Magazine Retrospective: S.W.A.T.Pro - GamePro's TopPlayer Series

Welcome to the 29 Days of Christmas, Defunct Games' annual holiday celebration. For the next month, we'll spend every single day looking back at the best and worst magazines from the 1980s, 90s and beyond. Count down the days to Christmas with humorous and informative videos talking about classic publications from around the world. Will we talk about your favorite old school magazine? Find out when you read the 29 Magazines of Christmas!

S.W.A.T.Pro

Price: $4.95
Format: Multi Console
Years: 1990 - 2000
Publisher: IDG Communications
Today we're taking a look at S.W.A.T.Pro, GamePro's very first spin-off. This bi-monthly publication featured reviews, cheats and strategies that largely game from the flagship publication. Find out what all this means when you watch today's episode of 29 Magazines of Christmas.


Excerpt: Let me introduce you to SWATPro. This was a short-lived bi-monthly magazine that combined content originally found in GamePro with ... well ... more content originally found in GamePro. All the tips, tricks, tactics, strategies, reviews and even advertisements come straight out of GamePro. Just about the only thing not copied and pasted is this editorial, and even this may have been lifted from somewhere else.

On Tomorrow's Episode: Come back tomorrow when we'll take a look at EGM's Video Game Buyer's Guide, an annual publication that featured system reviews. We'll dig into that on Monday's episode of 29 Magazines of Christmas.