Video Game Magazines

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1. 

   Kouryaku Dennou idol Vol.1 (May 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   ADULTS ONLY
   So basically, this is Tips & Tricks for adult games.  Kouryaku Dennou idol was a spin-off mag to BugBug magazine and focuses on strategies/solutions to adult games.  While currently there may only be 3 monthly mags devoted to adult games being published in Japan, back in the late 90s and early 2000s, there were more like 8 or 9, and they were so successful that a strategy-focused spinoff was economically viable.  Kind of like EGM2.  Except everyone is naked.
   

   103 downloads

   3 comments

   Submitted January 30, 2024

2. 

   Family Computer Magazine Issue 117 (December 14, 1990)

   By kitsunebi

   The entirety of Family Computer Magazine is read R-L, so you will need to set your CBR reader to Japanese/Manga mode if viewing two pages at a time in order for facing pages to be oriented correctly (and you DO want to view it that way to see the lovely two-page ads, right?)
   Featuring games you've definitely heard of, such as
   Actraiser F-Zero TMNT II: The Arcade Game And a bunch of games you might have heard of, some released in the USA, some not.
   Did I mention that unlike almost all other Japanese mags, Family Computer Magazine doesn't have any b&w sections?  100% color from cover to cover.
   

   136 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted January 29, 2024

3. 

   Dengeki PlayStation 101 (March 26, 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   There's another 24 pages of FFVIII coverage here, but perhaps because FFVIII already graced the cover of the past two issues, they've given the cover to Chocobo Racing, despite it only getting 2 pages of coverage.  Also getting 2 pages (but no cover - sorry, you-know-who) is Tomb Raider III, pretty much the only non-Japanese game in the entire issue (Spyro the Dragon gets half a page.)
   

   179 downloads

   1 comment

   Updated January 28, 2024

4. 

   Computer Game Review Issue 034 (May 1994)

   By MigJmz

   Computer Game Review Issue 34 (May 1994)
   

   204 downloads

   1 comment

   Updated January 27, 2024

5. 

   Famitsu Issue 1344 (September 18/25, 2014)

   By kitsunebi

   This is one of those weird issues that was given two issue numbers (it's technically issues 1344 and 1345), and counting all pages individually, this issue weighs in at 316 pages (though the posters and comic spreads are left joined in the archive as they should be).  That's the equivalent of 4 issues of Game Players, only with just one issue of Game Players' worth of ads.  And since these double number issues are also allotted two weeks on newsstands as opposed to one, there were only 3 issues of Famitsu published in September 2014 for a total of 851 pages, though if we count the last issue from August as well (which was printed within 30 days of this issue) it's a total of 1,189 pages in a 30 day period.  Which is just a few more pages than the 76 that Game Players churned out every month.
   Why am I picking on Game Players?  I'm not.  I wish ALL mags I scanned were like Game Players.  Scanning 1,189 pages per month versus 76 pages per month...that's one month of Famitsu vs. 15.6 months of Game Players.  Imagine how many more issues I could scan if only they weren't SO. DAMN. LONG...😩
   

   108 downloads

   2 comments

   Submitted January 27, 2024

6. 

   Tips & Tricks Issue 133 (March 2006)

   By dablais

   Tips & Tricks Issue 133 (March 2006)
   

   218 downloads

   • tips & tricks

   0 comments

   Submitted January 26, 2024

7. 

   Tips & Tricks Issue 127 (September 2005)

   By dablais

   Tips & Tricks Issue 127 (September 2005)
   

   239 downloads

   • tips & tricks

   0 comments

   Submitted January 25, 2024

8. 

   Tips & Tricks Issue 138 (August 2006)

   By dablais

   Tips & Tricks Issue 138 (August 2006)
   

   216 downloads

   • tips & tricks

   0 comments

   Submitted January 25, 2024

9. 

   Dengeki PlayStation 100 (March 12, 1999)

   By kitsunebi

   Celebrate 100 issues of Dengeki PlayStation with 50 pages of Final Fantasy VIII coverage.  And not one, but two memory card sticker sheets.  Every time I run across one of these, there's always a sticker or two missing and I wonder what games they were for.  And did the person who took them actually put them on a memory card or just stick them somewhere else, like the back of a volkswagon?
   

   181 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted January 25, 2024

10. 

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 098 (January 1999)

    By MigJmz

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 98 (January 1999)
    

    161 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated January 25, 2024

11. 

    Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 17 Issue 05 (July 2010)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 17 Issue 05 (July 2010)
    NOTE: Page 15 and 16 are overcropped. 😞
    

    146 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated January 24, 2024

12. 

    Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 13 Issue 06 (2006)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 13 Issue 06 (2006)
    

    165 downloads

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    0 comments

    Submitted January 24, 2024

13. 

    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?🤔
    

    72 downloads

    4 comments

    Submitted January 24, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 136 (June 2006)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 136 (June 2006)
    

    239 downloads

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    0 comments

    Submitted January 23, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 135 (May 2006)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 135 (May 2006)
    

    229 downloads

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    0 comments

    Submitted January 23, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 129 (November 2005)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 129 (November 2005)
    

    245 downloads

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    0 comments

    Submitted January 22, 2024

17. 

    VideoGames & Computer Entertainment Issue 44 (September 1992)

    By MigJmz

    VideoGames & Computer Entertainment Issue 44 (September 1992)
    

    241 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted January 22, 2024

18. 

    Comptiq No.248 (November 2002)

    By kitsunebi

    The manga section is read R-L.  If using two-page view mode, you will need to turn on Japanese/manga mode as well during the manga section.  If viewing pages one at a time, no adjustments are necessary.
     
    

    86 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted January 22, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 113 (July 2004)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 113 (July 2004)
    

    233 downloads

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    0 comments

    Submitted January 21, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 110 (April 2004)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 110 (April 2004)
    

    227 downloads

    • tips & tricks

    0 comments

    Submitted January 21, 2024

21. 

    Play Online No.022 (April 2000)

    By kitsunebi

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

    91 downloads

    4 comments

    Updated January 21, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 128 (October 2005)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 128 (October 2005)
    

    242 downloads

    • tips & tricks

    0 comments

    Submitted January 20, 2024

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    Tips & Tricks Issue 120 (February 2005)

    By dablais

    Tips & Tricks Issue 120 (February 2005)
    

    238 downloads

    • tips & tricks

    0 comments

    Submitted January 20, 2024

24. 

    Famitsu Issue 1346 (October 2-9, 2014)

    By kitsunebi

    What caught my eye:
    First of all, no one really needs an hourglass, but this one is pretty cool. Of course, you could easily go broke in Japan collecting all of the billions of Dragon Quest goods.
    
    The other thing I noticed was a Vita game called Dungeon Travelers 2 that surely wasn't released in America.
    
    Except that it was (this is probably common knowledge, but the last game system I owned was a PS2, so forgive my ignorance of anything released in the past 20 years).
    Of course, Americans got it in censored form, duh.  The T&A wasn't covered in enough murder and gore to make it past American censors, I guess.
    AMERICA:
    
    JAPAN:
    
    What the hell is even happening here though?  It's not actually porn, it just looks like it if you squint.  Oh Japan.  Why you so freaky?😅
    

    116 downloads

    2 comments

    Updated January 20, 2024

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    VideoGames & Computer Entertainment Issue 38 (March 1992)

    By MigJmz

    VideoGames & Computer Entertainment Issue 38 (March 1992)
    

    257 downloads

    1 comment

    Submitted January 20, 2024