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((short description|Defunct video game magazine 1991-1996))
((About|the video game magazine|other topics|total (disambiguation)))
((more citations needed|date=October 2020))

((Infobox Magazine
 | image_file     = totalmag.jpg
 | image_size     = 200px
 | image_caption  = ''TOTAL!'' #1, January 1992
 | editor         = [[Steve Jarratt]]
 | frequency      = Monthly
 | circulation    = 
 | category       = [[Video game journalism]]
 | company        = [[Future plc]]
 | founded        = 1991
 | firstdate      = January 1992
 | country        = [[United Kingdom]]
 | language       = [[English language|English]]
 | based          = [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
 | issn           = 0964-9352
 | finaldate      = October 1996
 | finalnumber    = 58
))
'''''Total!''''' was a [[video game]] [[magazine]] published in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Future plc]]. It was published monthly for 58 issues, beginning in December 1991 (cover-dated January 1992), with the last issue bearing the cover-date October 1996. A "1993 Annual" featuring reprint material and a poster magazine were also released during the magazine's lifetime.

==Content==
It focused on current and upcoming [[Nintendo]] consoles of the era, initially the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and [[Game Boy line|Game Boy]], and then shared coverage with the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Virtual Boy]] and [[Nintendo 64]] as they were released. The arcade games ''[[Cruis'n USA]]'', ''[[Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|Killer Instinct]]'' and ''[[Killer Instinct 2]]'' were also reviewed.

Each game review featured a rating out of 10 for the graphics, sound, gameplay and lifespan, plus an overall percentage score. The first Nintendo 64 game reviewed, ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', was also the first game to receive the perfect score of 100%. Other notable high scores included 99% for ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' on the SNES, in September 1993, and 98% each for ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' on the NES and ''[[Super Mario World]]'' on the SNES, both in 1992. It is also notable for giving a score of 77% to ''[[Rise of the Robots]]'', uncommonly high among reviews for this game.

==History==
The magazine was launched by [[Steve Jarratt]] Editor,<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/interviews/out-of-print/Steve_Jarratt_interview.html|title=Out-of-Print Archive • Steve Jarratt interview|website=www.outofprintarchive.com|access-date=2020-03-06))</ref> [[Wayne Allen]] Art Editor and [[Andy Dyer (Games Journalist)|Andy Dyer]] Staff Writer. [[Steve Jarratt]] and [[Andy Dyer (Games Journalist)|Andy Dyer]] were credited with writing all the reviews. They also appeared in the form of computer sprite-style pictures, with comic book-style speech bubbles on many pages, though these were dropped by the end of 1993. Further named staff writers were brought in, there were usually around four writers credited at a time from 1994 onwards. Jarratt left to become the launch editor of ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]''.<ref name=NLMaking>((cite web| url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/08/feature_the_making_of_total_magazine| title=Feature: The Making of TOTAL! Magazine| author=Damien McFerran| work=Nintendo Life| date=2011-08-05| access-date=2013-12-16))</ref> By 1992, the magazine was selling about 80,000 copies per issue.<ref>((cite web|first=John|last=Minson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/140168634/|title=Untitled|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203174048/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/140168634/|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|page=44|archivedate=February 3, 2024|date=November 19, 1992|accessdate=February 3, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]))</ref>

The final issue featured "Gamefreak", a Q&A section carried over from sister-magazine ''[[Super Play]]'' that had ended the month before.  Issue 58 was not planned to be the final issue as issue 59 was previewed in the back of the magazine.  However shortly after release subscribers received a letter informing them that the magazine had ended.

During the last few years of its life subscribers to the magazine received an extra page in the form of "Total! Arena", a black and white insert featuring a brief summary of the corresponding issue's contents. Also featured on the page was "Fave Raves" where the current writers briefly mentioned their current favourite game  - as a one-off this was changed to "Fave Daves" for issue 53's insert. There was also on occasion subscriber only competitions. There was no insert with the final issue.

The rights to the name were bought for a German magazine of the same name, which appeared from 1993 to 2000. The German-language TOTAL! was not a pure translation magazine, but a magazine with independent editorial work. It was characterized above all by reports and a rating system for video games based on the school grading system, and attempted to separate objective from subjective ratings.<ref>((cite web | url=https://total.seppatoni.ch/was-ist-die-total/ | title=Was ist die TOTAL!? &#124; ))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/world/total.htm Total! Magazine] at World of Stuart, the website of journalist [[Rev. Stuart Campbell|Stuart Campbell]], who wrote reviews and occasional features uncredited for the magazine. Includes reproductions of some features from the magazine.
*[https://archive.org/details/texts?and%5B%5D=Total+magazine+&sin=&and%5B%5D=creator%3A%22future+publishing%22 Archived Total! magazines] on the [[Internet Archive]]
*[[iarchive:totalgameboy|Archived Total Game Boy magazines]] on the Internet Archive

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