Retro fridays and nintendo power magazine

Among with the santa fe springs swap meet, nintendo power gives strong nostalgia on fridays especially if you combine the 2. Nintendo power was a nintendo only magazine made from 1988 to 2012 with what I consider the prime years of the 90's. Why it gives me very strong nostalgia is certain issues mostly from 1995 through 1998. I used to go to the swap meet with my mommy a lot on fridays and besides tgif, the other thing I looked foward to was np magazines

At that time in the late 90's they were cheap(usually $1) and plentiful and usually in great condition. I remember getting the 1st issue twice and one of them ended up being ripped by me not knowing it was the 1st issue of np(I have my other copy) I also got one that has donkey kong country 2 on the cover and another that has buster bunny that also gives me fuzzy memories. At a young age I loved reading and I couldn't wait to go home to read my newest issue or issues of nintendo power magazine

In 1998 I had a subscription to np with the one with stone cold on the cover being my 1st issue I got in the mail. I also remember buying the February 1998 issue at toys r us and for the longest time I would read and re-read that issue. The june 1998 issue with banjo and kazooie on the cover still gives me warm memories and I still have most of my childhood issues especially the ones from 1998 that have a mini pokemon magazine insert called pokemon power

Sadly the magazine got thinner and thinner in the late 00's and it finally ended in dec 2012. I have 2 copies of the last issue, it pays homeage to the 1st issue and has retrospectives of the whole decades. I have all the issues from 1996 through 1998 and most of 1995,1999 and various ones from 1990-1994 and they are going to stay in possession until I can't see the magazines