This week we return to the early 90's with the May 1991 issue of Mean Machines as successor to the NES was closing in and the Mega Drive was starting to pick up speed.
We start of with two games that are set in medieval times. The first one is Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors 2 for the NES by Rare. The second one is Sword of Vermillion by Sega AM#2. Our second duo of games are both arcade ports released for the Mega Drive. The first one is Darius 2 by Taito, while the second one is Midnight Resistance by Data East.

Keeping with the Sega love, we jump back into the Sega Saturn with the latest issue of Sega Saturn Magazine. This time that is issue 10 from August 1996.
Our first feature is a double-bill:
We start of with the last in a series of features on NiGHTS into Dreams, followed by the game's review. Then we look at Keio Flying Squadron and Athlete Kings and then we take a look at Sega's arcade heritage in the special feature called Sega: The Arcade Winners.

This week we return to the newest magazine on the site with issue 3 of Dreamcast Magazine by Paragon Publishing.
We start of with one of the most ambitious games ever created in this rather large preview to the Dreamcast epic: Shenmue. Then we look at the arcade version of a game which is just as legendary, and is still one of the finest racing games created: Ferrari F355 Challenge. To finish of we look at the reviews for NFL Blitz 2000 and Tokyo Highway Challenge.

This week we revisit Paul Davies and his crew as we look at Computer & Video Game issue 175.
As for the selection of articles we made this week, you are in for a bit of a fighting game spectacular.
We first look at Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge as well as Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, both of which are for the Sega Saturn. Then we have a big preview for the upcoming Tekken 2 for the PSone. And the final article focusses on the arcade bombshell Virtua Fighter 3.

We take a little jump in releases for Sega Pro as we have to skip issue 4 for the time being. At least until we can find a new issue because the damage to a certain page in this particular issue is just too severe to repair. So this week we fo ahead and present issue 5 of Sega Pro, originally released in March 1992.
We start with a look at Earnest Evans on the Mega CD, then move on to the Japanese only Wani Wani World for the Mega Drive. Then we take a second look at Sol-Feace.
Going into 8-bit territory, we take a look Line of Fire for the Master System and then look at Galvanic Gunner Aleste and Skweek, both are for the Game Gear.

This week we present a magazine that a lot of people have been waiting for. Yes, it's the next issue of N64 Magazine!
As our selected articles we have chosen two reviews: first of is Mischief Makers by treasure, while the second one is Imagineer's racing game: Multi Racing Championship.
Afterwards we take a look at the state of the gaming industry in Europe in The Euro Files. And our final feature takes a look at how to Make it though E3 alive.

Mid-summer is one of those times of the year where the arrival of a new video game magazine was quite an event. While not many exciting things happened during summer vacations when gaming was concerned, the magazines that came out during the time gave usa peek into the upcoming whirlwind of releases in the run-up to Christmas. Keeping this in mind, we jump into the August edition if out monthly Back-in-Time feature.
The first game we look at is Crazy Cars III on the Amiga. Next up is Turbo the Tortoise for the Amstrad CPC.
Moving on to Sega Power 33 with Taz Mania for the Mega Drive. And last but not least we look towards N-Force issue 2 with Pilotwings for the Super Nintendo.

After a quite drastic hardware upgrade, we are back with the latest Back in Time feature.
This month we focus on magazine releases in July 1992.
Our first look goes to Micro Machines on the NES which can be found in Mean Machines issue 22. Then it's on to the Commodore 64 with James Pond 2: Robocod in Commodore Format issue 22.
Moving on to Amiga Power issue 15 with The Secret of Monkey Island 2, and finishing off with Legend of the Mystical Ninja on the Super Nintendo, which can be found in the very first issue of N-Force.

As we are catching up after a hectic couple of months, we back at the video game magazine releases of June 1992 with the latest issue of Back in Time.
As always, we take a look at a wide array of magazines, but also select four articles and make them available on the site.
The first of which is Chuck Rock on the Master System from Mean Machines issue 21. Next up we take a look at Wizards and Warriors III for the NES from Game Zone issue 8.
From here we look at the CPC version of Lemmings which you will find in CPC Attack issue 1.
And finally, we take a look at Sensible Soccer for the Amiga, which can be found in The One issue 45.

A bit late with our April feature of Back-in-Time due to Neil moving and having limited internet access for a while. So while we try to get back into the groove let's look at the four highlighted articles from this months Back-in-Time feature.
The first one being D/Generation for the PC which is found in ACE issue 55. The second review jumps to CVG issue 125 and looks at Soccer Brawl for the Neo Geo.
Next up we take a look at the ZX Spectrum game Danny Duster's Dirty Deeds which you will find in Crash issue 98.
Finally we look at Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego for the Mega Drive, which can be found in Sega Force Issue 4.
To read about not only these games but the complete selection of featured magazines this month, don't forget to click the link to the full feature below.

After months of Sega focussed magazines it's nice to look into a different direction as we explore Super Play issue 7.
Our first feature is called: Realms of Fantasy and takes a look at Role Playing Games, the Japanese way.
We then have a chat with Jez San, founder of Argonaut as he talks about creating the Super FX chip & Starfox.
And finally, we look at two reviews. The first one is for Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, while the second one is none other than Starfox.

When we first started OoPA nearly three years ago, we vowed to do everything we could to give the magazines we preserve the best possible treatment, not only by pouring countless hours into the restoration process itself, but also by releasing them as high quality cbz files.
As we all know, technology never stands still, so this is why we have decided to take the final step in quality assurance and start releasing these magazines in the highest possible resolution when scanned at 300 dpi. These new 'max-rez' versions will have a width of 2560 pixels.
We also went back to certain sets of magazines that have been released over the last couple of years and recompiled them as 2560 pixel versions.
Keep in mind that there aren't upscaled jpg's, but newly created jpg's taken from the original lossless PSD files.
These sets include the following series: CVG, Dreamcast Magazine, MAXIMUM, Mean Machines, MegaTech,
N64 Magazine, OSSM, Sega Pro and Super Play.

We like to start of a new month with a look back at the magazines that lined the shelves 20 years ago, so it's time to look back at March of 1992.
We start of with the Mega Drive game Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday, which you'll find reviewed in Mean Machines issue 18. For our second highlighted review, we take a look at Your Sinclair issue 75 and focus on Space Crusade.
For our next two articles we selected two interviews. The first one talks to Gary Bracey or 'Mister Ocean' who is the Software Director at Ocean.
Our second interview talks to Sega US boss Tom Kalinske about Sonic 2 and Sega's next-gen 'Gigadrive' consoles.
To read about not only these games but the complete selection of featured magazines this month, don't forget to click the link to the full feature below.

Time to fire up the Mega Drive love this week with the third issue of Sega Pro.
We start of with a hardware special that delves into the bowels of the upcoming Mega CD. From there we take another look at an all-time favourite Donald Duck platformer Quackshot. This is followed by a look at the rather unfamiliar arcade brawler Run Ark, and our final preview article delves into one of Telenet Japan's classic: Valis III.

This week we look back at Sega's swansong in the hardware wars with Dreamcast Magazine issue 2.
We have quite a lot of articles up for this one since we launched the site with our Dreamcast anniversary special back in 2009, so let's get on with it.
Our first articles are for Buggy Heat and Speed Devils. Sticking with driving games, but with a twist, we look at Pen Pen Trilcelon, Red Dog and finally TrickStyle.
After the barage of racers we move on to an iconic Dreamcast fighting game : Soul Calibur.
And the final game is the highly original Toy Commander.

As we move into 2012 we also start a new year in our Back-in-Time series as we look back onto January of 1992.
Our first article looks at the Amiga version of Another World, wich is reviewed in Zero issue 27.
Sticking with the Amiga, we look at the Celtic Legends in this issue of Amiga Power.
Then we check out the very fist issue of Total! with the review for the NES classis Solstice.
And for our final article, we look at another new magazine with the premier issue of Sega Force and it's review of Speedball 2 for the Mega Drive.
To read about not only these games but the complete selection of featured magazines this month, don't forget to click the link to the full feature below.