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  1. I wonder if there are any members willing to help with this situation, maybe some that don't have the ability to scan or something. I mean, you could do it from the release (all the needed information would be there). Meppi, thanks, I didn't think about doing that. I was racking my brain trying to figure it out when a simple solution was looking me in the face. lol
  2. I have tried to assist with the wiki and for some reason I get lost trying to do much on it, I couldn't make those double columns or anything. Is there a FAQ on how to edit on it? I mean, I can get one column going and that is it. If I knew how I would fill in the Gamefans that I have on there. Thanks
  3. I like this new way of getting releases out there for people coming to the site. Really triggers the ole brain into motion remembering those issues. Thanks phillyman
  4. No problem, glad to help whenever I can. Have you checked out Ebay? There are a lot of mags that go through there here and there. Also, don't overlook some of these book trading sites (I have seen a few issues of Gamepro and EGM go by in the completed trades section, the ones they currently have I have already).
  5. I have two issues of Official Playstation Magazine from 2004, but according to the guidelines we have in place around here, those are too new to be released (must by 5 years or more old). Maybe someone else has some issues that could be released.
  6. First of all, thank you so much for the awesome work you put into your releases (I wish I had the patience to do that much detail work, may when I get a bunch up but for now, I am just interested in getting them up and in better condition). As far as your situation, what about adding a version number or something, say, ver 1.0 then when you rescan it and touch up the backgrounds and such, ver 2.0? That would let people know which version they have, and which version is available. You could detail in the release what was done to make it better like editing the colors of the backgrounds and such. Thanks for the hard work.
  7. If that were to happen, SNL would have been sued so fast by so many that it would never have been back on the air.
  8. It looks like we have our first black president. Obama seems to have taken it with California.
  9. Very interesting. Thank you for posting this.
  10. Yeah, I believe that was it. Funny thing is, that was in the letters column. EGM intentionally ran it like that. Yet when the subliminal message of SEX in the nostril of the T-Rex for the Turok cover for Gamefan there was all hell breaking loose about what was Gamefan trying to do to our youth.
  11. triverse

    The Mags I Have

    Gamefan Volume 2 Issue 4 March 1994 is uploaded and ready.
  12. triverse

    The Mags I Have

    The guy with the early set of Gamefan issues has decided to go up on the price, now he wants $250 just for the first issue. I told them to forget it, he is just trying to wring out as much money as possible on it. He did let me see the issue and check out the condition but I just can't see dealing with this guy. Sucks too.
  13. I am suprised that there hasn't been a Pictionary remake for the Wii yet.
  14. http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-Power-NOV-08-...id=p3286.c0.m14 They will ship international too. Hope that helps.
  15. Do you sleep meppi? lol Thanks for the awesome updates there. I am sure a lot of members will be glad to see those mags up and more available than before. Great job.
  16. triverse

    The Mags I Have

    Well, uploaded a copy of a Gamefan Media Kit that I was given by a friend here locally that claimed to be involved with Gamefan in the early days. Looks legit so here it is.
  17. I would go with the one closer to the original myself.
  18. The bottom one there is just slightly brighter. Does it take longer to scan that style? To me on my screen the bottom one looks just a hair better but they are both great quality.
  19. triverse

    The Mags I Have

    I just feel bad about accepting something like that. You know? I mean, hell, they have already just bought me a PSP out of the blue about 9 months ago. For no reason other than they knew I wanted one (they got my fiance a shopping spree at a local clothing store, something she wanted). If it was my money, I would buy the issues without thinking about it, no problem. I am just concerned that they are simply going to deteriate as I have less than ideal conditions to keep them in right now, still working on that controlled environment storage building- I have the concrete slab poured getting ready to start the walls later, hopefully before it gets too cold outside. I mean, Gamefan #1. I have seen EGM #1 go for $300 before in mint condition so I guess it is cheap for more than just that one issue for $200.
  20. triverse

    The Mags I Have

    I got a call from a guy offering to sell me the first 6 issues of Gamefan for $200. Mint condition. Pricey for me right now but I want them so bad. My fiances parents offered to buy them for me for Christmas (early Christmas as they would give them to my now) but I am not sure, I mean, that is a lot of money for some old magazines, you know? Especially with my luck with the floors and magazines not being so great lately.
  21. triverse

    The Mags I Have

    Gamefan v2i3 Feb 94 is uploaded and ready for download. Enjoy. Just a side note on a sad event that happened to me yesterday: I went to one of the local libraries near me and they had a huge, I mean, huge collection of various magazines out for free. Just take them. Well, I was thumbing through the pile when my fiance asked me if I had seen this one, she held up a copy of a newer EGM. I said no and asked her where she got it. She pointed at the corner and said over there. I went over and there were a couple of kids there already looking through them. I looked over their shoulders (trying my best to not seem like some kind of pediphile) and saw countless issues of gaming magazines (unfortunately, I had most of them already). One that caught my attention was Gamefan #2. I tried playing it cool and waited till the kids left and went over. It was gone, I searched all over the area. I went outside, looking all dejected and quite a bit upset. I looked around but didn't see the kids (I was going to maybe buy it off of them or something). It was truly sad. That close to the #2 issue. I mean, would I have been a bad person for shoving them out of the way and grabbing it? I mean, they were about 15 or so, so they weren't like little kids.
  22. There are plenty of cataloging software available that allow you to download information based on the title or add your own (say picture or personal review). One of them is Data Crow, I have personally used this and still do, just haven't updated much of it. Great program, pretty much if it has a bar code you could catalog it with this. Even manual editing of a new item is allowed so if there is no info found on the search you can still add your stuff. http://www.freewarefiles.com/Data-Crow_program_20918.html
  23. The 3DO failed because of lack of focus. I mean had EA attacked the market like a true manufacturing company would have (that is another problem), with games like Madden (yeah it eventually came out) at launch, Need For Speed (although back then it was a new IP so it was not a system seller-has it ever been a system seller?) then things may have been a little different. The reason I pick EA out of the bunch that were backing the 3DO is because they were the biggest and most savvy at games (Matsushita had the money to buy their way in like Microsoft did but for some reason didn't). Also, I think the fact that no one company really was held as the standard of the console made it hard on consumers who may have been confused that the systems were not compatible (remember these were consumers coming from the mindset that if it was made by Nintendo, and carried the Nintendo seal or logo that it would play on a Nintendo), they had Sanyo, Panasonic and at least one more company producing the system. Sega has licensed out their systems in the past and had moderate success but you knew, as a consumer, which was the lead system. 3DO should have had a system of their own available alongside the ones from the other companies (I think that the Panasonic system is the accepted standard since they were first). 3DO just licensed off specs and the companies licensing the specs were free to add to them as they saw fit (like Sanyo offering the digital video card but it was not compatible with Panasonic systems-talk about fragmenting your user base). Another thing, 3DO had no focus. I mean, they were not going to make games themselves (but they did have Studio 3DO later on). Who is going to set the gaming standard on the system? Who was going to make the Mario of 3DO that would move systems and show fans and consumers what the system was capable of? Apparently, no one. They system seller never came. Sure they got Super Street Fighter II (I don't remember exactly what variation) but it was too little too late. There was rumor of Mortal Kombat III and NBA Jam (neither materialised though) but those would have probably been too late too. They were marketing the 3DO as the end all be all multimedia system for the living room but they didn't give you everything in the box for it to happen (there was rumored to be add-ons to record TV, add memory to the system and even network it to an online network that was to be established later). Shame none of that stuff ever came to be. The price didn't help at all really. By the time they dropped the price to a competitive number it was too late as developer interest had already moved on (although towards the end stores had trouble keeping the system in stock). Shame really.
  24. There are a bunch of other reasons that I would buy a 360 for, this is just one more reason (besides the price drop to $200 for the Arcade system, I have hard drives that are compatible with the system so may as well save). Didn't know that they were continuing the King of Fighters games. That is just another bonus for me. Any word on Capcom doing the HD treatment with any other games from their past? Say, Strider?
  25. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41984.html Not much gameplay footage other than a few seconds. Still looks intersting.
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