meppi

Are you sure about that? I went to their site (http://www.gamepro.com/community/indexes/gp_faq.shtml#6.4) And at the bottom it says:

I'll just say it right away, yes, scanning and distributing these copywrited magazines is not legal in any way, just as downloading roms of old games is illegal. There is however a common conception that if you own the original copy, you are allowed to have a backup as well. Some agree with this, others don't. I myself am not sure where the truth lies in that. The thing is, with retro games that are "out of print", many, many companies tend to re-release their classics on compilations or as of late on download services such as Xbox live, PSN and Virtual Console. So the line of not hurting these companies doesn't really hold any ground there. For instance, that's why I have bought every NeoGeo game released so far on the Virtual Console, even though I own the originals on the NeoGeo. I bought every one of these 2nd hand, so for me it's only fair that I now support the developer by buying the re-release. The thing with magazines is that even the publisher most of the time simply doesn't care about it's back catalogue. And in several cases they even give permission to preserve the earlier work (Something similar happened with Maximum magazine and SSM, where the original editor actually contributed to the project.), as long as the people doing so don't profit from it. Which is why we have that policy and why the premium membership is not a way to buy these magazines, but instead a way to support the site. By getting one you basically donate to help pay the server costs as well as bandwidth costs, which in turn Phillyman shares with the premium members in the way of giving them a certain amount of direct download bandwidth a month. That's also the reason why we put up free download links to such sites as Rapidhare etc. And encourage members to help share these releases by means of either such download services, torrents of newsgroups. We also uphold the rule of only scanning magazines that are at least 5 years old, which is used to give the publishers breathing room so to speak, and also to make sure that it's absolutely clear that we don't want to cause anyone harm by threatening their sales and thus their jobs. In case that a publisher decides to re-release their old magazines, either through reprint or digitally, then we simply don't scan or distribute these until 5 years after they again stopped selling it. This happened recently with Retro Gamer magazine. The first issue was published January 1st 2004, so in principle we could have started scanning the very first issue in a year time. However, they have released a DVD containing the first 30 issues in PDF format, so even if they stopped selling the DVD today, we would still wait at least until 2013 before we start scanning them even though I have basically every issue right here. And even then I think it would be best to try and ask for their approval first since the only deal with retro games, so their subject matter doesn't get outdated over time like regular mags do. In the end I myself believe that as long as we stick to the basic principles described above we should be fine, even if we don't have any legal ground to stand on. As long as we don't attempt to profit from someone else's work and not get in the way of their business but simply stick to preserving little pieces of gaming history that are otherwise bound to be lost or destroyed over time, I think they will understand.

Well, the problem with torrents, especially non-private ones is that you get a lot of hit and runs. So it's hard to keep the releases seeded that way. Therefor we prefer to release the scans through more direct download means. The only trouble is that the bandwidth and and operating costs for a dedicated server like this costs quite a bit of money. That's why we have the option for members to sign up for a premium membership so that they can always have direct access to the files. That's not to say that we ask money for the releases. Everything goes towards server costs as well as acquiring more magazines to scan. Since our goal is to let as many people as possible enjoy these classic magazines, we also put them on things like rapidshare and megaupload. But sadly, these have the inconvenience of having an hourly download limit. Anyway, you can see all the EGMs in the download section right here: http://www.retromags.com/forums/index.php?autocom=downloads As you can see we only have 9 issues scanned so far, but new releases happen regularly. :wink: If there are any releases that don't have a rapidshare or megaupload link yet, you can always let me know and I'll get one up as soon as possible. (I'm a bit behind on that) Also if there are people out there who wish to help to put these releases on megaupload or something similar, we'd appreciate it. I've got a Rapidshare premium account myself, so those won't get deleted after a while. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy what you find. :happy:

I know what you mean, although for me it's a completely different game. I just received my copies of Geometry Wars Galaxies for both Wii and DS 2 days ago, and I can't stop playing them. A couple of years back I actually bought PGR2, just so I could play the original Geometry Wars. Never even touched the racing game for more than 15 minutes. (prefer the DC Metropolis Street Racer for some reason) Loved the game back then, but since I don't have a 360 I never got to play the sequel much. Only occasionally at a friends house. So I immediately picked up the new games and I'm just astounded at how much content is packed into these 2 budget releases! So many levels, the new geom (or whatever it's called) point system changes the gameplay so much. Instead of simply running away from the enemies while blasting them, I find myself charging forward into packs of them, just so I can collect as many geoms as possible, which makes it even more tense and adrenaline fulled than it used to be. :grin: What I also love are the multiplayer modes. I've only been able to play it on the DS so far with my best buddy at work, so I can only imagine how much fun it'll be on the big screen. Something that also amazed me are the controls. I started with the motion controls, which were a bit hard at first. So I tried the classic controller setup after half an hour or so, but to my surprise I didn't like to play it that way anymore. So I went back to the IR setup and continued playing till I simply wasn't thinking about what I needed to do and where I needed to point. It all just came naturally as I was sucked into the game. I wish more companies would create more 8-bit style games like this. They just seem to fit my perfectly.

So that's why she got mad at me......

But be quick, there only are 2 hours left as I type this! http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=nav_t...8340295-3963332 On second look their normal price is only $5 more... :cat:

Nice shot! He doesn't seem to mind though. :grin:

Yeah, it's around $270. Thought it would be closer to $200 or less. I haven't even thought about reselling magazines tbh. Never sold anything on ebay yet.

Wow, including shipping it came to over €180 :pinch: A bit more than I thought it would be...

Just as I expected, there were 4 snipers laying there waiting to pick me off at the last moment, but looks like their aim was a bit off today. :fear: It cost quite a bit of money, and I'm sure I'll be hurting even more by the shipping costs, but the complete set of 29 Sega Mega Tech magazines from the UK are ours. Spanning from 1991 to 1994 during the Megadrive years, I think we're in for a treat. :happy:

Added a link to FFview for the Mac users out there. :wink:

:laughing: Well, soon might be a bit early. Still have to get through the Sega Saturn magazines and I was planning on doing the Paul Davies CVG years after those. But I'm thinking of possibly going from one mag to another once in a while as it would create more variety. Have to think about how to handle that though. I also just notice the Mega Play magazines. Not sure if I missed that post or if I simply had a blackout and forgot everything about it, but those seem so sweet. :happy: I'm also looking into another magazine, but I won't post it here now until I have them. Otherwise I might shoot myself in the foot and someone else might snipe them from before my nose. :wink:

Mean Machines issues: 7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 :w00t:

Ah, but you forgot to move the move the pages as well, besides changing the date in the table. Check.....mate. :kiss:

Oopsie... :blushing:

Yeah, everything seems to be up and running, both here and in the wiki. Great Job!

29 issues for under €30, including shipping. :laughing:

Packed together in the same table as NP might complicate things, especially since those 4 issues were released in the same months that regular NP issues also came out. So perhaps it's best to tag them on the NP wiki itself, but in a seperate table like this:? http://www.retromags.com/wiki/index.php?ti..._1988_%28USA%29 Not sure about the precise months when they came out, but they mention quarterly and the first 3 are 1991 and the last 1992, so it might be something like this. There's also a commercial for SMB2 in issue 4 which has a release date in it of Februari, so I guessed Januari would probably correct. If not, just shuffle the dates around. :wink:

Boohoooo why don't we have Walmarts in Belgium...

Good question. Moved it into the regular news section.

Well, the thing about Neo Geo games is that if they released newer games like Garou Mark Of The Wolves first and a couple of weeks later the original Fatal Fury's, barely anyone would be buying the older titles. So I understand why they are starting with the ones they did and working their way up. I didn't actually expect Top Hunter and KOF '94 to turn up this quickly. And since I've never been a big sports fan, Baseball Stars 2 surprised me how fun it is. Might have to pick that one up on AES as well. :happy: Whenever they decide to put Neo Turf Masters online, be sure to check it out. I have it on the AES and it's one of the best arcade style golf games ever!

Very interesting reading material. If only other publishers were so cooperative. I've read about the Super Play debacle that got Mort in trouble a while ago. Seemed that Future publishing didn't like the idea of scanning a magazine that stopped being published over 10 years ago. Perhaps it had to do with him also selling them on DVD, but in the end I believe it wouldn't have made much difference... I simply don't understand how a publisher would rather have the old magazines ( in which they don't have any interest in anymore) be lost so that noone can ever read it, instead of having a dedicated group of people try and preserve the old works. The quick answer would be profit, but they aren't making a cent on the magazine anyway. And they don't have any intent of re-releasing older magazines in any form. So to me it just doensn't make sense.

That would be emap. :wink:

Well, many people started playing videogames when the PSone was released, and thus can't stand to see the mighty Sony struggling. I wouldn't put too much fate into the doomsayers as more than likely they are just simply trying to strengthen their own agenda with such claims. :wink:

PRESENTS The complete set of Maximum magazines can now be downloaded from our download section here. Simply unpack the rar files and use CDisplay to view the cbr files. CDisplay can be downloaded from the original site right here, or from a backup copy here. Details about how to configure CDisplay to get the most out of our scans can be found here. A bit of a bittersweet moment for me, as I'm glad to have finally finished the complete set of MAXIMUM magazines, but at the same time I wish there were more left for me to scan. Sadly due to financial circumstances the magazine only lasted 7 issues. It came at a time where the industry started to change with the entrance of the newcomer Sony. Sadly, the true hardcore gaming environment wasn't "cool" enough for the average Joe who had just discovered this hobby. So instead of being the runaway hit that this magazine certainly deserved to be, it was closed down before it's time. The silver lining here is that Richard Leadbetter, editor of Maximum magazine moved on to take over the Official Sega Saturn Magazine after Maximum was terminated. (Starting with issue 12 of SSM) A move that without a shadow of a doubt made Sega Saturn Magazine the legendary retromag it is today.