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  1. I get the feeling that it is ethereal to listen to his music right now. Kind of in that state of mind that it can't be true.
  2. I thought I read in the article that it plays specially licensed ROM files (probably a proprietary format).
  3. Not many members here know but Retromags turned 4 yesterday and I am proud to present an interview with Phillyman, I mean, if you have been around here long, you know a day late is like lightening fast for him so I will take what I can get here. The project has come a long way, we have welcomed an icon to the project in The Game Doctor, and have had to ask a few members to leave. Many milestones have been passed with the acquisition of issues like Electronic Games #1 (thanks to the Father of Gaming Magazines for having the balls to team up with Arnie Katz and get Reese Communications to take that chance). Many new members have joined up and have done amazing work on the site, the wiki and just being there supporting with forum posts, to name one would be a disservice to those not named, you all know who you are, on behalf of the rest of the Retromags Team, thank you. Now, on to the meat and potatoes of this announcement, the interview with Phillyman. He is the founder of Retromags (so if you really really hate it here, blame him). While not exactly the final word on things (we whip him regularly) he is the head man here. We show him respect (when members might be watching) and do respect him (sometimes, sometimes not) and wouldn't (couldn't?) trade him for anyone else. When were you born? About 15 minutes south of Philadelphia What prompted you to start Retromags? I used to belong to a certain forum that is no longer around, a few members on that forum started scanning video game manuals for preservation. I had always wanted to give back to the emulation scene, but due to lack of programming knowledge....I could not help. One night it hit me to scan all my Nintendo Power magazines into electronic format. What is the official Birthday of Retromags? June 25th 2005! (see, told you, don't worry, he is back on his memory medicine so maybe we can do this on time next year) What is your favorite moment over the last 4 years of running Retromags? I have a good many favorite moments, but to be honest my favorite moment is a compilation of moments. Retromags was a very slow project a few years ago, and due to Meppi, Thor, Triverse, MBJ, Kitsune, Kbf_private_joker, E-Day and countless others....we are now moving along at a great pace. What is your favorite issue available here? I have to go with the very first issue of Nintendo Power. ( available here) What is your most treasured gaming possesion? I have a Sega Channel adapter, brings back memories of when I was younger. If you could go back and change one thing, what would it be? I wish that the people who were helping out back in 2005 were still somehow around these days. What is the most scary thing to happen to you in the last 4 years with Retromags? Nothing terribly scary has happened thus far, I do remember a rumor about Nintendo offering Nintendo Powers through the Wii channel....which would have made us have to stop offering them through Retromags. Did you think Retromags would be where it is at now when you started it? Not really, when you start a project like this....you never know how it will be recieved. But I think we still have room to grow. I would still love to see us get 20 people who could produce 1 scanned/edited magazine per month. Where do you see Retromags going in the next say, 2 years and 6 years respectively? I see us as being the #1 source for electronic preservation of retro gaming magazines. I also see us becoming the #1 source for information pertaining to those magazines. I hope that within 2 years we finish up the EGM and Nintendo Power sets. In 6 years I would hope that we would have GamePro, Next Generation, Electronic Games and Gamefan completely preserved. If you could have one guarantee with Retromags, what would it be? I would like the guarantee that we will still be here in 2019! There you have it, if you have any questions for Phillyman, post them here. Retromags wouldn't be here without the support of the members like you.
  4. The game may be cancelled now. http://www.split-screen.com/2009/06/26/mic...o-be-cancelled/
  5. I was going to move your topic but we started getting posts in it already so I just left it where it was. I deleted mine out of respect for you and the fact that you beat me to it. No matter though, those that wish to comment are finding it easily. It is a sad moment though, no matter how you feel about the man.
  6. Sega may be out of the market of marketing their own hardware but they aren't scared to license said hardware out to other companies to sell, they have licensed everything out since the Sega CD (JVC X-Eye anyone?), Sega Saturn (Creative had an expansion card for PC's and in Japan, JVC had at least one licensed Saturn system) and now they have licensed out the Genesis hardware to Innex. Thanks to kotaku.com
  7. Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Michael Jackson...the tri-fecta.
  8. You beat me to it Thor. I had a front page news item on this. It is sad.
  9. That list of games was not from Activision (of course they would still release those games). Course, sequels to some of those games would probably be missed if Activision went through with this. Remember, history is repeating itself, we are going to be heading into console exclusivity in the next generation of systems and I think this is a case of some companies showing their cards a little early.
  10. I used to love watching him on TV (yeah, I am old). I think the other one I mentioned was a poor knockoff done by NBC or something. I remember a segment about lifting a car with one hand and he got out a jack or something and when they were done, the kid was all amazed that they did it. It was funny.
  11. That is funny about ROM comics, I have the issues where Rogue appeared in it with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants or something, before she joined X-Men (I think they were appearances #3 and 4 or something so she is totally different).

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  12. I found this... I wonder if it was one of the prizes given away...
  13. Was this the one where him and the kids spent a lot of time in the Lab? Or was that Beakman's World?
  14. Retromags Presents! Sim Earth Do you have other variations of this advertisement? Feel free to submit them in this thread! Conversations about this game or advertisement are also welcome in this thread
  15. I asked Bill Loguidice over on the Atari Age forums about it. He never sent over the contact information for the owner of the material for me to get in contact with. Edit: If someone were to get one of these scanners, Plustek OpticBook 3600 you could scan that stuff without an damage. http://www.plustek.com/product/book3600.asp
  16. Doesn't MJ still own the second half of the Beatles collection?
  17. This time next year? Pfff! I was thinking this time next month. Please ignore my post there at #9, I must have logged into the wrong account or something, I don't remember typing that... Just imagine if I had something worth saying at how many posts I would have. lol
  18. Sega is celebrating Sonic's 18th birthday today by giving away various Sonic memorabilia. For full rules check out Sega Blognik before entering. You will need to be enter using twitter and following Sonicgames(@sonicgames) or join the Sonic group on Facebook. Here is the information from Sega Blognik: And the prizes up for grabs:
  19. Adventure Quest is a play based on early adventure games most heavily enfluenced by the ones that Sierra released (Quest for Glory, and King's Quest). For a quick refresher you can check the first forum post here. There are 5 dates available for viewing the play in July, only one is left in June though (Thursday the 25th) so you have time to head that way if your in the area and interested. For more information you can join the Adventure Quest Facebook page, and check out the brief article from Time Out New York, Game Journal has an interview with the creators of AQ available. Destructoid.com has an interview with Corey Cole, the programmer for Quest for Glory to find out his thoughts on Adventure Quest. A clip from the Facebook page for Adventure Quest: If you can and are interested in this type of show, please support them and attend the show. Tickets are $15 if you find yourself in the area. Adventure Quest is a part of the Anti-Depressant Festival put on by The Brick Theater.
  20. Are you a fan of the game inFamous? Heard about the 4 issue comic set they released for free to read online? It is available on Playstation.joystiq.com. Go check it out. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2840/kk...hinfamoscpm.jpg
  21. I have been known to have a high tolerance for pain (I have had to remove toe nails in whole to get rid of an ingrown one or peel off fingernails after smashing them), I had my gallbladder removed, went back to work 3 weeks later and ripped open two of the 5 incissions they put in (put some duct tape on the wounds and finished my work day, then went to the hospital). I have never done anything like that guy though.
  22. If you frequent certain GAME sites and read some of their FAQS you may run across members that think meppi and me are one in the same, just a bi-polar person. Taking that route of thinking, We have beaten Philly by a long shot.
  23. I welcome all challengers. I just really have this to say about beating meppi I coming for you Philly...just letting you know...see you in about oh, about 3 months (just wait, we are going to be kicking it in high gear soon).
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