/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4759828]

What was your first gaming magazine? Pic related was mine.

[Anonymous No.4759830]

>what

[Anonymous No.4759832]

>>4759830
you saw that huh?

[Anonymous No.4759869]

>>4759828
Mexican Club Nintendo, shit was cash until late 2005 but after that it went down the toilet even more when they cut the Nintendo Power section.
They had to fill the void making shitty sections where they talked about shit that nobody wanted to read, now days is barely surviving as a crappy Nintendo fan site.

[Anonymous No.4760005]

>>4759828
I think it was GameFan, I only subscribed to Playstation Magazine and later on Dreamcast Magazine.

[Anonymous No.4760045]

It was 6th gen, but I hope some other Ausfags remember Total Gamer.

It began as a more-or-less honest gaming publication that turned into vaguely video game related shitposting as the issues went on.
The writers must have had a field day sneaking in material that was completely inappropriate for children; I remember they once made fun of an artist who formerly worked in their office and had moved on appearing in breast enlargement advertisements.

[Anonymous No.4760261]

Not really a gaming mag but it did have some stuff about games. Instead of demo tapes/discs it had game code in BASIC you had to programme in yourself.

[Anonymous No.4760508]

>>4759828

Nintendo Funclub newsletter

[Anonymous No.4760613]

Intelligent Gamer's Fusion. Wish I could find some scans.

[Anonymous No.4760620]

Pic related. My dad actually bought it for himself because he wanted to get through Bart vs Space Mutants.

[Anonymous No.4760623]

Gamepro, used to have a bunch in a box in the closet, but seem to have all been lost. Grew up poor as hell, would maybe get a game for christmas or birthdays, so the reviews and such were sometimes about as close as I would be getting to the popular games of the year. still remember some of the codes and secrets, but can't remember anything about the actual reviews or anything. Seemed like the standard 90's Cool Dude style stuff, also remember they were kinda shitty about extras like demo disks, posters or anything.

[Anonymous No.4760635]

>>4759869
I felt like it was shitty around the GBA GC era, but it was okay

[Anonymous No.4761081]

GET THE CLUES THAT YOU CAN USE
NINTENDO POWER

[Anonymous No.4761098]

[Anonymous No.4761143]

>>4759828
Probably Tips & Tricks. Also, I had that same exact issue.

[Anonymous No.4761314]

>>4759828
Nintendo Fun Club newsletter. I actually liked it more than Nintendo Power.

[Anonymous No.4761357]

Issue 18 of Nintendo Power, kept the subscription up to issue 110. Ordered back issues to complete the collection. Then when I moved across country, the chest I had them stored in went missing.

Also had subs to Electronic Entertainment and Next Generation.

[Anonymous No.4761516]

Is there a way to emulate the UK version of Ape Escape? It has weird antipiracy. It's the best version of the game

[Anonymous No.4761557]

Nintendo Power for sure, I only really started buying them regularly during the N64 era though I would skim the issue here and there in the past. Didn't even have most of the games covered in them, I just liked the artwork they used to print.

I'd also pick up EGM. I loved Hsu and Chan.

[Anonymous No.4761596]

do slav magazines count

[Anonymous No.4761612]

The first gaming magazine I remember buying on a regular basis was PC Gamer. I was addicted to demo disks for a while. Still waiting on Gravy Trader...

[Anonymous No.4761787]

>>4761098
Man, I used to love EGM.

Nextgen was the supreme gaming mag.

[Anonymous No.4762221]

>>4759828
Electronic gaming monthly

[Anonymous No.4762260]

I wish gila mobster was a real pokemon.

[Anonymous No.4762762]

Wish i could find a downloadable copy somewhere...

[Anonymous No.4762773]

>>4762762
Forgot pic:

[Anonymous No.4762785]

>>4762762
>>4762773
Try asking in >>>/g/ptg/

[Anonymous No.4762929]

>>4762773

Gimme a couple of days and an email address mate and I'll scan mine for ya

[Anonymous No.4763936]

didn't realize Expert Gamer was an EGM subsidiary, explains why that mag didn't have tricks and such

[Anonymous No.4764786]

>>4761612
brother!

[Anonymous No.4764830]

>>4764786
Makes me wish I didn't just throw those away over the years. But I do still have at least one demo disk in a binder somewhere... I should see if it runs and explore the awesome hub they made. It was like going into your own secret underground station to play exclusive demos.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4764853]

Nintendo Fun Club Newsletter

[Anonymous No.4764868]

I've never subscribed to anything like that before. Aside from maybe learning about new releases, I didn't see much of a point to gaming periodicals. Usually you'd hear about a new game via word of mouth, or it would eventually show up at the rental stores. Once the Internet became more accessible to me, I could learn about any game or series I wanted.

As for reviews, that's all very subjective. I've found myself enjoying a lot of games that were thoroughly trashed by reviewers, and didn't care as much for some of the more critically acclaimed ones. I've always relied on a try-and-buy mindset.

[Anonymous No.4764878]

>>4761596
Yes they do.

Pic related is my first magazine.

[Anonymous No.4765065]

post them quality covers

[Anonymous No.4765069]

[Anonymous No.4765078]

[Anonymous No.4765081]

[Anonymous No.4765101]

I subbed to Nintendo Power since it was basically free when you ordered the players guide promotion of whatever game you wanted to get the guide for instead of purchasing it in store, or as a way to get a gaming t-shirt and 12 free magazines.

I also subbed to PSM because it was so cheap, literally $6 a year or something like that, I was subscribed to a magazine Top Deck which went under and the rest of my sub was Next Gen which was awesome but also went under that same year and started receiving PSM, it was dirt cheap to sub for another year (like $6) so even though the magazine was shit I subbed for a few years.

Finally EGM was the only magazine I truly loved but when I stopped gaming in my teenage years I let my sub expire. But I kept finding links online to re-sub for a year for free so I ended up receiving the magazine for another 5 years for free, I have no idea how I managed it, because I wasn't even trying to scam them, I remember it was literally one click and I was renewed for free for years.

[Anonymous No.4765104]

Only argies will understand.

[Anonymous No.4765356]

>>4759828
The Nintendo Power with StarFox64 on the front cover.

[Anonymous No.4765362]

>>4764830
>TFW I hoarded all my magazines but as soon as I left for college my cunt mother threw them away despite not needing to since she lives in a mcmansion with more space than she could ever possibly use.

[Anonymous No.4765506]

EGM/EGM2 (Expert Gamer) were usually the best, although EGM2 had really bad editing/proofing.

Game Informer was hit or miss. PC Gamer was usually good but kind of dry. Tips and Tricks was sort of fun to flip through but not worth the time and money.

Nintendo Power was fun and nice to look at, but it didn't have a ton of depth.

GamePro and GameFan sucked. They were like the Huntz ketchup of gaming magazines.

[Anonymous No.4766013]

>>4761596
I thought the slavic people have only had videogames for about 5 years now

[Anonymous No.4766175]

on US magazines barring the console-specific ones, how would you rank the mags

[Anonymous No.4766186]

xpert gamer was probably the worst gaming publication of the 90/2000's.

Too little of written content in it covering games.

Game informer, Official playstation magazine, and EGM were the best

[Anonymous No.4766196]

>>4766186
that's because it's not a news/coverage mag, it's literally a walkthrough/cheat mag, egm is its other half

[Anonymous No.4766197]

>>4766196
I always thought of tips N tricks being the walkthrough mag, IIRC they had like 30 pages of cheats.

[Anonymous No.4766398]

>>4766197
Expert Gamer was "EGM2" originally. What that guy meant was EGM split their features into two magazines.

[Anonymous No.4766427]

>>4765078

I still have all my copies of Die Hard GameFan stashed away in a box somewhere.

Video Games & Computer Entertainment was one of the first Magazines I have ever purchased.

[Anonymous No.4766429]

>>4766398
Yep. Also I think Expert Gamer became GameNOW before dying?

[Anonymous No.4766461]

>>4766398
Didnt know that.

[Anonymous No.4766474]

Argentina reporting in

[Anonymous No.4766479]

>>4765104
fue la unica que compre de top kids y todavia la guardo.

Despues tengo un par de la revista oficial de mortal kombat que hacian los mismos chabones que la club play

[Anonymous No.4766512]

[Anonymous No.4767271]

what killed the cheats

[Anonymous No.4767278]

>>4767271
>what killed the cheats

Pay to win micro-transactions and achievements.

[Anonymous No.4767305]

Club Nintendo, i had the first 100 volumes.

[Anonymous No.4767326]

>>4759828
I'm pretty sure it was GamePro.
While gaming magazines were still actually a thing I was an Electronic Gaming Monthly kind of a guy though.

[Anonymous No.4767346]

>>4760005
I remember those dedicated Dreamcast magazines and Xbox magazines being really good.

[Anonymous No.4767748]

>>4764830
the writing staff were better at it too than they are now. shame because PCG is complete rubbish after '08

[Anonymous No.4767801]

>>4767346
>I remember those dedicated Dreamcast magazines

I use to buy these magazines all the time for the Demo discs. There were a lot of great things on them. Sometimes even exclusive games like Sega Swirl.

[Anonymous No.4767878]

>>4767801
Anyone who wasn't brain dead subscribed to OPM and OSDM for the demo discs every month.

(or went to barnes and nobles and stole them)


Man I feel bad for the n64 kids that had to pay 60-80$ for a game only to find out its shit because no demo carts from nintendo.
Imagine buying superman64 as a kid.

[Anonymous No.4767881]

>>4767878
>Man I feel bad for the n64 kids that had to pay 60-80$ for a game only to find out its shit because no demo carts from nintendo.
I don't know how it was in USA, but I could try the games at the stores before buying.
I also ended up with a lot of shitty PS1 games that I bought because I liked the FMV intros.

[Anonymous No.4767886]

>>4767881
>I don't know how it was in USA, but I could try the games at the stores before buying

Some stores had "kiosks" you could try, but you could only play what they already had in the system.

You're telling me stores where you are opened every game to let you try them then took them back if you didnt want it after? sound nice for the consumer, dumb for the store

[Anonymous No.4767892]

>>4767886
Yeah, I think they had at least 1 opened copy of each game they had.
But I was talking mostly PS1 games, which anyway were mostly bootlegs in my country, no plastic wrap, so you could try any of them, but I also remember being able to try N64 games, even if I didn't own the system.

[Anonymous No.4770231]

>>4759828
This one, I'm a youngfag. Was pleasantly surprised to find it fully available on Issuu, matter of fact

Guess which game I still fondly remember and which I barely got halfway through

[Anonymous No.4770579]

Nintendo Power's equivelant in my country. I was 7-8 yo. Loved it for having Mario comics, especially SMW manga. The Zelda one was pretty grim for me but monsters looked cool.

[Anonymous No.4770718]

>>4764786
>that Duke Nukem Forever one

wew

[Anonymous No.4770860]

I don't know what my first issie was but I read this particular issue constantly. I loved the guide for Paper Mario and all the maps and images of items. This magazine was probably a key influence on why I love Paper Mario 64 so much.

[Anonymous No.4771023]

I remember a magazine I had once that had a piece in it about Everquest. Pretty sure it wasn't a dedicated gaming magazine, since it also focused on I think comic books and general sci-fi.

Anyway know what this was? I'm north American.

[Anonymous No.4771330]

>>4771023
popular mechanics?

[Anonymous No.4771491]

>>4765078
That was my first us mag too. You gotta love gamefan.

[Anonymous No.4772184]

I forgot what gamemag it was but it had Fox, Blinx and Ratchet in the cover.

[Anonymous No.4772197]

>>4759828
This egm was my first. They were great to read and the reviews were spot on. Then their publisher Sendai was bought out by Ziff-Davis. After that they went down hill.

[Anonymous No.4772198]

>>4771023
There used to be a lot of magazines like that in the 90s. I think Wizard magazine covered comics and video games.

[Anonymous No.4772230]

>>4772197

Whats the final Sendai issue then? I remember canceling my subscription when the paper quality went drastically down, and the number of ads went up.

[Anonymous No.4772283]

>>4759828
pic related was my first

visited an older cousin that had issues of GF on his shelf as a kid. the page layouts, constant coverage of interesting looking imports, their anime segment, and those catalogues of anime/manga merchandise at the back of the magazines won me over (when DB was growing to become a thing, no one believed me when i told them Goku was gonna "dye" his hair yellow till i bought it over way back then).

it wasn't until years after they shut down i came to realized just how bad the writing was in their first few years of publications. their last few years was when they got their shit together under Eric Mylonas.

eventually moved on to Game Players, then to PSM, with EGM2 / eXpert Gamer when there's a game i need help in it.

[Anonymous No.4772294]

>>4761596
Is this from Yugoslavia?

[Anonymous No.4772296]

>>4772283
>when DB was growing to become a thing, no one believed me when i told them Goku was gonna "dye" his hair yellow till i bought it over way back then).
I have similar memories, I remember learning that Goku was going to have a son thanks to this issue of Club Nintendo. We were still in the King Piccolo saga of DB on TV where I live.

[Anonymous No.4772972]

>>4772230
Probably April,may, or June of 1996. I remember the editor( I think it was dan shu at the time) saying nothing will change In fact things would get better, with added content and the prestige of being a Ziff-Davis published mag. Instead they changed from magazine paper that has some durability, to flimsy catalogue paper that ripped way to easily. Then they began eliminating the tips and tricks section and the overseas section. And like you said the ads just increased.

[Anonymous No.4773015]

>>4772972

I looked it up earlier. The final Sendai issue is EGM 83,June 96. Issue 84 is Ziff Davis. The flimsy paper trend started even earlier, together with the overall smaller format. Just compare an issue from 93 or 94 with those they released in early 96. But i totally agree with you Ziff Davis ruined EGM.

[Anonymous No.4773565]

>>4770718
the pain won't go away forever

[Anonymous No.4773614]

This was mine.

[Anonymous No.4773742]

the only thing i ever stole
it came from a classmate in highschool

[Anonymous No.4773832]

Not my first but its the issue that I remember most fondly. Bought it solely because it had Banjo Tooie info in it

[Anonymous No.4773850]

This issue of Nintendo Power.

Was the first issue I got from the "Subscribe to 12 months of NP, get a free copy of Dragon Warrior" promotion they were doing.

[Anonymous No.4773878]

>>4761596
hi.

i wrote for that magazine.

that very issue, actually.

[Anonymous No.4774765]

>>4772294
Yes
>>4773878
So I take it you are one of the guys from emuglx. No offense but the previous team had far more charm, as amateurish at times as it was. Nonetheless shame that beosoft pulled the plug on you.

[Anonymous No.4776387]

>>4774765
yeah, fans did not respond well to the staff change. the idea was to make the publication professional (as in: not a joke). it was too late anyway.

[Anonymous No.4776401]

>>4773832

I had that one from when I subscribed to Nintendo Power back in the day

[Anonymous No.4776440]

This is me

[Anonymous No.4776635]

>>4776387
if you've got the time feel free to write couple of lines of what the job was like back then and how was the whole experience

did you get a lot of free shit?