Monthly ASCII

Monthly ASCII (月刊アスキー, Gekkan Asukī), also known simply as ASCII (アスキー, Asukī), was a magazine published by ASCII Publishing.

ASCII Publishing began publishing Monthly ASCII in 1977.

November 1985 - Chain Shot!, the game that would become known as SameGame, was developed by Kuniaki Moribe and was published in this issue.

Yearly AhSKI!

Yearly AhSKI! (年刊AhSKI!, Nenkan AhSKI!) was a parody issue of Monthly ASCII released in April from 1981 to 2005.

April 1982 - The first Japanese text adventure game, Omotesando Adventure (表参道アドベンチャー) was published in this issue.
April 1983 - The second Japanese text adventure game, Minami Aoyama Adventure (南青山アドベンチャー), was published in this issue.
April 1984 - A war simulation game parodying Japanese films and television shows, Ga War Games (ガ・ウォーゲーム), was published in this issue.
April 1985 - A text role-playing game, Kwarterka (クワルティルカ), was published in this issue.

In 2008, the name of the magazine was changed to Business ASCII (ビジネスアスキー).

The last issue was published in 2010.