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1. 

   Code Vault Issue 20 (March 2004)

   By MigJmz

   Code Vault Issue 20 (March 2004)
   

   83 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted April 3

2. 

   Code Vault Issue 18 (January 2004)

   By MigJmz

   Code Vault Issue 18 (January 2004)
   

   229 downloads

   0 comments

   Updated April 1

3. 

   Code Vault Issue 16 (November 2003)

   By MigJmz

   Code Vault Issue 16 (November 2003)
   

   96 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted April 1

4. 

   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.
   

   162 downloads

   3 comments

   Submitted March 31

5. 

   IGN64.com The Magazine Issue 1 (1998)

   By MigJmz

   IGN64.com The Magazine Issue 1 (1998)
   

   142 downloads

   2 comments

   Updated March 30

6. 

   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
   

   89 downloads

   1 comment

   Submitted March 30

7. 

   PSExtreme Issue 20 (July 1997)

   By MigJmz

   PSExtreme Issue 20 (July 1997)
   

   127 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted March 28

8. 

   inCider Vol.5 No.5 (May 1987)

   By Argus

   inCider Vol.5 No.5 (May 1987)
   

   59 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted March 28

9. 

   PSExtreme Issue 19 (June 1997)

   By MigJmz

   PSExtreme Issue 19 (June 1997)
   

   147 downloads

   0 comments

   Submitted March 26

10. 

    PC Gamer Issue 205 (October 2010)

    By dablais

    PC Gamer Issue 205 (October 2010)
    

    186 downloads

    • pc gamer

    0 comments

    Submitted March 26

11. 

    PSExtreme Issue 48 (November 1999)

    By MigJmz

    PSExtreme Issue 48 (November 1999)
    

    136 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 25

12. 

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 004 (October 1983)

    By dablais

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 004 (October 1983)
    

    71 downloads

    • compute!s gazette

    0 comments

    Submitted March 23

13. 

    play Issue 071 (November 2007)

    By MigJmz

    play Issue 71 (November 2007)
    

    228 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated March 23

14. 

    PSExtreme Issue 47 (October 1999)

    By MigJmz

    PSExtreme Issue 47 (October 1999)
    

    141 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 22

15. 

    PSM Issue 028 (December 1999)

    By E-Day

    PSM Issue 28 (December 1999)
    

    251 downloads

    1 comment

    Updated March 19

16. 

    PSM Issue 016 (December 1998)

    By E-Day

    PSM Issue 16 (December 1998)
    

    262 downloads

    0 comments

    Updated March 19

17. 

    Computer Player Vol.3 Issue 3 (August 1996)

    By MigJmz

    Computer Player Vol.3 Issue 3 (August 1996)
    

    177 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 19

18. 

    PSM Issue 123 (May 2007)

    By E-Day

    PSM Issue 123 (May 2007)
    

    186 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 18

19. 

    PC Entertainment Vol. 3 No. 3 (March 1996)

    By dablais

    PC Entertainment Vol. 3 No. 3 (March 1996)
    

    122 downloads

    • pc entertainment

    0 comments

    Submitted March 17

20. 

    PC Entertainment Vol. 3 No. 4 (April 1996)

    By dablais

    PC Entertainment Vol. 3 No. 4 (April 1996)
    

    120 downloads

    • pc entertainment

    0 comments

    Submitted March 17

21. 

    PSM Issue 120 (February 2007)

    By E-Day

    PSM Issue 120 (February 2007)
    

    183 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 17

22. 

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 003 (September 1983)

    By dablais

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 003 (September 1983)
    

    69 downloads

    • compute!s gazette

    0 comments

    Submitted March 16

23. 

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 002 (August 1983)

    By dablais

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 002 (August 1983)
    

    75 downloads

    • compute!s gazette

    0 comments

    Updated March 15

24. 

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 001 (July 1983)

    By dablais

    Compute!'s Gazette Issue 001 (July 1983)
    

    117 downloads

    • compute!s gazette

    0 comments

    Updated March 15

25. 

    PSExtreme Issue 13 (December 1996)

    By MigJmz

    PSExtreme Issue 13 (December 1996)
    

    180 downloads

    0 comments

    Submitted March 14