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Choco1980 posted:I dunno, I got the joke from issue 1. Howard was the guy representing the tip lines and Nintendo Power itself, with all the inside knowledge. NESter was the kid who didn't want to read the manual before playing and blamed the game when he messed up and thought it was stupid. (my older brother was one of those kids) I thought Howard was based on Howard Lincoln, the Senior Vice President/chairman of Nintendo of America, but apparently he was actually a real person: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Howard_Phillips
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King Vidiot posted:Not only do I remember the magazine, I remember the show that started the magazine: "Cricket" rules. "Owl" ruled. "World" ruled. "Penny Power"/"Zillions" ruled. The older version of "Ranger Rick" ruled (but do not look at what's passing for the illustrations in the "Adventures of Ranger Rick" section now, it's depressing.). "321 Contact" ruled and didn't it change its name to "Kid City" at one point? I just remember one issue with a bizarre and clueless cover article about "The Simpsons".
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Masonic Youth posted:
Nathan Explosion there looks like a lot of fun.
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Also I had assumed that the bald dork on the right was their manager or tour bus driver or something but I was wrong and he is this person:
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Masonic Youth posted:
The masks make perfect sense after seeing that pic, they look like a lovely 90's pop punk band. Except Mr. Metal with crossed arms, he'll play the gig but only if he can do solos and rock a B.C Rich.
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W424 posted:The masks make perfect sense after seeing that pic, they look like a lovely 90's pop punk band. Except Mr. Metal with crossed arms, he'll play the gig but only if he can do solos and rock a B.C Rich. I had already assumed he was this guy: 
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Semisponge posted:Slightly 80s, but does anyone remember the 3-2-1 Contact magazine? I distinctly remember a small comic strip at the bottom of some of the pages featuring various bugs, including twin sister ants and an earthworm wearing a bandaid. I swear it exists but can't find any proof, if someone could please corroborate my memory I'd be infinitely grateful. Holy moly, my parents might have these kicking around in their attic. This magazine and Ranger Rick owned bones.
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Anybody knows of a good Qix clone? So far Google hasn't helped, and the flash arcade version plays like poo poo.
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Non Serviam posted:Anybody knows of a good Qix clone? So far Google hasn't helped, and the flash arcade version plays like poo poo. Jezzball has some similarities, though not a clone.
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Non Serviam posted:Anybody knows of a good Qix clone? So far Google hasn't helped, and the flash arcade version plays like poo poo. Archive.org is your friend: https://archive.org/details/sg_Ultimate_Qix_1991_Taito_US https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games?and[]=qix
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZaGhFNT-jY AKA "Stepkids" on the Ninja Turtles 2 VHS tape.
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Your periodic reminder that the 25'th Super Bowl Halftime Show was batshit insane and also painfully '90's. (Video is crap but this is the only one I found that didn't cut the first ten minutes out. Now imagine us dumb teenage girls eagerly awaiting a New Kids on the Block halftime show only to have it preempted by coverage of the Gulf War, then staying up late after the game and seeing... this.)
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The TV chat made me think about... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECkG3c8y8I WELL, DON'T LOOK FOR IT NOW. IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE YEAR 2000!
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I feel like I've posted this before, but god drat is it still beautifully 90's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbK-Bo3k9KQ
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MokBa posted:I had the first Bubsy game and once you take out childhood nostalgia, it had pretty garbage controls, physics, and hitboxes. Bubsy had nostalgia?
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beato posted:Mr Blobby... Holy poo poo.  This is like a bad acid trip.
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Non Serviam posted:
A little late but drat those covers are loving beautiful. Those paintings are so much better than the games they are representing.
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WeX Majors posted:I feel like I've posted this before, but god drat is it still beautifully 90's. I always find it amusing when the "american" version of Beyond 2000 shows up. Seems like the exact kind of show that would have existed or been remade in America already but nope, just film some nerdy looking guy doing the intros and keep the really obvious Australian presenters in!
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Nutsngum posted:I always find it amusing when the "american" version of Beyond 2000 shows up. Seems like the exact kind of show that would have existed or been remade in America already but nope, just film some nerdy looking guy doing the intros and keep the really obvious Australian presenters in! Yeah we had a running joke that every episode of Beyond 2000 would somehow feature the words 'aluminium' and 'schedule' just to emphasize the accent. I think in one episode they were in the same sentence and I flipped out. I was like 9.
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Masonic Youth posted:Also I had assumed that the bald dork on the right was their manager or tour bus driver or something but I was wrong and he is this person: Nobody cared who he was until he put on the mask
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Nutsngum posted:How is it english people never realized just how INSANELY creepy and weird this thing is? Like its almost nightmarish. We knew. It's just our dark humour. 88h88 posted:There was also a lot of 'erotic' version of this where you'd uncover 90s blocky nude women as you went. I remember playing one version in Italy when I was about 12 (some 20 years ago). Apparently they were known as 'Gals Panic' I used to have 2 pirated versions of these types of games for my Amiga but they were like some kind of number puzzle; Penthouse Hot Numbers and Sexy Droids. Yes, you read the name of that last one correctly. Edit: Oh yeah those links are 
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Shamelessly stealing Hajime Soriyama prints for that second game. Man, that guy was huge in the 90s in like, every single graphic art publication.
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Nutsngum posted:How is it english people never realized just how INSANELY creepy and weird this thing is? Like its almost nightmarish. The dark secret is that Mr Blobby is England's version of The Ring. Now make sure you get someone else to watch one of his videos, or Mr Blobby will visit you. twistedmentat posted:But yea, sonic had 3 decent games, the rest has been absolute crap. I will never, ever understand the obsession some people have with Sonic, even beyond mentally ill people like Chris-Chan. Actually the last decent Sonic games were Colours (which was outright good to everyone's surprise), and Generations (which was mostly good, with some bad level choices like an over-focus on Sonic '06 on the PS3/X360 version). I still hold that the only reason Colours turned out as a good game was because the management was busy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIxN7vbblA Elbows off the table! Take small bites! hmhmhmhmhm!
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Mariana Horchata posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIxN7vbblA You know, my family never had the no elbows on the table thing, and I was extremely confused when I went to Camp when that got you punished for doing it. Sega ads are basically a mash up of all the most 90s possible stuff you can imagine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEHWHgbU5Jw
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Rahonavis posted:Your periodic reminder that the 25'th Super Bowl Halftime Show was batshit insane and also painfully '90's. Holky gently caress. If only there were some dads reaction videos.
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twistedmentat posted:You know, my family never had the no elbows on the table thing, and I was extremely confused when I went to Camp when that got you punished for doing it. We had this rule growing up, and I guess it bugs me when people do it now since it was drilled into me, but I can't figure out why it's a rule for the life of me.
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Rough Lobster posted:We had this rule growing up, and I guess it bugs me when people do it now since it was drilled into me, but I can't figure out why it's a rule for the life of me. I think it has to do with making sure everyone has enough room when sitting side-by-side at a long table, especially back in the days when benches were more common than individual chairs. Of course, that usually isn't how we eat today but its still considered polite.
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twistedmentat posted:Sega ads are basically a mash up of all the most 90s possible stuff you can imagine Well, Sega does what Ninten-don't!
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Christo posted:I think it has to do with making sure everyone has enough room when sitting side-by-side at a long table, especially back in the days when benches were more common than individual chairs. Of course, that usually isn't how we eat today but its still considered polite. When I was little I didn't get how I was supposed to eat without my elbows ever touching the table. It's easier when you're taller. I figured it was to keep kids from leaning their head on their hands, looking disinterested and slouchy.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Well, Sega does what Ninten-don't! The dude dancing is like the most 90s thing. And I figure elbows on the table is one of those manners rules that was cooked up in some stuffy and humorless manners guide.
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8 year old me was so pumped when I opened these for my birthday in 96
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Nickelodeon definitely had a 3D event, I remember begging my mother for boxes of cereal so me and my brother could watch. I want to say it was some kind of special halloween thing, but I could be wrong. I remember watching hey arnold in 3D and it being pretty poo poo. Neat idea though. Edit: Apparently it was called nogglevision and you could get it with boxes of kraft mac n cheese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFqpINwlRvo 
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Framptonlive posted:Nickelodeon definitely had a 3D event, I remember begging my mother for boxes of cereal so me and my brother could watch. I want to say it was some kind of special halloween thing, but I could be wrong. I remember watching hey arnold in 3D and it being pretty poo poo. Neat idea though. I remember something similar but for scratch and sniff that would coordinate with things happening on screen at specific times. I forget if it was for Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. I think it was for CN with having one for Cow and Chicken, but I don't remember exactly.
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:I remember something similar but for scratch and sniff that would coordinate with things happening on screen at specific times. I forget if it was for Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. I think it was for CN with having one for Cow and Chicken, but I don't remember exactly. I want to say the Rugrats Movie did that in theaters. And I also want to say they used the same name for it John Waters did for the gimmick in Polyester, and got sued.
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Rahonavis posted:"Penny Power"/"Zillions" ruled.
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Interesting article. I remember loving Zillions when I was younger, what an important magazine to have available for the 8-14 demographic. Consumer reports and education on what ads really are, directed at an age group who is probably the most susceptible to believing the absurd ads directed at them. They don't teach that poo poo in school and I'm sure it's generally easy to make kids part with what little money they have (or of course their parent's money). Looking at it 15-20 years later I think that is incredibly cool that someone had that idea, and not only had a staff of pros to write articles, but had kids contributing with their opinions about which toys they felt were a ripoff, and which toys they thought were worth the money, and why.
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I had zillions too and it was really cool as a kid Do they still make it? I have a 11 year old who would prolly enjoy it.
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om nom nom posted:Interesting article. I remember loving Zillions when I was younger, what an important magazine to have available for the 8-14 demographic. Consumer reports and education on what ads really are, directed at an age group who is probably the most susceptible to believing the absurd ads directed at them. My brother was one of the kids who reviewed for Zillions and by god he took it seriously.
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