Welcome to the Magazines section! This section will feature better looks at video games magazines, specifically Nintendo Power. This was a bit of a long time coming. This originated back with an old blog I had, "Blue Skies and Nintendo", which was one of my earlier, less-focused works, trying to marry my mid-2000s nostalgia of reading late 1990s Nintendo Power magazines on vacation. It later lost focus as I tried to integrate MacAddict and later, when I launched Carbon-izer, I had mirrored and intended to expand on a list of games cross-referenced with "In-Depth", "Counselor's Corner", and "Classified Information".

Basically, I'm only trying Nintendo Power right now to get my feet wet, but this section is basically a souped-up version of one of the few articles of BS&N I really liked (it's been rewritten below) and was a bit of a showcase for what I wanted the site to be. While I didn't intend for this section to be an exhaustive listing of what's in every issue, more recent articles kind of became that, and will probably affect later writings. I'm not sure if there's anything like it, as the Fandom articles on their Nintendo wiki (for instance, of aforementioned Volume 109) are usually incomplete and even if they do have stuff, it's just the bare listings, and lacking commentary.

This forum post has a list of the covers, posters, and if there were any freebies with that issue, which is another resource.

I don't think I'll write about all 285 issues, but I can at least write a couple. Check out the Updates page to see when they were added.

Many of these magazines can be viewed online on Archive.org or the Video Game History Foundation as well (watch out for poor quality scans), though links won't be provided for every issue. Preferably you should have local backups from Retromags or the print magazine.

A word of warning...while many issues have a way to see the next issue, some don't, so watch out when browsing.

Nintendo Power - Volume 40 - Felix the Cat

Nintendo Power - Volume 41 - Super Mario Kart

Nintendo Power - Volume 42 - Super Star Wars

Nintendo Power - Volume 43 - Road Runner's Death Valley Rally

Nintendo Power - Volume 44 - The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse