It was created in May 1985 and is one of the first magazines in Europe exclusively devoted to video games.

The magazine in its two first periods was a major outlet supporting of the golden era of Spanish software.

In July 2012, Axel Springer sold Micromanía to other owner, focussing its video game coverage in its other magazine, Hobby Consolas.

[5][6] The second period had 80 issues, the last one published in January 1995, the 11th year since the magazine's inception.

Amid an industry-wide decline in print magazine sales, Micromanía abandoned newsstands in June 2023, electing to exclusively retail at Game stores in an attempt to adjust the print run to the perceived paid circulation and increase its quality in the process.