Electronic Gaming Monthly #4 - November 1989 | CGQ
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2020
- Episode 70 - On this episode of Let's Read, it's just the fourth issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, which was probably on newsstands sometime in late September or early October. This issue was interesting for me because it comes right after the launch of both the Sega Genesis and the TurboGrafx-16, and therefore has launch games featured in the reviews as well as in the "fact files". The fact that Ghouls 'N Ghosts was the cover story didn't hurt, either!
Show notes:
- The paper turkey shown in the intro is pretty dang old. It was my grandmother's; she would put it on the the table before Thanksgiving dinner. At some point it got handed down to me and now I do the same. Figured it was appropriate since this is Thanksgiving weekend. I also really enjoy not being physically in the intro shots, so it's fun to find creative ways to avoid that.
- I explain this at the end of the video, but I'll put it again here. Originally I wanted to do a magazine read-through to coincide with Halloween instead of Thanksgiving, but the issue that I had chosen (GamePro from October of 1990) was a real snooze-fest, so I scrapped the episode. I found this one in my box of "to be Let's Read'ed" issues and thought it would be great for Halloween due to the GnG cover, but by then it was too late.
- I don't know this for a fact, but this feels like the longest I've ever gone between uploads to this channel. I've been less productive on YT this year, but I have also been uploading to my other channel, which amazingly some people still don't know about. There's a link if you scroll down a bit.
- The "face cam" used in this episode is the Sony camcorder that I used to use to shoot the magazine. So I guess camera 1 became camera 2. I don't much like it because I can't get the shallow depth-of-field that makes the background nice and blurry. But it has autofocus and can record continuously until the memory card is full, so that's why I used it.
- The noise gate on the voice track was a little aggressive. That's something that maybe 0.01% of the viewers will notice, but it bothers me.
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Hey everyone! Happy Thanksgiving (weekend). Obviously I haven't uploaded on this channel in a few months (although I have some stuff on-tap), but I've been uploading fairly regularly to the other channel. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, here's a link: ua-cam.com/users/cgqplus
We appreciate these. Thanks.
Why not combining the two channels? Plus, you have broader audience here and we don't have to wait long for a video.My two cents worth.
This was the issue that had me completely sold on the Genesis.
Hey man. Thanks for this channel and Happy Holidays! I’ve been binge watching some of your content and I just feel the need to say that you seem like a really good dude, super genuine and nice. I appreciate your content and will have to turn my buddy who’s super into vintage video games onto your channel. I watch a lot of political stuff. This channel is such a nice break from that.
You mentioned a ad about Homer’s in Omaha, Nebraska. They’re still around! homersmusic.com/
What’s interesting is that at 44 years old I’m more fascinated in a page by page read through of this magazine when in 1989 I just skipped to the games that I was most excited about.
Yeah, I totally know what you mean! I find these videos so interesting since CGQ has great knowledge of all this stuff.
I would always read them cover to cover. It's super fascinating seeing them AGAIN though. I never kept any of my old shit. Moved around too much.
I love his bass playing in Iron Maiden
@Ron Fiasco same here. I'm younger so read and reread early 2000s issues of EGM as a kid.
My parents couldn't buy me a GameCube, PS2 or XBox - due to financial difficulties. But I have a near encyclopedic knowledge of games from the late 90s to mid 2000s because I obsessively read EGM magazines.
Please do more read throughs of older magazines. They do wonders for my anxiety and depression. Thanks chris.
Got any semi-specific requests for issues you’d like to see?
@@CGQuarterly
1989 through 1994
Egm, gamepro, or another multi-platform magazine.
Thanks for the response man.
@@JasonMontell2501 I second that. Let's see more 1989 - 1994 video game magazine videos! Those were the best years by far.
I third that. Staying in cuz of the pandemic, these are like little gifts from Santa that makes the sadness go away
That's amazing it helps with anxiety and depression for you. I really enjoy these videos. They do bring a sense of calm. I love how he does the reviews. Very thorough and informative.
This is seriously one of the most chill therapeutic things I've watched in a while.
This had to be the best times to be a gamer
That's what I think.
It really was.
An amazing time indeed.
I was 12. I might be biased but I think growing up in the 80s-90s was a real special time in general. I still remember the smell of the magazines.
I call it the "Golden Age" and to us, it def was.
I was in my mid-teens at the time. Me and a friend were avid readers of EGM. When the latest issue was released, we'd call each other with magazine in-hand and pore over every detail. Our fandom was supercharged by feeding off of one anothers enthusiasm for gaming. The 8-bit/16-bit halcyon days of console and arcade gaming were unparalleled indeed.
Random cool little story here - when I was in high school I met Steve Harris in these early EGM days at the Electronics Boutique in Yorktown mall, which is where I found the initial Electronic Game Player issues at a news stand and is in Lombard, Illinois where the magazine started. My buddy and I were there on a random school night, it was pretty dead at the mall so he was the only other customer there. We had no idea who he was until he approached us and asked if we liked videogames. I think we gave him a hesitant yes because we were probably a bit creeped out about this tall, bearded older dude talking to us, (and again, only people at the store), but after he told us who he was we were psyched because we loved the magazine. He then asked if we'd like jobs taking screencaps, which to our videogame obsessed young selves, seemed like a dream job. I was always curious about how they got the caps, so he told us about the setups they had and what we'd be working with. He gave us business cards and told us to call the office to set something up, even though he would be out of town for the next week on business. We both called, but the receptionist told us to just call back when he returned. We never followed up because while the job seemed awesome, it seemed hard to balance with high school because we'd have to work nights, we were pretty sure it probably paid crap, and we lived about a half hour away. I do sometimes wonder how my life would have been different if I had pursued this and got my foot in the door at the magazine at that nascent time at a young age, but who knows, maybe I would've become disenchanted by it and still not enjoy videogames 30 years later.
Crazy cool story!
By all accounts it was misery working for game mags back in the day, especially EGM, where the stories of certain editors behaviour to staff was questionable. You dodged a bullet dude.
This takes me right back. 😊
I had this magazine when I was younger. So many memories brought back with every page turn! :)
Sometimes i'd wish I could relive the pre-internet days of video game publications. It was so exciting to pick up the newest issues from the newsstands. I'd read them from cover to cover repeatedly until the next issue. 🤣 I never gave my magazines away. I still have HUNDREDS of issues to reminisce in on bookshelves in the gaming room 😉
I wish i didnt get rid of mines. I started with Nintendo power and everything in-between. Good ol days.
I don't understand why this doesn't get more views! I love this style of content, it mentions so many games and shows off your depth of knowledge - Outstanding!
Reading along with this and watching Mike Tyson fight again today is a nostalgic dream come true!!!
Only missing some crystal pepsi
Super Dodge Ball is great!! You’re explanation of the flicker and getting over it almost immediately because of how fun the game is, is spot on.
I’ve always thought every NES game with those style of characters (regardless of who developed the game) takes place in the same ‘universe.’ River City Ransom comes to mind.
That’s actually true. They’re all part of the Kunio-Kun series in Japan.
@@CGQuarterly Did not know that, thanks. Love your content, best wishes!
Billboard Top 10 November 1989
1. Listen to your heart - Roxette
2. Cover Girl - New Kids on the Block
3. Miss you much - Janet Jackson
4. Sowing the seeds of love - Tears for fears
5. When I see you smile - Bad English
6. Love in an elevator- Aerosmith
7. Rock wit’cha - Bobby Brown
8. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
9. (It’s just) the way that you love me - Paula Abdul
10. Love Shack - B-52’s
Nice to put this in context by putting the songs in the comments section. I was 12 in 1989 and I remember all of those songs.
@@joels9263 thx. I was also 12. Those were the days weren’t they? I remember them very fondly. My parents didn’t mind spending money on games so awesome for me and my brother 😂
1989. Lethal Weapon 2! My paternal grandfather died in November 89. I was 9.
These magazines and screen shots were sometimes the only way to see a game, because it was either on a system you didn't have or you couldn't rent it.
I remember seeing this issue at the bookstore when I saw the first pic of Super Mario World. Miss those days.
Yeeees, more CGQ! Thanks for all of the recent content, your channel is my favorite on all of UA-cam, Chris.
Thanks man!
Damn!!!!! It's crazy how. Things trigger your memory, I clearly remember this magazine as a child. I would never forget that cover crazy. Thank you for bringing back my nostalgia from when I was kid😍
I've rewatched these read-through episodes more times than I care to admit.
I'm trying to get a new one out soon...
@@CGQuarterly In a sea of retro gaming content, your work has a unique quality that nobody else has been able to imitate. Very appreciated!
Thank you for doing these reviews 👍 I'm 49 years old and can remember owning these magazines. It brings back such great memories. There are many great things in life but memories like these put a huge smile on my face. I can still remember slowly opening my first Nintendo and Genesis. NHL 94 was my game.
This is so good...the nostalgia high I got from this was great...Glad I found this channel... excellent content
Glad you liked it, Dan!
I'm originally from Omaha, there were a few homers in town and one in Lincoln Nebraska... there may be a few still around, but they are mainly the record store
Pretty crazy to see that they advertised on egm... I didn't start reading egm till episode 50 or something, thanks for all the videos, love them
Homer's is still around! The satellite stores closed but the mother store in downtown Omaha is still going strong. So cool to see one of their old ads pop up here.
Just found a box in my attic with many issues from #57-105. I immediately thought of this channel. Great work, EGM singlehandly taught me literacy for most adult words. People always complimented my spelling and grammar and it was surely the editorials in EGM.
I was born Nov. 1989. If only I were born a few years earlier, I could have been as cool as that Nintendoids kid :(
lolol. I was born in '75. NONE of us was as cool as the Nintendoids kid.... :P
Thanks again for doing these. I really enjoy them. It's good to see
you getting back into the swing of things on both channels.
I just love the magazine episodes!! Thanks!
I also love Rambo 3! The helicopter fight blew me away, and the levels have pretty good variety. Probably the first stealth section I'd ever seen in a game.
I had Rambo 2 and 3 on the Sega Master System . Part 3 used the light gun.
Whenever I feel stressed, I fire up a playlist of these videos and somehow, everything is better. Thanks for these.
That's awesome man, thanks!
Some really forward thinking comments from those folks on the Behind the Screens page. Fun read-through as always, thanks for sharing! 👍
I don’t care how long you're away; if you bring us content like this, we'll keep coming back.
Loved seeing that Homer's ad. Had no idea they even sold video games back in the day, much less advertised in EGM. Can't explain how fun it was to see that, so thank you!
I remember my mom getting me a subscription to that magazine and Nintendo Power back then, I'm really stoned right now and this is bringing back a lot of great little memories, cheers from Canada dude.
“Duhhhhhh I’m stoned.” What a loser.
@@daakrolb narc
@@teen_laqueefa I didn't tell anyone. He's just a stoner LOSER. As I'm assuming you are, defending him.
@@daakrolb no, cause he done nothing wrong.
@@teen_laqueefa Cept defend a loser/stoner.
I cannot believe how much I enjoy watching/hearing you summarize an old magazine page by page 😂 It's time to go back and watch every one of your older videos!
im so happy you are reading and reviewing these, brings life back into these games and magizines, i can watch and listen to these all day!
A Let’s Read of a 1989 EGM issue?
I got new for ya right now . . . I’M - INNN!!!!!!!
Sippuh coffee.
I was 1 month old so it gives me a feel for how the world was around then. thanks for another video.
Been way too long between eps, but as always, much appreciated! 👍
What a time to be alive back then. No internet. But the excitement of monthly gaming magazines. And so many new systems to get pumped up about. I was almost a teen at the time. Thanks for the nostalgia :D
Perfect way to start a post-Thanksgiving Saturday morning!
love this channel so much, gives me a nice hit of nostalgia when i listen / watch it while im working.
Late to this party, but thanks Chris! Made for a great, long video for a snowy day here in Texas.
I really like these. They take me back to a simpler time, they are informative and they are oddly soothing. Please keep these coming.
This was the very first issue of EGM I ever purchased. My friend had brought issue #3 to school, and I flipped my lid. It was the coolest gaming magazine I'd ever seen up to that point, and from then on I bought every issue up until around #120. I can't wait to watch this, and get hit with a megaton of nostalgia.
Thanks so much for doing these episodes, man.
LOVE your Magazine reviews ! the ONLY channel that matters on youtube for this subject
Loved this! Loved EGM and getting to read about games! Thanks for doing this! Those NEXT games is what I remember being like each page a plastic laminated sheet with Playstation games gleeming like Wipeout. At the time I had a 3DO. Wow was I lame or what.
Thanks so much for this series, man. I'm about your age and grew up on EGM. Mega mega nostalgia!
Every time you upload its always a treat. Great video as usual.
Much appreciated Chris, good to hear & see the CGQ intro again...
Oh my god. When I saw the read through and also noticed it was new I couldn’t believe it. Thanks for continuing this! I had all these magazine and it’s really crazy to see all these things I remember again...
Really enjoyed this. Thank you! My favorite magazine was Diehard GAMEFAN. Loved the coverage of Japanese games.
Thank you very much for what you are doing!
I remember this issue and followed EGM since the very beginning. This fourth issue was one of my all-time favorites from the magazine, I think largely because it had a great article on the Epyx/Atari Lynx, as well as the cover story on Ghouls ‘N Ghosts.
Hey man, you probably won’t see this, but thank you for doing these. You are amazingly informed and do a great job doing these magazine synopses. You and I are probably about the same age and the NES was my console as a kid. Great memories!
I did see this, and thank you!
Thanks for this. Love these read throughs.
I really liked Rambo III as well. It was my favorite Sega Genesis game as a teenager.
I used to shoplift these out of a Safeway. Phew. Finally got that off my chest.
Big Hello from Montreal Québec. Those read along are really good. It's always a pleasure to watch it from begining till the end. Can't wait to see the next video. Merci beaucoup !!
Hello Montreal!
Happy thanksgiving. Very nice to see another Lets Read😃 What a time to be gamer back then🙏
Great video. This was my first EGM, my father buy on a Electronics Boutique on Miami. I was visiting my older sister by that time. I was living in Puerto Rico. That's when I start collecting V.G. mags. I still had that issue, but is on my parents house in P.R., now I live in the States. Personally, those really where good times.
so cool you still have the classic mags! loved reading these as a kid and teenager!
Absolutely love these videos
Great to see you again Chris! Hope you and your family have a great Holiday season! And yes issue 4 is one of My favorite issues! 👍
I was praying for one of these videos. Hallelujah
Thanks for the memories, I had this issue and was really excited about the 16Bit games coming out! This was an awesome magazine!
These EGM read-throughs are great!
59:30 The Sega Genesis Power Base Converter.
My family ended up picking up the power base as our local toy / game store had been putting all of their master system games into bargain bins. Since we had upgraded from an NES we were able to see what the Master System had to offer on the cheap. It even worked with the 3D glasses thing so we got that cheap as well. None of the game we picked up ever really stood out as mind blowing, but trying to step back down to 8-bit after upgrading to 16-bit made that harder than you think.
I think my favorite from our late 80's pickups was Zillon. It was the closest thing the MS had to Metroid.
Awesome episode man. Thank you
This is awesome, thank you for doing this. Takes me back, I used to pour over game mags non stop.
Love these read throughs. I have a ton of these (like the original GamePro and the Genesis vs. TB Graphics 16 EGM Blue cover). They're a wonderful trip down memory lane and I love the screen captures you have of the games that you show when talking about the games in the magazine. Game Players Magazine was one of my fav magazines as well, had a lot of PC stuff as well like King's Quest reviews or Red Baron from early 90's and late 80's.
This is the most memorable game mag I ever owned. EGM (like all other media at the time) was very pro-turbo. So seeing this pronouncement of a Genesis game being the GOAT was mindblowing. I couldn't wait to get his game, and I wasn't disappointed.
This was a fantastic Let's Read. Dude love the channel and all that you do. Super glad your ramping up again. We trust your judgement. Cheers brother!
**You're
Awesome! I really enjoyed this.
Love the magazine reads. This one was great as always.
I sadly didn't know there was another channel I'm going to check it out, dig retro stuff, ghouls n ghost was my favorite Genesis game played it to death as a kid
Great in depth review of the old EGM! I've got a stack of these old mags, great memories of reading through them over and over back in the 90s. Last I heard EGM only made Walmart magazines
I could fall asleep to this soothing voice
Holy crap, good video. I always wondered why UA-camrs didn't go through all the old GamePros. I like how you aren't obnoxious at all, make this totally interesting and palatable.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love P.O.W. on the NES! Amazing soundtrack as well. One of the best soundtracks on the system. Expensive game in AUS. Thanks for the great vid Chris! 👌
EGM was definitely one of my fav game mags along with GamePro and Nintendo Power :)
I was 20 and in my senior year of college, I was absolutely out of the gaming scene at this time. A year later I'd upgrade from old Atari 1200XL to a new Sega Genesis and it blew me away. Such a snapshot of time, cool to see articles from Ed Semrad and Steve Harris era.
Looking forward to more magazine reads Chris. This really brings me back to my childhood. 😊😊😊
Love your work.
That was fun! I have a bunch of old EGMs from that era from when I had a subscription for a few years.
"Now I'll admit that I haven't played a tonne of Bad Dudes. But what I have played of it, doesn;t make me wanna play more Bad Dudes."
The EGM Top Score magazine was a one-off issue exclusively of tips and tricks. It was tied into their two videotape releases which were available at the time.
I appreciate this episode as well! Some cool trivia to answer about Strider, his basic sword is called the Cypher. It's based on the mixture of a Japanese Tonfa and a razor sharp broadsword. Whenever he finds a plasma charge, his sword extends like a Police Baton and then becomes the Light Sword Cypher infused with plasma particles that can cut through any material. When he finds the symbol for "Hi," then he regains a bar of health, when he finds the symbol for "Ryu," his life bar extends with an extra unit of health. During Arcade Strider 1, the other Striders will drop off Hiryu's backup units to assist like Robo-Panther, Robo-Hawk, and Mushroom aka Robo-Saucer that attacks with the plasma rings. Man I love Strider! 😄😇
Awesome channel, I just found out about it. Just subbed, and cheers! Keep up the great work!
YES! You're back!
09:09
TMNT review. Difficulty: Easy
This surprised me. I think we can all agree that TMNT is far from an easy game.
Also interesting to see an add showing an unreleased NES game at 31:17 (Wild Boys).
I was thinking the same thing
Ahhh Konix! I remember reading about this on EGM. Toilet seat with steering handles!
I still have the first issue of “Electronic Game Player “ the magazine that was the predecessor to EGM.
I was looking for a great co-op game to play with my friend and Dungeon Explorer fits the bill perfectly!
I remember that our Aldi’s store had TONS of Tengen games they sold there, $5 a piece. I remember getting Gauntlet and Pac-Man there. Man, if I knew about Tetris back then I could have had at least 50 copies.
Yeah, that's what I remember. When I mentioned flipping through a bunch of Tengen games, I'm pretty sure that was at a big-chain drug store.
I appreciated the P.O.W. review Sir, since I served and after finding this cartridge it really is an amazing game.
Oh man, just found these vids. Huge EGM guy. I got issue 100 all the way to the end. And a few of the reboots. Missed out on the earlier stuff.
I love this. I still have my original copy of EGM #3. FYI, Double Dragon did come out for the Atari ST
This is one of my favorite things on youtube
Very cool channel, man! I've been streaming random Master System games and ps1 demo discs, so this kind of obscure gaming culture is kinda my jam. Definitely a good find, keep it up!
EDIT: Also, I just tried out SpellCaster for the first time, and I actually was extremely intrigued by it. Not an amazing game by general standards, but so bizarre that it keeps you playing just by being so unlike anything else.
I have Volume 1 of one of those Kodak tapes. Hosted by "World Videogame Champion" Skip Rogers.
I ordered it from the Scholastic Book Club when I was in 1st Grade.
I didn't beat a single game with any of Skip's tips
Another great read through. Keep them coming. It would be cool to do some read throughs on some more obscure/magazines that didn’t last long such as Turbo Play or Sega Visions.
Homer's still exists in Omaha, but I wasn't aware they ever sold Videogames - they're mostly known as a record shop, but looking at their website they sell other used things as well. still no mention of vidyas, though.
H - O - M - E - R - S
Homer's has the very best
Muuuuuuusiiiic
Sky Shark is a super great game. It has catchy music, is challenging, and after playing it a couple of times, it becomes predictable. It was fun to play when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade with my brother and my older cousin. It had super high replay value and is one of my all-time classic games. I remember that my brother and I owned sky Shark first, then we gifted my cousin the game, because he loved it so much: he lived in the same apartment complex.