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Time for another retro video game magazine thread! I know I missed last month's thread.
As always, this will be a long thread and if you don't care, then mute #retrogames @GameHistoryOrg
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As always, this will be a long thread and if you don't care, then mute #retrogames @GameHistoryOrg
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#retrogames
This month I got an issue of Video Games & Computer Entertainment from May of 1993. There's the then-new Starfox on the cover! Check out those teeth!
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This month I got an issue of Video Games & Computer Entertainment from May of 1993. There's the then-new Starfox on the cover! Check out those teeth!
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#retrogames
Oh man, this issue came out around the time of that one particular movie. There's a full-page advert for it!
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Oh man, this issue came out around the time of that one particular movie. There's a full-page advert for it!
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#retrogames
Someone in the reader mail section complained about the censorship in the SNES port of Mortal Kombat. Remember that?
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Someone in the reader mail section complained about the censorship in the SNES port of Mortal Kombat. Remember that?
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#retrogames
Wow. This was back when there was still talk of Nintendo entering the CD-ROM market? So this was May of 1993, was this the Sony peripheral that became the Playstation?
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Wow. This was back when there was still talk of Nintendo entering the CD-ROM market? So this was May of 1993, was this the Sony peripheral that became the Playstation?
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#retrogames
Oh man! Sign of the times! "Early" Internet! Be sure to use the AOL keyword "VIDGAMES" to reach VGCE magazine!
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Oh man! Sign of the times! "Early" Internet! Be sure to use the AOL keyword "VIDGAMES" to reach VGCE magazine!
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#retrogames
The start of their Starfox review. The game was $59.99 back in early 1993. What would that price be in 2021, adjusted for inflation? You know, for people complaining about $70 video games today.
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The start of their Starfox review. The game was $59.99 back in early 1993. What would that price be in 2021, adjusted for inflation? You know, for people complaining about $70 video games today.
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#retrogames
(Also, I hear Twitter has redone how image cropping or whatever works, but I use TweetDeck which doesn't do that formatting)
Anyway.
Here are some more adverts.
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(Also, I hear Twitter has redone how image cropping or whatever works, but I use TweetDeck which doesn't do that formatting)
Anyway.
Here are some more adverts.
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#retrogames
Penultimate post for this thread.
Here's an advert for a contest for an "ultimate gaming rig", as per early 1993. Just look at all that stuff!
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Penultimate post for this thread.
Here's an advert for a contest for an "ultimate gaming rig", as per early 1993. Just look at all that stuff!
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#retrogames
And here's the advert on the back cover.
And that'll wrap up this thread. Thank you for reading. Please check out my podcasts at https://radiofreecaemlyn.com !
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And here's the advert on the back cover.
And that'll wrap up this thread. Thank you for reading. Please check out my podcasts at https://radiofreecaemlyn.com !
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