Grab Diehard GameFan #1 & #2 For The Latest Sega CD Reviews
October 11, 2011 3:00 PM | Eric Caoili
Collectors or enthusiasts of old gaming magazines, which I presume are a few of you given our lately dormant Game Mag Weaseling column, have a nice and cheap treat at the GameFan site: digital copies for the first two issues of cult publication DieHard GameFan, now on sale for $2 each!
Nearing 20 years old, these issues debuted "when 2D was king, mascots were all the rage, and the console bubble was far from bursting". It was an era of "excitement, pixels, and a fledgling video game industry ... "before the browns and grays of the unfortunately monochrome pallets of modern games".
You can grab those two issues -- which come complete with coverage of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist, Time Gal, and SNK’s Neo-Geo Gold system -- as well as print/digital copies of latest incarnation of David Halverson's GameFan Magazine all at the circular's online shop.
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I only ever got one issue of Diehard GameFan when I was growing up, but it made such a great impression on me. There's something about their style that made them seem to stand heads above the rest. I think I can easily convince myself that $4 for the first two issues is worth it.
Gospel X | October 11, 2011 4:07 PM
I always liked their mascot. It was a good combination of style and symbolism, and kind of deserved a game on his own. Brings back memories seeing that.
creath | October 11, 2011 11:44 PM
I still have a big stack of DieHard Gamefan magazines. That was the absolute best video game magazine of all time, I had no idea they were doing anything new, thanks for posting this!
hexcrass | October 12, 2011 3:49 AM
But pallets ARE brown. I've never seen a non-brown pallet.
Kazaam | October 12, 2011 9:13 AM