{"id":1270,"date":"2016-01-26T02:59:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T02:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:04:28","slug":"illegal-20-paradise-island-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"Illegal #20 & Paradise Island #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last year’s Radwar Party<\/a>, a cozy get-together of old C64<\/abbr> and Amiga<\/abbr> sceners<\/abbr>, AVH<\/strong>\/Radwar mentioned that he might have some old paper stuff somewhere. And indeed, a few months later he provided us with an excellent collection of 1980s papermags<\/abbr>, many of which were previously considered lost. Today, we present the first two gems – both produce by legendary German C64 scener<\/abbr> and papermag<\/abbr> editor Jeff Smart. First, there is issue #20 of Illegal<\/em>, one of the first cracking<\/abbr> scene<\/abbr> magazines (see our old post here<\/a>). This issue, published around September 1987, was one of the last German-only numbers before Illegal<\/em> turned into the<\/em> international C64 zine. In this issue, one can still feel the original intention behind Illegal<\/em> – to review games, but one can also find random scene news and gossip inside, as well as a brief report on the Danish Gold Copyparty 1987<\/a>, a crucial event for the history of the C64 scene. The second scan is a papermag which has been surrounded by mystery for years and is a top item on our partner site mags.c64.org<\/a>‘s “wanted list”. Paradise Island<\/em> was a papermag produced by Jeff Smart somewhen between May 1989, when he was busted by the police, and 1991, when he released the final issue of Illegal<\/em>. When I asked Jeff Smart about Paradise Island<\/em> last year, he vaguely remembered having done something like that (and naming the mag after a t-shirt he wore back then), but could recall neither when it was released nor what was inside. Indeed, the contents are not particularly memorable – apart from the great cover by Hobbit\/Fairlight, who later pursued a career as a professional comic artist.<\/p>\n

Enjoy these two rarities, and keep in mind that it’s just about 1\/10 of AVH’s collection. You can browse the mags in the gallery below, or download the high resolution scans here<\/a> (Illegal<\/em>) and here<\/a> (Paradise Island<\/em>).<\/p>\n