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bikingjahuty:
I have every issue of Gamepro from 1995 to 2003 (missing one issue in between) and almost every Nintendo Power from 1996 to 2002. I love thumbing through them and seeing games being talked about that either never came out or changed so much prior to their actual release. It is also nice seeing reviews for the games that aren't tainted by nostalgia since the games were modern at the time the issue was being published. Maybe even more than the games themselves, reading about them in these old magazines really makes me appreciate how amazing the game industry used to be.

mrnikon:
I also remember getting the promo videos on VHS for games that were coming out, for being a subscriber to Nintendo Power. That are all still at my parents house somewhere. One is what made me ask for Donkey Kong Country and the SNES to play it.

burningdoom:
VideoGames: The Ultimate Magazine is one of the best classic gaming magazines from the 90s. So packed full of industry insider stuff, reviews, and previews. And they covered like EVERY system back then, not just the Sega, Nintendo, Atari stuff.

I also just recently added some cool ads from a 2003 issue of Electronics Gaming Monthly to the General/Anonymous thread.

http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,1942.3465.html

burningdoom:
I like VideoGames: The Ultimate Video Games, except for this article. They had the gaul to give Maximum Carnage a 4 out of 10! That was one of the coolest 16-bit beat-em ups ever made!

maximo310:

--- Quote from: burningdoom on September 12, 2014, 03:53:13 pm ---I like VideoGames: The Ultimate Video Games, except for this article. They had the gaul to give Maximum Carnage a 4 out of 10! That was one of the coolest 16-bit beat-em ups ever made!

--- End quote ---
As AVGN puts it: " They made a game that's not shit!"

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