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One more update... Thanks to Sean these additional pages have been added to the preview: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/pages/ I have also updated the RetroMags archive which still contains just single pages other than the two fold-outs: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/Electronic-Gaming-Monthly-Issue-065-Dec-1994.cbr As a test I have added two more archives using the same image size/compression. The first removes all single pages that have a joined version so mostly advertising but also a number of editorial pages: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/egm065j.cbr and finally an archive with everything, all the individual pages as well as the joins: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/egm065all.cbr I think this one is good to go now if you wanted to grab and rename it.

Computer Gaming World sometimes had a section on consoles from some of the distaff Electronic Games editors, I'd have to dig into the archives to find how frequently they did it though.

I still have never done that so yes please! That would be awesome, would never have known those were missing! Happy to do the edits from the raw scans. The filenames still confuse me, the pattern I used is the same I've used on my other releases. Some people use spaces, some underlines, some dashes. Sometimes a different pattern for the individual pages versus the archive. Is this just the EGM standard because no one mentioned anything with the others. Have you tried facing pages mode in your reader? I'm more than happy to include them just curious about the difference since the individual pages line up. I hate the 1 pixel border one reader I use adds when in that mode.

I've gone ahead and prepared a RetroMags "release" version. I use the quotes because while the file naming is done and the credits page is included I've only added the two foldouts and not any of the other two-page spreads. http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/Electronic-Gaming-Monthly-Issue-065-Dec-1994.cbr I'm happy to make any changes the mods or community think are warranted after browsing the preview page. If there are specific merges worth including (beyond how they naturally line up in facing pages mode) I will refresh the archive. Otherwise I believe this is ready for release here. I know I'm the slowest archiver but hopefully I will pick up the pace on the next project!

Sorry about that, hopefully I have finally come through... http://vgpavilion.com/eday/199609egm.rar There are three TIFFs in there to cover the four missing pages. I originally tried to debind the issue but the two-page back ad had a massive amount of glue on it and I wasn't happy with the minor tears and smeared glue sections. Thanks to indexing my collection I found I had a second copy! The scan of the two-page ad (154-155.tif) is from the second copy folded onto the scanner galss and held down by both my flattening glass as well as the scanner lid. It looks fine enough but for my own purposes I plan on a second debinding adventure in the future, possibly with the suggested heat gun method from one of the other threads.

Ok, time to finalize things. The preview page has been fully updated through page 404. The inside cover ad for Sunsoft's Looney Tunes games would take far too much guesswork to reconstruct because there is 1/4" missing including a custom font that I haven't found an equivalent for a proper fill. At this point I'm going to surrender on the plan to rebuild all joined pages in this one case though I may revisit that decision in the future. I have put up two versions of the ad, one with the page fold included and one without. You'll find both at the bottom of the page. Just curious which one is preferred. http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/pages/ I have prepared a test RetroMags release. I used a scale of 203.7dpi which produces a standard image height of 2200px saved as JPG level 9. I used DPI scaling so that the inserts which are of a different size would scale proportionately rather than being forced to match the height of the standard pages. This archive doesn't have any joined pages, the RetroMags page nor proper filenames. It is 476.4MB in size: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1994/12/egm/egm65temp.cbr I still need to finish the Quarterback Club ad edit and add any joined pages people think are worth including. I also need to know where the joined pages should go, between the two joined pages, following them or whatever. Note: I need to grab some sleep but wanted to post this first. The file is still uploading but should be ready within 20 minutes, so around 6:40am EST. EDIT I was able to repair the Looney Tunes ad thanks to the same issue I used to fix the Quarterback Club ad and the preview has been updated. The temporary archive still has the old versions of those four pages.