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no such luck it'll be that interesting....

the first one.... zelda for nes! zelda 2 i couldnt beat till i was a teen lol havent played half the newer ones after game boy and snes and nice new avatar mbj!

about friggin time they got some brains... maybe now i can sell my VHS copies on ebay before they're totally worthles... and the DVD transfers of them i got on ebay last yr;)

lol sucks...

sounds like the book changed a lot since the old days...

Warrior- after reading the last 6 or so posts, a very productive and mature converstion, you've said a bit a disagree with, but also a bit i agree with. In no specific order: not to get into a big conversation, but when you buy windows on cd, you're actually not allowed to do what you want with it. You can draw all over the cd, because its YOUR DISC, but you're only paying to use a copy (or two, whatever the deal is) of the OS. You can add software to the computer with that OS installed, but if you read the whole agreement (and on occasions, I have had to, for work, etc.).. some/most are very strict about altering the software. Forget backing it up- thats allowed, or at least, not a problem, but you arent allowed to reverse-engineer (ie modify) the actual windows code and stuff, even for your own personal use- forget the fact that noone cares, but if you're going on the honor system, most software has stipulations like that. Not that i agree or not, just throwin it out there for the hell of it. I like to talk;) Second point, about this guy Mort supposedly getting rich of his scans- you're probably right. He ran a certain expense (be it time, scanners, money for old magazines, whatever)... once he recoups that cost, then what he sells (minus the 30 cents for a blank dvd, and a few cents for electricity, envelope, etc), he's making money off the deal... and i don't like that idea either. I scanned a lot, and although I'd LOVE to make a profit off it, i wouldnt.. maybe Mort and i just see it differently... but either way, thats the way it is. As for my coming off so cocky about it at first, forgive me. I tend to get angry when I see posts that sound like people just wanting something for nothing. There have been posts of people who only complained about quality without even thanking anyone for thier time and work, people requesting like 40 issues of nintendo power without offering anything in return, etc... so i tend to get jumpy prematurely;) My point when I suggested you buy them wasn't to say it's wrong for us, but ok if you're spending the money. Again, the first line of your original post came off to me as 'can you guys buy these and give them away free because I want a copy'. it seems clear you didn't mean that, so again, I apologize. As for the point of giving away someone else's work, I just think its wrong- but theres not much that can be done. Like I think 420 said, once the first person got a copy of his work, it was out there open to the public for free (most likely, just hard as hell to find)... thats the nature of the internet- anything can be shared like crazy. The way I see it, mort is requiring donations for his work, whereas we do not- however we just suggest it, as a way to keep working (ie buy more mags). I havent read morts site too well, but is he still working on scanning other things, or is this all? If this is all, then anything over his costs defintely is profit, if he's not using it to move forward. The whole issue of buying his stuff and sharing it, i just think its not the right thing to do, but I totally see your point- and im sure i've done it at times (buy a cd, split the cost with someone, copy it for them, etc), but to flat out post it on a website like this, i think its going too far. If you were just to find and Private message a few people interested in it, and split the costs with them and not make it a big public thing, i think that might be a more reasonable solution- at least then the general public wouldn't be given full access to it, just the people that contributed towards it (even though each person put in less than the full amount, mort still gets to recoup some money.. or profit, whatever he's doing). On a side note behind all this, I didn't realize till your last post that mort's prices are in GBP. Anyone in USA that didnt realize, thats close to double USA dollars- Mort's asking nearly 30 bucks a dvd.... Thanks for at least having this conversation in maturity. Plenty of other people would have been sarcastic and vulgar by now;)

"But, if I did buy one of the discs available in that online store, wouldn't that give me the right to do what I want with those scans? Which would include sharing them on P2P networks, and like you say, share with you? Wouldn't that be exactly what Retromags would be doing by purchasing a disc? " If i go buy a copy of Windows XP, would that give me the rigth to do what I want with THAT disc and its contents? Again, if you think buying the disc and sharing the contents for free is ok, i invite you to step up and buy a disc, then share it with the retromags community for free. This is a group project, everyone helps and contributes. That can be your contribution.

if they scanned them, its thier work- hosting them for free when they sell them can be considered wrong (if not legally, at least morally. Don't forget, you're talking to (some) people who actually SCAN things, not just people looking to get something for nothing). Secondly, if you want to contribute, but cannot scan for us, perhaps you'd be kind enough to buy one or two and share them with us?

gonna check it out tomorrow, thanks

Anyone have any idea where I can get an old Xevious arcade machine in good condition? preferrably close to the eastern seaboard, so i can ship it cheaply or do it myself.. .thanks

Silent childbirth is physically impossible... women are never silent....

Money's nice to help run a website... and if you donated at least $10, you would be a 'premium member' and have access to more downloads... but money's not helping the scanning any. We're looking for people to SCAN... put a little time into things, and take the load of us... don't even try talking about 'internet respect'. There are plenty of people that show respect, then there are little pissants like yourself crying about a few pages being sized differently, without even thanking anyone for scanning it. I'm not scanning stuff for people like you, im scanning it for the people who can at least say thank you, or that they appreciate the scanning/editing time. Noone has to send what they do to anyone. They do so to be nice, and if they arent at least treated a little more graciously, will end up walking away and keeping what they do to themselves...

Noseface- First, I'll assume you meant to start your post with "Thank you for scanning and posting this magazine." After all, you did get this for free, from someone who put time and effort into it. Secondly, try scanning an issue or two for us, and see how hard it is to make it 110% perfect and then some. A few pixels off here and there isn't that huge an issue to complain about. The different sized pages (meaning the comics, which ARE different sized) its understandable, but you got your answer- but don't start complaining about 20-30 pixels here and there. third, if its that big a problem for you, dig out your magazines, or buy a copy on ebay, fix up the things you dont like, and send it out to all of us like we send out our scans. This is an open project, and its a work in progress. Anyone can help, and if you're downloading them, its probably only fair for you to try and help, and if you see something that needs work in your opinion, no better time and place to start then there. One last thing to think about: If a few more people each jumped in doing one or two books here and there, the rest of us would have less to do each, and could focus more time on scanning and making perfect the rest of the pages. -Premium Scanner Jay

Quoting the topic heading on the main forum page: "Off topic Discussions" within that topic: "Talk About Almost Anything Here" Sorta like the topics google bot gets away with oh so frequently;)

LOL ... ok then, please nobody actually post anything related to your views on religion and/or politics;) I"ll be good...

i'd comment, but im better off not... just hope it makes it to the season 9 dvd set....

anyone ever get any info on making an entertainment center PC? I'd still love to get some info on what's best to do....

Ok so who wants to discuss thier political/religious views? Lets have some REAL fun now!

ya, thats great, but is it taped to light gun, thats the question!

He really did his homework on that one lol...and better than anyone else, like usual;)

anyone wanna buy me a set, so i can stop this dumb treadmill running every night?

sony is so funny lol

large companies tend to find it easier/cheaper/faster to market imperfect items just to get to market first (xbox 360 anyone?) or to meet deadlines, etc, figuring it can be corrected/fixed/ touched up in a later release/version/model etc. Unfortunately, what you said it correct- finding and repairing a bug in millions of lines of code can be a pain in the butt- the best way is to develop it to better standards in the first place... sometimes greed hurts in the long run. even still, the problem isnt a 'bug' necessarily, but more a flaw in the logical design. Pins being stored with the decryption blocks are like locking your front door and taping the key to the lock.... This is something that should have been watched for- 'how is the key to the lock being handled?'

well, I was in college for nearly 6 yrs... dont ask....i still have nightmares about that;) cut out the eating heavy meals right before bed! lol...

The downloads section is for premium users. To become a premium user, help us out and scan some magazines- ten should be reasonable- check our works in progress area to see what we have done and what we need help with. We're focusing mainly on nintendo power first. If you dont want to do this, then donate some money to keep the site and the scanners running. Read the donations section for more details. -Jason