{"id":9284,"date":"2012-04-02T11:27:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=9284"},"modified":"2012-04-02T11:27:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:27:38","slug":"80-nostalgic-epic-video-game-magazine-cover-art-vintage-design-print-ads-from-the-past-geek-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2012\/80-nostalgic-epic-video-game-magazine-cover-art-vintage-design-print-ads-from-the-past-geek-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"80+ Nostalgic & Epic Video Game Magazine Cover Art & Vintage Design Print Ads From The Past – Geek Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I found this epic 90’s playlist on spotify (love spotify) that i’ve been listening to and all these memories of my childhood kept rushing back to me – and what did I do a LOT during my childhood? Well lots of things, but one of the things I did the most was probably read Video Game Magazines for Hourrrsssss. I had so many. I still have a lot of them. But the times I had with those magazines were probably the best times i’ve had in my childhood life! So I decided to put together some of my favorite magazine cover arts with some more print ads (I had probably at least half of these magazines – EGM, GamePro, NextGen, Nintendo Power, etc.) – let the nostalgia take you over and inspire you! You can even click through and download some of these magazines I believe since they are long out of print – that is epic. If you like this then we did a few geeky<\/a> nostalgia print ad<\/a> & vintage video game art posts<\/a> in the past, check those out – and as always enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\nI Specifically remember picking this magazine up from my stack of magazines so many times – I was about 8 or 9<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nHoly Crap, I used to always want to win that, it was a “giveaway ad” in almost every issue of every game mag in the 90’s, I would sit and think about what I would do with all that awesomeness (of course I never won, wonder if anyone ever did? haha)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nlol @ 5th bullet point – PLUGS INTO THE TV WOW lol<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nUsed to pick this one out of my stack quite a few times as well<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nUsed to love GameFan – they had the coolest artwork & Illustrations in the beginning<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nI just remembered I used to dislike how GamePro magazine was stapled together, the cover would always try to come off after some wear and tear lol<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nUsed to LOVE the Sears Catalog – this is awesome tho, you can see the prices your parents payed lol<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nOh the memories. I used to love MK Trilogy So Much.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nDOOM. such an epic game.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nCastlevania: Symphony of The Night – best castlevania game (nay, any game) everrrr<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSo many hours were spent playing Goldeneye 007 for N64<\/em><\/p>\n

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