Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: I want your old video game magazines, newsletters, etc.
Video game magazines are heavy, ugly, and take up a lot of space. They also affect your sex life and could possibly cause cancer. For these reasons and many more, you should give, trade and/or sell your old video game magazines to me!
Also, in all seriousness, I use these as a "reference library" of sorts for the strange and wonderful research I do, so you will be putting your old garbage to good use and bettering mankind.
What I'm Looking For
My main focus right now is getting as much material from the 8 and 16-bit console eras as I can, so let's say...1987-1997, give or take. I'm also interested in material printed both before and after these years, and would certainly take them if you have them, but more than likely I will not buy them unless it's a deal I'd be stupid to pass up, especially if it's in one huge bulk.
You may notice a lack of computer game magazines in my Want List below. This does not necessarily mean I'm only interested in console mags, it just means that I'm primarily focused on them for the time being. I may be interested in your computer mags too.
Countries of Origin
I am currently focusing on material printed in the United States, mainly because I can only read English and most of the good UK-published stuff is already scanned online. That said, one of my secret hopes is that there is a crazy person in the U.S. who has imported every issue of Edge and wants to get rid of them. If you are that crazy person, please let me know! I'd also be interested in non-English console mags, particularly from the 8-bit era.
Flyers, One-Sheets, Press Releases, Books, Mailers, Catalogs, Etc.
In addition to magazines, I'm looking for any other printed material related to video games. Did you fill out those information cards in the backs of magazines and ask for more material from its advertisers? Did you attend old CES or E3 shows and fill your bags with paper? Did you run an arcade, or work for a game studio that got business publications sent to it? Did you work for a newspaper or magazine and keep things that were sent to you? How about old mailorder catalogs? FuncoLand price sheets? Weird little 'zines? Let me know, I'm probably interested!
Shipping Magazines Is Expensive And Also Dumb
Yes, I'm aware.
How To Contact Me
Either reply here, send me a private message, or just email me directly at fcifaldi@gmail.com.
Want List
Below is an incomplete list of magazines I am currently looking for. If it's not on here, that doesn't mean I don't want it! Even if I already have an issue, I may be interested in getting another copy either as an upgrade (many of mine are rough/missing pages/etc.) or as trade material.
Beyond Gaming
(Ultimate Games Club "magazine"/catalog)
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:
For Trade/Sale
I've got quite a few "doubles" that are available, if you are also into this sort of thing. I'm mainly looking to trade for other mags, and am not terribly interested in selling these just yet, at least until I see if there is any trade interest. That said, if you absolutely have to have something, let me know and we can work something out.
Electronic Games (90s)
1
7
8
9
EGM2
1
31
Electronic Gaming Monthly
5 (1990 Video Game Buyer's Guide) (rough, no back cover)
9 (rough, no back cover)
19
22
23
24 (x2)
27
91
1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide
1993 Video Game Buyer's Guide
Game Developer
March 2006
March 2006
April 2006
August 2006
September 2006 (damaged)
April 2007
Game Career Guide Fall 2006
Game Informer
5
6
8
9
Game Player's (original)
December 1990
July 1991
Game Players (1993)
June 1993
Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games
Vol. 3 #1
Vol. 3 #4
Vol. 3 #7
GameFan
Vol. 4 #9
Vol. 5 #2
Vol. 5 #6
GamePro
February 1990
February 1990 (rough)
March 1990
April 1990
June 1990 (rough)
July 1990 (rough)
September 1990 (rough)
November 1990 (rough)
December 1990 (rough)
May 1991
April 1991
June 1991
August 1991
December 1991
March 1993
April 1993
May 1993 (rough)
June 1993 (rough)
August 1993
February 1994
May 1994 (x2, 1 rough)
June 1994 (rough)
July 1994 (rough)
October 1994 (rough)
December 1994 (x2)
September 1995 (rough)
June 1995
April 1996
May 1996
April 1997
August 1997
October 1997
November 1997
January 1998
February 1998
Next Generation
13
20
Nintendo Official Magazine UK
(note: this magazine is tall, so all have some bendy damage at top)
136
136
137
138
140
140
141
142
144
153
Nintendo Power
10 (no back cover)
13 (no cover)
14 (no cover)
16 (no cover)
19 (rough)
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27 (x2)
28
29 (x2)
30 (x2)
31 (x2)
32 (x2)
33 (x2)
34 (x2)
35 (x2)
36 (x2)
37 (x2)
38 (x2)
50
75
February 1989
December 1989
January 1990 (rough)
April 1990 (no cover)
May 1990 (no back cover)
August 1990
September 1990 (rough)
October 1990
December 1990
January 1991 (rough, no back cover)
February 1991
March 1991
April 1991
May 1991 (rough, no back cover)
June 1991 (rough)
July 1991
August 1991
September 1991
October 1991
May 1993
June 1993 (cover 3/4)
July 1993
July 1993
August 1993 (rough, but intact)
It just so happens that I once collected magazines for the same reason as you, and I decided this summer that I didn't need a lot of them. I have two boxes of magazines that I'm ready to ditch. Here's what's in them.
EGM
May 1992 –Super Double Dragon cover (hey!)
EGM2/ExpertGamer
Number 14 –Tekken 2 Cover
January 1997 -Lara Croft Cover
September 1997 –Final Fantasy VII Cover
July 1998 –Mortal Kombat 4 Cover
Entertainment Weekly
October 8, 1993 (has Baywatch on the cover and a hilariously outraged editorial about Mortal Kombat. I scanned it.)
Game Informer
March/April 1993 -Bubsy Cover
April 1996 -(Here's where I got tired of writing what's on the cover)
May 1996
August 1996
September 1996
October 1996
November 1996
July 2005
August 2005
June 2006
July 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
May 2007
June 2007
August 2007
July 2007
GamePro
December 1992
October 1993
February 1994
April 1995 (has one of those Lamepro specials, if that means anything to you)
January 1996
November 1996
March 2004
May 2004
February 2005
May 2005
September 2005
October 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
August 2006
September 2006
November 2006
February 2007
March 2007
May 2007
IGN64.com: The Magazine
-The first and possibly only issue
Next Generation/Next Gen
June 1999 (crappy former library copy)
July 1999 (same here)
April 2000
August 2000
January 2001
Nintendo Power
Volume 149
Volume 150
Volume 151
Volume 152
Volume 171
Volume 216
Volume 217
Nintendo Power Advance
Volume 1
Official Dreamcast Magazine
November 2000
January 2000
May/June 2000
July/August 2000 (still sealed in the bag with the disc)
September/October 2000
November 2000
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
July 1998
January 1999
March 1999
August 1999
January 2004
December 2004
January 2005
March 2005
September 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
PSM
June 1998
August 1998
September 1998
October 1998
November 1998
March 1999
May 1999 (no cover)
June 1999
July 1999
August 2002
March 2004 (crappy former library copy)
July 2006
Tips and Tricks
November 1997
February 2001
December 2001
January 2002
September 2003
December 2006
Toyfare
-Not really related to video games. Oh well.
62
77
78
79
80
81
82
84
87
93
94
97
101
110
Wizard
September 1996 (has a preview of the canned Gen13 game! And a brief interview with Sergio Aragones!)
October 1996
Various:
About six issues of the Digital Press fanzine, issues 46, 56-59
JAPANESE MAGAZINES
Animage
July 2001 It's an Anime magazine with Inuyasha on the cover. It has a small game section.
Famitsu
July 24, 1999 -The fox mascot is riding a camel on the cover. I don't know what game that represents.
June 25, 1999 –Mario Golf 64 Cover
July 9, 1999 –Persona 2 Cover
Famitsu PS2
June 24, 2005 –Drakengard 2 Cover
PlayStation Magazine
July 26, 1996 –Samurai Shodown 3 Cover (drawn by Trigun creator Yasuhiro Nightow)
January 31, 1997 –Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Cover (oddly, this was the big Final Fantasy VII issue)
August 8, 1997 –vaguely obscene Ghost in the Shell Cover (possibly drawn by Cowboy Bebop artist Toshihiro Kawamoto)
January 1, 1998 –Wings of Alnam Cover. The game itself is covered only in a half-page capsule review.
Dengeki PlayStation
June 11, 1999 –Spriggan Lunar Verse Cover
July 21, 1999 –Saga Frontier 2 Cover
October 14, 2005 –Disgaea 2 Cover
Saturn Fan
February 16, 2004 –Street Fighter Alpha (Zero) Cover
Sega Saturn Special ‘97
-A catalog of every Saturn game available in Japan at the end of 1996. Fairly interesting, even if there's nothing unreleased in it.
Various stuff from Japanese magazines:
-A mini-guidebook to PlayStation games, with Suikoden II on the cover
-A Final Fantasy XI pamphlet
-Some horse-racing game pamphlet
And these are just the magazines I was prepared to throw away if no one wanted them. I have eight more boxes of magazines in storage, and I'd let most of them go to someone who would scan them, preserve them, or at least use them for some actual purpose. I'll check those boxes for stuff you might want.
Right now, I'd give the above magazines to anyone willing to pay shipping on them. I've found it's most convenient to get a $10 flat rate box and stuff in as many magazines as possible. I can also try media mail, but my post office is strict about what they accept.
I really can't think of any magazines I'd want in trade, except for a Gamers' Republic from late 1998 or early 1999 that might have my name in it.
I have pretty much a complete set of Gamepro from 1996 to 2000, but it is at my parents' place. Shipping would likely be very expensive.
Also, many of those magazines are scanned by Retromags. Though perhaps you are going for the physical library. Hell, Retromags might be a good source for magazines, as they sell them after they are done scanning.
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject:
Evan wrote:
Also, many of those magazines are scanned by Retromags.
Some yes, not all by far. I had considered ditching anything that is already scanned online, but decided against it because having these weird holes in my list would be annoying. Also, the quality of online scans is not good enough for me when it comes to something otherwise irreplaceable, like a small screenshot of an unreleased game that would benefit from being scanned at a higher resolution.
Plus I'm having fun! I haven't had a hobby like this in a long time. And if I ever get bored with it, I can donate them all to a university or something.
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:02 am Post subject:
Kid Fenris wrote:
EGM
May 1992 –Super Double Dragon cover (hey!)
Game Informer
March/April 1993 -Bubsy Cover
April 1996 -(Here's where I got tired of writing what's on the cover)
May 1996
August 1996
September 1996
October 1996
November 1996
IGN64.com: The Magazine
-The first and possibly only issue
Definitely interested in the above! The list below this is more an "if we can cram them in to the boxes" list of mags I would not mind having. Do you have any idea how many would fit? I've never even seen the flat rate box, I don't know what it holds.
Next Generation/Next Gen
June 1999 (crappy former library copy)
July 1999 (same here)
Nintendo Power
Volume 149
Volume 150
Volume 151
Volume 152
Volume 171
Volume 216
Volume 217
Nintendo Power Advance
Volume 1
Official Dreamcast Magazine
November 2000
January 2000
May/June 2000
July/August 2000 (still sealed in the bag with the disc)
September/October 2000
November 2000
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
July 1998
January 1999
March 1999
August 1999
PSM
June 1998
August 1998
September 1998
October 1998
November 1998
March 1999
May 1999 (no cover)
June 1999
July 1999
I'll probably be going there for Christmas (I still have a lot of stuff there that I need to pick up). I'll have a look when I am there for what I have. I know that in addition to the Gamepro magazines, there are various others, in particular Nintendo Powers, some EGMs, a copy of Next Generation (the one with Mario and a "what's wrong with the N64" article on the cover), an Ultra Game Players with Gex 2 (I know this particular one has lots of unreleased 64DD information). All of those ones are from the same 1996-2000 period. I also have an old Nintendo strategy guide book, circa 1990.
Definitely interested in the above! The list below this is more an "if we can cram them in to the boxes" list of mags I would not mind having. Do you have any idea how many would fit? I've never even seen the flat rate box, I don't know what it holds.
I can just barely fit all of the magazines you want into two $10 flat-rate boxes. If you want, you can wait until I dig through my other boxes of magazines. I probably have some other issues from your list.
I also thought of one other magazine I'd want to trade for: this issue of Game Developer. I always meant to pick it up.
Frank, I've got a few of the older NPs and a few GPS/N issues, next time I'm over at Mom's I'll dig through my stack and see what I've got. They've been treated kind of rough, but nonetheless I'd like to see them to a good home (I fully expect one day Mom and Dad will just throw a bunch of my shit out, and I don't want them to be part of that shit). I'm a little hard up for money now, though, so if at all possible I'd like to sell them rather than trade or donate (if I weren't hard up for money I'd totally donate them tho).
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject:
LocalH wrote:
Frank, I've got a few of the older NPs and a few GPS/N issues, next time I'm over at Mom's I'll dig through my stack and see what I've got. They've been treated kind of rough, but nonetheless I'd like to see them to a good home (I fully expect one day Mom and Dad will just throw a bunch of my shit out, and I don't want them to be part of that shit). I'm a little hard up for money now, though, so if at all possible I'd like to sell them rather than trade or donate (if I weren't hard up for money I'd totally donate them tho).
I got lots of the magazines you want, but shipping them out of my country costs like 50 bucks, which is the reason why I haven't sold them all already.
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:26 am Post subject:
ReyVGM wrote:
I got lots of the magazines you want, but shipping them out of my country costs like 50 bucks, which is the reason why I haven't sold them all already.
Yeah, and the reason I don't have many British mags. I have a bunch of early Nintendo Magazine System issues and some recent(ish) Edge, but that's it.
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:22 am Post subject:
No, I'm certainly not going to scan all of my magazines, but I will (and have, for years now) scan anything relevant to unreleased games as I come across it.
The main purpose here is to have a reference library I can refer to if I ever need it. Researching game history is both a hobby and a profession for me, and there is information in these magazines that will probably never be on the internet.
Most of these are fully intact, with otherwise normal wear and tear, but my 1990 NPs are coverless, and one of my NPs is missing the front chunk of the mag up until the letters section, which I did not realize was the case. All of my GPs are in good shape with no coverless mags (although some of them sat underneath shit for a while so there is some slight curving, but not enough to really consider it material damage).
Let me know what you want and how much you can throw my way and I'll try to find the cheapest (but safest) way to get them sent to you.
I might have some more stashed away somewhere but I'm not sure, I know there's at least one mag I have owned that is not present here (it was an issue of GP that featured a letter I sent in regarding a previous letter that bashed what was then known as "Toh Shin Den" =P) and I'm sure I have it somewhere
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