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In The Beginning, There Were Video Game Magazines
simoniker writes "The early history of video game mags doesn't get explored much, but over at GameSetWatch, there's a new column that looks at the dawn of game magazines, from Computer & Video Games' 1981 UK launch to Electronic Games' same-year U.S. launch. The column's writer, Kevin Gifford, who also runs the Magweasel website dedicated to documenting old video games, also claims of the early days: 'Terms like easter egg, scrolling, and screenshot were originally coined by [Electronic Games editor and co-founder Bill] Kunkel.'"
Did anyone else subscribe to Nintendo Power to get a Dragon Warrior game cartridge?
I sure did.
Was my favourite mag of the time. It introduced me to the Brit terms "nuff said", "well hard" and "git", which I thought were hilarious at the time.
"I remember buying some magazines that had print outs of the source code for C64 games."
Heh. I remember buying up a bunch of those, writing about 20 lines of code, then deciding that game I had beaten 20 times before was awfully tempting to beat again.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
I still have all the issues... Damn I need to clean my closet.