What is Total!?
{{italictitle}} '''''Total!''''' was a monthly [[video game]] [[magazine]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The magazine was mainly focused on news about video game and consoles from [[Nintendo]]. It was owned by [[Future plc]] and it ran from January 1992 until October 1996. The magazine was based in [[Bath, Somerset]]. The first issue, released in January 1992, spotlighted the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES) and [[Game Boy]], including the games that were released for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Total_Issue_001_1992-01_Future_Publishing_GB|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=Total! - Issue 001 (1992-01)(Future Publishing)(GB)|publisher=Archive.org}}</ref> The magazine was created by Steve Jarratt, Wayne Allen, and Andy Dyer. In ''Total!'', they would review video game and rank them by a score. The release of the magazine was also shortly after the release of the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (SNES). The magazine sold well, with around 80,000 copies per issue in their first year in business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/140168634/|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=John Jonson's Column|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203174048/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/140168634/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Jarratt would later leave to join ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-total-the-nintendo-magazine-that-had-to-be-made-in-secret|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=The Making of TOTAL!, The Nintendo Magazine That Had To Be Made In Secret|publisher=[[Time Extension]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Video-game-stub}} [[Category:1991 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1996 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Nintendo]] [[Category:Video game magazines]]