I want your old video game magazines, newsletters, flyers, etc.

[TheRedEye]

WANT LIST UPDATED OCTOBER 18

Video game magazines are heavy, ugly, and take up a lot of space. They also affect your sex life and could possibly cause cancer. For these reasons and many more, you should give, trade and/or sell your old video game magazines to me!

Also, in all seriousness, I use these as a "reference library" of sorts for the strange and wonderful research I do, so you will be putting your old garbage to good use and bettering mankind.

What I'm Looking For

My main focus right now is getting as much material from the 8 and 16-bit console eras as I can, so let's say...1987-1997, give or take. I'm also interested in material printed both before and after these years, and would certainly take them if you have them, but more than likely I will not buy them unless it's a deal I'd be stupid to pass up, especially if it's in one huge bulk.

You may notice a lack of computer game magazines in my Want List below. This does not necessarily mean I'm only interested in console mags, it just means that I'm primarily focused on them for the time being. I may be interested in your computer mags too.

Countries of Origin

I am currently focusing on material printed in the United States, mainly because I can only read English and most of the good UK-published stuff is already scanned online. That said, one of my secret hopes is that there is a crazy person in the U.S. who has imported every issue of Edge and wants to get rid of them. If you are that crazy person, please let me know! I'd also be interested in non-English console mags, particularly from the 8-bit era.

Flyers, One-Sheets, Press Releases, Books, Mailers, Catalogs, Etc.

In addition to magazines, I'm looking for any other printed material related to video games. Did you fill out those information cards in the backs of magazines and ask for more material from its advertisers? Did you attend old CES or E3 shows and fill your bags with paper? Did you run an arcade, or work for a game studio that got business publications sent to it? Did you work for a newspaper or magazine and keep things that were sent to you? How about old mailorder catalogs? FuncoLand price sheets? Weird little 'zines? Let me know, I'm probably interested!

Shipping Magazines Is Expensive And Also Dumb

Yes, I'm aware.

How To Contact Me

Either reply here, send me a private message, or just email me directly at fcifaldi@gmail.com.

Want List

Below is an incomplete list of magazines I am currently looking for. If it's not on here, that doesn't mean I don't want it! Even if I already have an issue, I may be interested in getting another copy either as an upgrade (many of mine are rough/missing pages/etc.) or as trade material.

Beyond Gaming
(Ultimate Games Club "magazine"/catalog)

1-3
Anything past #4 that may exist

Diehard GameFan

(see "GameFan")

duoWorld

(all)

EGM2

4 (Vol. 1 iss. 4, October, 1994)
7 (Vol. 1 iss. 7, January, 1995)
32-34 (February-April, 1997)
36 (June, 1997)
44-46 (February-April, 1998)

Electronic Game Player

1-4

Electronic Games (1981)

(most issues; hoping for a lot/collection)

Electronic Games (1992)

3 (December, 1992)
10-16 (July, 1993-January, 1994)
18-19 (March-April, 1994)
21-34 (June, 1994-July, 1995)

Electronic Gaming Monthly
(note: would gladly take replacement copies of most early issues not listed here, mine are rough!)

0 (1989 Buyer's Guide)
1 (Nintendo Preview, Mega Man 2 cover)
2 ("16-Bit Gaming Explodes")
3 (Fabio)
7 (Top Score)
8 (TurboGrafx-16 vs Genesis)
11 (The Mafat Conspiracy)
12 (Ninja Gaiden 2)
34 (Super Double Dragon)
104 (March, 1998, cover unknown)
116 (March, 1999, Mario Party cover)
Most issues past 126, though these are lower priority

Electronic Gaming Retail News

(all issues!)

Flux

1-3

Game Developer

(most EARLY issues, 1994-1999ish)

Game Informer

Fall, 1991
November/December, 1991
May/June, 1993
September/October, 1993
(most issues 1994-2006)

Game Player's (1989-1991)

Vol. 1 iss. 1-6 (April/May 1989-December 1989)
Vol. 2 iss. 7 (July, 1990)
Vol. 2 iss. 10 (October, 1990)
Vol. 3 iss. 3-5 (March-May, 1991)

Game Player's Guide to Nintendo

Winter, 1988 (only issue?)

Game Player's Nintendo Buyer's Guide

Vol. 1 iss. 1, 1988

Game Player's Nintendo Guide

(most issues)

Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide

(all 1991-1992 issues)

Game Players Sega Guide!

(all)

Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games

Vol. 1 iss. 2 (September/October, 1990)
Vol. 1 iss. 3 (November/December, 1990
Vol. 2 iss. 1 ((January/February, 1991)
Vol. 2 iss. 3-4 (May/June-July/August, 1991)

Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games

Vol. 1 all issues (if they exist?)
Vol. 2 all issues
Vol. 3 iss. 2-3 (April/May-June/July, 1990)
Vol. 3 iss. 5-6 (October-November, 1990)
Vol. 4 iss. 2
Vol. 4 iss. 5
Vol. 4 iss. 8
Vol. 4 iss. 11

Game Players (1993-1996)
(aka Game Players Nintendo/Sega, Game Players Sega/Nintendo)

49-53
57-61
63
65-66
68
773
77
79
81-84
86

GameFan

1-5
7-9
11-23
26
28-32
34-39
42
44
64-65
68
74-78
81-84
85-87

GamePro

1-3 (May/June, July/August, September/October, 1989)
24 (Vol. 3 iss. 7)
50
53
61
70
73
79-80
Most past #103

GamePro specials & one-shots

(most, particularly 16 Bit Video Gaming or Handheld Video Games)

Gamers' Republic

(most)

High-End

1-3 (all)

Intelligent Gamer

(most)

Mega Play

7 (November/December, 1991)
All 1994 & 1995 issues
1992 Sega Genesis Buyer's Guide

Next Generation / Next Gen

1-12
15-19
22
25-27
30-35
37-39
41-45
47-56
(becomes Next Gen)

Nintendo Fun Club News

(all issues)

Nintendo Power

Damaged, looking for replacements:
July/August 1988
September/October 1988
March/April 1989
July/August 1989
September/October 1989
65
66
67
Missing entirely:
68-74
76
78-79
82
91-97
99
(most past 100)

Polygon

(all)

Sega

(miscellaneous 1987-1989 newsletters/magazines)

Sega Visions

(all 1990-1992 issues)
20-23 (August/September, 1994-February/March, 1995)
25 (September, 1995)

Silicon

(all)

Super Gaming

(pretty much all)

Super NES Buyer's Guide

Vol. 1 iss. 2 (July 1992) (mine is missing its cover!)
Vol. 3 iss. 5-Vol. 4 iss. 3 (September, 1993-June, 1994)
Vol. 4 iss. 5-6 (October, November 1994)

Tips & Tricks

(all 1994-1997ish issues)

Turbo Edge

(all)

TurboForce

1-2
4

TurboPlay

(all)

Ultimate Gamer

1-3 (July, September, October, 1995)
6 (January, 1996)

Ultra Game Players

91-92
94-97
99
101-102
104-111

Video Games & Computer Entertainment

June, 1989
July, 1989
September, 1989 (upgrade, missing cover)
February, 1990
February, 1992
January, 1993
February, 1993
March, 1993

VideoGames

Vol. 6 iss. 6, June, 1994
May-July, 1995
September-November, 1995
January, 1996
March-July, 1996
September, 1996

[TheRedEye]

For Trade/Sale

I've got quite a few "doubles" that are available, if you are also into this sort of thing. I'm mainly looking to trade for other mags, and am not terribly interested in selling these just yet, at least until I see if there is any trade interest. That said, if you absolutely have to have something, let me know and we can work something out.

Electronic Games (90s)

1
7
8
9

EGM2

1
31

Electronic Gaming Monthly

5 (1990 Video Game Buyer's Guide) (rough, no back cover)
9 (rough, no back cover)
19
22
23
24 (x2)
27
91
1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide
1993 Video Game Buyer's Guide

Game Developer

March 2006
March 2006
April 2006
August 2006
September 2006 (damaged)
April 2007
Game Career Guide Fall 2006

Game Informer

5
6
8
9

Game Player's (original)

December 1990
July 1991

Game Players (1993)

June 1993

Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games

Vol. 3 #1
Vol. 3 #4
Vol. 3 #7

GameFan

Vol. 4 #9
Vol. 5 #2
Vol. 5 #6

GamePro

February 1990
February 1990 (rough)
March 1990
April 1990
June 1990 (rough)
July 1990 (rough)
September 1990 (rough)
November 1990 (rough)
December 1990 (rough)
May 1991
April 1991
June 1991
August 1991
December 1991
March 1993
April 1993
May 1993 (rough)
June 1993 (rough)
August 1993
February 1994
May 1994 (x2, 1 rough)
June 1994 (rough)
July 1994 (rough)
October 1994 (rough)
December 1994 (x2)
September 1995 (rough)
June 1995
April 1996
May 1996
April 1997
August 1997
October 1997
November 1997
January 1998
February 1998

Next Generation

13
20
77
82

Nintendo Official Magazine UK
(note: this magazine is tall, so all have some bendy damage at top)

136
136
137
138
140
140
141
142
144
153

Nintendo Power

10 (no back cover)
13 (no cover)
14 (no cover)
16 (no cover)
19 (rough)
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27 (x2)
28
29 (x2)
30 (x2)
31 (x2)
32 (x2)
33 (x2)
34 (x2)
35 (x2)
36 (x2)
37 (x2)
38 (x2)
50
75

PSM

37

SEGA Visions

June/July 1993 (x2)
August/September
October/November 1993 (x2)
December/January 1994
February/March 1994 (x2)
April/May 1994 (x3?)

Silicon Magazine

22

Super NES Buyer's Guide

Winter 1991

Video Games (formerly VG&CE)

September 1993
December 1993

Video Games & Computer Entertainment

February 1989
December 1989
January 1990 (rough)
April 1990 (no cover)
May 1990 (no back cover)
August 1990
September 1990 (rough)
October 1990
December 1990
January 1991 (rough, no back cover)
February 1991
March 1991
April 1991
May 1991 (rough, no back cover)
June 1991 (rough)
July 1991
August 1991
September 1991
October 1991
May 1993
June 1993 (cover 3/4)
July 1993
July 1993
August 1993 (rough, but intact)

[geelw]

Yikes. I have a ton of Gamefans here. Sold off a bunch a while ago on eBeg, but I haven't had a chance to go through the boxes they're in to sort 'em out lately. OK, that's my project for this week (when I'm not updating the game blog). I'll get back to you in a few days, Red...

g.

Oh - Drop me a PM in a few days go by and you don't hear a peep (Thursday or so). I'm kinda swamped with reviews, a few press meetings and other stuff this week (like the blasted walls needing repair in the game room/office before they fall on my pointy lil' head) , so I may be going for a partial list until I get time to really dig for stuff...

[geelw]

oh... got any interest in press materials, asset CDs and the like? As Jimmy Durante siad: "I got a million of 'em!"


or close to that after years of getting stuff in the mail or hitting press events in person.

g.

[youruglyclone]

have you considered checking out retromags? They're trying to digitize old mags. Could be relevant to your interests

[pseudonym]

I have 3 or 4 Game Player's mags, a ton of EGM, early NP (80's, early 90's), and 20 or so Game Pros mags in storage at the moment. If you're willing to pay for shipping, I'll give them to you.

[TheRedEye]

oh... got any interest in press materials, asset CDs and the like? As Jimmy Durante siad: "I got a million of 'em!"


or close to that after years of getting stuff in the mail or hitting press events in person.

g.

I actually am, even though I threw most of mine away when I was getting them. I'll send you that PM on Thursday.

[TheRedEye]

have you considered checking out retromags? They're trying to digitize old mags. Could be relevant to your interests

Yep, I'm on their forums too. I'm glad it exists, and it has a ton of content, but it's probably never going to be 100% simply because scanning takes way too much time.

[TheRedEye]

I have 3 or 4 Game Player's mags, a ton of EGM, early NP (80's, early 90's), and 20 or so Game Pros mags in storage at the moment. If you're willing to pay for shipping, I'll give them to you.

Sweet! I'll send you a PM right now.

[toredauei]

sent you an email about some nintendo power issues you may be interested in :)

[NE146]

I definitely have all the EGM's on that list (and used to have all the Gamefans which are now history due to a typhoon :(). But I'll probably never give them up. I am a member of retromags.com and have scanned a couple of magazines for them including the EGM Fabio issue and another one. I've been out of the picture for a while but if you specifically want something in particular, I could get back into scanning some again.. heck, why not. :)

[TheRedEye]

sent you an email about some nintendo power issues you may be interested in :)

Are you Hunter? If so, thanks for the very generous offer. I've replied to your email.

[TheRedEye]

I definitely have all the EGM's on that list (and used to have all the Gamefans which are now history due to a typhoon :(). But I'll probably never give them up. I am a member of retromags.com and have scanned a couple of magazines for them including the EGM Fabio issue and another one. I've been out of the picture for a while but if you specifically want something in particular, I could get back into scanning some again.. heck, why not. :)

Ah, thanks for your scans! It's funny that you specifically mentioned the scan of issue #3, I was just reading your scan in bed last night with a comic book reader on my iPhone. It turned out great.

I hate to ask you to scan something since it's such a pain in the ass, but between what I have, what is already scanned, and a few issues a friend offered to send me, the only early EGM I'm missing in any shape or form is #11. If you're really offering to scan something, I could definitely use that one. Lord knows I don't plan on buying a copy for $25 on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Electronic-Gaming-Monthly-EGM-April-1990-11_W0QQitemZ350147286270QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMagazin es?hash=item51866794fe

I wouldn't normally ask, but you offered, and I don't know if or when I'll manage to stumble across a cheaper copy myself. Thanks in advance, this is very cool of you to offer.

[ckendal]

Are you interested in Famicom Handbills/Flyers? (I know you said US only, but most of the games got US release as well)

They were given out in Japanese game stores 25+ years ago to promote the sale of said game. They are international paper A4 in size and can range from $8-$300 in cost.

I got a bunch of extras from all different price ranges.

PM me if interested.

Thanks

[Push Upstairs]

I have some issues of Gamepro I'd be willing to part with.

April, August, November, & December 1993

As far as I could tell, there are no loose pages and only the "included poster" is missing from each issue.

[8Ways2Tuesday]

You may well be my hero! I've got a bunch of older NPs (mid 1990s?) and a few other misc magazines as well as tons of newer EGMs/Game Informers/ GMR/etc. etc. that could use a new home instead of going for recycling. I'm on a bit of a cleaning binge anyway, so give me a chance to round 'em up and I'll PM you with what I have.

[TheRedEye]

Are you interested in Famicom Handbills/Flyers? (I know you said US only, but most of the games got US release as well)

They were given out in Japanese game stores 25+ years ago to promote the sale of said game. They are international paper A4 in size and can range from $8-$300 in cost.

I got a bunch of extras from all different price ranges.

PM me if interested.

Thanks

Famicom handbills are certainly awesome, but honestly I'm not willing to spend more than a buck or two on a flyer unless it's for an unreleased game. Thanks for the offer though.

[TheRedEye]

I have some issues of Gamepro I'd be willing to part with.

April, August, November, & December 1993

As far as I could tell, there are no loose pages and only the "included poster" is missing from each issue.

I am indeed missing December. Shipping just one issue is kind of a pain though, which is why I usually try to buy bigger lots. I don't know if I could justify more than $3 shipped for that issue, if that's worth it for you then we have a deal!

[TheRedEye]

You may well be my hero! I've got a bunch of older NPs (mid 1990s?) and a few other misc magazines as well as tons of newer EGMs/Game Informers/ GMR/etc. etc. that could use a new home instead of going for recycling. I'm on a bit of a cleaning binge anyway, so give me a chance to round 'em up and I'll PM you with what I have.

I got your PM, thanks! It might take me a bit to sort through the list and figure it out.

[Push Upstairs]

I was kinda hoping you wanted to whole lot of Gamepro. :-D ^^;

[TheRedEye]

I was kinda hoping you wanted to whole lot of Gamepro. :-D ^^;

Sure, nothing wrong with some more trade bait. We can probably work something out.

[TheRedEye]

Bump, want list and trade list updated.

[RJ]

Wish it was a yr ago- I had +400 issues of mags (15 yrs of EGM, Game Informer, near-complete OPM/PSM runs) & I asked around, no one said a goddam word about wanting them. Trashed now.

[TheRedEye]

Wish it was a yr ago- I had +400 issues of mags (15 yrs of EGM, Game Informer, near-complete OPM/PSM runs) & I asked around, no one said a goddam word about wanting them. Trashed now.

Ouch! I guess I didn't see it because I don't normally hang out in this subforum.

[TheRedEye]

I think it's been long enough to warrant a BUMP

[Dangerboy]

Hey Red,

I Have 4 Q64, a bunch of Brit N64 Mags, Brit Multi / Sega, and some Brit Mega / Mega CD mags (10 to 20 total overall maybe?). If you're interested they'd be free plus shipping. Let me know, thanks!

Jason

[slapdash]

Jason, I might be interested in the Q64s -- what issues do you have? Heck, I might like them all if RedEye doesn't step up, but I'm definitely curious about the Q64 ones.

[TheRedEye]

Hey Red,

I Have 4 Q64, a bunch of Brit N64 Mags, Brit Multi / Sega, and some Brit Mega / Mega CD mags (10 to 20 total overall maybe?). If you're interested they'd be free plus shipping. Let me know, thanks!

Jason

Sounds neat! Are you in the U.S. by chance?

[PapaStu]

Sounds neat! Are you in the U.S. by chance?
DB is in Chicago. He got a huge swath of mags from a co-worker and these were the ones that kinda didn't fit in with what he was keeping (20+ boxes worth)

[slapdash]

I'm near Chicago... Could probably pick up what RedEye doesn't want but I do.

[Dangerboy]

Redeye - magazines shipped - check pm for info. Thanks!

[slapdash]

So, did he take them all then?

[Dangerboy]

Slapdash - yes.