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I'm primarily a console gamer - and a retro gamer mostly - so prefer physical. Not only for the tangible aspect but for the lessened or non-existent DRM. So I purchase (aka temporarily license) digital console and handheld games only rarely. I also ignore physical releases known to be buggy, broken messes without heavy digital patching. Same for physical releases heavy on DLC upsells, micro-transactions, etc. I have little need for a game - physically released or otherwise - reliant on DRMed downloads. For that matter, I like to revisit games years later - I view any online functionality of a video game (multiplayer servers, leaderboards, etc) as ultimately throw-away and never as part of a game's long-term value proposition. I base my purchase on what the game is capable of when offline. What digital downloads I do license are usually re-buys of retro games I already own physically (for save states, portability, etc), digital releases of rare physical games and arcade games, or games I know are also available DRM-free on PC. Shovel Knight, for example. A game I can play on PC when my console eventually takes my DRMed version away from me. DRM is extremely irksome to me, frankly. I'm not sure why it's so accepted by gamers - I hope it's more a lack of understanding than just submissive acceptance. That it's so pervasive in console gaming anymore is very sad. I'm not opposed to digital delivery itself - far from it, actually. What little PC gaming I do is digital. Music. Magazines. Some books. But all DRM free.

November 2004, maybe? Paper Mario is the cover story and according to the synopsis here at RetroMags, the game is covered in the issue's Special Features section. No scan is currently available, unfortunately.

The CUPodcast mentioned Gamestop confirmed physical NX media recently.

I'd prefer a cart/card based system vs. optical drive. The less moving parts, the better. But if digital only or some kind of online-dependent hybrid, I'll pass. Which is saying something as I've been a huge Nintendo fan since my introduction to the NES. Nintendo's current DRM attitude is far too heavy-handed for any digital-reliant system to be successful. As Areala mentioned, it'd essentially be another PSP-Go. Can't imagine they'll go this route though. I'm sure they're aware of the Xbone fallout.

Sounds like they're going to fight it. http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/01/nintendo-takes-down-nes-visual-compendium-kickstarter (Well, "fight" is a strong word.)

Systems with always-on optical drives, yeah. Not for the collector value but for their back-up usefulness instead.

Not long now. http://www.businessinsider.com/pepsi-brings-back-crystal-pepsi-2016-6

I never based my decisions on battery/password saves back in the day, but have re-purchased some games digitally - on Virtual Console or whatever - for save state functionality. Picked up some physical retro collections for the same reason.

DONE! Game Career Guide has been fully added to the system and is ready for indexing! Gallery: https://community.retromags.com/gallery/category/435-game-career-guide/ Magazine: https://www.retromags.com/magazines/category/usa/game-developer/game-career-guide/ Publication (Game Developer): https://www.retromags.com/publications/category/united-states/game-developer Game Career Guide - an ongoing, annual magazine intended for readers contemplating a career in game development - was originally a sister publication of Game Developer magazine but is now handled by Gamasutra.com, itself steward of all things GDM after Game Developer was cancelled. Name: Game Career Guide Websites: www.gamecareerguide.com, www.gamasutra.com Country: USA Number of issues: 14 Distributed via trade shows, conferences and related events, some or all early issues - prior to 2008 - were available for purchase although I'm not sure if these ever appeared on traditional news stands. With the 2008 issue and many following - perhaps all following? - the publication has been available free of charge. Digitally, at least. Despite Game Developer's demise in 2013, Gamasutra.com has continued publishing Game Career Guide with "Game Developer Magazine" or "Game Developer" still captioned on the cover. It'd probably be best to include Game Career Guide as a sub-category under Game Developer, in similar fashion to EGM's Sega Force and GamePro's Code Vault. The earliest issue I'm aware of was released in 2002. Although I know a 2013 issue was planned, I'm not sure if it was ever released. The issue may have been cancelled with the chaos of Game Developer ending that year. Issue breakdown: Fall 2002 (aka 2002 Game Career Guide) Fall 2003 (aka 2003 Game Career Guide) Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall? 2013 (available in print only?) August 2014 June 2015 --- 7/8/16 edit - revised 2013 info (thanks TheRedEye!) 7/16/16 edit - gallery link added 7/20/16 edit - magazine & publication dbase links added; flagged as done

If I had to pick one, early Next Generation. But early Nintendo Power, early EGM, and VG&CE are high on my list as well.

Please do - we've discovered many new game magazines based on cover scans alone. You can upload magazine cover scans to the Unsorted Covers gallery or create a gallery of your own. RetroMags also archives cover scans of gaming related comic books, strategy guides, and misc. computer books. Thanks!

Glad I could help. I was thinking though, shouldn't issues corrected for missing content get a mention on the home page or something? Until Phillyman's software is made available, I don't think there's anything here (other than this thread) that notifies readers of an updated scan.

E-Day, you should plug those supplement scans on the home page. Supplements, man - the unsung heroes of the magazine world. No love, no respect...

An official Nintendo Power one-shot, I'm not sure what bothers me more - that I didn't know this special issue existed or that I didn't receive a copy when I viewed The Wizard many years ago. Gamester81 has both a written and video review online. Anyone else out there lucky enough to own this? Edit: Sorry, should've posted this under Magazine Talk. Can an admin move it over? Thanks!