old amiga magazines

10 May 2004, 06:43

hi, i saw a thread from 2002 (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...highlight=mags) and people were talking about scanning all there old magazines and making them into a PDF (whats a PDF?) anyway i was just wondering if anyone got round to doing it or if there are any sites with the full mags on for download? it would be great to have a read through and get many great memories back.

thanks

Lucy

FromWithin · 10 May 2004, 06:46

Why aren't you in bed?

10 May 2004, 06:53

lol good question! well i was on mirc and lost track of time... oops and i have to be up early anyway so im staying up and drinking lotsa coffee lol

i could ask you the same question!

FromWithin · 10 May 2004, 07:05

I'm busy writing documents for work. Been at it all night. I'm still considering whether to go and sleep for 2 hours....

10 May 2004, 07:07

i wouldnt i'd never get up! anyway do u know if anyone has any scans of amiga mags?

FromWithin · 10 May 2004, 08:20

Ooh. You've got an avatar! And if that is indeed a photo of you, you look pretty damn attractive too, so brace yourself for the geek onslaught.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucy_22_uk

i wouldnt i'd never get up! anyway do u know if anyone has any scans of amiga mags?

I probably wouldn't get up either really. I'd just end up going to work late. I'll go to work early and come home (very) early.

I can only find cover scans for the Amiga mags. Zzap!64 is available online, and there are Amiga bits in the later issues, but for specific Amiga magazines, only covers turn up so far. You can type amiga mag scans into google and see what it comes up with. What amazes me is how many of these sites miss how important the adverts are when doing nostalgic pieces. When I bought the Zzap64 disks, that was one thing that surprised me the most. It was loads of "I remember that advert!".

I'd like to see scans of The Games Machine. Great magazine that was.

woody57 · 10 May 2004, 08:30

This is the link to the Amiga source page full of amiga magazines past & so called current in it you will find links containing games reviews from previous magazines as well as sites dedicated to other ancient print issues
http://cciinter.net/users/amigasource/ml/3.htm

10 May 2004, 09:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by FromWithin

Ooh. You've got an avatar! And if that is indeed a photo of you, you look pretty damn attractive too, so brace yourself for the geek onslaught.

I hope I get a onslaught of ladies now I've changed my avatar to reflect the real me

IFW · 10 May 2004, 09:55

http://classicgaming.com/amigareviews/

10 May 2004, 10:04

thanks for the links, yeah its me from a night out on the pop

thanks for the compliment. Does anyone have a full copy the could scan? and send me? just 1 will do preferebly reviewing a lot of games? keep adverts and everything it will bring back the memories, if not thats ok. Im off in a bit to do some rock climbing with the job center lol lucky me eh

wont be back till 4ish will probs go on mirc but it kicks me off every 10 mins

anyway im ranting now lol sorry

killergorilla · 11 May 2004, 03:59

Jim the avatar is legendary.

Hell yeah!

Nobody mentioned APOV yet? CRAZY FOOLS (or I couldn't be bothered to read all the above so I mighta missed it)

Tim Janssen · 11 May 2004, 09:19

German Amigamagazines are more common on the Internet. The best sources are Kultpower and Kultboy (provided you can read German).

Dizzy · 11 May 2004, 09:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

Jim the avatar is legendary.

Hell yeah!

Nobody mentioned APOV yet? CRAZY FOOLS (or I couldn't be bothered to read all the above so I mighta missed it)

Jim you're such a gay

http://furonfilm.fanspace.com/h/hasselhoff3.jpg

Antiriad · 11 May 2004, 19:58

I bet Andreas has shot his load off by now

fisken uno · 11 May 2004, 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dizzy

Jim you're such a gay

Oh god, this pic gives ME the CREEPS! lol. And I've seen a lot! But D Hasselhoff is just TOO MUCH!

14 May 2004, 22:03

Don't forget my magazine guide at Amiga History Guide.

I contacted Future two years ago enquiring about scanning and distributing old Amiga Format magazines on my site. They told me I would need to pay them (I think it was £100 per page) and contact the author to gain permission. This may change over time - they've allowed someone to post scans of Commodore Format.

Gareth

16 May 2004, 12:48

hey knight beat thats a shame, wonder why they wont let you do that? anyway thanks for the link

abelthorne · 17 May 2004, 11:45

There's a project on a french website to scan old (french) video games magazines. There are no specific Amiga ones, as far as I know, but the generalist mags did test Amiga games, of course.

If anyone is interested (ie can read french), the url is http://magazines.abandonware-france.org (warning, the server is quite slow and it takes a lot of time to download files).

BippyM · 17 May 2004, 12:14

I scanned an issue of Games X (Can't remember which without digging DVD backups out)

It took my ages and only has about 30 pages!!!

hype · 09 June 2004, 13:53

http://www.totalamiga.org/

just click on back issues

10 May 2004, 06:43	#1
Lucy Posts: n/a	old amiga magazines hi, i saw a thread from 2002 (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...highlight=mags) and people were talking about scanning all there old magazines and making them into a PDF (whats a PDF?) anyway i was just wondering if anyone got round to doing it or if there are any sites with the full mags on for download? it would be great to have a read through and get many great memories back. thanks Lucy

10 May 2004, 08:30	#7
woody57 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Manchester Posts: 801	Follow the link below This is the link to the Amiga source page full of amiga magazines past & so called current in it you will find links containing games reviews from previous magazines as well as sites dedicated to other ancient print issues http://cciinter.net/users/amigasource/ml/3.htm

14 May 2004, 22:03	#16
knight_beat Posts: n/a	Another magazine site Don't forget my magazine guide at Amiga History Guide. I contacted Future two years ago enquiring about scanning and distributing old Amiga Format magazines on my site. They told me I would need to pay them (I think it was £100 per page) and contact the author to gain permission. This may change over time - they've allowed someone to post scans of Commodore Format. Gareth Last edited by Paul; 17 May 2004 at 12:49.

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10 May 2004, 06:46	#2
FromWithin Music lord Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 50 Posts: 630	Why aren't you in bed?

10 May 2004, 06:53	#3
Lucy Posts: n/a	lol good question! well i was on mirc and lost track of time... oops and i have to be up early anyway so im staying up and drinking lotsa coffee lol i could ask you the same question!

10 May 2004, 07:05	#4
FromWithin Music lord Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 50 Posts: 630	I'm busy writing documents for work. Been at it all night. I'm still considering whether to go and sleep for 2 hours....

10 May 2004, 07:07	#5
Lucy Posts: n/a	i wouldnt i'd never get up! anyway do u know if anyone has any scans of amiga mags?

10 May 2004, 09:55	#9
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 52 Posts: 1,838	http://classicgaming.com/amigareviews/

10 May 2004, 10:04	#10
Lucy Posts: n/a	thanks for the links, yeah its me from a night out on the pop thanks for the compliment. Does anyone have a full copy the could scan? and send me? just 1 will do preferebly reviewing a lot of games? keep adverts and everything it will bring back the memories, if not thats ok. Im off in a bit to do some rock climbing with the job center lol lucky me eh wont be back till 4ish will probs go on mirc but it kicks me off every 10 mins anyway im ranting now lol sorry

11 May 2004, 03:59	#11
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Jim the avatar is legendary. Hell yeah! Nobody mentioned APOV yet? CRAZY FOOLS (or I couldn't be bothered to read all the above so I mighta missed it)

11 May 2004, 09:19	#12
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	German Amigamagazines are more common on the Internet. The best sources are Kultpower and Kultboy (provided you can read German).

11 May 2004, 19:58	#14
Antiriad The Sacred Armour Of Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sussex, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,141	I bet Andreas has shot his load off by now

16 May 2004, 12:48	#17
Lucy Posts: n/a	hey knight beat thats a shame, wonder why they wont let you do that? anyway thanks for the link

17 May 2004, 11:45	#18
abelthorne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: France Posts: 142	There's a project on a french website to scan old (french) video games magazines. There are no specific Amiga ones, as far as I know, but the generalist mags did test Amiga games, of course. If anyone is interested (ie can read french), the url is http://magazines.abandonware-france.org (warning, the server is quite slow and it takes a lot of time to download files).

17 May 2004, 12:14	#19
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	I scanned an issue of Games X (Can't remember which without digging DVD backups out) It took my ages and only has about 30 pages!!!

09 June 2004, 13:53	#20
hype Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Finland Age: 48 Posts: 31	http://www.totalamiga.org/ just click on back issues

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