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From Alucard to Lara, four more lovely PSM covers for a serving of I wish our PSX mags had leaned into getting comic book artists to draw covers just as hard.

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2022-05-24

Here's a sky-soaring cheat torn from the pages of Mean Machines for this Now you too can select any level on Afterburner (II).


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2022-02-13

Thoughts on Earthworm Jim? Still a 16-bit classic or didn't live up to its hype?


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2021-12-19

Work for the day is done and dusted, so I can push on with what I had planned to share this eve. So, we kick off with some and a rather adorable multipage ad for Sonic 1 in June 1991 from Video Games & Computer Entertainment. Gotta turn fast!

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2021-11-01

Breaking from adventures in ancient Greece to bring you a selection of Famicom ads this The one on the left is regarded as the first print ad for it to have appeared.


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2021-10-20

Digging through some old OXM issues and came across this one from Dec 2005. Mass Effect! It feels really cool to see features on it this early on in its development as I missed out on all the hype for it. What a game!


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2021-10-18

Just a quick peek at an October edition of Mean Machines Sega right now for This one had both WORLD EXCLUSIVE news about Sonic CD and an ad for a landmark event in terms of global gaming promotion: Mortal Monday.


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2021-10-12

Did you know that Namco once had its own magazine?

Sold primarily in arcades, Namco Community Magazine ran for ten years from 1983-1993. One of its successor magazines, Side-876, is still published in digital form.




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2021-10-07

Like many folks, I absolutely adore Assassin's Creed II. Playing through it for the first time ten years ago is one of my favourite gaming memories. So, digging into an OXM from late 2009 and seeing this preview for it is awesome stuff. ❤️


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2021-10-04

The Resi Evil piece I tweeted earlier was snapped from a July 2000 issue of PSM Magazine. PSM often has some cool covers with bespoke artwork. The 'Girls of Summer' special is a little sleazy, but there are some cool bits, including this Street Fighter one.


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2021-09-24

So this is what they were doing between Resi 3 and Code Veronica! Well, even heroes need a vacation - and antagonists too!

Ahem. Poor Leon.


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2021-09-24

What's better than a Sega Force? A Sega MASTER Force. 100% for your machine (plus Game Gear) proclaimed this issue of Sega Master Force, issue 5 from deep into 1993. News of Bond, James, Bond dominated its news pages, as Sonic did its cover.



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2021-09-18

flavoured ones, to be specific! And just look how adorable this cover is. 😍 Let's get Jet Set Ready, Space Channel 5 on MTV? And fancy new gadgets, including Sega Smart Watches in 2000? 😱

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2021-08-28

It's so that means there's an extra reason to share some cool covers from OXM in a Matrix Green flavoured edition of I remember the Fable III issue cover well. After playing through F2, I was well-and-truly hyped for it.

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2021-07-12

Another serving of Why yes it is, and as usual, I've assembled four covers from gaming mags of yesteryear, some more yestery than others; from the humble speccy anticipating a 128k future all the way to, well, a ghost of a game.

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2021-04-26