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Ring in the new month with Famitsu 1318.  This issue had a couple of 3-page-wide spreads that would have played havok with a PDF reader in joined form, but since all of us here are using more intelligent CBR reader software, there won't be any problems, regardless of whether you use single or double page viewing. :)

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Amstrad Computer User issue 18 is now available.

ToyFare #8 is now available.  This is one of the only mags I scan which I actually read. I've also got incentive to scan them because the unusually small print on these is brutal on my old man eyes, so reading the CBR is FAR easier than reading the print mag. 

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The Alone in the Dark Cluebook has been added to the Game Guides section.

Quote from: kitsunebi on Jun 01, 2023, 07:50 PMThis issue had a couple of 3-page-wide spreads that would have played havok with a PDF reader in joined form, but since all of us here are using more intelligent CBR reader software, there won't be any problems, regardless of whether you use single or double page viewing. :)

I've done a number of gate folds via Scan To PDF and never had an issue. Not about intelligence in picking CBR or PDF, it's about how you scan it.  ;)

No, it's a problem with how Pdf readers are designed to display documents.  They like to think of every page as equal, so if you have a single page next to a super long page of joined images (like an edited-together tri-fold), a Pdf viewer will display the single and triple page side-by-side when using two-page viewing mode, resulting in a 4-page-wide, difficult to read mess.

CBR viewers are designed with comics in mind where there are a mix of single and spread pages, so when they encounter a spread (be it 2,3,4 or however many pages,) they will display the spread separately, and not attached to any single pages before or after.

Amiga Computing issue 101 is now available.

Well, you've waited 33 years and your patience has finally paid off - Family Computer Magazine 117 is now (finally) available.  Whew.

*Please remember that this entire mag is read right to left, so set your CBR reader to Japanese/manga mode.

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GameNOW issue 08 is now available. Unfortunately my copy was missing the front cover so I used 3rd party scans to complete the issue.

A somewhat roughed up copy of Amstrad Action issue 13 has been scanned and added t the download area.

Another week, another Weekly Famitsu.  Just like the real thing.
Get Famitsu 1317 HERE (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=10542)

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Comptiq No.241 is now available HERE (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=10543).

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Amstrad Computer User issue 51 is now available.

Today I've got Famitsu 129 for you.  I wonder if they knew then when they wrote this issue's unassuming 2-page preview of a new arcade release called Street Fighter II just how game-changing it would be for the industry?

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Quote from: kitsunebi on Jun 05, 2023, 11:25 AMThey like to think of every page as equal, so if you have a single page next to a super long page of joined images (like an edited-together tri-fold), a Pdf viewer will display the single and triple page side-by-side when using two-page viewing mode, resulting in a 4-page-wide, difficult to read mess.

Okay that makes sense since I don't join pages of a tri-fold together when I scan especially since my scanner isn't A3.

Just in case anyone misses this I put some bookazines and cheat books up for auction. Maybe someone in the UK wants to buy them to scan?

https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?topic=36.0 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?topic=36.0)

The February 1992 issue of Bits & Bytes is now available.

The Post Mortem Strategy & Solutions Guide is now available.

Dengeki PlayStation 120 features their first in-depth look at the upcoming PS2.

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The Fade to Black Players Guide is now available.

Amstrad Action issue 28 is now available.

Amstrad Computer User issue 06 is now available.

NGamer issue 43 is now available thanks to AralDite.

I have come to the conclusion that I am never going to get everything online if I continue editing other members scans on top of trying to scan the 1500+ mags still in my basement gathering dust. To move things forward I am going to straighten cover scans and then upload other members scans as-is. That may mean that scans might be classed as raw scans. If anyone feels like downloading those magazines and editing them to resubmit cleaner versions that will help free up time for me to scan my collection. Don't worry though, anything uploaded as such will be perfectly readable as-is but I really do need to free up my time.

First up in this class are four Game Players Nintendo Guides scanned by AralDite.

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Three more of his Game Players Nintendo Guide issues are now available.

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Next up are four of his scans of Official Australian Xbox Magazine.

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LOL, I had no idea those Game Players were on the docket.  I think I have those in my closet right now.  Haven't scanned them because they aren't really a priority.  But they're so tiny (less than 80 pages?  LOL the Japanese mags I scan eat 4 of them for breakfast) I always figured I'd do them at some point when I felt like knocking out something super quick and easy.  I still probably will, eventually.  Not because there's anything wrong with the scans posted above (which I've not even seen), but just because I refuse to sell crap on eBay and I feel guilty just throwing stuff in the garbage, but if I scan them, I can throw them out guilt-free.  I'll post them to archive regardless.

I wouldn't worry about people being dissatisfied with raw scans.  Unlike comics, where any flaw in a scan like an unjoined spread will get the scanner absolutely EVISCERATED by the community, magazine downloaders don't seem to really give a %$#! what stuff looks like.  They neither praise nor complain, regardless of the quality.  So the only reason to make something look nice is if doing so is something you take pride in for your own sake. 

I had no idea you were editing other people's scans, but yeah, you should absolutely stop doing that, since it's pretty hard to take pride in fixing someone else's handiwork.  I like to make my own scans look nice, but it's an empty experience spending my precious time doing the same to someone else's scan.

Maybe one day there will be enough multiple scans of the same mags floating around the internets that the mag community will finally get organized like the comics community and start uniformly naming their files, complete with scanner name so that people can tell just by looking at the filename if they will be getting a carefully scanned and edited file from a dependable scanner or just a raw scan.

Yeah, I think I have 400 odd scans of Aral's on the NAS and I also have gladiator's CVG scans, all of which would be great to get uploaded so I can make inroads into my mag collection but all need some amount of editing.

It would be nice if people picked up some of the editing work but I'm thinking it's simply better to have them available rather than sitting on my NAS and thus unable to be worked on if someone does put their hand up to help out. If you can't download it you cant edit it!!  :P

Thanks to AralDite issues 28 - 32 of NGamer are now available.

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Another five issues of NGamer have been added to the download area, those being issues 33 - 37

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Issues 38 - 42 of NGamer are now available thanks to AralDite.

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Famitsu 1316 is a rare issue of that mag that was squarebound as opposed to stapled.  Why?  I dunno.  The mag itself is 260 or so pages, which is nothing unusual, and although the included supplement pushes the page count to over 300, it still isn't without precedent for a Famitsu of that length to be stapled.  Maybe they just wanted it to look nice since it's the PS4 launch issue?  These are the questions that keep scholars and philosophers alike awake at night.

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Quote from: Kiwi on Jun 22, 2023, 09:30 PMYeah, I think I have 400 odd scans of Aral's on the NAS and I also have gladiator's CVG scans, all of which would be great to get uploaded so I can make inroads into my mag collection but all need some amount of editing.

Are you allowed to say what the magazines you have to scan are? Just for future reference so we're not scanning something you might have access to.

Quote from: slider1983 on Jun 26, 2023, 11:54 AMAre you allowed to say what the magazines you have to scan are? Just for future reference so we're not scanning something you might have access to.

I've got a better idea.  Go ahead and scan what you've got.  If Kiwi DOES have access to anything you scan, well then he won't have to scan it, and that will free up some of his time to scan things that you DON'T have. 

While it may well be the case that Kiwi owns some of the same mags as other scanners here, it's absurd to expect Kiwi to be the one to scan them every time. 

As for the possibility of wasted duplication of effort, the odds of two people actually working on the same scan at the same time are incredibly slim, but if you're worried about it, that's what W.I.P. threads are for.

p.s. It occurred to me that your question could possibly have been worded incorrectly and what you meant to ask was if you could get a list of Araldite's scans which have already been submitted so that you don't duplicate any of that effort.  That's NOT what was asked, but hopefully that's what was meant, since it's at least a legit, inoffensive request.  I think it would be easier to just ask Kiwi if whatever mag you're planning to scan next has already been submitted, though, rather than have him type up a list of 400 issues.

We start the weekend off with six issues of N64 Gamer from the AralDite archive!!

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..... followed by another six issues.  :)

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Next up are four issues of Video Games & Computer Entertainment.

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For those interested. From 1998 to 2015 there was an English language magazine, called NAG, from South Africa. Almost all published magazines are now available digitally free of charge. Here is the link: https://www.nag.co.za/nag-magazine-archives/

The volumes 2000 to 2002 are not available in pdf with the exception of the first 2 issues from 2000.

Quote from: potjekoffie48 on Jul 02, 2023, 10:27 AMFor those interested. From 1998 to 2015 there was an English language magazine, called NAG, from South Africa. Almost all published magazines are now available digitally free of charge. Here is the link: https://www.nag.co.za/nag-magazine-archives/

The volumes 2000 to 2002 are not available in pdf with the exception of the first 2 issues from 2000.

Nice find.  I've never read any of them, but back when I used to download everything under the sun I got all the issues from 2012 till its cancellation in 2015.  I had no idea it had been around since the 90s. 

I wish every publisher did this.  It would sure make the lives of us scanners a hell of a lot easier by making scans unnecessary.  Imagine, having the luxury of using your free time to do things you enjoy!  Well, I can dream.

PC gamers can check out LOGiN 361 HERE. (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=10597)

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Four more scans from AralDite for Video Games & Computer Entertainment have been added to the download section.

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Next up are four issues of Tech Life, another standalone Australian magazine that was merged into APC magazine in 2022.

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Quote from: kitsunebi on Jun 26, 2023, 11:12 PMp.s. It occurred to me that your question could possibly have been worded incorrectly and what you meant to ask was if you could get a list of Araldite's scans which have already been submitted so that you don't duplicate any of that effort.  That's NOT what was asked, but hopefully that's what was meant, since it's at least a legit, inoffensive request.  I think it would be easier to just ask Kiwi if whatever mag you're planning to scan next has already been submitted, though, rather than have him type up a list of 400 issues.

Never mind it was just a question. No offensive was intended.

Another four issues of Tech Life have been added to the download section.

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Quote from: Kiwi on Jun 29, 2023, 07:34 PM..... followed by another six issues.  :)

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Never thought I'd see these again. Such great memories.

AralDite's scans of PowerStation (UK) issues 63, 65, 66 and 72 are now available.

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Next up are issues 02, 10, 11 and 13 of Australian 360.

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