Oh yeah, Gamefan was one of those harder to find magazines. This was due to the distribution partners they had at the time. Those distribution problems were fixed well into the life of the magazine (around 1997/1998 when the mag was sold to Metropolis Publishing, I believe). By then it was too late though, the Internet had already set out to sink its teeth into print mags and Gamefan's designs suffered without key personnel from the previous years.

I have probably 400 gaming mags still - I have probably 75% of the EGM's printed and about the same for VG&CE. I got to work with Bill Kunkel (the Game Doctor) on a few projects. One being starting my public relations company prior to his passing.

I also worked with Steve Harris, and Dave Halverson to negotiate preserving their magazines in digital format (via www.outofprintarchive.com, sadly, I had to leave the project many years ago). Via that site we were able to preserve the first few issues of Gamefan (which were offered briefly on Gamefanmag.com when it was functioning). The deal with Steve Harris never birthed anything for fans to enjoy though many test issues were completed.

We tried print magazines with my own websites, Retro Gaming Magazine (now defunct due to hosting issues) and Gaming on Batteries. Sadly, neither made it past issue #3. Costs were too high, sales too low, and inexperience in the publishing world added up to failed ventures.

Many of the staff that worked on RGM and GoB Mag worked on issue #5 of the rebooted Gamefan Magazine.

It was a fun dream we got to live for a short period of time. Certainly something I would never trade for anything.