Scans on CD/DVD.. oh, and a general ode to Zzap!
Scans on CD/DVD.. oh, and a general ode to Zzap!
Hiya all,
I am new to the forum and have a quick question for you:
What is the quality of the scans on the Zzuperstore DVD package? Can anyone give me a brief idea of what to expect? Would a hi-quality print be possible -- say of the covers? Also, how are the files presented? As PDFs? Is every issue a PDF?
I originally started reading Zzap!64 when I lived in South Africa up until 1990. I left SA to go back to live in Germany that year. I sold all of my C64 stuff and magazines to finance my Amiga and later sometimes read my friend's Zzap! issues in 91 and 92 but sadly, the mag deteriorated (as did the 64). I would love to have all of the issues to read on my iBook now.
If any of the former editors (Penn, Rignall, Gordon H. etc.) or staff writers are reading this, I'd like to express my gratitude for your work. I always dreamt of becoming a magazine writer (as most of us did at the time, I guess) as a teenager. You guys were an inspiration. Today, aged 33, I am working for a former Amiga hardware developer and ended up writing the English edition of Winnie Forster's `Game.Machines´ book. So my career as a writer did culminate in a way I guess.
Thanks for the memories!
Any words on the scans would be most welcome.
Rafael
PS. Retro Gamer is great, innit?
I am new to the forum and have a quick question for you:
What is the quality of the scans on the Zzuperstore DVD package? Can anyone give me a brief idea of what to expect? Would a hi-quality print be possible -- say of the covers? Also, how are the files presented? As PDFs? Is every issue a PDF?
I originally started reading Zzap!64 when I lived in South Africa up until 1990. I left SA to go back to live in Germany that year. I sold all of my C64 stuff and magazines to finance my Amiga and later sometimes read my friend's Zzap! issues in 91 and 92 but sadly, the mag deteriorated (as did the 64). I would love to have all of the issues to read on my iBook now.
If any of the former editors (Penn, Rignall, Gordon H. etc.) or staff writers are reading this, I'd like to express my gratitude for your work. I always dreamt of becoming a magazine writer (as most of us did at the time, I guess) as a teenager. You guys were an inspiration. Today, aged 33, I am working for a former Amiga hardware developer and ended up writing the English edition of Winnie Forster's `Game.Machines´ book. So my career as a writer did culminate in a way I guess.
Thanks for the memories!
Any words on the scans would be most welcome.
Rafael
PS. Retro Gamer is great, innit?
I believe the same scans are used on the main site (e.g. http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displayissue.pl?issue=1 ) so you can check for yourself.
Apologies to Iain/Mort if I'm wrong.
Apologies to Iain/Mort if I'm wrong.
That's correct.
Same as the scans on the site but the DVDs come with more stuff as well not on the site (mainly because I'm too lazy to add it, rather than any evil capitalist motive to make loads of money!!) like covertapes, specials etc.
There's no PDF's I'm afriad, would take too long to OCR the text over, especially with the mad crazy colours in the background of later issues
Same as the scans on the site but the DVDs come with more stuff as well not on the site (mainly because I'm too lazy to add it, rather than any evil capitalist motive to make loads of money!!) like covertapes, specials etc.
There's no PDF's I'm afriad, would take too long to OCR the text over, especially with the mad crazy colours in the background of later issues
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Ok, guys. Final question - is the DVD (it IS a DVD, not 5 CDs, correct?) `properly´ printed or is it a DVD-R with a handwritten label? Not that it would matter though...
BTW, Ian -- you should contact that Dutch dude who has touched up the scans (there's a link on Gordon's page somewhere) and use those front covers instead. I know I will.
Thanks for all your help.
Rafael
PS: Has anyone here actually read the Game.Machines book? What did you think?
BTW, Ian -- you should contact that Dutch dude who has touched up the scans (there's a link on Gordon's page somewhere) and use those front covers instead. I know I will.
Thanks for all your help.
Rafael
PS: Has anyone here actually read the Game.Machines book? What did you think?
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