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Edge Issue 079 (December 1999)

By MigJmz

Edge Issue 79 (December 1999)

79 downloads

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Submitted 21 hours ago
VideoGame Issue 02 (April 1991)

By SergioCurti

VideoGame Issue 02 (April 1991)

36 downloads

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Submitted Friday at 09:48 PM
Famitsu Issue 1316 (March 6, 2014) (supplement included)

By kitsunebi

The mag itself is 262 pages, and there's a 44 page PS4 supplement included for a grand total of 306 pages.

34 downloads

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Submitted Friday at 02:37 AM
PC Games Vol. 03 No. 08 (August 1996)

By kitsunebi

*kitsunebi edition!*
This is an all-new scan and upgrade to the other scan of this issue available here. The following information is provided for the benefit of anyone unsure of which version they should download, or whether they want to replace their copy if they already downloaded the older scan.
Improvements include:
pages are saved at 3212 px height (around 300dpi) vs. the other scan's 2200 px (around 205 dpi) whiter whites brighter colors debound with heat gun to ensure full edge to edge scan (the other version has the gutter side of every page cropped off) images spread across facing pages are joined as seamlessly as possible more complete cover (due to a foldout ad on inside cover, part of the front cover image is actually printed on page 5 (if the pages of the foldout are counted separately). This strip of image appears joined with the cover when the mag is closed. This strip from page 3 has been edited together with the front cover to seamlessly show the full cover as a single image) *see below for image comparison the aforementioned foldout ad is shown in its entirety. This ad was designed so that, after opening the cover, you would see two facing pages. Next, you would unfold the left page, which would display two new pages that would then seamlessly become a single 3-page image along with the original right-side page. Thus, the right-side page would essentially be seen twice - facing the original left side page, and also as part of the three-page join once the left-side page was unfolded. Both versions are included here for the first time to simulate the intended effect of the original ad. (One of the advantages of using a CBR reader is that this will cause no problems regardless of whether you are using single or two-page viewing mode. If you are using a PDF reader (such as Sumatra) to read your CBR files the facing pages may not display correctly. I strongly urge anyone still using a PDF reader to read CBRs to upgrade to a CBR reader like CDisplayEX or the alternative of your choice.) subscription cards included Comparison screenshots:
cover/extended cover

2-page joins - note the missing part of the image in the center of the older scan:

In addition to general white/color differences, the cropping on the gutter side of the older scan is apparent even on pages that don't connect with facing pages. As you can see, the right of this page is cropped off in the older scan. Viewing the older scan in two-page mode feels more cramped due to the lack of this gutter-side space:

119 downloads

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Submitted Wednesday at 01:32 AM
PC Gamer UK Issue 031 (June 1996)

By MigJmz

PC Gamer UK Issue 31 (June 1996)

133 downloads

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Updated Tuesday at 03:17 AM
Famitsu Issue 1394 (September 3, 2015)

By kitsunebi

236 pgs
Supplement included
This is (I believe) the most recent of any mag I've ever owned. It goes without saying that I've never played any of the games within. For some people, this mag is 10 years old. For me, it's 20 years too new.

53 downloads

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Updated March 24
Computer Games Issue 192 (December 2006)

By dablais

Computer Games Issue 192 (December 2006)

133 downloads

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Submitted March 22
Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol. 2 No. 3 (July/August 1989)

By kitsunebi

"kitsunebi edition" is a label reserved for scans I release which are superior in some way to scans already available here, but in essence, ALL of my scans are "kitsunebi editions," since I always do my best to make my scans look as good as I can. That doesn't mean that all scans require the same amount of effort, of course. A mag in good shape printed on quality paper will be a much faster edit than a damaged mag printed on cheap, yellowed paper stock. And paper stock doesn't come much cheaper than these early Game Player's titles. So this certainly took as much time and effort to edit as any other "kitsunebi edition."
But it's not really the aged paper that makes editing these such a hassle, it's the primitive and poorly reproduced screenshots throughout. This mag is from the era where magazine screenshots were made by pointing a camera at a TV/monitor, and without a carefully controlled environment, every single photo seems to have a different hue and brightness caused by the varying lighting conditions under which it was taken. This often necessitates editing each screenshot on a page separately, since, for example, something meant to be white is yellow in one screenshot, light blue in another, and a dull grey in a third.
The end result isn't going to fool anyone into thinking this is a high budget mag from the 90s, but it's still the best this issue has ever looked.

116 downloads

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Submitted March 22
PC Games Vol. 03 No. 07 (July 1996)

By kitsunebi

Scan Updated March 22, 2025 The demo disc included with this issue can be downloaded HERE

386 downloads

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Updated March 22
Famitsu Issue 1392/1393 (August 20/27, 2015)

By kitsunebi

268 pgs
Fun fact: Although I scanned and edited this file in 2020 (couldn't upload it here due to the cutoff date), this was actually the very first magazine I ever (test) scanned with my first ADF scanner, way back in 2016.
Debinding mags is a step that deters MANY a potential scanner. People just have a hard time wrapping their brains around the concept that "to preserve you must destroy." I eased my way in by debinding THIS mag to break in my (then) brand new ADF scanner, since I had two copies of it, so destroying one still left me with one intact. I didn't scan the entire issue at the time, just the first 10 pages or so, and I later scanned the entire thing from scratch, which is what you'll get if you download this file. But this mag popped my debinding cherry.
Now, of course, I'll debind anything that moves without batting an eye LOL. And that extra copy I had of this issue? Yeah, once this scan was complete, I just tossed that extra mag into the recycling as well. Who needs it? Isn't that the whole point of making a scan?
What I'm saying is, becoming a scanner will change you.

52 downloads

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Updated March 20
PLAY Issue 82 (October 2008)

By dablais

PLAY Issue 82 (October 2008)

115 downloads
- play
2 comments

Submitted March 19
Ultra Player Issue 35 (May/June 1996)

By Argus

Pages 57-60 were taken up by the poster, which I've included at the end of the archive.

51 downloads

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Updated March 19
Compute!'s Gazette Issue 062 (August 1988)

By MigJmz

Compute!'s Gazette Issue 062 (August 1988)

86 downloads

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Submitted March 18
Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 074 (January 1997)

By MigJmz

Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 74 (January 1997)

125 downloads

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Submitted March 17
PLAY Issue 38 (February 2005)

By dablais

PLAY Issue 38 (February 2005)

126 downloads
- play
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Submitted March 16
Famitsu Issue 1390 (August 6, 2015)

By kitsunebi

I don't know much about Minecraft other than that it seems to function as the Oregon Trail of the current generation of kids in Japan (i.e. it's the most entertaining game you're allowed to play at school - granted we only got to see if we could avoid getting dysentery back in the day on the rare occasions when we had a class in the computer lab, while kids today get to whip out their school-provided tablets and play Education Edition Minecraft whenever they've got a free minute between classes.)
But it must be a pretty decent game if kids are still playing it all these years later. This issue, from 2015, previews a Minecraft clone...but it's Dragon Quest themed. And yet here we are 10 years later, and the kids are still playing Minecraft, while Dragon Quest Builders is all but forgotten. If a Dragon Quest Minecraft clone can't compete with the original in Japan, you know it's got something.

52 downloads

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Submitted March 14
Edge Issue 080 (January 2000)

By MigJmz

Edge Issue 80 (January 2000)

134 downloads

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Updated March 12
Sierra News Magazine Volume 4 Number 1

By SergioCurti

Sierra News Magazine Volume 4 Number 1

116 downloads

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Submitted March 10
Famitsu Issue 1389 (July 30, 2015)

By kitsunebi

268 pgs
A rare case of a Western game making the cover of Famitsu. Minecraft, Witcher 3, and GTA V even crack the top 30 sales that week. That's 10 percent!! Western games on the rise?

61 downloads

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Submitted March 9
P.S.X. Issue 09 (December 1996)

By dablais

P.S.X. Issue 09 (December 1996)

211 downloads
- psx
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Submitted March 8
Edge Issue 046 (June 1997)

By MigJmz

Edge Issue 46 (June 1997)

168 downloads

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Submitted March 7
Famitsu Issue 1373 (April 9, 2015)

By kitsunebi

285 pgs
I've always wondered just what type of game Senran Kagura is. So I looked it up on Wikipedia, but after reading the entire description and not seeing the word "boobs" even once, I realized that the Wikipedia page must have been talking about some other game.

88 downloads

2 comments

Submitted March 5
Super Power Issue 018 (December 1995)

By PixelBoy

Super Power Issue 18 (December 1995)
Super Power 12/1995

78 downloads

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Updated March 4
PC Gamer UK Issue 074 (October 1999)

By MigJmz

PC Gamer UK Issue 74 (October 1999)
*2 pages half scanned

158 downloads

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Updated March 2
Famitsu Issue 1372 (April 2/9, 2015)

By kitsunebi

298 pgs
I'll be honest, I've never played any games made after 2008 or so. So I can't offer any anecdotes about anything in this mag, and there would be no point in trying to look up info on any of the games in it since most people visiting this site probably already know whatever I could turn up.
So I thought about talking about the Jpop group given a 4 page feature, Country Girls, but...sigh...I hate Jpop. Here's the single they were promoting this issue. Maybe you share my opinion or maybe you think this tune slaps 🤨:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1tj7Q1UxXY

So instead I'll talk about Yuusha Yoshihiko (The Hero Yoshihiko), a 3 season TV series from 2011-2016. It has nothing to do with this issue, but you may find it interesting, nonetheless. It's a parody of JRPGs, Dragon Quest in particular, and they even got approval from Square Enix to utilize a lot of Dragon Quest monsters and the like. Of course, the show proudly proclaims its "no budget" status, so the monsters are mostly paper mache and guys in leotards and masks (they rarely show up for more than cameo appearances, anyway).
I haven't finished watching the whole series, but so far the second season is not as good as the first. The whole thing is ostensibly terrible, of course, but it's silly enough to have made me LOL several times. Fair warning: it can be very politically incorrect sometimes.
The good news is, you can watch the entire thing subtitled in English on the Internet Archive HERE.
If anyone gives it a watch, I'd like to hear your take on it.

83 downloads

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Submitted March 1