StrykerOfEnyo

It seems that other people have put more thought into issue order than what the publisher themselves probably did back then. Great work finding out some of these details, I enjoyed that article. It's clear this company was new to publishing game magazines, and I don't think they knew themselves how to approach the industry back then. I imagine one person saying, "this is how we are going to number them," but then a higher-up says "no, we are going to release them like this," but then maybe not everything gets relabeled properly as they go to print. I agree with publisher error being very plausible, especially with multiple mags involved. I had a few of these issues years ago, they were some of the only vg-related items you could find on newsstands until GamePro launched content. I never liked the volume/number style of labeling magazines. I understand it's how things were done for decades, but it's not friendly to the consumer who usually just wants to know what month it came out so they can organize them at home. I prefer the standard issue numbers. Plus, some mags had a new volume at the start of a new year, while "number" would coincide with the month (January was number 1 and December was number 12). But some magazines would start whenever their first issue would launch, so sometimes Oct or Nov was number 12, and the new volume started with Nov or Dec. This drove me crazy, especially since some issues would not contain which MONTH they released anywhere in the issue (not even on the inside publishing info page).

Ranks are always meaningless, but I didn't want to be a "newbie" forever when I started. But I did want to thank each person for each magazine I have downloaded, so if it takes me a few years -- then I will do it, even if I can only respond to 30 at a time.

As best I can tell, the limit should be 30 responses in 24 hours (so "like, thanks, haha," and so on). I was trying to leave a "thanks" for every issue I have downloaded, and that's how I found it. I thought it was dumb, but it does keep me from going up 2,500 points in a day just to rank me up faster, so it's understandable.

You are a legend. I will come back when I have more "likes" to give, since I just ran out. I was trying to help you get up to 2,000 rep lately. So I hope you get there soon.

Great find. I believe you said you bought this one with your own money, and it wasn't cheap, but we all appreciate the dedication to your craft. Another FULL collection now available to all you visit the website. You must be so proud! Good work.