Areala

The ads are completely present in Kitsunebi's download. What he's talking about is the change of one specific ad which existed in the original version of the magazine which was scanned, but was different in the version he scanned.

We're a pretty civil place around here. I think it helps that most people who frequent the forums were alive when these things were being published in the first place, and with age comes back pain wisdom, or so I'm told. *huggles* Areala

Apologies. I was going by the details on the image when I look at its properties in Windows, which said 1661x2200 with horizontal and vertical resolution of 300dpi.

Welcome to Retromags, @seldan700! The ad you're looking for came from GamePro magazine in 2003. I found the first instance of it in Issue 175, which you can download from the link. It takes up the entire side of page 64, and about 1/4th of page 65, so you would need to do a little digital cut-and-paste to put them together if you wanted the final poster to look exactly like the image you linked. That particular issue was scanned at a resolution of 1661x2200 at 300dpi here, so hopefully that will work well for blowing it up. If you do make it into a poster, be sure to stop back by and show it off for us! *huggles* Areala

That's because that particular incarnation was played by the luscious and lovely Rhona Mitra. *huggles* Areala

They should as long as the clone systems have a dedicated cartridge connector. The internals of a Super Nintendo are well-known and documented, so engineering something that reads SNES cart data isn't difficult.

Hints and cheat codes. Prima guides from that era that cover multiple games are always just hint/cheat books. Guides from that era about one specific game are full walkthrough. *huggles* Areala

For scanning magazines, you cannot get any better than debinding the magazine and running it through an actual scanner. Book scanners of the type you're talking about merely take a photo of the pages. This can work (crudely) for books, because they're dealing almost entirely with text as opposed to finely-detailed artwork, and the gutter (the point where the two pages meet in the center) is always composed of white space. With magazines, this is exactly the opposite: magazines are printed full-bleed (ink all the way to the edges of the pages, including the gutter), and feature far more finely-detailed artwork than they do text. If you want to do it for your own personal collection, a book scanner is a low-cost, minimal-effort solution. If you're wanting to do it for our site, the end result won't be high-quality, and we likely won't use them here. You'll want a good scanner with a document feeder; I'm sure some of the other members can recommend specific brands and models. I'm the only one here living in the stone age, scanning stuff by hand-placing it on the glass, and trust me, you have better things to do with your time. *huggles* Areala

These are relatively uncommon. I have several of the other guides in the "Secrets of the Game" series for the Genesis, but not this one. The earlier titles in the series had multiple print runs, but later titles only got single print runs, so they can be pricier. It'll set you back around $15 - 20 to acquire a copy: https://www.amazon.com/Sega-Official-Game-Secrets-Games/dp/1559583770/ *huggles* Areala