Japan Magazines

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1. 

   Dengeki PlayStation Vol.106 (May 7/21, 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   Coincidentally, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was released during same time period as this mag's cover date.  Twenty-five years later, not a single person has ever gone on record accusing Dengeki PlayStation #106 of destroying their childhood, however.
   

   107 downloads

   4 comments

   Submitted September 2

2. 

   Dengeki G's Magazine Issue 018 (January 1999) (supplement included)

   By kitsunebi

   Supplement included at end of archive
   

   73 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted September 1

3. 

   Famitsu Issue 0129 (April 19, 1991)

   By kitsunebi

   Speculation on what the American redesign of the Super Famicom might look like LOL:
   
    
   Though to be fair, who would have ever guessed they'd decide that purple and lavender were the way to go to appeal to Americans?
   

   124 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted August 30

4. 

   Ultech Shinbun (Family Computer Magazine Issue 98 Supplement) (March 9, 1990)

   By kitsunebi

   Supplement included with the March 9, 1990 issue of Family Computer Magazine. The title, Ultech Shinbun, means "ultimate technique newspaper," and it was printed in newspaper format and featured strategies for several games (mainly Dragon Quest IV).
   Due to the oversized newspaper-style pages, the files in this archive are saved at 5000px high to allow higher fidelity and larger zoom.
   UPDATED FILE: Old vs new:
   
   

   258 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated August 28

5. 

   Dengeki PlayStation Vol.104 (April 23, 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   There was apparently a SaGa Frontier 2 supplement which came with this issue, but my copy didn't include it.  It DID include the second supplement...a sticker sheet of memory card stickers.  Thank god for that LOL.  A scan of some memory card stickers is even less useful than actual memory card stickers, but it's preserved for prosperity now anyway.  Well, except for the few that the previous owner removed.  I guess someone out there uses memory card stickers, after all. 🙃
   

   105 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted August 28

6. 

   Tech Gian Issue 025 (November 1998)

   By kitsunebi

   Adults only, the manga section is read right to left, the CD-ROM included with this issue can be downloaded HERE, yadda yadda yadda.
   TLDR: B(｡)(｡)BS.
   

   81 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted August 27

7. 

   Oh! PC Issue 132 (Oct 01, 1990)

   By TimBisley

   Oh! PC Issue 132 (Oct 01 1990)
   

   48 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted August 26

8. 

   Family Computer Magazine Issue 014 (June 20, 1986)

   By kitsunebi

   Family Computer Magazine is read R-L, so you must set your CBR reader to Japanese/manga mode in order for facing pages to be displayed correctly.
    
   

   78 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted August 24

9. 

   Family Computer Magazine Issue 013 (June 6, 1986)

   By kitsunebi

   Family Computer Magazine is read R-L, so you must set your CBR reader to Japanese/manga mode in order for facing pages to be displayed correctly.
   So many two-page joins of game screen maps make me long for modern 3D games that can't be mapped on a screen-by-screen basis in magazines.
   And speaking of maps, there are a couple of fold out poster maps at the end of the archive.  The size of these is quite large - I haven't shrunk them down to the size of the rest of the pages in case anyone wants to zoom in to see them in greater detail.
   

   69 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted August 24

10. 

    Comptiq No.236 (January 2002)

    By kitsunebi

    I've uploaded the included CD-ROM as an ISO file HERE.
    

    76 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted August 22

11. 

    Famitsu Issue 0120~0121 (January 25-February 8, 1991)

    By kitsunebi

    May I present: issue 120!  Also, issue 121!  They're the same issue!  So crazy~!  (hmm, maybe Nekki's peace sign has a double meaning?  Nah...)
    Another one of those double number issues.  Such an odd practice, and one I'm glad seems limited to Famitsu, as it made the initial construction of the database quite a pain.
    232 pgs
    

    127 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted July 28

12. 

    Dengeki G's Magazine Issue 019 (February 1999) (poster included)

    By kitsunebi

    This is the final issue featuring a cover by popular gaming mag cover illustrator Tong King Show.  Luckily, I'm releasing these things in reverse order, so that means nothing but Tong King Show covers from here on out!
    

    104 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted July 26

13. 

    Oh! PC Issue 133 (Oct 15, 1990)

    By TimBisley

    Oh! PC Issue 133 (Oct 15, 1990)
    

    45 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted July 24

14. 

    Comptiq No.237 (February 2002) (supplement included)

    By kitsunebi

    The supplement is included at the end of the archive because listing it separately makes no sense.  It's part of the magazine, why pretend it isn't?
    The CD-ROM has been uploaded separately because including a CD-ROM ISO in a CBR file makes no sense.  It's a completely incompatible file type, why pretend it isn't? 😋
    You can download the CD-ROM HERE.
    

    63 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated July 23

15. 

    Play Online No.031 (January 2001)

    By kitsunebi

    I've made both of the CD-ROMs included with this issue available to download here:
    Disc 1
    Disc 2
    

    58 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted July 20

16. 

    Famitsu Issue 0117 (December 21, 1990)

    By kitsunebi

    The review crew was working overtime with this issue -- 77 games reviewed!  Part of that is the Super Famicom launch titles, with F-Zero as the top-rated game, handily outscoring Super Mario World, 37 to 34 (out of 40).  I dunno.  F-Zero is good, but I think they may have done the same thing the Western press did at the SNES launch and underestimate the quality of Mario Word simply because its graphics weren't flashy enough for the launch of a "next gen" system.  I personally spent a lot more time and got more enjoyment out of clearing every level of SMW than I did finishing F-Zero, even if F-Zero is the clear winner when it comes to visceral thrills.
    

    121 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted July 13

17. 

    Comptiq No.238 (March 2002) (supplement included)

    By kitsunebi

    Supplement is included at end of archive.
    I've uploaded the included demo disc HERE.
    

    66 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted July 5

18. 

    Dengeki G's Magazine Issue 023 (June 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    Covers PlayStation, Saturn, Dreamcast, and PC games (and a lone N64 game thrown in for good measure)
    

    86 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 30

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    Oh! PC Issue 123 (May 01, 1990)

    By TimBisley

    Oh! PC Issue 123 (May 01 1990)
    

    62 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 28

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    Famitsu Issue 0116 (December 7, 1990)

    By kitsunebi

    This issue was published just as the Super Famicom was first entering the market, so most games being released and covered were still for the Famicom, though there is a 52 page guide to Super Mario World.  But I'm usually more interested in the stuff that goes beyond regular game coverage anyway, and these are my personal highlights of the issue:
     
    "Slim Air" - Like something out of Spaceballs, this is commercially sold oxygen, though it also includes a scent that is supposed to suppress appetite.  What scent would do that?  Rotten fish?  Toe fungus?  Cat vomit?  The possibilities are endless.
    
     
    Also, this "dream product" - the Den Den Boy - a combination phone/Game Boy that would let people play head-to-head Game Boy games over phone lines without a link cable.  People playing games on phones??  What utter sci-fi nonsense!!  HAHAHA, the imaginations of these people...
    
    

    135 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated June 21

21. 

    Play Online No.030 (December 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    Fun fact: Digicube, the publisher of Play Online, was actually a subsidiary of game developer Square, before going bankrupt in 2003.
    

    58 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 20

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    Oh! PC Issue 134 (Nov 01, 1990)

    By TimBisley

    Oh! PC Issue 134 (Nov 01, 1990)
    

    52 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 19

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    Family Computer Magazine Issue 012 (May 16, 1986)

    By kitsunebi

    Other than the first several issues which required some fancy editing on my part, the rest of Hubz's scans of Famimaga have already been color-corrected.  I could easily choose the lazy editor's route of editing out staple holes and fixing pages that were under-cropped and call it a day.  Knock the whole thing out in 10 minutes, probably.
    But I don't believe in the lazy way.  So I make sure these things match up perfectly when viewing in two-page mode.  Why?  Most people probably only read one page at a time, it's true.  But I like looking at mags in two-page mode since that's how the actual print mags were designed to be seen.  And with giant 4K monitors being increasingly common, I wouldn't be surprised if one day we all read our digital mags that way, too.  This means a lot more work joining pages together in the editing phase, and certainly slows things down, but just like many of the scans released here, all of @hardcorehubz's scans are already available to download elsewhere in their unedited forms, so anyone who's just gotta have them all right now can do so.  The only reason to bother editing them at all is if we're gonna do a thorough job of it, and if that takes a little more time, so be it.
    As always, Famimaga is printed Japanese style (right to left), so when in two-page view mode, you must also turn on Japanese/manga mode in your CBR reader.  And for that matter, if you're using a PDF reader like Sumatra, this mag will not display as intended in two-page mode, but that can easily be solved by using a CBR reader instead.
    

    91 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated June 13

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    Oh! PC Issue 135 (Nov 15, 1990)

    By TimBisley

    Oh! PC Issue 135 (Nov 15, 1990)
    

    40 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 3

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    Comptiq No.239 (April 2002)

    By kitsunebi

    For a novel change of pace, there is no manga section in this issue, and in its place is a "getting started with PC gaming" introductory guide.  For another novel change of pace, this issue didn't come with a CD-ROM like all the others, so I won't be directing you to download it from my Internet Archive account.  Was someone asleep at the wheel on the production side of things this issue?
    

    61 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 3