Nice job mate on the double page, everybody learning new things every day about scanners. I was trying to get a magazine onto the webstie from last years.
Yes you can see this is a huge difference in quality. And it is good for a magazine like this because IIRC they used VERY cheap paper stock, even cheaper than other cheap paper mags. And did anyone else think that the ink they used in this mag made it smell bad? Maybe it was the chemicals in the paper? GamePro in the summer of 1994 in particular had a very odd scent. The paper quality seemed the same as their prior releases, so I always assumed if a mag smelled bad it was the ink.
So what I am saying is be thankful as fastidious and exacting as Kitsune is that he did not find a way to synthesize the odor of these magazines as well
This brings back memories! I actually had this magazine, but I didn't even have a Playstation yet. It's funny in hindsight to see the promotion of Chrono Trigger without the mention of Akira Toriyama. Dragon Ball had it's first whatever episodes dubbed ending with Oolong making the wish on the Dragon Balls and the gang deciding to split for now. Dragon Ball Z was being broadcast around this time too! It just hadn't hit critical mass in American audience's minds yet because of the censorship and editing down of the first 67 episodes down to 53.
So while it was in existence around this time in the States, it wasn't known enough to tout Akira Toriyama's influence on this game. Now it's a case of obvious recognition, and in my childhood mind I thought based on the look of the lead characters, that this game was somehow related to Secret of Mana. I think it was over a year before I even got Chrono Trigger as a Christmas gift. Mortal Kombat 3 I think is best remembered for that highly kiddified cartoon adaptation, and the mess created with the different versions of Sub-Zero.
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