The thread showing off old previews of the original FFVII got me thinking about 90s gaming magazines. I have a lot of nostalgia for them, as many of us do, but they were largely absolutely awful. Poor writing, bad information and literally making shit up.
One of my favorite examples of this is an image that I obsessed over as a child: Luigi in Super Mario 64 2.
From what I know, Super Mario 64 2 was in development for a short amount of time and there were plans to have Luigi playable but was cancelled very early in development.
In a 1997 issue of Ultra Game Players, they literally faked a screen shot in their "preview" of the basically non-existent game. There clearly was not enough information to even write a preview of the game as shown by deep dive commentary such as, "And what Mario game would be complete without water? Why, water is practically a Mario trademark!"
I remember being so excited for this as a kid, not knowing it was a lie. I mean, the magazine didn't even bother to state in tiny text somewhere that the screen shot was concept art that they created. They just... made shit up.
One of my favorite examples of this is an image that I obsessed over as a child: Luigi in Super Mario 64 2.
From what I know, Super Mario 64 2 was in development for a short amount of time and there were plans to have Luigi playable but was cancelled very early in development.
In a 1997 issue of Ultra Game Players, they literally faked a screen shot in their "preview" of the basically non-existent game. There clearly was not enough information to even write a preview of the game as shown by deep dive commentary such as, "And what Mario game would be complete without water? Why, water is practically a Mario trademark!"
I remember being so excited for this as a kid, not knowing it was a lie. I mean, the magazine didn't even bother to state in tiny text somewhere that the screen shot was concept art that they created. They just... made shit up.