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ITT: post retro video game magazines

>> No.2310134

Anybody from Germany or Austria here who remembers Screenfun and Mausklick? I always read Mausklick. Looking back, it was a pretty bad magazine.

>> No.2310137

>>2310127
Has anyone seen/read the NG book ("The Namco Graffiti)? I'm curious to see what's in it.

>> No.2310149

>>2310134
My younger brother used to buy Screenfun and I read it too. Kinda garbage magazine but fond memories of a better time. I still remember some pages very distinctly, like a feature on Silver (which I never played).

I have a couple of years of the Maniac collected.

Oh god, the memories.

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Issues of this are very difficult to find, apparently.

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>>2310127

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>>2310137
From what I understand, it's just a content from the actual NG Magazine they used to published. It comes with a soundtrack CD.

>> No.2310218

>>2310184
On a related note, this is possibly the most comprehensive bibliography of arcade game related literature I've seen online.
http://www.geocities.jp/arcadon765/books.html

>> No.2310238

Were the pre-1988 issues of MSX Magazine ever scanned? I'm also looking for the September 1990 issue of MSX Fan, which isn't on the archive.

>> No.2310258

>>2310238
Just found them in this blog, but unfortunately I can't download the individual issues.
http://www.msxblog.es/revista-msx-magazine-japonesa/

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>>2310184
>>2310218
Nice, thanks! I'd like to pick up a copy but it's shot up in price.

I love that list, too - I've got a few of those but there's a bunch I want to look for that I didn't know about. Also I like that they listed Hi Score Girl; it's good to see that series get some love.

>> No.2310272

>>2310261
Nice to see you finally got the PC Engine Double Dragon there.

>> No.2310279

Is there anywhere you guys go to get scans of Japanese magazines? I'd love to look at some Japanese Saturn and Mega Drive magazines. X68000 stuff would be cool too.

>> No.2310281

>>2310272
The sad thing is I forgot I had it until just now (this is from a couple years ago).

As soon as I get around to that non-destructive book scanning solution this is all getting scanned.

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>>2310281
>The sad thing is I forgot I had it until just now (this is from a couple years ago).
It's my favorite version of the game.
>As soon as I get around to that non-destructive book scanning solution this is all getting scanned.
Is it possible to even do that.

>> No.2310319

>>2310304
Nice!

I've read about book scanner setups using cameras for that purpose, but I'm all out of space. At the very least I was thinking of checking out wand scanners but haven't been able to find anything reliable on that front either.

>> No.2310409

>>2310279
I wish someone would scan the entire Gamest issues. I still wondering what kind of obscure trivia that only got printed in magazines such as those that nobody knows nowadays.

Who would've thought that the final boss in the AC Ninja Gaiden is a descendant of Nostradamus named Bladamus?

>> No.2310454

>>2310238
>Were the pre-1988 issues of MSX Magazine ever scanned?
From 1983 to 1992:
https://ia601905.us.archive.org/6/items/MSXMagazine-Japan/

>> No.2310660

>>2310454
>Individual downloads for each issue.
Thanks! That's exactly what I needed.

Is there another archive for MSX Fan? I'm looking for the September 1990 issue in particular, since it has some concept art for Metal Gear 2 that were never published anywhere else.

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>> No.2312320

>>2310279
Some Oh! X back-issues: https://archive.org/details/OhX1990-1995

>> No.2312329

I'm sorry OP, but the only gaming magazine I ever subscribed to was GameNow, and I don't believe that's retro. ;-;

Was so cool they had to discontinue it and offer shitty EGM in its place....

>> No.2312334

>>2312320
Thank you so much! Can't wait to dig through these.

>> No.2312858

>>2310304
Dragon buster is grape

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>>2312858
I once found some pictures of the Monthly NG issue that has all the concept art they for the Famicom version. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore.

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>> No.2313076

>>2313017
I subscribed to PSM just for the covers.

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not trying to start europe vs USA USA USA shit but I have noticed that europen magazines were always way more likely to get stuff about Japanese games wrong than US magazines. I have to wonder why this is.

>> No.2313282

Gamepro was my Bible back in the day.

Until around 2004 or so, then I switched to EGM.

Good times.

>> No.2313308

>>2313246
Probably because California has more Japanese nationals than the UK.

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>>2313017
I loved old psm mags. All those demos and games I would have never known about. Also Adam Warren is great at drawing sexy girls.

>> No.2313325 [DELETED] 

>>2313308
I guess that makes sense.

>> No.2313334

>>2313308
that does make sense, but personally I had another theory. That the UK has more of an acceptance of Tabloid style journalism than the US does and fact checking isn't as high of a priority over there and instead it's just accepted that journalism is going to get things wrong once in a while.

>> No.2313340 [DELETED] 

>>2313334

I have news for you; journalism is shit in both countries. Take NBC; highly respected in the US, but actually little more than a government mouthpiece.

>> No.2313341

>>2313320
>Also Adam Warren is great at drawing sexy girls.

He completely sucks at writing script though.

>> No.2313342

>>2313320
Actually my mistake OPM had the demos but PSM was still great.

>> No.2313346

>>2313340
go to /pol/ or /int/ please, I already said this wasn't a US vs Europe thing

>> No.2313361 [DELETED] 

>>2313346

And I haven't made it in to one either: learn reading comprehension and quit being a schmuck.

>> No.2313368 [DELETED] 

>>2313361
yes you did, you tried to make it seem that I was saying US journalism was better than UK journalism, where I was not. I was only pointing out cultural differences that actually do exist. Tabloid style printed journalism is much more widely accepted in british culture than it is in America, it doesn't make one worse than the other.

>> No.2313372 [DELETED] 

>>2313368

This would be the point at which you confirm your reading comprehension blows. My point is that _both_ countries have zero journalistic integrity, thus complete negating any ability to do a "us vs them" comparison.

>> No.2313374 [DELETED] 

>>2313372
ok, you are just baiting at this point, this conversation is over.

>> No.2313384 [DELETED] 

>>2313374

Whatever, dude. Go be autistic at someone else.

>> No.2313653

Does anyone know if issues of Login have ever been scanned?

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How strict are Japanese copyrights law anyway? What kind of company would pursue legal action against someone for scanning decades-old magazine covering old video games?

>> No.2316594 [DELETED] 

>>2316585
Cherish those scans,

it cost the lives of two Japanese sararymen to get them on the internet.

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>>2316594
Capcom has a collection of Gamest/Arcadia scans on their Strider 2014 website. Such a shame other companies don't do the same.

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How wonderful to know the Janny removed all my posts. I hope you're enjoying being such a dick-riding faggot, you little cunt.

>> No.2317485

>>2313076
It's super duper disappointing that there are no archival scans of PSM and the covers

>> No.2319348

>>2313017
this cover is fucking great
it is a product of its time and I love it

the fonts
the cute girl
all of it

>> No.2319371

So was hardcore gamefan the best mag? I remember it showed a ton of obscure neogeo and Japanese stuff. I think there was a racist article in it once or was that a different mag?

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Suprised no one posted this great mag yet.

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>>2319426
>>2319371
Sorry, someone mentioned Gamefan so I gotta post this image.

>>2317485
Sad thing is they're probably all fused together with cum and hand lotion, and couldn't be scanned.

>> No.2319480

>>2319461
Lol little jap bastards. Sounds like something phil fish would say.

>> No.2319493

>>2319480
Eh, he's not THAT cool.

The Die Hard stores were really cool, though; they'd have stuff on demo units and they'd take any of the loose games on the shelves and let you "play test" them. I wish they'd have managed to stick around longer.

>> No.2319517

>>2319493
Wow where were those located? I know they had import store ads in the mag you could order from. Most retro stores near me closed long ago.

>> No.2319528

>>2319517
Offhand I know there were three here in Texas, and a couple in California. The last one here closed down in about 1997. We also had Microplay, which carried import games at some of the stores.

>> No.2320228

>>2319461
>>2319426

>Dave Halverson is still blocking scans from being uploaded
>Nobody's willing to fuck the police and do it anyway

I wish I could hate you less, since you made my favorite gaming mag, but you make it so easy to loathe you.

I just realized I never looekd for Ultra/ Game Players scans. Anyone know offhand if they're around? Bill Donahue > Chris Slate > Francesca Rayes > Rest

>> No.2320237

>>2320228
I didn't know about the blocked scans, but considering what a lowlife Halverson is, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise.

>> No.2320480

>>2320237
Looks like Halverson was having back issues scanned and was trying to sell PDF copies for $2 a pop. I think the first 3 issues were scanned, but the online shop he set up that sold them is no longer active.

>> No.2320498

>>2320480
That's a shame, I'd have paid for something like that (even though he's a dick and would probably waste it on crack).

I have fond memories of that magazine because there really wasn't anything like it at the time. Nowadays if you're a weeb there's tons of places on the internet to get your fix, but back then it was the equivalent of using the underwear section of a Target Ad as jerkoff material. EGM and Gamepro would show pictures every month about games from Japan and little blurbs; similarly, you'd have the ads in the back of EGM for Die Hard and Tronix and other companies that had little baby pictures of them as well. When Game Fan came out it was really exciting being able to see more of a focus on that sort of material. Nowadays there's really no point - and even then, around 1994 EGM picked up their game for a while and really improved their overseas coverage. But it's still kind of fun to go back and read those old GameFan issues, if anything to see how they'd hype up games as the next big thing and then trash them in their reviews in the same issue, and other shit like that.

Anyway sorry for rambling, I have to get back to the home before the orderlies notice.

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>>2320498
We had a thread not too long ago about Gamefan, Casey Lowe, Versus Books and all that. It was pretty good. It was a damn quality magazine that didn't just feel like a product, it felt like an effort of love. Casey Lowe has a podcast about import gaming now, it's a little boring at times, but every now and then they get off on a tangent talking about working for Gamefan back in the day, and how young they all were and how big of a deal everything was, and how much work they put into their layouts. I only have a couple of issues (I bought one for the release of Earthworm Jim 2, and one for Sonic 3D Blast), and they're just awesome all around and I love flipping through them for a blast of nostalgia.

I recall getting in trouble for having one of them in school, due to the gross/sexual/violent nature of some of the adds. Good times.

>> No.2321582

>>2310127
>>2310137
>>2310184

Cool; I didn't know Namco had its own magazine.

Is this Graffiti Book an art book, or a soundtrack release? Online sources aren't clear. It seems as though there are multiple volumes as well.

>>2319426
A Gamefan cover without the Gamefan guy? Wow.

>> No.2321585

>>2321582
Yeah, NG was their newsletter, you could get it at game centers. As for the book, according to the anon earlier it's material from different issues. AFAIK there was only the one volume.

Also the Gamefan guy's name is Monitaur (surprised I remember that...). I liked the comic where they spent the whole thing talking shit about EGM, particularly the plan to split the magazine into EGM and EGM2l