Computer & Video Games Nº 183 (February 1997)

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Computer & Video Games Nº 183 (February 1997) First upload

#1 gladiator

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 05:56 AM

OK, first say hi to all the members of the board.

This is my first contribution to the site. I had scanned all the pages of the Computer & Video Games Nº 183 (February 1997) at 300 DPI and resized them to 1440 x 1979 and after that i had made a cbr file and already uploaded to megaupload & rapidshare.

Here are the links (since i tried to use the usual upload way but i didn't find any upload button in the downloads page of the site).

The issue is this one:

The download links:
MIRRORS:
PART 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IMTBM455
http://rapidshare.co....part1.rar.html
http://www.badongo.com/file/18476556
http://depositfiles....files/zj1hb2hsv
http://www.zshare.ne...68343598e39522/

PART 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=33MR6SJB
http://rapidshare.co....part2.rar.html
http://www.badongo.com/file/18477549
http://depositfiles....files/cectv00ki
http://www.zshare.ne...685667d0900176/

PART 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BEIY9U01
http://www.badongo.com/file/18475695
http://rapidshare.co....part3.rar.html
http://www.zshare.ne...68148006b377fe/
http://depositfiles....files/2ob7iefd2

Hope that is all fine this way.

PS: I got a project of a PSX Database and i'm looking for people that maybe wants to contribute with PSX game adverts or hires covers, so any help please pm me.

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 07:21 AM

Thank's a lot gladiator for the great scan.

I used to buy C&VG every month without fail. It is definitely one of my favourite magazine's and the issue's with Paul Davies as Editor are some of the best. Liked the in depth coverage of Fighters Megamix in this issue and the news of Street Fighter 3 too.

Thank's again for the scan.

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 11:43 AM

atik, on 20 November 2009 - 07:21 AM, said:

Glad that you like it, probably my favourite video games magazine (maybe Amiga's The One was the other one that i liked a lot).

I still got more Computer & Video Games Magazines and I will upload more as soon as I scan them, for the year 1997 i sure got from January to June and that will be the next ones.

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 01:28 PM

That looks great and thanks. Hey you seem like you've always been here.

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Posted 23 November 2009 - 09:59 AM

Anyone knows when it will added to the main site? I'm already scanning other magazines and i suppose that not all the people check the forum...

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Posted 23 November 2009 - 01:47 PM

gladiator, on 23 November 2009 - 09:59 AM, said:

Anyone knows when it will added to the main site? I'm already scanning other magazines and i suppose that not all the people check the forum...

Hiya... although I am only a pleb here I have downloaded your mag. Haven't checked it out yet as been busy scanning but I will do so when I get home today.

I will upload it to direct downloads for you. I usually create a PDF version and make it available on Rapidshare as well as a lot of people prefer that format so bear with me while I get them uploaded etc. Should only be a day or so ....

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Posted 25 November 2009 - 01:35 AM

Hope that it will be added soon to the main site.

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Posted 25 November 2009 - 01:58 AM

Well .... my DSL2+ connection went down today and I'm using a crappy connection until my Telco gets it back up and running again so it won't be today unfortunately. It's also screwed my uploading another "special" as well ..... Posted Image

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Posted 25 November 2009 - 03:35 PM

gladiator, thanks for this awesome upload

. I need to go through my boxes of old game magazines this weekend. I could probably find a few things that this site is missing.

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Posted 25 November 2009 - 03:44 PM

Expect to see it here shortly. Uploading it as I type this.....

UPDATE. Added it to direct downloads and included a Rapidshare link to the PDF version.

@ Gladiator. When I had a look at the pages before downsizing to our 1440 resolution I noticed that the edges of 2 sides has been cropped. This is a common issue as most scanners have a 3mm blindzone at the edge of the scanplate. So if you push the magazine hard against the edge of the plate you lose 3mm on 2 sides. Don't worry .... just letting you know why it occurs so you can account for it for future scans. I had the same issue with my scanner so I purchased an A3 scanner and just put the mag dead centre. Cost a bit though ....

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Posted 27 November 2009 - 09:46 AM

I already upped Nº 184 here:
http://www.retromags...184-march-1997/

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Posted 28 November 2009 - 07:03 AM

Another great C&VG scan. Just read issue 184 and really enjoyed the huge Street Fighter 3 and Tekken 3 coverage.

Great scan gladiator, thank's a lot.

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Posted 03 February 2010 - 08:53 AM

gladiator, on 20 November 2009 - 05:56 AM, said:

Strange, all downloads are for issue 182, not 183?!

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 01:37 AM

SuperFrog, on 03 February 2010 - 08:53 AM, said:

Strange, all downloads are for issue 182, not 183?!

I made a mistake when i uploaded the files and put the wrong number, but the links are for issue 183, instead that the rar says is 182.
Sorry for the troubles.