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Hi guys, I've managed to bag a super old Megazone for my collection that I thought you guys might want to add to your collection. Only issue is I'm unable to identify what issue number it is as unlike later issues it doesn't seem to state the number on the cover or internally, at least not that I can find so far. It appears to be the November 1990 issue before they switched to bimonthly. I've uploaded the cover for now. If you want the whole mag I can try and scan it into a pdf at work for you (if so do you have a recommend scanning guidelines to follow or advice for me?). Here's the cover: https://retrocdn.net/File:Megazone_AU_Nov1990.png --[[User:Blake01|Blake01]] ([[User talk:Blake01|talk]]) 02:10, 17 November 2019 (EST)
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Hi guys, I've managed to bag a super old MegaZone for my collection that I thought you guys might want to add to your online collection. It's in pretty good condition and even still has the poster! Only problem is I'm unable to identify what issue number it is as unlike later issues it doesn't seem to state the number on the cover or internally, at least not that I can find so far. It appears to be the November 1990 issue before they switched to bimonthly. I've uploaded the cover for now. If you want the whole mag I can try and scan it into a pdf at work for you (if so do you have a recommend scanning guidelines to follow or advice for me?). I've uploaded the cover to your site here: https://retrocdn.net/File:Megazone_AU_Nov1990.png --[[User:Blake01|Blake01]] ([[User talk:Blake01|talk]]) 02:10, 17 November 2019 (EST)
  
 
UPDATE: Matt from the RetroGamingAus Megazone wiki has given me this information about this issue..
 
UPDATE: Matt from the RetroGamingAus Megazone wiki has given me this information about this issue..
 
"Thanks Blake – have never seen that one before. The National Library’s record on Megazone notes that their numbering dropped off after September 1990. Definitely can see it picks up on the Falcon cover #16 which is where the bimonthly run started according to NLA. The government’s record seems to assume that there was an issue number for January, but the editorial page for the Arachnophobia cover issue (Feb 91, don’t have the cover anymore but this page is on the Amiga Magazine Rack - http://amr.abime.net/issue_1840) suggests that there was no January issue. That issue is #12, so based on the existence of a December 1990 issue (which I believe would have been the first issue I had back in the day, as the Arachnophobia one was the second), it would be #10." --[[User:Blake01|Blake01]] ([[User talk:Blake01|talk]]) 03:34, 17 November 2019 (EST)
 
"Thanks Blake – have never seen that one before. The National Library’s record on Megazone notes that their numbering dropped off after September 1990. Definitely can see it picks up on the Falcon cover #16 which is where the bimonthly run started according to NLA. The government’s record seems to assume that there was an issue number for January, but the editorial page for the Arachnophobia cover issue (Feb 91, don’t have the cover anymore but this page is on the Amiga Magazine Rack - http://amr.abime.net/issue_1840) suggests that there was no January issue. That issue is #12, so based on the existence of a December 1990 issue (which I believe would have been the first issue I had back in the day, as the Arachnophobia one was the second), it would be #10." --[[User:Blake01|Blake01]] ([[User talk:Blake01|talk]]) 03:34, 17 November 2019 (EST)

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Hi guys, I've managed to bag a super old MegaZone for my collection that I thought you guys might want to add to your online collection. It's in pretty good condition and even still has the poster! Only problem is I'm unable to identify what issue number it is as unlike later issues it doesn't seem to state the number on the cover or internally, at least not that I can find so far. It appears to be the November 1990 issue before they switched to bimonthly. I've uploaded the cover for now. If you want the whole mag I can try and scan it into a pdf at work for you (if so do you have a recommend scanning guidelines to follow or advice for me?). I've uploaded the cover to your site here: https://retrocdn.net/File:Megazone_AU_Nov1990.png --Blake01 (talk) 02:10, 17 November 2019 (EST)

UPDATE: Matt from the RetroGamingAus Megazone wiki has given me this information about this issue.. "Thanks Blake – have never seen that one before. The National Library’s record on Megazone notes that their numbering dropped off after September 1990. Definitely can see it picks up on the Falcon cover #16 which is where the bimonthly run started according to NLA. The government’s record seems to assume that there was an issue number for January, but the editorial page for the Arachnophobia cover issue (Feb 91, don’t have the cover anymore but this page is on the Amiga Magazine Rack - http://amr.abime.net/issue_1840) suggests that there was no January issue. That issue is #12, so based on the existence of a December 1990 issue (which I believe would have been the first issue I had back in the day, as the Arachnophobia one was the second), it would be #10." --Blake01 (talk) 03:34, 17 November 2019 (EST)