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here it is the very 1st issue of the official GamesMaster
Magazine, launched in 1993 a year after the television show
started, a bit odd some might say you would think they would
of launched this magazine on the day GamesMaster aired, buuut
there ya go.
GamesMaster
magazine had on board some of the most well respected journalists
ever to have graced a magazine, at the time Jim Douglas was
the editor and the main man of the magazine, he was never
behind the pages for long as later on he made several appearances
on the show as a commentator along side Dominick Diamond and
later with Dexter Fletcher, Jim wasn't the only one to appear
on GamesMaster, in fact everyone who ever worked on the Magazine
had appeared at least once on the show at some point, which
in a way was quite nice as it gave the magazine a more homely
feel.
Issue
1 launched with a bang weighing in at a hefty 148 pages, considerably
more than many of its rivals on the market at the time, also
GamesMaster Magazine was packed to the brim of that oh so
magical 90s gaming with reviews of Sonic 2, Desert Strike,
Lemmings and many more top titles, the whole magazine was
flawless and captured the heart of the TV show to a treat,
the layouts were impressive to especially the reviews section
it had the TV shows review booth written all over it and as
each new series of GamesMaster would air the theme of the
magazine used to change to what ever the show was boosting
out at the time.
The
magazine always had that magical feel because usually anyone
who watched the show bought the Magazine to and every time
you used to open up that shiny crisp front page you knew where
you were headed, I can still remember that old familiar smell
of those magazines lol, every magazine sent your imagination
wild and heading straight to the TV show, I know it did for
me.
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