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#51
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by KarlyPilkboys - May 04, 2025, 01:05 AMYeah, I had the same issue!
I also think it's the extra issues being added for Christmas. They would get 13 issues in a year rather than 12, as they released them roughly every 4 weeks.
I was looking through these and trying to figure it out myself. Looking at the "Next month in PSW" pages, they would have the release date of the next issue. And they were normally a month off....so if it was released in Jan, it would be the Feb issue....if that makes sense.
Anyway, I got to something like this for the issues around that time:
028 - May 2002
029 - Jun 2002
030 - Jul 2002
031 - Aug 2002
032 - Sep 2002
033 - Oct 2002
034 - Nov 2002
035 - Dec 2002
036 - Chr 2002
037 - Jan 2003
038 - Feb 2003
I also think it's the extra issues being added for Christmas. They would get 13 issues in a year rather than 12, as they released them roughly every 4 weeks.
I was looking through these and trying to figure it out myself. Looking at the "Next month in PSW" pages, they would have the release date of the next issue. And they were normally a month off....so if it was released in Jan, it would be the Feb issue....if that makes sense.
Anyway, I got to something like this for the issues around that time:
028 - May 2002
029 - Jun 2002
030 - Jul 2002
031 - Aug 2002
032 - Sep 2002
033 - Oct 2002
034 - Nov 2002
035 - Dec 2002
036 - Chr 2002
037 - Jan 2003
038 - Feb 2003
#52
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by kitsunebi - May 04, 2025, 12:01 AMPhillyman created that mag's database. You could ask him, but you'd probably be wasting your time. He doesn't open any of my PMs and I'm the #1 contributor to that site. So I doubt you'd fare any better.
I can't speak for magazinesfromthepast, but one of the reasons weird dates are bound to pop up at Retromags is that it's an American site, and Americans are used to having dates printed on nearly all magazines. So when there ISN'T one, as is the case with many UK publications, we simply cannot leave it alone and feel a need to include one anyway. A mag without a date is seen as naked and broken, so better to just make up a cover date, even though it's just a guess/approximation.
At any rate, that particular publication seems to have made a conscious decision to erase any indication of a cover date. As you pointed out, it included cover dates until issue #31, the August issue. Issue 32 and 33 still display a vestige of a cover date in the UPC code, which lists them as 09 and 10, respectively (presumably the Sep and Oct issues.) But then with #34, even the UPC stops being a hint, as what should have been "11" is instead "34," and each successive issue simply shows the issue number in that spot. If the mag were monthly, it would be simple enough to continue guessing the dates, but UK mags are prone to release "holiday" or "Xmas" issues (and sometimes other seasonal issues, besides), so guesses are just that.
I've never seen an issue of that mag, but I assume there are no cover dates printed inside the mag either, or you wouldn't be asking. Better to just not worry about it. Any cover date listed on one of those files or database entries is made-up anyway, so while it might be inaccurate, it can't be incorrect.
I can't speak for magazinesfromthepast, but one of the reasons weird dates are bound to pop up at Retromags is that it's an American site, and Americans are used to having dates printed on nearly all magazines. So when there ISN'T one, as is the case with many UK publications, we simply cannot leave it alone and feel a need to include one anyway. A mag without a date is seen as naked and broken, so better to just make up a cover date, even though it's just a guess/approximation.
At any rate, that particular publication seems to have made a conscious decision to erase any indication of a cover date. As you pointed out, it included cover dates until issue #31, the August issue. Issue 32 and 33 still display a vestige of a cover date in the UPC code, which lists them as 09 and 10, respectively (presumably the Sep and Oct issues.) But then with #34, even the UPC stops being a hint, as what should have been "11" is instead "34," and each successive issue simply shows the issue number in that spot. If the mag were monthly, it would be simple enough to continue guessing the dates, but UK mags are prone to release "holiday" or "Xmas" issues (and sometimes other seasonal issues, besides), so guesses are just that.
I've never seen an issue of that mag, but I assume there are no cover dates printed inside the mag either, or you wouldn't be asking. Better to just not worry about it. Any cover date listed on one of those files or database entries is made-up anyway, so while it might be inaccurate, it can't be incorrect.
#53
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by rygel - May 03, 2025, 09:54 PMQuote from: Gregorick on May 03, 2025, 02:50 AMQuote from: gobbins on May 03, 2025, 12:13 AMMore PSW woo is always nice to see. Thank you!
No problem! And good news, with the rest of my collection and some very kind donations from KarlyPilkboys we will almost have the entire run of PSW uploaded once I am finished with them.
I was looking up the latest PSW contributions on Retromags to check on the ordering - can somebody explain this "weird" jumping between July & August for these issues:
Issue 29 - June 2002
Issue 30 - July 2002
Issue 31 - August 2002
Issue 32 - July 2002
Issue 33 - August 2002
This does not really make sense, or does it?
I also had a look at https://magazinesfromthepast.fandom.com/wiki/PSW : some numbers do not make sense: for example: issue 31 has printed "August 2002" on the cover page. Still, the Wiki lists 31 as "July". Why is that?
#54
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by Kiwi - May 03, 2025, 07:13 PMAce #18 is now available. Ahh!! The Konix Multisystem ... literally the "Supersega" vaporware of the late 1980's. All the mags of the day were touting how great it was but it ended up cancelled before ever seeing a release after the company went bust.
#55
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by Kiwi - May 03, 2025, 05:18 PMQuote from: kitsunebi on May 03, 2025, 04:47 PMWe've been posting in the April thread for a few days now.
Preoccupied I guess and forgot the date. Doh!!
Anything here on out will be under the correct month as I haven't figured out a way to move individual posts from one thread to another.
UPDATE: spoke too soon. All sorted
#56
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by kitsunebi - May 03, 2025, 04:47 PMWe've been posting in the April thread for a few days now.
#57
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by Kiwi - May 03, 2025, 04:22 PMSpeaking of niche mags, Warplane issues 27, 28 and 29 have been scanned and added to the download area ...
#58
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by kitsunebi - May 03, 2025, 02:57 PMI'm not British, Australian, or a New Zealander, and my gaming nostalgia runs deepest on DOS through Win98 PC games, so I'm not in the target demographic for this site, I suppose. I've never seen most of the mags uploaded here, and have never even heard of half of them.
So I get my revenge by scanning niche mags that no one cares about, like Japanese mags, action figure mags, and sci fi mags. Speaking of which.
Star Trek: The Official Monthly Magazine #13
But hey, this is a UK mag that was scanned by an Australian (Jason), so it's at least hitting some of those demographics obliquely.
So I get my revenge by scanning niche mags that no one cares about, like Japanese mags, action figure mags, and sci fi mags. Speaking of which.
Star Trek: The Official Monthly Magazine #13
But hey, this is a UK mag that was scanned by an Australian (Jason), so it's at least hitting some of those demographics obliquely.
#59
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by Kiwi - May 03, 2025, 01:15 PMMore PlayStation reading for the weekend with NINE issues of PlayStation Power added to the download area thanks to Gregorick ...
#60
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 05/25
Last post by IloveCats100 - May 03, 2025, 11:25 AMWhile I mainly came to see the Australian ones, the British magazines are also interesting, and in fact i remember some of them from my youth, which i believe means that they must have been imported to Australia too at some point.