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  1. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1320 (April 3, 2014)"

    Famitsu Issue 1320 (April 3, 2014)

    By kitsunebi

    The highest rated game this issue is a tie between girlfriend simulator Love Plus + and the latest Hatsune Miku game (she who is also known as The Vocaloid Who Married A Real Boy™), both of which got the exceptional Platinum scores of 10 9 9 9.  But don't worry, there are also a few romance games aimed at women in their teens and twenties which are well reviewed, so digital romancing is an equal opportunity endeavor.  And for the older gentleman who just doesn't give a $%^# about trying to please the opposite sex anymore, there's the latest game in the Winning Post horse racing sim series, which also nabbed a Platinum score and allows you to focus on romance of the equine variety, playing matchmaker in order to breed a champion money-maker.  Anyone looking for a game with guns 'n' 'splosions is reading the wrong mag - Famitsu only covers games released in Japan, and those types of game are few and far between.
     
    Confessions of love, Japanese style

    They're all proposing to the rich old man who breeds the champion race horses, of course.

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  2. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1321 (April 10, 2014) (supplements included)"

    Famitsu Issue 1321 (April 10, 2014) (supplements included)

    By kitsunebi

    Complete with both supplements.  First being a Kantai Collection (KanKore) manga, and the second being a double-sided B3 poster for Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd.  If you don't know who Hatsune Miku is, she's the vocaloid software/singer on the cover of this issue, star of many Sega video games, and the happily married for 6-years wife of this completely normal and well-adjusted Japanese man:

    https://tribune.com.pk/story/2508555/japanese-man-celebrates-six-years-with-cartoon-bride
    What is this place I live in...

    89 downloads

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  3. More information about "PLAY (UK) Issue 037 (August 1998)"

    PLAY (UK) Issue 037 (August 1998)

    By MigJmz

    PLAY (UK) Issue 37 (August 1998)
    Scanned By: Delphinus48

    180 downloads

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  4. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1328 (May 29, 2014)"

    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.👏

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  5. More information about "Mean Machines SEGA Issue 01 (October 1992)"

    Mean Machines SEGA Issue 01 (October 1992)

    By Adrian77

    Mean Machines SEGA Issue 01 (October 1992)

    174 downloads

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  6. More information about "Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 097 (December 1998)"

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 097 (December 1998)

    By MigJmz

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 97 (December 1998)

    187 downloads

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  7. More information about "PSExtreme Issue 11 (October 1996)"

    PSExtreme Issue 11 (October 1996)

    By dablais

    PSExtreme Issue 11 (October 1996)

    210 downloads

    4 comments

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  8. More information about "Acao Games Issue 01 (May 1991)"

    Acao Games Issue 01 (May 1991)

    By SergioCurti

    Acao Games Issue 01 (May 1991)

    67 downloads

    2 comments

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  9. More information about "Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games Vol. 1 No. 01 (Summer 1990)"

    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).
     






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  10. More information about "PLAY (UK) Issue 027 (December 1997)"

    PLAY (UK) Issue 027 (December 1997)

    By MigJmz

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

    138 downloads

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  11. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1329 (June 5, 2014)"

    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.
                       

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  12. More information about "PLAY (UK) Issue 041 (December 1998)"

    PLAY (UK) Issue 041 (December 1998)

    By MigJmz

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

    141 downloads

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  13. More information about "Dengeki PlayStation 113 (July 23, 1999)"

    Dengeki PlayStation 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.

    104 downloads

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  14. More information about "PLAY (UK) Issue 022 (July 1997)"

    PLAY (UK) Issue 022 (July 1997)

    By MigJmz

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

    154 downloads

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  15. More information about "64 Magazine Issue 54 (September-October 2001)"

    64 Magazine Issue 54 (September-October 2001)

    By MigJmz

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

    139 downloads

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  16. More information about "Tech Gian Issue 027 (January 1999)"

    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)

     

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  17. More information about "Tips & Tricks Video-Game Codebook Volume 16 Issue 04 (July-August 2009)"

    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)

    151 downloads

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  18. More information about "64 Magazine Issue 48 (May 2001)"

    64 Magazine Issue 48 (May 2001)

    By MigJmz

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

    130 downloads

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  19. More information about "Dengeki G's Magazine Issue 011 (June 1998) (supplement included)"

    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.

    88 downloads

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  20. More information about "Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 101 (April 1999)"

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 101 (April 1999)

    By MigJmz

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 101 (April 1999)

    192 downloads

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  21. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1332 (June 26, 2014)"

    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

    133 downloads

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  22. More information about "Game Developer Issue 083 (October 2002)"

    Game Developer Issue 083 (October 2002)

    By MigJmz

    Game Developer Issue 83 (October 2002)

    119 downloads

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  23. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1333 (July 3/10, 2014)"

    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?

    103 downloads

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  24. More information about "Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 100 (March 1999)"

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 100 (March 1999)

    By MigJmz

    Computer Games Strategy Plus Issue 100 (March 1999)

    210 downloads

    0 comments

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  25. More information about "Famitsu Issue 1335 (July 17, 2014)"

    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:
     

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