I've gotta be _that_ guy lol, that's Wart on the cover, not Bowser. The first Nintendo Power was about Mario 2 USA, not Mario 1 or 3! I'm assuming that was just a Freudian slip though.

@BileDuctBalderdash

7 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing lol

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

Dangit, there always has to be a mistake in every episode! The slip wasn't Freudian, but it was obviously an incorrect comment. That's what happens when you speak off-the-cuff for an hour, though. Anyway, pinning your comment in the hopes that it mitigates similar ones from others.

@TheGoldenBolt

7 жыл бұрын

Classic Gaming Quarterly don't worry about it man, it happens to everybody! Plus, not like Wart really matters all that much in the grand scheme of Mario lol, can't blame you for mixing him up!

@MissAshley42

7 жыл бұрын

Critical Unity Why you so critical, Unity? :P

@SlyBeast

7 жыл бұрын

Why does Wart get no love anymore? I'm thinking he should've been in Smash Bros/Mario Kart long ago.

The golden age man. The 2600, ColecoVision, and NES were my main reasons for getting into the video game industry. Thanks for these. I still remember buying this issue at Caldors.

Just found your channel, seen it recommended before but there's so many retro game channels, but I'm glad I gave it a shot this time, your very thorough, other channels would make this a 6-8 minute video, which is fine, but I prefer your take on it. Nice work, look forward to going through your content. Have a great day everyone.

(A part of me is secretly wishing on a star in the sky that CGQ goes through this level of detail and explanation of all 285 issues of Nintendo Power)

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

+Unknown That would be pretty fun, actually.

@Cuzjudd

7 жыл бұрын

Then it's agreed

@mattwigley203

7 жыл бұрын

Actually I know that would be quite a daunting task, but man it would be awesome to go back through each of them. I was a subscriber to NP from day one and bought every guide they produced that didn't come as part of a resubscribe package. The best bonus to subscribing, at least in my opinion, was the Dragon Warrior promo. So in a nutshell, I owned everything they ever put out (that I know of). Unfortunately like so many other things from my childhood I wished I had taken better care of, my collection went into a large (and heavy might I add) cardboard box that was eventually tossed into a dumpster of a Domino's Pizza lol. "They were just vidja game magazines, you'll live!"- my grandad. The horror...

@adrianbeneytogimenez6878

7 жыл бұрын

Yesss, at least the NES issues☺

Words cant express how much i love this channel.

@CGQuarterly

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Soup. I really appreciate that.

All the dungeons in the Zelda 1 Second Quest were completely new. And believe me when I say they were much more difficult. Also, the glowing skulls that you can't skill that take your sword away for a few seconds were split into 2 different enemies, a solid red version and a solid blue version. The Red ones would take your sword away forever until you could find a blue one somewhere to give it back. It made those things so dangerous to get hit by.

First off, as a 35 year old gamer I LOVE your videos. Definitely brings me back. Second, Zelda second quest didn't just move where dungeons and secrets were. The dungeons were all very different (and more difficult).

@samljer

4 жыл бұрын

Yea i remember it being way way harder.

@retrogamer82

4 жыл бұрын

80’s babies in the house 😎

@lone201316

Жыл бұрын

I was gonna say if you’re 35 how the hell could you remember this?..Then I seen that this comment was 5yrs ago..lol..

Thinking back, Super Mario 2 has to be my ultra favorite game for the NES.

@nickfanzo

5 жыл бұрын

Ita great

The quality of this upload is awesome both in content and picture. Thanks a lot, Chris.

The first cover was designed and produced by the dudes that did the Raisinettes commercials back in the day. the singing, dancing raisins dudes.

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

The "California Raisins".

@willmistretta

7 жыл бұрын

They also did the very trippy and underrated film "The Adventures of Mark Twain" and the "Claymation Christmas Celebration" special, which is a Christmas Eve tradition for me.

@echoedinnocence

6 жыл бұрын

Will Mistretta is that the one where they constantly butcher "wasseling" with "waffleing"? LOL

@franknitti9126

6 жыл бұрын

Did you hear that through the grapevine?

As usual another fantastic video. Really took me back!

This is one of the best videos I have ever seen here on you tube related to magazines. Thank you for the hour of pure entertainment and information. I am looking forward for more of these videos :-)

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Probably already mentioned. But the artist is Will Vinton. It's claymation. Same guy who did the California Raisins. He was prolific in 80's/early 90's.

Love these magazine reads. Thanks.

I love "let's read episodes" you have the best ones. I always look forward to your new episodes. Keep up the good work.

Double Dragon was soooooooo hard I remeber phoning the helpline asking how to beat the final boss

Find these really interesting/nostalgic, thanks for sharing.

I found this amazing . I’m a retro-games lover from Argentina, and these things are totally unseen and unique. Thanks:)

I really enjoyed this. It really took me back to see some of this, and the quality of the video was fantastic. I hope you look at more issues.

I really enjoyed this video man! The effort put into this is MUCH appreciated!

My brother and I received a free copy of Dragon Warrior just for subscribing to Nintendo Power. Loved that game!

@ioloavatar8430

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel R Same here .But when I received it in the mail I threw the game out .Never liked the game ..Looking back , I wished I would of kept the game . I would of enjoyed and appreciated the game .What was I thinking ..

@elverdeman9247

4 жыл бұрын

Worst game ever. How did you ever play that? 😱

Please please do more of these :)

Huge Labour of Love put into this video. Really appreciate the memories and incorporating your memories along with it.

I could listen to you all day, really nice throwbacks and nostalgia going on in my head - subbed :D

It was a really relaxing and entertaining hour listening to you! Awesome video, thanks for all the hard work on that episode.

Yep, I've seen people question at how Nintendo felt that The Lost Levels was "too hard and similar" to the first game and I just concluded that Nintendo of America was just being extremely careful and conscious of Mario's reputation. Having Mario's reputation damaged would probably mean they'd lose the hit they were building up since the recent video game crash had made many people hesitant to buy more games, so from that point of view, it made sense.

Thanks for doing this series.

Loved the video! Can't wait for the next Nintendo Power issue video

Love the video. Awesome job. Thorough coverage.

Just went back in time 30 years for an hour & it was great, thanks CGQ :)

Great job. Enjoyed this episode!

Please do more videos like this. So fun to look back at this stuff from our childhood. You do a great job

What a treat - a piece of video game history. Thank you for sharing!

All this Mario Brothers 2 talk makes me want to throw a rutabaga at somebody

@karnagefails333

6 жыл бұрын

Miles Packer Ha!

Fighting golf is one of my favorite games. It was the first 4 player game i had ever played, so me, my brothers and my dad could all play at once. I still play it to this day

@brianhuyck2718

7 жыл бұрын

mike all never got into it, but I'm gonna give it another try!

$5,000 in 1988 equals $10,460.66 in 2017.

Life Force was another one of those great games I played with the same friend after school.

Dude this is such a great idea! Its like a time capsule to that year! I hope you do every issue 🤤

I will never forget this, seeing this brings back so many memories

This video was awesome. Thank you. Please do more

these vids are great. You have a great soothing voice and all the nostalgia is great. I remember getting this magazine when i became a member of Club Nintendo.

Love these videos please keep them coming

wow I remember bases loaded, I used to play that game when I was a kid, good times, bring me back a lot of memories, nice video.

Thank you for another great video!

Loved this video format. I appreciate you taking the effort to add all the gameplay footage throughout to explain what's going on in the magazine page. It's funny how a lot of us had so many shared memories about Nintendo Power and gaming on the NES. Stallone's face in Rambo is classic. The movie reviews in the magazine I don't remember! My mom trashed all of my Nintendo Powers, so I can't read them these days. Thanks for sharing the premiere issue!

Fantastic video, thanks for posting!

The nostalgia and quality of this channel is perfect.

great episode. love watching these!

When you talk about the page with films on it (the peewee herman photo) You say how its fun to get a sense of what was popular at the time, I completely understand that statement. I collect issues of Fangoria and Famous Monsters (Horror Magazines) And its fun because you get the same effect. Great video by the way!

Simply awesome! I just found maybe around 3 years of the earliest issues of my old NP. Turns out I didn't read even half as a kid. This video is so timely for me.

Great breakdown, dude. This is the kind of content that makes KZread so awesome.

@CGQuarterly

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Coincidentally, I'm actually editing the read-through of Nintendo Power Issue #2 right now.

Nintendo power was basically one big instruction manual and I loved it!! Thank u for this would love to see more videos like this

Awesome video thanks! You make the videos as long as you need. I didn't mind it being a longer video at all. I would watch a 4 hour magazine read through lol.

Really enjoyed this episode

Brought back memories love it!!!!

Great stuff, man. I love your channel.

great job !! really enjoyed this video

Finally got a copy today, long overdue, thanks for showing off the book

What an excellent channel you run. Thank you for your videos.

@CGQuarterly

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, bud.

I wasn't sure if this would work; looking through a magazine on video. Now I'm sure it does :) Great execution. Great channel!

I love this episode & I watch it all the time. I framed my original issue for my game room wall.

Great in depth video!

What a great video. I read this magazine over and over waiting for SMB2 to be released. I also received it as a fun club member, and actually had my name printed in a later version by sending in a polaroid of a game I'd finished.

Nicely done! Very enjoyable episode! You did come across the Official Nintendo Player's Guide so that was nice. Keep up the very good work!

This is a great episode. I remember reading this Mario 2 issue a lot in a school and even getting caught once or twice, haha. It brings back great memories.

This is great! thank you so much.

Great episode. I also read "Console Wars" earlier this year and second your recommendation. So cool to go back and read all about the behind the scenes action of the Video Game Wars.

Getting those in the mail was a highlight bro.

That Martini livery was the best Williams livery since their Rhottmans days from the mid 90s

Glad to see your channel's growing! Keep up the good work!

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

+ShadowFox37 Thanks!

Love your channel bro!

Really enjoy the two camera set up man. Feels like we are actually checking out the magazine with you, hope there is more Nintendo Power in the future!

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I am definitely going to keep using the 2-camera deal. I think it makes the viewer feel more involved, but it also gives me "someone" to talk to when I'm telling a story or explaining something. Makes these mag reads a lot better, in my opinion. There will definitely be more NP.

great episode well done!

Wow, whatever camera you're using in yourself looks really good, like extremely sharp. Also love this inaugural issue of NP. So many great memories.

thanks for sharing Classic Gaming Quarterly

Thanks, that was great trip down memory lane. I was really a fan of the mag and wish I had my old copies, still. I remember how sad I was when we moved and they sent two issues to the old house, even though I'd called or written to change my address.

I get up at 4 for work and good video, brings back memories if I had them still and what is worth brand new and those was the good old days that keeps on going

As a kid I would have taken a Nintendo Power magazine even over a playboy, at least until I was probably 15 or 16. Loved that magazine and it was the source for cheat codes and tips since the internet just wasn't around. Truly can't stress how much I enjoyed this magazine as a kid. I would put it in my school books during class and read and reread it again and again.

@Orange6921

Жыл бұрын

Same here

Your videos are amazing

Great video, very informative.

Wow great memories when i had these magazines back when i was 12 years old. Before the internet we just had Nintendo Power for tips and tricks. Great videos keep up the good work 😀👍🏼

When I was younger, I sent out for that players poll contest not thinking I would win anything. A couple months later, I received one of those Nintendo Power jerseys in the mail. I completely freaked out and wore it all the time. I later outgrew it and sold the damn thing at one of our family garage sales. With only 50 being out there, it would be priceless today. My name was listed in a later NP issue along with the others winners I believe. I have few regrets in life, but selling that jersey is one I have trouble letting go. lol

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

+Ken Murawski That sucks, but at the time none of us thought that this stuff would be collectible down the road...

@20FreeWill

6 жыл бұрын

Classic Gaming Quarterly wish i kept my Original gameboy

i love ur channel.u deserve millions of subscribers

I had Nintendo Fun Club as well as Nintendo Power (including this issue). Your camera is such high definition. Excellent audio. You do a wonderful job on your videos. I appreciate your efforts.

Awesome show- I had all those Nintendo Powers- great stuff!

Nice! I remember getting that issue at a local Safeway! I was 11, and amazed by the graphics shown in the screenshots of Super Mario 2. I got an NES for Christmas that year! Great memories!

Thanks for an awesome video. I remember Zelda being on the top 30 list for years and no other game lasting that long. They even acknowledged this at some point in the magazine.

I was fortunate enough to be a fun club news subscriber prior to the NP inception so when I received issue #1 for free I was floored! So much detail, so many pictures and by then I had been struggling through Zelda's 2nd quest so it was great to receive some tips. I immediately convinced my parents to subscribe for me and walked home from school eagerly anticipating each new issue when the two months had gone by. Would today be the day the new issue arrived? I couldn't get home fast enough to find out. The gory volume 2 cover featuring Simon's Quest cemented my love of the magazine. Thanks for the flashback. Glad I still have all my old mags.

As a kid I also chose Luigi most of the time. After a couple years, I found myself choosing Toad exclusively. Now I just use Mario.

@karnagefails333

6 жыл бұрын

Space Harrier I just don't play that and play Mario 3 instead.

You totally missed a chance to talk about Dragon Power. The game wasn't good, but, it was based on the Dragon Ball manga and cartoon which was not known about in the States. Just a cool tidbit that they decided to release the game here.

Love the Williams crew shirt! (And the great episode moreso)

This is really awesome! I wasn't sure how this would go, but... I hope you've more of a collection of NP for future episodes :)

@CGQuarterly

7 жыл бұрын

I do, but I would like to try to do them in order, and I am missing the next few issues. So right now I am trying to get my hands on NP issue #2. I have other magazines to do videos on, though. I like to jump around. Anyway, glad you liked it!

@Morishintaru

7 жыл бұрын

Right on man, no rush. I'm a bit indifferent with long commentaries here on KZread. I joined the channel because of your superb job via classic console retrospects. But I'll check out your other read-a-longs. Keep doing what you're doing!

Very nice video. I was never a very skilled player when I was a kid either, I beat very few games and I think that’s why I probably ended up getting out of gaming for the last 25 yrs or so. I’m making up for that now in my forties. I just finally beat Castlevania this morning as a matter of fact. Rediscovering gaming in middle age has been awesome.

I'm 32 years old. My family used to call them both "cassettes" and "tapes", but once I started to mature as a gamer I got familiar with the terminology.

By summer of 1988 my NES was not working so well after just 15 months. I guess it probably just needed a good cleaning and I think I was keeping it on the carpet of my room. For my 12th birthday I ended up getting a second NES that came with the Player's Guide. It came with some stickers and I put them on my skateboard. How 80's is that? Also, I was a little miffed that I got a subscription to Nintendo Power in June 1988 but all my friends got that first issue free a couple of weeks before me. So in essence, I paid for the "free poster" inside?

@karnagefails333

6 жыл бұрын

Redfoot138 The stone cold stare of Mike Haggar.

@brandonhughes4450

4 жыл бұрын

ive seen someone with clay make the marios .but i died since.

I was always into those fold-out posters that they included as a kid! Cool to see that they had these from the very beginning!

Such an intruiging retrospect. Much enjoyed

This is a great show! Miss those mags. I miss C64 Powerpack

YES YES YES !!!! this is amazing , love this so much ! bonus its an hour long. I can't even tell how you i enjoy your magazine videos. Whats the next one ? GamePro , EGM ?

Love these