Your Magazine Collection

**ave** · 08-27-2010

I've entered the wonderful world of magazine collecting recently (although I've already had hundreds of more recent ones) and I wondered what users from other countries might have collected over the years.

I will post my collection of 400+ magazines as soon as I complete at least one of them :)

**Tchoin** · 08-28-2010

I don't own too many, iirc I do have: 1 year of Game Informer, a complete collection of "Top Kids" (a videogame magazine from Argentina from the 90s, each came with a Mortal Kombat action figure!), and a lot of "Club Nintendo" (mexican videogame magazine).

Pictures (from my collection thread):

(Some mags are missing in the pictures)

Game Informer:

Club Nintendo:

Top Kids:

@ave: I loved the pictures from your collection thread with those german magazines! And it is true that now a days video game magazine writers are not even close to what they were in the 90s or before that.

**ave** · 08-28-2010

Originally Posted by Tchoin

I don't own too many, iirc I do have: 1 year of Game Informer, a complete collection of "Top Kids" (a videogame magazine from Argentina from the 90s, each came with a Mortal Kombat action figure!), and a lot of "Club Nintendo" (mexican videogame magazine).

Those Club Nintendo's are really nice. The magazine had the same name in Germany and was issued from 89 till 04, dunno what happened then but it somehow vanished. Maybe because it became useless once Nintendo had such a big internet community with their shop and so on... I was in the club Nintendo, but I don't know where my mags went to :( The only one that is left is from 93, I got it as a freebie with some games on ebay.

Are there any old gaming mags left in Uruguay? I mean magazines that are on the market for longer than 10 years. Around 2000, most old German magazines were stopped and many new ones spawned around the launch of XB/GC/PS2. Only one of them survived ("Man!ac", renamed "M!Games" in 2009 or so), it's on the market from 11/93 until today and has the longest lifespan of all German gaming mags.

@ave: I loved the pictures from your collection thread with those german magazines! And it is true that now a days video game magazine writers are not even close to what they were in the 90s or before that.

Yeah, it was really nerdy back in the early days. Just a shame that I wasn't even born when those magazines came out, it sure was fun to read them - only source of information, and most likely also the only place where a computer geek felt understood and accepted ^__^

I'm not into vintage computers and never had an Amiga or C64, but the covers of such old 80's mags are beautiful (or funny) to look at.

**unclejun** · 08-28-2010

400+!!
You can start a lot of fires with that! ;)

Gaming related I have between 10 and 20 old EDGE UK issues and an almost complete serie of a french PC related magazine called"PCFun" (from 1994 to 2001, I'm lacking the last 10 issues, the magazine quality was decreasing at that time) that I am slowly scanning for this website: http://www.abandonware-magazines.org, I also have quite a bunch of a Pen&Paper RPG french magazine called "Casus Belli" from 1997 to 1999 (or was it 2000, I can't remember now)

For the non-gaming magazines, I have atleast 5 years of an Alternative OS magazine called "Login:" wich was the direct sequel of an Amiga only magazine called "Amiga Dream"
Apart from that, some issues of the french "PiratesMagazine" and "Le Virus Informatique", both being cheap magazines.

And some issues of "Fluide Glacial" and 30 or 40 years old issues of "Pilote", both french humor/comics (absolutely not politically correct) magazines that printed the most well known french (or french speaking) comic book authors, I'm shamelessly stealing a few links to show you the cover of some issues (randomly chosen, I can't show you the more shocking stuff, you'll have to browse the following links...
http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/index.html
http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/annees/index.html
http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/annees/index.html
http://www.fluideglacial.com/pages/flu-pre.htm
http://www.fluideglacial.com/pages/flu-aut.htm

**DrDoaK** · 08-31-2010

This is an old pic, I've bought quite a few more since. They're all Sega or Sony mags with the exception of a few Retro gamer mags.

**Max_XX_ou** · 09-02-2010

i collect japanese magazine with biohazard 3 and final fantasy 8

its hard to find them !

**graciano1337** · 09-02-2010

i love old gaming mags. it's like stepping into a time machine.

**GungriffonEX** · 09-02-2010

I like retro mags.
Trash most of the new stuff.

**unclejun** · 09-02-2010

Originally Posted by GungriffonEX

I like retro mags.
Trash most of the new stuff.

I agree!

**LuckyToke** · 09-02-2010

Originally Posted by graciano1337

i love old gaming mags. it's like stepping into a time machine.

Agree, stayed at my partents at xmas - first time I have stayed in my old room for a v,long time. Boxed up was a bunch of okd CVG mags.

I read them all over a few hours - much more fun than time with the family! haha

**graciano1337** · 09-02-2010

Originally Posted by LuckyToke

Agree, stayed at my partents at xmas - first time I have stayed in my old room for a v,long time. Boxed up was a bunch of okd CVG mags.

I read them all over a few hours - much more fun than time with the family! haha

yeah, totally.

i was subscribed to Nintendo Power for the longest time. Man, how I wish I still had those issues and all those posters! At one point I had an entire wall covered with Nintendo Power posters. The funny thing is, the only Nintendo console I owned at the time was a Gameboy Color. :lol:

**Tchoin** · 09-09-2010

Originally Posted by ave

Are there any old gaming mags left in Uruguay? I mean magazines that are on the market for longer than 10 years. Around 2000, most old German magazines were stopped and many new ones spawned around the launch of XB/GC/PS2. Only one of them survived ("Man!ac", renamed "M!Games" in 2009 or so), it's on the market from 11/93 until today and has the longest lifespan of all German gaming mags.

Well from what I know of, unfortunately there never were any vgame magazines edited in Uruguay, most stuff was from Argentina or Mexico, I believe Club Nintendo (Mexico) is still being published, every now and then I see some issue at a magazine stand, but I stopped buying it long ago, as of around 2005 it started being really crappy with wannabe writers and such. On the other hand, the old issues were great, as well as the argentinian Top Kids, I find it very amusing even today to sit and read them, specially the issues that came with "rumors" about the SNES CD or Ultra 64 or 64 DD, it's that feeling of discovering or exploring the "obscure" that I believe was killed by the internet and it's mainstream, making tons of info about everything being available at one click and thus killing all those rumors, etc. (Dunno if you get what I mean)

**WanganRunner** · 09-10-2010

I collect EGM's. I have most everything from about 1993 onwards through 2002 or so.

**ave** · 09-18-2010

I've cought a cold and therefore finally found the time and motivation to take some pictures of my magazines today :)

ASM

ASM was one of the first German magazines that reviewed console games: They started in 9/88 to review NES and Master System stuff.

Special Issues #1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
1987: 10, 12
1988: 5-12
1989: complete
1990: #5 missing
1991: complete
1992: 1-5

Video Games

THE German cult vg magazine. I'm still missing the first two issues from 1991 as well as #6 from 92 and some from 2000. The publisher went bankrupt in early 2001, so 2/2001 is the last printed issue. The editors, however, managed to sell a very rare, self-printed issue based on the 99% complete #3/2001. It's printed on copy paper in b/w and only 350 were made (all signed by all editors). Some time later, one editor released an extended edition of said limited edition, now limited to even only 50 pieces!
VG was freak'ish without an end, the editors were Neogeo/2d/arcade fans and they hyped every Dreamcast-game that was at least a little good. In summary: that magazine rocked.

Mega Fun

Mega Fun started as an amateur's project in 1992 (print run of 1000 for each of the 5 issues, only for VG dealers, insanely rare nowadays) and became an established magazine in 5/93. I'm missing 11+12/97 and 9/99 as well as the year 2000 (which I don't care too much about tbh).

MAN!AC

Man!ac (renamed M!Games in 2009 or so) is the oldest German VG mag to date. I wrote next to the mags what I'm missing. Actually I'm only about 15 issues short from having a complete 14 year-collection (11/93-12/07). Three years (05-07) are not pictured, found them too boring to take a picture. :p
The mag's quite good, too. One of the very few mags in Germany that still care about retro, neo geo, 2D shooters and imports.

Fun Generation, Gamepro etc.

Fun Generation was a nice mag, not very original and freaky. I got everything from the 1st issue (6/95) up to 12/97, but I'm not too eager to complete the collection (till 1/2001).
I think the old Gamepro was an effort to import the idea of the American version to the German market. Albeit the magazine is actually quite good and open to freak'ish Japanese stuff, they stopped it after only 14 issues.
My collection is complete.
Games World was the only German TV show ever featuring video game competitions on TV. There are still some bits viewable on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLhyg78sJmw
It was awful, just like the magazine :p

SEGA Magazin

GAMERS

Some Sega magazines from 93-97. 6/93 was the first issue (Sonic cover!).
Gamers was the "inofficial" Sega mag before there was one. They started in spring 92 (my earliest Gamers issue is #2, 6/92) as a bi- or tri-monthly Sega focussed magazine.
Note the very cool Sonic artworks on the Sega mag picture. They were extras in some issue to promote Sonic 3 and Sonic CD. I think someday I'll scan them, remove the bends digitally and let them reproduce 1x1m on glossy photo paper O_O

Most stuff

ugh

(new) GamePro + Edge UK

The new GamePro (100% unrelated to the old GP from 95/96). This magazine, and the web forum that came along with it, drew me into the gaming scene. I connect a lot of fond memories with that mag, still have a lot of merchandise, too. The last bit of quality vanished at around 2006 though and I stopped buying it in 2009.

Some EDGE UK mags from 2005-2006. Nice, but I wouldn't call the reports interesting for the most part. :/

**Max_XX_ou** · 09-19-2010

ave :

you got magazines with previews of Resident evil 3 or final fantasy 8?

Danke !

**CRTGAMER** · 09-19-2010

The best Video Game magazine, I have every glossy paged issue. These magazines highlight the great Arcades of the 1980s. Really great glossy pages full of screenshots, a jewel of the day.

Found these PDFs, Merry Christmas!
http://arcarc.xmission.com/Magazines%20and%20Books/Joystik%20Magazines%20%2810%20Issues%29/

**Johnny** · 09-19-2010

You guys ended up encouraging me taking pictures of my old mags. I'll post again when i manage to take pictures of them.

**ave** · 09-20-2010

Originally Posted by fujin78

ave :

you got magazines with previews of Resident evil 3 or final fantasy 8?

Danke !

I do, but I have no idea where to start, sorry. You are probably looking for screenshots of early versions that show differences to the final game, are you not?
There's a test scan on Ninretro.de (a great database to find scans of old German video game reviews and articles from 1988-2000):
http://www.ninretro.de/game-10-605.html
But that's not exactly what you are looking for I guess.