The magazine was started by
Softbank Publishing in 1984 as a monthly publication under the name
Beep to cover
video games for
home computers,
arcade machines and
gaming consoles. Sega discontinued the Dreamcast on March 31, 2001, but the magazine survived by rebranding itself again. The title was changed to its previously informal name
Dorimaga (short for "Dreamcast Magazine") and became a multiplatform publication. In 2006 the magazine changed its name again, to
Gemaga, which is short for "Games Magazine". In January 2012, it was announced by the publisher that
Gemaga was to close. The May 2012 issue was the last of the magazine. At the time of its closure it was the longest-running magazine devoted to videogames in Japan. == Notes ==