Electronic Gaming Monthly issues 130-230

[umpire81]

Hello everyone!

I stumbled on this site a few weeks ago while looking for scans of old magazines for perusal, and I realized that I have in my own personal collection the vast majority of the issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly that are missing from Retromags. Specifically, I have every EGM from 130-230, most in very good condition.

I would be willing to donate these for free if I could guarantee that I get digital copies in return! I'm downsizing some of my physical possessions but want to make sure I can still (digitally) leaf through my old beloved EGMs .

I'm not sure what the process is for donating magazines, so I posted this here. Please let me know if there's a better way to handle things.

Thank you!

[E-Day]

Anything donated will get scanned. It just might take some time. Phillyman already has more magazines than he realizes, and I am working through donations that I received. So if you donated your magazines and they ended up with me, they would get scanned after everything else I have received. But they would get scanned!

[umpire81]

Got it! I think Phillyman is the closest to me geographically, so I went ahead and sent him a PM.

[umpire81]

I still haven't gotten any word from @Phillyman -- it says he hasn't read the message I sent last week. Does anyone have any tips on who else I can reach out to, or how to best make contact with scanners?

 

Thanks!

[E-Day]

The only regular scanners on here are me and MigJmz. I am not sure he wants to take on something that large but you never know.

[Melki]

@Phillyman wrote "I am not accepting any more donations of the big 3 (NP, GP, EGM) until I go thru what I have already" ...so i think your best bet is @MigJmz or @E-Day (it can be expensive to send and takes time but its worth it)

[Sivilius]

19 hours ago, Melki said:

@Phillyman wrote "I am not accepting any more donations of the big 3 (NP, GP, EGM) until I go thru what I have already" ...so i think your best bet is @MigJmz or @E-Day (it can be expensive to send and takes time but its worth it)

Indeed that was the response @Phillyman gave me in the Chatbox when I made an offer to Phillyman to donate my EGMs to fill in the holes from 2001 to 2005.

@umpire81 I have the same issues you do up to #199, and I had previously made a donation offer but as others have said Phillyman isn't really taking EGMs right now, and E-Day and MigJmz are working through their own backlogs right now.

 

Edited November 4, 2021 by Sivilius

[umpire81]

Thanks everyone for the insight. I sent a message to @E-Dayand @MigJmz to see if either of them are interested. Otherwise I may have to do what @Sivilius is doing and just sit on my mags until there's someone available to take them.

[swnebel]

I have a .cbz scan of EGM Issue 147 (the Metal Gear Solid 2 cover issue) but the Download Manager will not let me Submit A File for EGM.  I have some other missing issues I can scan as well when I find the time.  I'm not sure it's the best scan so I'd be willing to get some feedback, as well.  

[MigJmz]

2 hours ago, swnebel said:

I have a .cbz scan of EGM Issue 147 (the Metal Gear Solid 2 cover issue) but the Download Manager will not let me Submit A File for EGM.  I have some other missing issues I can scan as well when I find the time.  I'm not sure it's the best scan so I'd be willing to get some feedback, as well.  

check E-day work in progress thread i'm sure he has all the EGM's but you never know.

you can submit raw scans in a zip file and upload to Megaupload.

[E-Day]

I have that issue on hand and will be scanning it in the new year. 

[swnebel]

So that issue does not need to be uploaded?

[E-Day]

No, I've got it and will can it with the other EGMs from the same lot.

[swnebel]

Are there any missing/non-scanned EGM issues that are needed?  I have a lot (but not all) of the issues from the early/mid 2000s.

[E-Day]

I'll have to double check what I have, which I can do once I get back home from Christmas.