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Welcome to Retromags, the vintage video game magazine archive

Welcome to Retromags, the vintage video game magazine archive. This site is all about digitally preserving video game magazines from yesteryear. You'll find hundreds of full issues to download and thousands of scanned magazine covers. Game magazines used to be incredibly important to the game industry, and while those days are long gone thanks to the Internet and World Wide Web, that does not mean those old magazines shouldn't be remembered and enjoyed today. This site allows you to do so easily and digitally. It's a nice alternative to having to have boxes of magazines stored in your house if that's something you don't want.

We are always looking for help, be it scanning or donating magazines, or contributing to the site in other forms. It costs nothing to be a member of this site. We do not sell anything on this site, and there are no ads. There are no profits made on this site; any money that is ever obtained by this site goes towards the cost of hosting the site.

A Note to Publishers and Content Owners
This site is set up to digitally preserve video game magazines from 1999 and earlier for current magazines. The rules for defunct magazines vary on a case-by-case basis. We do this because issues of these magazines are not readily available from publishers/content owners. While we don’t have legal permission, we operate in a way where we do not release anything that will reduce any potential income for you, or magazines that are available from you, nor do we release scans that are of a quality that may reflect poorly on you. So far this has worked, with several publishers/content owners basically ignoring our existence.

However, if you wish that we do not make content that you legally have ownership available on this site, just let us know and we will remove it. While we would prefer permission, we will fully oblige with your wishes concerning your content. This is a hobby we do out of passion and love for the video game magazines of yesterday, and not worth legal battles of any kind.


MegaUploads Shut Down, 99% of Retromags Collection Unavailable

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- 01-19-12 18:29 - 59 comments

Today, the U.S. Justice Department shut down the MegaUpload site during an investigation into alleged copyright infringement. Normally this is just another story about a site dealing in copyright infringement being shut down. However, MegaUpload was the "official" site Retromags used to host its magazine collection after the previous site host shut this site down when the magazines were hosted locally. This means that 99% of Retromags' collection is currently unavailable for download.

I am not sure how long this will last, or what this site will do with the current situation at hand. Stay tuned.


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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending December 31, 2011

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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending December 31, 2011

New magazines for the month of December

64 Extreme 07 (1997)

Computer & Video Games Issue 215

N64 Pro Magazine 29 (Christmas Special)

Sega Force Winter 1992

Total N64 Magazine 01 (1997)
Total N64 Magazine 02

Video Games & Computer Entertainment Issue 31 August 1991



December's contributors:

E-Day
gladiator
wonderman


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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending November 30, 2011

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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending November 30, 2011

New magazines for the month of November

Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 036 July 1992
Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 055 February 1994
Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 056 March 1994

Game Players Issue 022 April 1991
Game Players Issue 035 December 1993
Game Players Issue 055 August 1995
Game Players Issue 056 September 1995
Game Players Issue 057 October 1995
Game Players Issue 058 November 1995
Game Players Issue 059 December 1995
Game Players Issue 060 Holiday 1995

Judge Dredd Poster Mag

"Kuro no Dansho" - The Literary Fragment - Guide Art Book
"Kuro no Dansho" - The Literary Fragment - Guide Art Book II


November's contributors:

E-Day
strikefile


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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending October 31, 2011

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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending October 31, 2011

New magazines for the month of October

64 Magazine Issue 41

Computer & Video Games Issue 214

Dreamcast Monthy 02
Dreamcast Monthy 03

Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 109 August 1998
Expert Gamer Issue 59 May 1999
Expert Gamer Issue 067 January 2000

Game Informer Issue 052 August 1997
Game Informer Issue 070 February 1999
Game Informer Issue 071 March 1999
Game Players Issue 051 April 1995
Game Players Issue 053 June 1995
Game Players Issue 054 July 1995

Nintendo World 09

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine Issue 00 June 1999

PSM Issue 021 May 1999

What Game Machine Special (Ultimate Buyer's Guide)


October's contributors:

gladiator
E-Day
wonderman



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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending September 30, 2011

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Retromags Monthly Update - Month Ending September 30, 2011

New magazines for the month of September


64 Magazine 001

EGM2 Issue 48 June 1998

Games Master Issue 077 (January 1999)
Games Master Issue 084 (August 1999)

Tips & Tricks Issue 035 November 1997

Sync Vol. 03 No. 01

When I'm Sixty-Four Issue 01


September's contributors:

Areala
E-Day
ShockSim
wonderman


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