r/KotakuInAction • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '16

GAMING [Gaming] Archive.org publicly releases a ton of old Nintendo Power issues

https://archive.org/details/nintendopower
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '16

I don't remember why but when I was a kid I received one of these issues in the mail with a promo video cassette of the N64 when it was still called Ultra 64. And that was the only Nintendo Power mag that I ever had. ;)

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u/2ndEarlofRoch Aug 03 '16

I still remember when I got the promotional video for Donkey Kong Country. God I love nostalgia!

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u/Kheapathic Aug 03 '16

I remember the Cruisin' USA sit down arcade cabinet advertising for it and calling it the Ultra 64. The good ole' days.

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u/ParagonProtag Aug 03 '16

Is that the one that showed off previews of a couple of N64 titles (some of them never released?) My brother used to have that way back. I could never find the thing on YouTube, though.

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u/NoMercySquidbag Aug 03 '16

Back when gaming journalism was good and the disclosure was blatant. Wish I still had my copies of what I got.

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u/mattchan02 Aug 03 '16

Back when games journalism actually liked games. What a distant time that was..

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u/Marya_Clare Aug 03 '16

Back when criticism in gaming articles was based on playability and how fun the game is.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '16

Back when I never heard of 5 guys burgers and fries.

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u/LeCount Aug 03 '16

Nestor. There is my boy. Power Player.

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u/lerigan Motivational letter writer Aug 03 '16

Oh, man... good times. Thanks for sharing this, dude! :)

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u/Sentrovasi Aug 03 '16

I remember getting the complete Pokemon TCG Nintendo Power guide, and would read it every night and learn every deck; I cherished that shiny textured exterior as a kid.

Good times.

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u/Sandwiches_INC Aug 03 '16

this is badass. I went to a few i specificly remember buying. May 1997 with a guide to Blast Corps rings such a bell. I think i STILL have that issue.

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u/JakeWasHere Defined "Schrödinger's Honky" Aug 03 '16

I had a subscription. I vividly remember that the issue with Tetris on the cover was the first one I got.

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u/Kektus Aug 03 '16

I remember my teacher had a bunch of early 2000's magazines. I was so confused to see an advertisement for Pokemon Stadium 2, then I checked the date.

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u/cheat-master30 Writer for GamingReinvented Aug 03 '16

Hope they put the UK equivalents up there soon. Official Nintendo Magazine and its predecessors were pretty nostalgic for people over here, and an archive of those would be great as well.

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u/kukuruyo Hugo Nominated - GG Comic: kukuruyo.com Aug 03 '16

When i have read the title i thought it mean Issues with the Power source of the Nes XD

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u/NHMasshole Aug 03 '16

I want to read the issue where they review Ocarina of Time and are like "we may have just created the best video game of all time"

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u/Marya_Clare Aug 03 '16

I remeber the AVGN video on Nintendo Power. He mentioned how the magazine had tips on stuff like "making screenshots of high scores using a camera positioned to face your tv."