eBay listings.

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