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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: bloodybaron on September 12, 2014, 01:59:10 pm
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Alright so I think this might be a cool thread to start seeing as I do this all the time. I come across old video game magazines like game informer, Nintendo power, or even things like dragon magazine from D&D and always see ads for things that I never knew I wanted, or that never came to be! The other night was leafing through an issue of game informer and found out that castlevania 64 was supposed to also be a release title for the dreamcast... So whenever you find something interesting in an old magazine I figured it would be cool to post it here.
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I do it all the time. I seem to be the only one interested in classic magazines on the forum, though.
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I do it all the time. I seem to be the only one interested in classic magazines on the forum, though.
I have a massive Nintendo Power collection. I love thumbing through them.
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Well, I'd be interested to pick some of those magazines up sometimes, although I haven't found much of those in the wild. I'd still like to hear about those interesting pieces of info that existed in those magazines though.
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I still have my old Nintendo Powers from Volume 19 (December 1990) to Volume 100 (January 1 1997) Including the players guides. I still go through them from time to time. There were so many games I wanted in there, but never got, until now.
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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.
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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.
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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.
(http://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/66839.jpg)
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 (http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,1942.3465.html)
(http://s25.postimg.org/7r7l715r3/GEDC1799.jpg)(http://s25.postimg.org/mlw6l7fbz/GEDC1800.jpg)
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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!
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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!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10606090_756915487699982_5099668954129787537_n.jpg?oh=b7867e738b86f2f29a3bc15af9d54010&oe=5490480A&__gda__=1419613883_a7e317d7dd0f258e59c1c9363fb4d842)
As AVGN puts it: " They made a game that's not shit!"
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I wished I own some
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Alright so I think this might be a cool thread to start seeing as I do this all the time. I come across old video game magazines like game informer, Nintendo power, or even things like dragon magazine from D&D and always see ads for things that I never knew I wanted, or that never came to be! The other night was leafing through an issue of game informer and found out that castlevania 64 was supposed to also be a release title for the dreamcast... So whenever you find something interesting in an old magazine I figured it would be cool to post it here.
Far from it. I'm pretty sure I'm the only guy who has a full run of both versions of Incite Gaming here. I also have a few other random magazines from other countries, I just never added them. Most of my books are in storage, so listing them isn't easy. :p
I also follow a couple of vintage game magazine and ad Tumblr feeds.
http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/
http://crazyarcadeflyers.tumblr.com/
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I still buy Retro Gamer (U.K.) every month, as well as the occassional issue of EGM. And I have a subscription to the bi-monthly Retro Magazine (U.S.).
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I still buy Retro Gamer (U.K.) every month, as well as the occassional issue of EGM. And I have a subscription to the bi-monthly Retro Magazine (U.S.).
How many Retro magazines have you gotten? I haven't gotten one since issue 3
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I still buy Retro Gamer (U.K.) every month, as well as the occassional issue of EGM. And I have a subscription to the bi-monthly Retro Magazine (U.S.).
How many Retro magazines have you gotten? I haven't gotten one since issue 3
Same here.
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What are current Retro/modern Magazines you guys would recommend to have a subscription with?
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I still buy Retro Gamer (U.K.) every month, as well as the occassional issue of EGM. And I have a subscription to the bi-monthly Retro Magazine (U.S.).
How many Retro magazines have you gotten? I haven't gotten one since issue 3
Same here.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I wonder what the hold up is?
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I don't know, but we better get our full 6 issues. If not, it really wasn't that great of magazine anyways, so I won't feel that big of a loss. I think when my subscription expires I'll replace it with EGM.
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What are current Retro/modern Magazines you guys would recommend to have a subscription with?
I heard that nintendo force is a great magazine for current nintendo news. It's pretty much picked off where nintendo power stopped about two years ago, its bi- monthly and has alot of content per issue( 60-80 pages i think) and there are both physical and digital versions of the magazine to pick up, along with some good pricing options for single issues/ 6 months/ and yearly subscriptions. They also have gotten a lot of support from Kickstarter to continue the magazine, and I'd reccomend you pick it up while you can!
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I do it all the time. I seem to be the only one interested in classic magazines on the forum, though.
You are not alone.
I have modest stacks of:
Game Informer
Nintendo Power
Sega Vision
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Game Pro
Each month I "release" a new issue of something for my 11 year old son to paw through. Like a subscription.
He loves it and I get a kick out of going through them again. Especially now that I can easily get my hands on what they'd tease back then as being exclusive to other regions.
Also, I work with Jon the Greedy Gamer a previous Game Informer reviewer.
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This thread makes me miss Nintendo Power. :'(
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This thread makes me miss Nintendo Power. :'(
Nintendo power was my first experience with getting a cashiers check.
Had to have my Grandma go with me to the grocery store to get one. :)
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Anyone remember Game Players Nintendo Sega? Great stuff in the early nineties :'(
Oh and I also want to back up the other "Retro" subscribers, and say that magazine was a huge let down. After I get my 6th issue, that's it for me. The writing of the articles are just Meh lol.... Retro Gamer UK is so much better written.
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I have stacks of EGM on my shelves to this day! I still get it to!
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Just bought Nintendo Power issue #1 recently to rebuild my old collection. I read and loved pretty much all of them. I really miss game players magazine.
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Just bought Nintendo Power issue #1 recently to rebuild my old collection. I read and loved pretty much all of them. I really miss game players magazine.
I liked Game Informer back when the subscription was free from funco. It was the only mag I had regular exposure to at the time that covered TG-16 and Neo Geo games.
Also it was free. :)
R.I.P funco.