/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6552531
>magazine
>on the "retro video games" board
NOT RETRO

>>6552531
Remember when games weren't bloody gorefests? Remember when publishers didn't have political wank or agendas? Remember when the market was filled with walking simulator snoozefests?

>>6552532
fucking autist.

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>poster count
both of these are OP

>>6552531
i had the first nintendo power 20 years ago but it was given to me in bad condition. probably lining a landfill now

>>6552532
Magazines are retro, its literally a dying modern medium. Are you just doing this out of spite because your 6th gen thread got deleted?

>>6552552
take it to >>>/lit/ you fucking coward

>>6552558
lololololololol

>>6552562
well i guess this is magazine general then, anyone have any cool diy projects or tips to talk about?
>pic related

>>6552567
here's another true classic of the genre

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>>6552572
wow, how do they fly the plane without falling out? someone cut a hole in the top!

>>6552531
oh nice, a magazine thread? Im so in haha!

>>6552581
>look magazine
>not LIFE magazine
not gonna make it zoomzoom

>>6552585
>not posting superior life magazine

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>>6552590
nintendo power was literally about NES games you irredeemable retard.

>>6552531
I was too poor for Nintendo Power as a kid but I had a friend who had them. Didn't take very good care of them and he just gave me the two issues with Secret of Mana reviewed in them. Kept them for like fifteen years.

Also
>replying to 6th gen spam autist when all his posts will be gone by tomorrow

>>6552590
based

>>6552581
what the fuck is photocrime?

>>6552593
magazines are retro now, didnt you hear? it doesn't matter that they aren't video games, we can talk about them now. It's highly based.

>>6552552
He was accused all thread about being a /v/ poster that was just trying to shit everything up. He denied it, then immediately moved to the next thread (this one) and is trying to shit everything up.

It's hard always being right.

>>6552604
what are you talking about, this is the first thread I've posted in today. Don't you have some meds to take?

>>6552531
always love a good 'zine thread, love calling em 'zines too, makes me feel like im some muscled out noir cop. you know, like, 'haha wonder what the scoop is in the local 'zines'

>>6552610
great taste, you know i remember buying a copy of this when it came out? I'm super old, like almost 60 or something.

great, haven't seen a magazine thread in awhile!

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>>6552581
NOOOOOOOOO DELETE THIS YOU'RE RUINING MY THREAD

not a magazine but close enough, pls understand

this one might be a stretch, i know there aren't a lot of POCs on here haha

Imagine being this fucking angry that you can't talk about your PS2 or having your eceleb thread derailed.

>>6552661
i'm having trouble picturing it anon, what do you mean? did you post in the right thread?

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>>6552662
Ruining threads just makes people more resistant to 6th gen being allowed. Nobody wants this board to be swarmed with people that act like you.

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>>6552689
this is the magazine general, post magazines.

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>>6552760
really? no one on the retro board likes magazines?

so.. what's going on? It's a 6th gen beggar that's mad about the board's rules, sperging? Color me surprised.

>>6552767
guess not

>>6552770
>joins thread about magazine
>talks about 6th gen for some reason
why don't you post some zines?

>>6552770
>It's a 6th gen beggar that's mad about the board's rules, sperging?
That's exactly what's going on. A pathetic temper tantrum because 6th genners have the mental maturity of a five year old boy.

>>6552782
>replying to yourself
post zines

>>6552782
This one method is new lol. Shitposting every thread, it takes more time and effort though.
Often, 6th gen beggars would try to "outsmart" the rules and the regulars by posting threads about FIFA 2005 or whatever on the ps1.
It's funny how simple rules on a board can trigger people so much
>noooooo but I MUST have my childhood included in this board!

>>6552789
you have a very rich imagination anon, but I've only posted in this thread today. Could we keep this thread on topic? Thanks.

>>6552791
I admit you're at least doing some effortposting by posting all these pics and stuff, but yeah I think you're obsessed with this board.

>>6552794
what do you mean? just trying to share my hobby with likeminded anons.

>>6552798
I wish this board had more content and less shitposting. Why are people talking about Gen 6?

>>6552798
You've been doing nothing with your life but posting magazine covers for the last 2 hours on a Friday night. That's just fucking sad dude.

>>6552815
this is /vr/ lmao

>>6552818
it's very sad that this board refuses to discuss on-topic content and spends so much energy talking about Gen 6.

yeah this thread sounds like a real good time, let me go ahead and post a real classic of the magazine genre

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Wow a real thread on /vr/, it’s been awhile, thanks for the magazine cover dump anon

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>>6552791
STOP IT WITH THIS SHITPOSTING,
>>6552818
/vr/ is FOR RETRO VIDEO GAMES AND SUCH! QUIT IT OR ENJOY YOUR BAN FOR POSTING OFF TOPIC!

>>6552917
>All magazines are about video games
Nope. Also, fuck you, /b/tards with your offtopic down syndrome.

>>6552927
what? OP said magazines were a dying/retro medium, why would I be punished for adding content to the board?

>>6552931
>>>/vr/ is for video games and things RELATED to video games.

>>6552930
have a heart, this content will all get forgotten some day if nobody shares it.

>>6552935
why don't magazines count? people post magazine articles/covers in the pinball thread all the time.

>>6552939
forgot image whoops

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>>6552935
The best course of action is to ignore him and focus on posting on topic to spite them. I have zero interest in Nintendo Power though, maybe the thread would get more traffic if it was about game magazines in general instead of one brand.

>>6552945
why not just retro magazines? maybe magazines published before 1999 so it doesn't upset the apple cart re: the board rules.

>>6552947
i think these have the same retro appeal that vidya trade magazines do, im sure others agree with me.

>>6552954
is no one else going to participate?

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>>6552970
bit more of a modern flavor on this one

>>6552974

>2nd place got a better prize

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>>6552989
this really takes me back to my youth, when i was a boomerlet

>>6552991
it's like looking through an old photo album

>>6552997
people don't really dress nice anymore these days

>>6553002
used to have a pair of these when i was a young boomer

>>6552532
You are a sad petty man

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>>6553009
i invite you to post on topic

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Based sperg

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>>6553052
last one til tomorrow /vr/tards

>>6553062
alright i gotta share these, short dump

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>>6553091
alright, you're on your own til tomorrow, /vr/tards

nintendo power is a crappy magazine but it's not "spam 70 images" worthy

>>6553165
>spam
if you don't like retro magazines why are you in the retro magazine thread?

Can we talk about actual retro game periodicals instead of nigger magazines?

>>6553175
you start

Was the journalism for games more reputable back then? Asking as a 23 year old who sadly gets to only really see the SJW and IGN era of games writing.

>>6553297
>Was the journalism for games more reputable back then?
No, it was always enthusiast press from autistic retards who weren't fit to write for Highlights for Children, and while they weren't entirely political, they were a few that had proto-cucks writing for them (Computer Gaming World being one).. But often the mags were your best way to find out about upcoming games, and now they're good resources for finding about shit that people have forgotten about, as well as laughing at the opinions in the reviews.

>>6553308
Was this across the board? Like,how was the scene in Japan, or Europe?

Interesting content. You should post them in /his/.

>>6553318
>Was this across the board?
Mostly. Many of the arcade/console/handheld focused mags up to the early 90s read like PR puff pieces selling toys because of those mediums being seen as children's hobbies, while PC gaming mags were a bit more "mature" because of the age range of most computer users. By the mid 90s console mags started writing with a bit more attitude and personality that didn't come off as children's PR. Also by the mid 90s layouts started getting better and cleaner. I don't care what gen X/boomers say, shit like Die Hard Gamefan is fucking unreadable with the colors and layouts they often used.
>Like,how was the scene in Japan
I don't speak jap, so I can't say.
>Europe
Most euro mags I've sampled had the same upsides and downsides as American mags, though most British mags tended write with a typical smug brit attitude.

Again, game mags were great for news and the occasional developer interview (see: Sam Tremial's interview in Next Generation magazine) but don't let the nostalgia from other here fool you; games journalism was always a fucking farce. It's always been enthusiasts press at best, and never was legitimate journalism.

>>6553094
woah I never knew boomer magazines were that kinky!

That little tantrum is SO adorable :3.

"Hah, 6th gen not retro? I'll SHOW YOU! I'll use expansion of retro game magazines to ALL retro magazines!"

Best part is tha he probably thinks that that will really bring 6th gen being allowed any closer :3

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>>6552894

lmao holy shit, PS2 boy spent 4 hours rage spamming this thread because he didn't get his way

And they wonder why they're not welcome here or why we think they'd be shit for the board.

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Damn, photoshopped to hell and back before Photoshop even existed

>>6552531
This thread is unreasonably based. Thanks OP

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>>6554894
HOLY BASED

>>6552531
The Zelda comics meant so much to me, seeing a video game translated into art like that blew my mind

bump

Threadly reminder that retro vidya magazines will always be considered retro here, but platforms released in 2000 or later will never be retro here (Gameboy Advance, Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox, etc., as well as games that don't run on 1999 or earlier computer or arcade hardware).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Any retro magazines with cars? or even racing vehicles of some kind?

>>6552531
I still regret throwing the first two years of Nintendo Power away because I was convinced I had to make room for a move. Still kept all the EGMs and GameFans, but both Nintendo Power and Sega Visions got culled.

imagine trusting a game magazine run by the game company to be unbiased in their reviews of games

>>6552531
Got TG-16 later.

>>6561882
I can still remember being surprised when NP reviewers would say "stick with the Playstation version" and trashed games for being uninspired copycats of a big Playstation IP. More specifically, I remember their Megaman 64 being something to the effect of their former, and some review where they ripped something apart for being a poor man's Tomb Raider.

>>6561882
They were still far better at it than any "unbiased" publication we've had in the past 20 years. Nintendo Power gave the original Smash a 7.7 iirc, even in official rags 10/10 its ok is a fairly recent invention.

>>6553168
why are you in a retro video game board?