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First post, by chrisNova777

Posted on 2016-02-02, 19:36

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just stumbled across this.. looks really cool. tons of issues.
i somehow found the issue january 1993 and its got all kinds of cool ads in it..
has anyone else seen this? ? 😉

http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php? … 987&pub=2&id=38

http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php? … 93&pub=2&id=500

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http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php? … 991&pub=2&id=80

Reply 1 of 7, by firage

Posted on 2016-02-02, 20:06

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Yes, the archive is pretty awesome. They could really use an index of every game reviewed with issue numbers, though. I'm always searching through PDF's looking for reviews on specific old games.

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Reply 2 of 7, by Artex

Posted on 2016-02-02, 20:31

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I wish I could find an archive for BOOT magazine (pre-Maximum PC).

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Reply 3 of 7, by leileilol

Posted on 2016-02-02, 22:28

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and PCGamer (US) and CGS+

and PCXL, if only for posterity. Even the scrappies need to be preserved.

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Reply 4 of 7, by dogchainx

Posted on 2016-02-03, 03:37

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Reminds me, I need to contact the guy who does the CGW archive. I think he has original scans that are better that those in the PDF downloads. I have so many CGW's in my collection, and was going to rescan all of them at 600 DPI for an ultra-high quality archive, but if he has them at 300dpi, that might suffice.

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Reply 5 of 7, by RoyBatty

Posted on 2016-02-03, 06:26

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An archive of Softdisk would be great too.

Reply 6 of 7, by swaaye

Posted on 2016-02-03, 07:07

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leileilol wrote:
and PCGamer (US) and CGS+

and PCXL, if only for posterity. Even the scrappies need to be preserved.

I found PCXL. Not much of a fan of it though.
http://www.oldgamemags.com/pcxl/

I have lots of CGS+ in print. The earlier years are best. Need more of them.

Reply 7 of 7, by swaaye

Posted on 2016-02-03, 07:13

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dogchainx wrote:
Reminds me, I need to contact the guy who does the CGW archive. I think he has original scans that are better that those in the PDF downloads. I have so many CGW's in my collection, and was going to rescan all of them at 600 DPI for an ultra-high quality archive, but if he has them at 300dpi, that might suffice.

Sigh, if only I had all the time in the world to do everything I want to accomplish

It would be nice to have higher quality scans. I actually donated to his effort to get a ADF scanner to do beyond issue 100. But the scanner quality was a disappointment. There are frequently streaks from some kind of scanner element errors. Still, they are far better than nothing.

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