EGM Closes, 1up sold to UGO

[Zap!]

Their only good Isuues Were 195,198 And 200 the rest sucked cause the are a bunch of Sony/microsoft fanboys

What about their pre-1995 issues? They were all good.

[TheGam3r]

What about their pre-1995 issues? They were all good.

i was born in 1995 and never got to expirence them

[JSoup]

Now that I actually look, I only ever had three issues of EGM. The first one about Final Fantasy 7 (with Cloud looking over Midgar on the cover), one with a huge article about Pokemon shortly after the release of GSC and the 100th issue.

Although, I did buy the sellers guides every year.

[bangtango]

i was born in 1995 and never got to expirence them

Ah, well you missed EGM in its prime then.

[Zap!]

i was born in 1995 and never got to expirence them

If you ever see any old issues lying around, grab them. Those were the best years.

[TheGam3r]

If you ever see any old issues lying around, grab them. Those were the best years.

ok then.off to somewhere will ill find them

[Zap!]

While we're on the subject of EGM, does anyone remember the time when they started using four letter words ("f" this, etc.)? They only did this briefly, for less than a year I think. I'd have to say it was around 1999.

[CelticJobber]

While we're on the subject of EGM, does anyone remember the time when they started using four letter words ("f" this, etc.)? They only did this briefly, for less than a year I think. I'd have to say it was around 1999.

I don't remember them actually using the word "fuck", but lesser words like "shit" and "goddamn" were sometimes used around early 1998-1999.

[Astrocade]

Nope, I distinctly remember a very late nineties issue referencing a game as "fucked up".

[Zap!]

I don't remember them actually using the word "fuck", but lesser words like "shit" and "goddamn" were sometimes used around early 1998-1999.

Oh, they used it alright. I wonder why they decided to use curses, and why they abruptly decided to remove them. Apparently, in 1998/1999 EGM decided it was dead as a gaming mag and was going Rolling Stone.