I was thinking about scanning my collection of game magazines and uploading them to a free sharing data preservation museum style website. Anybody know of anything like that?
There’s a Dutch publication called Power Unlimited which was a massive part of my gaming upbringing. Don’t think I’d love the medium as much as I do now without that magazine. Still have them somewhere in my storage shed.
Aaah yeah. There was nothing quite like the absolute THRILL of getting the month’s Nintendo Power magazine out of the mailbox and going through it front to back just over and over đ
You can actually still get game informer apparently. Stopped by GameStop and was chatting with the clerk and we got to talkin on it. He was like âyeah here, we have last months copy you can have itâ and tossed me a game informer mag like a cool dude lol. Was pretty excited to get home and finger through it. Maybe you can crab a copy at your local video game store?
Back before the Internet when you could get a gaming magazine with a CD filled with the latest demos. It was just the best. Also, a souls like nightmare creatures reboot would be dope.
I wish I kept mine. I remember getting Sega Power and having to limit my daily reading so I didn’t read it on one day and have to wait 30 days for the next issue
I still remember the Secret of Mana Nintendo Power in the school library, sitting on the magazine rack in the corner by the window. Things were simpler back then.
When I was a kid, before the Internet was real common place, my brother and I would walk down to the local convenience store and I’d have to decide between buying comic books or the latest EGM. I used to read every page of those magazines over and over, just imagining how cool some of those games were gonna be when they released.
But once we had Internet access, I’d basically do the same thing, just on forums, reading all the hype and rumors about the Dreamcast. Still, great memories.
My goal as a kid was to be one of the writers for those and have one of those cool little monikers and avatar pictures like they had in I think it was EGM where the writers had names like Four-Eyed Dragon who did a lot of rpg reviews and Lamchops who did fighting games.
I miss the days when I had bright shiny eyes for the game magazines
I subscribed to Nintendo Power from about the time Majora’s Mask came out (which was the first edition I received), all the way up to the end. However, my subscription expired right before they sent out the final edition, what luck.
I was going to buy it off Ebay but unfortunately the price was exorbitant for a single issue.
Good job they still exist, then.
Dude, I miss that smell when I open the box with the disc of my favorite game
I was thinking about scanning my collection of game magazines and uploading them to a free sharing data preservation museum style website. Anybody know of anything like that?
‘Hands-on Starring Lara Craft’ they had me at H.
There’s a Dutch publication called Power Unlimited which was a massive part of my gaming upbringing. Don’t think I’d love the medium as much as I do now without that magazine. Still have them somewhere in my storage shed.
Aaah yeah. There was nothing quite like the absolute THRILL of getting the month’s Nintendo Power magazine out of the mailbox and going through it front to back just over and over đ
Man, Cloud and Lara Croft are so iconic, they didn’t even know what they had at this point
Edit: I guess they did with Lara since it’s Tomb Raider 2
Pretty sure I read that one in a game store.
I remember PSM coming with posters and lid and memory card stickers. They had the best covers too.
Honestly I can’t post anything in this sub because the bots keep blocking me for not enough comment karma.
I was thinking about making a Nintendo power and Electronics Gaming Monthly collection, but I bet its expensive.
I got my issue of game informer last week.
I love FF7 but damn it is overhyped.
Would you give up the internet to have them back?
FF7 was so far ahead of it’s time. The music was A++++++. Would literally sit on the main menu just to listen to it.
You can actually still get game informer apparently. Stopped by GameStop and was chatting with the clerk and we got to talkin on it. He was like âyeah here, we have last months copy you can have itâ and tossed me a game informer mag like a cool dude lol. Was pretty excited to get home and finger through it. Maybe you can crab a copy at your local video game store?
I bought that one! Wow.
I miss my demo disks of upcoming titles!
I used to get so excited when my monthly edition of Official Xbox Magazine showed up, along with that sweet sweet demo disk
It costs $15 a year to get a monthly magazine subscription at gamestop
Back before the Internet when you could get a gaming magazine with a CD filled with the latest demos. It was just the best. Also, a souls like nightmare creatures reboot would be dope.
I was so excited when I got a new issue of Nintendo Power. Now I hate Nintendo and haven’t bought a console since after N64.
Guess tastes change.
I wish I kept mine. I remember getting Sega Power and having to limit my daily reading so I didn’t read it on one day and have to wait 30 days for the next issue
I still remember the Secret of Mana Nintendo Power in the school library, sitting on the magazine rack in the corner by the window. Things were simpler back then.
That was 30 years ago đ
Theyâre still around, karma farmer
When I was a kid, before the Internet was real common place, my brother and I would walk down to the local convenience store and I’d have to decide between buying comic books or the latest EGM. I used to read every page of those magazines over and over, just imagining how cool some of those games were gonna be when they released.
But once we had Internet access, I’d basically do the same thing, just on forums, reading all the hype and rumors about the Dreamcast. Still, great memories.
Core memories unlocked. God I miss my PlayStation magazine subscription. That, plus Tips & Tricks.
I remember getting this issue in the mail. Game Informer was great but EGM is the one i waited for by the mailbox.
I bought the PlayStation because it came with this game.
Kids today have no concept of how cool these magazines were.
So much information about all games you might or might not play, easily accessible.
Fuck, I had a copy of gamespot that was the entire Re1 Jill walk through.
Did anybody else read Tips & Tricks magazine? I was obsessed. I reread them over and over.
My goal as a kid was to be one of the writers for those and have one of those cool little monikers and avatar pictures like they had in I think it was EGM where the writers had names like Four-Eyed Dragon who did a lot of rpg reviews and Lamchops who did fighting games.
I miss the days when I had bright shiny eyes for the game magazines
I subscribed to Nintendo Power from about the time Majora’s Mask came out (which was the first edition I received), all the way up to the end. However, my subscription expired right before they sent out the final edition, what luck.
I was going to buy it off Ebay but unfortunately the price was exorbitant for a single issue.
I used to read the UKs N64 magazine back in the day. God damn that was a fun bunch on staff.
Canât stomach the âjournalismâ they put out nowadays.