Lanmanna Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 As with many others in this thread, my first magazine subscription was to Nintendo Power. I would be so excited when a new issue arrived, and then read it from cover to cover. Especially in the beginning when the magazine was bi-monthly and there was a longer wait between issues! It was a great magazine because there were practically no advertisements, it was all game coverage. Ok, so there was a sneaky bias towards anything published by Nintendo, but still... Do you mean, like 10 and under or 18 and under or what? I didn't start subscribing to a magazine until Lego Magazine. The next other subscription was probably Game Informer(it was that deal at EB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jame Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 My first video game subscription was to Nintendo Power . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konnichiwa Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Belgian OPM. I also never had a other magazine subscription ever in my life this especially because I can find all news on the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood7585 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Nintendo Power all the way. Started with volume 64, back issue ordered volume 17 (Yay Final Fantasy!! ^_^), and subscribed up until volume 186. I still have all of them too; lined up on the entirety of the bottom shelf of a bookcase in my room. Also somewhere I found "The Best of the Nintendo Comics System", which has comics of Super Mario Land, Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Captain N, and Punch Out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber08 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I bought several issues of Nintendo Power when I was young and finially convinced my mom to let me subscribe. My first subscription issue was #67. I've been a subscriber ever since. I did my best to order the older issues, but eventually Nintendo either ran out or got tired of offering them, so my collection is far from complete... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melki Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 My was To GamePro in the end of 1996 I have a sub to EGM until 2015 (didnt pay) ...Wow how did you.....? or is it a joke... right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Club Nintendo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrob24 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I started picking up issues of Game Player's (Strategy and Buyer's) Guide To Nintendo in 1988 (there were multiple GP titles from 1988 into the early 1990's). I bought EGM 1, 3, 6 and 9 at my local drug store or grocery store, but I didn't start buying it every month until issue 16. I also bought GamePro off the rack in the early days, starting with issue 1. My first actual subscription was Nintendo Fun Club Newsletter, starting with number 3. Of course, I rolled that subscription over to Nintendo Power. I still have issues 1 - 31 and 35. I have a few misc. other NP's from over the years after that. I still have some of my old Game Player's, and I've picked up a few more from eBay. I have EGM 9 still, and 16 - 61. And I have misc. issues after that. I gave my EGM 1, 3 and 6 to various friends back in late '89 or early '90. What a fool I was in my youth. I guess I was in 10th or 11th grade at the time. My GamePro 1 is missing the cover, and the first few outer pages are barely hanging onto the staples. I still have quite a few GamePro's dated from 1990 through 1993 or 1994. I'd have to dig those out, and I'll admit I haven't taken care of those as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zh666 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 The only magazine I ever subscribed to when I was a kid was that WWF magazine. I bought all my video game magazines in store. I would normally buy GamePro, Game Players and Nintendo Power. I didn't start reading EGM until Mortal Kombat 2 came around, because they had MK on their cover every month it seems.. I thought EGM was a little "wordy" back then, and now it's my favorite video game mag today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongeman56 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Ive never had one. I have subscribed to a Magazine called "The Magazine" which is a terrible magazine now, its plastered with Disney stuff but, I buy my magazines from the stores, so I try to keep with Xbox magazine, or Nintendo Power but im too lazy to pay up front to get a subscription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meppi Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 The only magazine I ever subscribed to when I was a kid was that WWF magazine. Oh wow, major flashback. I bought those ones for several years as well, including the WCW magazine even though I had never seen WCW on TV and they had stopped broadcasting WWF over here as well for several years already. I was so hungry for anything pro-wrestling related at the time I didn't even mind that I couldn't follow the real deal. I remember the magazines being very expensive over here, up to €15 a piece depending on where you bought them. Needless to say, I love the internet as well as satellite tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiArcader Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I think ..... and it's hazy being so long ago .... that it might have been Amstrad Action followed by Computer Gamer .... or maybe vice versa. I know I had just purchased an Amstrad CPC but was also playing around with the in-laws Atari 800XL and he subscribed to Antic about the same time. Actually, I might still have a few of those around somewhere :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zh666 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Oh wow, major flashback.I bought those ones for several years as well, including the WCW magazine even though I had never seen WCW on TV and they had stopped broadcasting WWF over here as well for several years already. I was so hungry for anything pro-wrestling related at the time I didn't even mind that I couldn't follow the real deal. I remember the magazines being very expensive over here, up to €15 a piece depending on where you bought them. Needless to say, I love the internet as well as satellite tv. haha yeah I was the same way too. When they stopped airing WWF on NBC I pretty much stopped watching wrestling, although I would catch the ocasional WCW show on TBS or something, I didn't have a good cable company, so no USA for WWF Raw, no TNT for WCW Nitro, until we upgraded to PrimeStar Satilite (dead now) and finally got those channels so I could watch wrestling again, got re-hooked during the Macho Man / DDP fued for WCW and Steve Austin / Brian Pillman feud for WWF.. WCW eventually won be over for their awesome mid-carders and then stopped watchin again after WCW went into the crapper.. I just don't have the heart anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterio Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 My first subsrciption was also Nintendo Power, followed by Game Player's. I also recall having a subsricption at that time to a really cool horror movie magazine (not Fangoria) and comic book news-style magazine, but can't recall what the names were. I only mention them to say that I loved the magazines back then, much better than today's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsyrup Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Video Games and Computer Entertainment! VG&CE gave me my first insight into the Lynx, TurboGrafx and Genesis years before they were released. There issues were thicker than EGM at the time and I thought they were a better value. Up until this point Mom would buy me EGMs every now and then. VG&CE died and I think the remainder of my sub turned into GamePlayers. My next Sub was EGM followed by NextGen which I to this day miss. I'm considering getting a sub to Edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongeman56 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Oh wow I feel embarrassed, I have NEVER subscribed to a video game magazine.. And now your probably thinking "Well why are you here, get off!" Well, I don't have the money. I have lots of magazines to buy from the store that I get once in a while but I don't have the money or the time to subscribe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perudon Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Oh wow I feel embarrassed, I have NEVER subscribed to a video game magazine..And now your probably thinking "Well why are you here, get off!" Well, I don't have the money. I have lots of magazines to buy from the store that I get once in a while but I don't have the money or the time to subscribe... I'm in the same boat, Spongeman. I've been meaning to subscribe to EGM though, seeing as I listen their podcast every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchyone Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Nintendo Power was my first. Started getting EGM and a couple of Playstation mags later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minglw Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 (edited) The first video game magazine I subscribe to was EGM. Don't recall when I started, but that was 10+ years ago. Back then, I was interested to read about new games coming out and their tips & tricks section. Edited September 7, 2008 by minglw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathUser Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I think my first subscription was EGM, but I know others were pretty memorable. Gameplayers was lol wacky. I never really liked GamePro. I enjoyed Sega Visions until less interesting games started coming out. I can't remember if I had a GameFan subscription, but it was a great magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konnichiwa Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Offiicial Playstation Magazine (Benelux). The first number I got was the one with Crash Bandicoot 3 on...I think number 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach1 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 GameFan. Too bad I subscribed too late in its life and the magazine stopped before my subscription finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmdoggg Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Mine was to Nintendo Power back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorWarrior Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 never wanted to get tied down to a magazine that would be good for a few issues and crap for most of the subscription Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysium Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 "Club Nintendo"... a mexican magazine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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