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7/24/06
Lonnie Falk, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Rainbow, died a month ago at the age of 63. Although it was dedicated to a relatively second-tier series of 8-bit computers (the Tandy Color Computer lineup), The Rainbow was the longest-running enthusiast magazine of its era, running uninterrupted from July 1981 to May 1993.
I don't think I've even touched a CoCo in my life, but I've collected the great majority of The Rainbow and it's a really, really fun mag to read. He'll be missed.
7/11/06
Thought I'd give a quick "state of the site" for those I haven't been talking to directly.
Despite all the work I've had lately, I am still working on the site! I just haven't been bothered to mention any of this on the main page yet. You can cheat and take a look at what I've been adding/editing by clicking on "Recent changes" to your left.
My main objective right now is to get index pages up for every US game magazine. I'm pretty close to this goal (and I have just about everything I need scanned), so it's just a matter of writing those potted histories and putting up those index pages. I don't have much free time, though, so progress is slow.
Once this is complete, I intend to put up a real Main page for this site. This entails a lot more than just a pretty menu or two -- it means I have to pretty up the rest of the site too. Putting up redirects for variations on mag names, adding a few nice graphical touches, etc., etc. -- that all takes time, too, but hopefully it will be done sooner and later.
As always, if you're interested in helping me out, send me some mail and I'd be more than glad to give you edit-access. Thanks for your patience.
5/10/06
Added Electronic Games (the first one) and its follow-up, Computer Entertainment. I'll add the second EG next.
4/23/06
Added Nintendo Power; also uploaded more cover scans for Electronic Gaming Monthly so that I'm missing only one cover now.
I'll put up a "real" main page once all the main US game magazines have pages. We're getting there!
3/25/06
Added incite and Next Generation... oh yeah and High-End too. Gonna need to make a real main index one of these days.
3/12/06
It's been a while since I updated, so this time around I added a lot: Game Developer, GameFan, MegaFan, GameNOW, and Gamers' Republic.
I've been busy with my day job, my freelance translation work, and a couple of ferrets whose rescue I got involved with. I hope all of you are doing well, too.
2/13/06
I added Game Players Nintendo Guide and Game Players Sega Guide. I think this is the first time anyone tried to unravel the complicated publishing schedule of Nintendo Guide. I need to scan most of these, but I do have em, so I hope you look forward to that.
2/12/06
I added Game Players. Gaz added Mean Machines.
2/4/06
Added Electronic Entertainment, Expert Gamer and Game Informer.
1/30/06
I went and added most of the random Sendai mags:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly
- Mega Play
- Super NES Buyer's Guide
- Super Gaming
- Electronic Gaming Retail News
- Cyber Sports
Think that about covers it. I'll be busy the next few days, so hopefully that will keep you satisfied for a while.
1/27/06
GamePro and EGM2 added. Thanks to Jonnyram for his continued help in wikifying GamePro.
1/25/06
Holy cow! I added Computer Gaming World, and it's huge!
I also updated the about page to reflect the current mission of mass wikification.
1/23/06
I've added indexes for three magazines: 3, Atarian, and Computer Games.
Thanks to everyone for your feedback. It seems like there's a fair bit of excitement for a site like this. If I haven't gotten to you yet, rest assured I will soon.
1/22/06
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment has been wikified and is now more organized. As always, let me know if there are any bugs. I think wikification of mags is the first top priority here, so I'll be posting a list of mags to wikify here very soon.
Hello
Someday, Magweasel could become the greatest site on the net devoted to old video game and computer magazines. Right now, though, it's just a collection of unorganized cover scans and wiki pages.
For more info on the idea behind Magweasel and how you can help, please read this introduction.
The Game Buyer and section is now complete and should provide a decent example of how I'd like to see the site organized and written. Please read it and tell me what you think -- either via mail, or on the [discussion forum].
If you know your magazine history and think you can write about it, please mail me and we can talk about how to make this site better.
For now, the next important step is probably to take all those scans I've uploaded and put a lot of wiki pages around them, so they can be browsable in a normal type way. This'll take a while, but the good part is that anyone can help out with that! If you'd like to help, mail me, and once I'm ready, I'll send a file list and instructions.
All for now.
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