Games for Windows

20 files

1. 

   Games for Windows Issue 01 (December 2006)

   By kitsunebi

   The Magazine Formerly Know As Computer Gaming World
   

   239 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated July 31, 2024

2. 

   Games for Windows Issue 02 (January 2007)

   By E-Day

   Games for Windows Issue 02 (January 2007)
   

   179 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted June 25, 2022

3. 

   Games for Windows Issue 02 (January 2007)

   By kitsunebi

   Improved kitsunebi edition!
   This is my own scan of this issue.  I'm uploading it as an alternate download option - not a replacement - for the version of this mag already available here.  The other version is also a nice scan, so I had no desire to replace someone else's hard work.  That said, this version has some advantages that may or may not be important to you, which are outlined below should you need to decide which version is best for you.
   1. This scan is higher resolution - it is saved at 3200px height vs the other version's 2200px.
   2. This scan was debound using a heat gun vs. the other scan's guillotine cutting.  This means that this version scanned the entire page from edge to edge, while the other version had a small portion of every page cut away before it ever entered the scanner.
   3. Related to #2, this version has made efforts to have facing pages joined as seamlessly as possible when viewed in 2-page view mode.  The other version really had no possibility of doing so, since both facing pages had part of the gutter side of the page cut off during debinding, leaving a portion of the center of a 2-page join missing, and thus unable to be seamlessly joined.
   In my opinion, the increase in resolution is of minimal importance for most users (and may even be undesirable, as it will of course increase the filesize.)  The main advantages of this version are mostly apparent only when viewing in 2-page mode.  When viewing in two page mode, this version is clearly superior as it shows the complete image across both pages, but if you only ever view a single page at a time, you will be unlikely to notice the fact that the other version's pages have been slightly cropped.  
   Comparisons (note the center portion of the two page spreads)
   (In all comparisons, this scan is shown on top)
    
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
   

   152 downloads

   3 comments

   Updated September 6, 2024

4. 

   Games for Windows Issue 03 (February 2007)

   By E-Day

   Games for Windows Issue 03 (February 2007)
   

   160 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted June 26, 2022

5. 

   Games for Windows Issue 03 (February 2007)

   By kitsunebi

   Improved kitsunebi edition!
   (forgive the copy/paste of this description) This is my own scan of this issue.  I'm uploading it as an alternate download option - not a replacement - for the version of this mag already available here.  The other version is also a nice scan, so I had no desire to replace someone else's hard work.  That said, this version has some advantages that may or may not be important to you, which are outlined below should you need to decide which version is best for you.
   1. This scan is higher resolution - it is saved at 3200px height vs the other version's 2200px.
   2. This scan was debound using a heat gun vs. the other scan's guillotine cutting.  This means that this version scanned the entire page from edge to edge, while the other version had a small portion of every page cut away before it ever entered the scanner.
   3. Related to #2, this version has made efforts to have facing pages joined as seamlessly as possible when viewed in 2-page view mode.  The other version really had no possibility of doing so, since both facing pages had part of the gutter side of the page cut off during debinding, leaving a portion of the center of a 2-page join missing, and thus unable to be seamlessly joined.
   In my opinion, the increase in resolution is of minimal importance for most users (and may even be undesirable, as it will of course increase the filesize.)  The main advantages of this version are mostly apparent only when viewing in 2-page mode.  When viewing in two page mode, this version is clearly superior as it shows the complete image across both pages, but if you only ever view a single page at a time, you will be unlikely to notice the fact that the other version's pages have been slightly cropped.  
   Comparisons (note the center portion of the two page spreads)
   (In all comparisons, this scan is shown on top)
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
   

   137 downloads

   1 comment

   Updated September 7, 2024

6. 

   Games for Windows Issue 04 (March 2007)

   By kitsunebi

   So many spreads.  And foldouts.  Whoever invented foldout pages needs a slap.
   This file has been edited and formatted to be viewed as a CBR using a dedicated CBR reader.  If you're using a PDF reader, such as Sumatra, it may not display correctly.
   

   151 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted February 13, 2024

7. 

   Games for Windows Issue 06 (May 2007)

   By E-Day

   Games for Windows Issue 06 (May 2007)
   

   193 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted May 5, 2022

8. 

   Games for Windows Issue 07 (June 2007)

   By kitsunebi

   This file is ALREADY available at my Internet Archive account, so there's no need to upload it there again.
   

   146 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted February 19, 2024

9. 

   Games for Windows Issue 08 (July 2007)

   By kitsunebi

   Hey DOOMGUY2000.  I already uploaded this to the Internet Archive weeks ago.  Nya nya nya nya nyaaaa naaaaa!!  Too slow!
   😂 (He'll still upload it again. He can't help it, some people are just simple.)
   As for the rest of you, here's the latest issue of Computer Gaming World 2.0, complete with its Microsoft-purchased generic new title and Microsoft-purchased advertising section designed to look like articles (but thankfully (legally) labeled "special advertising section.")  Skip that part unless you're a complete tool like DOOMGUY2000
   

   153 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted March 30, 2024

10. 

    Games for Windows Issue 09 (August 2007)

    By kitsunebi

    63 out of 104 pages had visual elements crossing from one page to the next.  So basically 60% of the mag had to be edited together as joins, then spilt back apart into separate pages.  Pain in the @$$ for me, but good for anyone who likes to read their mags in two-page view mode.
    Also, a reminder that "Retromags recommended" Sumatra is one of the WORST choices of CBR reader you could be using (it's not really a CBR reader at all, it's a PDF reader that can open CBRs), so if you're using it, please be aware that some pages will not be displayed as they were intended.
    

    162 downloads

    2 comments

    Submitted April 6, 2024

11. 

    Games for Windows Issue 10 (September 2007)

    By kitsunebi

    As always, this file was edited to be read by a CBR reader.  PDF readers such as Sumatra will not display facing pages correctly when viewing in two-page/book mode.
    

    143 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted May 14, 2024

12. 

    Games for Windows Issue 11 (October 2007)

    By kitsunebi

    It's so weird reading reviews of PC games during this era and hearing people complain about how the PC graphics pale compared to the console version.  I've been out of the gaming scene for...most of this millennium, but it it still like that now?  I remember when the PC was the system to beat...
    

    132 downloads

    1 comment

    Submitted August 3, 2024

13. 

    Games for Windows Issue 12 (November 2007)

    By E-Day

    Games for Windows Issue 12 (November 2007)
    

    145 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted February 27, 2024

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    Games for Windows Issue 12 (November 2007)

    By kitsunebi

    Improved kitsunebi edition!
    (forgive the copy/paste of this description) This is my own scan of this issue.  I'm uploading it as an alternate download option - not a replacement - for the version of this mag already available here.  The other version is also a nice scan, so I had no desire to replace someone else's hard work.  That said, this version has some advantages that may or may not be important to you, which are outlined below should you need to decide which version is best for you.
    1. This scan is higher resolution - it is saved at 3200px height vs the other version's 2200px.
    2. This scan was debound using a heat gun vs. the other scan's guillotine cutting.  This means that this version scanned the entire page from edge to edge, while the other version had a small portion of every page cut away before it ever entered the scanner.
    3. Related to #2, this version has made efforts to have facing pages joined as seamlessly as possible when viewed in 2-page view mode.  The other version really had no possibility of doing so, since both facing pages had part of the gutter side of the page cut off during debinding, leaving a portion of the center of a 2-page join missing, and thus unable to be seamlessly joined.
    In my opinion, the increase in resolution is of minimal importance for most users (and may even be undesirable, as it will of course increase the filesize.)  The main advantages of this version are mostly apparent only when viewing in 2-page mode.  When viewing in two page mode, this version is clearly superior as it shows the complete image across both pages, but if you only ever view a single page at a time, you will be unlikely to notice the fact that the other version's pages have been slightly cropped.  
    Comparisons (note the center portion of the two page spreads)
    (In all comparisons, this scan is shown on top)
    
    
     
    
    
     
    
    
    

    123 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated September 7, 2024

15. 

    Games for Windows Issue 13 (December 2007)

    By kitsunebi

    I don't have much to say about these issues, as I stopped gaming around 2005, so I don't really know anything about the games within.  But hey, there's an article on interactive fiction, and I at least know what a grue is.
    - You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
    > open mailbox
    -  Opening the small mailbox reveals a magazine.
    > take magazine
    - Taken.
    > read magazine
    - It's (rather anachronistically) Games for Windows #13!
    

    124 downloads

    2 comments

    Updated August 5, 2024

16. 

    Games for Windows Issue 14 (January 2008)

    By kitsunebi

    Lots of reviews this issue.  Indeed, the review section is also the cover story, which is possibly a first?
    

    137 downloads

    4 comments

    Submitted August 25, 2024

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    Games for Windows Issue 15 (February 2008)

    By E-Day

    Games for Windows Issue 15 (February 2008)
    

    158 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted February 28, 2024

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    Games for Windows Issue 15 (February 2008)

    By kitsunebi

    *kitsunebi edition!*
    Nothing wrong with the older scan of this issue previously made available, but I scan everything in my collection regardless, and I do feel that my version offers some improvements.  Most of those improvements are due to better debinding, which allows for better editing.  If you start with a guillotine cut in the debinding process, there's nothing you can do when editing to account for the part of the page you cut away.  As always, my scans are first debound with a heat gun, to allow for the entire page to be scanned.  This allows two-page joins to be edited together more seamlessly.
    Other differences include whiter pages and a higher resolution (3200 px vs the older scan's 2200).
    I've tried to show some of the differences with animated gifs this time.  Even though they're alternating back and forth, it should be easy to spot which of the two is this new, improved version, especially if you look towards the center of the join. 🙂
    *you can click on these gifs to see them in a larger window:
    
    
    
     
    And some joined pages of Games for Windows actually have a printed overlap, where the same part of the image is printed on both pages.  In this case, the older scan (despite having some of this overlap area cut away during debinding) still has part of the image appearing twice, whereas this newer scan has more seamlessly edited the pages to remove the doubled overlap:
    
    

    165 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated May 9

19. 

    Games for Windows Issue 16 (March 2008)

    By kitsunebi

    2007 Games of the Year issue.  One of which is Sam & Max: Season One.  Sam & Max is no Monkey Island, but the original LucasArts adventure still holds a place in my heart.  I still have a cap with a flaming Max head on it.  And when my mom got two new kittens this past summer, I tried to get her to name them Sam and Max.  She didn't go for it, though. 🥲
    

    145 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated May 9

20. 

    Games for Windows Issue 17 (April 2008)

    By kitsunebi

    This is the final issue of Games for Windows.  It could also be considered the final issue of Computer Gaming World, since that's what it was before they (unwisely) changed the name.  And I'd like to say it's the final issue needed to complete our collection of this title, but unfortunately we're still missing issue 5.  Phillyman owns it.  It's in a box he has in storage.  Pester him if you want to see it scanned.  Don't worry, there's nothing he likes more than a good pestering.
    I for one am glad to be done editing issues of this title.  I scanned 15 issues out of GfW's 17 issue run, and every single one of them had an obscene amount of elements spread across both pages, forcing me to edit them together as a single image to ensure perfect joins in two-page view before splitting them back apart for the CBR.  This issue had 64 pages that had to be joined.  And it's only a 100 page mag!  I shake my fist at you, GfW art director, whoever you were...
    

    169 downloads

    3 comments

    Updated May 9