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G1_Nightbeat
01/30/25 1:06:21 PM
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Pretty much every month back in the 90s. And the only times I missed out was when I just couldnt find it.
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KFHEWUI
01/30/25 1:07:01 PM
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Yes

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modena
01/30/25 1:07:35 PM
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Yeah but I wasn't subscribed. We would go read them all at the video store and put them back on the shelf.

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kage_53
01/30/25 1:08:43 PM
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I think maybe 3 or 4 issues but thats it. The internet made video game magazines kind of obscure.
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Lazy_Haar
01/30/25 1:08:53 PM
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It was the only magazine I had back in the day. Started with the Pokemon Gold/Silver issue and subscribed whenever my parents would pay for it, so I missed quite a few issues over the years. I still have all of mine in storage, too.
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Kamil
01/30/25 1:09:15 PM
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Yea those were some big magazines even if they were crammed with ads. A 400 page magazine around the holidays was crazy. I still have a bunch though when I moved I just recycled some because meh I didn't need so many anymore :/

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Enclave
01/30/25 1:16:14 PM
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Only occasionally, my parents never let me subscribe to any magazines regardless of how much I wanted to.

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archizzy
01/30/25 1:16:50 PM
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In the very early 90s when I was in high school. It was one of the only ways to get a little blurb and some photos about a game rather than blindly buying based on box art and description on the game case.

I enjoyed it that first few years.

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DipDipDiver
01/30/25 1:17:42 PM
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Yeah that one was a mainstay. I never had a subscription, but I did get GamePro and Nintendo Power. I wish I still had all those issues.

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Hayame_Zero
01/30/25 1:17:52 PM
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Yeah. In terms of multiplatform, I moved from GamePro, to EGM, to Game Informer.

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nocturnal_traveler
01/30/25 1:19:08 PM
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That and Nintendo Power used to be my go to gaming magazines back in the day.

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modena
01/30/25 1:19:36 PM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
Yeah. In terms of multiplatform, I moved from GamePro, to EGM, to Game Informer.
I actually went to Game Informer just because they would have the first GTA info and screenshots.

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SparkMark1
01/30/25 1:20:15 PM
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Yes. I enjoyed that magazine.

On a related note, I keep seeing an ad on Facebook for a Kickstarter about EGM. I think it's a compilation or electronic archive of the magazine.
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
01/30/25 1:21:45 PM
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One of the reasons I backed this:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egmbook/egmcompendium

There's even going to be a digital archive of all the old issues.

Edited to Reply:

SparkMark1 posted...
Yes. I enjoyed that magazine.

On a related note, I keep seeing an ad on Facebook for a Kickstarter about EGM. I think it's a compilation or electronic archive of the magazine.

It's a whole new book that I linked here. There IS going to be a digital archive of the issues though.


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SilverDragon22
01/30/25 1:21:50 PM
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Sometimes i did, i was an Unofficial PlayStation Magazine kind of guy. They had some sick cover art.
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littlebro07
01/30/25 1:23:42 PM
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Occasionally. My go-to gaming magazine was Tips and Tricks though

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nocturnal_traveler
01/30/25 1:25:00 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
Occasionally. My go-to gaming magazine was Tips and Tricks though
I would buy that magazine a couple times a year specifically for the cheats and codes.

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Error1355
01/30/25 1:26:00 PM
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...
There's even going to be a digital archive of all the old issues.

Oh fuck, is it possible to still get the digital archive?

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Bass
01/30/25 1:38:22 PM
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KFHEWUI posted...
Yes


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Auto_Chrisbot
01/30/25 1:42:10 PM
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I miss gaming mags, I wish they weren't dead in the U.S.

Last mag I got was Retro Gamer, a U.K. mag, but I had to special order it.

Game Informer was abruptly killed a few months back without letting the team make a proper sendoff final issue. That was the last surviving U.S. gaming mag.

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
01/30/25 1:44:53 PM
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Error1355 posted...
Oh fuck, is it possible to still get the digital archive?
Maybe. I don't use Kickstarter for much so I don't know how it all works.

It looks like a lot of the choices are now blocked off but there are some you can still get. There's a digital late pledge option for 20 bucks. Then you can "add on" the archive for an extra 10 I think.

ETA:

Looks like you still can. I don't know if there's an option to only get the archive though.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a1c8ef2b.jpg

I will say that they pushed back the delivery dates until June or something. I don't remember if the archive is pushed back as well but I would imagine it is.

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doesntcare
01/30/25 1:46:48 PM
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EGM, OPM demo disc. Every once in a while I would look through gamepro
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Error1355
01/30/25 2:34:20 PM
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...
Looks like you still can. I don't know if there's an option to only get the archive though.
hell yeah thanks XD

Edit: Says all gone for me, but for fuckin $100 I can (I won't)!!!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f7257dc2.png

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creativerealms
01/30/25 2:36:43 PM
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I think I have an issue of EGM some where in my room.

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EndOfDiscOne
01/30/25 2:37:17 PM
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Did that have the guy who reviewed games that suck? I used to think those articles were hilarious.

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creativerealms
01/30/25 2:37:35 PM
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Error1355 posted...
hell yeah thanks XD

Edit: Says all gone for me, but for fuckin $100 I can (I won't)!!!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f7257dc2.png
Yeah I want the archive but I won't pay 100 bucks for it.

But now that I know I can add on the digital archive for ten bucks more I bought the 20 dollar digital version of the Compendium.

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bsp77
01/30/25 2:39:06 PM
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Yes, I was on and off subscribed to EGM, Gamepro and Nintendo Power

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tankboy
01/30/25 2:50:43 PM
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No, it was for kids, so I read NextGen, Edge, OPM, etc.
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bsp77
01/30/25 2:53:11 PM
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tankboy posted...
No, it was for kids, so I read NextGen, Edge, OPM, etc.
Okay, Edgelord

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
01/30/25 3:18:02 PM
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Error1355 posted...
hell yeah thanks XD

Edit: Says all gone for me, but for fuckin $100 I can (I won't)!!!



The digital - late pledge for 20 bucks is sold out? I was able to click it when I posted that message not long ago. From there you had to do the 10 dollar addon for a total of 30 bucks.

This link might take you directly to it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egmbook/egmcompendium/rewards#reward-UmV3YXJkLVVtVjNZWEprTFRFd016UXlORFE0

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Cory898
01/30/25 3:23:45 PM
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I was subscribed a few years in the 2000s and I think again a year or 2 in the mid 2010s. In the 90s it was all Nintendo Power.

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Copyright2011
01/30/25 3:32:25 PM
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yes I was subscribed to em.

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The_Wheelman1
01/30/25 3:35:43 PM
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Yes and i remember when some issues had a ps1 demo disc attached. Good times

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loafy013
01/30/25 3:42:49 PM
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Was subscribed for a few years in high school when Street Fighter 2 was taking off and EGM was the place to get information on fighting games. I remember dropping them around the time playstation took off because I hated how most of the reviews started reading to me. Felt like all the reviews were 3D games good, 2D games bad, if you don't have a playstation you suck.

Switched over to GamePro and preferred their scorings of games (broken down to graphic,control, sound, fun) over EGM's single score.

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josifrees
01/30/25 3:46:08 PM
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Yeah I used to post on their message boards too it was so much fun the flame wars the writers would start

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DrizztLink
01/30/25 3:49:50 PM
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I had a subscription for a few years around the 360 gen.

I reread the BioShock article so many times.

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JuanCarlos1
01/30/25 3:52:43 PM
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My favorite back in the day. The editors were pretty memorable

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boomgetchopped3
01/30/25 3:54:20 PM
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Gaming mags RIP. We really have declined as a society

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bigtiggie23
01/30/25 3:54:33 PM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
Did that have the guy who reviewed games that suck? I used to think those articles were hilarious.
You mean Seanbaby? Yeah his stuff was great. If you want more hilarity Google "Seanbaby Revenge of Nerds".

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ModernPost
01/30/25 3:56:40 PM
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I had a subscription to EGM2 for years and years. High-quality printed mini-guides to tons of games, they had a reader's letters section, game previews. I still have dozens of old issues.

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Bishop9800
01/30/25 4:02:23 PM
#42:


SparkMark1 posted...
Yes. I enjoyed that magazine.

On a related note, I keep seeing an ad on Facebook for a Kickstarter about EGM. I think it's a compilation or electronic archive of the magazine.


I'm a proud backer of this. It's suppose to be available in July.

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LuigiChalmersJr
01/30/25 4:07:21 PM
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I remember reading them in the grocery store. I liked their reviews.

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Ivany2008
01/30/25 4:07:31 PM
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Na, GamePro Magazine was my main magazine. Though years later I wish I had gone on the Playstation Monthly bandwagon as the demos they sent out were actually fantastic.
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DrizztLink
01/30/25 4:08:20 PM
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bigtiggie23 posted...
You mean Seanbaby? Yeah his stuff was great. If you want more hilarity Google "Seanbaby Revenge of Nerds".
He's got a website and wrote for Cracked for a while.

I like about 50% of his comedy, but then the other 50% is just running that Community Seor Chang "Ha! GAYYYY!" line through a thesaurus.

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Zikten
01/30/25 4:08:59 PM
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I was subscribed for a while in the 90s and I think some of the early 2000s
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Error1355
01/30/25 4:22:27 PM
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This is from issue 2 or 3 of GameNow magazine:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cdadbd50.jpg

This was before the Xbox even released and I had a convo with the EIC on AIM. (They advertised they would be on AIM and the magazine was new at the time lol) (that was over 20 years ago oh god oh god hog sdgfadg;lkajsg)

I wish I still had the physical magazine or a scan of the full page though.

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Error1355
01/30/25 4:38:38 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0673f6d4.jpg

Found a full page scan of it online. Amazing lol.

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Goderator
01/30/25 5:14:19 PM
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I have the FFX limited edition issue still
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