PDF: Nintendo Power #1 – Jul-Aug 1988
I’m following up on the first issue of Sega Visions magazine with the first issue of the beloved Nintendo Power. I can still remember when this issue first came out. I would have just been starting the third grade and I could help but be fascinated with the infamous claymation representation of Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom.
The original Super Mario Bros was still filling our little elementary school minds and after flipping through this magazine, we were impressed yet fairly confused about this new Super Mario Bros 2 game. It seemed so different from the original game, but of course, Nintendo Power knew how to spin the remake of Doki Doki Panic into something we would all anticipate like nothing before.
In addition to the huge SMB2 preview, there is also a good walkthrough of Zelda and a ton of other Nintendo nostolgia to be found.
Enjoy Issue #1!
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Despite the fact that is was completely cheesy, it was still as enjoyable now as when it was first released.
This SendSpace thins is really lame.
Thanks racketboy! I download these at work and since I can’t email them to myself, I upload them to my webserver. You can check them out here. I’ll probably keep them there for a week or two, so you wouldn’t have to go through SendSpace.
Thanks rmal
I’ve added you as a mirror and also added it to my webserver.
I only do the SendSpace thing because I don’t have a ton of bandwidth. The Sega Visions scan got submitted to Digg and had 100s of people downloading it. That can really add up.
Hey, it’s no problem. I can mirror most of them, and at this pace I can keep them up for quite a while. I don’t use the web server for much other than development and then it’s only me so I’ve got plenty of space and bandwidth.
This thing about scanning and providing old gaming mags is just genius. Thanks.
I’d like to let you know that there’s a great site out there already which is helping to propogate scans of Nintendo Power issues and has already scanned over 100 issues in. Go check out:
http://www.retromags.com
I’d love to get all of us together to combine efforts.
Did anyone else notice that the number one spot for Super Mario Bros in players forum belongs to Cliff Blizinski with a score of 9,999,950? He is the programer for gears of war. Check it out on page 99. His website confirms that he grew up in North Andover till he was 15
Technically weren’t there thinner Nintendo Powers for about 5 or 6 issues before they released this “first” issue with Mario 2 on it?
Anon, that was the Nintendo Fun Club Newsletter. Nintendo Power replaced it.
Yeah I’ll host it also, I have 100gb transfer that I don’t use.
The link will be: http://www.jorsher.com/uploader/files/jorsher/nintendomag.zip
Thanks for the additional mirror!
No problem. I just checked and 8gb of transfer was used so far today, but turns out I have 500gb of transfer instead of the 100gb I thought I had.
I only use my site for development also (which there isn’t much of going on right now) so if you’d like me to host other magazines in the future just drop me a line, jorsher at gmail.
At 13 years old his handwriting is better than mine at 28…!
I actually have the first issue of Nintendo Power and EGM. I have NP issues 1-75.. or something like that.
Yeah, I have this issue – ordered the first six issues when Nintendo Power used to actually have back issues. Was really enthralled with it. Good times.
The Final Fantasy Players Guide through that nintendo power subscription deals was AMAZING. That thing was my bible back in the day.
I have that one!!! And all the Nintendo Club corporate mags before it.
Have you guys seen the Nintendo Amusement Park? It’s pretty funny:
http://whenmoneyattacks.blogspot.com/2006/08/nintendo-amusement-park.html
NINTENDO ROCKS!
Say.
Isn’t that King K Rool from DKC on the cover?
thanks for this
i lost this issue by 1990 probably
i got this issue from my mom at 7 years old
(easter 1988 ) glad to see it again…
I cant seem to get the issue to download, it says
Invalid Quickkey. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire’s development team.
Has the issue been taken off the site or am I a nerd.
Damn! it says invalid quickkey!
can you like reupload this or something? file sharing websites have limits.
Looks like the MediaFire link is down. Any chance someone can re-upload it?