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To accompany the first of many official releases, we talked with Hugh Gollner, one of the publishers who have given us permission to work on their magazines for release at Out‑of‑Print Archive. Hugh was responsible for editing/publishing many pioneering UK magazines in the 1980s and 1990s, so it's a privilege to be able to work on these titles from his back catalogue.
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| Hugh Gollner interview |
March 12, 2010 |
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And here it is: the very first official Out-of-Print Archive release.
Fully sanctioned by none other than Hugh Gollner himself.
In this second edition of Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (or MAG for short) you will find the following Mega Drive reviews:Gleylancer,Magical Tarot,Thunderforce IVand
finallyTwinkle Tale.
We'd like to emphasize how proud we are to be able to present you with this fine publication and hope that you will enjoy it just as much as we did.
Fittingly, this milestone release was worked on by all the main contributors of Out-of-Print Archive.
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| March 12, 2010 |
Mega Drive Advanced Gaming 2 - october 1992 (UK) |
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Another Friday, so that means it's time for a new update.
This time we are able to present you with Nintendo Magazine System issue 3 courtesy of Mort.
The Hand picked reviews this week have a strong Game Boy flavour to them:
We have reviews forKirby's Dream Land,Star Warsas well asGB Kid, all of which are for the classic Game Boy.
And to close of we have a review for the very rare and rather expensive NES gameRod Land.
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| Nintendo Magazine System 3 - december 1992 (UK) |
March 5, 2010 |
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This week we also have a little surprise in store.
After several days of coding we are proud to present you with two new sections which can be found under the features tab.
The first new section is the hardware special section, where you will be able to find everything from in depth hardware articles up to detailed system launch features.
The second new section is the trade show section, which will incorporate a growing collection of past trade shows such as The Nintendo Shoshinkai show, better known as Space World in the west, Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and many more.
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| out-of-print archive 2.5D is now live |
February 26, 2010 |
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This week we have the 3rd issue in the Paul Davies series of Computer & Video Games magazines, which is in fact #170.
Notice that this issue is before the crew gave the magazine a full make-over, and also that certain pages seem to be cropped in a strange way, but this is how the magazine was originally printed and not an editing or scanning mishap.
The selected articles for this week are as follows:
Reviews forVirtua Fighter 2andVirtua Cop, both for the Sega Saturn.
For the Playstation fans we have reviews for the classicWarhawkas well asDoom.
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| CVG 170 - january 1996 (UK) |
February 12, 2010 |
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Our second magazine of the week comes from Bablefish and is none other than the second issue of the 1983 classic video game related magazine Enter.
A selection of articles which showcases the extensive variety of topics this magazine touches upon can be foundright here.
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| Enter 2 - november 1983 (USA) |
December 18, 2009 |
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This week we present you with a brand new 1920 pixel version of MAXIMUM The Video Game Magazine Issue 5.
For the people who already have a scan of this issue, this is a complete re-scan, which has also been edited in line with the latest techniques we're using, so it should look quite a bit better compared to any previous versions.
The same goes for the other issues of MAXIMUM and OSSM.
The new online articles are of the following :AOU Arcade Show 1996 special ,Alien Trilogyon the PSone. On the Sega Saturn we have aGun Griffonspecial along with a review forStreet Fighter Alpha.
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| MAXIMUM Issue 5 - april 1996 (UK) |
December 4, 2009 |
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This week we are proud to present you with two very different magazines. The first one that we are featuring comes from Bablefish and is the very first issue of Enter Magazine.
Due to the fragmented nature of the articles inside the magazine, it's almost impossible to categorize it's content into the various sections of the site.
That's why we opted to create one big preview for the magazine, rather than several small ones.
These articles can be foundhere. |
| November 27, 2009 |
Enter 1 - october 1983 (USA) |
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The second part of this week's update is the second CVG issue in the capable hands of Paul Davies.
This issue we see Tom Guise, Ed Lomas and Jaime Smith join the magazine and you will start to witness how they take CVG to a whole new level.
The latest online articles are the following: reviews ofTwisted Metal,ViewpointandWormson the PSone front. And a review forSuper Skidmarkson the Mega Drive.
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| CVG 169 - december 1995 (UK) |
November 27, 2009 |
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Another Friday and another first for our little site.
Today we are very proud to present a magazine which many Super Nintendo fans will surely fall in love with all over again.
Namely the very first issue of Super Play.
Please not that page 60 is upside down in the original magazine as well, so it's not a scanning error.
The selected online articles are the following:The complete guide to Super Nintendowhich goes in depth into the regional differences between each version of the SNES.
An interview withSoftware Creations, and to finish of with, reviews for Xandra's Big AdventureandDinosaurs.
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| Super Play 1 - november 1992 (UK) |
November 13, 2009 |
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Due to the hard work of Mort, who yet again provided the scans for this issue and Triverse for editing them, we are proud to present you with issue 6 of Nintendo Magazine System.
The reason why we jumped ahead a bit this time is due to the requests being made or this specific issue on our forum.
The newest online articles that acompany this issue are the following:RC Pro-AM 2on the NES,Starfox,Pocky & RockyandJacki Crushon the Super Nintendo.
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| November 7, 2009 |
Nintendo Magazine System 6 - march 1993 (UK) |
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We are very proud to present to you the very first issue of CVG that's starts off the Paul Davies era of the magazine, which is considered by many, including ourselves, as one of the best periods in video game magazine history. Keep in mind that Paul Davies took over right in the middle when this issue was being created and that the new crew hadn't been introduced yet. So keep an eye out on how this magazine is transformed within a handful of issues into a true classic.
The latest online articles includeVirtua Fighteron the 32X,
for the Megadrive there isVectormanand on the PSone we have LoadedandNBA Jam Tournament Editionthis time around.
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| October 20, 2009 |
CVG 168 - november 1995 (UK) |
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Today is a very special day for us here at out-of-print archive.
Something that will have a big effect on the site in the coming months and which we would like to share with our readers as well, so you can see a a glimpse of what we have in store for you in the future.
We want to express our utmost gratitude to Richard from the Netherlands, who was so kind to donate his collection of 350+ classic video game magazines to our preservation project.
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| October 10, 2009 |
Mega Donation |
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The latest high quality version of Maximum issue 4 can now be found in our magazine catalogue. With this latest release, we also welcome 4 new online articles to the site, which can be found at the bottom of the the magazine content page in question, or in their respective categories.
These online articles includeReal Bout Fatal Furyfor the NeoGeo, Virtua Fighter 2andGuardian Heroesfor the Sega Saturn as well asDoomon the PSone.
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| September 30, 2009 |
MAXIMUM Issue 4 - february 1996 (UK) |
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It's time to add a brand new section to the review archive.
Namely the arcade section.
While arcade games are some of the hardest games to find reviews for in classic video game magazines, we believe that we have found a great one to start of the new section with, namelyThe Simpsons.
Stay tuned for the next arcade update which features an equally brilliant classic.
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| CVG 116 - july 1991 (UK) |
September 30, 2009 |
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Maximum issue 3 is now online for download in it's brand new 1920 pixel width version. Even more detail than before as well as the elimination of those nasty artifacts around the text.
Be sure to also check out the linked articles on the bottom of the page. These include features for bothVirua Copon the Sega Saturn as well asSamurai Shodown 3for the NeoGeo.
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| MAXIMUM Issue 3 - january 1996 (UK) |
September 25, 2009 |
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The first of what will soon become a list of home made interviews here at out-of-print archive.
We talk with the person who is responible for recreating a life sized version on Link from the Legend of Zelda. Created fully in papercraft.
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| September 21 2009 |
Papercraft Link interview |
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We launched out-of-print archive as little more than a Dreamcast tribute page, today we are proud to present to the next step.
After nearly two weeks of hard work, and countless months of preparation,
you will be able to enjoy all kinds of articles from a multitude of different magazines.
As well as the new magazine section, where you will be able to find our complete high-quality magazine releases as well as info and links to their content. It's a bit empty at the moment, but it will be getting regular updates from now on, just as the other sections of the site. Enjoy!
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| out-of-print archive 2.0 is live |
September 21, 2009 |
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We launch our brand new site on the anniversary of a great system that didn't get the real chance it deserved, the Sega Dreamcast.
We start of with a blast as we open the Dreamcast review archive containing over 90 reviews of some of our all-time favorite games.
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| September 9 2009 |
Dreamcast anniversary feature |
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