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Thank's for all these great C&VG magazines gladiator.

Nice one tinman! That's great news.

This issue's got such a cool cover with Yoshimitsu standing in the middle of those flame's, look's really great. Thank's for this.

I got Jungle Strike and Super Hang-On for the Mega Drive recently. I played both of them back in the day and they're still great game's. Really like the music in Super Hang-On.

Thank's gladiator. O.K. I've got issue 193 of C&VG to read, a mug of coffee and I'm listening to the football on the radio. So my afternoon's set. Thank's again.

I haven't heard of Corvette Summer (I'll have to check it out) but I like The Big Red One a lot. I thought Mark Hamill was really good in it and of course Lee Marvin too. It's a real pity that Mark Hamill's movie career didn't take off outside of the Star Wars trilogy. I know he's done a lot of good voice over work and even turned up on an episode of the Simpsons but I think he was capable of much more if he was given the opportunity. Who know's, maybe Quentin Tarantino will offer him a part in a movie and help to raise his career like he's done with other actor's.

Here in no particular order are some of my favourite actor's from the 80's...... Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Steve Martin Jennifer Connelly Sean Astin Corey Feldman Emilio Estevez Michelle Pfeiffer Dan Aykroyd John Belushi Bill Murray Eddie Murphy Robert De Niro Christopher Walken Ally Sheedy Alan Ruck Mia Sara Mathew Broderick Richard Pryor Gene Wilder Christopher Reeve Making out this list has got me in the mood for some great 80's movie's. Think I'll watch "Trading Places" or some "Star Wars" over the weekend.

You're providing a valuable service here Areala by name checking these sucky Star Wars games and warning the unsuspected gamer not to go within a hundred feet of them. It doesen't bear thinking about all the people voice's suddenly crying out in terror and then being suddenly silenced if they actually got to play these game's. While most Star Wars game's are universally crappy, a few good one's also come to mind. Star Wars Episode 1 Racer for the N64 and X-Wing vs Tie Fighter and Jedi Knight:Jedi Academy for the PC are some that I've enjoyed. You mentioned Masters of Teras Kasai and the thing is even though I know this is a pretty crappy game if I ever come across it I know I will turn to the dark side and buy it. I remember seeing someone playing it in a shop when it first came out. Han Solo was fighting a storm trooper I think (so long ago). Anyway they were fighting on a platform on what looked like the forest moon of Endor and in the background of this stage there was an AT-AT walking past in the background. It just looked so cool. Of course I never bought the game after reading all the magazine review's but I'm still curious to see if the game really is as bad as people say. And of course I want to see that cool AT-AT again. Great blog.

Hey RetroMan. That was tough losing all your magazine's. I lost all mine in a move too, so I feel your pain. Anyway welcome to Retromags.

Unfortunately your absolutely right Areala. If I had a euro for every Star Wars game that I was looking forward to but then was ultimately disappointed by I'd be a rich man. I guess to create a great game you need the developer's to be both talented and also passionate fan's who will treat the source material with the respect that it deserves. It's just a pity that it sometime's feel's like the planet's have to be alligned in order for this to happen.

Thank's a lot for the offer Kiwi, I'd appreciate it. No hurry though, whenever you can get around to it. Thank's.

Great post Jake, enjoyed the review's and all the screen shot's. Man it's hard to believe that even with such a great series as the Simpsons to inspire them, that so many developer's have created so many mediocre game's. I also enjoyed "Escape from Camp Deadly" on the gameboy but many of the other Simpson's game's that I've played really weren't very good and just seemed to totally rely on their licence to get people to buy them. I haven't played the Simpsons game which came out for the Xbox 360 a while ago but I think I heard somewhere that it isn't too bad so I might check it out.

Yeah, that's great news, thank's for the head's up Areala. Replacementdocs was down for so long that I wasn't sure if it was going to come back but I'm glad it has as I need to check out the Sonic & Knuckles manual and the Turok manual for the N64. And now I can. Yay.

Thank's gladiator. Really enjoying all these great C&VG magazine's.

Wow, that sound's like a nightmare and totally exhausting too. Seem's like you're really prepared if thing's go south again though. I still think it's not too late for you and water to work thing's out however. Maybe you could try some form of mediation Areala.

So many great game's in this magazine, thank's a lot.

Oh yeah, thank's for all you do at Retromags, it's much appreciated. Let us know if you got any cool present's.

Hey Mister Zero, noticed it was your birthday today. So Happy Birthday, have a good one man.

Just read your "Why care about old magazine's" blog Areala and really enjoyed it, probably your best work yet in my humble opinion. I'd definitely recommend all Retromags member's to check it out. I'm not sure if you know that 1up.com are currently looking for freelance writer's or if you would be interested in this but just thought I would let you know. Your knowledge and passion for video game's always come's through in your writing and I'm sure you would have a great chance of being selected if you were interested. Anyway keep up the great work.

That's a really good question, why do we care about old magazine's anyway? Like KiwiArcader say's many people will have their own reasons. I care about these old magazine's because they played such a huge part in my love of video game's. Back in the day (pre internet) these magazine's really were the only way that I could find out about up comming game's and whether or not I should spend my hard earned money on them. These magazine's contributed a lot to the whole video game scene and complimented many of the game's which I played. I felt I came to know many of the reviewer's in my favourite magazine's and trusted their opinion's on the game's they reviewed. I guess I care about these old magazine's because when I think about video game culture I don't see these magazine's as something completely seperate from the game's themselves but as a substantial and very important part of that culture. Of course another reason why I care about these old magzine's is because of the cool nostalgia hit which they provide. In many cases I can remember which country I was living in, or which apartment/ flat I was staying in or even which girlfriend I was with at the time just by seeing the cover of a much read old magazine.

Thank's gladiator for all these great scan's. These magazine's are bringing back some great memories. Thank's again.

Yeah, that's good news about the call back, I hope it work's out for you tinman. 2009 was pretty good for me, especially as I was in a really scary traffic accident but somehow managed to escape with nothing more serious than a sprained wrist. I'm really looking forward to 2010 and I hope to do some travelling if I can get the time and the fund's. This year is looking pretty good in relation to gaming too with game's like Mass Effect 2, Super Street Fighter IV and BioShock 2 on the horizon.

I remember thinking that the original Playstation was pretty expensive when I bought it. I can't remember the exact price but I'm sure it was well over 300 Irish Punt's ( long before the Euro became our currency). Even though it was expensive, as soon as I saw one in action I had to get it. I remember the first time I saw a Playstation I was walking past a cool little independent video game store and in the window there was one playing Battle Arena Toshinden. I must have stared at the game demo in the window for at least five minute's, I was that impressed. Of course the Battle Arena Toshinden game's were never the best of the fighting game's but I was knocked out by the game's 3D visual's. It was just such a huge leap graphically in comparison to the 16 bit console's that I had been used to. Actually speaking of the 16 bit console's, I'm sure the Snes was fairly expensive too when I got one. Can't remember it's price though, way too long ago.

I remember reading a preview of this game in a magazine back in the day and it looked really good. I guess it got my attention because it looked like it was doing something new and interesting in comparison to most of the other release's of the day. And then.....nothing. I don't remember seeing any further coverage of this game in any of the magazine's. So because of this, the game wasn't on my radar at all and I guess I thought that it wasn't released in Europe. After reading your blog I'm going to keep an eye out for it. One thing though, the name or name's of this game. I'm not sure which is worse "Disaster Report" or "S.O.S. : The Final Escape". Surely someone could have come up with something more interesting. And as for the cover art for the game, I can't decide whether it's so bad that it's kind of growing on me or if it's just simply bad but I'm kind of leaning toward's the latter. Great blog Areala.