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Game Player's Issue 03 - Vol. 1 No. 3 (August-September 1989)

235 downloads

Game Player's Issue 03 - Vol. 1 No. 3 (August-September 1989)

April 6

8 points

MegaFan Volume 1 Issue 2 (July-August 1997)

192 downloads

MegaFan Volume 1 Issue 2 (July-August 1997)

April 6

5 points

Games for Windows Issue 09 (August 2007)

139 downloads

63 out of 104 pages had visual elements crossing from one page to the next. So basically 60% of the mag had to be edited together as joins, then spilt back apart into separate pages. Pain in the @$$ for me, but good for anyone who likes to read their mags in two-page view mode. Also, a reminder that "Retromags recommended" Sumatra is one of the WORST choices of CBR reader you could be using (it's not really a CBR reader at all, it's a PDF reader that can open CBRs), so if you're using it, please be aware that some pages will not be displayed as they were intended.

April 7

3 points

Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol. 1 No. 2 (Fall 1988)

I wholeheartedly agree. I scrub and I scrub, but only a shower of money is ever gonna get me clean. Anyone who'd like to help can hit me up via PayPal at gimmeallyourmoney@icandream.com.

April 6

2 points

Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol. 1 No. 2 (Fall 1988)

This is impressive, I hope you have a job that lets you put these talents to work professionally. You should be showered with money with these skills. Thanks for the mag rundown again -- I can't remember the original forum post where you mentioned this.

April 6

2 points

Code Vault Issue 17 (December 2003)

166 downloads

Code Vault Issue 17 (December 2003)

April 6

1 point

MegaFan Volume 1 Issue 2 (July-August 1997)

This is the first official spin-off from GameFan that received a separate publication, and it seemed to last for only 3 issues. Dave Halverson was the Editor-in-Chief for the first issue, and he insisted that "MegaFan is a completely new concept." The mag focuses on four categories: strategies, tips and tricks, behind the scenes/interviews, and arcade. Look at my comment for Issue #1 for a few more details. If you loved GameFan then SOME of the names are still recognizable -- David S.J. Hodgson is the Editor-in-Chief for this issue. You got Greg Rau, Nick Des Barres, Ryan Lockhart, Jody Seltzer, Jay Puryear and a few more. Terry Wolfinger doesn't return for the artwork, and Hodgson mentions in the editorial that a whole new team worked on this issue. We don't have much info about this publication aside from possibly what some former members have mentioned in forums from a while back (I'm still searching through them:). We do know that sales were low, with multiple months in-between releases. EGM2 and Tips and Tricks did a much better job back in the day. This second issue is a full-sized magazine now, with 116 pages. The Arcade section is gone. Tekken 3 has a strategy section, along with Street Fighter III, Fighters Megamix, with moves lists and some combos. Powerstone has some tips. Suikoden has a write up on all 108-characters, and Wild Arms has some nice maps. Super Mario Kart and StarFox 64 get some coverage too. This issue holds up well, but there's not much that stands out from the several other mags that featured strategies and tips at the time. The Tekken 3 coverage is solid, but once again, several places have hard-to-read text. The colors use in the Suikoden write-up section look messy, and the Powerstone text is very thin. Thanks for making this available -- these issues are rare to find.

April 6

1 point

Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol. 1 No. 2 (Fall 1988)

231 downloads

This was originally scanned by marktrade years ago, and due to a combination of the magazine's age and the non-standard settings applied to the scanner used, the original file's pages look VERY dark and VERY brown. Anyone wanting that "pure" version can find it on the Internet Archive. Cleaning this up and trying to make it look less than a zillion years old was probably the most complicated editing job I've ever done, as I had to edit the picture and text portions of each page completely separately. Simply cranking up the white levels would obviously ruin everything by bleaching out text/images, so I had to use different techniques (indeed, I never once even touched the white/black levels) while editing. But the end result is certainly a lot cleaner than this file has ever looked. Go on, try to guess which is the original and which is my edit. PLEASE NOTE: This issue is part of the early "WTF are we doing do we even know how to publish magazines" era of Game Player's. When they first began, Signal Research clumped all of their titles together under a single numbering system. So although this issue is labeled Vol.1 No.2, it is in fact the very first of their PC game line of mags (though the title would change a couple of times in rapid succession before settling on "Game Player's PC Strategy Guide.") For the record, Volume 1 of Game Player's went like this: Vol.1 No.1 The Game Player's Guide to Nintendo (this issue was also sold under the title Game Player's Nintendo Buyer's Guide) Vol.1 No.2 (this issue) The Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol.1 No.3 Game Player's Nintendo Strategy Guide (this issue was also sold under the title Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games) Vol.1 No.4 Game Player's MS-DOS Strategy Guide (in my scan pile) After that, the Nintendo and PC titles went their separate ways, but because Signal Research loves confusion SO FREAKING MUCH, the very next issue of the PC mag was labeled Vol.2 No.2. So here's the PC title in full: The Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol.1 No.2 Game Player's MS-DOS Strategy Guide Vol.1 No.4 Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol.2 No.2 ...and from this point they continued in order, beginning a new volume at the start of a new year. But rest assured, THERE IS NO Vol.1 No.1, Vol.1 No.3, or Vol.2 No.1 of the PC title. And don't expect concrete/accurate cover dates on these early issues - THEY DON'T HAVE ANY. So we're going with "best guesses." For the further adventures of Game Player's PC Strategy Guide, follow along as they release the odd issue under the title Game Player's PC Buyer's Guide, and then switch to the title Game Players PC Entertainment, all using the same number system they started back with The Game Player's Guide to Nintendo. And then of course, they eventually relaunched as PC Gamer. But that's another story. Preservation is learning, kids. Sometimes we learn about the stuff written in the magazines. And sometimes we learn that you can completely sh*t the bed when starting a publishing line of magazines, and yet still have people reading and talking about them 35 years later. Game Player's™: An inspiration for f*ckups everywhere.

April 6

1 point

Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol. 1 No. 2 (Fall 1988)

Superb edit job!!!!! Wow!

April 2

1 point

Tips & Tricks Issue 066 (August 2000)

594 downloads

Tips & Tricks Issue 066 (August 2000)

March 31, 2021

1 point

Game Players Volume 1 Number 6

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari 7800 Atari XE PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 arcade ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; discusses magazine improvements and Genesis vs. TurboGrafx-16) The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) Altered Beast (SMS) Maniac Mansion Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Rollerball (NES; tip being, the game hasn't been released yet) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Dragon Warrior (NES) Altered Beast (Gen) Super Thunderblade (Gen) Player's World Face-To-Face... With David Faustino (1 page; celebrity interview) Videogaming in the U.K. (3 pages; sections:) Nintendo Who? (lack of Nintendo's popularity in Great Britain) PCs: All Work And No Play (popular computer systems in the UK) Mutual Lend-Lease (logistics of releasing UK titles in the USA) Layoffs at Epyx (sidebar) Nintendo News - Computer Games Come Home To Nintendo (5 pages; computer-to-NES ports; games shown; includes sections:) Rule Your Own Country (Defender of the Crown, Nobunga's Ambition, Romance of the Three Kingdoms) Are You Ready, Sports Fans? (Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf, Kings of the Beach) Fantasy And Sci-Fi Adventure (Shadowgate, Rocket Ranger) Enter The Danger Zone (Rescue: The Embassy Mission, Silent Service) Three Times The Laughs (The Three Stooges) Arcade Action - Aqua Jack and Final Lap (2 pages; both shown) PC Players - Space Vets and Racing 'Vettes (4 pages; Universe 3, Vette!; both shown) Sega Players - New Games For Genesis, Master System (5 pages; numerous Genesis and SMS games mentioned; includes preview sections (games shown) for the following:) Arnold Palmer Golf (Gen) Rambo III (Gen) Super Hang-On (Gen) Mystic Defender (Gen) Truxton (Gen) Forgotten World (Gen) World Championship Soccer (Gen) Spellcaster (SMS) Walter Payton Football (SMS) Captain Silver (SMS) Casino Games (SMS) Wanted (SMS) Atari Safari - Xenophobe For 7800 And XE (1 page; shown) Amiga Players - Lords of the Rising Sun (2 pages; Lords of the Rising Sun; shown) Commodore Players - A New Source of Fantasy (2 pages; Fire King; shown) Turbo Players - The Legendary Axe and Victory Run (3 pages; both shown) Cheap Thrills - Cards and Craps (2 pages; Mille Bornes 4.01 (PC), Las Vegas Craps (Amiga); both shown) Nintendo Game of the Month: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (5 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; games shown) The Magic of Scheherzazade (NES) Star Sage Two - The Clathran Menace (PC) Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit (Amiga) Arkanoid II: The Revenge of Doh (PC) Faxanadu (NES) Golden Axe (Gen) Fiendish Freddy's Big Top 'O Fun (PC) Cloud Master (SMS) The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES) Sword of Aragon (PC) Revenge of Shinobi (Gen) All-Pro Basketball (NES) Clash At Demonhead (NES) Total Eclipse (C64) Dragon Warrior (NES) John Madden Football (PC) Monster Party (NES) News & Previews (4 pages; games shown unless noted) NFL Football for Nintendo (NES) Mad Magazine's Favorite Spies Return To Nintendo (Spy Vs. Spy: The Island Caper (NES)) Listen Carefully, Grasshopper (Phantom Fighter (NES)) Stealth and Strategy From Activision (Stealth ATF, Archon for NES) The Orbs Are Back! (Manhunter: San Francisco (PC)) Emperor Zae Wants You (Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander; not shown) Space Rogue and Omega From Origin (for PC,Apple II,Mac,Amiga,ST,C64; both not shown) Shuffle-Board, But No Ocean Cruise (Shuffle Mania (PC); not shown) In Search of the Desert Fox (Rommel: Battles for North America (PC); not shown) Space Quest III, Now For the Amiga Fester's Quest For Nintendo (NES) The Playroom for PCs 8 Eyes For Nintendo (NES) Breach 2 For PC, ST, Amiga Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.5 pages; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)

January 12, 2021

1 point

Game Players Volume 1 Number 5

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari Lynx PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 arcade ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; console wars) The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Ys (SMS) (Y's: The Vanished Omens) Bionic Commando (NES) Castlevania (NES) Phantasy Star (SMS) Ultima (NES) Blaster Master (NES) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Player's World Face To Face... With Captain Lou Albano (1 page; celebrity interview) NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Winning Strategies For Keith Courage (3 pages; strategy guide) Sega Genesis: The First Five (3 pages; all shown; includes sections:) Space Harrier II Tommy Lasorda Baseball Thunder Force II Super Thunder Blade Last Battle Nintendo News - New Titles For NES, Game Boy (5 pages; Game Boy (hardware and carts shown; mentioned but not shown: Tennis, Super Mario Land, Baseball, Alleyway, Tetris) and NES coverage; all NES games shown; includes sections:) This Year's Monster? (Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)) Spin-Offs (And Spin-Offs Of Spin-Offs) Dept. (all NES; Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Uncle Fester's Quest, Top Gun: The Second Mission) Blobs And Other Creatures (all NES; A Boy and His Blob, Clash at Demonhead, Demon Sword) Arcade Action - Golden Axe (2 pages; shown) PC Players - The Trend Toward Better Graphics (4 pages; Decisive Battles of the American Civil War, Journey; both shown) Sega Masters - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (2 pages; SMS; shown) Atari Safari - Color Portable Gets New Name, Higher Price (1 page; Atari Lynx coverage; hardware shown) Amiga Players - The Imports Are Coming (2 pages; Gauntlet II, Ikari Warriors; both games shown) Commodore Players - Dungeons, Dragons, and Destroyers (3 pages; Curse of the Azure Bonks, Destroyer Escort; both shown) Mac Players - Ishido - The Way of Stones (1 page; shown) Cheap Thrills - Blackjack! and Gravattack (3 pages; Blackjack! (PC), Gravattack (Amiga); both shown) Nintendo Game of the Month: Mega Man II (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (6 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; games shown) Nobunaga's Ambition (NES) Zany Golf (Amiga) Echelon (PC) The Three Stooges (NES) Might and Magic II (PC) The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES) Storm Across Europe (C64) Blockout (PC) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) Sim City (PC) Red Lightning (PC) Goal! (NES) Strider (NES) Desert Commander (NES) News & Previews (4 pages; games shown unless noted) Two New Titles For Game Boy (Shanghai, Revenge of the Gators; none shown) Shadowgate For Nintendo (NES) Monster Party For Nintendo (NES) The Manhole and Fatman For PC Arcade-Quality Joystick Controller For Nintendo, Sega, and Computers (Bondwell QS-128 Deluxe Professional Joystick (shown)) The Blue Angels For PC and Amiga Trickier Than A Riddling Sphinx (Eye of Horus (PC,Amiga,ST,C64); not shown) Mean Streets For PC The British Are Coming! (Elite enters U.S. market; Amiga titles mentioned but not shown: Aquablast, Thundercats, Speed Buggy, Wanderer 3D, Ikari Warriors, Beyond the Ice Palace) War Games From Down Under (Computer Software Service importing Panther Games products; titles mentioned but not shown: Fire-Brigade (PC,Mac,IIGS,Amiga,ST), Fulda Gap) Design Your Own Shoot-Em-Ups For Amiga and 64 (Shoot 'Em Up) Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.5 pages; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)

January 12, 2021

1 point

Game Players Volume 1 Number 3

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Gameboy Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari Lynx IBM PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 Macintosh ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; the Summer CES) The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Gradius (NES) Milon's Secret Castle (NES) Bubble Bobble (NES) Golgo 13 (NES) Deadly Towers (NES) Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom; tip being, Famicom games won't work on NES) R-Type (SMS) Double Dragon (SMS) Alex Kidd in Miracle World (SMS) Player's World NEC's TurboGrafx-16 Advanced Game System Challenges Nintendo (3 pages; shown: hardware & accessories, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Victory Run, Vigilante; includes sections:) Optional Accessories Technical Details Award-Winning Computer Games (1 page; shown: Tetris, Battle Chess, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, F-19 Stealth Fighter) Face-To-Face... With Wil Wheaton (1 page; celebrity interview) Nintendo News - Hot This Fall: Portable Game Boy, New NES Games (4 pages; Gameboy hardware shown; games shown:) Super Mario Land (GB) Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES) Cybernoid (NES) Bigfoot (NES) Knightrider (NES) (Knight Rider) Road Blasters (NES) 720 (NES) Infiltrator (NES) The Last Starfighter (NES) DuckTales (NES) Sky Shark (NES) Demon Sword (NES) Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher (NES) Arcade Action - Hard Drivin': The World's Best Driving Game? (2 pages; Hard Drivin' shown) PC Players - Role-Playing Made Easier (4 pages; games shown; includes sections:) Times of Lore Prophecy Sega Masters - Genesis: A New Beginning For Sega? (3 pages; Sega Genesis hardware shown; includes sections:) Unaltered Beast (shown: Altered Beast, Super Thunder Blade) Technical Details (shown: Tommy Lasorda Baseball) Atari Safari - Atari's Colorful Answer To Game Boy (1 page; Atari Lynx hardware shown; games shown:) California Games Electrocop (unnamed) Monster Demolition (aka Rampage?) Amiga Players - Dungeon Master (2 pages; game shown) Commodore Players - Hillsfar And Pro Soccer (3 pages; games shown) Mac Players - Pucks And Power (1 page; games shown:) Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition Shufflepuck Cafe Cheap Thrills - Two Revivals (3 pages; games shown; includes sections:) The Adventures of Captain Comic For PC Compatibles Gravity Wars For The Amiga Nintendo Game of the Month: Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon (7 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown) Slipheed (PC) The Magic Candle (PC) Steel Thunder (PC) NFL Challenge (PC) Search for the Titanic (PC) Air Fortress (NES) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NES) Hudson's Adventure Island (NES) Mappyland (NES) Thundercade (NES) Paperboy (NES) Blood Money (Amiga) Batman, The Caped Crusader (C64) Rastan (SMS) News & Previews (6 pages; all shown unless noted) Lucasfilm Debuts Indiana Jones And Loom (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (action game; C64,Amiga,ST,PC), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (graphic adventure; PC,Amiga,ST),Loom (PC,Amiga,ST)) Data East Kicks Off MVP Sports (ABC Monday Night Football (PC)) Gamers Await Double Dragon Sequel (none shown; Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Amiga,ST,PC,C64,IIGS,NES), Monopoly (ST,Amiga,PC), Clue Master Detective (computer); Scrabble, Risk updated to allow hard disk install) Epyx Hangs Ten Again! (California Games II, Revenge of Defender (PC), Flyton 500 (PC)) StarGoose Flies Into Stores (StarGoose (PC,Amiga,ST); not shown: Sargon 4 (Mac,PC)) Absolute Adds Videogame Titles (Kung Fu Master (7800); not shown: A Boy and His Blob (NES), Shredder (NES), James Bond 007 (Sega game), R.C. Grand Prix (Sega game), Tomcat: F-14 Fighter Simulator (7800), F-18 Hornet (7800)) Lo! An AD&D Sequel Appeareth (not shown; Curse of the Azure Bonds) It's A Bird, It's A Plane... (none shown; Superman: The Man of Steel (PC,Amiga,ST), Miami Vice (PC,ST,IIGS,C64,Amiga)) Quest For Day-Trippers (not shown; Knights of Legend) Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Hardball II (PC), Conspiracy: The Deadlock Files (PC); not shown: The Third Courier (PC), Don't Go Alone(PC)) Guess Whodunnit With Kyodai (Murder Club (PC), not shown: Ancient Land of Ys (PC,IIGS)) Mindscape Offers Variety (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (PC,Mac,Amiga); not shown: Gauntlet II (PC,Amiga,ST,C64), Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun (PC,Amiga,ST), Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (PC,Amiga,ST)) "When" In The World is Carmen? (not shown; Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?) A Cure For Videogame Fever (Homework First NES parental lock accessory) Hand-To-Screen Combat (Mattel Power Glove accessory) Guideposts: The Hot 100 (5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (1 page; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and top lists)