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RetroMAGS Presents! 7-Up Goes to a Party! (1961) Download Directly! Scanned By: E-Day Edited By: E-Day Uploaded By: E-Day Donated By: E-Day Follow us on...

I utterly love this stuff! Thank-you for sharing. I am fairly certain that my Parents had this cookbook (though they were teenagers when it was published, so presumably it came from my Grandparents). There is a 7-Up game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Spot

Hmm...better strap in folks. This post is gonna be long, and where we're going, there are no roads, so it's gonna be a bumpy ride. Let's work our way backwards, starting with the very first issue we KNOW is correct, as it's the first one to print a publication date (on the editor's page): Working backwards, neither Vol.2 No.4 nor Vol.2 No.3 have a date printed anywhere, but they DO both say that the mag is published bimonthly (as does the following Vol.2 No.5), so we can assume that our dates on these are correct as well: And now we come to the tricky part. There are no issues labeled Vol.2 No.1 or Vol.2 No.2. They don't exist. Yet the publisher thinks they do. The only explanation is that there are 2 issues being counted as Vol.2 No.1 and No.2, despite not being labeled as such. So...what issues are they? Let's look at the possibilities. Here are all known issues remaining: Hmm... is that 4 issues...or 8? Are any of these simply not part of the same series? We've got 5 different titles here: The Game Player's Guide to Nintendo Game Player's Nintendo Buyer's Guide Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games Game Player's Nintendo Strategy Guide Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games Again, it might be best to work backwards...except...WAITAMINUTE...???? THIS is Vol.1 No.3: And THIS is Vol.1 No.2: Huh? Display Vol.1 No.2 until May 16, 1989, but display Vol.1 No.3 until March 14, 1989? So issue 3 came out BEFORE issue 2??? You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop, GP Publications! The logical explanation is come to by considering the 8 different covers for the 4 magazines above. Each one was printed twice, possibly even months apart from one another. So perhaps one printing of issue 3 WAS printed before a second printing of issue 2. The problem is...BOTH covers of Vol.1 No.3 have "display until March 14, 1989" printed on them. Were both printings released at more or less the same time? If so, perhaps this was when the alternate printings began, and GP then went back and reprinted the others as well. The printing of Vol.1 No.2 under the title "Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games" has no "display until" text, but since the other printing of this issue was released AFTER issue 3, we can assume that the printing without the "display until" text was released BEFORE issue 3. That gives us this timeline: So now, if we're counting correctly, we've got all issues accounted for, if we assume that GP counted the reprints internally as part of the series, making the above issues Vol.1 No.2, Vol.1 No.3, Vol.2 No.1, and Vol.2 No.2. That leaves just Vol.1 No.1. Most everyone agrees that it's this: Except waitaminute...isn't that 2 different printings? Why wouldn't it be counted twice if the above issues were counted twice? Err.... Well, both editions of Vol.1 No.1 say to "display until January 17, 1989." So they were likely published near the same time. My guess is that the version on the right was released first. I can't tell if the white sticker-looking thing claiming that the mag is "NOT affiliated with Nintendo" is ACTUALLY a sticker or it it's printed on (can anyone confirm?), but it's clearly covering up the red starburst seen on the other cover. This suggests to me a hasty move done for legal reasons, resulting in a less attractive cover, so possibly the redesign on the left was released shortly thereafter as a replacement, rather than a second printing like the alternates for the second and third issue. So, both versions of issue 1 are still considered Vol.1 No.1 internally by GP. That just leaves this guy here as the outlier, not part of the series at all: This makes sense, as both versions are labeled Vol.1 No.1, as if they were the first issue in a distinct series. Of course, another issue under the title "Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games" would be published as Vol.2 No.5 of the main series, but that's just GP Publications up to their usual confusing shenanigans. So sure, I'm supposing and guessing, but supposing I'm supposing correctly, we've got the timeline down for all the issues of the main series. ... ... ... Guess what I just saw. From Vol.1 No.3: So...uh, next came "Game Player's Guide: Nintendo Buyer's Guide Vol.2 No.3"? (it doesn't exist) Followed by "Game Player's Guide: Nintendo Strategy Quarterly Vol.2 No.2 (no mags with this title exist) Followed by "Game Player's Guide" issue 1 (do they mean "Game Player's" magazine?) ... ... ... Eh, I still think I'm gonna stick with my timeline: Vol.1 No.1: Vol.1 No.2, Vol.1 No.3, Vol.2 No.1, Vol.2 No.2: Vol.2 No.3, Vol.2 No.4 Vol.2 No.5, Vol.2 No.6: And that's the first two (problematic volumes solved.) Anybody disagree/have a better idea? As for DATES...... Well, again, we KNOW this is correct: and we can ASSUME these are correct: So if my timeline is correct sticking with bimonthly dates (and assuming both versions of issue 3 were released arounf the same time due to their identical "display until" dates: Vol.1 No.1 (Oct/Nov 1989) (display until Jan.17, 1989) Vol.1 No.2 (Dec/Jan 1989) (no display date) Vol.1 No.3 (Feb/March 1989) (display until Mar 17) Vol.2 No.1 (reprint of Vol.1 No.3) (Feb/March 1989) (display until Mar 17) Vol.2 No.2 (reprint of Vol.1 No.2) (April/May 1989) (display until May 16) Vol.2 No.3 (June/July 1989) Hmm...doesn't seem quite right. The "display until Jan.17 1989" date seems more appropriate for issue 2 (which has no "display until" marking), yet there it is, printed on both editions of issue 1. Well, when issue 1 was published, GP considered it a quarterly, so perhaps they intended it to be allowed to sit on bookshelves for a few months, thus the late "display by date." Yet they quickly decided to move to a bimonthly schedule beginning with issue 2, which is why it was likely on shelves during the period they had originally considered to be the tail end of the first issue's shelf-life. Sound plausible? BUELLER? Please, someone. Your thoughts. Changes need to be made to the database and lives are in the balance. We're at the brink of Armageddon, and one wrong move will push us over the edge. Don't let your reticence on the issue be responsible for the extinction of all mankind.

So I know this place is mainly dedicated to magazines but what are the thoughts on things gaming related like these mario books I came across? They all contain illustrations and are long out of print. I also found an old vhs sent from nintendo that has n64 stuff on it. Just wondering if things like this were out of purview for the site or if they are worth preserving.

Thanks for the heads up guys! Had no idea about that stuff on the site. Keep me updated on these. That sounds awesome

hey now, i scanned a couple copies of the Where's Waldo '90s magazine! back on topic, i'm currently scanning the Nintendo comic books from '90s Valiant comics. Or at least, when i can find them on the cheap. Once i get the whole set i'll release them all at once. Not on here, obviously.

I have scanned things that weren't gaming magazines but were gaming related, like a Super Mario Bros sticker book. There is a miscellaneous section for things that are gaming related but aren't magazines per se. And if you want to go way off the page, there is a RetroMAGS section for everything not gaming related. So far I am the only one who adds to that section

we do have sections for these in the gallery but these things would be better suited for Archive.org also you can make your own albums to add stuff like this.