Author Topic: An excerpt from the very last NINTENDO POWER (Read 2923 times)

Barry Egan · « **on:** December 07, 2012, 08:20:51 AM »

Goodnight sweet prince :'(

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2012, 08:52:04 AM »

Updated for November 2012

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2012, 08:59:08 AM »

It was all downhill after the Dragon Warrior issue.

Die!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:09:48 AM »

I started with issue #3, and had a subscription up to around #100.

bork · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:46:20 AM »

I like that he walks out of the room looking at the NES. When Nintendo was good.

Nester looks way too old. He has a kid?

Where is Howard? :'(

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:55:16 AM »

Quote from: bork laser on December 07, 2012, 09:46:20 AM

I like that he walks out of the room looking at the NES. When Nintendo was good.

Nester looks way too old. He has a kid? Where is Howard? :'(

Howard's the father.

headwalk · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:56:12 AM »

they should make more cartoons about developmentally challenged adults and their autistic children.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:59:52 AM »

Turning off the light and leaving Nintendo behind.

demi · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:05:16 AM »

Howard is actually on Facebook. He posts prototypes and stuff.

https://www.facebook.com/GamemasterHoward

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #9 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:16:30 AM »

I loved this magazine as a kid during the NES era

bork · « **Reply #10 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:33:59 AM »

Video game magazines in the 80s and early 90s were so totally rad n' awesome.

Then the web evolved and made them irrelevant. :'( It didn't help that the quality of the mags went down, too- I remember when magazines were filled with pics of new games, strategies, tips, maps, etc. Instead of being page after page of shitty "games journalism."

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #11 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:36:27 AM »

totally- Nintendo Power from the NES/SNES era were the shit- stuff started going downhill after that imo

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:58:51 AM »

Still have my silver covered mega man x issue somewhere. also, pretty sure iI had that Mario rpg poster on my wall.

Diunx · « **Reply #13 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:02:02 AM »

EGM was better.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:07:47 AM »

I have most issues I think. It's a spotty before the 90+ isues from when my brother was the subscriber. Since then I just kept getting them for collection sake alone, because I'm dumb.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #15 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:22:20 AM »

gayyyy

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:23:42 AM »

How about that Sega Visions magazine? Good ol' Niles Nemo. Guys? Anybody?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:38:24 AM »

Quote from: The Wrath Of Drugula on December 07, 2012, 11:20:25 AM

Quote from: Diunx on December 07, 2012, 11:02:02 AM
EGM was better.
Also Hsu and Chan > comic in OP.

hampster · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:59:51 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on December 07, 2012, 11:23:42 AM

How about that Sega Visions magazine? Good ol' Niles Nemo. Guys? Anybody?

All I remember from my Sega Vision days is gameboy trolling and waking up with a 32X and wondering where it all went wrong $:-\$

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #19 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:00:07 PM »

Well as a child I didn't know any better so FUK OFF #mynostalgia

tiesto · « **Reply #20 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:01:18 PM »

Gamefan was the SHIT in the 90's...

Japanese game coverage

Insane 90's graphic design

Halverson's LSD-fueled rants

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #21 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:03:46 PM »

DAT GLOSSY PAPER

Raban · « **Reply #22 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:06:58 PM »

I completely forgot about Hsu and Chan, so good

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #23 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:52:04 PM »

I can depressingly confirm that Nester is not too old to be canonical. :sob

It's true this made me nostalgic for being 8 and getting the first 2-3 years of Nintendo Power. Then I realized that was 25 years ago and shot myself. I am posting this as a ghost.

Also, did Nester name his kid after the NES MAX? Cause that's pretty baller.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #24 on:** December 07, 2012, 01:01:04 PM »

Sometimes I wonder how Nester got laid in the first place. What a cigarillo.

Quote from: Borys on December 07, 2012, 12:56:55 PM

gay dad

Great minds.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #25 on:** December 07, 2012, 01:06:43 PM »

You know what was rad? The full page maps of levels.

SantaC · « **Reply #26 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:21:40 PM »

it's kinda sad how the web ruined the magazines.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #27 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:29:33 PM »

it's kinda sad how nintendo ruined their company

Himu · « **Reply #28 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:30:22 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on December 07, 2012, 11:02:02 AM

EGM was better.

.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #29 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:30:37 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on December 07, 2012, 11:23:42 AM

How about that Sega Visions magazine? Good ol' Niles Nemo. Guys? Anybody?

I remember sending Sega Visions all kinds of cheat codes from other magazines and then winning free games as thanks.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #30 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:32:08 PM »

i still have all my old nintendo powers, sega visions, and those shitty nes multigame strategy guides in my parents basement

also have my old squaresoft ogopogo examiners; wonder if those are worth any money

Himu · « **Reply #31 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:35:20 PM »

My favorite game mags were OPM, EGM, and Gamefan.

As a kid, I'd read the occasional Gamepro as well.

When OPM died out, it never had this kind of fanfare and its story was far more sad than Nintendo Power's ever was. Nintendo Power has been irrelevant for years. Meanwhile, OPM was in the midst of a huge quality increase and the rug was cut out from under them by Ziff Davis. The fact that monstrosity PSM took the mantle to become the official PS mag was the day game mags died.

Quote from: tiesto on December 07, 2012, 12:01:18 PM

Gamefan was the SHIT in the 90's...

Japanese game coverage
Insane 90's graphic design
Halverson's LSD-fueled rants

This mag was nuts.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #32 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:44:27 PM »

Gamefan was fucking terrible. The only thing it was good for is giving people warning about how awful weeaboos were to become later on.

Himu · « **Reply #33 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:45:01 PM »

I mostly liked gamefan for the import pics.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #34 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:51:03 PM »

gamefan was full of fanboys who raved about EVERYTHING. every fucking game got a high score; if a game was a good port than it didnt matter how it actually played. they even gave 90s to fucking bubsy 3d

then the 2d vs 3d debates came along and they whined about every series making the transition and cried about the good ol days. fuck that weeaboo bullshit.

Himu · « **Reply #35 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:53:10 PM »

But they had the best pictures!

Steve Contra · « **Reply #36 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:58:15 PM »

Doug Halverson did 2 cover stories on a shitty game I was helping design. 2 cover stories. 2. The game was awful. 2.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #37 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:00:14 PM »

WHAT WAS THE GAME

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #38 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:02:04 PM »

I hated 90s graphic design back in the 90s, but I've come to kind of like it

etiolate · « **Reply #39 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:09:33 PM »

Gamefan was awesome. EGM was starting to suck by that point. Gamefan may have been drug fueled optimism, but they did enjoy games for gaming. EGM got to a point where it was just tons of ads and a bunch of people who sounded like they resented having their career tied to gaming.

Himu · « **Reply #40 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:16:02 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on December 07, 2012, 05:09:33 PM

Gamefan was awesome. EGM was starting to suck by that point. Gamefan may have been drug fueled optimism, but they did enjoy games for gaming. EGM got to a point where it was just tons of ads and a bunch of people who sounded like they resented having their career tied to gaming.

In the 90's? Really? EGM only reached that point in the late 2000's.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #41 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:24:02 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on December 07, 2012, 05:00:14 PM

WHAT WAS THE GAME

etiolate · « **Reply #42 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:24:13 PM »

Yeah, the 90s. It began at the very early parts of the 32-bit/54 gen. Gamefan may have gone weeaboo, but EGM went the other way.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #43 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:28:20 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 07, 2012, 05:24:02 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on December 07, 2012, 05:00:14 PM
WHAT WAS THE GAME
PIC[/img]

HAHAHAHAHAHA never seen that before. so, so fitting

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #44 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:29:08 PM »

I thought Gamefan fucking sucked ass. After reading this thread, it all became clear to me why it sucked like it did: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/threads/33808-The-GameFan-history-thread

Himu · « **Reply #45 on:** December 07, 2012, 05:37:49 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on December 07, 2012, 05:24:13 PM

Yeah, the 90s. It began at the very early parts of the 32-bit/54 gen. Gamefan may have gone weeaboo, but EGM went the other way.

i thought egm was very passionate in their reporting. egm 100 is still my favorite game mag.

tiesto · « **Reply #46 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:24:14 PM »

New EGM is horrible though, the old 90's EGMs with the 500+ pages were good.

Himu · « **Reply #47 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:32:06 PM »

We are talking about 90s Egm.

Himu · « **Reply #48 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:09:40 PM »

Before my time! I was a babe or too young to read game mags when Nintendo Power was in its prime years and by the time I could read I'd get a Game Pro.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #49 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:15:55 PM »

When I was in elementary school, I had a friend who subscribed to Nintendo Power. Once he was done with them, he lent them to me. It was pretty interesting seeing all of those B-level NES games that they would cover. I wound up remembering the names of a lot of them and when I got an NES emulator years later, I had to play those games. Turned out, most of them sucked ass.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #50 on:** December 07, 2012, 10:20:49 PM »

i read those strategy guides that came with renewals like they were the fucking bible

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #51 on:** December 07, 2012, 11:03:54 PM »

Holy shit, they made Hsu and Chan BOOKS?

Bought!

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Author Topic: An excerpt from the very last NINTENDO POWER (Read 2923 times)