Any Old Gaming Magazines To Donate?

Post by **racketboy** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:03 pm

I wanted to check to see if anyone had some old gaming magazines to donate (more than 10 years old -- unless it covers a lot of Saturn or Dreamcast stuff) for magazine-to-PDF scanning.

I've kinda given up scanning right now because it takes way to long and too much effort. However, if store sales go well this month, I plan on re-investing some money into purchasing this scanner:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6838115018

This scanner would allow me to feed in pages and have them scanned double-sided at 18 pages a minute in full color all with minimum human supervision. (That's why it costs $400)

The only bad thing is that I will have to separate all the pages of the magazines in order to scan them. But, they way I look at it, it will allow me to increase my scanning tremendously.

I will be starting with some of my own magazines that I have duplicates of (I have a rather large collection) and ones that are a bit ragged (covers fallen off). That way, I won't feel as bad about taking them apart. The ones that I can bear to destroy I will eventually scan manually.

Anyway, if you have some magazines you can live without, please let me know and I will give you a high-resolution version of the PDF that won't be availible to everyone else.

Post by **loganm187** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:26 am

i have every PSM ever and gamepro 96-2002 along with some old egm's, game fans and such. you interested?

Post by **racketboy** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:23 am

loganm187 wrote:i have every PSM ever and gamepro 96-2002 along with some old egm's, game fans and such. you interested?

And you don't want them???
I'm not too picky

But I would start with the older stuff

Sat May 26, 2007 11:36 am

I have a collection of EGM magazines (goes all the way back in 94) I'd be willing to donate my magazines, because I need room in my closet

I also have some Official Playstation Magazines (I was a PS1 fanboy back in the day, Luckily that all changed)

I also have some Gamepro

some of them have pages ripped out, some of them have covers ripped out.

Post by **racketboy** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:56 am

All Hail The New Flesh wrote:I have a collection of EGM magazines (goes all the way back in 94) I'd be willing to donate my magazines, because I need room in my closet

I also have some Official Playstation Magazines (I was a PS1 fanboy back in the day, Luckily that all changed)

I also have some Gamepro

some of them have pages ripped out, some of them have covers ripped out.

Sounds good!
Even if they have missing pages and covers, I can work with them.
I can at least feed the available pages through the scanner and then manually scan the missing pages via copies I may have already or are able to track down elsewhere.

Once I get the scanner, I'll let you know and we can work out arrangements.

Thanks!

Post by **CantStrafeRight** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:45 pm

I have 6 issues of the Sega Saturn Magazine (UK version)

Im not willing to donate them but I wouldnt mind scanning them for you.

They were the last six issues ever (issue 32 june 98 - issue 37 november 98) and they have alot on the dreamcast as well as the saturn.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:22 pm

Cant~Strafe~Right wrote:I have 6 issues of the Sega Saturn Magazine (UK version)

Im not willing to donate them but I wouldnt mind scanning them for you.

They were the last six issues ever (issue 32 june 98 - issue 37 november 98) and they have alot on the dreamcast as well as the saturn.

Scans are also welcome as well. 300dpi or better is appreciated, but I'll take whatever I can get

Just let me know when you have an issue completed

Thanks!