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Quick question: what's the standard here for subscription cards? This issue has two on a single strip stapled into the issue (as in a front/back after page 10 and another after page 74, printed as one 1/4 height light cardboard strip). I normally wouldn't include them myself but I see them in some archives so I have extracted and prepared them.

Thanks! I'll take care of those pages tomorrow night or Monday morning, unfortunately while all of my EGM's are in their own boxes, they aren't sorted yet so I have to do some digging lol I'll also check that incomplete thread for any other EGMs I can grab at the same time. The two needing release announcements are December 1982 Electronic Fun and Joystik. I should have a release for Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated December 1983 tomorrow night or Monday depending on how much I get done tomorrow, almost at the halfway point of editing but have plans tonight.

Someone already changed the Videogaming Illustrated issue to my download so my only update today was editing Electronic Fun to reflect my download and Preserved status. I used the notes field to indicate the yellowing meant a better source could be found in the future. I'm gonna try to get one more issue done for RetroMags before getting back to work on my own site Monday. I'm trying to figure out a schedule to work on both now that I have a backlog of issues to extract from. I will finish up the issues mentioned so far in this thread and there was a also a request for some missing pages from an issue of EGM but I can't remember the thread lol

It's release time so usual rules apply: Joystik, Issue 3, December 1982 Database Page: http://www.retromags.com/magazines/category/usa/joystik/joystik-issue-3#.VkVMFLerSCp I've marked it preserved and provided a link to my RetroMags-formatted CBR. If someone could handle copying the upload to the RetroMags servers and making a release topic I'd appreciate it! As usual a 300dpi CBR and text-searchable PDF are available: http://vgpavilion.com/mags/1982/12/joystik/ (only the downloads are valid links at the moment) This issue was kind of a pain as I had to do facing pages for nearly the entire issue but I think it came out looking pretty good. Not a great addition as it's just tips 'n tricks rather than full coverage of videogaming at the time, but a glimpse into what they thought were the hot home cartridges of the time. I plan to upload the Electronic Fun with Computers & Games and Videogaming Illustrated issues I finished and mentioned above as there's been no discouragement.

I posted this in my In Progress thread but wanted to leave it here as well in case there are more developments: The link to Digital Press implies issues between Volume 1, Number 1, dated Fall 1982, which has been archived elsewhere, and Volume 2, Number 1, dated August/September 1983 which I both own and remember from the newsstand. However the link to 2600 Connection doesn't allow space for those issues though they may only be listing ones they've archived. Neither the Library of Congress nor interview links imply these other issues exist. I had hoped to cross December 1982 off my list but these speculative issue holders at Digital Press leave me wanting lol

I added another missing magazine topic, Manci Games, to the Database Discussions forum if anyone's into that stuff. I'm also working on the final December 1982 magazine I have on hand, Joystik: There are some curious bits I wanted to raise here rather than creating another topic somewhere else. I bought the first four issues of Joystik off eBay from a seller who had multiple copies of the lot. Given the age I'm curious if this is a later print run since they were in mint condition in addition to the multiple copies. I guess the seller could have found a box of old issues stored in a pristine place for 33 years but I am curious. Just as strange is the way the magazine is presented: "By the Editors of JoyStik Magazine". As far as I can tell this *IS* Joystik magazine, not a supplement/alternate issue. And while later issues were simply "Joystik" in big print rather than "How to Win at Home Video Games" it begs the question "are these the same things?" I remember this issue on the newsstand, and noty a regular magazine, yet this is only strategy guide after strategy guide, no news or features. Was there really no "Joystik" magazine "proper" at this point? Why would they present the magazine this way if that were the case? This goes along with another question of our accuracy based on info RetroDefense brings up regarding Video Games Player here: http://community.retromags.com/topic/9811-missing-magazine-video-games-player-computer-games/#.VkKrnberSCo The link to Digital Press implies issues between Volume 1, Number 1, dated Fall 1982, which has been archived elsewhere, and Volume 2, Number 1, dated August/September 1983 which I both own and remember from the newsstand. However the link to 2600 Connection doesn't allow space for those issues though they may only be listing ones they've archived. Neither the Library of Congress nor interview links imply these other issues exist. I had hoped to cross December 1982 off my list but these speculative issue holders at Digital Press leave me wanting lol

Here's an easy one: only two issues! Manci Games was a full-color retrogaming magazine published in the middle of 2004. I got the two issues from eBay and confirmation of the limited run here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/51527-manci-games-is-folding/ Here are the covers: Manci Games, Issue 1, May 2004 Manci Games, Issue 2, June 2004 There are some interesting ads for homebrew games (including one for the Jaguar!) along with articles, interviews and collecting tips.

Thanks Areala, I'll wait until Thursday and if there's no other feedback I'll upload both issues. On a related note I managed to grab one of the missing issues of Videogaming (nee & Computergaming) Illustrated: Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated, Issue 12, December 1983 I had to buy two issues I already had to get it but now I'm only two issues away from completing this mag. I'm bumping it up on my scan queue because of the Imagic article. Because they were my favorite third-party publisher during the first console war and there is some interesting "console crash" information in the article I want to get it up on my site sooner rather than later.