Great info. As a kid, I picked up the first issue of Dimension-PSX at a local EB and then never missed an issue (Dimension-PSX actually published 3 issues before changing names). I became a subscriber throughout their PS Extreme days and through the mid-2000s when it morphed into PSE2. PSE2 was a relaunch of the mag to reflect the move to PlayStation 2 coverage and it bizarrely switched to a large/oversized paper format, with lower quality paper and versus the thicker, glossy stock of PS Extreme. It also debuted at a lower price point than its predecessor.
I believe that PS Extreme reaped some early success when it first launched, but the arrival of PSM and OPM magazines in the late 90s slowly eat their market share to the point where they attempted to better differentiate themselves in the PS2 era (to limited success perhaps). I’ll have to dig them up, but the magazine would eventually revert to the standard paper size and then quietly cease publishing without notice in 2005/2006.
The primary staff of Dave, Gregg, and Zach Meston remained for the entirety of the magazine’s 10+ year run. Their personal, creative, and up-front personalities gave the magazine a very cohesive tilt that always connected better to me than the more mainstream magazines. Every article was labeled by its writer, and the whole thing felt like it was sort of a family/group of friends that I took a journey with during the 90s/2000s.
This and Gamefan were my favorite gaming magazines and I’ll always remember the joy of cracking open a new issue. It was a great surprise to read through the Dimension-3 issues posted here and find the same staff and layouts as PS Extreme. Like a lost treasure found.
I still have all of my old issues and I have no plans to ever part with them.
Just found the answer to my previous question. In the mail section of Issue 6, they discuss putting the Sega Saturn magazine on hold to evaluate the market situation. I'll assume that the situation never changed and they would end up putting 100% of their efforts into Dimension PS-X, later renamed to PS Extreme.
If you look at the advertisement in this issue (page 46), they mention launching both Dimension PS-X and Dimension Saturn in the upcoming month. Same crew (Dave Winding, Gregg Off, Tim Lindquist, Zach Meston) who went on with Dimension PS-X and some of which were part of the original Gamefan magazine staff. Looks like Dimension-3 was their attempt to go independent before settling in with the long-running Playstation publication.
Quite the surprise as a was a regular subscriber to Dimension PS-X/PS Extreme. Does anyone know if Dimension Saturn ever happened?
I remember a short-lived N64 spinoff in 1996/97 called "Q64" I believe. Don't think it lasted more than a few issues, and I never picked it up myself.
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