Gaming magazines

oldestgregg · 15 Apr 2014 at 14:22

Dyson said:
Just looked on the Android market, and Edge is available for £12.99 for a year's subscription - quite tempted for that price....

https://play.google.com/store/newsstand/details?id=CAowu5-hAQ

It is but reading edge and games in paper form is better as they are both gorgeous magazines

RaMDOM · 15 Apr 2014 at 19:32

Currently subscribed to PC Gamer and GamesTM. Prefer GamesTM; great read, PC Gamer I find I hardly read any of it. Subscribed to PCZone until the very last issue. Zone went downhill in a big way in the last 2/3 years of its life imo, so I do not miss it one bit.

Will keep buying both Gamer and GamesTM until they stop publishing them. don't know why but I think it is the fact that I do look forward to them dropping through the door.

Kosmiche · 15 Apr 2014 at 20:43

Anyone remember the old days of CVG (Computer and Video Games) magazine? IIRC it was only £2 or thereabouts and came out fortnightly.

Was a awesome mag with a brilliant team of writers, and I also remember the middle pages were printed on some yellow/brown low quality paper and was just for game cheats.

Must have been back in the PS1 era.

Warbie · 15 Apr 2014 at 21:06

I used to buy CVG - it was a great mag! Games magasines were actually a vice of mine for a good few years - I collected most of them. The best of the bunch:

Super Play!

Games TM is the closest we get these days.

Dannyb01y · 15 Apr 2014 at 21:11

Warbie said:
I used to buy CVG - it was a great mag! Games magasines were actually a vice of mine for a good few years - I collected most of them. The best of the bunch:

Super Play!

Games TM is the closest we get these days.

Are old games magazines worth anything? I have tons from when I was younger.. Sega power, Mean machines, CVG, Official dreamcast magazine.. etc. Could never decide what to do with them!

d_brennen · 15 Apr 2014 at 21:11

Eames said:
Anyone remember the old days of CVG (Computer and Video Games) magazine? IIRC it was only £2 or thereabouts and came out fortnightly.

Was a awesome mag with a brilliant team of writers, and I also remember the middle pages were printed on some yellow/brown low quality paper and was just for game cheats.

Must have been back in the PS1 era.

I do. Megadrive and SNES days. Tailed off (quality and quantity) mid/late in the PS1s life IIRC

Warbie · 15 Apr 2014 at 21:13

Dannyb01y said:
Are old games magazines worth anything? I have tons from when I was younger.. Sega power, Mean machines, CVG, Official dreamcast magazine.. etc. Could never decide what to do with them!

You could get a fair amount if they're in good nick and you have a set. I'd pay a good few 100 for a complete Super Play.

Mean Machines was good

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If anyone fancies a trip down memory lane:

http://www.outofprintarchive.com/magazine_catalogue_UK.html

There's high res and tablet downloads.

http://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/superplay.html ftw!

d_brennen · 15 Apr 2014 at 21:23

There goes my weekend

Ingenious TROLL · 16 Apr 2014 at 08:42

d_brennen said:
There goes my weekend

Yup.

lakitu · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:53

Ingenious TROLL said:
Oh I miss the days of having my gaming mags delivered and reading them over a cup of tea and toasted crumpet!

I still do it with Retro Gamer and I can tell when its here by the slap it makes hitting the hallway. I hope I never grow out of it.

iv-tecman · 16 Apr 2014 at 10:00

Ingenious TROLL said:
Yup.

Lost an evening to reading old copies of superplay last night , loved that mag when I was younger and had my trusty snes. Starfox, what a game that was back in the day ..

Ingenious TROLL · 16 Apr 2014 at 10:02

iv-tecman said:
Lost an evening to reading old copies of superplay last night , loved that mag when I was younger and had my trusty snes. Starfox, what a game that was back in the day ..

Starfox! Yes, I remember going round my mates to play that game haha. Classic!