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congrats @Ethereal Dragonz!

i want to third the love for all the 80s mags showing up recently. awesome!!

weekly?! what kind of demand does Australia have for birthday cake periodicals?

i try not to get nostalgic for paper or cardboard (keeps the cost down when collecting old games!) but i can't quit my love of the first ~75 issues of Nintendo Power. my magazine holy grail was to own the first issue of Nintendo Fun Club News. When the price shot up on that and it seemed like it would never be within reach, i shifted and tried to collect all of the Nintendo Power Flash issues (the Canadian equivalent of Fun Club News). Luckily, due to THIS VERY FORUM, there was a kind gentleman from Germany who had a complete set of FCN and NP Flash! i was able to make a deal with him, and i am glad to have them in my collection. Also, in NP #10, there was an offer for a mail-in exclusive poster ("Team Power Tips"). It took me quite a while to track that one down too.

now THIS is relevant to my interests!

Tips&Tricks was the mag i would always look for after "Nintendo Power" was no longer cool. i still loved NP, but when i was in study hall or whatever, i couldn't be seen reading it, so i reached for T&T or, if that was taken, EGM.

if a link to those would make it my way, i wouldn't complain!

i want to point out that 7 months after this post, a worldwide pandemic broke out, granting me weeks and weeks of free time since i was laid off from work. I used that time to do exactly what i explained in my post: Playing through Metroid 1, 2, Super Metroid, Fusion, Zero Mission, and ultimately Dread as well. Started Prime but wasn't feeling it, so i put it back on the backburner. Hopefully it doesn't take another disaster to make me pick it up again. Took the same approach to CastleVania (beat 1-4 & Symphony of the Night) and Bloodstained (beat Curse of the Moon 1 & 2 and Ritual of the Night) and Kid Icarus (1, 2, & Uprising). It was a hell of a summer. I'm trying to use that as motivation to keep playing through game series that i've long wanted to complete- back in December & January i beat Mega Man 1-8 & X. Started the Luigi's Mansion series (beat the first two, so far i'm about 1/3 of the way into #3).

I received Luigi's Mansion 3 as an X-Mas gift, so i took the opportunity to play through the series. i beat Luigi's Mansion 1 and 2 earlier this year, just started #3 this weekend. decently fun so far. also was working my way through the Mega Man games. beat 1-8 and X, but Mega Man & Bass (Game Boy Advance version) was giving me troubles and frustration so i shelved it for good for now. Ended up ordering a repro of the SNES version, so i'll probably get back on that horse at some point.....

i can't help you out, but i commend you on this. Collecting all of the cards is something i looked into once upon a time but was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of cards released. Good luck rounding this out!

hooray! i broke a million!

the one i've easily used the most is this Official Final Fantasy 7 guide from Brady Games: i still have my copy from the 90s. It is beat up pretty bad and has some water damage, but i refuse to give it up.

ok, this is an AWESOME name for a guide. it certainly got my attention!

i'm a bit puzzled by who needs an NBA Jam Player's Guide. i mean, i guess if you want to find all the secret characters, but it seems a bit unnecessary, you know?

ha, i definitely had (have?) this book!

the links in the original post don't work anymore. Is it possible to jump back in somehow?

ahh, Nintendogs. i was trying to figure out how tihs could possibly be a supplement for NP. Honestly, i thought E-Day was just early on his April Fool's Day gag this year.

@E-Day i just want you to know that i very much appreciate all the work you put in for this database. You've scanned and released hundreds (thousands?) of magazines. You're a first class scanner! the recent wealth of Nintendo Power does my heart good.

it was fun playing my favorite game of all time (LOZ1) on a new platform. There's obviously many better ways to play the game (i think i can play it on 5 systems maybe?) but i'm such a sucker for Zelda 1 rereleases i couldn't turn it down.

i just picked up the new Legend of Zelda Game & Watch. does that count as a system?

never seen this before. thanks!

yes, both Bomberman and Waluigi are already assist trophies. that's what i was trying to imply. guess it didn't come across that way. mildly disappointed that Crash didn't make the cut. i'm pretty ambivalent towards Sora- i've also never played a Kingdom Hearts game. But he seemed to be one of, if not the, most requested character, so i'm glad so many people got what they were requesting.

quick story about this movie: i watched it when it was new to video and liked it, but didn't love it. a year or two later, i was in the mood for a Will Ferrell movie (i think i had just wanted Elf and wanted more of that kind of comedy). Decided to watch Anchorman again, as i "liked it enough to put on in the background while i do other stuff". i couldn't take my eyes off the screen, and laughed my ass off the entire way through. I don't know why it hit me so much more the second time, but it's now one of my favorite comedies.

i'm still holding out hope for Crash. i mean, Bomberman or Waluigi would be my preference, but what ya gonna do?