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Famitsu Issue 1328 (May 29, 2014)

By kitsunebi

This issue's cover is by Tony Taka, a famous artist and character designer known just as well for his work in mainstream games like Sega's Shining series as he is for numerous adult manga and eroge. In stark contrast to America, Japan is more like Europe in this way - having some of their most famous and successful comics artists known for producing adult material.
This cover features Kirika Towa Alma, one of Taka's characters from Shining Resonance for the PS3. According to the Shining Wiki, "she is an elf who learns the song of magic which allows her to freely change the power of nature. However, she is a better healer than a damage dealer. She may seem withdrawn at first, but she is generally known to be a kind person."

But more importantly,

Tony Taka, ladies and gentlemen.👏

78 downloads

0 comments

Updated November 9
Mean Machines SEGA Issue 01 (October 1992)

By Adrian77

Mean Machines SEGA Issue 01 (October 1992)

133 downloads

8 comments

Updated November 9
Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 097 (December 1998)

By MigJmz

Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 97 (December 1998)

161 downloads

0 comments

Updated November 7
PSExtreme Issue 11 (October 1996)

By dablais

PSExtreme Issue 11 (October 1996)

176 downloads
- psextreme
4 comments

Submitted November 6
Acao Games Issue 01 (May 1991)

By SergioCurti

Acao Games Issue 01 (May 1991)

59 downloads

2 comments

Submitted November 4
Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games Vol. 1 No. 01 (Summer 1990)

By kitsunebi

*kitsunebi edition*
Here's the part where I let you know what's different about this file from the previous one available here in case you don't want to download them both to compare:
The images in this scan are 3200px high. (The other scan is 2200) This scan was debound with a heat gun so that the entirety of the pages could be scanned from edge to edge. (The other scan was debound with a guillotine cutter, cutting off part of the gutter side of the paper from each page) This scan was edited with the two-page viewing option in mind, so facing pages with connected images or backgrounds have been more carefully joined. Pages are whiter, colors less saturated. Which version you prefer may be a matter of taste. I didn't scan the subscription card inserts (maybe I didn't even have them, I can't remember.) So if you want to try your luck at printing out and sending in the postcard to subscribe to Game Player's Sports for Kids, you can get them from the other scan offered here. Incidentally, the subscription cards in the other scan were placed EXACTLY where they appeared in the original mag, which actually interrupts one of the only two-page-spread ads in the mag, making it impossible to see both pages of the ad side by side, so if you DO want those cards, I suggest moving them to the end of the archive. For anyone who may have downloaded this mag from my Internet Archive account, I've "remastered" the pages somewhat from that release, so I'd recommend replacing it with this one (the file at IA will be updated with this one whenever they allow uploads again) There honestly aren't very many two-page spreads in this issue, so on most pages you won't even notice that the older scan has had each page slightly cropped, but for those who care, this scan should offer a more satisfactory viewing experience in two-page mode.
Examples of color/center join differences:
This scan is shown first (on the top). Older scan is shown second (below).

171 downloads

5 comments

Updated November 4
PLAY (UK) Issue 027 (December 1997)

By MigJmz

PLAY (UK) Issue 027 (December 1997)
Scanned By: Delphinus48

118 downloads

0 comments

Updated November 4
Famitsu Issue 1329 (June 5, 2014)

By kitsunebi

It's been a couple of days since the Dodgers won the World Series and Japan couldn't be happier. We even got to watch the end of game 5 during lunch at school. You know, kind of like how we got to watch space shuttle launches in American schools. It's that important, what with Shohei Ohtani being a national hero, and all. A lot of people may think he's so beloved because he's such a great baseball player. Others may think he's respected because he's so successful - the highest paid baseball player, EVER.
They're wrong, of course. The reason Ohtani is a hero is because he's somehow managed to overcome the crippling clumsiness that normally afflicts all Japanese males from puberty onward. The entire nation beams with pride as they watch him walk in a straight line without even once tripping and falling onto a female in a compromising position

or stumbling face first into the crotch of the nearest female wearing a short skirt

or accidentally taking a tumble and saving himself from falling by reaching out and grabbing two handfulls of boobs and clinging on for all he's worth BUT HE TOTALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO THO.

Yeah, he knows what I'm talking about.

71 downloads

0 comments

Updated November 2
PLAY (UK) Issue 041 (December 1998)

By MigJmz

PLAY (UK) Issue 41 (December 1998)
Scanned By: Delphinus48

118 downloads

0 comments

Updated November 1
Dengeki PlayStation Vol.113 (July 23, 1999)

By kitsunebi

This here's a magazine 'bout PlayStation games. I reckon some of 'em you heard of, and some of 'em you ain't. Either way you got near two hunnerd'n fifty pages full of purty pictures and lots of them squiggles they call writin' in Japan. Get it while the gettin's good, y'all.

88 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 31
PLAY (UK) Issue 022 (July 1997)

By MigJmz

PLAY (UK) Issue 22 (July 1997)
Scanned By: Delphinus48

137 downloads

1 comment

Updated October 30
64 Magazine Issue 54 (September-October 2001)

By MigJmz

64 Magazine Issue 54 (September-October 2001)
Scanned By: Delphinus48

124 downloads

0 comments

Updated October 27
Tech Gian Issue 027 (January 1999)

By kitsunebi

ADULTS ONLY
I always give my mags a last look-see in two-page mode before releasing them to make sure everything is up to snuff. I don't know why, but it really struck me how I hope everyone else takes the occasion to do the same thing at least once, using a CBR reader that was actually MADE for CBRs, not some P.O.S. PDF reader like Sumatra that inserts a break between facing pages. Something about the big characters in the two-page ads filling up the entire screen just looks really nice, but not when a page break dispels the illusion (created through hard work in the editing stage) that you're looking at a single image.
This is how mags should look on your screen. One image. Not two halves of a whole. (These are just screenshots of my 1080 monitor display - the colored side borders are automatically created by my CBR reader based on the color profile of the adjacent image, in case anyone is wondering)

98 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 27
Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 16 Issue 04 (July-August 2009)

By dablais

Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 16 Issue 04 (July-August 2009)

124 downloads
- tips & tricks codebook
0 comments

Submitted October 26
64 Magazine Issue 48 (May 2001)

By MigJmz

64 Magazine Issue 48 (May 2001)
Scanned By: Delphinus48

115 downloads

0 comments

Updated October 25
Dengeki G's Magazine Issue 011 (June 1998) (supplement included)

By kitsunebi

One of the games in this issue is Revolutionary Girl Utena for the Saturn. Any fans of the anime out there? I haven't really watched any anime in the past 20 or so years, so my memory is pretty vague, but I remember liking it.

77 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 24
Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 101 (April 1999)

By MigJmz

Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 101 (April 1999)

171 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 20
Famitsu Issue 1332 (June 26, 2014)

By kitsunebi

Interesting how the cover article on Bloodborne starts immediately on page 2 (the inside front cover.) That space is usually reserved for what I assume are the most expensive ads (in addition to the cover, the first several pages of Famitsu are printed on thicker, glossier paper than the rest of the mag), so I'm guessing Sony paid a %#$!load of cash to get Famitsu to give that space up for the feature on Bloodborne.
214 pages

113 downloads

5 comments

Submitted October 18
Game Developer Issue 083 (October 2002)

By MigJmz

Game Developer Issue 83 (October 2002)

105 downloads

0 comments

Updated October 16
Famitsu Issue 1333 (July 3/10, 2014)

By kitsunebi

256 pages
Don't get too excited about the included supplement. Despite being trumpeted on the cover, it's just an "illustration card." What's that? Good question. It's basically a regular-page-sized poster printed on cardstock. What purpose it serves is a mystery. But hey, you're still getting a mag two and a half times the length and several bucks cheaper than any of the English-language mags published at the time, so what are you complaining about?

88 downloads

3 comments

Submitted October 14
Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 100 (March 1999)

By MigJmz

Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 100 (March 1999)

189 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 12
Famitsu Issue 1335 (July 17, 2014)

By kitsunebi

In what is probably a first for Famitsu, only a single game is reviewed this issue: Yokai Watch 2. I don't think Yokai Watch ever made much of a splash overseas, but I remember how intensely popular it was here for a time, so I wouldn't be surprised if all the other publishers shied away from releasing anything else that same week, since nothing would have been able to compete.
And speaking of things whose popularity ain't what it used to be, if you were wondering who those garishly dressed girls on the cover were, good luck figuring out how THIS got 17 million views:

98 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 12
Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 090 (May 1998)

By MigJmz

Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 90 (May 1998)

183 downloads

0 comments

Submitted October 9
Dengeki PlayStation Vol.112 (July 9, 1999)

By kitsunebi

According to Sony's ad, there are two types of games. "Octopus games" are so addictive you get calluses on your fingers from playing so much.

Then there are "eggplant games" which are silly but addictive. Like eggplants. Apparently.

Well, I mean, that's what they SAY...
Octopus shmoctopus...what I'm really seeing here is "a Japanese game with tentacles will give you calluses from playing with "it" too much."
And do we even need to address the symbolism of the eggplant??? 😬 yyyyeeeaaahhhh....

102 downloads

6 comments

Updated October 9
PSE2 The Player's Guide to the World of Playstation 2

By MigJmz

PSE2 The Player's Guide to the World of Playstation 2
Electronics Boutique version - Issue 0
Fun Fact: There is also a KB Toys, Best Buy, Target variants of this issue.

198 downloads

1 comment

Updated October 7