Sujet : Re: Gaming Magazine Goodness
De : spallshurgenson (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Spalls Hurgenson)
Groupes : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.actionDate : 05. Jun 2025, 17:35:14
Autres entêtes
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:43:36 -0600, PW
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:23:32 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
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If you've a nostalgia for old-timey video-gaming magazines, there's a
great archive of the things at Retromags https://www.retromags.com/
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While there are partial collections elsewhere (archive.org has a
bunch) they tend to be scattered about and not well organized. The
collections at Retromags aren't complete (yet) but their offerings are
fuller than I've seen anywhere else. I find it an incredibly useful
resource for researching old games and video-gaming hardware. Plus,
it's just fun to read some of the reviews of the beloved (and
forgotten) games of yesteryear. Sometimes the games we cherish today
weren't well received at all back when they were released.
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Maybe some of you will find this as interesting as I do. Or not. But
either way, now you know the place exists. ;-)
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Love it! I never heard of any of those in the pictures. I am
surprised.
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But "Interaction" is the one for me!! Being combat flight sim addict
back in the day with my dual Vodoo graphics cards in SLI mode!!
I don't have as fond memories of InterAction, largely because it's
Sierra On-line's newsletter and focused almost entirely on their
products alone. And obviously they never had anything bad to say about
Sierra's games. This meant the magazine only had limited utility for
me; good for previews but not much more.
But that magazine was a good indicator of just how _huge_ Sierra
On-line was back in the day. They absolutely dominated computer gaming
in the 80s and 90s, in pretty much every genre of games. They were a
bit weak in action titles, but top-sellers in adventure, simulation,
puzzle and education. It was only with the advent of first-person
shooters --and later 3D games-- that Sierra's fortunes started to
diminish.
Although it's good to remember that Sierra originally published "Half
Life", and it was only because they fucked over Valve (or tried to,
until the courts stepped in) that the two companies parted ways. It's
interesting to imagine that if Valve and Sierra had maybe remained in
good graces with one another, maybe it would have been SIERRA that
created Steam, which probably would have kept Sierra from being bought
out by Vivendi (and later Activision).
Wait... what were we talking about?
Oh right, gaming magazines. Those are cool too.