Did any of you out there subscribe to any of the old gaming magazines back in the day? If so which ones?

Alright people,

I know this topic won’t really “cater” to the younger crowd (y’know, the one that grew up on tablets, youtube, streaming services, and commercials before movies.) but I thought “Hey, what the hell.”

Did any of you out there subscribe to any of the old gaming magazines back in the day? If so which ones?

Going back into the Ol’ memory banks (who says that?) I vividly remember having an actual subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly (or as they were commonly called EGM.) that I would receive right in my mailbox every month.

That’s right younger gamers, an actual physical book comprised of various articles of a thing called “paper” in an actual physical mailbox outside your house… not your email inbox (Wait'a patronize younger gamers, Ninja. You dolt!).

I actually looked forward to it every month as back then it was my only window into what was on the horizon in the video-gaming world. Bear in mind this was before the internet/during its infancy so the printed published magazines were your most up to date source for info.

I’m pretty sure EGM was the only mag I had an actual subscription for but I know I bought almost every other gaming mag my eyes came in contact with at the grocery store or other various “book-type” stores as well.

Off the top of my head I can recall getting almost every issue of…

PSM

Official Playstation magazine (C’mon, everyone bought the “officials” so that they could get the free demo discs. That’s right young gamers, that was our “demos.” You had to pay to get a magazine that had around 5 to 10 demos on a disc.)

Official Dreamcast magazine

Official Xbox magazine

Tips and Tricks (Had to get those cheat codes lol.)

Nintendo Power

GameFan (I lloooovveeedd gamefan.)

Gamers Republique (Incredible mag as well.)

Next Generation (a few of them here and there.)

Gamepro (Although I was starting to lose favor with them near the end.)

I’m sure there were some others but those were the ones I vividly remember the most.

So gamers, do any of you like me still have piles and piles of old gaming magazines stashed away somewhere in your houses?

-PILES OF PAPER NINJA APPROVED-

Yup and still have boxes of them somewhere in mah basement. lol

Some notables...

The old Saga magazines from the SMS & Geny era.

EGM and Next Gen mags

But by far, Gamefan was the finest VG mag ever.. Evah. :)

Game Pro and Game Informer. I preferred Game Informer.

@SecretPolice: Awesome!

-BOXES & BOXES NINJA APPROVED-

@videogameninja:

I only had Game Informer. They were fun to read too!

UK use to have PCZONE was like Pc Gamer but cool.

@killered3: Seems like they're still going strong.

-GI NINJA APPROVED-

Sega Visions, it was like Nintendo power only for Sega, came out mid and if I remember right.

EGM, I started reading and buying this one at issue #2 and kept up with it until they died the first time. Best gaming mag imo.

Gameplay, I would pick up a copy now and then, but it wasn't that great of a mag.

Official Dreamcast Mag, loved the demo disc.

Official Xbox Mag, same as above I loved the demo disc.

Official PS Mag.

I never subscribed to any but I sure bought plenty starting with Your Sinclair and Crash for the Specturm and the ST Format when I move to the Atari ST. My biggest collection would of been EDGE i never missed an issue of that.

I binned them all though when i moved house years ago though as they just took up to much room.

I did the same with all my old porno mags as well. But i put them in a plastic carrier bag and left them in a wooded area for some luck fellow to find.

I had a subscription to Nintendo Power. I would at times pick up a copy of Official Playstation Magazine (mostly for the demo disc) from the grocery store as well but I don't recall ever having a subscription to that one. I would read the other video game magazines while I waited for my mom to finish shopping at the grocery store as well.

I kind of miss them just like a kind of miss video rental stores. They were fun to browse through.

Nintendo Power, Official Xbox, PC Gamer, & Game Informer

I had GameInformer before they were bought by GameStop.

I also now have GameInformer haha

An man, I had a subscription to official playstation magazine for the demos.. Also got to choose a free game when I started the subscription, which was Darkstalkers..

Hmm, I do kind of miss the magazine days.. I mean, I know they are still about, the other day I was reading Edge for the first time in years.. But I can't see myself ever spending money on one these days.

I once bought a magazine that came with a VHS tape that showcased Sega CD games.. Also I think Games Master released a mag that came with a lollypop with a worm inside when Earth Worm Jim launched... Ah the 90's..

I had Nintendo power for 6 months. OXM for six months also because I didnt have broadband back then and OXM came with the newest updates on disk

Nintendo Power, EGM. I remember getting Dragon Warrior 1 free with Nintendo Power subscription, came back from school as a young kid one day and saw it on my living room table, couldn't believe it. It was the game that probably made me start enjoying RPG titles at the time. This kind of thing would never happen today, such a different world.

Of UK based magazines PSM2 was my favourite but i read most of them lol.

Here we had Hyper Magazine that came in the library. That's about it.

While I didnt get a subscription, I got the occasional Playstation mag during the PSX era for the demo discs.

Amiga World

Info

Computer Gaming World (CGW)

Maximum PC

Occasional:

PC Gamer

No stash. Wife made me get rid of them when she moved in.

The only old Magazine I subscribed back in the day was Shonen Jump.

It's how I found out about Tales of Symphonia and Naruto Path of Ninja.

Yup, EGM was the shit

I think it was called Gunk Magazine.

Nintendo Power was my fav. For NES and SNES. Then moved onto Game Pro and Game Informer. Currently have the digital sub. with Game Informer.

Computer and Video Games

Edge

Maximum

Play

Power Station

EDGE, Official Xbox Magazine, Game Informer

I had Nintendo power and have Official Xbox Magazine and PC Gamer

The only gaming magazine I subscribed to was Nintendo Power. I also used to read GamePro in the early 1990s.

I really miss EGM. I bought al of the magazines at one time or another but always kept a subscription to EGM. Nintendo Power was a must have in the NES days. If you want to talk about being old does anybody remember the old Commodore 64 magazines that would have a few pages of code in them you would type out to see a simple graphic program and song?

I had Nintendo Power and Game Pro. Always loved when those things came. Read them cover to cover.

I didn't have subcriptions because there weren't any where I live but I did buy the translated Gamepro every month and also had some issues of the original Gamepro, Game Players, Club Nintendo, Video Tips, and another one that I can't remember now but it was something like Computer gamer or gaming or something like that.

I forgot to mention Gamefan. I didn't subscribe to it. But, I bought every copy during the time I had a 3DO. It was the one magazine that featured decent 3DO coverage.

computer and video games (various), super play (snes) and amiga action from the early 90s all spring to mind. i'd pick up egm from the local newsagent who imported a lot of american magazines too. used to love a good magazine back in the day

Game Informer.

PC Gamer UK. Got a free copy of Fragile Allegiance out of it. Great game.

I never subscribed but i used to get every month

Mega magazine, it was a British Sega magazine

Official Dreamcast (UK) magazine

Hyper magazine, which was an Australian multiformat gaming magzine.

I never subscribed to anything. I just bought them each month from the shop.

• Official Dreamcast (UK) magazine (Each month)
• DC-UK (Each month)
• Official UK Playstation 2 Magazine (Now and again)

Game informer

I was subscribed to GamePro and Game Informer for the longest time. I'd also buy single editions of Playstation Magazine for the PS1 demo discs.

Official Xbox Magazine

Playstation Magazine

Wow, didn't realize so many people subbed to OXM.

OT: Didn't subscribe, but bought monthly OPM for the demos. (I know the subscription was cheaper overall, but I was a teen and didn't want to bug my parents to sub for me)

Just Gamepro and EGM. Never subscribed to Nintendo Power or any of the other ones (Playstation, Xbox, etc). I did sometimes randomly buy ones that had demo discs with them.

Your 64

ZZAP 64

Amiga Power

Amiga Format

Amiga Action

Pc Zone

Pc Gamer

Games X (weekly) multiplat

This doesnt include any of the Computer tech magazines i was subscribed to either, i used to buy obscene amounts of magazines before the internet popped up

And only occasionally i would buy multiplatform mags like Games Master and CVG etc as i was and still am mainly a computer gamer which i would play during the week but i rented actual consoles and a game every weekend with my pocket money from my local video store, so i needed to know what great games to rent :P

Nintendo Power, Game Informer, and PC Gamer.

Because there's a lot Xbox fans that use this forum.

Game Informer I think for a year.

Gamepro PC Gamer and Electronic Gaming Monthly.

Those were the days man. I would sometimes buy them just for the demo discs included. Found some of my favorite games that way. Star Trek A Final Unity comes to mind. Love that game!

EGM

Gamepro

Official Playstation Magazine

Official XBox Magazine

Nintendo Power

It was the only way to keep up with gaming before the Internet explosion

I got Nintendo Power for years, and funny enough a few months after I stopped getting it, it ended. I was sad when I heard that.

I had subscriptions for Nintendo Power, Electronic Gaming Monthly, and Gamefan for a few years. Gamefan was such an awesome magazine.