50 Most Awful Game Magazine Covers Of All Time

The rise of the internet has lead to the slow but steady decline of printed games journalism. Gaming magazines have countered by improving their quality steadily, often with great success, but there remains a time decades ago when game magazines weren’t so slick and professional. In order to commemorate/laugh heartily at the mistakes of the past, here’s a quick run down of 50 of the worst game magazine covers ever.

Thanks to the following sites for their wealth of information:

Gameranx

GamesRadar

Vgmuseum

GameInformer

Magweasel

Retormags

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Nothing improves an already shoddy picture of a Game Gear quite like a photoshopped black rip with text in it. Good work there Sega Visions.