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Which was more boring?
Amiga Format 19%  19%  [ 4 ]
CU Amiga 9%  9%  [ 2 ]
Amiga Shopper 71%  71%  [ 15 ]
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:12 
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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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J Nash took the AP Kennedy assassination references over to a short review for Super Play.


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I don't even remember that review. SP was my bible back then. Except the stuff in it was real.

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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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The remaining contributions J Nash lent to Super Play, as far as I could find.


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Spoke too soon! More J Nash writing from earlier on in the magazine's life.


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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I'm not a fine of his style when get's all bizarre and 'interesting'. He's a solid reviewer when he stays on target but his sense of humour leaves me cold. Sorry


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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This month's Retro Gamer has a lovely striking Sim City cover. Iiaiiaiian Lee reveals he wants to collect gaming stuff again after giving it all away last month, thus allowing him to continue writing his boring column. There's a list of ten launch disasters, GX4000 included Chindybops, but doesn't mention this new SimCity iteration or the Frontier: First encounters debacle. They review SimCity and give it 66%.. mm..

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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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Got the ish as the final one in my sub. Great cover, I agree, I mean it helps they Sim City 2000 has (IMO) some of the best 2D bitmap graphics evar. I see there's a New Zealand Story article too, not a very competent one, but seeing a multi-page spread of my favourite 2D platform game in a modern magazine reminded me of why I started to buy RG in the first place.


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Pity the Sim City article didn't mention Fortune Builder on the Coleco as an influence, really.

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Or the existence of Sim City 64.


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Awesome, the Game Zone issue that was lost in the post was returned to the sender on Saturday. Re-flanged pennies at her and it's back on its way!

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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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Two fascinating reviews from AA. The Pickford Brothers have written many superb computer games that have stood the test of time. However Rasterscan wasn't one of them. It looked a bit ugly and was quite hard for me to get my 9 year old brain around.

Zub on the other hand was loved by me and I still play it today. In fact the full version of Magnetic Billiards contains a game prototype called "I Sent My Monkey To The Moon" which owes a lot to Zub.

So imagine my surprise to find that looking back through old AA's it was Rasterscan that got a "Rave" while Zub languished in the mid 70's.

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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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There's loads of "new" stuff at Underground Gamer, including "new" issues of Amiga Power and other amiga magazines. Downloading right now.


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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What an incredibly odd publication.


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Volume 3 number 2... Wow. I've never heard of it before.


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You want wrestling AND a peek behind the scenes at 30 Monmouth Street? Well.......

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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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I have only just discovered this thread of Jnash awesome. I am in heaven.

Coincidentally mind you.

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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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Worst computer magazine cover ever

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Not for him... Look at his face! He's loving it!


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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Not for him... Look at his face! He's loving it!


I tweeted that earlier. Now had 100 odd retweets. Should be pleased with this except it's mucked up my timeline and now I can't find the far more interesting discussions I was having with people about a 1986 edition of Emmerdale Farm.


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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There's only one cable attached! FAKE!


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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None of the articles advertised on the cover have seemingly anything to do with that picture.

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Just noticed that ImageShack has given my picture there the completely random filename "fugg.jpg" :D


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 Post subject: Re: Gaming Magazines
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That whole thing just looks like some sort of bizarre Computer / Contact magazine hybrid.

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Bear or Bust wrote:
That whole thing just looks like some sort of bizarre Computer / Contact magazine hybrid.


For anyone who doubts the fact that the magazine is real, someone tweeted me a link to a load of their other covers - http://www.kultboy.com/CPU-Zeitschrift/112/

Jan '85 looks at an exciting new micro from Schneider which is the same point the covers settle down to something more traditional.


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Man leaves job. Games market's fault, not publishing "official" magazine blowjobs with no integrity.

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Now there's a cover for the ages. http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/e25 ... d-to-ruin/

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Are they up to date with the MS u-turn?


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I don't know, I don't work there.

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I don't know, I don't work there.

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That's a pretty brave move with that cover. I support this idea, and might buy a copy. Or get one from the library, at least.

Hopefully, Games jounalsits will stop harping on about NDAs and "release date review embargos" and earn some credibility.

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They seem to be making proclamations a lot recently. THe one issue I got in the last few years was certain of how successful and awesome that Carmack VR thing will be.

Edge is an expensive PR pamphlet.

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Are Morrison's no longer stocking EDGE? I haven't seen it for 2 months now and I'm worried. Mainly cause I can't be arsed to walk anywhere else to pick it up.


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Oh man, so much J Nash in this thread. Here's some more, in the form of the Amiga Power subs letter from issue 51. Please use a rotatey image editor instead of sustaining neck and/or monitor damage trying to read everything :o


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Welcome Pippip.. With posts like that, you'll be most welcome here.


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Can I call you Pip?

Hello! In the interests of prolonging the lifetime of your P and I keys, yes, yes you can.

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Welcome Pippip.. With posts like that, you'll be most welcome here.

Why thank you. Only wish I had more subs letters to share, but that was a lucky find on eBay. I'm sure I've other bits and pieces I can dredge up, though.


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Hello! In the interests of prolonging the lifetime of your P and I keys, yes, yes you can.

Nice. Now that we're officially mates, come to the annual BBQ.

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Nice. Now that we're officially mates, come to the annual BBQ.

I don't think I'll manage, being a mixture of skint, unable to drive, in Scotland and socially anxious, but thanks for the offer :)


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Not strictly a games mag but I found a stash of New Computer Express's today:


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This week 20 years ago The Big Final Issue of Your Sinclair was hitting the news stands. Makes you feel old!


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All computer games magazines should have a problem page.

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Cam Winstanley told me on Twitter that they had to field relationship questions on AP, so sort of makes sense to put it in the mag.

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Cam Winstanley told me on Twitter that they had to field relationship questions on AP, so sort of makes sense to put it in the mag.


Did he say why they had to do that? It seems strange as its clearly nothing to do with games etc.


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Cam Winstanley told me on Twitter that they had to field relationship questions on AP, so sort of makes sense to put it in the mag.


Do you mean they wrote back personally?

AP should have done a problem page but with you know who doing the answers.


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