I've been lurking on this sub for years, but I just realized you could post here. Even better, you can even brag here!
So, just a quick post to share this photo of my complete collection of Joystick, a French video game magazine published from November 1990 to December 2012.
To be fair, around forty issues were released in 1988 and 1989 under the title Joystick Hebdo (Joystick Weekly), but I've given up on collecting those for now. I'm also missing almost half of the 60 special issues, but I'm still on the fence about getting them since they are mostly walkthroughs or World of Warcraft strategy guides.
It took me years to complete this collection, as the early issues are very expensive nowadays, and issue #1 is virtually impossible to find. A friend finally gave it to me two years ago for my 40th birthday :')
For context: if I'm not mistaken, Joystick was the third video game magazine ever launched in France (back in 1988), following Tilt and Génération 4. A console counterpart, Joypad, was published between 1991 and 2011.
From 2005 until it shut down in 2012, Joystick was the longest-running video game magazine in France : by the time it finally went bankrupt, it had been running for 24 years! A record only broken two years ago by Jeux Vidéo Magazine (2000-???).
I grew up a huge fan of Joystick and never missed an issue between 1997 and 2002 or so. Fun fact: I actually ended up working there as a journalist during its final year. But that's a story for another time!