Nintendo Magazine System (AUS) issues 78 and 84 have been added to our collection thanks to DanielPrimed ...
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True Crime: Streets of LA - BradyGames Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13738)
GoldenEye Rogue Agent - Prima Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13739)
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Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13741)
Soul Calibur II - Official Fighter's Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13742)
Donkey Kong 64: Official Nintendo Player's Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13740)
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Thanks kitsunebi-san for all these cool Game Guides! Awesome, much appreciated!
Loving these strategy guides, thanks so much for the time and effort!
Agreed! These game guides are great! Love looking through them and seeing how they are designed.
Thanks guys. It's actually quite nice hearing that these guides are appreciated. Especially the ones that have rassum frassum gigantic posters that take forever to splice back together in editing. >:( ;D More on the way!
Yep, thank you!! I really miss the good old days of game guides everywhere and for every game...
Finally starting to get some time back now that the father-in-law's house is on the market, so should hopefully be able to get back into scanning more regularly now. Antic #63 is now available ...
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Mortal Kombat Deception - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13744)
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Star Trek: The Official Monthly Magazine #16 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13745) (scanned by Jason)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13746)
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Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 09, 2025, 07:30 PMStar Trek: The Official Monthly Magazine #16 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13745) (scanned by Jason)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13746)
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Wow. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a really good game. Thank you and respect for all your work.
Quote from: HUNZso on Nov 09, 2025, 09:29 PMWow. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a really good game. Thank you and respect for all your work.
Thanks. Alas, it falls under the "owned it but never got around to playing it" category for me. Not unusual - the majority of games I bought as an adult (18+) fell into that category as having a job but no free time meant buying more than I could ever hope to play. And then I stopped playing games altogether nearly 20 years ago.
Keep your eyes peeled for the guide to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (another game I've not played), which I should have out sometime later this week.
Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 09, 2025, 10:48 PMQuote from: HUNZso on Nov 09, 2025, 09:29 PMWow. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a really good game. Thank you and respect for all your work.
Thanks. Alas, it falls under the "owned it but never got around to playing it" category for me. Not unusual - the majority of games I bought as an adult (18+) fell into that category as having a job but no free time meant buying more than I could ever hope to play. And then I stopped playing games altogether nearly 20 years ago.
Keep your eyes peeled for the guide to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (another game I've not played), which I should have out sometime later this week.
It was sadly, also one of those games that tragically undersold. A shame really, as it was one of the better remakes that was well-received across the board by most publications.
Thank you for the uploads. Much appreciated.
KarlyPilkboys brings us PSW (UK) issues 86, 88, 89 and 90. PlayStation mag reading weekend anyone? :)
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Finally managed to get Gregorick's scan of Goldeneye 007 Fully Mapped Game Guide supplement from 64 Solutions magazine online ...
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13752) I guess there was some backlash about the darker aesthetic of this game compared to Sands of Time. I wonder which game the movie took inspiration from (if either?)
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I'm pretty certain the 2010 movie was thematically based on the 2010 video game, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.
Thank you for the strategy guide, kitsunebi!
Quote from: gobbins on Nov 14, 2025, 05:19 AMI'm pretty certain the 2010 movie was thematically based on the 2010 video game, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.
Actually, now that I see that the movie's title is exactly the same as the game's (PoP: The Sands of Time), I suppose that makes sense. ;D
I didn't pay it any attention when it came out - I have a pretty strict no-videogame-movies rule when it comes to my watching habits (I've never even watched the Wing Commander movie out of morbid curiosity, despite WC being one of my all-time favorite game series.)
When I think 'Prince of Persia' I definitely think of Jake Gyllenhaal.
Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 14, 2025, 10:53 AMActually, now that I see that the movie's title is exactly the same as the game's (PoP: The Sands of Time), I suppose that makes sense. ;D
Upon further research, I stand corrected. The 2010 movie was a loose adaptation of the 2003 Sands of Time game, but supposedly borrowed some things from the two follow up titles in that trilogy ("Warrior Within" and "The Two Thrones") so your original comment was more accurate than mine.
It just so happens that a new video game released the same year, with a Prince that looked marginally similar to the films leading actor Jake Gyllenhaal, hence my confusion.
Not to be confused with the 2008 reboot game simply titled Prince of Persia...
This series is a mess, ha!
Quote from: Kiwi on Nov 13, 2025, 07:11 PMKarlyPilkboys brings us PSW (UK) issues 86, 88, 89 and 90. PlayStation mag reading weekend anyone? :)
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Thank you kindly for the uploads. Much appreciated.
Skimming through Issue 88, I couldn't help but notice that the review for Rule of Rose had the game going for 25 pounds. It's unfathomable to think about now when you consider the game is one of the most expensive PS2 titles which now goes for prices ranging from amounts as high as $1000 to prices as "low" as $300.
Quote from: bigkev on Nov 14, 2025, 07:25 PMSkimming through Issue 88, I couldn't help but notice that the review for Rule of Rose had the game going for 25 pounds. It's unfathomable to think about now when you consider the game is one of the most expensive PS2 titles which now goes for prices ranging from amounts as high as $1000 to prices as "low" as $300.
Interesting. I've never even heard of it. But a quick look online shows it got pretty terrible reviews across the board, so I guess its value comes strictly from scarcity? Crazy that someone would pay $1000 for a terrible game. But I guess no one pays those prices to actually PLAY it.
Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 14, 2025, 09:33 PMQuote from: bigkev on Nov 14, 2025, 07:25 PMSkimming through Issue 88, I couldn't help but notice that the review for Rule of Rose had the game going for 25 pounds. It's unfathomable to think about now when you consider the game is one of the most expensive PS2 titles which now goes for prices ranging from amounts as high as $1000 to prices as "low" as $300.
Interesting. I've never even heard of it. But a quick look online shows it got pretty terrible reviews across the board, so I guess its value comes strictly from scarcity? Crazy that someone would pay $1000 for a terrible game. But I guess no one pays those prices to actually PLAY it.
I too could not justify spending a three-figure sum on a game, despite its quality or rarity. With Rule of Rose, I think it's one of those rare curiosity pieces that only the most obsessive of gaming collectors would purchase just so they can have it displayed on their shelf.
Quote from: bigkev on Nov 14, 2025, 09:45 PMQuote from: kitsunebi on Nov 14, 2025, 09:33 PMQuote from: bigkev on Nov 14, 2025, 07:25 PMSkimming through Issue 88, I couldn't help but notice that the review for Rule of Rose had the game going for 25 pounds. It's unfathomable to think about now when you consider the game is one of the most expensive PS2 titles which now goes for prices ranging from amounts as high as $1000 to prices as "low" as $300.
Interesting. I've never even heard of it. But a quick look online shows it got pretty terrible reviews across the board, so I guess its value comes strictly from scarcity? Crazy that someone would pay $1000 for a terrible game. But I guess no one pays those prices to actually PLAY it.
I too could not justify spending a three-figure sum on a game, despite its quality or rarity. With Rule of Rose, I think it's one of those rare curiosity pieces that only the most obsessive of gaming collectors would purchase just so they can have it displayed on their shelf.
Rule of Rose is quite popular with the games as literature critique crowd, I believe. It's got a story that has been hotly debated and examined over the years due to its psychological nature, touching on topics like gender and childhood trauma through metaphor and symbolism. It's apparently very intense and creepy! It's not my sort of thing, but there's been a lot of re-evaluation of games that were once lost in the shuffle of releases, so to speak! It's also by like a cadre of developers who have a very long history? I believe a lot of them worked on Earthbound, then on the Japan-only PS1 RPG moon, and some other obscure titles, so there's a subset of fanatics who follow the individual developer's works. One of them was in fact Toby Fox, creator of Undertale, who has said that hearing about Moon RPG on internet message boards growing up inspired his mega-hit!
I suppose even if a game is not critically reviewed, it still has some special attributes all its own, not just rarity behind it!
Quote from: bigkev on Nov 14, 2025, 09:45 PMI think it's one of those rare curiosity pieces that only the most obsessive of gaming collectors would purchase just so they can have it displayed on their shelf.
Exactly this. There's obviously far more "economic and accessible" ways to play the game in the modern era, but that won't get you the attention that likes and retweets on Twitter does, nor does it give you the credibility that having it on a bookcase in the background of your YouTube video while you stand in front of it and yap.
Some comments made lately but in the October thread have been deleted. Far too difficult trying to move them to the November topic and I'm in a grumpy mood and couldn't be arsed trying to figure it all out. Seriously considering locking old topics to prevent cross chat so we keep it to the current month only >:(
In the UK it was titled "Edge Presents...." while in Australia it was titled "Gameplayer Presents The 100 Best Videogames" and it's the latter that DanielPrimed has kindly scanned for us which ironically has saved me the trouble of doing, so I can finally throw my physical copy out at long last :D
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Xenosaga Episode I - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13753)
Xenosaga Episode II - Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13759)
Banjo-Tooie - Official Nintendo Player's Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13754)
Breath of Fire III - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13758)
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Metal Gear Solid - Official Mission Handbook (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13761)
Dengeki G's Magazine #009 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13762)
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The Metal Gear guide is really nice, but MAN, what a pain to scan. Dustlines everywhere forcing rescan after rescan.
Thanks for the MGS guide, always wanted to flip through that
Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 24, 2025, 08:07 PMMetal Gear Solid - Official Mission Handbook (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13761)
Dengeki G's Magazine #009 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13762)
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The Metal Gear guide is really nice, but MAN, what a pain to scan. Dustlines everywhere forcing rescan after rescan.
That Metal Gear guide, cover and all is glorious. Thank you very much for the upload.
Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 24, 2025, 08:07 PMMetal Gear Solid - Official Mission Handbook (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13761)
Dengeki G's Magazine #009 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13762)
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The Metal Gear guide is really nice, but MAN, what a pain to scan. Dustlines everywhere forcing rescan after rescan.
Brilliant work. Thank you for your hard work, sir.
All About Space issues 81 - 90 are now available ...
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Quick note, page 204 is there twice and page 203 is missing... from the "Gameplayer Presents The 100 Best Videogames". Very nice find by the way! :)
Quote from: Megadan on Nov 27, 2025, 02:53 AMQuick note, page 204 is there twice and page 203 is missing... from the "Gameplayer Presents The 100 Best Videogames". Very nice find by the way! :)
I will hunt my copy down in the basement and scan the missing page.
Quote from: Kiwi on Nov 27, 2025, 09:36 AMQuote from: Megadan on Nov 27, 2025, 02:53 AMQuick note, page 204 is there twice and page 203 is missing... from the "Gameplayer Presents The 100 Best Videogames". Very nice find by the way! :)
I will hunt my copy down in the basement and scan the missing page.
Thanks for uploading. This is an error with the magazine itself, not the scan. I wonder if the EDGE-branded magazine has this error as well.
Quote from: DanielPrimed on Nov 27, 2025, 05:57 PMQuote from: Kiwi on Nov 27, 2025, 09:36 AMQuote from: Megadan on Nov 27, 2025, 02:53 AMQuick note, page 204 is there twice and page 203 is missing... from the "Gameplayer Presents The 100 Best Videogames". Very nice find by the way! :)
I will hunt my copy down in the basement and scan the missing page.
Thanks for uploading. This is an error with the magazine itself, not the scan. I wonder if the EDGE-branded magazine has this error as well.
I have a PDF of the EDGE version (DURiAN's work). There are no errors in it. It only contains the map, so there is no (valuable) text.
Definitely a printing error by the publisher as my copy has page 204 duplicated as page 203 as well. Damn I shouldn't have ripped my copy up to rescan page 203. Might've been worth something in the future due to the error? LOL
@HUNZso - if page 203 of the scan you have is actually page 203 could you upload or send me a copy and we will replace our incorrect page with it. Cheers ....
PC World (NZ) #99 is now available ...
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Acorn User #65 is now available ...
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PC World (NZ) #133 is now available ...
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Quote from: kitsunebi on Nov 24, 2025, 08:07 PMMetal Gear Solid - Official Mission Handbook (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13761)
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The Metal Gear guide is really nice, but MAN, what a pain to scan. Dustlines everywhere forcing rescan after rescan.
Also wanted to shout out a huge thanks for the MGS Guide! Any of these guides from that time span is much appreciated and I especially love MGS. :)
Quote from: Kiwi on Nov 28, 2025, 09:34 AMDefinitely a printing error by the publisher as my copy has page 204 duplicated as page 203 as well. Damn I shouldn't have ripped my copy up to rescan page 203. Might've been worth something in the future due to the error? LOL
Mine has the same error. I wonder if every Aussie physical copy was borked?
PC World (NZ) #132 is now available ...
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Something a bit different today with Guitar World Vol. 15 No. 05 (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13777)
And here's a guide covering both Metroid Prime & Metroid Fusion (https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=13776).
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Quote from: Kiwi on Nov 28, 2025, 09:34 AMDefinitely a printing error by the publisher as my copy has page 204 duplicated as page 203 as well. Damn I shouldn't have ripped my copy up to rescan page 203. Might've been worth something in the future due to the error? LOL
@HUNZso - if page 203 of the scan you have is actually page 203 could you upload or send me a copy and we will replace our incorrect page with it. Cheers ....
@Kiwi Is this okay here?
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