> "Scott H" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:XEq%%g.18466$A27.11089@trnddc08...

>>I have just completed scanning and cropping a year's worth of SFII hype
>>from Gamepro Magazine. The link below has screenshots from the magazine
>>displayed in tandem, along with the original previews and reviews of Street
>>Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter II Champion Edition for
>>Genesis (unreleased), Street Fighter II Champion Edition for PC-Engine, and
>>Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition for Genesis.

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> Thanks for posting this. I thought it was very interesting. I always
> thought that aside from Gamefan, there seemed to be some kind of conspiracy
> against the Genesis SF2: SCE. For the record, I DID think the voices on the

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> Grestang wrote:

>> "Scott H" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:XEq%%g.18466$A27.11089@trnddc08...

>>>I have just completed scanning and cropping a year's worth of SFII hype
>>>from Gamepro Magazine. The link below has screenshots from the magazine
>>>displayed in tandem, along with the original previews and reviews of
>>>Street
>>>Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter II Champion Edition
>>>for
>>>Genesis (unreleased), Street Fighter II Champion Edition for PC-Engine,
>>>and
>>>Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition for Genesis.

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>> Thanks for posting this. I thought it was very interesting. I always
>> thought that aside from Gamefan, there seemed to be some kind of ...

> "Scott H" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1161874612.759062.13020@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

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>> Yeah, and Gamefan really kind of seemed to me like the "FOX NEWS" of
>> the time, claiming to be unbiased, but really just spinning everything
>> for the obscure consoles to the detriment of credibility. I don't
>> understand it really, these people have the opportunity to flex their
>> writing ability and really capture an audience through their own
>> exclusive access to games, news, whatever, and they choose instead to
>> nurse idiotic biases and dupe the public into thinking there can only
>> be one "good" console, game, company, etc.

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> Yeah, Gamefan really was tough to figure out. I remember when Final Fight
> CD was reviewed, they gushed over it, giving it a rating in the high 90's.
> I mean, at this point, Final Fight was probably 3 or 4 years old, but they
> gave it darn near a perfect rating... I also remember they constantly
> complained about the fact Capcom wouldn't do a home port of the arcade
> version of Willow. Go figure. In their obsession to be "hard core", they
> just seemed neurotic. Yeah, ok, I'll pay 500 bucks to import a Super Grafx ...

> I'm somewhat tempted by some of the snazzy new NES
> consoles out there, especially that one with stereo composite out and
> the "slim" NES look. ;)

> Scott H wrote:
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>> I'm somewhat tempted by some of the snazzy new NES
>> consoles out there, especially that one with stereo composite out and
>> the "slim" NES look. ;)

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> Do you have a link? (Or is this some ironic in-joke that I've just
> stumbled upon?!) :)
>
> Pete