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One of the very last issues of this mag (next-to-last, I think) before it was turned into PC Gamer.

Straight from a box in my storage unit to my scanner to you to the recycling bin TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!!!
Hope you enjoy!

Do you know why I love this magazine, and the first several years of PC Gamer (which shared the same staff)?  It's because the articles and reviews are written by intelligent professionals, so even reading about games I don't have the slightest interest in is a joy - something that sadly isn't all that common in video game journalism.

This issue marks the first time a ratings system was used in reviews.  Wanna see how Resident Evil 1.0 Alone in the Dark fared?  Check it out!

Video Games & Computer Entertainment Issue 007

Prior to this issue, this magazine was called Game Player's PC Strategy Guide.  This is the first issue under the Game Players PC Entertainment title.   In 1994, it would change its name a final time to PC Gamer.

This was a beautiful, mint-condition issue.  It was a shame to slice it up, but thems the breaks when scanning a magazine.  Hopefully somebody out there appreciates the sacrifice.

This mag hails from an interesting time when the PlayStation and Saturn were the new kids on the block vying for attention while Nintendo, Atari, and Panasonic were all trying to distract everyone using smoke and mirrors with their promises of their killer next-gen systems - the Ultra 64, the Jaguar II a.k.a. Midsummer, and the M2, only one of which actually went into production.  Learn from history, kids.  Don't believe the hype.

This particular copy was apparently given away at E3 (see the sticker on the cover).  It's an interesting mag.  The opening editorial claims the mag aims to appeal to adult gamers, and for the most part, I found it an interesting read that did indeed succeed in their stated goal of being better than the typical video game mag aimed at children.  The only problem I had with the mag was the review section, which for some reason eschewed written reviews in favor of what was essentially a bunch of screenshots and a score.  They must have gotten some negative feedback on this format, since later issues would add written commentary to the reviews.  Anyway, check it out!

This issue has the singularly hellish distinction of being comprised of almost nothing BUT two-page spreads.  Seriously, about the only pages that aren't spreads are a couple of the advertisements.  That said, I've kept the entire mag as single pages this time, since there isn't anything vital that will be disrupted by viewing the pages separately.  Nevertheless, you may want to switch to two-page viewing mode from time to time to get a better sense of how the mag was printed (on my reader of choice, CDisplay, you can switch between two-page and single page viewing by hitting CTRL-t and CTRL-s, respectively).

This issue shipped with an ENORMOUS double-sided poster of Ultima VII.  I had to cut it into 8 pieces to be scanned, but it has been meticulously restored to perfection.  The poster images have been included at the end of the archive at the same resolution as the rest of the mag (2500px high), but for anyone interested, I have uploaded the full-size versions (12,648 x 19,530) of the front and back sides here:
Ultima VII poster
Ultima VII map

In-depth strategies for:
WWF Wrestlemania
Air Combat
Scooby-Doo Mystery (Genesis)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition
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This is a supplementary magazine included with an issue of Game Players Nintendo Guide from 1992.  It covers releases from Ocean Software for the SNES, NES, Game Boy, PC and Amiga.
Please feel free to comment or hit the "like" button if you download this or any other file.  That kind of encouragement is really the only motivation we have to keep scanning

This is a re-scan to replace the previous release of this issue.  The previous release of this issue was the first mag I ever scanned, and it was done using a crappy all-in-one printer/fax/scanner.  I was never happy with the results and finally decided I had to rescan it with my Scansnap to present it at the same high level of quality as the rest of my scans.  This release is a big improvement upon the previous one, and I encourage anyone who downloaded it previously to replace it with this version.
Please be aware that this issue features several page joins, including a very wide 4-page-join, which some CBR readers do not display well, causing the image to appear to be low-res and blocky.  This is a fault of the CBR reader not displaying extra-wide images correctly, and not the fault of the image file, but regardless, the individual pages that make up each join are also included here and will display correctly on all CBR readers.

Another fine issue of this mag, only a short time before it evolved into PC Gamer
Thanks to Areala for donating this issue!

Another awesome mag from the golden age of PC gaming when PC games were PC Games, console games were console games, and never the twain did meet. A small blurb mentioning the upcoming release of a little shareware title called Doom signals big things to come just over the horizon...
 
Thanks to Areala for donating this mag for preservation!

Special 1992 Buyer's Guide issue
Also features an in depth guide to sound cards and MIDI.

Thanks to Whiskcat for donating this issue to be scanned