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I have some old CD magazines that I thought you guys might enjoy. They are all from 1994-6. Some of them will work in XP but no promises :) The downloads are 7zipped ISOs (200-350 MB). If anyone has more of these, let me know!!!

Identical files available from 2 different sources.

PC Magazine

Fall 1995
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CD-ROM Today
For PC & Mac. They still work on XP but are originally for Win 3.x and Mac OS 7.x (i guess)

theDISC! 2 (7-94)
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PC Stuff

• Multimedia stuff
  (Medieval France, SoundFX Manager for Windows, Endangered Species, etc)
• Edutainment demos
  (Living Books, Ruff's Bone, Tuneland, Forever Growing Garden, Gus Goes to Cybertown)
• Game demos
  (Myst, Theme Park, Spear of Destiny, Inferno)
• Compendium of Shareware Games
  ('The Shareware Ethic', Catacomb Abyss, Aliens, Ancients I: Death Watch, BipBopII, Brix, Blake Stone, Empire II for Windows, Gold Monkey, Ishido, Kosynka II, Lost in the Labyrinth, Pork, Rune-Mania, Solar Winds, Stellar Defense II, T-zero, Vampyr, Zanti)
• special Trek section
  (WinTrek, Star Trek clock, Star Trek Timeline, ST movie snippet, The Final Frontier-artwork)
• Shareware apps
  (Wide Range of ASP shareware, Editeur 13, 'Hi, Finance!', Household Register, Quick Read, Resume Master, SmartFont, TreeChart, Sunshine, Vision Edit, Financial Analysis for Windows)
• Digital novel library (quite a few) and "internet information"

theDISC! 3 (9-94)
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PC Stuff

• Games previews
  (Feist on Krondor, Sam & Max, SimCity CD, FPS: Baseball, Corridor 7, Pinball Fantasies)
• Multimedia
  (Q/Media 2.0, Leonard the Inventor, Monty Python Flying Circus, Wired For Sound, MediaPedia Video Clips, Blue Ribbon Photos, Fantazia Fonts & More, Paint Shop Pro)
• Lots of ancient "info about the Internet" and some app tours
• Edutainment demos
  (Adventures with OSLO, Wiggins in Storyland, Grammar Expert, American History, Win SignMaster, Tangaroos,...)
• Digital Bookshelf (dozen or so childrens' classics)

theDISC! 6 (12-94)
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theDISC! 12 (6-95)
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(run Install in Magazine dir)

PCGamer

Disc 1 (12-94)
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Disc 7 (6-95)
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Disc 8 (7-95)
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Disc 11 (10-95)
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Disc 2.8 (9-96)
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This one has the cool Coconut Monkey adventure game as the interface. :)

Computer Shopper
(all thanks to Davros)

Issue 96, Feb 1996
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• business: quark express, serif type plus, serif photo plus
• internet: latest web software
• multimedia: rolling stones voodoo lounge, redshift 2
• games: destruction derby, nhl ice hockey 96, shoppers roll of honour, descent, magic carpet 2, us navy fighters
• business: visio 3, office 95, superoffice
• leisure: monty python, battle beast, world war 2

Issue 98, April 96
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• command and conquer, pga golf 96, fanasy general, praire dog pro, renegade 2, time gate, rayman
• comptons encyclopedia and groliers, word viewer, visual basic 4, internet explorer
• 40 essential programs and utilities

Feb 97
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• Power Rangers, SimCity Network, Sonic the Hedgehog
• Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia, Simpson's Screen Saver, Simpson's Cartoon Studio, Pink Panther's Passport to Peril
• Business Apps
• Editorials

Others
(thanks to Davros)
PC Direct Aug 95
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• Paradox 5 for Windows evaluation kit, OfficeTalk, Take Your Best Shot, Visual CADD, WinCIM v1.4 and now NetLauncher, NavCIS TE 1.6, monthly screensaver

PC Direct Dec 95
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• winforcast, plugin, multifax, worms, telepower

PCPro Aug 97
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• Primarily Internet apps. Lots and lots of them from the time.

PCW Interactive Oct 95
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• charm2, pc tax, recorder, mahjong, poke_it poker, postcode, photovista, mscdex updater of 2.22 to 2.23, space quest, renunion, flagtower, kingdom
• gallery 60 hi res photos
• 90mb of mac software

PCW Interactive Jul 97
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• Goosebumps, interstate 76, MDK, yoda stories
• an introduction programming to java applets, headliner, sound forge 4.0, netobjects fusion

PC Zone
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• Command & Conquer, rebel assault 2, warcraft 2, warcraft 2 - level editor, descent 2, earthworm jim 1 + 2, battle arena toshinden, pga golf 96, fantasy general, virtual carts, silent thunder, renegade 2, speed haste, culky
• Bullfrog Christmas Demo 1995, syndicate wars, theme hospital, dungeon keeper, high octane, MAGIC CARPET 2 - NETHERWORLDS
• Some apps, etc

Gamers Collection 1998 (ZD)
Megaupload DL

• Quake 2, Forsaken, Heavy Gear, Jedi Knight MotS, Battlezone, Wing Commander Prophecy, F16 Fighting Falcon, Precision CART Racing, Ultim@te Race Pro, Close Combat 2,
• Tomb Raider 2, Screamer Rally, G Police, Hexen II, Dungeon Keeper, Dark Colony, Worms 2, Wipeout 2097, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Panzer General 2

Extras

TIE Fighter magazine preview demo w/ Dodge Neon ad
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Thanks for sharing this, swaaye, it's appreciated.

Maybe I will sticky this topic, it's worth it.
[Edit]
Hmmmm, forget that 'maybe', sticky it will be for a long while ......

Thanks for the sticky. I hope people have fun with these bits of history.

I downloaded the one that is Mac compatible...let's see if I can get Classic working on here again.

2LT Worm wrote:I downloaded the one that is Mac compatible...let's see if I can get Classic working on here again.

btw, all of the CDROM Today CDs are for both Mac and PC.

Extra one:

MrFlibble wrote:Litude at RGB Classic Games Forum has been very kind to upload the image of PC Gamer Volume 4 Number 1 (January 1997) CD, which contains The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Betony demo. You can get it here. Kudos to Litude for sharing that!

Hallfiry at the BetaArchive Forums is sharing his huge PC Games coverdisk collection:
http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewto ... 14&t=24418

He's in the process of uploading the CDs, which can be found here:
http://zippyshare.com/Hallfiry/fqxoefef/dir.html

This is .... waw ... just WAW !!!!!

THX for letting us know MrFlibble

dosraider wrote:THX for letting us know MrFlibble

Heh, you're welcome That collection is really amazing.

Hallfiry has also compiled an index of his CDs' contents, which is downloadable here. The index will be updated to include more info eventually.

Hallfiry wrote: Magazine Cover Disk Collection:

http://zippyshare.com/Hallfiry

(Currently 189 CDs)

...... 189 CDs? Busy person.

BTW, to view the catalog you'll need "Where is it? lite"
http://www.whereisit-soft.com/index.htm ... oad.html&1
Lite version allows to view *.CTF catalogs.

Updated the link in my post above to point to the catalog list of Hallfiry's CD archive. (He's also added more stuff in the meantime too )

Hallfiry has started up a website specifically for magazine cover CDs:
http://kultcds.com/

There has been a lot of work put in that one !!!!
Impressive.

dosraider wrote:There has been a lot of work put in that one !!!!
Impressive.

It sure has!

dosraider wrote:...... 189 CDs? Busy person.

In the meantime, Hallfiry's collection has grown to 1018 CDs. Here's the index of 'em all:
http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/2486707/file.html

swaaye wrote: PC Magazine

Fall 1995
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Anyone have these? or around this time?

swaaye is an active mod @ http://www.vogons.org/index.php
You could ask him there eventually by PM (you'll need to register)
There was somewhere a topic about the same @Vogons but can't find it now .....

swaaye wrote:I have some old CD magazines that I thought you guys might enjoy. They are all from 1994-6. Some of them will work in XP but no promises The downloads are 7zipped ISOs (200-350 MB). If anyone has more of these, let me know!!!

Identical files available from 2 different sources.

PC Magazine

Fall 1995
Rapidshare P1 P2 / Megaupload P1 P2


CD-ROM Today
For PC & Mac. They still work on XP but are originally for Win 3.x and Mac OS 7.x (i guess)

theDISC! 2 (7-94)
Rapidshare P1 P2 / Megaupload P1 P2

PC Stuff

• Multimedia stuff
  (Medieval France, SoundFX Manager for Windows, Endangered Species, etc)
• Edutainment demos
  (Living Books, Ruff's Bone, Tuneland, Forever Growing Garden, Gus Goes to Cybertown)
• Game demos
  (Myst, Theme Park, Spear of Destiny, Inferno)
• Compendium of Shareware Games
  ('The Shareware Ethic', Catacomb Abyss, Aliens, Ancients I: Death Watch, BipBopII, Brix, Blake airport car pick up Stone, Empire II for Windows, Gold Monkey, Ishido, Kosynka II, Lost in the Labyrinth, Pork, Rune-Mania, Solar Winds, Stellar Defense II, T-zero, Vampyr, Zanti)
• special Trek section
  (WinTrek, Star Trek clock, Star Trek Timeline, ST movie snippet, The Final Frontier-artwork)
• Shareware apps
  (Wide Range of ASP shareware, Editeur 13, 'Hi, Finance!', Household Register, Quick Read, Resume Master, SmartFont, TreeChart, Sunshine, Vision Edit, Financial Analysis for Windows)
• Digital novel library (quite a few) and "internet information"

theDISC! 3 (9-94)
Rapidshare P1 P2 / Megaupload P1 P2

PC Stuff

• Games previews
  (Feist on Krondor, Sam & Max, SimCity CD, FPS: Baseball, Corridor 7, Pinball Fantasies)
• Multimedia
  (Q/Media 2.0, Leonard the Inventor, Monty Python Flying Circus, Wired For Sound, MediaPedia Video Clips, Blue Ribbon Photos, Fantazia Fonts & More, Paint Shop Pro)
• Lots of ancient "info about the Internet" and some app tours
• Edutainment demos
  (Adventures with OSLO, Wiggins in Storyland, Grammar Expert, American History, Win SignMaster, Tangaroos,...)
• Digital Bookshelf (dozen or so childrens' classics)

theDISC! 6 (12-94)
Rapidshare P1 P2 / Megaupload P1 P2


theDISC! 12 (6-95)
Rapidshare P1 P2 / Megaupload P1 P2

(run Install in Magazine dir)

PCGamer

Disc 1 (12-94)
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Youtube Preview


Disc 7 (6-95)
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Disc 8 (7-95)
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Disc 11 (10-95)
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Disc 2.8 (9-96)
Rapidshare Megaupload
Youtube Preview

This one has the cool Coconut Monkey adventure game as the interface.

Computer Shopper
(all thanks to Davros)

Issue 96, Feb 1996
Rapidshare P1 P2 / Megaupload P1 P2

• business: quark express, serif type plus, serif photo plus
• internet: latest web software
• multimedia: rolling stones voodoo lounge, redshift 2
• games: destruction derby, nhl ice hockey 96, shoppers roll of honour, descent, magic carpet 2, us navy fighters
• business: visio 3, office 95, superoffice
• leisure: monty python, battle beast, world war 2

Issue 98, April 96
Rapidshare P1 P2 P3 / Megaupload P1 P2 P3
if shopper.exe crashes in xp run browser.exe

• command and conquer, pga golf 96, fanasy general, praire dog pro, renegade 2, time gate, rayman
• comptons encyclopedia and groliers, word viewer, visual basic 4, internet explorer
• 40 essential programs and utilities

Feb 97
Rapidshare P1 P2 P3 / Megaupload P1 P2 P3

• Power Rangers, SimCity Network, Sonic the Hedgehog
• Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia, Simpson's Screen Saver, Simpson's Cartoon Studio, Pink Panther's Passport to Peril
• Business Apps
• Editorials

Others
(thanks to Davros)
PC Direct Aug 95
Rapidshare / Megaupload

• Paradox 5 for Windows evaluation kit, OfficeTalk, Take Your Best Shot, Visual CADD, WinCIM v1.4 and now NetLauncher, NavCIS TE 1.6, monthly screensaver

PC Direct Dec 95
Rapidshare P1 P2 P3 / Megaupload P1 P2 P3

• winforcast, plugin, multifax, worms, telepower

PCPro Aug 97
Megaupload

• Primarily Internet apps. Lots and lots of them from the time.

PCW Interactive Oct 95
Rapidshare P1 P2 P3 / Megaupload

• charm2, pc tax, recorder, mahjong, poke_it poker, postcode, photovista, mscdex updater of 2.22 to 2.23, space quest, renunion, flagtower, kingdom
• gallery 60 hi res photos
• 90mb of mac software

PCW Interactive Jul 97
Rapidshare P1 P2 P3 / Megaupload

• Goosebumps, interstate 76, MDK, yoda stories
• an introduction programming to java applets, headliner, sound forge 4.0, netobjects fusion

PC Zone
Rapidshare P1 P2 P3 / Megaupload P1 P2 P3

• Command & Conquer, rebel assault 2, warcraft 2, warcraft 2 - level editor, descent 2, earthworm jim 1 + 2, battle arena toshinden, pga golf 96, fantasy general, virtual carts, silent thunder, renegade 2, speed haste, culky
• Bullfrog Christmas Demo 1995, syndicate wars, theme hospital, dungeon keeper, high octane, MAGIC CARPET 2 - NETHERWORLDS
• Some apps, etc

Gamers Collection 1998 (ZD)
Megaupload DL

• Quake 2, Forsaken, Heavy Gear, Jedi Knight MotS, Battlezone, Wing Commander Prophecy, F16 Fighting Falcon, Precision CART Racing, Ultim@te Race Pro, Close Combat 2,
• Tomb Raider 2, Screamer Rally, G Police, Hexen II, Dungeon Keeper, Dark Colony, Worms 2, Wipeout 2097, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Panzer General 2

Extras

TIE Fighter magazine preview demo w/ Dodge Neon ad
Rapidshare DL
Youtube Preview
♦

Hey, you said these work on XP version.But i used Windown 7 can i these game on my computer?

There's a large collection of PC Zone pdf magazines and CDs on https://archive.org (mostly issues 50-100). You can also find PC Gamer CDs up there as well

@sonyvx install them and see for yourself.