Japan Magazines

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1. 

   Famitsu Issue 0214 (January 22, 1993)

   By MigJmz

   Famitsu Issue 0214 (January 22, 1993)
   

   98 downloads

   5 comments

   Updated Wednesday at 03:43 AM

2. 

   Famitsu Issue 0571 (November 26, 1999)

   By MigJmz

   Famitsu Issue 0571 (November 26, 1999)
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   72 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted June 8

3. 

   Dengeki Playstation Vol.181 (July 13, 2001)

   By E-Day

   Dengeki Playstation Vol.181 (July 13, 2001)
   

   79 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted May 31

4. 

   Famitsu Issue 0157 (December 20, 1991)

   By MigJmz

   Famitsu Issue 0157 (December 20, 1991)
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   85 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated May 21

5. 

   Famitsu Issue 0001 (June 20, 1986)

   By kitsunebi

   このスキャンは皆のために作ったので、ぜひダウンロードして、友達に伝いて、楽しんでください！もしほかのところでこのスキャンを分け合ったら、「このファイルはRetromagsからで、そこで誰でもでタダでダウンロードすることできる」と伝いて下さい。雑誌電子化は皆のために。よろしくお願いします！ *
   *This scan was made for everyone, so please download it, share it with your friends and enjoy! If you share this scan elsewhere, please say that the file is from Retromags, where anyone can download it for free. Magazine preservation is for everyone. Thank you!
   OK, here it is, the first issue of Famitsu – a landmark issue if ever there was one. Please be aware however, that this IS NOT a scan of the original magazine (which is super-rare and costs hundreds of dollars) but rather is a scan of a reproduction. The gray borders around each page are new to the reproduction, allowing them to occasionally print some commentary on the contents of the page. Otherwise, the content of the magazine, including the ads, is identical to the original.
   
   However, the reproduction is printed at about half the physical dimensions of the original. As such, the quality of small detail suffers somewhat – a fault of the magazine’s printing, not of the scan. The copy I had also suffered from some water damage, which is visible in a few places. Even so, unless someone is willing to scan a copy of the original #1 (I won’t hold my breath), this is probably the best we’ll get, and I feel it’s an important look at the origins of the most influential video game magazine ever published.
   
   Finally…the cover. This is where most of the damage was evident. Warped by water damage and extremely faded, the cover was in such bad shape that I opted to repaint it (something I would normally never do with a scan). It wasn’t possible to repaint all of the tiny spaces between the Japanese characters, so the text is a little muddy, but on a whole I feel the cover is much more presentable than the unadulterated scan. For anyone who finds such digital manipulation an abomination (moreso than spot clone-stamping here and there, that is), I have included the original scan of the cover as the final page before the Retromags splash page.
   
   Anyway, this issue is a special exception. I hope you can look past its faults to appreciate the history! Expect all future Famitsu issues from me to be similar in quality to the previous two I released.
   

   1,562 downloads

   6 comments

   Updated July 29, 2019

6. 

   Famitsu Issue 0211 (January 1, 1993)

   By MigJmz

   Famitsu Issue 0211 (January 1, 1993)
   

   84 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted May 19

7. 

   Dengeki Dreamcast Vol.01 (December 11, 1998)

   By MigJmz

   Dengeki Dreamcast Vol.01 (December 11, 1998)
   

   66 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted May 12

8. 

   Famitsu PS2 Issue 0102 (May 11, 2001)

   By bogusfrank

   Famitsu PS2 Issue 0102 (May 11, 2001)
   

   58 downloads

   2 comments

   Updated May 11

9. 

   Famitsu Issue 0666 (September 21, 2001)

   By bogusfrank

   Famitsu Issue 0666 (September 21, 2001)

   102 downloads

   2 comments

   Updated May 11

10. 

    Famitsu Issue 0813 (July 16, 2004)

    By bogusfrank

    Famitsu Issue 0813 (July 2004)
    

    86 downloads

    1 comment

    Updated May 11

11. 

    Famitsu PS2 Issue 0121 (April 12, 2002)

    By bogusfrank

    Famitsu PS2 Issue 0121 (April 12, 2002)
    

    49 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated May 11

12. 

    Famitsu Issue 0808 (June 11, 2004)

    By bogusfrank

    Famitsu Issue 0808 (June 2004)
    

    97 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated May 11

13. 

    Famitsu Issue 0155 (December 6, 1991)

    By MigJmz

    Famitsu Issue 0155 (December 6, 1991)
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    94 downloads

    1 comment

    Submitted April 9

14. 

    Neo•Geo Freak Issue 063 (August 2000)

    By MigJmz

    Neo•Geo Freak Issue 063 (August 2000)
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    57 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted April 5

15. 

    Neo•Geo Freak Issue 01 (May 1995)

    By MigJmz

    Neo•Geo Freak Issue 01 (May 1995)
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    65 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted April 1

16. 

    Neo•Geo Freak Issue 020 (January 1997)

    By MigJmz

    Neo•Geo Freak Issue 020 (January 1997)
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    70 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 29

17. 

    PC Engine Fan (July 1996)

    By MigJmz

    PC Engine Fan (July 1996)
    

    116 downloads

    1 comment

    Submitted February 10

18. 

    PC Engine Fan (August 1996)

    By MigJmz

    PC Engine Fan (August 1996)
    

    84 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted February 9

19. 

    PC Engine Fan (October 1996)

    By MigJmz

    PC Engine Fan (October 1996)
    

    73 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted February 9

20. 

    Famitsu Issue 0150 (November 1, 1991)

    By MigJmz

    Famitsu Issue 0150 (November 1, 1991)
    

    142 downloads

    3 comments

    Submitted February 5

21. 

    Gamest Issue 009 (June 1987)

    By MigJmz

    Gamest Issue 009 (June 1987)
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    100 downloads

    1 comment

    Updated January 12

22. 

    Arcadia Issue 002 (July 2000)

    By MigJmz

    Arcadia Issue 002 (July 2000)
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    106 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted January 10

23. 

    Dengeki Playstation Vol.180 (June 22, 2001)

    By E-Day

    Dengeki Playstation Vol.180 (June 22, 2001)
    

    151 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted January 9

24. 

    Gamest Issue 076 (September 1992)

    By MigJmz

    Gamest Issue 076 (September 1992)
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    109 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted January 5

25. 

    Monthly Nintendo Power Vol.0 (January 1998)

    By MigJmz

    Monthly Nintendo Power Vol.0 (January 1998)
    

    140 downloads

    3 comments

    Submitted October 11, 2021