Videogame Magazines 2 - Game Sack

Episode 201 - We take another look at some video game magazines from the past! And here's the first videogame magazine episode - • Videogame Magazines - ...
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[@XGALAXYDRIFT3RX]

I'm a sucker for video game magazines! Please do a threequel.

[@richardcrandall1428]

I loved the first video game magazine episode and I am so glad that you guys made a second. Thanks.

[@doolittle_]

A Night Trap shirt??? Joe, how dare you promote such a filthy, pornographic video game! Think about the children!

[@coreylineberry8557]

OK, Helen Lovejoy.

[@nicholas920us]

That Nintendo Power Zelda comic is pretty outstanding. It ran from Volume 32-43 during '92 (I think along with the Mario Bros comic). The artwork is by Manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori who decided to loosely follow the story rather than spoil the game. ... and it was re-released in a large-format paperback in 2015, This is where I got all of the useful info in this comment.

[@hosebeefstick]

I'm really pissed off that KZbin allowed me to spend a full hour of my life not knowing that a new episode of Game Sack was out. I need my Sack, and I needs it now!

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

RIP physical game magazines :(

[@stucazzo2000]

Absolutely. PDF's don't cut it either. I think I'd be more depressed if I lost my early video game magazines than my actual video games in a fire. There's just a huge nostalgic factor in those mags that can't be replaced.

[@RAZ9718]

rizka arifiandi I still receive physical game magazines.

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

envy you guys... here in Indonesia almost no magazine for gaming anymore....

[@Nick-wv4xn]

Theres still Game Informer.Its the only one t hat I can still get

[@Jucelegario]

they will come back when the NWO censors free speech on the internet completely by labeling games information offensive and claiming copyright issues.

[@ValensBellator]

There's something charming about just how blatantly old magazines would lie and deceive their readers prior to the internet. It's always funny to revisit and be reminded about how lucky we are to have the modern internet at our disposal 24/7 lol

[@AlanJones1984]

24:59 Legitimately the best acting Dave has ever done on the show! Also, you can hear Dave drop the magazine at 25:07, then in the next shot he has it in his hand and drops it again. I enjoyed this episode, it's nice to see you guys switch up the pace now and again and keeps the show fresh.

[@madfinntech]

There isn't better way to start Sunday morning than watching Game Sack episode about video gamez magazines while enjoying my morning coffee. Oh wait, I can think few better things but this will do, for now.

[@Narhijan]

Back to the old days, without internet, the magazines were truly something important. Here in Italy too (I'll never forget Zzapp! and Consolemania!)

[@megatron691973]

Love this episode..thanx guys for the awesome memories this video brought back.. I'm 43 years old and I remember all these great magazines

[@rickylovesyou]

GamePro was the magazine I'd get after I'd smashed through EGM and C+VG (from Europe) and still had some pocket money left over and wanted to read up on more stuff. Later on I as I got older Edge and Next Generation were my go to magazines. Still loved EGM, but those two seemed to suit my tastes more with their more professional and mature approach to articles and interviews.

[@rig85]

I absolutely loved the days of gaming magazines. It's something the younger gamers now just won't experience. EGM, EGM2, Nintendo Power, Gamepro, Tips & Tricks, Gamefan...just a few of the magazines I got excited for when they hit my mailbox.

[@cantona222]

The shot above the car looks awesome.

[@cultofdis]

I love that you guys do what you want and cover the things you care about. Your previous mag episode had less views and response than your usual videos, but we got this sequel anyway, which is fantastic because some of us really are interested in this.

[@sjake8308]

I think part of the issue is that magazines were regional, so only those who had access to the North American magazines will have nostalgia for those featured in these videos.

[@Wesleyrpg]

Being in Australia, it seems we got the best of both worlds here! I remember reading C+VG, Electronics Gaming Monthly, Mean Machines, and Edge. I also remember some of the more obscure ones at the time, but can't remember their names. I'll still got most of them somewhere!

[@rafaelhernandez9623]

watching in 2021. this really brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks game sack.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Willy Beamish is enormously interesting! One of my favorite Sega CD games and a charming satire of American life in the late 80's/early 90's.

[@MerolaC]

I loved the episode! I used to collect gaming magazines and while not these because of the country and what not, I got a very nostalgic feeling.

[@nicholasbullock1709]

Great episode! I have a pile of old magazines from the 90s too, and I love going back from time to time to read them.

[@codywilt6158]

what no episode 2 of tude sack I want another sip of the tude 😢

[@g1nobleteam]

Cody Wilt They have to drain all the tude from Sonic Mania for episode 2 first.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

they need to refill their tude o meter first

[@xmaverickhunterkx]

Too soon, brother. Too soon. "YOU WANT THE TUDE??? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TUUUUDE!!!"

[@sagiriizumi8079]

EVERY episode should be EXACTLY like the 'Tude episode.

[@eng3d]

Cody Wilt. i dont know about the tude but i want it

[@abemontes2518]

Those years were truly the golden age of videogames and game magazines. I was always excited whenever there was a new magazine waiting in my mailbox.

[@02337755]

It's like going back in time, listening to you guys reminiscing

[@dacypher22]

Man looking at old video game magazines makes me so nostalgic (particularly that EGM you showed with Star Wars on the cover). Every time I see one of these I go hit up Retromags to download scans of some of the magazines I had when I was a kid.

[@EatWave]

For anyone who has no idea who or what EGM's Sushi-X was, an easy way to describe him is that he was essentially Deadpool but instead of being a fourth-wall breaking mercenary comic book character, he reviewed video games. His specialty was fighting games, fitting since the character was a ninja.

[@sonicplys64]

I love these magazine episodes. I have some Expert Gamer and EGM mags from the PS1/N64/Dreamcast era still with me and its always fun to look back at the era that was.

[@cartmann94]

This episode brought me back all of those memories of going to my local supermarket to buy videogame magazines. I remember collecting lots of them back in the day. I still have bookshelves of them. I collected Game Players, EGM (and all iterations of EGM2/GameNow), GamePro, DieHard GameFan and Nintendo Power. I also have all issues of Next Generation.

[@schtive81]

You need to cover issues of Die Hard GameFan from 1992-2001 and Gamer's Republic. Gamfan had some of the best screenshot spreads from 90's era gaming magazines, and their editors were half way insane.

[@goos4711]

Loved these as a kid, they were basically our let's play if you wanted to know about games but had little budget.

[@mjaerkens]

Guys honestly make the episode about anything, we just come for the ending skit anyway.

[@davebladegun3009]

Shifto It's always my favorite part, no matter how good the rest of the episode is.

[@sic6664]

Shifto I can't believe I used to skip them for so long. When I got the first blu-ray I finally discovered their greatness.

[@SpyJak]

I feel like you will really like my newest video on my channel

[@theweebchannel4850]

I usually skip them xD

[@hadamana]

The end of this episode has the best acting I've ever seen on Game Sack! =]

[@ColeslawVariant]

"Casual" is the perfect way to describe Game Pro.

[@GameSack]

It is indeed a pretty good descriptor.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Should have called it "Game Marketing Pro" - in the few issues I read as a kid it seemed extremely rare for them to give any game an average review, or provide any kind of in-depth info in their reviews.

[@Invidente7]

Game Sack They had guides for Ballz and Shaq-fu! As if anyone would want to play those games!

[@personavisceration371]

They sold their reviews and previews. They gave great scores to middling games with lots of marketing and bad scores great games that wouldn't do business with them. They sucked.

[@SwankeyMonkey]

Gamepro was garbage. Just because they were dirt cheap to enlarge their sales, the mag's content was always crap, as well as their writers. They really were the worst of the bunch.

[@turdhat]

Next Generation was my favorite. The production was the best of any mag I can remember at times. Thick, high quality paper, top quality photos and those mags have held up the best over time. Still look new today.

[@prezidenttrump5171]

Hey guys I love the channel and you're some pretty cool dudes, and I just wanted to say I enjoy you covering these magazines. There is something special about gaming magazines and I know you feel the same way, It's great that you still have them and can see what was hot at that moment in time, I personally have a collection of about 48 magazines but I wish I had more. Halfway through the episode and already looking forward to WHATEVER you guys put out, do whatever you two want GODDAMN IT!

[@MrDrokkul]

As a kid EGM was the Cadillac of game magazines to me! I had both a Genesis (Christmas present) and SNES (1st console I ever bought myself) and getting fair coverage for both was great. I still have all my issues from the early 90s.

[@BigBangBlitz]

I have every one of these issues myself and have read some a few times. It's still enjoyable to see someone else's take on them or just be reminded how neat they are every now and then.

[@nathanwarner4584]

Never was lucky enough too get many game magazine's growing up. I remember about 14 years ago when I was about 15-16 I got about 3 game magazine's in a short space of time. That was the only time I got proper magazine's growing up, they was for the PS2 and came with some demo disks, I remember one of them had burnout revenge and it was the most awesome demo I ever played. All these year's later I have just purchased my very first game magazine since. I don't own any consoles at the moment so it wasn't something I would really look for but I see it on the shelves in whsmiths and just had too have it. It is called retro gamer annual, so I guess its one a year and it cost a tenner but it has 164 pages of iconic games and consoles from arcade, snk and Sinclair too Atari, Sega and commodore and much more. Very awesome magazine, if you love KZbin gaming channels like this one here then this magazine is for you and is quite literary like a magazine version of all the best bits of some of my favorite gaming channels.

[@RetroGamePlayers]

You could fit a lot of Gameboy's in Blossom's hat brim

[@xbiker321]

Tips and Tricks was probably my favorite magazine as a kid.

[@videogameobsession]

I was subbed to Electronic Gaming Monthly and still receiving issues up until last year. Most people weren't even aware that they came back after shutting down, this time it was headed again by it's creator Steve Harris. Unfortunately they couldn't keep things going and shut down again, but only after releasing 32 issues. I was subbed to EGM from issue #1 - May 1989 (until) issue #267 - September 2015... and now have a complete set of all 269 issues of EGM. I wish they could have kept it going, but all good things...

[@stucazzo2000]

I resubbed when EGM came back from the dead, but it was very different. More interviews with devs and less games. I think I quickly flipped through the pages and that was it. Sad, I miss game mags before the Internet.

[@cartmann94]

What were their last issues? I was also subbed to them but I think the last issue I got was their 2016 buyers guide or something.

[@videogameobsession]

Yes, that's the last one. It's also known as "#267 (Special Issue #5) and was released in September of 2015.

[@devilmaylol]

Is it weird that I was really impressed by that shot of Dave's car pulling into his driveway? How'd you pull that off?

[@rig85]

devilmaylol Drone. Or aliens.

[@turdhat]

I still have so many mags. Even back to 1981 with Electronic Fun With Computers and Games. Love the old mags. I need more storage space !

[@MisterTorgo]

Awesome episode idea! Seeing these mags again reminds me of how issues of Game Players (when they got funny) and Next Generation, specifically used to get me so excited for the new 3D systems coming out in the mid-90s. Games are great now but thanks for reminding me of why this period of gaming history is my favorite. It was such an exciting time to game!

[@littleterr0r]

I loved your two video game magazine episodes and in fact I went back and watched the first one again before watching this one 👍

[@kidfazer]

I love video game magazines. More episode like this!!

[@austinbooksconsortiumwall625]

EGM's Super Star Wars issue was the very first I ever bought, and it soon led to a years-long subscription. I had never even heard of it beforehand. EGM is still my favorite magazine of all time.

[@UltimaTactics]

Hey Gamesack, I love these magazine episodes! I collect old gaming magazines myself so this was a nice treat as was the first one! Great content!

[@danielengel4593]

I had fun with both of these episodes, pure nostalgia, even if I've never heard of some of the shown magazines. In austria there were not that many to choose from.

[@rufusray]

These episodes are very cool Joe, very nostalgia filled for me. Hate that they didnt get more views, but let me be the voice of the minority in the sack-verse in calling for episode 3.....

[@trevorbozeman]

Love the ending skits! Loved how filmed Dave driving up to the house!

[@davebladegun3009]

I laughed at the Mutant League Football cartridge way more than I reasonably should have.

[@MrBenedictHeyer]

Really enjoyed the episode, especially the editing! Also the random drone shots!

[@Killahfam69]

It's that time of the night on the east coast when i decided I'm ready for bed and then Bam!!!! a new Gamesack episode ...its well worth it

[@bowz0r]

I enjoyed this episode, although I enjoy all episodes. I loved getting game mags back in the day. It was the only way I had to get information about upcoming games.

[@melvinbandel601]

thanks for making another one of these. video game magazine sack for life!

[@ssjzero64]

"Or wouldn't you want to play Sega Drivemobile? That looks kinda rad." Now if you'll excuse me, I must hang a little Sonic figure from the rear view mirror of my car.

[@biffy9536]

I really enjoyed this ep as I had a bunch of these issues back in the day. Thanks super Sack bros.

[@moni426]

Please don't ever stop making these episodes they are like a gift for me

[@FrancoisRoy]

Videogame magazines reached their peak during Christmas '95; there were so many consoles at the same tame it was INSANE..; Super Nes, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, Saturn, Jaguar, Playstation, TurboGrafxCD, Game Boy, Game Gear, Nomad, Lynx..

[@Monacomaverick]

I loved Sega Visions as a kid. Also, that Yu Suzuki article would have made me pretty happy, as that "odd" bit about his cars would lead to him making Ferrari F355 Challenge much later.

[@torkmanix]

Boy did that take me back. I remember all of those and probably have copies of most. If I wasn't reading Nintendo Power then it was EGM. Thanks guys.

[@Peppiinait]

You overdone yourselves. Best episode of GS so far! More like this please!

[@TheKafairy]

I love the issues you guys cover in this episode, keep kicking ass game sack!

[@RallyLancer95]

I find it very interesting that Yu Suzuki drove a Diablo and a RX-7 Joe. Man clearly was big pimpin

[@Zeldaschampion]

Super Buddy is Bill. Bill gains the super power of smiling and transforms into Super Buddy.

[@LeginNoslen]

Tips & Tricks and Expert Gamer Guide (previously EGM2) were my favorites. No lousy reviews, just codes cheats and strategy guides.

[@willcourtneyoliver]

These are my favorite episodes. More Mag Sack!

[@nsignific]

Memories came flooding back. Awesome stuff.

[@holgerwikingsen713]

Guys, you are doing great aerials shots. We appreciate all the effort, it really pays off.

[@LordBlueRouge]

This was a really cool episode, I didn't know the staff from Game Players would eventually go on to form "PSM the %100 Independent Playstation Magazine". Please do another.

[@yskitv5118]

Game Pro and Nintendo Power kept us entertained while waiting at the bus stop. So many memories.

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

I still liked EGM more than any other mag back in the early 90's. These episodes are fun little trips through time

[@donotresussitate]

I really liked this episode. Saw some game sack tee shirts at mogamecon last weekend. My first video game magazine was "ahoy". It was a computer games magazine. I'm currently subscribed to Nintendo force. It picked up where Nintendo power left off and they do a good job of balancing articles, ads and reviews.

[@nintyfan1991]

Maybe you guys can look at Retro Gamer magazine? It's from the UK, yes, but they also distribute in the US. I buy an issue most every month at Barnes and Noble.

[@sketchrfl]

gamepro and EGM were my go to mags back in the day. awesome seeing you dudes cover them and others.

[@jjb2655]

Oh my gosh I remember Bill and Super Buddy from Game Players! Have not thought about all of this stuff in years!

[@quicksilverbalt]

I was a huge gamepro fan. But i was born in '83 so gamepro was made for 90's kids like me. I still remember my first issue it was a super street fighter cover. Was hooked for years after that early 90s issue.

[@MrKenvader]

Have you guys read "tips and tricks" magazine ? That was my favourite . I don't Know if it was just a Canadian publication or not but that's the one I remember always buying every month.

[@plhearn]

I had a subscription to Game Players and remember reading the new issues over and over for a week and then waiting impatiently for 3 weeks for the next one. Best game magazine ever and Bill was the man. I also thought Willy Beamish was a great game.

[@gleamingtv3946]

For some reason reading about upcoming games in video game magazines got me more excited about them than watching trailers I do now. Simpler times.

[@ZakkHung]

Love my old game magazines and love this episode! so nostalgic! :) I also have a couple GamePro tips and tricks VHS cassettes staring the great J.D. Roth who also hosted the wonderfully horrible TV show. great work, guys!

[@narakuoni]

I never see any love for Tips and Tricks! It was my go to magazine when I was growing up! Hope to see it on the next video!

[@stucazzo2000]

These are great as I own some of these magazines. EGM was my favourite magazine after I started to grow out of Nintendo power around '92. I immediately resubscribed to EGM when they came back from the dead, but it was a different magazine as it was more like "Nex Gen". Pages and pages of interviews with developers which wasn't why I subscribed to EGM. Keep making these videos guys.

[@nastyvandal]

10/10 would watch again.

[@brianagatonovic4984]

This episode caught me off guard right in the feels. It took me right back to 1990 in the kitchen of Angies Pizza in Parma, Ohio washing dishes. My buddy Al (still friends) brought EGM Issue 16 to work, purchased at our corner Fox Drug. This was the earliest real "System War", and it was fun debating if SNES or Genesis was better, and if TG16 CD was worth the cash. This episode made me miss buying magazines and reading them with friends. It made me miss going to the local game store and just hanging out talking about games. It made me miss local co-op, and having local actual friends to play with, and then wandering to the arcade and dream about buying a Neo Geo. I really love your channel. +1

[@btr3k]

Wow, these really bring back memories. I was obsessed with these magazines and looking over them at the local Waldenbooks or B Dalton. These covers, ads, and the articles are burned into my mind. I totally remember the gushing information about Color Dreams and their upcoming ultra high tech NES games. I guess we saw how that turned out. I do have one small correction though, the Lynx totally rulz and will eat your lunch. Other than that mistake, this was a great show. Thanks dudes!

[@brydon10]

I love these magazine episodes.

[@SlippyMcDervish]

The UK mags BLEW this shit out of the water. They were SO funny and interesting. I had a lot of US ones, but the UK ones were the winners.

[@PeteSkerritt]

The era of video game magazines, especially pre-internet, was a special one for me. I read so many of these, and made it a point every month to buy as many as I could find. Sure, most of the games covered each month were the same, but reviews were different and there was often an exclusive story here or there which made each magazine worth reading. Really loved the editing and effects in this episode-- and, yes, I *might* have taken extra glances at some of the articles on the screen. If you do another one of these episodes down the line, I'll definitely watch it.

[@tec5x5]

I love game mags I kept all my old stuff as well some of theses 90s issues where huge

[@mws3779]

I remember when I had my Sega Master System they gave away a free magazine subscription with the purchase. I remember once in art class using the cover of the r-type issue and copying it for class in pencil. When you showed the game players Magazine with the Castlevania special you passed the advertisement for the cabinet that turned your NES into a game cabinet. I always thought it was neat when I saw it at the Toys R Us store. But who wants to stand in front of a cabinet at home playing your video games? Kind of silly now when I think back on it.

[@johnnypierce1526]

I enjoyed this episode! I have the Game Pro PlayStation encyclopedia from 99-00. Its PS1 games mostly and a few PS2 games. It also talk about the PS2 console and at the time new the PS1 slim ( the smaller one). Awesome episode!

[@WMARUoriginal]

Man brings back so many memories. Keep these coming! Also, nice drone footage Joel!

[@JustinLeeper]

I was a big game-mag reader growing up, then went on to work for Game Informer as an editor (1999-2003) and freelanced around the industry for another 4 years. I preferred EGM (Sushi-X was actually just an amalgam of guest editors instead of one dude), and I even won a VHS set of Street Fighter 2 V anime from them. But come PSone era, I loved Videogames magazine - published by Hustler founder Larry Flynt's publisher. They had a more adult voice and lots of humor.

[@thegrumptastic]

I had my reservations about this episode, but the Gamesack charm won me over as always. Very enjoyable episode :-)

[@denierlexiese]

Love you guys!!! Great work!!!

[@Cage820]

I still have all my old gaming magazines. Probably hundreds of them. Today I pick up retro gamer magazine which is an import for me but it's fun to pick up an actual magazine

[@theirishcowboy]

just wanted to be the weirdo who says i love these eps about gaming mags & hope to see another down the road!

[@Ahmadu100]

Hate this episode?Quite the contrary I was working that pause button space bar and I even checked out "Duck Hunt" by SEGA,Thanks Game Sack!!!

[@Chicomite]

Holy crap, at 3:41 you can see an ad for Popeye 2 on the Game Boy, an amazingly overlooked platformer. It's so rare i was starting to think the box didn't exist but there it is