Archive: https://archive.ph/KgEEC
Archivists Let You Now Read Some of the First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda
https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/
https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/
Archive: https://archive.ph/KgEEC
5 Comments
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 1y
Gotta look through this later and see if there's a low review for Zelda where the reviewer is straight up confused about where to actually go in the game.
"The only direction you're given is some old dude in a cave who says it is dangerous to go alone!"
ramius345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
The book that comes with the cartridge has a map that shows where the first dungeon is. Or at least the version I had as a kid did.
oddspinnaker9295@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Here is a link directly to the archive on Video Game History Foundation’s website! I support their work and look forward to getting a new vintage magazine (bagged and boarded!) every month.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Is that what gamesmen read back then?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
they weren't gamesmen yet since videogames were still fairly young.
they were called gamesteens at the time.