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Hello everyone, While indexing EGM #20 this evening (March 1991, Battletoads cover), I noticed my copy is missing pages 50-67! o_0 What's odd, I originally purchased this copy off the newsstand years ago, and I don't recall ever somehow losing pages since then. I noticed the cover does reference some "New & Improved Atari Lynx" coverage on the cover, which probably fell within the missing content. So either a major blunder on EGM's part, or yeah, some bad luck on mine. :( If you own this issue, could you take a moment to check your copy to see if yours is missing the same? I'm wondering if this was a page mis-numbering or misprint? Thank you!

Thanks, everyone, and thanks to everyone for contributing to RetroMags this past week - the competition was intense!

Well, if it improves the site enough to be considered contest-worthy, I'm certainly not going to argue. I stumbled across this when I was considering scanning the June 1994 issue of Game Players. No cover was shown in the database entry, but as it turns out, it already existed in the gallery. For anyone else participating in the contest, there may be other magazine sections with database/gallery discrepancies. Help improve the site by checking those cover galleries - good luck!

Okay, I just finished updating the Game Players section. For each - under Page Credits - I listed both myself and also the archivist responsible for the cover scan and gallery entry (if they were not listed already). Credit where credit is due, I always say. Not sure how I feel about these updates counting toward the contest, though. I don't feel like I really did anything. :\

Hi everyone, I imagine site regulars are familiar with the iconic Nintendo Power #1 cover, but I was curious if anyone here owns (or is aware of) this variant cover? You'll notice the star text reads "Free Sample Copy" instead of "Free Poster Inside." I've heard - of the many millions of NP #1 issues printed for the initial subscriber campaign - this version made up about 500K of the print run. Does anyone have any firm details on this? I may eventually try and touch up this cover and add it to the gallery, but as you can see, my copy was well loved by its original owner. If anyone has this variant in better condition and would care to scan, I think it'd make a great addition to the site!

Me again. While updating the Game Players portion of the database recently, I noticed there are several covers in the gallery that look great & are titled properly but are not linked to their respective database entry. If the time stamps are correct, many of these covers have been sitting in the gallery for years. What's acceptable wiki protocol with these cases? I was planning to update these entries with their gallery covers when I run across them, but thought I should mention it here first. I also want to be sure this won't cause any problems with the running contest. I obviously shouldn't be credited a contest entry for these kind of updates, as I'm not the archivist here - just the data entry guy. So Phillyman, if this may cause a hiccup with your weekly tally system, just let me know and I'll concentrate on other stuff. Not a huge biggie - there's plenty more work to be done!

They do when facing such stiff competition.

Hey, anyone know where I can buy a water cooled flatbed scanner? Asking for a friend.

Haven't received it yet. I live in a rural area, though, so I'm not really surprised. I'll be sure to follow-up whenever it arrives!