Finally
X-Entertainment has finally gotten around to posting a review of Nintendo Power #1, and it's a doozy.
These days, my knowledge is limited. But if we're talking Nintendo? 1988? That I know. You don't forget Glass Joe and that weird statue of Kraid that I could never seem to break down. We were all Nintendo junkies, and for a time, there wasn't anything more important than Contra's super code or imitating the face Great Tiger makes after he gets all dizzy and shit. Nintendo Power was a godsend to us kids. Unlike today's typical gaming mags, this one was written specifically for people with zero education and a likely inkling to jump into leaf piles. Aside from the occasional Weekly Reader, Nintendo Power was one of the only works of literature many of us could proudly claim to have read cover-to-cover.My favorite Nintendo Power memory: Loaning my copy of issue #1 to my friend's older brother, only to see him get it confiscated in art class.
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You had a Nintendo Power #1? And you let it out of your hands?
I've never even seen one in the flesh. I thought it was just a myth.
I remember the first issue I received in the mail was the Duck Tales issue. Ah, memories.
I got my Nintendo in Summer 1988 and that's when Nintendo was doing the Nintendo Power giveaway deal. I remember having my mom fill out the little card that came with my NES, and sure enough, 6-8 weeks later, the NP arrived.
It's like a modern-day fairy tale.
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