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Tech Gian Issue 018 (April 1998)

By kitsunebi77

ADULT CONTENT
This issue: 2 words (for our resident warrior nun): DIVI DEAD
I uploaded the demo disc to the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/TechGianApril1998
Be warned that it is designed for WIN95 PCs, so unless you have experience running WIN95 software on modern machines, you'll be unlikely to get most of the demos working.

56 downloads

4 comments

Submitted Wednesday at 09:58 PM
Family Computer Magazine Issue 056 (May 6, 1988)

By kitsunebi77

***Family Computer Magazine is (unlike most other Japanese magazines) printed in Japanese right-to-left format. For those unaware, that means that the front cover is where the back cover is on a Western magazine, and thus the spine is on the right side. Once opened, the pages are read beginning with the page on the right and moving across to the left page. When using a CBR reader to read a single page at a time, this won't cause too many problems, but if you put the reader into two-page mode, the left and right facing pages will be in the wrong order. Thus, it is strongly suggested that when reading this magazine, you set your CBR reader to it's Japanese mode (almost all CBR readers have one for reading manga), which will automatically display the pages in the correct order.
For anyone unfamiliar with this mag - it was the first Famicom/NES magazine in the world, predating Famitsu by a year. And although Famitsu would ultimately end up out-lasting Family Computer Magazine by expanding their coverage to all consoles, from a collector's viewpoint, issues of Famimaga (as it is usually referred to) seem to typically be more desireable/valuable than Famitsu issues of similar vintage.

76 downloads

0 comments

Updated Wednesday at 08:15 AM
Dengeki G's Magazine Issue 024 (July 1999)

By kitsunebi77

Featuring lots of games for the PlayStation, Dreamcast, Saturn, and PC that you've probably never heard of since not a single one of them made it out of Japan. Every single one of them containing a cast of anime girls that squeal "KYAAAA!!!" when your character accidentally trips and falls against them, grabbing two handfuls of breasts as he catches himself.😀

104 downloads

3 comments

Submitted May 18
Play Online No.004 (September 1998)

By kitsunebi77

demo CD not included

98 downloads

1 comment

Updated July 29, 2018
Play Online No.009 (February 1999)

By kitsunebi77

So what do you do if you're Japanese but you don't want to play yet another game as a spiky haired androgynous orphan on a quest to fulfill your destiny to save the world? You play some non-Japanese PC games, that's what.

61 downloads

0 comments

Submitted April 21
Gamest Issue 005 (January 1987)

By kitsunebi77

Edited for your pleasure and convenience.
For the raw 600dpi source files, please visit https://archive.org/details/@japanesemagazinesscanproject
*PLEASE NOTE: Gamest is printed in right-to-left Japanese reading style. If viewing two pages at a time, you will need to set your CBR reader to Japanese mode so that the pages will display in the correct order.
I have moved the survey postcards to the end of the archive, since they interfered with the correct display of the pages when using two-page viewing mode.

61 downloads

0 comments

Submitted April 3
Gamest Issue 004 (November 1986)

By kitsunebi77

This file has been edited and saved at a constant height of 2700px.
For the unedited 600dpi source file, please visit https://archive.org/details/@japanesemagazinesscanproject
*PLEASE NOTE: Gamest is printed in right-to-left Japanese reading style. If viewing two pages at a time, you will need to set your CBR reader to Japanese mode so that the pages will display in the correct order.

63 downloads

1 comment

Submitted March 28
Gamest Issue 001 (May 1986)

By kitsunebi77

This file has been edited and saved at a constant height of 2700px.
For the raw 600dpi source file, please visit https://archive.org/details/@japanesemagazinesscanproject
*PLEASE NOTE: Gamest is printed in right-to-left Japanese reading style. If viewing two pages at a time, you will need to set your CBR reader to Japanese mode so that the pages will display in the correct order.

62 downloads

1 comment

Updated March 25
Gamest Issue 002 (July 1986)

By kitsunebi77

This file has been edited and saved at a constant height of 2700px.
For the raw 600dpi source file, please visit https://archive.org/details/@japanesemagazinesscanproject
*PLEASE NOTE: Gamest is printed in right-to-left Japanese reading style. If viewing two pages at a time, you will need to set your CBR reader to Japanese mode so that the pages will display in the correct order.

63 downloads

0 comments

Submitted March 26
Gekkan PC Engine Issue 27 (March 1991)

By kitsunebi77

"Monthly magazine for Game Freaks." Game Geeks also welcome. Game Squares need not apply.

117 downloads

2 comments

Updated March 24
Far East of Eden (Tengai Makyou): Fuun Kabukiden - Nesshou Strategy Guide (Gekkan PC Engine issue 55 supplement) (July 1993)

By kitsunebi77

Far East of Eden (Tengai Makyou): Fuun Kabukiden is an RPG for the PC Engine CD released by Hudson Soft on July 10, 1993.

85 downloads

0 comments

Updated February 13
Last Armageddon - Strategy Data Book (Gekkan PC Engine issue 22 supplement) (October 1990)

By kitsunebi77

Last Armageddon is a post-apocalyptic RPG developed and published by BrainGrey for the PC Engine CD on August 31, 1990.

85 downloads

1 comment

Submitted February 9
SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi 1 & 2 - Map & Data Book (Family Computer Magazine issue 82 supplement) (July 7, 1989)

By kitsunebi77

This guide covers the first two games in the SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi series of strategy games from Bandai.
SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars was released for the Famicom in November 1987.
SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi 2 - Capsule Senki was released for the Famicom June 25, 1989.
PLEASE NOTE: This guide is printed Japanese style (from left to right), so if you are viewing two pages at a time, you will need to set your CBR reader to "Japanese mode" so that the pages will be displayed in the correct order. If you are viewing a single page at a time this will not be necessary.

85 downloads

0 comments

Submitted February 5
Super Chinese 2 (Little Ninja Brothers) Strategy Guide (Family Computer Magazine Issue 80 supplement) (June 2, 1989)

By kitsunebi77

スーパーチャイニーズ２－ドラゴンキッド攻略の奥義書 (Super Chinese 2: Dragon Kid - Strategy Mission Statement) is a supplement to issue 80 of Family Computer Magazine (June 2, 1989).
Super Chinese 2 (released in the USA as Little Ninja Brothers) is an action RPG developed and published by Culture Brain for the Famicom.
PLEASE NOTE: This guide is printed Japanese-style, meaning it is read from right to left. In order for the pages to align correctly when viewing two pages at a time, your CBR reader must be set to Japanese mode.

82 downloads

0 comments

Submitted February 1
Famitsu Issue 0001 (June 20, 1986)

By kitsunebi77

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.

751 downloads

5 comments

Updated July 29, 2018
Destiny of an Emperor - Perfect Strategy Guide (Tenchi wo Kurau - Kanzen Kouryakubon) (Family Computer Magazine issue 80 supplement - June 6, 1989)

By kitsunebi77

天地を喰らう Tenchi o Kurau, "The Devouring of Heaven and Earth" (released in the USA as Destiny of an Emperor) is an RPG developed and published by Capcom for the Famicom on May 19, 1989.
天地を喰らう - 完全攻略本 Tenchi o Kurau - Kanzen Koryakubon "The Devouring of Heaven and Earth - Perfect Strategy Guide" is a supplement of Family Computer Magazine issue 80 (June 2, 1989).
* In order to preserve the page numbering and layout of the rest of the issue, I have moved the fold-out two-sided map/data poster to the end of the magazine.
PLEASE NOTE!!!! - Family Computer Magazine (and its supplements) are printed Japanese-style, meaning that the magazine's spine is on the right side and pages are opened from the left. Thus, once opened, the pages are read from right to left, with the right page coming before the left page. In order for the pages to display correctly if viewing in two-page mode, "Japanese mode" should be enabled. In Cdisplay, this is easily accomplished via the CTRL-J hotkey (or through the configure menu). If viewing in single page view, the pages will display in the proper order regardless, though keep in mind that again, each page is read from right to left.

67 downloads

0 comments

Updated December 23, 2018
Dengeki PlayStation Vol.092 (December 25, 1998)

By kitsunebi77

Merry Christmas! (well, that's the cover date, anyway.)
As always with Dengeki P, lots of RPG and giant robot coverage (I mean, this IS Japan, after all.) All in all, 264 pages of PlayStation goodness. I've eschewed including stitched-together two-page joins this time, but when viewed in two-page mode, those pages (ads, mostly) should look seamless, since they were joined together during the editing process, edited as a single pic, and then separated again.
Sometimes these Japanese mags are just ornery: The files within the cbr are numbered correctly, but you'll notice that the page numbers don't always match what's printed on the page. That's because there were lots of strange instances of unnumbered pages. For example, there was a multi-page advertising section where the first and last pages of the ad were given page numbers, but the middle 4 pages, which were printed like a fold-out poster, went unnumbered. Another advertising section was printed on a series of pages of differing widths. Only the full-sized pages were given numbers, while the narrower pages all went unnumbered. Craziness!! Thanks to the fold-out section, I actually had to swap one page's location in order to ensure that further pages would be paired with the correct facing page when viewing in two-page mode (don't worry, you'll never even know which one).

184 downloads

4 comments

Submitted November 24, 2018
Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku Soreyuke Daiundoukai - Hisshou tora no Maki (Family Computer Magazine Issue 113 supplement) (October 19, 1990)

By kitsunebi77

Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai - Hisshou Tora no Maki (ダウンタウン熱血行進曲それゆけ大運動会 - 必勝トラの巻, Downtown Nekketsu March: Let's Go to the Great Athletic Meet - Tiger's Victory Volume) was published as a supplement to the October 19, 1990 issue of Family Computer Magazine (issue 113).
This game is one in the popular and long-running Kunio-kun series of games (including such classics as Renegade, River City Ransom, and Super Dodge Ball) originated by Technos Japan and currently developed and published by Arc System Works. It was released for the Famicom on October 12, 1990 and features Nekketsu High School competing against three other teams in a series of four athletic events. Up to four players can participate.
Although this game was never released outside of Japan, it was very successful and is one of the games included on the Japanese version of the NES Classic Edition (Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer ).
PLEASE NOTE!!!! - Family Computer Magazine (and its supplements) are printed Japanese-style, meaning that the magazine's spine is on the right side and pages are opened from the left. Thus, once opened, the pages are read from right to left, with the right page coming before the left page. In order for the pages to display correctly if viewing in two-page mode, "Japanese mode" should be enabled. In Cdisplay, this is easily accomplished via the CTRL-J hotkey (or through the configure menu). If viewing in single page view, the pages will display in the proper order regardless, though keep in mind that again, the page is read from right to left.

83 downloads

1 comment

Updated December 16, 2018
Famitsu Issue 0049 (May 20, 1988)

By kitsunebi77

Thanks to ccovell for donating the issue. Also the gavas bucks page was missing, so he provided a scan of that page to make the mag complete. For anyone who missed it in my forum thread, Gavas were a big scam run by Famitsu to trick kids into thinking they could win fabulous prizes by buying every issue of Famitsu that hit the stands. Below is a closer look at just how impossible getting those prizes actually was. Listed are the prize, the amount of Gavas needed to win the prize, the number of Famitsu issues you would need to purchase in order to have enough Gavas, and approximately how much that many issues of Famitsu would cost. These are all in 1988 dollars, so it would be much more today.
As of May 1988 (these are not all of the prizes, btw):
A Famitsu Pencil Case - 780 Gavas - 49 issues - approx. $195 A Famitsu T-Shirt - 1680 Gavas - 105 issues - approx. $420 A Famicom Game - 2900 Gavas - 182 issues - approx. $728 A Famicom System - 9800 Gavas - 613 issues - approx. $2,452 A Sega Master System - 11200 Gavas - 700 issues - approx. $2,800 A PC Engine (TurboGrafx16) System - 16500 Gavas - 1,032 issues - approx. $4,128 It should also be worth noting that Famitsu was bi-weekly at this point. So assuming you really wanted that PC Engine and you bought one copy of every issue that hit the stands, you would expect to finally have enough Gavas approximately... 38 years later. So...sometime in 2026. Of course, Famitsu eventually went weekly, of course, so you actually would have been able to finally get that PC Engine sometime in 2009. Well, except that PC Engines had long since ceased production by then.😒

367 downloads

3 comments

Submitted August 20, 2018
Momotarou Densetsu II - Onitaiji Data Book (Gekkan PC Engine Issue 26 supplement) (February 1, 1991)

By kitsunebi77

桃太郎伝説 II - 鬼退治 Data Book (lit. Momotaro Legend II - Ogre Extermination Data Book)
Strategy guide for Momotarou Densetsu II, an RPG developed and published by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine on December 22, 1990.
(Please note this is Momotarou Densetsu - a different series than Hudson's Momotarou Dentetsu series of games)

103 downloads

1 comment

Updated December 23, 2018
Ultech Shinbun (Family Computer Magazine Issue 98 Supplement) (March 9, 1990)

By kitsunebi77

Supplement included with the March 9, 1990 issue of Family Computer Magazine. The title, Ultech Shinbun, means "ultimate technique newspaper," and it was printed in newspaper format and featured strategies for several games (mainly Dragon Quest IV).
Due to the oversized newspaper-style pages, the files in this archive are saved at 5000px high to allow higher fidelity and larger zoom.

74 downloads

0 comments

Updated December 23, 2018
The Super Famicom Vol.4 No.04 (March 05, 1993)

By Akane

The Super Famicom Vol.4 No.4
Reuploaded with Retromags thank you page

223 downloads

3 comments

Updated August 1, 2018
Dengeki PlayStation Vol.086 (October 23, 1998)

By kitsunebi77

Saga Frontier 2, Metal Gear Solid, and Suikoden II are just a few of the games featured here that Western gamers are familiar with. But as always, the main interest here (for me, anyway) are the dozens upon dozens of Japanese-only exclusives you might not have read about before. ENJOY!
232 pages
*Please note that there was one page that had been torn out of the magazine. The front side was the second half of a two-page advertisement and is missing from this scan. The back side was a different ad, which I have included here using an identical copy of the ad from a different magazine.
*EDIT: The missing page has been provided by Akane and is now included in the download, making this mag COMPLETE!😎

314 downloads

4 comments

Updated March 5
The Super Famicom Vol.4 No.05

By Akane

My 3rd release.

266 downloads

0 comments

Submitted August 11, 2018
Famitsu Issue 0043 (February 19, 1988)

By kitsunebi77

The credits on this one are more complicated than usual, so an explanation is in order. This issue was a collaboration between ccovell and myself. The magazine itself was donated by ccovell, but after I scanned it, I realized there were some pages missing. It turned out that there was a Dragon Quest III sticker sheet as well as a Dragon Quest III supplement missing from the copy that was donated to me. Normally supplements would be considered separate anyway, but in this case, the supplement was included in the magazine's page count, so I wanted to include it. ccovell was kind enough to scan the supplemental pages from another copy he owns.
So: pg 67-68 and 77-96 were scanned by ccovell. All other pages were scanned by me. All edits by me.
This issue marks the (as of yet) oldest issue of Famitsu to be scanned for our archives (the scan of issue 1 is of a half-size reproduction, not an original issue). Enjoy!
I'll also include some information about the best seller lists and game-of-the-year awards which I posted in my personal thread in the forums, since it's likely that most people downloading this will overlook it otherwise:
And for a complete breakdown of all of the Best-of-the-year Awards, please check out this comment (I can't copy it here without causing an error for some reason):
https://www.retromags.com/forums/topic/10237-kitsunebi77s-random-stuff/?do=findComment&comment=54381

345 downloads

3 comments

Updated August 1, 2018