WarriorWarrior

Don't need to be rude or nothing but having scans a couple of months before everyone else isn't really much encouragement to make people donate. Why don't you offer them the real copies after you've scanned them in, or something? Or why don't you offer them 'something'?

Worth the money? LOL......... He pays around 20p per disc.

It's about 25% of the price of a Wii, and it plays a lot more roms than a wii if you burn the right emus. I personally haven't the time to play around with the Xbox to get roms on it (tried to mod it when I had it and it went horribly wrong - never again). Exactly, which is more or less what I originally pointed out. I'll never buy a Wii because of it. Yeah, you're on the mug side of the line and I'm not. You Nintendo fans must love being ripped off. However, each to their own.

Just out of interest, has Mort donated his magazine discs to retromags yet?

People who scan vs people who leech is what I was talking about. It's those who download off the site and give nothing back being a larger number than those who do. It's the same concept in application in torrenting files, but the context you took my post in is a bit wrong. If The Game Manual Archive was my site and I was paying to keep it up and running, I'd be very annoyed to the point of wanting to just pull the plug everytime I saw all those hundreds (maybe thousands) of different IPs downloading the content and only 2 or 3 contributing anything, per month. If people give nothin' to keep a site like that alive, they've only themselves, as a collective, to blame for it dying off so quickly.

"The "I want to play it on a console" excuse won't work either, when you can burn them to disc and play them on an Xbox or something." Do you think that the save feature is exclusive to Nintendo Wii's virtual console rip-off? The emulator you put on the Xbox disc which would emulate thousands of times the amount of roms the Virtual Console has in its library, will more than likely have the same 'save feature'. It's a common standard on both PC emulators and console ports of those PC emulators. You clearly know of the existence of free ROMs on the net, so what's your excuse for paying Nintendo's rip-off fee? I can't dispute the ignorance of the mainstream market, but their ignorance as a collective doesn't apply to the ignorance of the individuals here who should know better than to support this b?llshit from Nintendo. Nintendo won't ever do this if they have people like you willing to pay the price for individual roms. What happens when you accidently delete a rom, do you get to download it again for free? You disagree for the sake of disagreeing, defying all logic in doing so. Sometimes what's right needs to be stood up for, instead of ignorantly following your own way to try and one-up somebody on the internet. Keep it real, and don't give Nintendo a penny. There's a fine line between being a Nintendo fan, and a Nintendo mug.

Obviously Nintendo fans don't know what online gaming is all about yet. Hahahaha.

I wouldn't be suprised if it's dead and gone - especially since the scanner/leecher ratio was probably somethin' like 0.0000001/1000000000000. It's quite possible the said scanners got tired of doing the hard work for people who didn't want to give anything back. And without scanners, the webmaster possibly pulled the plug on the project. Of course, I'm speculating.

Hang on a minute... Why are you filling Nintendo's pockets for over-priced roms (IMO, the roms should be free, with a only a small subscription for the online service/download access - ?3-?8 per rom? F?ck off, Nintendo (that makes even the old EEA archive DVD burning scammer look honorable)) of dated games for a console that's under-powered -- ironically giving dated graphics also with its new titles (especially when compared to the 360 & PS3) -- with a flawed over-hyped motion sensor control mechanism (COD3 on Wii? No Thanks)? The whole premise of paying top dollar for a new system is to get the latest technology and gameplay. Tell me, what new gameplay experience does buying the same old game that's been repackaged and sold for crazy prices on varous other nintendo consoles (namely DS & GBA) lots of times already over the last decade or so give? I'm flabberghasted by the fact you people are paying out for it... and happy about it - it just doesn't make any sense. Are you people not aware that you can download the same roms.. on a PC.. for nothing? Oh, and don't hark on at me about the 'legal issue', not when this whole retromags project we're all supporting concerns distribution of the same ilk of copyrighted materials the control-freak Nintendo wouldn't hesitate to raise a legal issue over. And the "I buy it so I can own the official copy" doesn't wash this time either, since they're just roms. The "I want to play it on a console" excuse won't work either, when you can burn them to disc and play them on an Xbox or something. Nintendo must have mind control powers. Obviously not over me, because I'm not weak enough to succumb to con-artists Nintendo are proving themselves to be. They can shove their nostalgia up Mario's ?ss. Crazy. Regards, W.

I'm posting here on the offchance that somebody may know about my problem, as it's a pain in the ?ss gettin any help for it directly from microsoft because of the number of monkeys they employ. I'm confused on how to connect to Xbox Live. I have an ADSL connection, which means the modem cabling is completely different from the ethernet cables for Cable internet access. And Microsoft has kindly given FAQs on connecting to Cable internet, and disregarded ADSL completely, as far as I can make out. So I'm totally lost. I don't want a wireless connection from my PC to the internet, just from my Xbox 360 to the internet. I presume I place this wireless ADSL compatible router between my regular ADSL modem and PC via wires, with the 360's wireless adapter tuning into the wireless router's receiver to hop onto my PC's internet as a second device? What ADSL wireless routers are compatible with Xbox Live for use with the Official Xbox360 Wireless Network Adapter? I'm totally confused as to if Xbox Live would work by just buying any wireless ADSL modem. The list given on the Xbox help pages of compatible routers are all Cable internet routers (unless I'm mistaken, which I can't see how). Please, someone, clear up my confusion Regards,

Is anyone familiar with the "Error: Format did not complete successfully" when trying to format a new hard disk in Disk Manager in XP SP1? I got that error and rebooted the computer to try again because after I got that error it locked me out of explorer. After reboot I cannot see the HDD or partition at all in Disk Manager, but device manager says it's connected via firewire. I'm pretty much stumped. Any ideas? Is the drive fucked or is there still a way to get the drive/partition back?

Jesus christ.

I have the SuperPlay issues now. Took me ages to find it but I eventually found a source ! I'm not going to make a torrent out of it by the way. I've enough uploading going on already to maintain a decent seed. And there's the obvious legal reasons for making it publically available =\, in others' minds. However, If you would like FTP access for it I could be convinced to set you up an account should there be a good reason for me to go out of my way, so to speak. PM me and we can discuss it or continue to post here. Damn, just have to say it's a fine collection, you know. 2.26GB in size, all 46 issues plus a golden issue and tons of extras. ! Super Play - Binder Picture.zip 55 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play - Booklets & Free Mags (EN).zip 15,450 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play - Contributer Letter & Free Gifts (EN).zip 97 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play - Covermounts & Posters (EN).zip 88,616 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play - Free Calenders (EN).zip 19,373 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play - Issue Spines (EN).zip 18,819 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play - Wil Overton's Cover Artwork.zip 3,753 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play & Total! DVD Cover (EN).zip 15,158 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 001 (November 1992) (EN).zip 46,205 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 002 (December 1992) (EN).zip 50,582 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 003 (January 1993) (EN).zip 57,240 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 004 (February 1993) (EN).zip 51,827 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 005 (March 1993) (EN).zip 47,499 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 006 (April 1993) (EN).zip 48,390 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 007 (May 1993) (EN).zip 50,401 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 008 (June 1993) (EN).zip 51,020 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 009 (July 1993) (EN).zip 52,955 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 010 (August 1993) (EN).zip 51,774 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 011 (September 1993) (EN).zip 51,923 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 012 (October 1993) (EN).zip 50,214 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 013 (November 1993) (EN).zip 54,286 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 014 (December 1993) (EN).zip 53,823 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 015 (January 1994) (EN).zip 51,998 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 016 (February 1994) (EN).zip 48,275 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 017 (March 1994) (EN).zip 49,447 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 018 (April 1994) (EN).zip 49,867 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 019 (May 1994) (EN).zip 48,819 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 020 (June 1994) (EN).zip 51,183 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 021 (July 1994) (EN).zip 51,158 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 022 (August 1994) (EN).zip 50,320 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 023 (September 1994) (EN).zip 47,673 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 024 (October 1994) (EN).zip 48,159 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 025 (November 1994) (EN).zip 47,711 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 026 (December 1994) (EN).zip 45,514 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 027 (January 1995) (EN).zip 49,020 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 028 (February 1995) (EN).zip 45,131 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 029 (March 1995) (EN).zip 44,858 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 030 (April 1995) (EN).zip 41,674 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 031 (May 1995) (EN).zip 41,179 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 032 (June 1995) (EN).zip 41,097 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 033 (July 1995) (EN).zip 40,833 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 034 (August 1995) (EN).zip 41,075 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 035 (September 1995) (EN).zip 38,965 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 036 (October 1995) (EN).zip 40,394 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 037 (November 1995) (EN).zip 38,751 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 038 (December 1995) (EN).zip 38,822 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 039 (January 1996) (EN).zip 38,649 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 040 (February 1996) (EN).zip 39,334 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 041 (March 1996) (EN).zip 40,172 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 042 (April 1996) (EN).zip 41,496 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 043 (May 1996) (EN).zip 41,090 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 044 (June 1996) (EN).zip 41,958 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 045 (July 1996) (EN).zip 40,605 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 046 (August 1996) (EN).zip 40,222 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play 047 (September 1996) (EN).zip 40,106 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Super Play Gold - Annual (1993) (EN).zip 39,591 KB WinRAR ZIP archive Enough to make you water at the mouth, right? d:-)

I've been searching the net for ages looking for a "3.5" Firewire/USB2 Removable Tray (for exchanging HDDs) hot swappable hard drive enclosure device" that can hold at least one internal IDE HD drive at a time (would be fantastic to find one that can hold multiple drives though for a good price). I just cannot find one. If anyone knows where I can get one of these things, please let me know, it's driving me insane. And what's the cheapest you can get an internal 400GB drive for? Links to sites would be appreciated.

kizer, good idea. I think scanning them in at 300DPI and having them in JPEG format is all you need to know really. Group them together and put them in a .cbz file for CDReader comic-book reading program. I know people here are fussy with wanting to edit the images afterwards though, messing around with brightness and contrast etc. There's nothing stopping you from scanning in later issues to share elsewhere.

And to add what Sav and zovik said, Retromags hasn't had a new official worthy release since the last of the nintendo powers, which was I think over a month ago or so. It's a different animal to GMA, completely, which means you're not going to see anything released potentially at retromags bar third party projects for absolutely ages. You don't get that problem at GMA. Whether a polite complaint is welcomed or not by a site like GMA, in all fairness, nobody has a right to complain about something they're getting for nothing, so it's best to phrase a complaint as constructive criticism, pointing out you're trying to help the project, rather than blast/bash/knock it. Amen.

I couldn't help but open my mouth on this one. I hope I add a worthy contribution to this thread. Joe, It's even more rude to go behind someone's back and slag them off. It's more honourable to do it to their faces. Maybe it would've been better for you to go and post a friendly complaint in the GMA forums in the first place? I'm sure they'd listen to you and not take it as an insult. However, if they were to read you slagging them off in other forums, maybe they would find it rude and insulting? So you must be the kind of person you say you don't want to be. From what I've read in the GMA forums, they welcome criticisms and complaints. Oh, and they also make mention of a problem with server space, which is probably why they don't offer many print-quality scans. Picking out one scan out of an archive that implicitly tries to get across to people that it isn't endeavouring for perfection (which is the part that you couldn't find, Joe, about the quality of the scans), as it's a far-fetched goal to set and achieve, and basing GMA's entire archive off that example, is unfair. It's also unfair to compare Retromags' quality scans to a site like GMA which hosts the things on its own server allowing instant downloads and none of the lack of seed problems you can get with torrents after a while. Of course they have to take into consideration file size, or they wouldn't be able to host many scans. They're not like Retromags whereby the only thing necessary is the size of a hard drive and a torrent uploading tool. I've downloaded a couple from GMA and I have to say, I don't really find anything particularly wrong with them. The majority is readable and a lot are very nice quality. Good enough for a digital document. It is unavoidable that some are poor quality as GMA has the policy that they take what they can find, and over 90% of what they add to the archive these days is donated to them from users who aren't part of a dedicated scanning team like Retromags has. GMA isn't responsible for their own scan content, it's everybody donating and the various sources GMA has used, so they're the ones you need to direct a complaint to. Joe, I think I might be the disrespectful person who you were on about who complained about those Nintendo Power scans. We don't learn from our mistakes if nobody alerts us to them. This is why most businesses have a complaints department (albiet, mostly crappy and useless ones that can only be reached via phone and hefty on-hold waiting times, to which untrained monkeys reply in assitance of your complaint/call), so they can better their product(s). From what I mentioned in the past on here in some other thread somewhere about the Nintendo Power releases, they were far from perfect. Instead of going to the GMA forum and talking about it there, I decided to alert the scanners here to the high contrast issue that has killed a lot of the detail on the pages. To which they responded with something like, "we did it to make the pages readable". Which is a fair response, although I don't agree with it. I just think they needed to turn the contrast of their monitor up before deciding to adjust the contrast on the scans to make them viewable on a dimly lit screen. But the point is, I spoke up about it to the person(s) it would concern. There are big problems with trying to be perfect. One of them is the problem that none of us are going to live forever. I personally prefer to have a reasonable to good quality upload than a perfect upload that's going to take years to prepare.

Would be nice if someone was to upload this to alt.binaries.emulators.misc at some point too.

Please upload this to alt.binaries.emulators.misc newsgroup. I'm missing out on all your great works 420 :*(

MBJ, I don't believe you!!! :| Nice one for taking being called a fool on the chin though, HAHA..

I'm in the IRC channel now asking them to reactivate my old account (I had one ages ago but hardly ever used it and now it's been disabled for being inactive), but I'm getting no response at the moment (unlike the quick replies from helpful people like you, 420, these people are slow as hell). I did get an invite when I found out it was disabled a few days ago, which I then clicked and tried to reactivate my old account with or get a new one. It told me my IP is already in use: "Signup failed! The ip xx.xx.xx.xx is already in use." Looking at the responses from the users in the IRC channel, I'm screwed here. :( I do understand why you would want to torrent your work on a site like google cos it forces people to seed, so the torrent won't die as quickly. EDIT: AND unfortunately after being a nice guy in pursuit of a way of getting access again, speaking with the nice google people patiently in the IRC channel as said above, they turned out to be unreasonable (they don't have a system in place whereby if your account is disabled you can get re-enable and get access again, even though I barely downloaded anything (1GB.. ratio of 0.17). I'm, as you can call it, shitlisted). Anyway, to cut a long story short, they started getting all sarcastic and 'smart aleck' with me, so I lost my patience and ended up telling them that their tracker sucks with no system in place and for them to suck me. They're worse than Petrified tracker admin, at least they give you the opportunity. Even though both Petrified and google are trackers with snotty kids at the helm. I'm sure those are some quality scans I'm missing out on 420. Is there any chance somewhere in the near future you can post them to a newsgroup or something? I know this is probably asking a lot since you're doing a lot already. But I was going to download them and seed like hell on the tracker. Due to google staff being a bunch of unreasonable idiots I can't do this. Despite google's ignorance and stupidity with regards to all users in my situation, I will try and find a way around it and I suggest everyone else does the same.

Does it have to be on Gay-Porn? That place is so tight, nobody can get an account.

Would be nice if a torrent for 0 to 275 could be created I'm willing to share my collection via FTP for such a thing too. Phillyman, would you be interested in sharing our personal collections via FTP? What about anyone else? PM me with details.

Anyone have the earlier issues of EGM eBook, say any or all issues 001-175? I'm willin to share my 80GB mag archive with you in return.

After quick observation I find those to be very smart-aleck replies, Gizmo, but I'm going to be the bigger man here and reply to them as politely and non-sarcastically as possible. Yes I misread kevin's meaning by "amassing a collection of magazines" - I took it literally as in 'any' format; let that be paper or jpeg. To be as frank as you are to me: You're wrong to suggest it's not possible to quickly download a full set of magazines from WOS; it is very possible and the example I gave is only around 15 issues long. I did manage to download all 15 in one day (WOS temporarily bans for a day when limits have been exceeded - a manual reconnection the next day is hardly hard work and effort, should WOS' download limits be stricter now than they were when I used it back then). I do realise it was Future Publishing denying Mort the rights to sell, but the issue could be primarily that: To sell. Mort or Kevin's uploads here would be non-profit. On the Nintendo guy: Some people don't know when to keep their mouth shut. I'd like to know where I stated I had "given him permission" to upload them - I never claimed to be the owner of the scans. I gave him a reason to upload them, which would be to help preserve a piece of history and let people have a taste of it. "Hell", I don't know why anyone would want to deny everyone that opportunity; but it seems some people don't know when to keep the self-righteousness locked away and try to spoil it for everyone. It'd be nice if those people would stop talkin crap and think with a bit of sense and logic instead, for once. Luckily, kevin turned out to be a forward thinker and have lots of sense and logic. Thanks to mine and kevin's FTP sharing, we have managed to expand our collections. Personal thanks go out to Kevin for the SuperPlay and others that Mort is no longer able to legally sell, especially. Great work on the collection, it was a pleasure to browse. I hope we stay in contact and help each other out in future. It definitely pays off when we work together. Gets us nowhere when we fart around on forums arguing about ownership and copyright. Less mouth and more work, it's what will make Retromags flourish and mag-collectors mag-scan wealthy. keep up the good work, all. Regards (Future Publishing can kiss my (__)_)), WarriorWarrior PS. Retromags doesn't host the mags on the server.