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Anyone have really old issues of EGM? (1990-1992)

13 replies · 2,502 views · Started 22 September 2002

Is there anyone here that has real old issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly from around the time when they covered A Link to the Past, probably sometime between 1991-1992? I'm told there is a interesting interview with Shigeru Miyamoto about the Zelda: A Link to the Past and I'd like to find it. I think he talks about the game and the story, and the game's title.

From this page
http://nestral.topcities.com/gallery/egm1991.htm
It looks like this interview may be around the 1991 December issue of EGM, since they have ALttP on the cover.

That August issue says something about Zelda 3 under the first little section of yellow text.

Originally posted by Lone Wolf
I didn't start reading EGM till it was called Electronic Gaming Monthly.:shrugs:

Huh?😉 The magazine has always been called Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGM is a short abbrieviation of it.

Oh man, that is like RIGHT (as in only a couple issues) before I subscribed to that.. I do have that SMW issue tho 😉

Insidentally I DO have an issue where Zelda's Adventure for CD-i was reviewed.. omg that game looked like shit.

Ok, since I'm such a nice guy 😃
http://www.war3.com/warlock/zeldaadv1.jpg
http://www.war3.com/warlock/zeldaadv2.jpg

The first one is a preview, the second is a review..

Edit: wow, my third edit.. upon further inspection I believe I also have November 1989, which happens to have a preview of Super Mario World in it with BETA screenshots.. which in fact don't look a thing like the final product.. they look more like SM All-Stars' SMB3 graphics.. When I get home (for Thanksgiving) I shall have to dig it up and scan it for you guys..

I heard Zelda's Adventure was supposed to be the better of the 3 Zelda CD-i games...hmmm, well, I always thought it looked kinda neat. Those other two however, ugh, I can still remember the sounds of their horribly done cartoon voices...:tongue:

Originally posted by Warlock
Edit: wow, my third edit.. upon further inspection I believe I also have November 1989, which happens to have a preview of Super Mario World in it with BETA screenshots.. which in fact don't look a thing like the final product.. they look more like SM All-Stars' SMB3 graphics.. When I get home (for Thanksgiving) I shall have to dig it up and scan it for you guys..

DON'T FORGET TO DO THIS!!!

Actually I shouldn't say it was a preview, more of a blurb.. there was like 2 screenshots I believe, and a paragraph about the game.. they mentioned that you could walk up walls (which I suppose is true 😃)

I'll have to mention to TSA those scans if he doesn't already know.

I might just ask the EGM boards but I don't think I'll get much of a response either.