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


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*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).

 

GPGameBoy_01_kitsunebi_035.jpg Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer 1990) page 33.jpg

GPGameBoy_01_kitsunebi_051.jpgGame Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer 1990) page 49.jpg

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Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer 1990) page 61.jpg

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Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer 1990) page 93.jpg

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Yes you can see this is a huge difference in quality. And it is good for a magazine like this because IIRC they used VERY cheap paper stock, even cheaper than other cheap paper mags. And did anyone else think that the ink they used in this mag made it smell bad? Maybe it was the chemicals in the paper? GamePro in the summer of 1994 in particular had a very odd scent. The paper quality seemed the same as their prior releases, so I always assumed if a mag smelled bad it was the ink. 

 

So what I am saying is be thankful as fastidious and exacting as Kitsune is that he did not find a way to synthesize the odor of these magazines as well 🙏
 

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