dub3 card · www.gameinformer.com
Game Informer (1996)
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- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +3 Power to a random card in your hand.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 1996
The website of an American video game magazine that began in 1991 as an in-house newsletter for the FuncoLand game shops.
By 2011 the magazine was the third biggest in the US, with over 8 million copies circulated. GameStop closed it in August 2024 after 368 issues; Gunzilla Games bought it in March 2025 and brought the site back.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page.
Put it on your site
Run Game Informer, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1996. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want Game Informer in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
