Hello NA World.   As I'm seeing a nice little fire going on the paper discussions on the board I wanted to share a list of old newsletters that I have been working on for a while now with the help of many people from the forum (very much so the evil overlord himself).  This list is FAR from complete and I've hit a wall on sources so I'm hoping that making this public will maybe bring some fresh stock out of the woodworks. 

Enjoy, discuss, contribute, sell me your warez, drool, confirm new issues/dates/whatever!  

 

Acclaim Masters of the Game   v 1 n 1 - Double Dragon II / Iron Sword cover v 1 n 2 - Back to the Future II & III cover Special Sweepstakes Edition - Bart vs the World cover This issue is probably mid 1992 as there is a contest entry and it is due by 11/1/92 Special Sweepstakes Edition - Barts Nightmare cover   Acclaim The Inside Juice   v 1 n 1 - NBA Jam TE The Inside Juice 1995   v 1 n 2 - NBA Jam TE The Inside Juice 1995   Ascii News   1991 Summer ---Note the subtext under ASCII News. Nexoft changed into ASCII soon there after on their newsletters--       Asmik Klue Klub             Bandai Gaming News   Issue 12 - January 1992 Issue 13-14 February / March 1992   XXXxxxxXXX Issue 17-18 June / July 1992   XXXxxxxXXX Issue 17-18 August / September 1992   XXXxxxxXXX This is another one where the numbering is completely odd. Issues 17-18 listed twice is not a type-o. The August / September 1992 should be Issue 19-20, but it was misprinted.     Capcom Craze Club   1992 Winter edition - Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse . Little Mermaid . Mega Man   1993 Spring Edition - Final Fight 2 . Goof Troop . Mighty Final Fight 1994 Spring Edition - Slammasters . Soccer Shootout 1994 Summer Edition - Super Street Fighter 2   1994 / 1995 Winter Edition - Xmen . Punisher   Collector's Edition 1996 - Fox Hunt . Breath of Fire II . Mega Man Family Poster   Club Turbo Video Game Catalog   Vol 01 - 1992   Vol 02 - 1992/1993     Culture Brain Newsletter   No 01 - ? - Sept Oct     No 02 - ? - Nov Dec     No 03 - ? - Jan Feb     No 04 - ? - March April     No 05 - May June - Fighting Simulator GB   No 06 - July August - Golden Fighter   No 07 - Winter - Ninja Boy 2    - trying to find years       Electronic Arts Sports Network, Inside   v 1 n 1 - Michael Jordan   v 1 n 2 - Madden   v 2 n 1 - Bill Walsh   v 2 n 2 - Shaq     Enix Warrior World   Premiere Issue   Sight unknown Spring 1991 September 1991 Spring 1992 Summer 1992 Spring 1993 Summer/Fall 1993 Winter 1993/1994 Spring/Summer 1994   Fall/Winter 1994 Spring/Summer 1995   Is this the end?     FCI Screenplay   Volume 01 - Spring 1990 - Phantom Fighter   Volume 02 - Fall 1990 - CES Show cover Volume 03 - Spring 1991 - Ultima: Quest of the Avatar   Volume 04 - Fall 1991 - Ultima: Runes of Virtue   Volume 05 - Spring 1992 - Bard's Tale cover Volume 06 - Fall 1992   With the two that I have I'm assuming the italic information to be true.  Still need to look at closer to figure out ending issues.     Hudson Bee Newsletter   1st Edition 1989 Only issue to come of this newsletter.  After premiere it turned into Hudson Hubee Network.   Hubee Network   v 1 n 2 - 1992 March   v 1 n 3 - 1992 December   v 1 n 4 - date unknown as of yet ???     ???? Winter 1993 No volume # - Atomic punk, Bill Laimbeer bball     Kemco VIP Nooz   v1 n 1 - Spring 1990 - NWC  / Shadowgate   Winter 1991 - Deja Vu     Imagesoft Player News   v 1 n 1 - 1989 Fall/Winter (ish?) - '89 Dodgeball tournament cover   v 1 n 2 - 1990 Spring - Dodgeball cover   v 1 n 3 - 1990 Fall - Solstice cover     Namco newsflash   1992 (no volume or edition info) - Very plain looking w/ Rolling Thunder 2 on cover.   Fall 1992 Third Edition Fall 1993 Fourth Edition   Natsume News / Blab Up Natsume Blab Up   v 1 n 1 - Dec 90 - Natsume Blab Up v 1 n 4 - July 93 - Natsume Blab Up   Nexoft News   1990 Winter - Premiere issue   Neo Geo Fan Club Newsletter   August 1993 - v1 n1 - Premiere issue   Nintendo Fun Club News   #1 - v 1 n 1 - Winter 1987  #2 - v 1 n 2 - Summer 1987 #3 - v 1 n 3 - Fall 1987 #4 - v 1 n 4 - Winter 1987 #5 - v 1 n 5 - Feb.-Mar. 1988 #6 - v 2 n 6 - April/May 1988 #7 - v 2 n 7 - June/July 1988   Nintendo Power Flash   # 1 - Summer 1988 - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! # 2 - Fall 1988 - Zelda II # 3 - Winter 1989 - Super Mario Bros 2 # 4 - Spring 1989 - Cobra Triangle # 5 - Summer/Fall 1989 - Power Glove # 6 - Winter 1990 - Dragon Warrior # 7 - Spring 1990 - Super Bros 3 # 8 - Summer 1990 - Final Fantasy # 9 - Fall 1990 - Dr Mario   Romstar Newsletter   v 2 n 1 - 1994 Spring           Sammy Times   Sammy Letter with Promo Vol 01 Issue 01 - Spring 1993   Sierra Direct             SETA Q-Billion Club (?)             SETA The Control Pad   Volume VI - 1990     Volume VIII - 1993   Volume IX - 1993   Neo News   Issue 04 - December / January 1994-95       SNK Super Player   v 1 n 1 - Soldier of Fortune cover (Premiere Issue) Alternate cover with no Chopper picture on bottom left is known v 2 n 1 - March 1989 - Guerilla War cover This issue does mention SNK will be going to a monthly subscription v 2 n 2 - April 1989 - Baseball Stars cover v 2 n 3 - May 1989 - Meet the Consumer Products Division cover v 2 n 4 - June/July/August 1989 ?     v 2 n 5 - Sept/Oct 1989 - POW cover v 2 n 6 - Nov/Dec 1989 - Season's Greetings cover Mar / April 1990 May / June 1990 July / Aug 1990       Squaresoft Ogopogo Examiner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Squa...   # 1 - 1992 Spring  # 2 - 1992 Fall - Mystic Quest cover # 3 - Secret of Mana Issue # 4 - Breath of Fire Issue   # 5 - Final Fantasy III Issue     Sunsoft Game Time News   v 1 n 1 - 1988 premiere edition ?? haven't seen     v 1 n 2 - 1988 Summer - Freedom Force cover v ? n ? - 1989 Fall - Batman cover v 1 n 3 - 1989 Winter - Sun People cover v ? n ? - 1989 Special Christmas Edition v ? n ? - 1990 Spring - Fester's Questers cover (*) v ? n ? - 1990 Summer - Journey to Silius cover v ? n ? - 1991 Winter - Hey, We're Back! cover v ? n ? - 1992 Spring - Lemmings cover v ? n ? - 1992 Fall - Road Runner cover   Taito Times   "Premier Issue" - Sky Shark on Cover   Vol 2 Issue 1 - Spring 1990 - Wrath of the Black Mantra / Dr. Arkanoid cover   Taxan Videodiction   Summer 1990 - Welcome cover Indicates a quarterly distribution year in welcoming paragraphs Fall 1990 - Low G Man cover Winter 1990 - ? Spring 1991 - ? Summer 1991 - ? Fall 1991 - ?  Winter 1991 - ? .........   The Pit   v 1 issue #1 v 2 issue #1   Titan games The Big News             Tradewest H.O.T. Shots Club   Premiere issue - Unknown date  Summer 1989 - Off Road cover   Treco Times             Ultra Secrets             Vic Tokai News   July 1990 (Mafat Conspiracy Cover)   v 1 Issue 1 - February 1994 (Sega Scoop cover w/ S.O.S. SNES Game)       Working Designs Direct Line   Issue 1 - confirmed     Issue 2 - confirmed   Issue 3 - confirmed

Great info for reference as always!

this should be an interesting thread ..

I've used up all my newsletter spank bank material and need new stuff! Hopefully it gains some momentum as more people come on during the week.....

Nice to see someone putting it all together! Lots of stuff I had never seen before, thanks for documenting it all.

Excellent stuff acidjaguar!  I really like the Squaresoft Ogopogo Examiner. 

Are these relevant?  Probably not but I used stamps and talked on a phone connected to the wall when I got them!
 
EGM Mini Guides:



Game Players Shining Force Battle Guide

Used up all spank bank... more people come on... what we talkin about now?

I had the sunsoft ones

The EGM mini guides and others are worth their own thread IMO.  I'll start constructing an easy on the eyes table for your consumption ...... give me a few days to lay it out. 

On a side note, if you'd be up for it I'd love to trade a copy of that shining force battle guide with you!  I am in need of an upgrade if you're up for a little trade  

Man, acidjaguar always delivers with this type of thread. Beautiful.

I thought so. These are between the NES hint mail aways and these newsletters.

I am in need of some paper. Do you have any? . That battle guide is pretty, usually they are beat up.

Once again amazing work Andrew!

I would love to get my hands on that Simpsons Acclaim letter

Wow! The time and effort to put this together is worth a standing ovation. I hope you are able to fill some holes now that its out there.

Do newsletters not available to the public count?

Great thread Acidjaguar. Do you own all these?
Many of these are incredible hard to find.

Do you want cover scans of the Sega Challange Newsletters ?

I see my pics for quite a few of these

So many cool newsletters I never knew aboot. Some of these must be super rare.

Here is Imagesoft Player News V1 N1 (see you are missing it) Post mark says Nov. 30 1989



My First Issue of the Hudson Bee came with this Hint book offer:


Don't know if you want this? HAL America Inc. Post Card from June 1989:


I have a bunch of what you already posted. I will have to dig out my old box of fun to see what I have.
Everyone of these was sent to me as a kid. Neat to see my old address again!

To add to the last entry for the Hudson Soft Newsletters. It is actually an issue of The Hudson Bee, and must've been released sometime before late 1991 based on the content on the first page announcing Adventure Island's release coming up around Christmas 1991.

awesome, glad your finally sharing this with everyone.

Priceless stuff.

Another acidjaguar thread I'm bookmarking. 

I'd like to hear more about what ones you're talking about for sure.  There was that inner office newsletter if I'm not mistaken correct?  I remember seeing something of that nature a little while ago.

I don't own all of these but most of the hi res scan ones are mine.  I'd take some scans of the Sega ones if you have time.

THANK YOU!  Been wanting to see that one

I'll be reworking this thread little by little but keep it all coming!! 

Yes, some of those pics look very familiar!

awesome to see these all cataloged!

any chance of full scans of them? i'm dying to see the whole thing for some of these, especially Nintendo Power Flash #7 & #9 and that first Hudson Bee one.

Great work there!
If NA had a button to "up" someone's rep, I totally would have. It's awesome seeing those obscure old newsletters and snail mail items that have been, for the most part, "lost to time." A different era, and a different generation. I love technology, but some things just can't be replicated for kids of today.