64 Magazine Issue 1
Inaugural issue · Nintendo 64 launch-era · Super Mario 64 / Turok / Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
The inaugural issue of Paragon Publishing's British 64 Magazine, released immediately before the Nintendo 64's European launch. Its cover and editorial package capture the moment when the N64, Super Mario 64 and a new generation of 3D console games were entering the UK mass market.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- 64 Magazine
- Condition
- Very Good- appearance from supplied photographs — ungraded.
- Completeness
- Front and rear covers and a sampled interior page are present. Contemporary/specialist documentation gives 100 pages, but this physical copy has not been page-by-page collated. No standard free gift or separate supplement was established in the sources checked.
- Date
- 20 February 1997 on sale (provisional exact day) · March/April 1997 issue convention
Catalogue note
The inaugural issue of Paragon Publishing's British 64 Magazine, released immediately before the Nintendo 64's European launch. Its cover and editorial package capture the moment when the N64, Super Mario 64 and a new generation of 3D console games were entering the UK mass market. Contemporary trade reporting announced a 100-page, £3.95 launch issue with a 50,000-copy print run, while the photographed interior includes a period retailer advertisement anticipating March availability and constrained April supply.
Why this object matters
The launch issue and period retailer supply advertisement document the UK transition to N64-era 3D gaming. Retain outstanding 8.9, treating the trade-reported print run as attributed evidence and the uncollated 100-page extent as provisional.
Evidence limits: Front and rear covers and a sampled interior page are present. Contemporary/specialist documentation gives 100 pages, but this physical copy has not been page-by-page collated. No standard free gift or separate supplement was established in the sources checked.
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Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
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