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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
The first 100 issues of GAMES Magazine (September/October 1977 - October/November 1989) were uploaded to The Internet Archive last month and are available for free download:
Issues 1-9: https://archive.org/search.php?query=cre......leSorter Issues 10-84: https://archive.org/search.php?query=cre......leSorter Issues 85-100: https://archive.org/search.php?query=cre......leSorter You may know it today as "GAMES' World of Puzzles" Magazine. There's more than a few magic- and puzzle-related goodies to be found in this magazine, as well: The Magic Game and How to Play It by Charles R. Reynolds: https://archive.org/details/games-1-1977......mode/2up My Ten Favorite Brainteasers, by Martin Gardner: https://archive.org/details/games-3-1978......mode/2up 10 Tricky Brainteasers, by Martin Gardner: https://archive.org/details/games-8-1978......mode/2up Games Mathematicians Play (Nim variations): https://archive.org/details/games-9-1979......mode/2up A Knight's Tour of Arizona: https://archive.org/details/games-10-197......mode/2up Mathematical Circus - Games and Puzzles from Martin Gardner: https://archive.org/details/games-13-197......mode/2up Magic Pentagon: https://archive.org/details/games-13-197......mode/2up 1980 or Bust Magic Square: https://archive.org/details/games-15-198......mode/2up Sprouts: The Classic Game of Topology (Nim variation): https://archive.org/details/games-15-198......mode/2up Disappearing Man cover: https://archive.org/details/games-20-1980-november The Disappearing Man and Other Vanishing Paradoxes (article): https://archive.org/details/games-20-198......mode/2up Presenting Mark Wilson and His Amazing Magazine Magic: https://archive.org/details/games-20-198......mode/2up Meet the Mathemagician Martin Gardner: https://archive.org/details/games-26-198......mode/2up Five Pennies For Your Thoughts, by Harry Blackstone: https://archive.org/details/games-27-198......mode/2up The Beadless Abacus, by Mel Stover: https://archive.org/details/games-30-198......mode/2up Horseplay (Knight's Tour puzzle): https://archive.org/details/games-30-198......mode/2up Puzzling Paradoxes, by Martin Gardner: https://archive.org/details/games-31-198......mode/2up Magic Trick - The Eternal Triangle, by Michael W. Ecker: https://archive.org/details/games-31-198......mode/2up Extrasensory Deception - The Strange Story of the Professor and the Psychic, by The Amazing Randi: https://archive.org/details/games-31-198......mode/2up How to Be a Math Genius, by Harry Lorayne: https://archive.org/details/games-35-198......mode/2up Magic Castle Knights, by David Saltman: https://archive.org/details/games-36-198......mode/2up Presenting David Copperfield in "Take A Letter": https://archive.org/details/games-37-198......mode/2up If you find any other goodies from GAMES Magazine you think should be shared in the Magic Café, post them with their links here! What are your thoughts on this magazine? |
federico luduena Loyal user Spain 252 Posts |
Thank you, Scott! For the tip as well as for your selection. Great resource. I did a bit of research on the origins of the "M Heart Eight" logic series puzzle. You included above the issue where it first appeared in print (My Ten Favorite Brainteasers, by Martin Gardner).
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tiptophat Loyal user Wesley 269 Posts |
Just saw this and its great
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snm Special user 551 Posts |
Awesome! Thanks for letting us know!
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cauldron New user 7 Posts |
Thank you so much for this. This is one of the few magazines I had a subscription to as a kid (I had long graduated from 'Highlights'). It educated, fascinated, and challenged me. Extremely fond memories.
I look forward to reading the articles you list. |