Video Game Magazine Memories

Huh, just found this.

http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/46845671794/electronic-gaming-monthly-magazine-issue-43

Has anyone read Nintendo Force? Is it good?

edited 6th Jul '13 11:13:46 PM by lalalei2001

Found this retrospective on EGM.

http://www.gamesradar.com/egm-gone-but-not-forgotten/

I learned about tonnes of great games reading print mags. Mostly PC Zone, PC Gamer and Gamesmaster. Also stuff about games that never got released, were greatly changed from what the preview stuff had shown, or got merged into totally new genres.

Like the forerunner to World Of Warcraft. That particular version was all over PC Zone like a rash for years.

I got the Ninja Gaiden and Tetris issues of Nintendo Power! They ROCK! :D And they're 2 years older than I am XD

Why couldn't they cancel Mad Magazine instead of Nintendo Power?!

I came across this heartwarming article in the November/December 1989 issue, the one with Tetris on the cover. The article reads as follows.

CAPCOM CHILDREN'S CORNER

"A visit to the hospital often conjures up visions of boring, sterile surroundings and lots of inactivity while resting in an uncomfortable bed with starched sheets. Some good reading material or daytime television may help pass the time, but for the most part even a visit to the best of hospitals can be a disagreeable experience.

Well, thanks to the folk at Capcom, dreary hospital visits may be a thing of the past. Though a new community program called the "Capcom Children's Corner," Capcom is donating a total of $50,000 worth of video games and computer products to ten leading hospitals and pediatric wards in California. Each hospital's package will include, among other computer equipment, three Nintendo Entertainment Systems, 36 games, and a Hands-Free Controller.

The first "Capcom Children’s Corner” was unveiled at the San Francisco Children’s Hospital in August to the delight of many a Power Playing patient. Attending the opening ceremony were Paul Kantner, leader of the legendary rock band Jefferson Airplane, and Joe Morici, Capcom’s vice president of sales and marketing. “This is an on-going commitment,” Morici said, “which includes a continuing donation of new Capcom games as they are introduced. That means 13-14 new games a year.”

Additional “Capcom Children’s Corners” will be opening in other California hospitals throughout the year. If the program is successful in California, Capcom is considering expanding it to hospitals across the country. Judging from the response at the opening, it may not be long before there is a “Capcom Children’s Corner” at the hospital nearest you. The “Capcom Children’s Corner” is not only a good example of a beneficial application of the NES, it’s also another great example of people sharing the power of Nintendo. (It’s still not a good enough reason to go to a hospital though.)”

edited 29th Jul '13 7:09:41 AM by lalalei2001

Anybody else read PLAY (UK)? I still do this day.

One article from the PS 2 days I remember was on Soul Calibur 3. It was previewing it and talking about features like the character creator and a guest character like Dante. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Just made a page for Nintendo Force!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Magazine/NintendoForce

I thought I was over gaming magazines, and then I bought Official Playstation Magazine on a whim. I'm still suspicious slash butthurt that not a single gaming magazine has had anything but glowing reviews for Dm C and newfound disdain for the originals.

Which ish was it?

Check these out!

http://videogameads.tumblr.com/

http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/

I love how old video game commercials and ads portrayed the console/controller as an artifact of power.

Like, you'd hold the Game Boy up and lightning would strike it, F-Zero went so fast you'd turn paper thin, the SNES and Sega Genesis were so powerful they'd reality warp...

The one magazine I remember quite fondly was Game Players Magazine. The reviews were nice and all, but I loved the slapstick comedy throughout the magazine. Little notes like the jokes or secret messages stuck in tiny tiny type on the last page's legal information sidebar. How the 'game ideas' went from actual ideas to whatever crazy nonsense you could come up with. It really let you know the various editors and reviewers as well. Or, at least, the characters said editors and reviewers play.

As mentioned on the page, they revamped themselves into Ultra Game Players and attempted to cut out the slapstick. That didn't last long, and the comedy slowly creeped back into the page. Then they revamped AGAIN into Game Buyer's Magazine. I stopped buying after that. And I could see everyone else did, too. According to the page, it folded after four issues.

You forget that a good majority of the staff on that magazine went over to work on PSM: The Unofficial U.S. Playstation Magazine, which later became Playstation: The Official Magazine after Ziff-Davis folded OPM.

I knew Bill Donohue did, but I didn't know about anyone else.

I also believe Mike Salmon became the head editor of PC Accelerator for its short run.

http://www.gamesradar.com/egm-gone-but-not-forgotten/

IN THE WAR BETWEEN MARIO AND SONIC

CHRIS VOTED BUBSY.

I'm a fan of Game Informer. I always loved the flood of people who would fall for every single April Fool's joke, no matter how obvious. "I'm confused by this Vita pricing. Is there really one that comes with a puppy?"

I cried with laughter watching this.

edited 24th Dec '13 3:23:37 AM by lalalei2001

http://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/61708702768/snes-force-issue-3-september-1993-review-of

I just remembered which Tiny Toons game I saw a walkthrough of! It was Montana's Movie Madness.

Sorry for the bump, but I got 4 issues of Nintendo Power today.

Volume 23 Power Blade, 29 Star Trek, the Darkwing Duck one, and the Yoshi's Story one.

A highlight was this letter from 29 in a letters column about parents playing video games.

"I received a Game Boy for my fourteenth birthday. I was very pleased with it, but less than a week later I lost it. I didn't misplace it or drop it down the garbage disposal—the fate I suffered was much worse. I was playing Tetris and I had just finished Level 9-1 when my mother sat down and started watching me. A few minutes later she asked me to play. She's been at it ever since. Even as I write, she plays. I don't think I can stop her. Help!"

EDIT: Also this one about a Dad addicted to Zelda.

"When we bought The Legend of Zelda in 1988, we didn't realize we were unleashing a monster. My dad became addicted, playing at night on weekdays. He just couldn't stop! Some weeknights he'd stay up until 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning trying to defeat Ganon. He would sleep for 2 hours, then get up and go to work at 7 o'clock. Finally, four months later, Dad finally beat Ganon in a showdown at Death Mountain. Life settled down for awhile, but then, last year, we got The Adventure of Link. ...Mistake! Normality was just a dream."

edited 31st Mar '14 6:34:19 PM by lalalei2001

Check this prank out! Headless Snowman 64◊!

Since a new Star Fox game was announced, i kinda want Nintendo or Nintendo Force to make a sequel to the Star Fox 64 promo video.

Looks like Game Informer has finally gone online only, to my chagrin.