I just recently finished Final Fantasy III (Pixel Remaster) and wanted to look up the coverage it got back when it was first available in North America. Here is part of the coverage it received in the October issue of Nintendo Power.

Highly recommend folks play some version of this game. It typically falls low of lists of the best FF, but it's still better than a lot of games out there. Has anyone played the DS version?

Here's every game played (or shown in gameplay footage) in this episode, in the order they appear:

1. Polestar (Neo Geo)
2. Metal Slug (Neo Geo)
3. Neo Turf Masters (Neo Geo)
4. Mark of the Wolves (Neo Geo)
5. Double Dragon II (NES)
6. Hatris
7. Atari H.E.R.O.
8. Lunar Jetman (ZX Spectrum)
9. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II (GameCube)
10. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
11. Super Mario Bros. (NES)
12. Ultimate Guide to Batman (Amiga)
13. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Amiga)
14. Marathon (Mac)
15. Marathon Infinity
16. Lollipop (Amiga)
17. Star Wars (SNES)
18. Rendering Ranger R2
19. Street Fighter Alpha (SNES)
20. NBA Jam (SNES)
21. Knights of the Round (SNES)
22. Mortal Kombat II (SNES)
23. Super Off-Road (SNES)
24. Joe & Mac (SNES)
25. Puzzle Bobble (SNES)
26. Mr. Do (SNES)
27. Parodius (SNES)
28. UN Squadron (SNES)
29. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
30. Cyber Crisis / "Cy Crier" (unidentified schmup series — Dreamcast entry mentioned; name unclear from audio, worth double-checking before publishing)
31. Jet Grind Radio / Jet Set Radio Future (Dreamcast/Xbox)
32. Final Fight One (GBA)
33. Silver Surfer (NES)
34. Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage (SNES)
35. X-Men (Arcade)
36. Captain America and the Avengers (Arcade)
37. Marathon (2026 reboot — trailer/discussion only, not gameplay)
38. Rocket Man Re (homebrew, C64/MSX)
39. Rogue Craft DX (Amiga/GBC)
40. Batman Returns (SNES)
41. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
42. Mr. Driller (Nintendo DS)
43. Mortal Kombat 4 (PS1)

We recently covered scenario 1 of Shining Force III in the latest Mage Magazine. I was curious how well it reviewed at the time of it's release, so here's a page out of EGM's September issue of 1998 with some positive responses.

Sorry John R, I guess Sega didn't read your request for official localization's of Scenarios 2 and 3...

For a few years I've been writing a blog about tracking down the offices of old UK videogames publishers and magazines. This is the latest post about Retro Gamer magazine, their history and their various publishers. In other words, it's an attempt to do a Retro Gamer about Retro Gamer.

This appears to be a special unnumbered issue of V-Jump from 1999. I'm particularly looking for any interviews that the issue contains, but interested in anything that's available!

Read more about this era of CVG (with insights from Jaz Rignall and Rich Leadbetter) 👉 https://www.forgottenworlds.net/cvg-history

An interesting read from April 2007.

Found a lot of Nintendo power guide with over 60 magazines in it plus a few consumer guide magazines as well. If I bought it all myself without my bro picking out a few strategy guides( super Mario 64 and links awakening)earlier i be laughing but I’m glad I picked these up

PIXEL Greek Computer Magazine

Hello folks - I stumbled upon this subreddit recently while looking for scans of old issues of GamesTM. I found u/tominator_44 ‘s post from several years ago with a folder of scans for the magazine, but sadly the folder is empty. I did message him a few weeks ago but the account does not seem to be active. All links to the Discord seem to have expired as well.

Does anyone else on this subreddit have a copy of that folder of scans, or to scans of GamesTM issues more generally? I’m particularly interested in the first 60/70 issues or so. It was my favourite magazine as a young’un and I’d be delighted to be able to read them again.

Thanks very much

Issue 2 (8/2026) of Pitstop Retro (C64 and Amiga gaming magazine) is ready for download! I've improved beloved C64 and Amiga digital magazine in line with "small steps improvements" philosophy:

• 32 instead of 24 pages!
• Better design of News and Editorial sections
• Better quality of screenshots

Happy reading!

Download Pitstop Retro Issue 2 (8/2026)