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Well, the Atari 7800 turned 25 years old in May of this year. Anyone have any good stories about it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_7800

For the simpler ones, you can use something like plaster of paris or whatever that stuff is called and make a mold-with some work and more use of an exacto knife you could probably pull off some of the more complex ones.

Got any pics or stories about gaming or cartoon cereals? http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Style-NINTENDO...%3A1%7C294%3A50 http://cgi.ebay.com/80s-Style-NINTENDO-DON...%3A1%7C294%3A50

300 is the minimum at the moment (I have a couple of releases from another member at 600 DPI and while pretty detailed, they are taking forever to edit-I am on an older machine). So far your scans, s1500 have been awesome and extremely easy to work with, just takes time to complete.

The templates I found for the wiki are nothing like that one. It would be great if someone could find a free template like that one that we could use as that would be interesting to have available (especially after seeing a version in use). Maybe when E-Day or someone else that is knowledgeable in the wiki stuff could make something like it in excel or whatever is being used to make the magazine boxes at the bottom of the pages.

I agree somewhat. I would prefer they offered both models for payment. A monthly subscription and a pay as you need something model for people that prefer either (of course that would be a behind the scenes nightmare keeping it all straight I am sure). If I have to choose one over the other, I would take the pay as you need model personally. It allows more people to play it and find out if they like it without shelling out money they may not really have (of course, once addicted, they will surely spend more money on the pay as you need model than they probably would with the monthly payments).

Great, now I know we have to work on security around here. lol On a serious note, that does sound like a good idea, do you have an example or two? It is interesting and I would like to see it but I am not sure how well that would fit in with the current amount of work being performed on the wiki.

That is good to hear that you still have the pages there Philly. I have been editing the releases as I have time and got stuck on issue #90 of EGM (didn't realize it was over 220 pages big, I am at page 160 or so now). As far as the concerns about the bleed through on your ADF releases, I haven't really run into that problem, I am experiencing more of a severe cropping of the pages when they were cut from the magazine and after editing, loosing some of the text on the edges (some is already cut). The crookedness is fixed easily with the rotate feature found in most decent photo editing software, it just takes time to get right. No biggie. I will get you a list of pages that are needing a rescan though (there are a few that maybe could benefit from it but not a bunch so far). Back on topic, that is extremely well worded there meppi. Couldn't have said it better myself. There are quite a few issues in the Raw section right now with plenty more to be placed there. If any member has downloaded a release and they feel it should be redone please, let us know so that the necessary corrections can be made to it and it can be re-released. The original uploader will not loose credit for a re-edit.

Very cool, if you have any questions, please, don't hesitate to ask, there are plenty of members that will be willing to help out.

And the Sims marketing machine starts kicking in: Pics thanks to Kotaku.com

Some interesting releases this week from Nintendo for their various digital distribution models. Nintendo DSiWare Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Thanks to the runaway success of Super Mini Mario World, Mario™ and Pauline have expanded their toy-filled theme park and invited everyone to the opening celebration – everyone, that is, except Donkey Kong, who was too late to get in. Donkey Kong decides to crash the party and kidnaps Pauline along the way. Can Mario and his Mini Marios rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong’s clutches yet again? Make sure to explore the Construction Zone, where you’ll find all the tools needed to make your own original levels. You can then share your masterpieces or download levels created by others, via a local wireless connection or with broadband Internet access and Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection. WiiWare Swords & Soldiers Publisher: Ronimo Games Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favor of the Gods. Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and wield devastating magical abilities. Demolish your enemy’s castle at the end of these two-dimensional battlefields and lead your troops to victory. Featuring hours of single-player campaign game play and challenging skirmishes, the game also offers frantic local multiplayer matches that let you take the fight to your friends. If that still isn’t enough for you, there are several unlockable challenge modes that will test your abilities even further. Fish’em All! Publisher: Abylight Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Here’s an arcade game with real coin-op flavor. Jack and Walter are two old fishermen in a fantasy world. They’ve found places where crazy fish leap out of the water all day long – perfect for fishing. It’s a shame the other strange creatures aren’t going to make things easy. In this surreal action game, you’ll experience the excitement of the great arcade classics on your Wii console. Hold on tight to your controller and fish ’em all, featuring nine colorful scenarios, three game modes (Arcade, Challenge and Fishtris) and one- or two-player action. Virtual Console Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf Original platform: Super NES Publisher: KOEI Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: In Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf, unite the scattered Mongol tribes under your banner and conquer the world as Genghis Khan. Choose from two riveting scenarios: Mongolia and all of Eurasia. It’s up to you to take your fledgling empire from humble beginnings on the Mongolian plateau and expand your borders across the land. As your rivals look enviously upon your domain, you must struggle to weather the assaults of your opponents and carve out a living for your people. Engage in diplomacy to forge alliances and organize your troops to defend the prosperity of your empire. If you can manage to spread the borders of your empire to the corners of the world, all will pay homage to your might.

Remember D3? They released Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, then they did Puzzle Quest: Galactrix then they did Puzzle Kingdom and now they are doing Puzzle Chronicles. Hmmm, who saw this coming? Kotaku has some screens and infon on it but it looks like it needs a bit more polish before release. Infinite Interactive, the creators of Puzzle Quest, continue to combine adventure and gem-matching with Puzzle Chronicles, part roleplaying game, part Puzzle Fighter.

So that was what the first issue of Next Generation looked like!

Well, according to the interview Kotaku.com has posted, it was just priority and time itself to create the game. Still 5 years later is a long time to wait, oh well, looking at the Duke Nukem Forever fans I guess 5 years would have been welcomed.

The Sims 3 has launched and has sold through about 1.4 million copies (not counting pirated copies here folks) on PC and Mac. Doing pretty good. Kotaku.com has some news about it for those interested (which you probably already have a copy by now since it was released on June 2nd).

It is done, thanks to Kotaku.com for the info.

VG247.com has announced that the XBox 360 version of Ghostbusters will not be region locked.

Quote taken from VG247.com where you can find out some more about it. Otherwise head on over to DDO now and start playing.

If any member here wants to help with the future editions just send me a PM or something with the info you would like added (just remember it is 10, 15 and 20 years ago increments). Also, if you have any stories you would like to share post them here about anything in the opening post there.

As usual, Retromags is proud to present the month of June in review. Got any comments or stories you would like to share connected to anything presented here then please go ahead and have fun with it. If you have any suggestions for future months you can message triverse with them and we may use them in a future update. June, 1999 in Review: The last year of the 20th Century, the middle month, June 1999. For some it was the first full month out of highschool, for others as you are about to find out it was possibly diferent, if only slightly than your normal day. While we will focus on games and the magazines that covered them, you can follow the other events that happened in June in this thread. Some highlights include the first Austin Powers movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me released this month, Deforest Kelly, sadly, left us this month. It is a month in 1999 filled with rollercoaster like events, so please, sit back and join us as we venture back in time to June 1999. Deforest Kelly, best known as Dr. Bones on the original Star Trek series and in many movies, passed away on June 11th 1999 at the age of 79. George W. Bush announces his entention to run for the Republican nomination for the President of the United States, the Dallas Stars defeated the Buffalo Sabres in triple overtime to win game #6 of the Stanley Cup Finals earning the Dallas Stars their first Stanley Cup. Apple releases a little thing known as the iBook on the world. On the Nintendo brand side of gaming we received Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest, WWF Attitude and Disney's Tarzan all three on the Gameboy Color. The regular old black and white Gameboy wasn't forgotten yet as it got R-Type DX, Pokemon Pinball and Conker's Pocket Tales. It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize though that the Nintendo 64 was the main focus of Nintendo by now, not the Gameboy line. N64 releases included Shadowgate 64 (check out the original here), Quake II and Command and Conquer. Sega was pretty quiet with game releases around this time as they were gearing up for the launch of the Dreamcast later in the year. Sony wasn't putting up much of a fight at this point with the PSOne with only one US released game this month, Bugs BUnny: Lost in Time, while Japan got 6 releases (including Ape Escape, Jersey Devil and Medievil) and the UK got 3 releases (Blaze and Blade, AFL '99 and Evil Zone). In magazines, well that is a slightly different story, Retromags only has one June 1999 issue available, EGM #119. EGM Issue 119 Next up on the timeline hopskotch game we have going here is June 1994...hold on because here we go! Seems June is the month for extreme highs (The Lion King being released in theaters) and extreme lows (a shocking unsolved murder). Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles, California, OJ Simpson is acquitted of the killings but is found liable in a civil suit later. The New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks at Madison Square Gardens on June 14 in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, giving the New York Rangers their first Stanley Cup Championship in the 54 years. With that win, the curse of 1940 was broken. The International Olympic Committe celebrated turning 100 on June 23rd. Movies of interest released this month include Speed and The Lion King. Gameboy players were surely happy to get Donkey Kong (which was wonderful on the Super Gameboy attachment), SNES gamers got to enjoy Final Fight Guy (some say it should Capcom should have made FF two player with all of the characters from the start, others may claim this is the game series that started Capcom on the road of incremental updates that flourished with Street Fighter II). Sega finally landed a game quite similar to Zelda for Genesis in Crusader of Centy (but they didn't release it they let Atlus have the honors while they released Beyond Oasis although not this month). In magazines, we have EGM Issue 059, GamePro Issue 059 and Nintendo Power Issue 061 available. EGM Issue 059 GamePro Issue 059 Nintendo Power Issue 061 Maybe June 1989 is a better year all around for everyone... The NES was dominating in June 1989 with 15+ games released, that is almost 4 games a week at about $50 each for a total of $750+ if you bought them all new at retail! We got greats like the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, California Games, Adventures of Bayou Billy and Mega Man 2 while the Gameboy got that weird falling block game from Russian, Tetris (that will never catch on is what I remember thinking back then, I guess I was wrong on that one, chalk it up to being mad that I didn't have a Gameboy). Sega released the arcade version of Golden Axe and Bullfrog Productions (prior to the Electronic Arts purchase of their company and souls of employees) released Populous to the computer gaming world. Dead Poets Society, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Ghostbusters II, Batman, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and The Karate Kid, Part III all hit theaters within a 28 day period. How many people remember when the Skydome (now known as Rogers Centre) opened on June 3rd in Toronto. On newstands it is possible you could have seen these issues (you may even have bought one or two, unless you were a NES completist gamer then you were probably broke): Atarian Video Game Magazine Nintendo Power Issue 006 Video Games and Computer Entertainment

Kotaku.com has a documentary video for Tetris (it turned 25, yesterday, doh!).

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Undead Knights is coming check out the screens below and on Eurogamer for more.

VG247 has a bit of coverage and a video teaser for Shadow of the Colussus stuff coming to Little Big Planet.

6 new PSOne games were registered with the ESRB for future PSN release: Contra Legacy of War Dead in the Water Ford Racing Mobile Light Force -- aka Gunbird & Castle of Shikigami Spec Ops: Airborne Commando XS Junior League Soccer IGN got this one.