M! Games

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M! Games
M! Games logo.png
description Video games magazine
language German
publishing company Cybermedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH ( Germany )
Headquarters Mering
First edition November 1993
Frequency of publication per month
Editor-in-chief Oliver Schultes
Web link www.maniac.de
ISSN (print) 2191-012X

M! Games (until 2008: ! MAN AC ) is the name of a German , since 1993 monthly multiplatform - Video game - magazine . The publisher is Cybermedia Verlagsgesellschaft based in Mering near Augsburg . M! Games does not specialize in a specific video game system, but tests and reports on games for all common platforms. The magazine is one of the longest-lived German-language games publications ever.

history

Original MAN! AC logo

The M! Games first appeared in 1993 and was then launched under the name MAN! AC . This makes it the oldest multi-format video game magazine still on the market in German-speaking countries. The founding editorial team at that time consisted of Winnie Forster and Martin Gaksch , who together held the post of editor-in-chief, as well as Andreas Knauf and Ingo Zaborowski . All four had previously worked for the Video Games and Power Play at Markt + Technik Verlag in Haar near Munich . The editorial team grew rapidly, and over the years Heinrich Lenhardt , Robert Bannert , Stephan Freundorfer and Colin Gäbel were able to be won as authors.

Over the years, MAN! AC has revised it again and again, but these primarily concerned the layout and were otherwise rather subtle. After 180 issues, the magazine was renamed to M for the 15th anniversary of issue 181 (October 2008)! Games. The renaming to M! Games went hand in hand with more profound changes. According to the company, in times of increasingly important internet, the "longest-lasting video game magazine in Germany" should remain future-proof as a print medium. In addition to being larger, the magazine was printed on glossy paper from this point on and the pages were glued to the back instead of being stapled in the middle as before. M! According to their editors, Games should also “place more emphasis on exclusive reports, well-researched articles, background reports and retro reports”. The address maniac.de is still used for the website, which has also been heavily revised .

In 2013 the magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary.

content

The contents of the magazine are news from the world of video games, previews , tests of newly released games, tests of imported games not available in Germany, handhelds , technical questions, background reports and letters to the editor.

There was a visually prominent section in the magazine called MAN! AC-Extended . In this booklet-in-booklet, which served as a background magazine, traditional video game series and their makers were presented, conversations were held and occasionally a look behind the scenes was taken. It also included overviews of fan articles from large series such as Metal Gear or Resident Evil . With the transition to M! Games, the separate extended part was integrated into the edition.

From issue 134 (December 2004) to issue 180 (September 2008) each issue was a DVD when, on the next to trailers , previews and testing of video games as a Anyman! AC was designated self-produced short film.
After proof of age, the magazine could also be subscribed to in a version “18 and over”, although this only had an effect on the DVD, which was expanded with corresponding trailers, reports and tests. The booklet itself was identical in both versions. Since, in the opinion of the editors, a DVD is no longer an exclusive feature of a magazine, the M! Games has not included a DVD since the 11/2008 issue.

Digital version

The MAN! AC in Portable Document Format (overall expenditure 2002-2007, except 3/2002) was available for subscribers on the Maniac homepage. With the change of the website in 2008, however, the access to old editions as PDF disappeared. The possibility of a PDF archive was discussed in the official forum but was not given a high priority by the editors. Only four historically important editions are currently available as PDF files:

  • the MAN! AC first edition from November 1993,
  • the 100th edition (February 2002),
  • the last MAN! AC edition (October 2008) and
  • the first M! Games issue (November 2008).

There is also no complete PDF archive from M! Games . Only from output 205 (11/2010) these users is Apple (equipments touch iPod , iPhone and iPad ) on iTunes - App available. Issue 201 (7/2010) is included with the app, issues 202 to 204 have not yet appeared. The app was also released for Android in October 2015 .

layout

The layout of the magazine covers of MAN! AC , at that time still aimed at a younger target group, differs markedly from that of M! Games . Since switching to M! Games, there is a kiosk - Edition and a subscriber issue of the booklet. The subscription version differs through a special cover, which apart from the M! - Logo does not contain any text, but shows a large artwork. The subscription version of issue 242 used on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the M! The cover motif is the original title page of the first edition from 1993.

Rating System

From the beginning, MAN! AC evaluated in game tests using the percentage system used in video and computer game magazines in German-speaking countries.

Test reports

The test reports of the "gaming tests" are a central element of the magazine and are " PAL - tests and" " import tests" divided. All ratings from the first edition in 1993 can be viewed in the MAN! AC test reports database , from the M! Games first edition, complete test reports with screenshots are available for all tested games . On Spieletipps.de the test results were Conclusion from issue 9/2003 visible away to the ratings of all magazines in 2011 were.

Annual content

Since 1994, once a year (usually at the beginning of the year), a register of all contributions and game tests with ratings from the previous year has been printed. The annual contents of the last four years (2008 to 2011) are also available digitally.

High scores

Up until now, ratings beyond the 90 percent limit have only been given to game milestones. The highest rating ever achieved was given in 1997 to the NTSC version of Super Mario 64 . In addition, a games of the year table was drawn up every year on the basis of these ratings , the games of which were accordingly briefly presented there.

Highest achieved ratings in MAN! AC & M! Games
Rating page output system title Remarks
95% 50 1994-07 SNES Great metroid
94% 40 1994-09 MD Super Street Fighter 2
94% 40 1994-09 SNES Super Street Fighter 2
95% 28 1995-02 3DO Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
95% 58 1995-10 SNES Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
96% 54 1997-04 N64 Super mario 64 PAL version (due to the slower frame rate )
97% 10 1997-08 N64 Super mario 64 NTSC versions ( USA , Japan )
95% 86 1999-01 N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
94% 56 2001-05 N64 Conker's Bad Fur Day
94% 44 2003-04 NGC Metroid Prime
94% 80 2003-04 GBA The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
94% 46 2003-06 NGC The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
94% 50 2005-01 PS2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
94% 96 2005-01 NGC Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
94% 46 2005-04 PS2 Gran Turismo 4
94% 82 2005-08 XBOX Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
96% 70 2007-01 Wii The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
96% 80 2007-03 NGC The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
94% 36 2007-11 360 Half-Life 2 : The Orange Box
94% 44 2008-07 PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
94% 62 2010-07 PSP Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
93% n / A 2013-07 PS3 The Last of Us
95% 80 2011-13 Wii The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
95% n / A 2017-04 Switch / Wii U The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
94% n / A 2017-12 Switch Super Mario Odyssey
95% 6th 2018-05 PS4 God of war (2018)
94% 50 2020-07 PS4 The Last of Us Part II

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Old Maniac as PDF? . October 2, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ Download old Man! Ac issues as PDF . November 25, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ MAN! AC first edition (11/1993) ( Memento of the original dated May 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  4. ↑ MAN! AC 100th edition (02/2002) ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  5. ↑ last MAN! AC edition (10/2008) ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  6. ↑ first M! Games issue (11/2008) ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  7. ↑ M! Games on apps.net ( Memento from October 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ M! Games on iTunes
  9. ↑ Booklet cover of the MAN! AC issues from 1995 to 2003
  10. ↑ Booklet cover of the subscription edition of M! Games issues 11/2008 (181.) to 4/2011 (210.)
  11. ↑ Magazine cover Kiosk Edition M! Games ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  12. ↑ Booklet cover subscription edition M! Games
  13. ↑ Tests ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.maniac.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  14. ↑ MAN! AC ratings on www.spieletipps.de ( Memento from April 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ M! Games annual content (2009, 2010, 2011) ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.maniac.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maniac.de
  16. ↑ M! Games annual content (2008, 2009) on www.maniac.de
  17. ↑ MAN! AC 7/1994. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 50-.
  18. ↑ MAN! AC 9/1994. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 40-.
  19. ↑ MAN! AC 9/1994. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 40-.
  20. ↑ MAN! AC 2/1995. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 28-.
  21. ↑ MAN! AC 10/1995. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 58-.
  22. ↑ MAN! AC 4/1997. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 54-.
  23. ↑ MAN! AC 8/1997. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 10-.
  24. ↑ MAN! AC 1/1999. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 86-.
  25. ↑ MAN! AC 5/2001. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 56-58.
  26. ↑ MAN! AC 4/2003. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 44-46.
  27. ↑ MAN! AC 4/2003. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Page 80.
  28. ↑ MAN! AC 6/2003. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 46-.
  29. ↑ MAN! AC 1/2005. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 50-53.
  30. ↑ MAN! AC 1/2005, CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 96-98.
  31. ↑ MAN! AC 4/2005, CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 46-49.
  32. ↑ MAN! AC 8/2005. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 82-83.
  33. ↑ MAN! AC 1/2007. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 70-73.
  34. ↑ MAN! AC 3/2007. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 80-81.
  35. ↑ MAN! AC 11/2007. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 36-39.
  36. ↑ MAN! AC 7/2008. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 44-47.
  37. ↑ MAN! AC 7/2010. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 62-63.
  38. ↑ MANIAC.de: The Last of Us - in the test (PS3) - MANIAC.de . In: MANIAC.de . June 14, 2013 ( maniac.de [accessed November 27, 2017]).
  39. ↑ MAN! AC 13/2011. CyberMedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Pages 80-85.
  40. ↑ TD3.com: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - reviewed (Wii U / Switch) - MANIAC.de . In: MANIAC.de . April 1, 2017 ( maniac.de [accessed October 29, 2017]).
  41. ↑ TD3.com: Super Mario Odyssey - tested (Switch) - MANIAC.de . In: MANIAC.de . October 26, 2017 ( maniac.de [accessed October 29, 2017]).
  42. ↑ MANIAC.de: God of War - tested (PS4) - MANIAC.de . In: MANIAC.de . June 2, 2018 ( maniac.de [accessed July 2, 2020]).
  43. ↑ MANIAC.de: The Last of Us: Part II - in the test (PS4) - MANIAC.de . In: MANIAC.de . June 19, 2020 ( maniac.de [accessed July 2, 2020]).

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