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Nah, don't worry about it. About that recession thing though. Iwata actually in the last stockholders meeting or something like that mentioned that even though it seems that the gaming sector is not being hit by the recession, that's not really the case. Let's see if I can find that quote.... Here it is:

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Yeah I was pretty disappointed by it myself. Especially since I contacted Chad over a month ago about our site and gave them an invitation and all. He seemed very excited about it at the time, but I never heard anything after that. And it was weird to hear him not mention as single thing about it or us... oh well. lesson learned I guess.

Hi there. Well, yes. In fact I have a whole bunch NeoGeo Freak magazines. But the only problem is that they haven't been scanned in yet, and editing takes quite a long time as well. I've been primarily working on Sega Saturn and Maximum magazines, but other issues of NeoGeo Freak will be coming in the future. It just might take a little while.

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Oh man, that really depresses me. :( WipEout is one of my favourite gaming series out there, I'd hate to see someone else do a shoddy job on it...

A big welcome from me as well. Computer magazines at this point are in a vast minority on the site. But there are definitely people who would love to see more of the being put up. The thing is, since there are only a few, not too many people come here looking for them. But once the library grows to a sizable amount, it will no doubt set of a snowball effect just like it did with the other releases on the site.

Yes, that's correct. They were called Psygnosis before Sony bought them up. That's why Lemmings is now a Sony exclusive for instance.

I sincerely hope that the PS2 port will be every bit as good as the original. Haven't played any of the other ports though, so I don't know about those. Is Studio Liverpool working on the game themselves? Please say yes. That way I don't think we would have anything to fear.

Hehe, check the date on that article. It talks about April 2008. Sadly enough EGM is indeed gone...

Getting my NES with Mario Bros. when I was 12. An image of the arcade cabinet I basically grew up on. Grew up in a tavern, so from the age of 3 I was playing Space Invaders. And an image of the Sega logo with a general thought about how great their arcade style games were, and still are actually.

And with that a new dawn arrives.

Haven't bought one of these yet, but I'm pretty sure the WiiWare game is just the battle mode from the retail copy with a couple levels dropped. Both versions should even be compatible for online play. So if you just want to play battle mode, you could just as well go with the WiiWare version. But if you want the adventure mode and probably a bunch of other stuff as well, or even find the disc version for cheap, I would certainly go that route.

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Oopsie, thanks for mentioning that. It's been corrected now.

The latest 2 have also been rapidshared: Nintendo Power Flash Summer 1990 Gamefan Volume 2 Issue 02 January 1994 Enjoy!

Not quite current generation but it's coming out in the near future, so it still is. Well, hopefully this isn't a mistake... I've been asking for this to happen ever since the first WipEout was released on the PSP. Hell, it's the reason why I bought the thing. But playing WipEout on a portable just isn't the same and since I don't have a PS3 and no intent on buying one so far, I'd love to get this for my PS2. siliconera

Video Games & Computer Entertainment November 1989 and Mega Play Issue 15 April-May 1993 uploaded as well.

The latest ones with the new pre 2000 rule are in: 1440 one 1600 one

Sorry this took a while... The broken link for the rapidshare file of Official Sega Saturn Magazine 002 - dec 1995 (UK) has been fixed. The following files have been uploaded to rapidshare as well: PDF versions of EGM 3D, EGM 35,46,47,49,100,102,103,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,113,114,115,117,118,119 EGM Issue 32 Promotional Flyer Neo-Geo Official US Playstation Magazine Vol.2 Issue 7 - April 1999 Electronic Games - July 1983 Mega Play Issue 001 PC Games - October 1991 Atarian Video Game Magazine - May-June 1989

There are so many things wrong with that. What's the purpose of taking the stance that we will only be doing issues from before 2000 when in fact we would be flat out lying and keeping newer online for certain "privileged" members? The only purpose that that would serve in my eyes is making us look like people who will do whatever we want, and say something else as long as it benefits us. Our word would mean absolutely nothing anymore and we could just as well start releasing the very last issues of RetroGamer the same week they come out. After all I subscribe to the magazine so why not just scan them as they come in, right? Then we can all bitch and moan about yet another magazine going out of business and act like we had nothing to do with it. The whole point of retromags is preserving classic magazines and the community is built upon the hard working members who put a big part of themselves into the work they do without asking for anything in return. If we start making a distinction between who can download something and who can't then we are taking a path that will be the downfall of this community and I will have no part in that. Whatever someone on some other site does has no bearing to the path we will take and the rules we will follow. So if they have been releasing the monthly EGM issues, then they can be proud of themselves. We at least can say with a clear conscience that we had no part in the downfall of the magazine, no matter how small. And thanks to the new rules we make sure that we will never have any part in such practices. So everything that you see will be available to everyone who visits the site. And I give you my word, and I think that I can speak for the whole team on this as well that we will not be putting up hidden files of any kind, for people who somehow would be privileged to download them while others are not.

Luckily I hadn't deleted it just yet. I was waiting for confirmation first as keeping them online for another month only serves to lengthen the transition period. Not sure how long they will be left up, but I would say grab the ones you are interested in as soon as you can.

Koei is a wonderful company, if not for the games they make themselves then for the some reason of them publishing Nippon Ichi games in europe.

E-Day had done a great job of explaining both side of the story, so I don't need to add much to it. As far as we are concerned, Retromags is indeed more than just a nice name to pin on this project. As mentioned before, in about a year time the 360 would be added to the list if we kept things going the way we did, which is just insane when you think about it. How does scanning and releasing 360 magazines in the next couple of years be justified as preserving a piece of history that's being threatened? It just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Even the original Xbox, or the GameCube and PS2 for that matter don't fit into the retro category and will not do so for quite some time. Hell, like E-Day yet again mentioned, there are plenty of people out there who don't consider the 32-bit generation retro at this point. I'm not one of them though. And I even think of the DreamCast as somewhat of a retro console already, which would make those people freak out, I'm sure. The GBA is another one which I would start to consider retro just about now. But these are a whole other story. It probably has to do with the type of catalogue they had in their lifetime. One which leaned firmly onto the classic 32 and 16-bit generation as far as immediate gameplay are concerned. I even have the complete set of both the UK official DreamCast magazine and the regular UK DreamCast magazine sitting right here, waiting for them to be scanned. But do I mind that it was decided to cut of the releases at 1999? Not at all. I'm a firm supporter for this stance. That doesn't mean that I won't start scanning a couple of DC magazines anyway. Simply because I love to have a bit of diversity in the scans that I work on. But those releases will be filed away until the day comes that they will get their time to shine. We will still be accepting donations of magazines that are from 2000 and beyond for people willing to part with them. They will be stored away for safe keeping until they can be called upon again. That way we won't have to scour ebay to look for 15 year old magazines in mint condition. As or the second part that played a big role in deciding to make the tough call and go with the 1999 rule, we all hope that it does indeed send a very clear signal to all the publishers. Letting them see that we are indeed true to our word, and we will not put their business or the jobs of their employees in any jeopardy. In the end of the day that's what will keep all of us safe from having to defend ourselves against something that might rest on a misunderstanding. We only want too keep their legacy alive since it's in serious danger of being lost. Just look how hard it can be to locate a specific issue of a magazine. Some can be easily found, but others that were just as popular back in the day can be near impossible to track down. Preserving those kinds of gaming magazines should be our top priority, and not a magazine that has just passed the old 5 year rule 2 days ago. It might sound a bit harsh, but it's the only way to stay true to the name retromags, and to keep the original vision of the site alive.