It regularly featured news and reviews of computer and home console software; sales charts; coverage of the annual Consumer Electronics Show; interviews with developers in the video game industry; and release dates.

Computer Entertainer was a newsletter for a mail order retailer called Video Take-Out, which was located in North Hollywood, Los Angeles and started as a supplier of blank and pre-recorded VHS tapes.

[2] It was announced in the February 1985 issue that Video Take-Out had partnered with Sydney Software to exclusively distribute Best of B.C., a compilation of the Coleco Adam games B.C.

Just prior to the release in April, Computer Entertainer stated that the companies had halted all future collaborations due to the threat of piracy by Adam users and its potentially negative financial impact.

[7] Video Takeout launched its own bulletin board system for southern California called The Hotline in early 1986, which included an online version of Computer Entertainer and weekly columns by Dan Gutman.

The business moved again around January 1990 and Computer Entertainer continued publication until abruptly ending that July with a total of 100 issues, one special edition, and one index.