Geraint was often also the subject of jokes, due to his Welsh origins, with regular pokes at him and his culture and lifestyle. To this very day, he drives his Ferraris on a provisional license. The magazine took usual light-hearted digs at each of its own staff Jes was regularly lampooned due to his bald head Mark Green had an evil alter-ego named Dark Mark Andrea Ball was apparently permanently covered in grease and fake tan, and also had a reputation for carrying a constantly trademarked "Big Stick™" Dr Mark Cousens was mocked for his apparent lack of a Nintendo Entertainment System console Tim Weaver was famed for his patented Emotionless Stare and James Ashton was ridiculed mercilessly in the magazine's pages for continually failing to pass his driving test.
Memorable staff members included Jonathan Davies, James Ashton, Jes Bickham, Dan Geary, Tim Weaver, Wil Overton, Mark 'Greener' Green, Martin 'Kittsy' Kitts, Andrea Ball, Dr Mark Cousens, Zy Nicholson, Geraint Evans, Justin Webb, Miriam 'Mim' McDonald, Steve Jalim and Paul 'Shedwards' Edwards. The staff of NGC Magazine varied over the years. It had a very large fan base in the UK and Europe. The magazine gained a reputation for honest and mainly accurate reviews (again often due to having no games company links) and a reputation for good humor. It was on many occasions first for news (including the 'denied by official source' rumors such as the existence of Resident Evil Deadly Silence and the implication of the Wii controller and the delay of Zelda: Twilight Princess – both later being proved true in parts), due in part to having no official connection to Nintendo and therefore no restrictions on what it could report (save legal ones). NGC Magazine was at the time of its closure one of the longest-running gaming magazines in the UK. Its successor, NGamer, was renamed Nintendo Gamer in January 2012, until publishing its final issue the following September. In November 2000, N64 Magazine merged with Nintendo World, a magazine that was published by the same company, Future plc. Many of the staff and the style of that publication persisted at N64 Magazine. It was the successor to Super Play, a magazine that ended in September 1996. It was first printed in 1997 and ran until 2006.
NGC Magazine ( N64 Magazine until October 2001 (issue 59)) was a British magazine specialising in Nintendo video game consoles and software. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īpril 1997 24 years ago ( 1997-04) (as N64 Magazine) ( August 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research.