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First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda (404media.co)

(Thursday August 07, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD) from the literal-link-to-the-past dept.)


An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media:

> Some of the first reviews ever written for the original Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. have been [1]digitized and published by the Video Game History Foundation . The reviews appeared in [2]Computer Entertainer , an early video game magazine that ran from 1982 to 1990. The archivists at the Foundation tracked down the [3]magazine's entire run and have [4]published it all online under a Creative Commons license.



[1] https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/

[2] https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&sortDir=asc&ref=404media.co

[3] https://gamehistory.org/computerentertainer/?ref=404media.co

[4] https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0dbd-0f5d-45fe-83c2-355a756391a9?sortField=date&sortDir=asc&ref=404media.co


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