@forgottenworlds.bsky.social
Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… https://www.forgottenworlds.net 💽🕹
EGM magazine founder Steve Harris was pulling in over $30 million in annual revenue by the time he was 27. He also had a fleet of luxury cars and a slightly terrifying office persona.
Read more 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/egm-and-sendai
#EGM #SonicTheHedgehog #Sega #90s
You’ll receive an email notification once yours is ready to be shipped. Hoping to send the final lot out in the next week 😊
01.03.2026 12:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Second batch of magazines is going out the door tomorrow ☀️🌴
#Aesthetic #OutRun #Sega
Scanlines ❤️
01.03.2026 10:08 — 👍 90 🔁 14 💬 4 📌 0Yeah, it’s not great. I’ve never seen it before. Probably for good reason.
01.03.2026 01:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And, for reference, the Gunstar Heroes Japanese art work that did make the cut…
01.03.2026 01:39 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Finally got my hands on the Sega Mega Drive: Ultimate Works book.
10/10. Would recommend. A real treasure trove of rare art work and assets…
Like this unused Gunstar Heroes piece for the US market.
#Sega #MegaDrive #RetroGaming #Art
Super Famicom import news and previews in Mean Machines magazine.
A golden era in video games…
#Nintendo #SNES #SuperFamicom #Manga #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
The Most Famous Hedgehog in the World…
Early Sonic the Hedgehog preview in the Japanese media.
#Sonic #Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #90s ☀️🌴
Thank you ☺️
27.02.2026 10:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The next issue of Pixels and Polygons Quarterly is shaping up to be a good one! Guest contributors for this issue include @nadiaoxford.bsky.social, @brendanlh.bsky.social, and @cloud-line.bsky.social. I hope you're ready to read about some odd Square games!
Get your copy now!
I only finished it thanks to a guide and maps in Mega Tech magazine.
26.02.2026 23:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Got myself a little birthday gift… 🚗☀️🌴
#Sega #SegaSaturn #OutRun #YuSuzuk
Mika Slayton from Snatcher…
#Konami #Scanlines #Cyberpunk #MegaCD #HideoKojima ☀️🌴🩷
Yep, it was basically EGM repackaged with some extra bits and pieces.
25.02.2026 22:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Making a page for Mega Play was very simple. It usually involved taking a page from EGM, changing the color scheme, shuffling the layout around, and changing the bit that read Electronic Gaming Monthly to Mega Play.”
Read more 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/egm-and-sendai
#EGM #Sega #MegaDrive
And while we’re on the topic… here’s Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight, reviewed in EGM. It was released for the NES in 1990.
#Capcom #Nintendo #NES #StreetFighter #FinalFight 💪
Stop the press! Street Fighter 2 is coming to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Huge, if true…
Taken from the November 1992 issue of Mean Machines Sega.
#Sega #Capcom #StreetFighter #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #MeanMachines 💪
Same 😊
24.02.2026 12:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The 00s were wild. I had to double check that this was a real Nintendo DS ad… 🧐
#Nintendo #NintendoDS #00s #RetroGaming
Shining in the Darkness strategy guide cover from 1991. Character art by Yoshitaka Tamaki.
#JRPG #Sega #MegaDrive ⚔️🛡️
The first batch of magazines has gone out the door!
Please allow 2-3 weeks for international delivery. You’ll receive an email once yours has been shipped. Thanks folks 🙏
With gaming websites falling like dominos (or becoming SEO slop) I think we’re all nostalgic for the glory days of monthly magazines 😊
23.02.2026 01:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This was always my favourite era of EGM 😊
22.02.2026 21:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
EGM's parent company launched four (4!) new magazines in 1991.
I am a massive nerd and spent way too long researching and writing about the chaos behind the scenes 👉 forgottenworlds.net/egm-and-sendai
#EGM #Sonic #Sega #SegaGenesis #SuperNintendo #SNES #TurboGrafx #RetroGaming #Magazines
Bright like neon. F-Zero on the Super Nintendo…
#Nintendo #SNES #SuperNintendo #Mode7 ☀️🌴🩷
Anyone remember the short lived Super Gaming? It was an EGM off-shoot about import gaming...
22.02.2026 01:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New article is live! A deep dive into Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) and its founder, the elusive Steve Harris - God Emperor of Sendai publishing.
👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/egm-and-sendai
#EGM #Sega #Nintendo #NeoGeo #PCengine #MegaDrive ☀️🌴
That’s a real nice rendering of the Suzuka race circuit in the background.
Fastest 1 was released for the Mega Drive in 1991… 🏎️☀️🌴
#F1 #Sega #MegaDrive #GraphicDesign #RetroGames
Thank you. I’ll be doing a limited reprint run in May.
20.02.2026 01:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0