From the magazine rack

Retro Super Mario Magazine Scans

Previews, reviews and features on Mario games, scanned from the games magazines of the 90s and early 2000s.

9 articles
6 magazines
1992–2001

Remember the 90’s and early 2000’s when the shelves of your local store were rammed with videogame magazines? And how magical it was to flick through these mags looking for features on your favourite games? Well I used to do that with Mario: I’d flick through looking for the latest previews of upcoming Mario titles, reviews of the ones which just came out, and of course the tips and secrets to find stuff like the back door into Bowser’s Castle in Super Mario World.

The aim of this section is to feature scanned Super Mario series articles from many different retro videogame magazines from around the world. I’ve curated a massive collection of these magazines from Planet GB, SNES Force, nRevolution, GBX UK, Nintendo Gamer, GBA World, N64 Magazine and a whole lot more.

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Those days have long since passed. As the internet became more and more user friendly and accessible in the late 90’s we saw the rise of gaming fansites, and even some big international videogame news sites who made reporting on videogames their business. It was inevitable that many of these classic magazines would die out, and they did. Few remain these days, and they aren’t as warm, colourful and packed with secrets as they once were. Many of the old magazines and their amazing content have been confined to the history books, that is, until now.

Perhaps you’re a new Mario fan who’s too young to remember those times and have always got your gaming info off the internet? Here’s your chance to take a look at how things were back then in terms of videogame coverage.

No mention of Nintendo Power? Not in this section, no. There was so much Super Mario series coverage in Nintendo Power Magazine that it has its own standalone section, so be sure to check that out too.