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PCGames (September-October 1990)

80 downloads

PCGames (September-October 1990)

Tuesday at 08:21 PM

5 points

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002) [PC, PS2, XBOX, GBA]

68 downloads

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002) Platform: [PC, PS2, XBOX, GBA]

Monday at 05:49 PM

4 points

New Release - The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002) [PC, PS2, XBOX, GBA]

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Monday at 05:49 PM

1 point

The Hockey News - Hockey's Greatest Rivalries (2014)

13 downloads

The Hockey News - Hockey's Greatest Rivalries (2014)

Monday at 03:34 PM

1 point

Famitsu Issue 1359/1360 (January 1/8/15, 2015)

28 downloads

It's been a while since we've had one of these double-number issues of Famitsu, so for anyone out there who's confused, here's a brief explanation. This is a single issue that is counted as two. The preceding issue is numbered 1358 (December 25, 2014), and the following issue is numbered 1361 (January 15, 2015), making this issue #1359/1360. This sort of thing happens 3 or 4 times per year. It doesn't mean that the double issues are double length. Sometimes they're longer than average, sometimes not (this issue is 280 pages, which isn't unusually long for Famitsu.) What it DOES mean is that the staff took a vacation. As you can imagine, turning out over 1000 pages of magazine per month is nothing to sneeze at (especially when you consider that Western mags were typically producing less than 100 pages of content per month), so a few times per year, the staff would be...ALLOWED TO SLEEP!!! This particular mag came out around New Years, which is the biggest holiday in Japan. Everything shuts down for 5 days or so while everyone stays home to celebrate with their families (its closest Western equivalent would be Christmas.) So every year around this time, Famitsu releases a "double issue" so that its staff can enjoy the holiday like the rest of the country. But since this is Famitsu WEEKLY, I guess they don't want to break the illusion by having less than 52 issues per year, so whenever they skip a week, they just add an extra issue number to make up for it. So since this issue was on newsstands for two weeks, it gets two issue numbers. Kind of dumb, and definitely a pain in the ass when I was first putting together the database, but that's the way it is. Now you know, and yadayadayadaYOJOE.

January 2

1 point

Electronic Gaming Monthly Special Issue #05 (Fall 2015)

114 downloads

Electronic Gaming Monthly Special Issue #05 (Fall 2015)

January 1

1 point

Game Informer Issue 020 (December 1994)

244 downloads

Big thanks to @bogusfrank for preserving these! Please make sure to thank him

September 4, 2024

1 point

Deathmatch Manifesto

226 downloads

The Deathmatch Manifesto is a fascinating book for a multitude of reasons. Published in 1997, really the dawn of the internet era for many home computer users, it's the first book of its kind to really dig in to the strategies used by gamers for fragging one another instead of the monsters. While competing against other human players itself went all the way back to the likes ofTennis For Two, Pong, and Space War, the concept of the "deathmatch" as it pertained to 3D gaming was in its relative infancy. Popularized by Doom, expanded on by Duke Nukem 3D, and levelled up by the release of Quake, there was a massive, untapped audience for this kind of thing, and Sybex sought to fill this void by publishing a guide not to beating the likes of those games, but rather beating the likes of those who had already beaten those games and were now looking for fresh blood to spill. Much of the book is devoted to covering basic and advanced Deathmatch tactics which have long since become staples of the FPS genre, especially in the aftermath of the success seen with Quake 3 and the Unreal Tournament franchise, but what makes this book important from a historical standpoint is the snapshot in time it offers the reader. Documented within is the genesis of FPS gaming, the rise of online gaming, snapshots of popular gaming culture like cartoons produced using Quake's graphical engine and a listing of a number of different Clans who existed at the time, and even a look at new and upcoming gaming peripherals, like the SpaceOrb 360 controller, the VooDoo graphics card, and the MMX instruction set for Pentium-class computers. I've included an .iso rip of the CD which came with the book. This includes a slew of deathmatch levels for your favorite games; demo file walkthroughs for every level in Quake, Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D and the Atomic Edition/Plutonium Pak; a utility for converting Doom levels into Duke 3D levels; and a "secret Quake bonus" hidden somewhere on the disc for you to find. (No, don't ask me what/where it is--I'm not telling!). The DEATHMATCH.ISO file is included in the .cbz file, so open that with your favorite file compression utility, extract it, and get to playing around! As usual for books like this, pages which were completely blank were omitted in order to reduce file size. Enjoy!

December 20, 2023

1 point

Best Action & Arcade Games Strategies & Secrets

225 downloads

Well, here's something completely different! Your beloved Retromags Goddess providing you (yes, you specifically!) with a book about games from the MS-DOS era! Wait, sorry, I got my notes mixed up. This is actually just the next in a long line of books dealing with classic DOS games brought to you by yours truly. In order, this book covers: Duke Nukem 3D Quake MechWarrior 2 Crusader: No Remorse Hexen Heretic Star Wars: Dark Forces Descent Doom II Doom Earthsiege 2 Earthsiege Terra Nova Wing Commander IV Wing Commander III Fury3 Magic Carpet Renegade Now, you don't get full walkthroughs for all of these games. What you get instead for most are general, overall strategies that will serve you well throughout a playthrough, taken from articles and reviews written by the staff members of Computer Games Strategy Plus. The book also came with a CD-ROM containing playable demos for nearly all of the games covered by the book, plus eighteen other games not covered between the covers. My copy, sadly, is lacking this disc, but the good news is that some other enterprising soul uploaded it to Archive.org, and you can grab your own copy of it to play around with! Now, enough words! Download this book, enjoy the nostalgia, pay me my tribute by kicking that 'Thanks' button like you're Duke Nukem's mighty boot, and prepare for the next awesome release from your Retromags Goddess! *huggles* Areala

December 20, 2023

1 point

Q64 1997 Volume 1 (Summer)

160 downloads

Q64 1997 Volume 1 (Summer)

July 14, 2023

1 point

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine Issue 17

Editorial Letters News: PocketStation launch date in Japan being pushed back, Sony releases 7501C hardware variation to help combat piracy, Fighter Maker to be released state-side after all?, News Bits, Twisted Metal III Ice Cream Tour, 10 things we think we think this month, Coming soon R you Ready 4: Feature on R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 Previews: · Silent Hill · Street Fighter Alpha 3 · Syphon Filter · Clock Tower II (released as Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within) · Street Sk8er · Shadow Madness · Guardian's Crusade · MLB 2000 · NBA Shootout 99 · Rampage Universal Tour · 3 Xtreme · NCAA Final Four 99 · RushDown · Need for Speed 4 · Sports Car GT International Previews: · R-Type Delta · Ace Combat 3 · Tron ni Kobun (released in NA as The Misadventures of Tron Bonne) · Capcom Generations Volume 4 (Japan only release, but did get a European release as a compilation with Capcom Generations 1-3) · Dance! Dance! Dance! (Japan only release) · Hard Edge (released in NA as T.R.A.G. - Tactical Rescue Assault Group: Mission of Mercy) Reviews: · R-Types · WCW/nWo Thunder · Animaniacs Ten Pin Alley · Kensei Sacred Fist · FIFA 99 · Nectaris · Bust-A-Move 4 · Uprising X · Contender · Dead in the Water · Wheel of Fortune · Jeopardy! 1998 OPM Editor's Choice Awards Tomb Raider III Strategy part Two Tricks of the Trade: · Bust A Groove · Tomb Raider III · Kagero: Deception II · Rally Cross 2 · Circuit Breakers · Colony Wars: Vengeance · Twisted Metal III g.e.a.r.: gadgets, electronics, arts and recreation Demo Disc: Demos of NFL GameDay 99, NHL FaceOff 99, Twisted Metal III, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, Cool Boarders 3, Destrega, Monkey Hero, O.D.T., NCAA Final Four 99, Gex 3, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, Shadow Madness, WCW/nWo Thunder Next Month

July 15, 2022

1 point

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine Issue 15

Editorial Contents Letters News: EA axes Thrill Kill, Bust a Groove gets canceled then released, Top 20, Coming Soon Tokyo Game Show Report Clowns, Guns and Deathmobiles – Twisted Metal III feature Previews: · Twisted Metal III · Jackie Chan’s Stuntmaster · Syphon Filter · Asteroids · Bust-A-Move 4 · Uprising X · Warzone 2100 · Guilty Gear · NBA Live 99 · Kensei: Sacred Fist · Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf · Silent Hill · Saboteur (never released) · Vermin (never released) · Omikron: The Nomad Soul (never released) · Xena: Warrior Princess · X-Men (released as X-Men: Mutant Academy) · C3 Racing (Euro only release) · Army Men (released as Army Men 3D) · All-Star Tennis 99 (Japan/Euro only release) · Re-Volt · G-Police 2 (released as G-Police: Weapons of Justice) · NBA in the Zone ‘99 · Shao Lin (Japan/Euro only release) · Japan (never released?) Reviews: · Crash Bandicoot: Warped · Assault · NHL 99 · Brave Fencer Musashi · Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus · The Fifth Element · Streak · Brigandine · Rally Cross 2 · NCAA GameBreaker ‘99 · Formula 1 ‘98 · Psybadek · Wild 9 · Ninja: Shadow of darkness · Hardball ‘99 · A Bug’s Life · Small Soldiers · Test Drive 5 · Dragonseeds · Backstreet Billiards · Pool Hustler · O.D.T. · Caesar’s Palace II · Mr. Domino Strategy: · Crash Bandicoot: Warped · Brave Fencer Musashi Tricks of the Trade: · Tenchu: Stealth Assassins · Rogue Trip · Wild 9 · Heart of Darkness · Metal Gear Solid · Spice World · G.Darius · Bloody Roar · Command & Conquer: Red Alert · Cool Boarders 2 · Final Fantasy VII · Gex: Enter the Gecko · Ghost in the Shell · Monster Rancher · Moto Racer · Need for Speed III · Resident Evil 2 · Skullmonkeys · Triple Play 99 · VR Sports Powerboat Racing g.e.a.r. Demo Disc: Playable demos of: Tomb Raider III, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Bomberman World, A Bug’s Life, Running Wild, Invasion from Beyond, Kagero: Deception II, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo. Videos of Silent Hill, Knockout Kings & Big Air. Next Month

July 11, 2022

1 point

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine Issue 14

Features: Editorial: Great Games Are Getting Harder To Spot Easily (With PS1 graphics reaching their technical peak, Kraig Kujawa laments his inability to determine what's hot and what's not via the simple screenshot) Letters (Fan cheer. Fans jeer. Fans are weird...) Top 20 (What US gamers are buying like mad...this month, it's...wrestling...?) Tomb Raider III / Ninja: Shadow of Darkness lid sticker (Hey, it worked for PSM...) Lara's Back! (OPM gets to the bottom of what's ahead for Lara Croft in Tomb Raider III by talking to Adrian Smith, Operations Director at Core Design) Crash Across Time! (How do you improve on the Crash franchise? OPM goes straight to the bandicoot's mouthpieces at Naughty Dog to learn what's in store for him in Crash Bandicoot: WARPED) Welcome to the New Hollywood (Making a game requires a LOT more money these days, as Jason Rubin relates in this interview) Quake II (The monster of PC gaming first-person shooters is heading for your living room...brace yourself!) g.e.a.r. (Gadgets, Electronics, Arts, and Recreation--cool stuff for gaming nuts) Demo Disc (What you'll see when you pop it in) Next Month (Big Reviews Galore and Tomb Raider III on your demo disc!) News (Everybody likes news, right?): Sony Slashes Prices (PS1 drops to $129) Nyko's Classic Trackball controller is coming. Zombie Master Directs RE Movie (George Romero is signed to direct Resident Evil after his work on the Japanese Biohazard 2 commercial) ECTS News (Crystal Dynamics now owned by Eidos, and the Game One channel goes live across the continent) Metal Gear...Liquid? (Konami devs get treated to a rare bottle of Andiera Cabernet Sauvignon wine in a bottle with Metal Gear Solid artwork as a thank-you gift for working on the project) Top 10 (Readers want Final Fantasy 8, Japan's selling the hell out of some SD Gundam Generation, and UK gamers are, of course, losing their bollocks over World Cup 98) Coming Soon (Release dates for new software, so you can get extra pissed when your favorite game gets pushed back even further...) Previews: A Bug's Life Rally Cross 2 Bust A Groove No One Can Stop Mr. Domino (shown here as Mr. Domino) K-1 Fighting Illusion Revenge (released in NA as K-1 Revenge) Knockout Kings NHL 99 Formula 1 '98 Backstreet Billiards Destrega VR Football 99 Nectaris: Military Madness Brigandine (released in NA as Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena) Psybadek Twisted Metal 3 FIFA 99 NBA Live 99 Gex 3 International Previews (Coming soon to a Japanese PlayStation near you!): R-Type Delta Star Ocean: The Second Story Suikoden 2 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (shown here as R4) Capcom Generations Vol. 1 Final Fantasy VIII Star Ixiom Reviews: A Question of Priorities (Joe Rybicki explains that the devs aren't running out of ideas, they just support sequels because it's easier to make a sequel than to create a new property) Metal Gear Solid NBA Tonight Colony Wars: Vengeance Rogue Trip NASCAR 99 MediEvil Xenogears The Unholy War Moto Racer 2 NHL FaceOff 99 Bushido Blade 2 Kagero: Deception II Motorhead Rival Schools X-Games Pro Boarder Cool Boarders 3 Tenchu: Stealth Assassins Duke Nukem: Time to Kill Running Wild Review Recap (A look at past games, just in case you missed 'em) Strategy (Taking games to school) Metal Gear Solid (Start-to-finish guide) NFL Blitz (Run and guard like the best of them) Tricks of the Trade (For when you just can't hack it without cheating): NFL GameDay 99 Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock Pocket Fighter NFL Blitz TOCA: Touring Car Championship Madden NFL 99 Trick Archive (Cheats for older games): Tomba! Auto Destruct Bloody Roar CART World Series Colony Wars Command & Conquer: Red Alert Cool Boarders 2 Dynasty Warriors Excalibur 2555 A.D. Fantastic Four Final Fantasy VII Formula 1: CE Frogger Gex: Enter the Gecko Ghost in the Shell Herc's Adventure Jet Moto 2 K1: The Arena Fighters Machine Hunter Monster Rancher Moto Racer N2O NASCAR 98 Need For Speed III NFL Xtreme Resident Evil 2 Skullmonkeys Street Fighter EX+ Alpha Test Drive 4 Thunder Truck Rally Time Crisis Tomb Raider Triple Play 99 VR Sports Powerboat Racing Wild Arms Notable Stuff: No, Mark W. Buckingham, you won't sterilize your junk by playing too much PlayStation. Resident Evil 1.5 is now getting a release, some fifteen years later, thanks to a dedicated group of modders and programmers trying to jury-rig it into a complete game. Your wish is granted, Jolan Martinez. The Nyko Trackball is awesome, but it only works with PS Mouse-compatible games. Just a heads-up. Wanna see that Romero-directed Biohazard 2 commercial? You're welcome. A bottle of Metal Gear Solid wine mentioned in the News section above sold for over $250 back in 2008. WWF War Zone is outselling Gran Turismo, Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat 4, Resident Evil 2, Twisted Metal, Grand Theft Auto, Need For Speed III, Vigilante 8, and Crash Bandicoot? I don't want to live on this planet anymore... This issue features a four-page ad for Rogue Trip presented in the style of GamePro, including editor Dick Biggs. Hilarious! No surprise here: Metal Gear Solid earns a solid 5/5 discs.

July 10, 2022

1 point

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine Issue 12

Editorial Contents Letters News: First details of the PlayStation 2, EA signs Antoine Walker for NBA Live 99 and Kordell Stewart sign with Midway for NFL Blitz, International News, PlayStation Top 20, Coming Soon Previews: · NFL Blitz · Thunder Force 5 · Wild 9 · NFL GameDay 99 · Moto Racer 2 · DarkStalkers 3 · Tenchu (released as Tenchu: Stealth Assassins) · NASCAR 99 · Devil Dice · Assault (released as Assault: Retribution for NA release) · Viva Soccer · Professional Sports Car Racing (released as Sports Car GT) · Dead Unity (never released) · Capcom Generations: Street Fighter 2 Collection (released as Street Fighter 2 Collection) International Previews: · Soul Calibur (Arcade) · Thousand Arms · Beat Mania (Japan only release, but would get a PAL release in 2000) · Ehrgeiz · Legend of Legaia · Zen-Nippon Joshi Pro Wrestling Jou Densetsu: Yume no Taikou-sen (Japan only release) Reviews: · Parasite Eve · Kartia: The Word of Fate · Mega Man Legends · NCAA Football 99 · WWF War Zone · Circuit Breakers · WarGames: Defcon 1 · Tactic Ogre · C The Contra Adventure · MLBPA Bottom of the 9th ‘99 · Crime Killer The Midas Touch: A feature on the success of the PlayStation. Mortal Kombat 4 Strategy Elemental Gearbolt Strategy Tricks of the Trade: · X-Men vs. Street Fighter · Jersey Devil · N2O · Hot Shots Golf · Mortal Kombat 4 · Vigilante 8 Tricks Archive: · Rascal · Bloody Roar · Cool Boarders 2 · Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout · Final Fantasy VII · Gex: Enter the Gecko · Ghost in the Shell · Monster Rancher · Pandemonium 2 · Pitfall 3D · Resident Evil 2 · Skullmonkeys · Street Fighter EX + Alpha · Triple Play ‘99 g.e.a.r: gadgets, electronics, arts and recreation Demo Disc: Spyro the Dragon, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, WWF War Zone, The Unholy War, S.C.A.R.S., Metal Gear Solid, Rival Schools, Test Drive 5, Threadz Next Month