For Sale: NES Boxes and Manuals, plus Books and Magazines!

[Kid Fenris]

OK, folks. I have some odds and ends to unload. Here's my feedback thread at Digital Press and my eBay profile if you need 'em.

First up, we have the boxes, manuals, and foam thingies for several NES games. I'd prefer to sell each box and its corresponding manual as a set.







SOLD Vice Project Doom (excellent shape all around) -$20
SOLD Super Mario Bros. 3 (excellent shape all around) -$15
SOLD Crystalis (box has a tear on the back, everything else is fine) -$15
Strider (box has wear and a sticker on one side, manual has smudges) -$10
SOLD The Guardian Legend (some wear to the box, manual’s excellent) -$10





And here's a big pile of books and magazines.




Super Street Fighter IV Strategy Guide -$5
Guilty Gear X Drafting Artworks (some spine wear) -$12






GameFan Issues –All $4 apiece
Volume 2 Issue 6
Volume 3 Issue 2
Volume 3 Issue 3
Volume 3 Issue 6
Volume 3 Issue 7
Volume 3 Issue 8
Volume 3 Issue 11
Volume 3 Issue 12
Volume 5 Issue 3
Volume 5 Issue 5
Volume 5 Issue 6
Volume 5 Issue 7
Volume 5 Issue 10
Volume 5 Issue 11

The rest of the magazines aren’t collectible like GameFan, so they’re yours for the shipping fee. If you want a whole bunch, the best route is to pay for a $12 flat-rate Priority box. They hold about 20 issues each.

Gamers Republic
March 2000, January 2001

Play Magazine
December 2006, November 2008, December 2008, July 2009, September 2009 (yes, the one with the unspeakable cover)


Official Dreamcast Magazine
November 1999

Game Player’s Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games
Volume 4, Number 10

PSM
August 1999, October 1999

EGM2
Volume 1 (lotsa wear)

Official PlayStation Magazine
Issue 55 (lotsa wear)

Electronic Gaming Monthly (original run)
August 1992, September 1993, September 1995, October 2000

Electronic Gaming Monthly (new run)
Issues 239, 242, 257, 262, 259, 260, 261, 262, Winter PS4 and Xbox One Guides

Game Informer
Issues 239, 241, 245

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It's kind of fun to look back at how gaudy the covers of old 90s gaming mags used to be. The 3D renders looked so awful, even back then. Of course Gamefan was always the most egregious example of poor layout and graphic design. Not really sure how it ended up being so collectible, but so be it.

[Joseph Joestar]

Sept 2, 2014 6:11:38 GMT -5 @jasonx said:

It's kind of fun to look back at how gaudy the covers of old 90s gaming mags used to be. The 3D renders looked so awful, even back then. Of course Gamefan was always the most egregious example of poor layout and graphic design. Not really sure how it ended up being so collectible, but so be it.

I got rid of some of mine, so I might take KF up on this.  I'll never get rid of my copy with the "Japs" placeholder text though. My reputation as a casual racist depends on it.

[The Great Klaid]

Sept 2, 2014 9:27:56 GMT -5 Joseph Joestar said:

Sept 2, 2014 6:11:38 GMT -5 @jasonx said:

It's kind of fun to look back at how gaudy the covers of old 90s gaming mags used to be. The 3D renders looked so awful, even back then. Of course Gamefan was always the most egregious example of poor layout and graphic design. Not really sure how it ended up being so collectible, but so be it.

I got rid of some of mine, so I might take KF up on this.  I'll never get rid of my copy with the "Japs" placeholder text though. My reputation as a casual racist depends on it.

Pics? Because holy hell really?

[Joseph Joestar]

Sept 4, 2014 19:57:31 GMT -5 The Great Klaid said:

Sept 2, 2014 9:27:56 GMT -5 Joseph Joestar said:

I got rid of some of mine, so I might take KF up on this.  I'll never get rid of my copy with the "Japs" placeholder text though. My reputation as a casual racist depends on it.

Pics? Because holy hell really?

Sorry for the delayed response!

Here's a link to the offending page; I can't seem to find scans of the editor's bullshit apology in the following issue...


What's funny is that I just read something even more racist about the Japanese about an hour ago (a "how to tell Japs apart from the good orientals" guide published by the US Army).

[The Great Klaid]

That was kind of worth the wait. I mean holy hell, but kind of amazing. Also, funny story, my grandpa fought in 'Nam and Korea. He was disgusted by anime. I usually kind of kept that thing to myself around him, because I respected him. My sister on the other hand has the social graces of a seasick crocodile and kept watching anime at his house. He loved her dearly, so he put up with it, but kept asking my ma why she keeps watching these damned oriental cartoons.

[moran]

Sept 8, 2014 19:33:57 GMT -5 Joseph Joestar said:

How does that get to the printing stages? Holy shit.

[The Great Klaid]

If my buddy is telling the truth about working at a printer thing, its very very easy.

[X-pert74]

Sept 8, 2014 19:33:57 GMT -5 Joseph Joestar said:

*image*

...Holy shit. I am amazed no one kept that from going to print. That's just horrible.

[Joseph Joestar]

Sept 12, 2014 7:48:37 GMT -5 X-pert74 said:

Sept 8, 2014 19:33:57 GMT -5 Joseph Joestar said:

*image*

...Holy shit. I am amazed no one kept that from going to print. That's just horrible.

The editor had an apology column the next issue saying something like "you know we didn't mean this; we write about Japanese video games all the time, and one of our staff is married to a Japanese woman."

[zerker]

It's also weird layout that the entire description about Ace combat is surrounded by College Football 96 without a single matching screenshot.