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#81
General Discussion / Re: (Non-gaming) Anybody have ...
Last post by Kiwi - Jul 20, 2025, 10:38 AMAs kitsunebi said, the large format UK mags make scanning really annoyingly awkward either by having to cut pages to fit an A4 scanner and thus ruining them if the mags are really oversized OR really expensive if you have to acquire an A3 scanner as the prices for those run into the thousands for brand new A3 capable scanners.
I fortunately, have an A4 AND an A3 document scanner so I can pretty much cover anything however a quick check of the NZ version of eBay showed zero issues of SFX available to buy.
Jason and I have archived digital scans available on Readly for issues 254 to the latest issue and we also have another 54 3rd party issues from 191 to 253 which date back to 2010 so there are indeed a couple of hundred issues that are M.I.A.
I fortunately, have an A4 AND an A3 document scanner so I can pretty much cover anything however a quick check of the NZ version of eBay showed zero issues of SFX available to buy.
Jason and I have archived digital scans available on Readly for issues 254 to the latest issue and we also have another 54 3rd party issues from 191 to 253 which date back to 2010 so there are indeed a couple of hundred issues that are M.I.A.
#82
General Discussion / Re: (Non-gaming) Anybody have ...
Last post by LeftHandedMatt - Jul 20, 2025, 12:37 AMThanks for the info! I suspected there probably weren't any out there online. My library has digital editions going back to 2014 or so.
The differing sizes of our magazines is true, they make my shelf look very random!
The differing sizes of our magazines is true, they make my shelf look very random!
#83
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by Kiwi - Jul 19, 2025, 08:07 PMSomething a little different next!!
My parents-in-law visited the UK and Europe in late 2003/early 2004. After my Father-in-law passed away recently my wife and I went through his bookshelf working out what to throw out and came across several visitor books for various locations. Seeing as they are 20+ years old and likely superseded by more up to date publications I thought I might scan some of them as they provide a nostalgic window of the early 2000's. First up is Stonehenge and Neighbouring Monuments.
I have added single page visitor guides for some locations in the gallery. Not sure why they look so horrid but viewing them in a separate window gives the proper scaling so it's definitely a Gallery issue rather than the scans themselves.
My parents-in-law visited the UK and Europe in late 2003/early 2004. After my Father-in-law passed away recently my wife and I went through his bookshelf working out what to throw out and came across several visitor books for various locations. Seeing as they are 20+ years old and likely superseded by more up to date publications I thought I might scan some of them as they provide a nostalgic window of the early 2000's. First up is Stonehenge and Neighbouring Monuments.
I have added single page visitor guides for some locations in the gallery. Not sure why they look so horrid but viewing them in a separate window gives the proper scaling so it's definitely a Gallery issue rather than the scans themselves.
#84
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by Kiwi - Jul 19, 2025, 06:36 PMJabbaTheGamer and Gregorick team up to provide us with Xbox World issues 27, 28 and 30 ...
#85
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by Kiwi - Jul 19, 2025, 10:11 AMIIRC I have 3rd party scans for most of our missing issues (except #257) but I'd much rather acquire missing issues and scan them ourselves due to the low quality of the 3rd party versions.
I'm pretty sure Gregorick has more issues of CVG to scan as JabbaTheGamer has been acquiring them so hold your horses as we might actually have #257 and a lot more incoming!! The main issues that still need to be acquired that I can tell are issues 01 - 15 but postage prices to NZ from the UK for me to grab them are downright criminal.
I'm pretty sure Gregorick has more issues of CVG to scan as JabbaTheGamer has been acquiring them so hold your horses as we might actually have #257 and a lot more incoming!! The main issues that still need to be acquired that I can tell are issues 01 - 15 but postage prices to NZ from the UK for me to grab them are downright criminal.
#86
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by JohnS414 - Jul 19, 2025, 03:40 AMQuote from: ed209 on Jul 19, 2025, 03:15 AMGuys just a heads-up on CVG; there's a torrent available on a certain russian site with scans of all but one issue.. though quality is lacking for many of them.
So afaik, the only issue yet to be scanned by anyone is 257 (March 2003).
Unless it's against the forum rules is there any chance of a hint of which site you mean?
I have 24 issues missing and low quality versions are better than nothing.
#87
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by ed209 - Jul 19, 2025, 03:15 AMGuys just a heads-up on CVG; there's a torrent available on a certain russian site with scans of all but one issue.. though quality is lacking for many of them.
So afaik, the only issue yet to be scanned by anyone is 257 (March 2003).
So afaik, the only issue yet to be scanned by anyone is 257 (March 2003).
#88
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by bigkev - Jul 18, 2025, 09:21 PMQuote from: JohnS414 on Jul 18, 2025, 07:43 PMThe final CVG issue was #277 October 2004.Thank you for that. I think there was even a CVG website at some point which became GamesRadar.
There are actually 278 issues since there were two issues #93.
#89
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by JohnS414 - Jul 18, 2025, 07:43 PMThe final CVG issue was #277 October 2004.
There are actually 278 issues since there were two issues #93.
#90
New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25
Last post by bigkev - Jul 18, 2025, 07:38 PMQuote from: Kiwi on Jul 18, 2025, 07:17 PMJabbaTheGamer donated and Gregorick scanned CVG issues 255, 261, 262 and 263 ...Thank you very much for the uploads. Much appreciated.
Does anyone know what the final issue number was for the CVG publication?