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[ThatStupidLion]

I've been going through my old gaming boxes and came across some remnants of magazines that i've tossed already. Thought it'd be fun to take a trip down memory lane with some of the pages.....Some of the content is so dang weird, but overall it's fun and nostalgic. enjoy!


Any gaffers in the issue?

Table of contents

Mailbag

Nintendo Power Awards 1988

Previews page

Tips page

Ninja Gaiden

Fan Fiction of '89

Top 30 Survey

Classified Information:

Father's Day article

Nintendo Power Critics Circle of 100

Player's Poll Contest

Celebrity Profiles

Power Players Spotlight

Pak Watch

Bonus 1995 Issue

 

[thekonamicode]

I think scans are against the Neogaf ToS

I love this though!

 

[GregLombardi]

Awww yisss, Dragon Warrior.

 

[Velocity:Design:Comfort]

People were port begging Earthbound/a sequel to Earthbound even in 1989.

 

[thekonamicode]

Spaceworld preview on page 10!

 

[Lumpy Onion]

I remember most of that. Those Dragon Warrior illustrations are beautiful. Also dig the Final Fantasy IV (II) ones they had by the same artist. I know some have said they don't look like the in-game characters but I loved em'.

 

[Savitar]

Considering Nintendo Power is sadly gone now and those are so very old it shouldn't be an issue against the ToS if not given a pass in this case.

Nintendo Power....was so much part of my child hood, it's hard to imagine it's still gone.

 

[boxter432]

Lol drawings in the question section from Matt Bozon!

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

Never got to see the earlier ones. It's (slightly) older than me!

Nester really is prominent back then, huh?

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Shit this makes me feel old. I was born in 89.

 

[GasProblem]

Cool to look at. I wasn't born yet

 

[Willenium]

Thank you, old issue of Nintendo Power, for reminding me how hot Holly Robinson is.

 

[Ōkami]

I think scans are against the Neogaf ToS

I love this though!

Not typically an issue for 20 year old magazines.

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

Shit this makes me feel old. I was born in 89.

82 here

 

[BocoDragon]

When a new Nintendo Power arrived in the mail, in the years before the internet..... pure bliss.

Not typically an issue for 20 year old magazines.

Almost 30 years old :O

 

[Brandon F]

I have a feeling the Nester awards are rigged in favor of games appearing on Nintendo consoles...

 

[Brazil]

82 here

Get off the internet gramps.

 

[entremet]

Not typically an issue for 20 year old magazines.

Yeah. AmyS posts old magazines scans all the time. I love her posts.

 

[Darklor01]

When a new Nintendo Power arrived in the mail, in the years before the internet..... pure bliss.




Almost 30 years old :O

40 here and I remember that issue. On my good days.

 

[Nauren]

82 here

78.....

 

[Savitar]

Never got to see the earlier ones. It's (slightly) older than me!

Nester really is prominent back then, huh?

He use to be in every issue with a two page comic that also gave you a hint for a game at the time. He use to co star with Howard until the man he was based on left.

When Nester vanished only to reappear once every so many years I thought it was so odd.

 

[friskykillface]

Shit this makes me feel old. I was born in 89.

89 hype
😎

 

[PixyJunket]

Lol drawings in the question section from Matt Bozon!

Haha, that's amazing.

When Nester vanished only to reappear once every so many years I thought it was so odd.

That final issue comic tho..

 

[Plinko]

Blades of Steel getting the top spot in Players' Picks?

That's what I'm talking about.

 

[nicoga3000]

I love print gaming magazines of yesteryear. They really illustrate how gaming was SUCH a different thing than it is today.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Lol drawings in the question section from Matt Bozon!

Seeing his name there made me really happy for some reason.

 

[boredofcanada]

I totally forgot that I used to beg my mom to fly me to Redmond WA because I had to see what the Nintendo office looked like. I thought that if I showed up they would give me the super secret Zelda 3 or something.

 

[Monkeyball]

I want to win a mountain bicycle with helmet!

 

[suaveric]

Nintendo Power went from nothing to one of the top magazines (circulation numbers) in the US within a year of it's launch. What a phenomenon.

 

[Savitar]

Haha, that's amazing.

That final issue comic tho..

That hit me.

It really hit me.

 

[Ninja Dom]

Every issue of Nintendo Power is now on the internet.

Nintendo pulls every issue of Nintendo Power from the internet

 

[El Pescado]

I discovered and sent in the code for Super Mario Kart that allows you to race as a miniaturized racer and it was published in Classified Information. I stupidly used Agent #007 instead of something more distinguishing like my birthday that I could use to prove it was me.

 

[oni-link]

I love how that kid uses 'solved' instead of 'beaten' or 'completed'

 

[ChrisD]

Thanks for the pics OP. I was born waaaay too late to read this era of gaming mags, but it's nostalgic all the same.

 

[Monkeyball]

Wait there is an email address listed... in 89?

 

[jackal27]

Lol drawings in the question section from Matt Bozon!

First thing I noticed!! Woooaaaaah!!

 

[HStallion]

Totally Def Rap, Andrew

 

[Kangi]

Begging for Mother 3 since December 1995.

 

[weekev]

I discovered and sent in the code for Super Mario Kart that allows you to race as a miniaturized racer and it was published in Classified Information. I stupidly used Agent #007 instead of something more distinguishing like my birthday that I could use to prove it was me.

Sure you did. Receipts please.

 

[Joei]

Oh man, I used to LOVE reading Nintendo Power at the library in my school. So many great games back then. As someone above mentioned, gaming was such a different world back then.

 

[Lothar]

Awesome magazine. I was a subscriber and was there to get this issue in the mail.

Glad to see Zelda 2 win all the awards and get 1st in Top 30.

Born 1981 here.

 

[VeryGooster]

brb using imagination since no screen shots

 

[Velocity:Design:Comfort]

Wait there is an email address listed... in 89?

I think a few scans are from 95-96? I see a N64.

 

[10k]

Man, the nostalgia.

 

[GDGF]

Nester was fucking rad.

 

[Creamium]

Man I miss reading magazines as a kid. I have stacks of old Power Unlimiteds (Dutch magazine) that I used to read back to back. I remember them putting up the first image of Sonic Adventure and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Now you'd go online to discuss it but back then all you could do was stare at the page for a while longer. This thread makes me wanna pull all those books out.

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

Begging for Mother 3 since December 1995.

 

[120v]

looking at classified information i feel bad generations will never know the mystique games had back then. every single game no matter how great or crappy was like a pandora's box of secrets. lot of the time the fun was in figuring them out instead of actually playing the game proper

regret throwing away all my nintendo power and EGM issues so bad. looking at these scans really takes me back

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Summer always makes me think about NP.

I used to spend so much time staring out the window wondering if today was the day my new issue would come.

 

[zombieshavebrains]

I remember convincing my mom to subscribe me and my brother to Nintendo Power magazine because it came with Dragon Warrior or something. The cover of the box was so fucking epic.