Vote On Phillyman's 127th Scan!

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Vote On Phillyman's 127th Scan!

Poll: Vote On Phillyman's 127th Scan! (37 member(s) have cast votes)

What should be my 127th Scan?

Video and Arcade Games Issue 1 (12 votes [32.43%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 32.43%
Diehard GameFan Issue 4 (5 votes [13.51%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 13.51%
EGM Issue 8 (11 votes [29.73%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 29.73%
GamePro Issue 4 (9 votes [24.32%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 24.32%

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#1 Phillyman

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 08:30 PM

Vote On Phillyman's 127th Scan!
Voting ends March 6th 2010

Over the past 7 months I have been burdened with countless things distracting me from scanning. I have finally started to get back on top of things around here...so its time to revive these threads! Cast your vote for what I should scan next. This topic will remain open until the closing date above, and whatever magazine gets the most votes, will be my next task!

Video & Arcade Games Issue 1 (Spring 1983)
Diehard Gamefan Issue 4 (February 1993)
EGM Issue 8 (March 1990)
GamePro Issue 4 (November 1989)

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 09:09 PM

Video & Arcade Games Issue 1 ... I've never seen that before. Looks interesting.

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 09:11 PM

Thor, on 24 February 2010 - 09:09 PM, said:

Video & Arcade Games Issue 1 ... I've never seen that before. Looks interesting.

That magazine only made it two issues, here is the other...

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Posted 24 February 2010 - 09:36 PM

I've been playing in the local arcade a lot, so.. Video & Arcade Games #1

EGM 8 looks awesome too, so that'd be my second vote.

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 10:12 AM

All great magazine's and I'm looking forward to reading them all in the future. My choice for Phillyman's next scan is Diehard Game Fan. I always really liked this magazine.

When I used to read it in the mid 90's it really stood out for me. I liked it's layout and design and it always had tons of great screen shots. I also liked how it was printed on such great quality paper. I seem to remember some of the reviewer's occasionally giving very high review score's which I didn't always agree with but even so I always thought this was a great magazine.

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 01:25 PM

Can I put a vote in for Atari ST User magazine? Posted Image

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 01:38 PM

GamePro Issue 4

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 02:24 PM

GamePro Issue 4 ofcourse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EGM secound choice

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 07:25 PM

Are you kidding me? Issue #1 of anything should trump any other releases. Or to put it another way...

Video and Arcade Games #1
So requesteth the Warrior Nun

*poetic cackle*
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Posted 26 February 2010 - 07:33 AM

I'm going to have to go with Video and Arcade Games #1. It looks very interesting.

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 02:51 PM

GamePro #4. I like seeing the early issues of that magazine get filled in

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 06:36 PM

I have to say Video and Arcade Games #1. That looks really interesting

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Posted 01 March 2010 - 04:40 PM

1st: Video & Arcade Games Issue 1 (Spring 1983)
2nd: EGM Issue 8 (March 1990)

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Posted 01 March 2010 - 07:52 PM

It's the least popular one right now, but I'm voting GameFan because it's the most expensive and therefore hardest to obtain. I guess I'm biased though, since I have the GamePro and EGM issues already and don't get much out of the 80s mags!