Magazine Scan Thread - let's share!

[Ace Whatever]

Thanks for sharing, Corsair.

Man that Boba Fatt from Gamepro was always such a sauerkraut. His ratings for Deception 2 clash with the review, and I can't stop laughing at calling the Xenogears soundtrack "annoying Irish-inspired music". He'd never get away with saying something like that these days.

[TheGunheart]

...You know, for some reason I find it hilarious to see those Portal Runner previews and notice how they had all these obviously pre-rendered images passed off as in-game screenshots.

[corsair]

Ads:

Amidar:


Persona:


Carnage Heart:


Bloody Roar 3:


Star Gladiator:


Tobal No 1:


BattleTanx: (found the other half of that one)


Oni:


Lady Sia:


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Daikatana preview, UGP:


Fear Effect preview, PSM:


Galactic Defenders preview, EGM:


Gauntlet Legends arcade preview, EGM:


Primal preview, PSM:


Thousand Arms preview & review, PSM:


Thrill Kill preview, PSM:


PocketStation, PSM:


Impressions' 1994 Catalog:


3DO restructures to focus on internet games, 1996, GamePro:


Atari vs Intellivision, GI:


Suikoden strategy, GI:


Starfox Adventures strategy, GI:


Play as Akuma in Super Street Fighter II Turbo:

[IrishNinja]

Jan 19, 2014 3:14:04 GMT -5 Ace Whatever said:

Thanks for sharing, Corsair.

Man that Boba Fatt from Gamepro was always such a sauerkraut. His ratings for Deception 2 clash with the review, and I can't stop laughing at calling the Xenogears soundtrack "annoying Irish-inspired music". He'd never get away with saying something like that these days.

haha say what? man i gotta go dig that one up, that's inexcusable.  

also, i love threads like this!  anyone have the details on (presumably Halverson) Gamefan not being allowed on Retromags/etc?  it's a great core magazine with so few scans about, such a waste to not have it preserved/shared. 

[GamerL]

Jan 19, 2014 4:37:43 GMT -5 TheGunheart said:

...You know, for some reason I find it hilarious to see those Portal Runner previews and notice how they had all these obviously pre-rendered images passed off as in-game screenshots.

yeah, it's nice to see bullshots are not a solely modern phenomena 

[corsair]

Ads:

Battle Isle:


Lunacy:


Front Mission 3:


Wolfchild:


Portal Runner:


Electric Playground:


Nights:


Perfect Dark:


Bugriders:


Darkstalkers Chronicle:


Guild Wars:


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Demonstone preview, GamePro:


Virtual Pinball review, GamePro:


Vampire: Bloodlines previews, GamePro:


Birth of the Cartridge:


Forgotten Giant, Gunpei Yokoi:


Breath of Fire II strategy:

[corsair]

Ads:

Oddworld:


Wings 2:


Animaniacs Ten Pin Alley:


World Heroes 2 Jet:


Marvel Super Heroes:


Juggernaut:


Krazy Racers:


Playstation:


Disgaea: (Tip for all the ad designers out there: Don't associate your product, in peoples minds, with diarrhea...)


Silent Bomber: ("This game really blows"....Really?)


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GamePro stuff:

Thrill Kill preview:


Burning Rangers preview & review:


Ghost in the Shell preview & review:


Shadowrun (Genesis) preview:


Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors review:


Resident Evil: Director's Cut preview & review:


Resident Evil 2 preview (and Shinji Mikami interview) & review:


Resident Evil (GameCube) review:


Resident Evil (GBC), Resident Evil 0 (N64), Resident Evil: Survivor (PSX) previews:


Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi previews and review:

[IrishNinja]

...so no one really knows why Gamefan's so hard to find scans of? i've been building a decent collection of them myself, if it wouldn't cause their destruction & i was more capable, i'd love to scan & share them online.

[Kid Fenris]

Feb 17, 2014 11:25:17 GMT -5 IrishNinja said:

...so no one really knows why Gamefan's so hard to find scans of? i've been building a decent collection of them myself, if it wouldn't cause their destruction & i was more capable, i'd love to scan & share them online.

Someone posted this from RetroMags earlier in the thread:

Why no Diehard Gamefan magazines?

The publisher and owner of Gamefan, Dave Halverson, has made it known that he does not wish for digital copies of his magazine to be made available on any site, and that if they were, there would be legal action. So of course, we respect his wishes concerning his content, and thus, no Gamefan magazines are to be submittd to Retromags.

The only thing we allow scanned from Gamefan issues are the covers for the Cover Gallery.

I doubt Halverson would call up his lawyers if you scanned a page or two, but entire issues seem to be verboten.

[GamerL]

bwahahahahaha, I remember that Disgaea ad

[zerker]

I don't really have any magazines lying around to scan, but I do have some scans of some loose Ads I've kept:

System Shock;


Worms 2:


As a bonus, a coupon for the AdLib Music Synthesizer Card that came with the Dos version of "Spot":

[wxbryant]

SPOILER: Click to show

Wow, that Shadowrun preview shows a shot from the ending. That's kinda surprising.

[corsair]

Ads:

Dark Cloud 2:


City of Heroes:


Battle Arena Toshinden 3:


Cy Girls:


Top Gear (yet another classy ad):


Diplomacy:


Everquest 2:


Shadow Hearts: Covenant:

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Alundra 2 preview & review PSM:


Bloody Roar 1, 2, 3, and Primal Fury reviews, GamePro:


Cosmic Fantasy 2 review, GamePro:


Lunar: The Silver Star preview, GamePro:


Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete review, PSM:


Cy Girls review, PSM:


Grandia review, PSM:


Dragon Force review, GamePro:


Shining Force III review, GamePro:


Duke Nukem, Skullmonkeys reviews, GamePro:


Kessen II, Portal Runner reviews, GamePro:


Riven, Klonoa, Micro Machines V3 reviews, GamePro:


Jojo's Venture arcade review, GamePro:


Evil Zone preview, PSM:


Mischief Makers preview, GamePro:


Castlevania: Resurrection preview, GamePro:


Tenth Degree preview, GamePro:


Tenchu cheats:


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Posters:

Half-Life:


Summoner 2:


Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee:

[PooshhMao]

I grew up reading imported UK (and some US) magazines, and I've had subscriptions for
several years on Total! and Super Play.

Scans of the latter are pretty easy to find, but I would love to read Total! again, which was a UK Nintendo only magazine with a quirky design style and a nice sense of humour. Officially, there were only two staff writers which were represented as pixel art caricatures, usually spoofing the games they were reviewing. A lot of effort must have gone into those, they were great.

However, the writing style could be pretty 'laddish' and juvenile at times, more so as time went on. Still not nearly as bad as C+VG or Mean Machines, which were downright trashy, even though they did cover interesting material.

Anyone know where I can find Total! scans?

EDIT:

Found a couple here.

It's only a couple of issues (and then mostly newer style ones, which suck) but hey.

[corsair]

Ads:

Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest:


Castlevania: Circle of the Moon:


Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance:


Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow:


Final Fantasy Origins:


Final Fantasy VIII:


Final Fantasy IX:


Blood:


Freaky Flyers:


Mace: The Dark Age:


Tekken 2:


Streets of Sim City:


Fallout:


Shadow Hearts: Covenant, OPM cover insert:



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Adrenix preview, Next Generation:


Agents of Justice preview, Next Generation:


Heavy Gear preview, Next Generation:


Popful Mail review, GamePro:


Crusader of Centy review, GamePro:


Armored Core 1 & 2 reviews, GamePro:


Sid Meier interview, Next Generation July 1997: