Game Player's PC Strategy Guide

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1. 

   Game Player's PC Buyer's Guide Volume 2 Number 5 (November/December 1989)

   By E-Day

   Game Player's PC Buyer's Guide Volume 2 Number 5 (November/December 1989)
   

   348 downloads

   41 comments

   Updated June 7, 2019

2. 

   Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Volume 1 Number 2 (Fall 1988)

   By kitsunebi

   This was originally scanned by marktrade years ago, and due to a combination of the magazine's age and the non-standard settings applied to the scanner used, the original file's pages look VERY dark and VERY brown.  Anyone wanting that "pure" version can find it on the Internet Archive.
   Cleaning this up and trying to make it look less than a zillion years old was probably the most complicated editing job I've ever done, as I had to edit the picture and text portions of each page completely separately.  Simply cranking up the white levels would obviously ruin everything by bleaching out text/images, so I had to use different techniques (indeed, I never once even touched the white/black levels) while editing.  But the end result is certainly a lot cleaner than this file has ever looked.  Go on, try to guess which is the original and which is my edit.
   
   
    
   PLEASE NOTE: This issue is part of the early "WTF are we doing do we even know how to publish magazines" era of Game Player's.  When they first began, Signal Research clumped all of their titles together under a single numbering system.  So although this issue is labeled Vol.1 No.2, it is in fact the very first of their PC game line of mags (though the title would change a couple of times in rapid succession before settling on "Game Player's PC Strategy Guide.")
   For the record, Volume 1 of Game Player's went like this:
   Vol.1 No.1 The Game Player's Guide to Nintendo (this issue was also sold under the title Game Player's Nintendo Buyer's Guide)
   Vol.1 No.2 (this issue) The Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games
   Vol.1 No.3 Game Player's Nintendo Strategy Guide (this issue was also sold under the title Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games)
   Vol.1 No.4 Game Player's MS-DOS Strategy Guide (in my scan pile)
   After that, the Nintendo and PC titles went their separate ways, but because Signal Research loves confusion SO FREAKING MUCH, the very next issue of the PC mag was labeled Vol.2 No.2.
   So here's the PC title in full:
   The Game Player's Guide to MS-DOS Computer Games Vol.1 No.2
   Game Player's MS-DOS Strategy Guide Vol.1 No.4
   Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol.2 No.2
   ...and from this point they continued in order, beginning a new volume at the start of a new year.  But rest assured, THERE IS NO Vol.1 No.1, Vol.1 No.3, or Vol.2 No.1 of the PC title.  And don't expect concrete/accurate cover dates on these early issues - THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.  So we're going with "best guesses."
   For the further adventures of Game Player's PC Strategy Guide, follow along as they release the odd issue under the title Game Player's PC Buyer's Guide, and then switch to the title Game Players PC Entertainment, all using the same number system they started back with The Game Player's Guide to Nintendo.  And then of course, they eventually relaunched as PC Gamer.  But that's another story.
    
   Preservation is learning, kids.  Sometimes we learn about the stuff written in the magazines.  And sometimes we learn that you can completely sh*t the bed when starting a publishing line of magazines, and yet still have people reading and talking about them 35 years later. 
   Game Player's™:  An inspiration for f*ckups everywhere.
   

   160 downloads

   3 comments

   Submitted March 31

3. 

   Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol. 4 No. 7 (November-December 1991)

   By E-Day

   Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol. 4 No. 7 (November-December 1991)
   

   202 downloads

   2 comments

   Submitted March 3, 2022

4. 

   Game Players PC Strategy Guide Volume 4 Issue 1 (January/February 1991)

   By KiwiArcader

   Back when I converted this to cbr for my own personal use (I'm not a fan of PDF, so sue me) I repaired some damage on a few of the pages and very slightly adjusted the levels to lessen the yellowing of the paper, but otherwise these are Kiwi's edits, with resolution left as is.
   

   199 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2018

5. 

   Game Players PC Strategy Guide Volume 4 Issue 5 (September 1991)

   By marktrade

   Hare Raising Havoc - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
   

   200 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2018

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   Game Players PC Strategy Guide Volume 4 Issue 2 (March/April 1991)

   By KiwiArcader

   Levels have been slightly adjusted to reduce yellowing, but otherwise these are Kiwi's edits
   

   225 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2018

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   Game Players PC Strategy Guide Volume 4 Issue 3 (May/June 1991)

   By KiwiArcader

   Fixed damage on a couple of pages and adjusted levels slightly to reduce yellowing, but otherwise these are Kiwi's edits.
   

   191 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2018

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   Game Players PC Strategy Guide Volume 4 Issue 4 (July/August 1991)

   By KiwiArcader

   Converted from PDF available at OldGameMags
   

   195 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 29, 2018

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   Game Players PC Strategy Guide Volume 4 Issue 6 (1991 PC Buyer's Guide)

   By KiwiArcader

   Removed a price sticker on the front cover as well as some fold creases on the poster on the last page, but otherwise, these are Kiwi's edits
   

   249 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated January 12, 2021

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    Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Volume 3 Number 4 (July/August 1990)

    By marktrade

    This one of Marktrade's scans that is available at archive.org in 600dpi.  It has been resized to 2500px high, but if you want the full sized 700MB version, you can find it HERE. 
    

    245 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated July 29, 2018

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    Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Volume 3 Number 2 (March/April 1990)

    By marktrade

    This is one of marktrade's scans he put up at the Internet Archive.  His original files are very dark and yellow, so I've done what I can to improve them.  If you want his original files, they can be found here: https://archive.org/details/GPPCSGVol3No2
    

    242 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted June 8, 2019

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    Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Vol. 2 No. 2 (June/July 1989)

    By MigJmz

    Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Volume 2 Number 2 (June/July 1989)
    

    225 downloads

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    Submitted June 27, 2021