|
Title: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 21 December 2008, 23:03:12 My brother was cleaning out his room and found a huge pile of Electronic Gaming Monthly magazines that we'd amassed over the years. We never subscribed, but we always got them when we went to an airport for the plane ride. Always. We had about 30 of them. I looked through them and photographed some highlights.
I also have every Nintendo Power between 1996 and 2003 or something. But there's no way I'm digging through those. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02053.jpg) WHAT IS THIS XBOX (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02056.jpg) Ha. Dreamcast. And yes, it says "Dolphin" up there. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02057.jpg) Majora's Mask! ##### yeah! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02058.jpg) Old mass-video-game ad. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02059.jpg) The Legend of Zelda Gaiden? I didn't even remember anyone calling Majora's Mask that. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02060.jpg) More speculative preview stuff. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02061.jpg) Mother 3? On the N64? Eh?! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02062.jpg) From when GTA was still top-down and low-key, ha. Nobody knew where this series was going. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02063.jpg) Oh, Zelda. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02064.jpg) Capitalizing on Pokemania. This was like, a 20 page feature. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02065.jpg) More Pokemania. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02066.jpg) Oh, Half Life. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02070.jpg) MegaMan ads! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02071.jpg) For those who don't remember, THIS IS HOW POPULAR POKEMON WAS. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02072.jpg) The ads back then used to be really insulting. Like "If you don't buy this game, you're a moron!" This one was a rather aggressive pro-PC-gaming ad. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02073.jpg) Seems like forever ago. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02074.jpg) Best advertisement ever. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02075.jpg) MGS2 WHAAAA (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02076.jpg) Finally made it to the states via Wii's VC. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02077.jpg) Ha, DINOSAUR PLANET. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02078.jpg) XBOX EXPOSED. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02079.jpg) BANJO-TOOIE. YES. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/ASRman/OldEGM/DSC02080.jpg) MegaMan X5 review. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Johncarllos on 21 December 2008, 23:17:58 May I recommend that eventually you put those in a spoiler tag?
It'll be annoying to re-load those every time. Besides that- HOLY ##### I NOSTALGIA'D MY ASS OFF. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: saldite on 22 December 2008, 00:32:26 I always loved that old Paper Mario ad.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 00:50:33 This is just a THIN slice of the nostalgia overload I went through. I read through about 5 of them in their entirety. It's a lot different when you're actually reading the magazines. Ads which you never used to really look at now scream out at you and things like Holiday Shopping Guides showcase millions of odd N64 controllers (boomerang controller?!) or weird carrying cases and gaming gadgets that you completely forgot about or never even knew existed.
The best parts for me were all the speculations on things that weren't out yet, like the XBOX or that CGI Final Fantasy movie. I have the first EGM to include a Hsu and Chan comic, too, which is pretty sweet. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Johncarllos on 22 December 2008, 01:28:38 I had a boomerang controller.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 December 2008, 01:35:24 Is it just me or was the N64 the pinnacle of the golden age of gaming?
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 01:55:18 I think it was the Golden Age of OUR generation.
The younger crowd nowadays probably disagrees. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 December 2008, 02:15:10 Who cares?
The younger crowd's retarded. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 02:21:32 Agreed.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Vinchenz Rock on 22 December 2008, 02:51:44 Neat.
I have some old Nintendo Power too. One of them had a large article on the NES Megaman games, do you remember that? Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 03:11:50 Not particularly.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 22 December 2008, 03:20:32 Dude, one of those scans alerted me once more to the existence of...
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/pikachucostume.jpg) Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Panda on 22 December 2008, 03:25:55 "So powerful, it's kind of ridiculous."
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 04:09:18 But not entirely.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Snare on 22 December 2008, 14:59:50 I had actually cut out the Paper Mario ad, which meant I had also cut out the page for "how to beat Sigma on X5".
I've never beaten Sigma on X5. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Slugkid on 22 December 2008, 16:21:02 I think it was the Golden Age of OUR generation.Actually, I agree. I believe the N64 and the PS1 have the largest number of good games on a console. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: White Shadow on 22 December 2008, 17:07:47 I have an old Nintendo mag featuring the release of MegaMan 4 and Super Mario Land 2.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Fatso on 22 December 2008, 20:57:30 I think it was the Golden Age of OUR generation.There were some really good N64/PSX games but I'll always have better memories of the SNES. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Johncarllos on 22 December 2008, 21:05:07 I think it was the Golden Age of OUR generation.There were some really good N64/PSX games but I'll always have better memories of the SNES. Same. Hours and hours of those precious games.... Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 21:16:01 SNES is my favorite of any Nintendo system, but the N64 was clearly their golden age, in a time when videogames were really starting to come into prominence with today's society.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Mikero on 22 December 2008, 21:20:28 I guess I'm the only one who found this incredibly boring.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 21:20:58 That's right. Go back to Boringville.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Mikero on 22 December 2008, 21:25:36 I'm there right now, in this thread.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 22 December 2008, 21:54:52 Cold.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: preventerWIND on 24 December 2008, 20:44:54 Dude, one of those scans alerted me once more to the existence of... I had that costume as a child. Yes way. POKEMON GS ##### YEAH! My favorite Christmas included me getting Pokemon Gold and a worm light for my GBC. BEST. DAY. EVER. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Lunchebox on 24 December 2008, 21:53:30 I like the ad about the breasts.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 25 December 2008, 04:50:14 I like breasts too.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: preventerWIND on 25 December 2008, 05:43:41 Unfortunately for Sano, he's one of the gamers that have not seen breasts.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Lunchebox on 25 December 2008, 07:56:50 I've seen breasts before.
Three of them, in fact! Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Mikero on 25 December 2008, 16:50:20 I like the add because it's pretty much the opposite now.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 25 December 2008, 18:44:35 Unfortunately for Sano, he's one of the gamers that have not seen breasts. The only reason you've seen breasts is because you're fat, biotch. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Lunchebox on 26 December 2008, 05:15:06 But Sano, you are also fat!
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 26 December 2008, 07:44:13 Uh... I was.
I started exercising daily though. Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 26 December 2008, 21:54:25 There was a discussion with all my guy friends about which one of us everyone would have sex with if they were FORCED to. So I picked my fat friend because I could close my eyes and at least pretend that he's got women's breasts.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 27 December 2008, 01:26:47 You and your friends are totally gay, dude.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: ASR on 27 December 2008, 02:15:24 At this point I really have no argument.
Title: Re: I found a bunch of old EGM magazines. (Lots of images.) Post by: Captain Sanoguchi on 27 December 2008, 04:25:11 Victory by forfeit!
|