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There's also http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/ although they only scan classic French magazines. I used to love JoyPad back in the day.

Funny to see that after a couple more people reporting him now they suddenly do ban his ass. Yet the clone account is so obvious. Reported that as well.

Well, the first response might be to secure their investments in some sort of way, but as they look a bit closer, and hopefully take the time to do so they might see that we aren't the bad guys, or at least trying to be anything but the bad guys. Not sure how ebay works in that kinda way. I would think if they get one genuine complaint, that it should be enough, but there's clearly more going on behind the scenes.

Perhaps, but they might just don't care if they are sold by some lowlife scammer, or if they are being put online for free with only the best intentions.

I honestly haven't got a clue, but I find the whole thing to be very dubious. Perhaps he sells quite a load of other stuff as well on which ebay makes more than enough money to overlook his little side business. Either way, I don't like it one bit.

Indeed, that asshole is selling my scans. I wouldn't mind if someone was redistributing them the way they find them on the site, but to make money of someone else's scans is just wrong. But that's how the world seems to work. I've already reported this ass to Ebay, as did Mort who's scans he's also selling, but they don't seem to care at all. Perhaps if a couple hundred retromags members reported him.

If you knew Philly a little bit better, then you'd realize how dumb that statement actually sounds.

Due to the increased exposure that Retromags has been receiving from the people that own the magazines that we are trying to preserve, or have worked on them in the past or present, we feel the need to institute a form of quality control on the releases. What this means right now is, that magazines in the download section that were marked with a lower case 'r' are being moved out of the download section until they can be edited and presented in the normal Retromags quality. This is not meant to cause anyone any frustration or cause any confusion, these magazines are not being deleted. They will be replaced with a suitable fully edited copy as soon as possible. This is a move we are making to further show respect to the original owners of these magazines and to show that we are striving to present their work in the best and most faithful way we can. The reason we started putting out "raw" versions back in the day was due to time constrains. A way to keep the project going even with all the difficulties we had back then. Seeing how the community has grown over the years, and how we have a healthy group of contributors and steady flow of releases, the need to release unfinished editions just isn't there anymore. Furthermore, it might give the wrong impression about the project and the hard work that all of our members are putting into it. Imagine someone finding out about retromags and downloading his or her first magazine only to find out that that particular issue is so badly damaged (not cropped, slanted, pages missing, tears, etc) that it's hard to look at or even read. It's not hard to imagine that said person would decide not to look at any other issues, thinking they are all of the same dubious quality. What might be even worse is the possibility of someone who originally worked on these magazines, might want to check up on what exactly we are doing with the magazines they put so much effort into. Only to stumble upon a "raw" release and decide that we are doing their magazine injustice by presenting them in such a light. I think we can all agree that such an event would not be good for retromags, to say the very least. That being said, we value every contributor. Don't be discouraged if you aren't able to edit the scans yourself. We have people waiting to start editing raw scans, so "raw" scans are still very welcome. Even though the scans that need editing might not be up on the main page from day one, they will be edited and uploaded within a reasonable timeframe. We trust the members of Retromags that are donating magazines to continue doing so with their usual quality and that hopefully, everyone will understand that this move is for the better of the project. Thank you for your understanding in this matter, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to post them here and we will do what we can to answer them to the best of our abilities.

Not too much of a delay this time around. The only thing working against me was a week of the graveyard shift, so I'm glad that that's over with. I'm glad to say that this issue's cover speaks volumes about the quality inside. Not to mention a first look at Radiant Silvergun (one of many features to come in upcoming issues) and a very nice Burning Rangers interview as well as Panzer Dragoon Saga goodness. As always: enjoy! Official Sega Saturn Magazine 031 - may 1998 (UK) Download page here. Rapidshare link

Yeah, I'm actually surprised at how much of a gold mine PSN turned out to be for a retrogamer like myself. Crash Commando for instance isn't the prettiest game around, and it isn't polished like games from Nintendo or Capcom usually are for instance. There are a couple of flaws, but none are game breaking at all. It's just a simple idea done very well. Take a FPS deathmatch and team deathmatch setup, convert it to 2D in both the way the game is viewed as well as played and build the levels to those strengths. I have actually played much more on my downloaded PSN games than I have on my retail games, which is a huge surprise for me. WipEout was the standout title for me on PSN, ad it still is. But the other games on there have made me a huge fan of the service, be it with Lumines or Outrun, Super Stardust HD or Zen Pinball. I've had so much fun with these.

Well, I ended up buying the game that same evening and playing until way past midnight. The day after that I must have played for 6 hours or so, it's just too addictive. Got my buddy to try it out as well even though he's normally not into this type of games. Ended up loving it just as much as me and playing it every single minute that his wife is at work or asleep. Online play is soooooooooooo addictive, can't wait to get back tonight and have another session.

The undisputed best game on PS3 just got better! SOURCE Preview Trailer: http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/play/51427/Play...ler/Flash-Video

Well, not sure if this is what people were expecting, but here goes anyway: For some reason it's harder to find a usable dr mario sprite for what I had in mind, so let me know if this one isn't good enough...

What do you do on a boring Sunday afternoon? Well, I started downloading a bunch of demos of of PSN to keep myself busy between editing sessions. Tried Infamous which I quite liked. Not a must buy for me, but at the right price this might be a fun game. Tried Killzone 2 which is probably the most beautiful game I've ever seen. Not in the sense of art choice or anything like that as it's pretty bland actually, but for sheer "wow look at all that stuff" effect, this sure is on the top of the list. Too bad the controls are too sluggish and slow for me which is probably why the game made me motion sick by the time I had played the demo. Didn't feel like playing anything else really, but then I decided to give Crash Commando a go since it's a small game of which I didn't know anything until I installed it and booted it up. To my surprise this is basically a FPS deathmatch game in the same vein as HalfLife DM or Team Fortress, of pretty much any standard team dm FPS out there. The only twist is that the whole game has been transformed into a 2D game, while keeping the original gameplay elements all in tact. The left stick controls you character and the right one aims your weapons. You also have a jetpac with limited flight range and can use vehicles on some stages, but since this was just the demo, I didn't get to see that last part. I'm so getting this game next time when I'm in the mood for some online competition. It's just so much fun! What an incredible surprise. I hadn't been following the releases on XBLA or PSN since I didn't have the systems at the time, so several of these games totally flew underneath my radar. Stardust HD being another one of them. I actually like it better than Geometry Wars and the multiplayer modes are so much fun! Anyway, if you've never heard of either these games, be sure to check out the respective demo's because if you have the same taste in games as me, you're missing out if you don't have these.

That's what I'm thinking as well. But not only that, I don't even wish to make any money of this even if I could. Not that I would see any penny of the sales if I read his offer correctly anyway. I just don't like the whole idea.

Not sure what to do with this... He replied to my topic on meanmachinemags about my scans. here's the conversation: Not sure what to make of this as I'm not crazy on the idea of letting anyone sell my scans. Then again I don't want to piss him off by saying no, since he's a great guy and has done a incredible amount of work trying to preserve magazines. I'm really at a loss here...

While I love the quality of all the equipment I bought from them over the years, I'd probably skip that one.

My thoughts on this: Just re-release the damn DreamCast. It's more then good enough to compete with today's systems IMO. Simply add a VGA port and the ability to upscale to 720 and 1080p through HDMI as well and start making games for it again.

Well mine does on all my other systems, but then again all my other systems support RGB scart which isn't available in the US as far as I know. The closest you'd come would be s-video but it's still quite a bit off from the sharpness and vibrant colors of RGB cables. And the NES only supported RF of composite, which mean that you're stuck with the fuzzy look no matter what kind of tv you're using. A smaller screen will naturally hide the imperfections better. The only way to get the pixel perfect NES look is by either using the NES arcade boards that are out there which do support RGB natively or by going the emulated route like the VC for instance.

It certainly depends on the type of TV you're using. And not just simply LCD or plasma either, sometimes not even all the various series of a certain brand are the same. I did read on various forums that plasmas are much better when it comes to reducing gaming lag or input lag to be more precise, which is the thing that screws up the jumps in Super Mario Galaxy for instance. That's why it's so important to get a set that does this just right so you don't end up with having to put everything besides a 360 or a PS3 in the bedroom, since they don't play right on the big tv downstairs. The issues with several VC games is one that is dependent on how the game is emulated. Nintendo is supposed to be fixing those problems and several games have already been updated, but some still don't show up. They do say that you can contact them if you find one that doesn't work correctly on a HDTV. I haven't come across a single one so far though. Wether you like it or not, it's the natural evolution of TVs. The only sport I watch is TNA wrestling these days, but I do love movies very much. Also I played my PS3 2 weeks on a regular TV and it doesn't look bad, that's true, but when playing it on a 1080p set it looks so much better. It's hard to compare. Playing down the difference in image quality is just being ignorant, no matter if you love movies, games or regular TV shows. Also why do you think I posted my impressions about the TV I bought? To show people that all the dumb crap about retrogames looking like dogshit doesn't need to be the only option they have. The only thing they need to do is open their eyes and see the choices they got and decide to make the right one. The problem is that you're much more likely to pick up a set that does make your old games look awful, instead of getting lucky and picking one of the few HDTVs that does a wonderful job not only on movies or new consoles, but also on the older generations.

I said the exact same thing for a long time. Then I bought one and watched a couple of my favourite movies on Bluray and played WipEouT HD. Let's just say, I'm not going back.

When the time came that I decided to finally get a HDTV, my main worry was that, since I'm first and foremost a retro gamer, all my classic systems would look like a dried up dog turd had been smeared across my screen. But also that the input lag would make said games unplayable as well due to the processing required to blow up a gaming system with a limited resolution to 1080p. Well, today I had a revelation. I bought Sega MegaDrive Ultimate Collection for the PS3 after reading about how well the emulation was done on this compilation and how the developer turned every pixel into a 3x3 sized version for the perfect recreation on HDTVs. Well, since I only have had my new TV for almost 2 weeks now, I hadn't tested out my MegaDrive yet. I did test my Saturn, DreamCast, SNES, N64 and NES which all look great besides the NES and N64. But that has probably more to do with the actual hardware and video output then anything else. When I booted up the PS3 compilation earlier this week it hit me that the games looked very fuzzy and I thought that my Japanese Saturn looked much better than that. So before starting to think that I was imagining things, I booted up Bubble Bobble Symphony. My buddy who was here at the time also noticed the huge difference in sharpness and vibrancy in both images. I thought that it might have to do with the difference in resolution between the Saturn and the MegaDrive which would make it easier to make a Saturn game look much better than a MegaDrive one when blown up like that. But I had to make sure. So today I decided to hook up my Japanese MegaDrive as well as my PS3 with Sonic 2 and Streets of Rage too see how it would turn out. Well the difference is huge! Not only do the games on the original hardware look just as good as the 1080p counterparts, they look vastly superior in every possible way. I wanted to take pictures to show the difference, but since I only have a DSi to take pictures with atm, that wouldn't make my point any clearer. Even though I set the PS3 version to it's original 4:3 screensize with smoothening off, compared to a 16:9 stretched original MegaDrive image connected through RGB scart, the old version jumps out without a shadow of a doubt. The PS3 games are dark, drab and fuzzy and have distorted colours compared to the originals, while the MegaDrive versions look just as good as they always did (minus scanlines naturally, so it's not the exact same as a CRT picture). Extremely sharp, vibrant colours that jump of the screen and very bright like they should be. You can clearly see every single pixel and how well it's defined compared to the PS3 compilation which has fuzzy edges all around with or without the smoothening effect turned off. Needless to say, input lag plays no factor whatsoever or else all of this wouldn't matter anyway. This was a total surprise to me since all I've read online is how absolutely horrendous old systems look on HDTVs. Hell most people swear that their Wii looks like absolute crap, with or without component cables. Which is another thing I didn't understand as mine looks bloody marvelous through component. Everyone keeps telling people to turn the sharpness setting all the way down when playing a Wii or anything that's not next gen, but I have actually turned the sharpness a bit up from the medium setting and it looks astounding. Same with my Saturn and other systems. I've read a couple of posts on other boards which say that their Wii as well as PS2 looks terrific as well on their HDTV and be it coincidence or not (I doubt it), they also have a Panasonic Plasma set. (LCDs seem to be a whole other matter though, but fortunately I don't have much experience with those) Now what's the purpose of this rant? Just to let people know that there is indeed a way to get the very best in current gen games as well as the best home movie experience, while still being able to enjoy all the wonders of retro gaming without having to worry about games being unplayable due to lag or have them become so ugly that you can't stand to look at them anymore due to awful upscaling techniques. If I had known this before selling out for a new TV, it would have saved me a huge amount of time, and what's more important, I wouldn't have had to go through all the stressful moments wondering if I was about to do the right thing or not. The one I have and love is the Panasonic Viera 600Hz plasma TX-P46G10 with the new NeoPDP screen.

Hehe, thinking about the 8 or so PS3 games weeks before I even decided to get the system? It has happened with other systems as well. The first I can remember was the Game Gear when it hadn't been released for too long.

Metroid Prime Trilogy Hands-on Don't say Nintendo didn't do anything for you: on August 24th, the publisher will release Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii. Metroid Prime Trilogy, releasing almost to the day of Metroid Prime 3 Corruption's two year anniversary, is a jammed to the brim package that combines all of Retro's first-person adventure games for the GameCube and Wii, on a single disc. And the two GameCube games – Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 Echoes -- have been reworked with full widescreen, 480p support and feature the same awesome Wii Remote/Nunchuk control that made Metroid Prime 3 Corruption so tight. This is a far superior strategy than what Nintendo is doing in Japan with the Metroid Prime games, since in that territory Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 have been released separately with the "New Play Control" branding. North American gamers get all three for $49.99, an absolute bargain when you consider 2006's Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is still one of the top titles on the Wii and you're getting three great games for the price of a standard Wii release. Link And a little something for nostalgia sake:

Yep, these are the new arcade hardware systems that Sega has been working on so it seems. Sadly a new home system doesn't seem to be in the cards though.