Play Online

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1. 

   Play Online No.003 (August 1998)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   demo CD not included
   

   271 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

2. 

   Play Online No.004 (September 1998)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   demo CD not included
   

   228 downloads

   1 comment

   Updated July 29, 2019

3. 

   Play Online No.005 (October 1998)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   Again, it's interesting to me how hardcore this magazine is.  Admittedly it can seem a bit dry if you just want to look at pictures, but it's also refreshing that it isn't full of promotional fluff like most game mags - this mag focuses on information meant for hardcore PC game enthusiasts.  When you consider that many of the games being discussed aren't even available in Japanese (the coverage of the PC release of Final Fantasy VII laments the fact that it's only available in English), you've just gotta respect the beleaguered Japanese PC gamer who has no choice but to study the monthly column teaching English phrases to use when forced to play games against international opponents, since most Japanese gamers only ever fired up their PCs to play visual novels and porn games.
   

   221 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

4. 

   Play Online No.006 (November 1998)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   To coincide with the release of Ultima Online: the Second Age, this issue features a lengthy interview with Richard Garriot in additional to a feature covering the game itself.
   There is also a 21-page feature on flight sims.
   Always a pleasure, this month's "English Conversation For Network Games" article teaches Japanese players how to speak in the faux Shakespearean English used in Ultima games.  As someone who teaches English in Japan, it amuses me to think of Japanese players barely competent in English trying to greet foreign players using some of the phrases covered:
   "Hail, honored knight of Chaos!"
   "Well met, sir!"
   "Fortune guard thy steps, m'lord!"
   

   216 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

5. 

   Play Online No.007 (December 1998)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   Cover feature: Baldur's Gate
   In-depth strategies: Rainbow Six, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, Ultima Online the Second Age, Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
   Developer Interview: Roberta Williams
   

   218 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

6. 

   Play Online No.008 (January 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   Here's another issue of a rare niche mag that was made for the hardest of the hardcore - Japanese PC gamers who want to play real games, not just click-fests full of anime girls.  As such, almost all of the coverage centers on Western games, including interviews with Western developers (this issue has a 4-page interview with Sid Meier.)
   In addition to the usual previews and reviews, this issue features extensive strategy sections for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, and F-22 Total Air War.
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   

   198 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

7. 

   Play Online No.009 (February 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   *このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！
   So what do you do if you're Japanese but you don't want to play yet another game as a spiky haired androgynous orphan on a quest to fulfill your destiny to save the world?  You play some non-Japanese PC games, that's what.
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   

   197 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

8. 

   Play Online No.010 (March 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   

   214 downloads

   1 comment

   Updated July 29, 2019

9. 

   Play Online No.011 (April 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   Once again, this is the most hardcore serious gaming mag to ever hit the shelves in Japan.  I'd wager not a single reader of this mag has any plastic figurines of half-naked anime girls on their shelf or so much as a single item of Nintendo-related memorabilia in their possession.  Nope, this mag targets adults, and not the kind that plays x-rated visual novels, either.
   On a side note, this issue was the glue-iest magazine I've ever seen.  There was glue all over the pages, so much so that even after debinding, I had to cut away portions of the page that had glue spilled all over them so it wouldn't damage my scanner and then reconstruct those missing bits in Photoshop.  The end result is just as pretty as always, never fear.
   This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where you can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、そこで「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！
   PS: Please don't upload this file to the Internet Archive.  K thnx bye!
   

   222 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted February 8, 2020

10. 

    Play Online No.012 (May 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where you can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
    このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、そこで「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！
    PS: Please don't upload this file to the Internet Archive.  K thnx bye!
    

    213 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted April 10, 2020

11. 

    Play Online No.013 (June 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    Play Online No.013 1999年6月号
    

    77 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted December 9, 2023

12. 

    Play Online No.014 (August 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where you can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
    このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、そこで「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！
    PS: Please don't upload this file to the Internet Archive.  K thnx bye!
    

    214 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 7, 2020

13. 

    Play Online No.015 (September 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    Play Online No.015 (September 1999)
    

    78 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted December 14, 2023

14. 

    Play Online No.016 (October 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    Play Online No.016 (October 1999)
    

    77 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted December 14, 2023

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    Play Online No.017 (November 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    69 downloads

    4 comments

    Submitted December 21, 2023

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    Play Online No.018 (December 1999)

    By kitsunebi

    73 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted December 21, 2023

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    Play Online No.019 (January 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    64 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted December 30, 2023

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    Play Online No.020 (February 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    72 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted December 30, 2023

19. 

    Play Online No.021 (March 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    Big news: Duke Nukem Forever is going on sale March 2000, y'all!  😀
    It always amuses me to see the USA sales rankings for PC games that month.  It really drives home how important the Wal-Mart shopper was to PC game sales when you see that the top 10 games include Deer Hunter 3, Cabela's Big Game Hunter 3, and Barbie Generation Girl: Gotta Groove. 😅
    

    65 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted January 14

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    Play Online No.022 (April 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    Even Japan got fooled into thinking Daikatana was cover-worthy.
    

    85 downloads

    4 comments

    Updated January 21

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    Play Online No.023 (May 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    I see you down there.
    
    Is this tiny cameo Ms. Croft's first-ever appearance on a Japanese gaming mag cover?  Quite possibly.  Japan was about the only country in the world that never caught Croft Cover Chlamydia.  aHEM. Fever.  I meant, Croft Cover Fever.
    Not that they're really talking about Tomb Raider at all in this issue - it shows up in an article rating how accurate the depiction of guns in various games are.  Poor Lara comes dead last in realism with 2 out of 5 stars.  I'm not sure whose idea it was to include Tomb Raider in any comparative evaluation of REALISM, though.  Have they even played the series?🤔
    

    67 downloads

    4 comments

    Submitted January 24

22. 

    Play Online No.024 (June 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    First news about the Xbox reveal (still over a year away from launching.)  I imagine the editors of this magazine were some of the only people in Japan looking forward to it.  They might have been the only people in Japan to BUY it as well.  OK, that's an exaggeration.  Play Online only has 4 editors, and I believe there were around 7 or 8 Xboxes sold in Japan.
    

    79 downloads

    2 comments

    Submitted February 6

23. 

    Play Online No.025 (July 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    These issues are full of games I own but have never played.  It's been twenty years since I last bought a game, but from around 1997-2004 or so, I was a game buying machine.  Unfortunately I was also a not-nearly-enough-free-time machine, so most of those purchases went unplayed.  And now that I'm a never-ever-play-games-at-all machine, they will likely forever remain so. 😮‍💨
    

    84 downloads

    1 comment

    Submitted February 15

24. 

    Play Online No.026 (August 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    It's late, I've got nothing to say.  Enjoy.
    

    69 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted April 5

25. 

    Play Online No.027 (September 2000)

    By kitsunebi

    Though I finished the first one, I never got around to playing Diablo II.  One of countless games I bought back then and never made time for.
    

    72 downloads

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    Submitted May 5