Sad as it was, my family couldn't afford to buy me any videogame stuff. I could only play what my friends had or what was at the arcades or what stores had for demos. So any opportunity I had to read EVERY game magazine there was, I took. It couldn't compare to actually playing, but reading all these games and the strategies was lots of fun and allowed me to still talk about games with my friends.
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Video Game Magazine Covers (and ads) - Vintage Edition
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Criminal Upper
Banned
Man, Neo-Geo was the worst. Why bother taking out print ads, when your system was super rare, and cost like $22,000 or whatever.
Risk Breaker
Member
Damn, I still have the spanish version of that Silent Hill PSM. Those were the days.
lol,never saw that show,guess it didn't air back here then hehe...
Official Dreamcast Mag had some good covers as well...best JRPG battle engine right here...
herzogzwei1989
Banned
Neo-Neo certainly wasn't super rare, they had them at Babbage's and other stores, it was just that the games were super expensive.
Criminal Upper
Banned
The Bookerman
Member
Anyone remember these ads?
It was some sweepstakes you could enter that was in nearly every video game mag. You would buy tickets to win a full gaming set up. I entered and never won. I wonder if anyone actually won?
i'll post one of those soon... Hell it had a virtual boy in the damn raffle!
Datormagazin
Is there anyone in Sweden who had a C64 or Amiga back in the day that didn't read it at some point? The first five or so years the magazine was done in a tabloid format which meant that if you didn't take good care of your magazines they didnt last long. As a result the early issues are a bit hard to find these days.
Those two could have greppen my joysticken back in the day
wondermega
Member
includes MOMS!
mr stroke
Member
You could buy one at any Software etc.(now Gamestop) in any mall. It was just something that only adults would buy. I don't know anyone that owned one back then. No parent was going to drop $399 for a system then $150 for a game.
Hale-XF11
Member
I have a whole box full of old video game magazines from subscriptions I've had off and on since the early 80s. I guess the OP says 3 images max, so I'll just post a random sampling. I went ahead and scanned my copy of the premiere issue of SEGA Visions, June/July 1990. Here it is, with a couple of ads:
Cover art:
Ad #1:
Ad #2:
Cover art:
Ad #1:
Ad #2:
benjipwns
Banned
There's another magazine that did stuff like this. I think it lasted like four issues. (They had a version for console gaming and one for PC gaming.)
Anyone else remember this one? They were only around for a year or less, but I'll always remember them for the gratuitous tits and ass they had in the issues. I remember one issue had pictures of the PlayStation memory card, only it was being worn around the neck of some big-titted hottie who's face ran off the edge of the page. lol They even had photos of some chick holding a Jaguar controller down between her legs. ha ha
Ah man. Makes you wonder why a sure thing like that didn't work out, huh?
I have the two PC ones somewhere around here, there's like a ten page spread of the model in the Santa outfit and thigh high boots holding various things. The article on Tomb Raider is like two pages of content and six pages of pictures of the model. They did an interview with Jeri Ryan about Elite Force and IIRC there's more pictures of her than the game.
Coolest part about it (I think the Christmas one) is this multi-page article on Team Fortress 2. The original version.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Minor quivers of nostalgia, especially that silver Sega mag and the FFVII EGM ones.
There is a TON of avatar potential here.
There is a TON of avatar potential here.
Anyone else remember this one? They were only around for a year or less, but I'll always remember them for the gratuitous tits and ass they had in the issues. I remember one issue had pictures of the PlayStation memory card, only it was being worn around the neck of some big-titted hottie who's face ran off the edge of the page. lol They even had photos of some chick holding a Jaguar controller down between her legs. ha ha
Ah man. Makes you wonder why a sure thing like that didn't work out, huh?
They weren't *that* gratuitous. They had some passable models in one feature per issue but that was about it. (unless you want to count the Pretty Fighter coverage which I duly appreciatied) I mean, as shitty as Incite was, they at least put on a good show.
MrCunningham
Member
I used to love Game Fan's covers, back in the day.
http://www.themmnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gallery_9_234806.jpg
http://www.joystickdivision.com/Gamefan05cover.jpg
Terry Wolfinger's art could be a little hit and miss, but I still loved his wok anyway. I'm not sure if the last two covers were his work though, the Cannon Spike cover definitely isn't.
http://www.themmnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gallery_9_234806.jpg
http://www.joystickdivision.com/Gamefan05cover.jpg
Terry Wolfinger's art could be a little hit and miss, but I still loved his wok anyway. I'm not sure if the last two covers were his work though, the Cannon Spike cover definitely isn't.
Shockamoto
Neo Member
Seeing the ODM covers brought back some crazy emotions... my favorite official mag ever!
revolverjgw
Member
The sands of time are slowly burying all evidence of that beautiful mag. I had almost every issue from '94 to '98, lost many in a flood.
neopokekun
Member
Big K's Jeff Minter cover:
Although Jeff has pointed out that he would never put the llama and camel in chains.
Although Jeff has pointed out that he would never put the llama and camel in chains.
AlanzTalon
Member
Man, Nostalgia. I was subscribed to "Game Players" since it was "Game Players Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games" all the way until the mag folded...which was then converted over to NextGen, which was an incredible publication. loved the cover stock they used.
Big K's Jeff Minter cover:
Although Jeff has pointed out that he would never put the llama and camel in chains.
I'm really jealous of some of the great covers you UK guys got for your mags... that one is holy shit awesome.
herzogzwei1989
Banned
The first issue of EGM I ever saw:
Big Bump!
Looking at this, and some other scans I already had around, I've decided to make a tumblr for old gaming magazines -- covers, articles, ads and so forth. I love this old shit
Some of the ones I've added today:
The tumblr is here: http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/
I'll be posting US bits, UK Mag bits, Aussie Mag bits, all that sort of stuff.
Looking at this, and some other scans I already had around, I've decided to make a tumblr for old gaming magazines -- covers, articles, ads and so forth. I love this old shit
Some of the ones I've added today:
The tumblr is here: http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/
I'll be posting US bits, UK Mag bits, Aussie Mag bits, all that sort of stuff.
KojiKnight
Member
I have a closet full of old nintendo power magazines... one of these days I'll go through them. I'm just afraid the nostalgia trip would kill me.
(edit) When I say old, I mean the first 100 or so issues old.
(edit) When I say old, I mean the first 100 or so issues old.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Was just about to make a thread, when I found this so please excuse the necro bump.
The print ads for Saturn in particular are burned into my memory.
And who can forget Johnny Turbo, Defender of the ill-advised Turbo Duo and assailant of what I guess was seen by the company as the huge threat of the Sega CD. Good God, how off the mark can you be.
The print ads for Saturn in particular are burned into my memory.
Ice cube has, for whatever reason, always had Sega's back. There's an Ione Sky one floating around as well, back before she went brunette.
And who can forget Johnny Turbo, Defender of the ill-advised Turbo Duo and assailant of what I guess was seen by the company as the huge threat of the Sega CD. Good God, how off the mark can you be.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Anyone have a scan of that old "banned" Wipeout ad? The one with the chick with the bloodied nose.
HueyFreeman
Banned
ew.
RedNumberFive
Banned
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Nice! Given Wipeout's electronic soundtrack, that ad perfectly reflected the drug-induced club culture of the mid 90s. I always loved that ad.
