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[Physiognomonics]

Nintendo magazine, NES era.

 

[UnNamed]

 

[Roberts]

UK version of PC Gamer, because that was the only gaming magazine you could buy in my neck of the woods way back in the 90's. When traveling abroad, I would buy PC Zone - it's cool to see now that Charlie Brooker has gone a long way since being a game journalist. I kind of stoped reading gaming magazines is 00's except for getting occasional edition of XOM (Xbox magazine) here and then.

 

[sublimit]

Is there any money in old gaming mags?

I've seen some old gaming magazines on ebay selling for relatively high prices. I think it depends on what articles/interviews they have inside.

 

[Xplainin]

ST Format was my first regular buy - I don’t remember buying anything for my Amstrad CPC464 but ST Format got me really looking at games and being more aware of what was coming.

They also got me into programming properly with cover disks with STOS and GFA basic on them and things like the Bitmap Brothers doing Assembler tutorials, where previously I’d mucked about on my Amstrad (I’d have been about 8 so my code wasn’t hugely sophisticated but it wasn’t bad for my age).

I have a thread the ST Format Challenge https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-st-format-challenge.1533843/ for anyone interested in that kind of thing.

Once I got my first PC in 1996 I stopped getting magazines for a while but eventually settled on PC Zone. It was awesome. Helped by amazing games coming out with incredible frequency in the late 90s the magazine had wonderful writing and that 90s edge that’s missing today.

To anyone on this thread, I recommend going to archive.org as they have a huge selection of old gaming magazines.

I.had an Amstrad 464 as well.
Do you remember buying those books that had all the game codes in them and you had to type out the whole thing and see if your game would run, or try and find the mistakes you had made typing them in.

 

[BlackTron]

EGM, GamePro, Nintendo Power and Official Dreamcast Magazine.

 

[DetectiveBananas]

I know I had this particular issue. It was my first magazine subscription and definitely my favorite. Nintendo Power was my second choice.

 

[hariseldon]

I.had an Amstrad 464 as well.
Do you remember buying those books that had all the game codes in them and you had to type out the whole thing and see if your game would run, or try and find the mistakes you had made typing them in.

Yeah I remember them though I don’t remember what the magazines were. I used to get them running but then be pissed off with some aspect and end up updating the code to make it better (which in those days means typing it all out again). Born to be a programmer!

 

[Handy Fake]

Shout out to Amiga Format as well. Great magazine and some excellent giveaway disks on the cover. Remember getting Vista, Deluxe Paint and all sorts.

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

For me it is/was the One Amiga. Good fun and awesome cover disk content.

 

[Scotty W]

Nice.

I had my name in one issue in the early 80s, for having the highest score for Donkey Kong

#BelieveSaucyJack

 

[EviLore]

This!! ( and maybe I’ll remember to use the right account when posting

Merged accounts for ya.

 

[Badlucktroll]

NINTENDO POWER AND GAMEPRO

 

[Hudo]

GameStar (German Magazine) From 1998 to like 2008, or so. After that, it went downhill, IMHO. Nowadays, I wouldn't trust any of their reviews, overall.

 

[Type_Raver]

Gamefan and Super Play, closely followed by EGM. Didn't have access to Nintendo Power in Australia, but we had Nintendo Aus Mag though it was rather ordinary. NEXT and Edge had nice a nice premium feel but the with a price to match here as well. Shame I checked out 99% of my mags all those years ago, and only have a couple left.

 

[16bitwarzvet]

Merged accounts for ya.

Thanks!!!