RetroDefense

Re-reading my earlier post, it sounds as if I'm in favor of simply grabbing content from other sites to host here at RetroMags. Certainly not what I intended to imply. I definitely believe in credit where credit is due and properly contacting these sites/scanners beforehand.

I'm only suggesting RetroMags be open to accepting scans from other sources. Both by accepting requests and perhaps by making some requests of our own.

Yep, Next Generation is fantastic - one of my favorite video game magazines! Very insider and developer-centric. Their system breakdowns and analysis were second to none, and each issue had a wonderful look and writing style, too.

I have a near complete run of their first lifecycle so hope to index more issues in the future. Anyone looking for some in-depth 32-bit history should definitely check out the first 20 issues or so.

Congrats, Areala! Nostalgia and a mag win - bonus.

Congratulations, WWWolf, and welcome aboard! I hope you'll be back to index more magazines in the future!

Same here! It's very cool "watching" a 'zine evolve over the months and years, and I'm finding it especially fun to document this kind of thing while indexing.

That said - congrats, Areala, for another win! Well deserved!

You haven't heard Castlevania III or Kid Icarus music until you try out the Famicom version.

Agreed!

I'd rather wait and see what the upcoming Retron 5 will deliver. Sounds very promising - HDMI out, support for numerous retro systems (NES/FC, SNES/SFC, Genesis/MegaDrive, GB/GBC/GBA - even SMS support with Power Base Converter or equivalent), original controller support, plus audio & video enhancements (including smoothing filters, scanline emulation, etc) And retailing for less than $150, last I heard.

I plan on buying one for the living room, but it won't be replacing my preferred CRT/original system setup anytime soon.

Requires another $50 for HDMI output - talk about a deal breaker.

Thanks all!

Of course I'm always trying to improve my odds (must... type... another index), but it's still anyone's ballgame, HunterofBugs. Good luck, everyone!

I usually read digital mags via tablet, though I'll sometimes use my PC on occasion.

While I'm not a fan of large downloads (my Internet connection is quite slow in this rural area I live in), I'd rather scans be future-proofed as much as possible, so voted full size scan. Certainly beats re-scanning and/or re-editing every so often.

Best case scenario, though - offer two download options. A full size scan along with a suitable (but download-friendly) lower-res scan. Or perhaps archive full size scans so that currently downloadable scans can be (somewhat easily) upgraded at a later date as display tech improves.

Awesome, Areala!

Diehard Game Fan v1i4!

And yep, gotta appreciate yesterday's covers.

By the way, not many folks know this, but Ms. Pac-Man isn't actually wearing fur. She's far too civilized to do such a thing.

Truth be told, she's swathed in ghost skin.

o_0

Congrats, HunterOfBugs!

Congrats, TheRon!

Congrats, Areala!

Hi, retrogamer3390 - welcome to the site!

I'm assuming the page scans on Digital Press for VG Illustrated aren't up to Retromags spec?

I was thinking the same thing, but - and someone correct me if I'm wrong - gleaning content from other sites/scans seems to be frowned upon here at RetroMags?

Personally, I'm of the mindset that - with the collaborative goal of archiving these magazines for the sake of the (eventual) public domain - resources and progress, net wide, should be shared when necessary.

So while I can understand the technical reasons regarding "spec" and quality issues, these should be the only reasons not to update the scan, imo.

I have a loose Wave Race 64 poster in my cop of NP #90, I'm assuming it's from that issue. I can scan that.

Wave Race 64 is a featured game in NP #90, so this is a pretty safe bet. Thanks, TheRedEye!

Hi phriq - welcome to RetroMags! I'm relatively new here myself so Phillyman or E-Day could probably describe this in better detail, but yes, the cut off does move to the right as time passes.

Also, any magazines which do not qualify for preservation via the site currently - for reasons of cut off or exclusion request or what-have-you - are still very important, as a synopsis of the magazine can be helpful to researchers, hobbyists, and collectors who are curious as to the contents of the magazine.

Videogaming Illustrated Issue 6 (June 1983) - missing back cover/inner back cover

Nintendo Power Issue 90 (Nov 1996) - missing poster

Congrats, HunterOfBugs!

Team Sega Newsletter #5!

Thought I'd share this here. Pretty much reflects my opinion of gaming mags - and their importance - to an exact degree.

Well, we should. All professionally published newsletters or magazines ought to be indexed. That also brings up the question I so persistently, doggedly wonder about, of fanzines. We can't exactly put them in the Magazine database, and they don't belong in the strategy guide database, so wouldn't there have to be a Fanzine Database? I can help with the indexing on those (I have digital copies of several fanzines).

I agree RetroMags should catalog pro newsletters, especially considering they're more obscure than the traditional magazine, so archiving them digitally is very important. It's probably a matter of nailing down the publication schedules & histories first though. How many issues, etc. Again, a task made difficult because of their obscurity.

I would like to see fanzine newsletters eventually cataloged as well, but I don't know if the current database convention could be applied - fanzine publication schedules were often very sporadic and numbering/volumization was often inconsistent. Jokingly so, in many cases.

For that matter, I'd like to see general, misc. ephemera cataloged. Pamphlets, catalogs, etc. But I can understand why this would probably be considered scope creep.

This site is very lucky to have TheRedEye and E-Day contributing their skills and time - kudos to you both, guys!

Sorry about missing page 69 of GP 11 - that was my bad. I must've only had content pages on my mind when I pointed out the incomplete scan originally. I'll take better care in the future.

Looking forward to downloading the revised scans!

They will both go into the same file.

I like this idea. I hope the same is applied to other scans as well, as I've always had an interest in video game magazine variant covers. Especially those that were never announced or promoted as such.

And yes, this is both as niche as geeky as it sounds.