$3.95/$4.95 Canada/£2.50 d 1991 0557098955051 ЛІ TWO CRASH COURSES THAT Take two courses that cover a lot of ground in a hurry. Konami? brings NASCAR* endorsed, smash and crash stock car warfare to the NES™ and Game Boy™ Winston Cup Champion Bill Elliott helped design the ultimate driving experience, complete with functional instrument gauges, authentic pit stops, 200 mph duels for pole position, spin-outs and a mind blowing first person perspective. You actually feel like you're in the roll cage of a real racer! Slide into one of three asphalt eating Stock cars—Ford Thunderbird, Chevy Lumina or Pontiac Grand Prix (or an Oldsmobile GEES ar Game 2nd DE youn pesmi y CIRGUE #146 ON READER SERVICE GARDE „READER SERVICE GARD adjusting gear ratio, spoiler angle, tire stagger and transmission to the hairpin turns of Sears Point and Watkins Glen or the high banked ovals of Daytona and Talladega (or Atlanta for Game Boy). Then get ready to scrape sheet metal against Bill Elliott and 14 of the nation's nastiest NASCAR drivers, either in single races or the grueling Championship Season. Then, when you become a gifted gear jammer, enter the Konami Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge" Contest. Send in your best NES or Game Boy Championship Season score. We'll fly the eight hottest prospects, four for the NES and four for Game Boy, in on Midway Airlines? mo wo» ПЯ eee ee ee кіз. ‘sae ee E M NM eee ae eee и i L "a ai M. WE I а лылы WILL DRIVE YOU STEER CRAZY. to meet Bill Elliott and witness the 1992 Daytona 500. Then, each player will compete on the Bill Elliott game version on which they qualified. The winners receive a Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe! Even if you dont ПІШІП І have the point standings ; for Daytona, you can still win a Bill Elliott/Konami Racing Team jacket or a Bill Elliott NASCAR Racing™ LCD hand held game. See game pak for contest details. So racers, start your engines, you're competing to capture the flag as well as the Ford. IURMLST 77 GAR SELECT. = GLAR TENNING DAYTONA INTERNAT. SPEEDH DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. 2.50 ( 2> KONAMI contest ends 7/22/91. Void in Maryland, Vermont, Quebec and where prohibited. Rules and entry form available inside specially-marked packages. Konami? is a registered trademark of Konami Industry Co., Ltd. Bill Elliott's NASCAR? Challenge? Bill Elliott's NASCAR® Fast Tracks™ and Bill Elliott's NASCAR? Racing™ are trademarks of Konami Inc. Bill Elliott name and likeness and NASCAR trademark usage, by license of Advantage Management, Inc, Nashville, TN. Nintendo? Nintendo Entertainment System? Game Boy™ and the Official Seals are registered trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. © 1989 Nintendo of America Inc. 9 1991 Konami Inc. All Rights Reserved Game Counselor Line (708) 215-5111 CIRCLE #146 ON READER SERVICE CARD. JULY 1991 > VOLUME 4 * ELECTRONIC GAMING —- MONTHLY The Last Word On Video Games NUMBER 7 * ISSUE 24 Esel zaP-000500 7 шр ү 57 PRESS CUP START DEPARTMENTS 8 Insert Coin The Consumer Electronics Show is only days away! Ed talks about what will and won't be there. 12 Interface Readers want to know more about the S-NES, Sonic and the history of video games. 18 Review Crew The Crew tells which of the new games are worth buying. 28 Software Calendar EGM and Vic Tokai present the games of July. 30 Gaming Gossip There is a lot of pre-CES gossip and Quartermann tells all! 38 International Outlook EGM continues its exclusive coverage of the new games of Japan! 128 High Scores Check out the latest High Scores and see which game is the next contest. Electronic Gaming М. FEATURES 34 EG Express The unveiling of the Super NES is just days away. EGM tells and Taking Control Looking for a new shows all! controller? Check out the ae newest sticks for your favorite system. Super Famicom Times Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Castlevania and Super Adventure Island are all coming to the U.S.! Next Wave Get a sneak peek at the hot new games that will be at CES! Tricks of the Trade Secret codes and tremendous tips that will blast you past the enemy and on to higher scores! houls and Ghosts Super for the S-NES! (Page 48) Terminator 2 LJN is doing the NES game based on the new movie. See what is involved in getting the rights to do the soft! Nintendo Player Ninja Gaiden 3! Check out та the first U.S., in depth, coverage of this super soft! Behind the лов Screens Outpost: Genesis Sega rocks with new 16 bit super softs! Don't miss the only U.S. coverage of Streets of Rage. And more! EGM visits the company that invented the PC Engine - Hudson of Japan. thly It's the ultimate in 16 bit punch and kick games! Final Fight? No! It's Streets of Rage by Sega! Sega brings out a pair of new softs for their new color portable! 114 Sega Masters Spiderman is the new 8 bitter for summer. 116 Turbo Champ Who says there aren't any new carts? How about TV Sports Hockey and Bonk's Revenge? Game Boy Club Altered Space and Fortified Zone are the small screen hits this month. Super Play Walk through the last four levels of the Caped Crusader's Genesis hit. Also, take a look at HAL's super sleeper mega hit Quantum Fighter. COVER: LJN will bring out a NES game based on the new movie Terminator 2 with Arnold Schwartzeneger. Eight colossal towers that almost crack the sky! You and Julius - the f n Hybrid - are charged with the task of collapsing the alien towers. As Julius climbs and leaps s the face of each towers, he is confronted by potent and very deadly adversaries. Their me Yet, somehow, you must reach the tower's top in order to detona Your courage, skill and determination will guide you to the summit of Castelian. ' Nintendo®, Game Boy™, Nintendo Entertainment System® and the offical seals are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. © 1989 Nintendo of America Inc.The names Castelian© and Julius® are proprietary to Triffix Entertainment Inc. and Rollogame Ltd. TRIFFIX ENTERTAINMENT INC., 5756 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, НАР 1К5 CIRCLE $184 ON READER SERVICE CARD. dB And seven year olds. And 22 year olds. And | even the old-timers at Video Games & Computer Entertainment. Where they awarded Renovation Products with the Best Science-Fiction Video of 1990 for Whip Rush — one of seven heart- pounding titles currently released. RENOVATION PRODUCTS WHIP RUSH BEST SCIENCE-FICTION VID; 3 E OF 1990. ОЕ If that isnt enough, Whip Rush was awarded the “Standard of Excellence" award from SEGA. Which goes to show, when you're a winner, youre bound to make some waves. VIDEOGAMES & UTER ENTERTAINMENT ^ Comp We're making waves with other hot action games like Final Zone, Arrow Flash and Granada. You can blow enemy ships into oblivion with our #1-rated 8-meg shooter — Gaiares. If action adventure is your thing, then Valis III is awesome. (Its the 8-meg sequel to the other great Valis games.) NINEYEAROLDS WANT. You'll face a wild, imaginative assortment of fierce enemies in Gain Ground (for two players). Whip Rush, the award-winning sci-fi adventure game will blow you away! Arcus Odyssey (soon to be released), is a killer 8-meg role- z playing action game. And with Dinoland (another soon to be released game), you can join Dinobunz and his friends on a wild, prehistoric adventure — pinball style! ELECTRONIC GAMING —HMONTHLY Our critics have spoken. And we say "thanks? For the hottest SEGA" Genesis" games — you can count on Renovation Products. Hang on to your controller, ‘cause Renovation does what nineyearolds ез TS < want. 4 P NE 515 a m. 987 University Ave., Suite 10 Los Gatos, California 95030 WHIP RUSH, FINAL ZONE, ARROW FLASH, GRANADA, GAIARES, VALIS Ill, GAIN GROUND, ARCUS ODYSSEY AND DINOLAND ARE LICENSED BY SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. FOR PLAY ON THE SEGA™ GENESIS" SYSTEM. SEGA AND GENESIS ARE TRADEMARKS OF SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. THE GAMEPRO™ NAME AND LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF IDG. COMMUNICATIONS/PETERBOROUGH, INC. ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY IS A TRADEMARK OF SENDAI PUBLICATIONS, INC: VIDEOGAMES & COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT IS A TRADEMARK OF LP. INC. | © 1991 RENOVATION PRODUCTS, INC. RENOVATION PRODUCTS, INC. IS A SUBSIDIARY OF TELENET JAPAN LTD. 8 ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY July, 1991 A SENDAI PUBLICATION PUBLISHER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Steve Harris EDITOR Ed Semrad ASSISTANT EDITORS Ken Williams Martin Alessi Sushi-X David White Mike Riley STRATEGY CONSULTANTS U.S. National Video Game Team FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS Robert Hoskin Hideki Shikata LAYOUT AND PRODUCTION Direct Contact, Inc. George Mac, Associate Art Director Marty Kuklinski, Technical Director John Stockhausen, Ad Coordinator CUSTOMER SERVICE (708) 647-7038 NATIONAL ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Jeffrey Eisenberg Eisenberg Communications Group 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 630 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Brandon Harris, Account Executive (213) 655-5513 SENDAI PUBLICATIONS, INC. Steve Harris, President Harvey Wasserman, Circulation Dir. Steve Keen, Newsstand Dir. Marilyn Berger, Circulation Manager John Stanford, Manufacturing Dir. Cindy Polus, Financial Dir. DISTRIBUTED BY _ WARNER PUBLISHING SERVICES, INC. express -Publication als listed in this magazi ` facturers change and the ponsibility for such ci - USA. Printed with pride! Electronic Gaming Monthly IT'S SHOWTIME..! Having just finished this issue, we now have a couple of calm days before things get hectic again when the Summer Consumer Electronics Show begins on June 1st here in Chicago. We're really looking forward to this one as the veil of secrecy will finally be lifted from the Super Nintendo. While the hardware is not a surprise, the whole country is going to be watching what Nintendo (and Sega and NEC) is going to do after the S-NES introduction. Nintendo expects to sell millions of sys- tems and they are willing to back that claim with millions in advertising through the holidays. Knowing the power, market savvy, and track record of Nintendo, their forecasts could just become a reality. By the time the system comes out this fall, the first batch of software will be in place and the market will be ready. It sounds so easy. But that assumes the other players will just roll over and play dead. Sega doesn't plan to give up. For the last year they have been work- ing quite secretly on a line-up of new super softs. Where the S-NES pro- grammers are just learning their system, the Sega people are starting to bring out the second generation of Genesis games. Sonic the Hedgehog, Fantasia and Streets of Rage are good examples of the new breed of games. For example, Streets of Rage walks all over Final Fight as it is a 2 player game, has more moves (21 vs 17), more weapons (6 vs 3), and more on-screen enemies (8 vs 5). It's not that the Genesis is better, rather, it's due to the skill of the programmer. Look for some spectacular carts this fall. Unfortunately the Genesis CD-ROM will not play a part in the new Nintendo vs Sega war as it is, at best, a 1992 product, but Sega will instead drop their system price to $149. Expect them to do even more this fall. And what about NEC? They have already lowered their system price to $99. The CD-ROM is down to $299. And they are continuing to push back the limits of CD-ROM full motion video technology. At CES they will demonstrate the potential of their NID (New Interactive Display) CD- ROM data compression technology. And in Japan they will show the next generation of their CD-ROM player. You can't count out NEC either. So it's going to be a good show, and even a better holiday season with System prices the lowest ever and game quality the highest! | can't wait. As a final note, all of us here at EGM would like to congratulate our Desert Storm troops on a job well done. We sincerely appreciate all that you did for us, and the free world. The risks you took, and sacrifices that you made can not be measured. We thank you for what you did. Should you, or any member of your family want to subscribe to any of our publi- cations, we would like to offer that subscription at half price. Just send in the request on your unit's stationary and we will reduce the price by 50 percent. It's our way of saying thanks! Ed Semrad EDITOR It's show time- j av " courtesy of — 24 : Ме- the “Ghost 4 Beetlejuice; CR those city ee e juice folks out of your house 9 “ы | We'll soar through 8 horrific levels (you're 5 eel € juice (E ` & Afterlife Waiting on your NES; NES; NES? X^ Room) taking on A 4 Killer Giant Beetles, iu > : Without : Heads ) and other — gruesome creatures. One wrong Step... and you're food for the Sand Worm. Here's a tip: Buy scares from the Recently. Deceased Information Booth, they're your best weapons. So, join me in the Neither- ШІ andmake % пае Yon the € ATER TATE E Beetlejuice TM & ©1991 The Geffen Film Company. All rightsifeserved. Ni тебе, т. Entertainment System? and the official seals are trademarks ===. of Nintendo of America Inc. LIN? is a registered trademark of EIN Ltd, ©1991 EIN Lid, All rights reserved. чац CIRCLE #150 ON READER SERVICE CARD. NN т», FREE FULL COLOR CIRCULARS PLUS 12 ISSUES OF "ВЕТ" BANDAT GAMING MENS f HOT CODES, TIPS & NEWS. SEND $3.00 FOR S&H | SEND ТИ: BANDATAMERICA "BON" 12851 PAST 166TH STREET iz 2-24 BOK: 700 CERRITOS, СІ 90201 MME AGE STREET == ШТ ШІ ДР PHONE. 5 WT | THE JOKE'S ON US!! after trying for the longest time to the code in for the ТММТ2 trick | / Simon's name get into the area where it , shows your life and score? And how : did Simon himself get into the screen 4 2 | IY (Ed Magicl / Ч рв. Simon's head. is th or scale Sino sh |. AREAL TRICK! | : 1 must congratulate you on another great issue. Issue 22 covered every- thing before the other mags, and with . lots of info and pix to back it up.One question though. In issue 19 in your review of Gaiares you show the TOZ Nin- equipped with a T-Braster at its fullest | level on the first level. How did you do- 2221 ати ое No magie on that picture tary ` just a great trick our super sleuths dis- covered when we were working on our Gaiares Fact-File. We didn't publish it right away because we thought it would detract from the playability of the дате, which wasn't even out at that time. When to release some of these great tricks is a problem we have to wrestle with here at EGM. To answer your question, check out our Tricks of 1452272 15 ‘OU! ег 114 ct T а SUPER SONIC!! Awesome! | have to have Sonic! Hurry up Sega, І can't wait! Adios Mario as here comes a real super hero. Any word on a Sonic 2? Russell Hayes. Clinton, MS Let me start out by saying that your mag really does get better by the issue! Your Sonic issue was the best yet. | have to give you credit for really knowing how to pick the hits! | went back to your older issues (I have them all) and you pegged this one way back in issue 13! That's August 1990! - Where were the other mags then? How ever you do it, keep it up. Kurt Schaeffer New York, NY Sega was right!!...Genesis does what Nintendon't. Sonic looks fantastic in your May blow-out! The detail is unbe- lievable and | bet he plays as good as he looks! One question, why wasn't there a review crew evaluation in that issue? Mark Powell Sonic pm now 100% complete апа on his way to the stores! (Ed. This is just a sample of the dozens of letters we received about Sonic. We didn't Review Crew the game in the May issue because the game wasn't finished at that time. In fact as we go to press on this issue, Sega just got the game up to the 98% finished state. As we stated in previous issues, our Review Crew doesn't touch a game until it is at least at this level of completion. Many things get changed, both good and bad while in the 'raw' prototype stage. We insist that our numerical ratings be representative of what you will be buying. That's the beauty of our three tier review system. We can do a fact file from a 60% finished game and still be first with the story. Later when the 14 Electronic Gaming Monthly game is done we can come back and Review Crew the game in its final form! Unlike other mags where they. have to do everything іп one shot and rate a game on a very incomplete ver- sion in order to be timely, we can give you numbers that are ‘real’. Нетет- ber this when you compare ratings. Sonic 2....you bet! Would you believe Sonic 2.5 also!!) TURBO EXPRESS PRICE HIKE! You guys are really great! | think that the best thing about your mag is Quar- termann and the Review Crew. | heard a rumor that NEC is raising the price of their Turbo Express from $250 to $300. Is this true? Why? John Zontrergs Bergenfield, NJ (Ed. Unfortunately what you heard is true. The current shipment of TE's will be $299. Believe me, NEC agonized over this dilemma for some time. It was not an easy decision but, because the price NEC has to pay for the ultra high resolution screens went up, so must the unit price. There is one bright note though, the PC Engine GT (what the TE is called in Japan) lists for about $350 over there!) GREAT INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE !!.. One of the reasons why | buy your is for the International Out- look section. You are the only mag who devotes space to these games and this gives me an idea as to what to expect in the future. Your track record for picking soon to be U.S. releases is exceptional. You highlight- ed Batman, Gaiares, Shadow Dancer, Phantasy Star 3, Vermilion and many others months before their U.S. announcements. Good job! What's next? Andrew Elington Nashville, TN (Ed. Thanks for the words of encour- agement. With so many of the great games coming from Japan we find going to their trade shows a great way to get a advance look at what is com- ing down the road. Hey, if nobody else wants to do it, so much better for us, and you! CIRCLE #183 ON READER SERVICE CARD. REO) THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN" НЫ _ Mm GENESIS ATTACK FIRST. ASK QUESTIONS Join in a desperate attempt to rescue what remain оте опера “be a part of the erte Fight to keep the demonic Ü fighting squadron to harbingers of doom from lambast alien invaders taking control of the earth right out of the galaxy! for all etemity. 211700 America Corporation. Taito ©1991. All rights reserved. Licensed by Sega of America, Inc. for play on the Sega Genesis" System. Sega™ and Genesis" are trademarks of Sega of America, Inc. Taito; The Only Game in Town"; Sagaia" Rastan Saga ІІ” and Space Invaders '91 are trademarks of Taito CIRCLE #161 ON READER SERVICE CARD. GENESIS ON RGB...! «hundreds of dollars in setting our Genesis' up for RGB. You are the masters of photography and are known for your interest in hi-tech gaming so, how about it? Charleston, SC | have the Mega Drive and love the ability to play both the Japanese and U.S. Sega carts. What | want to know c n RGB UL E Genesis (Ed. Sure, we can do that! As you can see in the Don't Walk sign (from Bat- . тап), the RGB output is much 'clean- ег and each pixel is clearly defined. . There is no color fringing of smear. .. Text is much easier to read, and the - whole screen just looks better. For а . complete article on this subject pick шо . DECEPTIVE РІХ?? | | just had a chance to see Sega's new Game Gear. The unit that was set up for play in the store had a dif- . ferent screen image than what | saw in their advertising in all the maga- zines. Sega, in their Game Gear ads, . Shows a game screen that is much clearer than what it actually is. How | do they do it and why? Josh Maxwell New York, NY ` (Ed. You're right, nt than that in the ads. But 16 Electronic Gaming Monthly the screen image is Sega is not alone in this practice. _ Thumb through all the GameBoy ads and you will see the same thing. The GB pix are taken off special industrial ‘Wide Boy' systems. The Game Gear photos are taken off similarly com- plex ‘development’ systems. The | companies do this in order to be able to clearly show the details in the game.) Gear development system. THE NEWEST, & FIRST! As a devoted Turbo and Genesis user, | just had to write to tell you how pleased | am with the complete cov- erage you have in your magazine. Your Turbo coverage is second to know immediately what's new, and | because of our reputation, companies get us their hot titles first. As to the future of the TV Sports series, all is | cool. eR ل‎ of Andre Panza Kick Boxing, ons Forever of Boxing, TV Sports | Tennis апа TV sports Hockey! | Nobedy else can even come close to this Turbo coverage!) THE EGM RAP..! | Nintendo, Genesis and TurboGrafx. —— — Showing us old and new, | Ratings superb from the Review Crew. - Sushi-X, Steve, Ed and Martin, | Buying this mag, many take part in. EGM is updated with the latest, - How does it feel to be the Greatest? || "Zero-32Bit М.С." - El Раѕо,ТХ | (Ed. Great job!) : - none! From what you've shown is the | past few issues (Dead Moon, Yo Bro, Camp California, Talespin and others) І can't see why others are moaning about a lack of Turbo games. If you get them then anybody can, right? Since they don't cover new Turbo, can you tell us what is new? And - what will happen with the games that Cinemaware was working on? - _ Frank Kahn ! would like to say you truly do have the best magazine. | have the Turbo, Nintendo and GameBoy and you have the best rage so far! | was thinking about buying a PC Engine converter for my Turbo. Will it work or will it hurt the Turbo? (Ed. We're doing our best guys! We try to maintain good relations with all the game companies. That's part of my job - to keep in touch with every- Poy ome Woy Pass This way we Don't blow it! LICENSED BY. you blow it you could end up as dinner! В Dare to visit Tasmania, ап Australian island inhabited by weird wild animals and bizarre carnivorous creatures! A boy struggles to survive in these strange and dangerous jungles “down under.” Guide him on his perilous quest to find the elusive Tasmanian tiger, while ferocious Tasmanian dev- ils try to eat him. Don’t blow it! Get Tasmania Story and get ready for Tasmania Mania! CIRCLE #121 ON READER SERVICE CARD. Blow it! to win the game! Enter a wacky world where your ghost’s breath moves a fragile bubble around candle flames, fans and spikes. Wind your way - through the maze-like halls. But pop the bubble and you blow it! Challenge Bubble Ghost, an a-mazing puzzle that will blow your mind and leave you breathless! ЕСІ Not Just Kid Stuff Nintendo, Game Boy and the Official Seals are trademarks of Nintendo. of America Inc. ©1989 Nintendo of America Inc. Bubble Ghost is pub- lished under license from Infogrames@1989, 1990. Infogrames is a trademark of Infogrames, S.A. Used with permission. All rights reserved, Licensed in conjunction with J.P. International. Original concept Christophe Andreani. Tasmania Story©1990 is a trademark of ҒС/Ропу Canyon, Inc. FClis a trademark of Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. 150 East 52 Street, NY, NY 10022. Consumer Information (708) 968 0425 | | | | | | | ABOUT OUR RATINGS: 10 = Perfect 9 z Outstanding 8 = Excellent 7 = Very Good 6 = Above Average 5 = Average 4= Fair 3 = Poor The top dog has been eagerly awaiting the CES to show off his game playing skills. Steve can't wait to get his hands on new games like Super R- Type on the SNES, Ed is working out in preparation for the CES and his trip to Japan afterwards. Will he be the first gamer to see the new Sega 16-Bit CD-ROM...you bet!!! Martin is getting him- self limbered up for the CES by playing the most intense shoorter he can find. To beat the new SNES games he's got to be ready. The mysterious Sushi- X will be at the CES in disguise, trying to sub- vert the competition with his enhanced mind powers. Will he be recognized at the CES? “атопіс Gaming Monthly It's 1991, and the Wyld Stallions are preparing to go on a concert tour! Suddenly, Rufus shows up and explains how time thieves have dis- rupted the time continuum by plac- ing historical figures in the wrong time line! If Bill and Ted don't rescue them, Wyld Stallions will never play in their concert! Most untriumphant!! Bogus! Dial the number of your favorite historical babe or dude and get iy for the ride ( of your life! Based on the popular Williams pin- ball machine, High Speed takes pin- ball action in a new direction. All of the original goals and bumper place- ments are intact, but Tradewest has added a few new tricks up their sleeve. Ball-hogging power surges, safehouses, and multiballl play com- bine to make High Speed one of the toughest pinball simulations to beat to date. Also included are inventive _bonus places What a most un- TET new RPG for the NES Ted go on a journey tha -excellent, and althou graphics of the wild оі ell, the rest of the gai e heineous. While the intentions are good, Bill and Ted is bogus, bogus, bogus. Га уои "already have Pin- Bot, "then to expect t-up is the layfield and ew bonus rom High S same, only the inclusi rounds. Tl he play is a little frustrating when the game quits becoming : a BIRSA title. әј азан = "Bill and Ted is a strange type of | like pinball games and this one is a game. It's n est game, good repres e classic nor is it an Finding There are a atures not misplaced nusual but found on other fl and | espe- interesting. creen is too cially liked the levels. There is hard and fi once in the always som o shoot for and proper worl е game got better. It . just seemed too complex of а game. the enemies are a nice touch to it play ha harder. Bill and Ted is a major disappointe ame is the akes it very not-fun to play. is game is far from being excellent. Most upsetting. Based on the pinball of the same name, High game. Whil e a PinBot clone there eatures and some pretty co . The music isn’ ‘good as the coin-op. Not too bad, but not spec- tacular. = mi Bogus! Тһе graphics апа рау control are most und game at ha antle these tritation fac- -title cart to slide up to a 4. e meantime, Bill and Ted are flunking most heinously. Hot on the ‘trail ‘of cool, “clean, pinball fun? If so, һе) Nintendo's li sions. It mi innovative if it wa: an old pinb; The music is bad, but the gameplay is sharp. Nothing special here. Taniest bunch of enemies ever! And they said it could only Био big screen! It's а head-to-head battle through the Grasslands, the Desert Base, and the Cave Base on your way to the Capitol City and the Master Tank Maker himself! j in the Main Game; twelve different layouts in the Multi Game, each with a different terrain and cast of 2 "^ % Unusual opponents, • Continue feature eer track for hours of fun. Handicap feature in Multi Play mode — — 7 vens out the competition, * Fun graphics an ingame a s/h F a Lots of play options! “SO А! Ж 1, Single play action against Akuda and his entire Clown Force, 1 Найоеаі against your Game Boy and its own group of tanks, f 2. One-on-one play against a friend using a Game Link cable. 4, "i (0 four players in direct Co ST the Nintendo Four a x Р ter. KESA So grab your Game Boy and make TRAX! e \ fe Licensed by a 5 Im E g р HAL AMERICA INC. Che ааг peal fan 25E Beaverton, Oregon 97005 Tel. 503/6444117 Fax. 503/641-5119 T Game Boy and the Official Seals are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. © 1991 Nintendo of America Inc. 7873.5.W. Cirrus Drive, Building © HAL America, Inc. 1991. All rights reserved. Nintendo, 20 . The quarter- muncher is great, E “Even though there Translated directly from the spec- tacular coin-op, Smash TV offered a new kind of survival game, one of reflexes, nerves, strength, and cun- ning. Only the best of the best will survive the hair-raising rounds of action as muggers and booby- trapped robots attemt to blow you from the face of the universe!! Fight back with the multitude of weapons and basic survival gear available to the hardy contestant. Baseball 1. ona a whole new | roe1i5 IH s o | Eis ojo 1 THOMAS HP 500 MURAMASA meaning when the athletes are cybernetic warriors. These robots aren't programmed to knit, either! In this game there are no force outs. To earn the right to have a base, you must fight it out with the defense, winner take all! Super speed pitches, maximum control changeups, and even an out of orbit Sattelite dish are featured within the boundaries of Basewars. this version just_doesn't do it justice. The graphicgf 0968 and micro- scopic! It's 49 6240, but it's not that good, eithefaihe"dametplays better with two СӨПШО|е/6 OF four in the two player games ТЕҢЕР Wars is the > Cyberball of base. ball, offering шәшоірдіктоі all kinds in а ѕоиреа-ир етот еВ о иг favorite pastime. Во е.ә ёа two-play- ег уегѕіоп СА аі pitching and байіп зя aNiastic graphics and some of the best sports action you'll ever find. promises frogagtiiemameade game, Smash TV igfaygamesiffat requires great contrdi © Bıogress far enough into the gage А5 a Wo player game with four CORES Smash is a blast. To me that is the only way to Smash TV is a a pretty good transla- tion of the arcadeghitæmiáyy main com- plaint is that ШЕ 972065 seem like they've beef 97:0 down to micro- scopic sizes almostl intact, better control. Шие Game play is Using)2 pads gives it А good 2 player | game, if you have 4 controllers. Get out the magnifying glass! | can | hardly see those characters апа items! If SMASH IU Weren't so scrunched ой ІНЕ small screen, it has the play сога ееп. Alas, tiny it was богпдавсай ii Shall live. The translation TMe@RETeOK better on the Genesis or SFX. How 'bout it guys?? Electronic Gaming Monthly ~ Wow! Now th good SCAT, the Special Cybernetic Attack Team. A huge comet is hurtling straight for our solar system. But this is no ordinary intergalactic object! In reality, it's a super secret alien command vessel on a mission of destruction. It's target: pthe planet Earth! The only hope of Terra is the military's elite corps of specially trained robotic-assited heavy- weights known as S.C.A.T. Should _ they fail mankind will be lost! | §.C.A.T. takes the basic theme from. Forgotten Worldssandsilrows it onto the NES! Thevaetionsisyintense, and the game only suffêfs от a lack of visual clarity сай66 Оу some flicker when too тис fS going on. Still, it's a nice addition to the library and a ample of a good NES gai ‘normal’ basebaiigfanssean get into. While decepfivevat fst Glance, if you give it a try Ье? you. With lots of аі ес є ғеаіцгеѕ, по two game (68 ре same. The parts shop is а пісе touch but for the try the the pennant race! Base Wars is awesome! impression waggiaifimuas а base- ball/Cyberball БОТА After playing it for 5 minute Wag! ПӨбКкес. Great graphics ай 20069 game play combined ШІП жа! геѕһ theme make this опе of the best sports . games I've ever played! “It's Cyberball in a baseball SIS About time! This concept is nothing new, but it isfexeeltedaWith extreme precision and 51УІ6 аке it from me, with all those sufffyibáseball simula- tors out there AlS Eart is a breath of fresh air. YOU be rolling in your seats when you fight for a base!! a game which even | . Long, _ ter than average. | like it! _ Very good for the NES. Neat concept, good tunes, great con- nd intense shooters don't come ajonggsvenyseíten. This is one of the 2 а апа is for experts оп аб 9?арһісѕ аге ехсерііопаҝ 9 cime bff very well on the NESSSmooth9scrolling and great game play help make this bet- - Another great title from the guys at Natsume! 5.СаАт наввепоцоһ orig- inality and meweeoneepis to breath life into 1Һе 9.9 961ег theme. Іпсгейір!І6ф арп|08 bound, and game pla Sout Of Ке a scaled down version of Forgotten Worlds. trol, and graphics that lack a little smoothness aroundsihesedges make a game са!ө0% 6 А ГН the graph- ics had been ре ё ї would һауе rated an еі © иге. Chock up anotrher cooliaisume game for the makers of Shadow of Ninja. HAL AMERICA The Т EE the ’50s meets the technology of the ’90s. ego" Hal America brings pinball to NES with | rd Rollerball, A е. Boy with Pai eg gina Revenge of the ‘Gator. Multi-screen, vertical URB RET scrolling pinball guaranteed to challenge any player, beginner or pinball wizard. The most life-like movement and ame play of any video pinball game. GamePro magazine says “Revenge of the "Gator's snazzy little тер tiles show off Game Boy at its best".* According to Game Players Magazine, “Rollerball is truly a dream pinball machine".* * Simulates real flipper action * Head-to-head competition * Realistic ball action * Bonus play =A Em — а әш © Official “Gator selected #6 all time best === == = ан тм те, " nae — 25 ——7———— 29 Seal of Quali Game Boy’ Title by Nintendo GAL AMERIOR URE A E Power Magazine. The % diz P EA Licensed by E ee 7873 SW. Cirrus Drive, Building 25F • Beaverton, Oregon 97005 • Tel 503/644-4117 • Fax 503/641-5119 Nintendo, Game Boy and the Official Seals are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. ©1991 Nintendo of America Inc. CIRCLE #110 ON READER SERVICE CARD. Can you handle the challenge? Bill Elliot's Nascar Challenge allows you to custom design your own rac- ing vehicle and race with the pros. Watch as the mechanics rush to install that brand new transmission you've been waiting for, then bust out of the pits ready to rock-and-roll! Experience the hair-pin turns, high- resolution graphics, and realistic feel of the one and only Bill Nascar Challenge. E RE "I'm Fred koeb a. y brother died. his wife Janet went to stay with her I'm house sitting If you're looking for a murder case to solve, then NEC's CD-ROM Murder Club is one place to start. In this Turbo CD game, you play the part of J.B., the Sam Spade style detective, and visit numerous loca- tions and interact with a variety of suspects. While text appears in the lower portion of the screen , voice accompanies the text. Music and sound effects are also present in this professional production. Bill Elliott is delivered | ina NASCAR racing game thaighasse few good effects but пем айабев to wrap them togetémwithagoed technique. The car ra&inigsactionmmever really gets up 10750680 ата whenever things start to heat up something seems to make the action stall. “JB Harold shares the same type of murder тусік» Sherlock Holmes enjoyedswitheastormat that is slightly еа 0 айм, There are some nice @igitiZedjphoios, but after seeing the 'Witstaniding animation in Sherlock, this game just doesn't compare. For hard-core fans only! Treco will send you reeling! Using state of the art technology, Treco utilizes the high tech graphics and sounds of the Genesis to create a nine-level slugfest translated from the coin-op original. All of the moves are retained from the coin-op, as well as both hero character and their speciallized attacks. Do you think you can take on Mr. Big in his pent- house? Good Luck! “Here's a game that tries to be Final Fight for the Genesissmltghas а nice look and їее ДО ІШЕ Не diversity in the rounds ай Іһезорропепів you face isn't great @moUgh to keep it from Бесопіпбтерейшіуе. There аге some nice touches, but most of this has been done better before. и Kick! Slam! Street Sa 7 г BENC is a spectacular Stock car rac- - ing game. It jisemuehsmere involved than the іуріба! Grand В/х type rac- ing game аа ње ете isn't for everyone @But iî Jol have the patience tottinkensfiithismall changes to the car set-up to squeeze the most | performance possible then go for it! Another great example as to where - video games atesgoingmWith the CD medium mysielies call get long and involved as tS 66689565. Take lots of notes, ag O fhe easte] player the amount of (afermationdlicreases very rapidly as you progress farther into . Street Smart is an all right fighting game. Тһе baekgreundagraphics are quite detailed и еге just aren't enough тоу68 ІЮкеер me interest- ed. | found that BY USing just the basic moveo cam still win. More variety and harder opponents would _ be good game. While it mayebesendorsed by a big name габЕр e Game lacks any good івайе5 ial Would make it a hit. Тһе бінрінісе аге extremely cheesy, aff Tt Controls very poorly. Not waht | would expect from the guys at Konami. lines of Sherlocksisoimess It does'nt have the coolWideotanimations, but it does have jbilingualsbuman voices throughout ftheswholesmystery. The game is'nt АВЕО solve and it really isn't anything spectacular. quite a disappoint "Street Smart is a clone of Fighting - Street. The meyessarespractically the same and gameslooksivery similar. The graphics ае detailed but the ani- mation could һаме Been a little smoother. Mneme as a whole is not very challenging and in the end is t. [ee Come on, what is this, a reversion to Atari 2600 programming? The pit stop scenes аге 10 Watch and the animation afaygraphics here аге sharp, crispyrandeclean...But here only!! Опсе МӘШЕБейіп о drive, you begin to feel as thotgh you аге play- ing Pole Position for the 2600. NO!!! 22 Electronic Gaming Monthly ... J.B. Harold must be THE coolest catigsiewn! This is te type of туѕ:8 айва to see on the Sherlock іе GDF This suck- er uses 5068 һоЧІв Әкріауіпо time and plentyg@mBrainstopming before you can come@elese to solving the crime! Suprerior, but only one quest. trying. If only the player control had- n't been horribles Siec Smart would have еагпед 66110 seven or maybe an eight! The@graphicsvare excellent and the musigis,aboveyaverage. This will be a good*one-tor fighting fans, but watch out! It's totally easy to win. 2 -. Not bad Treco, I'll give you credit fo - LN ЕК ДАЕ = > e =: KOEI Double Dares You! * = Nobunaga's Ambition TT” Я In this enhanced sequel, test your mettle and your strength as you play a Daimyo warlord fighting for control of Japan! To assist you in your conquest, samurai will advise you and ninja assassins will try to disrupt your adversaries! In battle, lead your troops on a surprise night attack or j| force your enemy to retreat behind his castle walls! Warriors, weapons and the world are at your disposal, use them well and become master of Japan! dobles Day tiu * 400 characters, 2 scenarios, 5 skill levels • 3 meg game with battery back-up save feature endo * Nintendo's new MMC-5 chip for fantastic “a graphics and detail - Nobunaga's Ambition If you're ready to test your military and diplomatic prowess this game's for you! As one of the first strategy simulation games available for CT 3999 BB oua aem n 9 ah 5 EON Game Boy, you сап поу/ command ^u SG Mey BRS | your forces anytime апа anywhere! NEA Ба - : Conquer your enemies and defend [s 18 1552 50 your territory as you fight for Nisi. control of Japan! Bihar” е GameLink option allows 2 players to compete in head to head combat е 1 meg, 64K of RAM, battery back-up saves up to 3 games Romance of the Three Bandit Kings of Ancient — Genghis Khan - Conquer or be China - Join the heroic struggle of the bandit kings as you fight to restore the glory of the Song Empire. Truth and justice will prevail and in the end the evil minister of war, Gao Qiu, will be defeated! conquered! As the notorious Genghis Khan, lead your army across vast continents, con- quer those who oppose you and attempt to build your own empire stretching from the Orient to the Middle East! We Supply The Past, You Make The History! Kingdoms - Relive the past where only the strong survive! Remake history by trying to become the leader of a world torn apart by civil war! KOE! KOEI CORPORATION One Bay Plaza, Suite 540 1350 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010 (415) 348-0500 Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and the officials seals are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. CIRCLE #166 ON READER SERVICE CARD. 24 You're а hedgehog with a mission, a super hero capable of performing incredible feats! Become the one and only Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega's latest character creation who's out to deliver some of the brightest, boldest, and most exciting action you'll ever see on the Genesis! Explore six levels of play, each with three huge stages filled to the brin with action, animation and total 2800 game ever created for Incredible speed, plen and more than enoug await our turns into a oms to keep you searching while progressing this one. G Up periscope! You are the brilliant commander of a heavily-armed, nuclear submarine. Highly detailed subscreens monitor speed, depth, bearing, course, and X-Y coordi- nates. Check with your radio to find out what mission beholds you today. Afterwards, scout your targets and plan a strategy for their destruction! One hit, though, and you're sunk! This is a very real combat simulation E would-be сарац. of all 2585. excellent, ent isn't. to recom- mend this ol sleep-induc- T this ends up be a wasted effort poe Americans are being held hostage behind enemy lines, and their only hope is you and the Navy Seals, a group of soldiers specially trained in errorist activities and how to coun- eract them. You must lead your squandron thorugh the flames and armadas of enemy troops to reach your destination. Just remeber, throughout your mission, the hostages are waiting for their res- cue. May justice and liberty prevail! the movie on which it's based, which doesn't say a The action is very basi not exactly bad, it jus much to get you excit ics are fine, but with little gai or technique, EE І guess if you like simulations then 688 is somethin ying. |, for one, was ng cited after as is the sound b өг computer game on Chips. through the game. Spectacular! The Genesis has been hit by a sonic boom. He n anything you've ever thought the Enterprise till you see Sonic at wal his game is absolutely If you don't buy it it's because you don't have a Genesis...yet. Super Sonic, Super Son Sonic is enesis should- endo's 16- in the con- to Sonic in graphics, ani- mation, theme ontrol! To top it all off, Sonic even has an attitude!! Electronic Gaming Monthly. I —] Navy Seals is an average game. It takes the st and does everything should. Th the quest ` 688 is a good simulation of subma- rine warfare a a sounds are e. If you're into these mes it's defi- nitely wort This is a si This is a simulation on Genesis. ANY QUESTIONS? | - Blah, blah, blah...Huh?!? Caught me sluffing off. The the lack of E these factors al game from the depth charge... Navy "Seals i is a game that tried to make it by usj f a popular s any real are substan- is horrible. There are games out there for ar as I'm con- cerned, throw Navy Seals a fish. Ss Why?? The movie wasn't all that exciting, so h! a killer cart? dove in the dee, ach and епа tom. Navy w version of Rolling Т fails to excite the imagination or anything else. ith a full stom- g to the bot- SC23$seFtwexe ЕСЕ S C y Vy / AUN save STO ONSEGA CAME GEAR | AND GENESIS GAME SYSTEMS. SEGA GAME GEAR All Sega Genesis and Sega Game Gear game cartridges in the store are sale priced an additional $5.00 below their everyday low price at Software, Etc. Choose from great titles like these: Software, іші is vi su game headquarters for systems and game CHEN Take advantage of this great offer by bringing this coupon to the Software, Etc. store nearest you today! Offer good through July 13, 1991. qa f EF aT 1 VVAATTC OVER 225 STORES NATIONWIDE. DEFINITI. wet То, ES SEGA GENESIS (SAVE ПО eese eaa or Sega Game Gear (SKU 608-9054) game systems. Ес» required at time of purchase for discount. | Photocopies not accepted. Limited one coupon per system. Limit one coupon per customer. To validate, please complete: | Name | Address City | State Zip | Age Store # 991 or while supplies last. sorane EGM Le Ен шин NE кин FOR STORE NEAREST YOU CALL TOLL-FREE 800-328-4646 CIRCLE #193 ON READER SERVICE CARD. Sega Genesis and Sega Game Gear are registered trademarks of Sega of America, Inc! 26 Sonia Snake's in trouble! Тһе nasty Nibbler has hobbled her and is keeping her captive in his Nibbly Nest! Only Atilla and Genghis, the Sneakey Snakes, can save her now! Slither your way through 16 serpen- tine levels and nibble enough Nibbleys to rign the bell and open the door to the next nibbleacious landscape! Sneaky Snake also has a unique two player simultaneous mode for friends! of scrolling actiegssemaems Y ou control a multi-linked 6028868 a quest to reach a уаг ЕШ Фінізса”оп5 as intact as possible. The SONO) is awkward, with a гегО ЕШ ӨНЕРІ that leaves you flying in the air. The graphics . are fine, but no real game here. Sneaky Snake is a very different kind - It's World War І and you are the newest pilot in the Air Force. Your eyes bug out as you are led to your airplane, an awesome biplane straight from the factory asseembly- lines! Suddenly, you hear the crack- le of enemy fire and the hiss of a dying plane engine. The time has come to put your training to the test, to find out what you're really made of. It's time to see if you can join the Warbirds!! Warbirds is surpri gives a good example of what the Lynx is сара ай wise. This is a refresh О ИЄ of pace. Sure, it's an аірЖЙЕ Wing game, but it's biplanes, ай б аі makes all the difference. №8860 all around. a direct translation from the original coinop arcade classic. All of the original moves are retained, as well as the enemies, round bosses, cine- ma displays, and powerups!! Learn to master the various techniques like the off the wall jump and the over the shoulder flip throw. Follow Hiryu through all 5 levels as he attempts to rid New York of an evil lent game. Ша ®аіісп hits the mark on all Ф886 Where are lots of good moves SRE ihg Serolling is very smooth. ЦК Мага Э this shows what the Бара е of, even with its small screen. One of the best and one whichmigee@osdater the small screen. While ЮЕШ е first few rounds, {Һә sn't enough variety to hold aeons interest. The tongu ЖЕСЕ” help but not enough for the older player. It's а Ѕпеаку Snake is ап interesting game 5 . Warbirds has a lot of great features. built into the аатденшінесінігсіоес them all very well MEN E а bute to the hardware. The afl BFOblem is that these great дай 6 Те too few and too far Бейме ?енпіеіу a winner and one that should be purchased. | . Ninja Gaiden on the Lynx is probably the best versiggstisiSiiSidie. of the origi- nal arcade GAME. Е has the smoothest СШ Әб? best anima- tion of all tug IES Very intense action for 50 62ег and not a cakewalk as some of the other e. meant more for the young Sneaky Snake is an original idea for a video game. dagiimfsliise a GB ver- sion of Sna mM "W Roll. The game is іп узшс сї too repe- titious afte Үү [©0095 go by. А good сатече Васо ша of been great if more techniques and new ideas were involved. Average, average, average. Nobody мапіѕ іс make fun games anymore! АЙ ШІ ФШЕ should be pleasing to ДЕ Eyes. ears, hands, and brain. Sfeaky Blakes might be visually sti gwei Еске the rest of the positiVe"tFats that truly rates an exceptional game. Electronic Gaming Monthly | Lynx, mainly Вевашзеві shows off | what the П 538698000. There | are lots fo баас" be done | on any ол 928891: the game | is boring аП ПБ Ck wears off. | Fans of Blue Lightning will like it, but | stil like BL better. irds is a neat game for the eee — € . best game for the Lynx. Ninja Gaiden is very impressive. The animation, grapisigsmene, game play are all there ІГІЕТТӘ БЕБІ translation of the arcade ней 865 of moves and a ton offememigSitomise them on. The воип4ф 90085698 little work. Ninja Gaiden is definitely one of the . Hey, guys, it's a fun game! How about that!! The polygon graphics аге cool, and (һе ӨШӨМЕ езу stable. The options ате 96.5, and the feeling of rushing ага your doom while in а піпәй Б(гее dive is real- istic and cæ Cause minor heart attacks in older folk (Just kidding!). 1 - Nice job, dudes! The Ninja Gaiden - coinop never looked. better! Maybe a little. Апумау 5 marvelous job done Бг С ҺО Ө one of the most рорша Єй ате of all time. Ноу Со Эу! into a little Atari Lynx Carelissbeyond me!! Keep ‘em comin.’ үмі ngs or Wor" Never befdre ha there been a game 50 eerie tas Wings of Wor! | You аге "Wor", a winged soldier | summoned to destroy the evil creatures of lecus. You must soar | through six Iccus domains including е Death Cavern, 14 j Ghost Walters, Castle of Fear, | pem s Hallway gf Havoc: | Mutant | ae Bloodsirdam. at ally high ad “above the« clouds ill = = come face to {ас lant | А e DW i boss enemies that Жж. gruesome you Can’ look at them. But be stro ng and Continue on. vousspeople | are gounting an you ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHI THE GAMES OF JULY 1991... FOR SPECIFIC PRODUCT INFORMATION CONTACT THE COMPANIES LISTED BELOW: Vice - Project Doom American Sammy - Action Battletoads Tradewest - Action 688 Attack Sub Sega - Simulation Wheel of Fortune 2 Gametek - Family fun Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure LJN - Action Arcus Odyssey Renovation - Action/Adv Dino Land Renovation -Pinball Castelian Triffix - Action Fantasia Sega - Action Family Feud Gametek - Family Fun Onslaught Accolade - Action Harlem Globetrotters Gametek - Sports Phantasy Star 3 Sega - RPG Jeopardy Gametek - Family Fun Street Smart Treco - Action Lone Ranger Konami - Action Twin Cobra Sega - Action Mutant Virus American Softworks - Action Turrican Accolade -Action Rainbow Island Taito - Action Ultimate Qix Taito - Puzzle Operation Desert Storm. We Eco SU many е from Soldiers telling us note ў much they enjoyed Nintendo, especially Game Boy. Most servicemen found the Light Boy to bea "lifesaver" for all those endless nights in the middle of the desert. Vic Tokai wants to say a big thank you to everyone who fought in the Persian Gulf. Your bravery touchedthe hearts of Americans everywhere. Welcome Home! ; т а. Licensed for play оп Nintendo and Game Boy are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. Light Boy is a trademark of Nintendo of America Inc. licensed exclusively to Vic Tokai Inc. 22904 в Teg Lockness Ave. Torrance, СА 90501 (213)-326-8880 $28 Electronic Doe nM The information listed above was sugplied С аш оғ no J y & VIC TOKAI INC. PRESENT... а l l і | | я Ж... eap nies, and is current abet May 25 1991. & APPEARING IN LOCAL STORES NOW! TURBOGRAFX Info Genius Gametek - Educational Navy Seals Ocean - Action The Punisher Acclaim - Action Spud's Adventure Atlus - Adventure GAMEBOY Battle Unit Zeoth Jaleco - Action Fastest Lap NTVIC - Simulation Fortified Zone Jaleco - Action World War VI left the Earth desolate and uninhabitable. Many years later, the Intergalactic Council discovered the Earth could once again be = populated, and people returned to rebuild their lives. Unknown to them, mutant forces had gone undetected, and are now wreaking havoc on the defenseless humans. Fearing the total extermination of the Earth, the Intergalactic Council has deployed AEROSTAR™, the most powerful fighter ever built. This state-of-the-art vehicle of destruction is Earth's only hope for salvation, but is useless without the right pilot..... CIRCLE #125 ON READER SERVICE CARD. Electronic Gaming Monthly 25 GAMING GOSSIP «Sega Genesis Price Drop...Sonic the Hedgehog Moving In...Super Mario to be Packed in the Super NES... -TMNT 3 Coming Soon For NES, Super NES and Arcades...Bonk Update...$1,000,000 Contest on NES... ..Howdy game fans, it's me, the big stick, Quartermann, the only video game guru that doesn't spell his name backwards! l've worked long and hard this week, kiddies, and the gossip you'll get is first rate so let the games begin...Just as the Q-Mann prophisized, Sega is deep sixing the price of their 16-Bit Genesis as the first counter-measure against Nintendo's introduction of the Super NES. You didn't have to be Quartermann to - realize Sega would make this kind of move, but the 16-Bit leader is also rumored to be launching a second volley of nukes at the big 'N' by packing their latest and greatest super-hero, Sonic the Hedgehog, into the box! The price change will take effect on June 1 and could possibly include a special coupon for Sonic, with a totally redesigned box for the fall! Quartermann approves, but this move won't win the war, you need something more Sega...Like CD-ROM! Sega will definitely have the upper-hand against their rival on this court as well, with a disc player that will fit into the right price range. Be sure to look to EGM next month for the first pix of this most triumphant new machine... .-Іп the Nintendo camp, the decision has been made to place Mario in charge of leading their 16-Bitter's move into the market. Super Mario World, the awesome 16-Bit Super Mario adventure that the head ed terminated on the last page of EGM's June issue, will come in each and every box! The head honchos are playing every card to prove that the Super NES is what Genesisn't...Did you ever wonder why irony is so ironic?...The Turtles are headed towards the NES once again! Although the Q-Meister has only gotten a brief glimpse of the shape of turtles to come, | can say that the game has the awesome scrolling adventure of part two melded with the character-swapping of the original... You want 16-Bit turtles? Don't look towards the Genesis just yet, because Konami is cooking up plans to serve the Heroes on a Half Shell on the Super NES! The game won't be based on the existing 8-Bit turtle games or the coin-op either. The 16-Війег will borrow from the upcoming arcade sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Cowabunga...Look inside this issue for the exclusive on Ninja Gai Den- Part Three! Q-Mann rates the game a blast, with Ryu taking on a mob of mechanical mobsters in a cart sub- titled "The Ancient Ship of Doom"... ...New action over at NEC includes the company's recently announced price chop and move towards digitally- compressed video images on CD. A special peripheral, to interface with the existing Turbo CD-ROM, will deliver some tasty full-screen, full-motion video images very soon. A prototype of the unit is rumored to be making an appearance at the Summer CES! Stay tuned, Quartermaniacs, Mr. Q will bring you the straight scoop on this sizzle next issue...In other Turbo news, the company is hard at work at following up Bonk's Revenge and the Bonk 3 graphic adventure that EGM previewed last issue. Look forward to Bonk 4, another scrolling adventure game, as well as Bonk 5, a prehistoric shooter with lots of firepower and dino targets... ...Don't look for Atari to be introducing any revolutionary product in the months to come! Although the original game company has a full plate of projects that range from a new version of the Lynx to a 16-Bit console that's armed with rotation and scaling, the head honchos are electing not to display at the CES. Could this develop- ment mean Atari is scaling back? With a wide variety of games under development for the Lynx, your's truly expects to see some great things to come from the leading name in color portables...Another hit video game personality that's taking his third turn on the Nintendo is none other than the mighty Kuros from Acclaim's hyper radical Wizards and Warriors series! Game play is rumored to be expanded even more with our powerful hero on a new quest to stop evil! Can't wait...Look forward to a special $1,000,000 contest coming to the Nintendo System from the maker of Miracles, American Softworks. Their special contest, which will be developed for their upcoming Treasure Master title, a cart with some super secret passcodes that will be unveiled on television this coming March! You can bet the Quartermann will be entering and, ha, ha, ha, walking away with the loot!...Be a killing machine in LJN's upcoming Terminator 2 - Judgement Day game! I've received a sneak peek of the new super hot game and it looks like it may be a winner...That's it for now, remember to remain true to Mr. О.... - OUARTERMANN Electronic Gaming Monthly ELECTRONS & 5л, MONTHLY | Welcome home our troops and extend a proud salute to the men and women of our armed forces. EJ Your loyalty to duty. қы” ЖЫ, апа unselfish bravery ar y have triumphed to make the entire world a better place... Photos - Joe Mahoney/richard Ellis, DOD CIRCLE #117 ON READER SERVICE CARD. here's what the CRITICS are saying about TM Aeroblasters™ “опе of the best shooters... It’s all here - great detailed graphics, huge difficult bosses and great game ploy with aleornng curve that leans to ће hard side which is a welcome addition to a home game. The weapon power-ups are awesomel... Very challenging ond very impressive... —flectronic Gaming Monthly Alien Crush” 1989 Best Simulation Game —Video Games & Computer Entertainment *... Alien Crush features finely detailed creatures reminiscent of the film, Alien, lots of bonus situations and some of the finest music ever heard in a video game. ...it's downright eerie.” — Video Games & Computer Entertainment Battle Royale" "This wrestler has lots of different characters and plenty of rip-roaring action ‘mano to mano’ as well as great "free for alls’. Great music, statistics and even the managers fight for the rights to each fighter. It has it oll." —Hectronic Gaming Monthly "A rock em, sock ‘em free-for-all.-the graphics ше nicely detailed ond shorp-oking. add it to your collection. This is о great party gome.” —GamePro Blazing Lazers™ “The ultimate space shooter! Nine levels of pulsating aliens, advanced weaponry, and enormous Bosses! A total blast from start to finish!” —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly “One of the fastest-paced games for the TurboGrafx-16, Blazing Lazers will keep you going for hours." —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Bloody Wolf" 1990 Best Arcade Action Game Award —Game Player's Magazine. "Bloody Wolf is a cool Commando-style shooter that combines a frantic shoot-em-up pace with dd д... One of he best Turbo games e played, combining Contra with 16 graphics, but contains a much more expansive environment to explore. Tons of power-ups ‘nd challenging Bosses help make Bloody Wolf o delight to behold!” —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Bomberman" Operi vere asas Eo c txt oer ne eor e game, Bomberman is a lis" —GamePro Bonk's Adventure" 1990 TurboGrafx Game of the Year Award — Game Player's Magazine 1990 Most Exciting New Theme Award —flectronic Gaming Monthly Magazine 1990 Special Achievement Award —OMNI Magazine 1990 Best Action Video Game Award —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine "NEC scored a hit with this card, and rightfully so. Bonk's Adventure hos... technique os well as good looks...unique...on all new type of video game adventure!” --Несітопіс Gaming Monthly Magazine “Bonk’s Adventure has all the ingredients to become not only a successful game, but also. the fist instalment of suce series of unes. The main charader is cule the hed- butting is superb, and the creatures and situations are inventive. The fact that you con reverse direction and go backward in this game is another strong point. The graphics are sharp and, wel, charming.” --бате Player's Bravoman" "A unique approach to on action game. Super graphics." oe —Hectronic Gaming Monthly China Warrior™ “Not just another chop-'em-up game, this one shows the characters in amazing detail. Fight your way to the end, attacking enemies and other moving objects.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment “Kung-fu kick-‘em-up that uses extremely loge characters. The detail is extraordinary - you con even see your hero bleed from his mouth as he gets beat up!” —Hlectronic Gaming. Monthly Chew-Man-Fu™ ^. the whole look of this vast (550 screens!) game is decidedly off-the-wall, with screen after screen of bizarre, weird, and silly stuff rendered in colors of eye-popping brilliance. This game could be a real sleeper.” —Game Player's Cratermaze™ "Crotermaze is a game that will mie to the whole family, thanks to its good graphics, interesting animation and splendid sound effects.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Cyhercore “...Cybercore is a fost-action shoot-em-up that’s. EI to tax even veteran gun hands. Its combination of detailed graphics and interesting sound effects make it a game that you'll return to offen.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment "Patrol the ocean depths in your mechanized sub-fish, НЕТ types of marine life. Capturing power capsules lets you modify your weapons list. The music is well done and the graphics detailed and colorful. There aren't many underwater video games so this one is nearly in a class by itself.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Devil's Crush" 1990 Best Simulation Game Award —Video Game & Computer Entertainment Magazine 1990 Excellence Award --бате Player's Magazine “Devil's Crush is a perfect example of why video pinball has such exciting Potent ће movement of ће ball and the action of the flippers are so realistic that it plays just like any arcade pinball machine.. o defintely want 1o see Devis Crush for yu" —Game Player's "А combination of realistic pinball action ond bizarre insectoid roi made Alien Crush the last word in video pinball... and ар, that sequel's been hatched: Devil's Crush for the TG-16... Devil's Crush is a must-have for those who enjoyed Alien Crush. It's loaded with more clever animation, impressive graphics and fast rele ‘action than the original.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Double Dungeons™ b more cfs done very vl. A good ployer gome. Ач сенін also allows two people to explore independently.” —Hecironic Gaming Monthly Dragon Spirit™ Become a winged serpent ond destroy the evil that hos invaded your land! Hard-hitting action with power-ups, bosses, and more!!" Electronic Gaming Monthly VP outa you OCEE EY UE Coen dom enemies and bombing various hpes of monsters, wile you pkk up cis xo pover Your dragon can grow up o Мес heads and acquire al kinds of wenpons, even Shooting fomes —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Dragon's Curse" "Dragon's Curse is a good-looking, action-packed game that's perfect for hard-core TurboGrahx-16 swordsmen. Heavy-duty hockin’ and hewin’ is the order of the dy. Drogon's Curse won't drog on.” —GamePro Dungeon Explorer” "Dungeon Explorer is the perfect hybrid of action and adventure... outstanding graphics help compliment this card that guarantees a long quest and plenty of thrills!” gn k a fl roni: Gaming Mostly “up to five people can play, helping one another out by taking on the various enemies that cross each other's path. One, for instance, can play the part of a wizard Берта sae vote аны ECC EE dent Sree good, old-fashioned shooting!” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Fighting Street™ “Originally called Street Fighter in the arcades, this CD-ROM game features real voice and orchestrated music that's just like the quorter-muncher!" —flectronic Gaming Monthly "This CD-ROM game pits you against four large opponents. Duke it out using kicks, jabs ‘ond outright punches. The detailed, colorful graphics ore supplemented by real music and voices from the CD player.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Final Lap Twin™ “so whether. Тш ‘want straight up no frills racing, or оп unusual four-wheeled adventure let Final Lap Twin take you for a ride” —GamePro “Select your track and head out in your open-cockpit formula race cor. Steer, shift and brake your way across the finish line. The screen is divided into two halves that allow ployer against computer or two-player mode.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Final Zone" 11 “ші Zone Nis another reat CD game he Үлгі The gli are greot, the voices are excellent... The game play is fast and there is a lot of action... —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly “a CD-based shooter, gives you five characters, seven levels of action, оп elaborate story, my screens, ond high-fidelity sound effects that take full advantage of the CD's awesome audio capabilities." Game Player's Galaga” '90 “Originally...n the arcades, this superb space conflict loses nothing in the translation." ~-Electronic Gaming Monthly “Galaga '90 is an excellent shoot ‘em up." ~-Video Games & Computer Entertainment J.B. Harold: Murder Club" "Combining іі video, CD Urge ‘music plus true human voice... you have to go out and pound the pavement, search for clues, interrogate suspects and gather enough evidence to make an arrest.” —tlectronic Gaming Monthly J.J. & Jeff” “dhe overall game play and hidden goodies are what make this gome a winner..." —Video Games & Computer Entertainment “JJ & Jeff hos alot going for it..it's challenging without being ridiculously difficult. And it's definitely addictive. М — Game Player's King of Casino" ^. | have to admit that NEC's mg Casino is the most complete. gambling simulation I've seen...from checking into a fancy hotel to Tair cash in a casino, it’s all here.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Last Alert” features cinema-type intermissions and real voices. Last Alert is a very good CD game та cool animation. The potential for CD technology scores another one with this good shooter.” —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Legendary Axe" 1989 Video Game of the Year —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine “Legendary Axe hos a little of everything: loads of axe swinging action, layer upon layer of high-quality music and smooth, lor ‘animation, The combination of these elements brought this action adventure to the top of he video-game heap like rising cream.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Legendary Axe" 11 “Legendary Axe Ilis quick, action-packed, ond enjoyable.” Game Player's Military Madness" 1990 Best Military Strategy Game Award — Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine 1990 Best War Game Award —Game Player's Magazine "Military Madness is an excellent introductory war іше; It’s extremely playable and ШЕР tense, and it does its job better thon several computer war games currently. available, If you're looking for a different kind of gaming experience on your TurboGrafx = one i kes good arte o he ston opu --бате Player’s “Military Madness is a game that puts you in өлік ‘ond unpredictable strategic combat situations. Terrific stereo sound, realistic battle simulations, and awesome graphics are only a few of the reasons why Military Madness is an interesting addition to any TurboGrofx collection." —GamePro Monster Lair™ 1990 Best Shooter Game —OMNI Magazine "Monster Lair is a fast and colorful game that’s even more fun when played by two. pee And because the gne is on CD, the stereo soundtrack is superb. Monster Loir 105 enough charm to last through many playing." —Game Player's. Moto Roader™ “Up to five human players can race for the finish line in this high-speed Galas: The options are many with several different race tracks, six different futuristic vehicles and several different music scores.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Neutopia" “If the TurboGrafx-16 is your first game machine, don't miss Neutopia" —Video Games & Computer Entertainment *.. Neutopio will offer hours of excitement." Ninja Spirit" 1990 Best Game of the Year (TurboGrafx-16) Award —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Magazine. —Game Player's 1990 Excellence Award --бате Player's Magazine “he level of intensity is unmatched, with multiple weapons, options and shadows all coming into ploy. The Bosses nina ond ihe seen ond truly pre a fosament 1o what li is system con do... Ninja Spirit stands out. ond earns our Turbo Game of the Year award." —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly, 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide "Forget ‘Budokan’, this is true martial arts action. Awesome weapons and power-ups ond intense ninja action. Excellent graphics and authentic Japanese BGM. Great gameplay and cool bosses. Best Turbo cord yet.” —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly, 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide "Ninja Spirit is so good that it might even appeal to gamers who don't think they like ninja ames. lis fast and varied, ond ihe challenges get more difficult as the gome goes on. Іш Spirit is es that best martial arts game 10 appear so far on ie TurboGrafx-16 — and one of the best on any video game system.” —Game Player's Power Golf” "e est one (golf gome) is Power Golf for he TarboGra16 system. Power Golf hos ousting il rum samê lofted shots you can see the dimples on looking o some holes. Most of the game is played from on overhead perspective; when you're ready to hit, a small screen insert opens up showing your stance and the power bar. The game is quidc paced and fi eoi, One nice leotre haar you kit o shot, he overhed Mie Woks the fight fhe bL. Power Gl should keep you glued 1o your couch + sports Ilustrated Psychosis” Game (Honorable Mention) —Video Games & Computer Entertainment 1990 Best Sci. “From a purely visual standpoint this cort is worth its weight in gold. The graphics ore. gorgeous.” 2 — GamePro R-Type “The ані hos never looked better than on the Turbo! All eight levels of monstrous play. ‘grace this four-meg masterpiece!” —tlectronic Gaming Monthly “One of the best arcade-to-home translations we have ever seen comes in the form of R- Type.” —Video Gomes & Computer Entertainment Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective™ ^.. for the first time in video game history, thanks to the huge memory in а CD, we will be able to play a game that will contain real video footage! Throw in perfect speech with synchronized lip movement and it will be difficult to believe that this is a video game!” —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Space Harrier™ “stay tuned to NEC's channel for arcade quality Space Harrier action, and you can solve this cliff hanger for yourself." —GamePro Splatterhouse” op Game Award — Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine. 1990 Best С “Splaterhouse..is another fantastic example of how good Turbo gomes cn be. The game is challenging and graphicaly outstanding... 1 love it- --Несігопіс Gaming Monthly “Talk about tension and suspense, wow!. Splatterhouse hos plenty to go around. Excellent graphics ond challenging game play make this seven-level nightmare come true... Very entertaining..." --батеРго Super Star Soldier" "Massive amounts of firepower...tons of power-ups, huge bosses and great graphics." lectronic Gaming Monthly “features eight vertically scroll ng stogas of gorgeous graphics, non-stop interstellar space fighting, four different weapons, two defense systems, and numerous power-up possibilities.” — GamePro At times there is so much action on the screen you can get lost in...the rockets, bullets, attackers and shrapnel streaking across the screen. IF you're looking for a hot-action shooter. it will keep you sweating,” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Super Volleyball" p. gorgeous graphics... The best sports game I’ve played for the TG. ‘Nuff said.” —Digital Games Review Digest “Sports fans con ei solo play or two-person competition in Super Volleyball. The big- screen views, crisp detail, and startling depth of this game's graphics almost convinced us. that we were watching a live game on TV.” — Game Player's “NEC Super Volleyball brings the popular sport to the TurboGraf-16 wilh lols of options, o comfortable user interface and, ma of ol, lods of li cion on-screen. Al in ol Super Volleyboll is a good, challenging simulation. If you've a hankering to toke your place among the world's volleyball heroes, Super Volleyball may be rightin your league.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Takin’ it to the Hoop" 1990 Best Sports Game Award —Game Player's Magazine "а well-balanced and entertaining sports game...” —Game Player's “Hardcore 3n rats know there's no substitute for ап honest-to-goodness game of hoops. Takin’ It to the Hoop has all the thrills, none of the spills, and some top notch video round ball. Coll time out and give it a try.” —GamePro Tiger Road" “A multitude of vertical and horizontal scrolling adventures. dean graphics and sound...bonus rooms and secret warps...beef up both strategy and options." —Electronic Gaming Monthly Timeball” 1990 Best Strategy Game Award —Video Game & Computer Entertainment Magazine ^if you like puzzle games, Timeball has it all. 1/5 highly recommended." —GamePlayer’s TV Sports Football” 1990 Parents’ Choice Seal of Approval —Parents Choice Council 1990 Best Sports Video Game Award —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine 1990 Excellence Award —Game Player's Magazine “TY Sports Football has been built around а unique Turbo feature - 5 player simultaneous action! As such it's a lot of fun with everybody getting into the action. „think of it as a party football game...” —lectronic Gaming Monthly “ТҮ Sports Football is simply one of the finest football simulations available for any game system. It skillfully combines realistic sound effects, crisp graphics, and awesome action” ame Player's Veigues Tactical Gladiator" “Үгіше is a fighting vehicle like none you've seen before... con glide swiftly, pivot, leap and fly through air...t’s a category unto itself...there’s plenty of good old fashioned shoot- em up, but the key... how well you strategize.” i n Қы — GamePro “The game play makes Veigues a solid fun gome...that will keep you bouncing on your robotic toes.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Victory Run" "Probably one of the best driving games to fame akon dor any f E Victory m hos Tiel e couse hep you true 3-0 effects, including hills and curves, and enoug! occupied for some бле, The cor handles kr race cor shold and the power dis re better than any racing game to date... Very addicting!” —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly CIRCLE #101 ON READER SERVICE CARD. “This high-speed game is a version of the Paris-to-Dakar road race. You start out by stocking up on parts like brakes, Ы and engine, then zip through the countryside outside of Paris. Colorful screens will take you from mid-day to night and back to morning. Controls let you accelerate, brake ond shift gears while displays give you constant updates on your speed and engine RPM." —Video Games & Computer Entertainment World Class Baseball” "This game allows two players to compete against one another, or one against the computer. You get the best seats in the aie, behind the catcher, or an overhead view. Digitized voices odd to the realism, along with realistic scoreboard images ond player movement.” —Video Games & Computer Entertainment “World Class Baseball is very dose to perfect.” —Game Player's World Court Tennis™ “A visually stunning tennis game that plays well ond offers head-to-head competition!” —Hedronic Gaming Monthly “World Court Tennis combines the action of top notch Singles and Doubles tennis with the shimmy of on unusual tennis adventure. It's game, set, and match for NEC!” —GamePro Ys" - Book | & Il 1990 Best Role Playing Video Game Award ‘—Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Magazine. 1990 Best Background Music and Sound in a Video Game Award —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Magazine 1990 Best Role Playing Game Award —OMNI Magazine. 1990 Best Adventure Game Award —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine 1990 Best Sound Award —Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine 1990 Best Fantasy Role-Playing Game Award --бале Player's Magazine “This graphic adventure is one of the most detailed, involved games | have ever played... s have the best musical soundtrack | have ever heard! The dozens of scores ore call on the CD. ІН have їо. m Ys a 10 for the sound/music rating, then the next best gome | ever play with good music will probably get a 1. The intro to the game itself is so good, | find myself watching it over and over again. This is...the best reason to buy the TurboGrafx-CO player if you don't have one. No one can ever claim that CD-ROM games are just a gimmick ever again !” —Lee Pappas, Video Game and Computer Entertainment “Over 42 minutes of true stereophonic, high fidelity background music. two full length quests containing 1700 differen! screens...in addition to over 20 minutes of cinema type intermissions." —Rlectronic Gaming Monthly Hie o id ‘adventurer who's been waiting for a reason to invest in a. TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM unit, here it is...Ys hos got it all - great graphics, engaging RPG gome play and a brain draining quest.” — GamePro TurboExpress" 1990 Best New System of the Year Award —Hlectronic Gaming Monthly Magazine 1990 Best Game System of the Year —Ghicago Tribune 1990 Best Top 100 Products of the Year Award —Popular Science Magazine ^. NECS TurboExpres, which s much more sophisticated than anything else on the market ond features more entertaining games than any other potable." —los Angeles Times * a hand-held game machine that boasts high-quality color graphics ond super sound. Even better, it uses the same cartridges as the NEC TurboGrafx-16. An optional attachment turns the unit into о TV that fits in the palm of your hand. Unfortunately, the system has proved to be so popular that you might have to be patient to get your hands on one; stores sell out their stocks quickly.” —Chicago Tribune “This powerful pocket system is ће most remarkable hand-held to yet appear, with several ‘amazing features that elevate it above the rest of the pack. First and foremost is the quality of the screen display....The second, and more important, feature is the Express’ ability to play all existing TurboGrafx-16 game software. This instantly gives the Express the largest Wry on the portable scene. The price is steep, but for the upscale gamer who wants the best, the Turbobxpress is the ticket to take. BEST NEW SYSTEM OF THE YEAR.” Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide TurhoGrafx"-16 System Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin McCalister, who has to defend his house against a pair of bumbling burglars inthe movie Home Alone. “..Macaulay says his primary goal in life is to get his own TurboGrafx-16 video game system. —New York Times News Wire Service * The Turbobralx-16 has the most impressive graphics, color and sound of all he new systems.” à —San Francisco Examiner ELECTRONIC GAMING EXPRESS... SUPER NINTENDO TO MAKE IT'S U.S. DEBUT AT THE SUMMER CES! Nintendo of Amer- ica Ltd. has an- nounced that it will formally introduce its long awaited Super Nintendo Entertainment Sys- tem (S-NES) on June 1, 1991 at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show. Though the U.S. specifications have not been announ- ced at press time, EGM has learned some of the details from its sources inside Nintendo. The S-NES will remain virtually iden- tical to it's Japanese cousin the Super Famicom. The brains of the S-NES will still be the custom 65C816 16 bit chip. Likewise with all The great audio capabilities of the Super Fami have been retained in the S-NES! of the other main components espe- cially the phenomenal Sony sound board. The compatibility was main- tained so that all of the software which has already been created for the SF in Japan would not have to undergo major programming for the S-NES. This does not mean though, that the Japanese software will directly plug into the S-NES. Expect Nintendo to take the same precau- 34 Electronic Gaming Monthly The Super Nintendo will be іп the stores this Fall! tionary measures as it did when it brought over the NES. It is highly likely that Nintendo will change the pin spacing on the S-NES carts. In addition you can bet that Nintendo is going to put in a whole new 'security chip' that will be 'uncrack- The S-NES controller will retain the 6 fire buttons. able’. In a similar fashion Nintendo will also retain the same 6 button con- troller. Cosmetic changes will be ran lun m s SS The 'brains' of the S-NES is Ninten- do's custom 65C816 chip! made to the controller shell but the SF hori- zontally oriented controller plugs have been re- tained. This being the case the Japanese add-on sticks, like the spectac- ular Halken JB King, should be directly compati- ble. At worst, a simple wire swit- ching will be necessary. The first pieces of soft- ware from Nintendo will include Super Mario World (Mario 4), Pilotwings, F-Zero and a new Golf $50 to $60 will buy you a small circuit board and a couple of chips. | game. While Sim City is out in Japan, Nintendo will probably hold off on releasing the S-NES version and concentrate on the NES cart. Zelda 3 is done and coming soon. The long rumored Zelda 3 is com- ing to the S-NES! ORION PICTURES CORPORATION Robocop ТМ and © Orion -Pictures Corp., All rights reserved. ` Nintendo®, Gameboy and the official seals are " i 2 trademarks of Nintendo of America, Inc. 1855 O'Toòle Ave., Suite D-102 San Jose, CA 95131... рең E МЕС LOWERS TURBOGRAFX SYSTEM AND CD-ROM PRICES!... THIRD PARTY SUPER FAMICOM PERIPHERALS HIT MARKET... In a bold move in the hot 16 bit wars, NEC Technologies announced that effective May 20, 1991, the price of the base TurboGrafx 16 package will be reduced from $149 to $99.99. This base system includes the game system console, one TurboPad controller and the Keith Courage game cartridge. E E ain im Look for this sticker on specially marked packages. Also, at the same time, NEC announced that а second tier system package. containing the most popular TurboGrafx accessories will be intro- duced. Dubbed the Bonk SuperSet, this new package will be priced at $149.99. By purchasing the SuperSet the player can save $90 over the price of all of the components, if purchased individually. Included in this Bonk SuperSet will be the base game system console, two TurboPad controllers, the 5 con- troller TurboTap, and the mega-hit Bonk cartridge. The packaging of the SuperSet will be redesigned and it will prominently display Bonk on the box. The Bonk SuperSet includes the most popular Turbo accessories! Electronic Gaming Monthly scheduled for release this fall. NEC also announced that effective May 20th, the price of its revolutionary CD-ROM player will be reduced from NEC's CD-ROM drive reduced to $299! 5399 to $299.99. Later this fall NEC will include a CD+G music sampler disk with the CD-ROM unit. CD+G, standing for Compact Disc plus Graphics, is the new CD format which allows the end user to not only listen to popular music but also, when hooked up to a TV, gives visual images, like still frames of the rock stars, on the CD+G discs provide graphics, lyrics and text in addition to CD music. Screen. Not limited to just that, lyrics, in multiple languages, and chords can also be displayed, allowing listeners to sing or play along with the music. Since standard music discs normally use only 95 percent of the storage space on the disc, inclusion of this graphic information does not cut back or affect the sound quality or amount of music. Warner New Media is one company who makes CD+G discs. Halkin Industries Ltd. of Japan, has just announced that it will be bringing out a new line of Super Famicom con- trollers. Two models are scheduled for release in July. The first one, called the JB King, will retail for about $66. It is large, and similar in bulk to the Advantage. It mea- sures 10 3/4" long 8 1/4" wide and 4 1/2" high. Of particular importance is the fact that each of the six fire buttons has its own turbo fire control. Also, each button has a rotary dial to independently adjust the firing rate. In addition, the four main fire buttons have been placed on а disc which can then be rotated to offer alternative positions depending on the game, and user preference. Slow motion is also built in! One of the first SF replacement controllers - the JB King! The second model is called the JB Turbo. It is basically designed for play- ers who want to continue to use the standard controller, but would like to add autofire capability. On the Turbo there is a master dial which adjusts the auto fire rate to all of the buttons. This peripheral will sell for about $20. HAL America when contacted, stated that they have not yet decided whether they will market these peripherals in America for the Super NES. The JB Turbo adds auto fire to thi standard SF controller! * 1 or 2 players * Superior graphics * Password for continued action Instant close-ups * Over 20 different cinema displays * 24 Different teams * Choose from 18 different pitches * Single player action * Fantastic graphics & music * 6 special Weapons e 5 “Power up" items * 10 Cinema displays * 20 Different stages * Continue option * 1 or 2 players * Superior graphics e Animated announcer e Outside-the-ring action * 34 different killer moves * Power meters * Training mode for 1 player TUS Gal LICENSED BY. m Bavel to NinJa Galden, OR SACOM THE. _thevarcade and Nintendo: o bestseller!) * Superior graphics * 5 Levels of difficulty * 10 fiooms in each level * Password for continual action * 13 Magic power-ups e 1 or 2 players e 5 rounds in each level * Random road obstacles * 3 levels of game play * Special 2 player rounds e 6 “Power-up” driving weapons Eie. CIRCLE #123 ON READER SERVICE CARD. INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK NEWS, Previews and Info From Around the Electronic Gaming World Dozens of New SF and Mega Drive Softs Coming this Summer! | - Extremely detailed graphics CSK/Mega Drive place this cart in a class by. GALAXY FORCE 2 While CSK is a new Sega licensee, the game carries a familiar title. With graphics that look more like an arcade game, the 8 megabit GF2 could quickly become the ultimate shooter! Look for Sega to grab the U.S. rights to this hot е It's an outer space shooter - title! i < unlike any other Sega cart! Taito/Mega Drive THUNDER FOX Based on an older Taito arcade game, Thunder Fox plays like the current Mega Drive game - Midnight Resistance. Very smooth scrolling action with multi layered backgrounds give this soft a good look. With a constant flow of enemy soldiers to fight, TF will give those who like shooting games a constant flow of nonstop action. Grab the different weapons along the way for even more explosive firepower as you set out to destroy the enemy's base. е ТЕТІН CM ONG EON 1525 38 Electronic Gaming Monthly Light Boyas\Bound 10 аел i Hudson/Pc Engine _— : Taito/GameBoy VALIS 4 ELEVATOR ACTION Hudson has quietly been working on the fourth NES veterans will remember this title as in the Valis series. Without a lot of fanfare they one of the first generation of games. Taito has released a couple of teaser screens of this new shrunk the soft down o0 Ip quest. New moves, weapons and larger enemy to GameBoy size soldiers are the obvious improvements. Now, with and will be bringing more detailed graphics it out later this year. and multi level back- түте Your mission is io grounds, this edition E find the secret should keep the interest 2 papers hidden in building for this popular : one of the rooms series. Coming to the : and then make it stores later this sum- е z down to the ground mer! A floor where your get- away car awaits you. The other spies are after the same papers and they will do anything to stop you. Shoot them before they plug you. Check all the doors, and hitch a ride in the elevators but watch out for the enemy gunfire. Tonkin House/Famicom Shoot out the Y'S 5 lights to darken The third quest in the Y's series of games has ا‎ now gone to all formats. While the graphics have been cut back from the other versions, the excellent game play has поі been compromised. The cinema displays remain intact but the voices have been Теспо Soft/Mega replaced with text. Still ifs a challenging quest for Drive those not owning the other game systems. DEVIL'S CRUSH The spectacular PC Engine/TurboGrafx pinball game is now coming for both the Mega Drive and the Super Famicom. Expect c see more action’ and animations with additional de- mons patrolling the playfield. More bonus rounds and f extra bumpers will be new features. 40 Electronic Gaming Monthly Trash all those other basketball cartridges! ULTIMATE BASKETBALL" captures all the thrills and intensity of a real full-court basketball game. You are in command; leading the court, making the plays, and scoring the points. Want close ups? Go for the slam or a 3-pointer and let the full-screen animation blow you away! When your men start to drag, you can substitute some fresh blood. It's all jam packed into one NES cartridge, pro-basketball Be a part of the action-not See your shots-up close at your fingertips! just a spectator and personal You control full court movement **NICK.R ROGERS.T FREDDIE .M GEIRY.B -JIMMY.L *MIKY.F *LOUIS.K *HANSEN.S ROY.G quy.F WALTER .D THOMAS .3 against the computer 4. American Sammy Corporation ULTIMATE BASKETBALL™ is a trademark of EDP 2421 205th St, Suite 0-104, Torrance, CASOS! Niende Enierarment Syme sre rogato & ® PHONE: (213) 320-7167 * GAME TIPS: (213) 320-7362 trademarks of Nintendo of America, Inc. CIRCLE #118 ON READER SERVICE CARD. 42 FINAL SOLDIER Hudson Soft ОҒ Japan / P.C. Engine Final Soldier is the third game in the Star Soldier trilogy. It features more of the same great graphics and sounds as in the previous two carts. This time around the alien onslaught in nearly unstoppable. Luckily there is a screen where you may modify your weapon power-ups to your liking. This fire power can be increased to incredible proportions which helps to even the impossible odds. You have the choice of rapid fire missles, a flamethrower type weapon, a bubble laser and a ring laser. Each weapon is useful in different situations and finding out where is vital to your survival. АІ of the levels contain great background graphics and the enemies are colorful and detailed especially the bosses. А great ending for an excellent series. You can modify your weapons, and customize the power-ups you'll get in the game. There are 12 main weapons to choose from for 4 different power ups. VERTICAL ES LEVEL THREE Electronic Gaming Monthly The land of Rolan has been cursed by the evil Emperor Barus, and now, hundred Of dark | creatures roam free in wo Ж; $ the countryside. p WoS Enter the land of Rolan with a friend, solve the mysteries of the countryside mazes, and 2 destroy the origin of the dreaded curse! > for ғ Í Гг" ГӘ” J “4 ),! E Е B6 J Youll discover an arsenal Battie so and play with a friend! of weapons to use! beasts this side of tantasy-land! me of the strangest American Sammy Corporation 2421 205th St., Suite D-104, Torrance, CA 90501 6 Phone: (213) 320-7167» Game Tips: (213) 320-7362 CIRCLE #118 ON READER SERVICE CARD. 44 Deco/Super Famicom JOE AND MAC Many of the Super Famicom games are just rehashes of older Famicom games. Not so for Joe and Mac (Caveman Ninjas in the U.S.). This unique soft starts with a clean slate and ends up with a comical adventure involving cavemen as the main characters. It's а great 2 player game with humorous animations and really huge dinasaurs as enemies. Very colorful and easily one of the best SF games in quite a while. Toei/Super Famicom RAIDEN DENSETSU First brought out for the Mega Drive/Genesis, this great vertical scrolling arcade shooter is now coming to the Super Famicom. Offering a variety of different weapons and power enhancements, Raiden becomes yet another shooting game ~ q for this new game > system. While this is a good version of the game, it doesn't break апу new ground. Electronic Gaming Monthly Buy Direct ... ... Save Big !!! 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A new force has risen and Hart finds himself plunged into a conspiracy of terror!! i 1 SAMMY ™, VICE: THE PROJECT DOOM™ 22; Атегісап батту Corporation are trademarks of American Sammy Corporation. Ру — 2421 205th St., Suite D-104, Torrance, CA 90501 Nintendo and Nintendo Entertainment Systems are € 9 PHONE: (213) 320-7167 > GAME TIPS: (213) 320-7362 registered trademards of Nintendo of America, Inc. CIRCLE #118 ON READER SERVICE CARD. Catia, ТЕТТІ eee St ROD? А7 ۳ TT DUT DEUS E PERRETE Cleo eC Ea BR or Iro RC BENE Wt FFs ate Cu As TSON! EVER EP de ار‎ A wm] в ла itta уа к *j УФА Jf E ê ae DORUM VAMPIRE HUNTING 16-BIT STYLE A whole new adventure awaits you as the evil Count Dracula terrorizes the Belmont family once again. Castlevania 4 is the latest cart for the Super Famicom from the wizards at Konami. Dracula is up to his old tricks and this time you must go through haunted forests, eerie caverns, and creepy cemeteries before meeting up with the old bloodsucker himself. The graphics are truly amazing, the variety of colors and detailed shading make these some of the best graphics on the Super Famicom yet! The music has been revamped and the sound effects are extremely realistic. The end bosses are awesome and the game play is challenging just like the previous Castlevania games. This a hot one and will probably be one of the best Super Famicom titles of the year in Japan and the U.S. as well. PRN IES PRL Р Oo TL ИЗ 4 AE uo. GAS > RAOUL unat dente 46 Electronic Gaming Monthly To BE The Man, You Gotta Beat “THE | 4 This is no plastic trophy contest! You'll be up against the toughest, meanest, quickest fighters ever to chew on nails! Get street smart; slice-n-dice with the hands of the martial artist, or bash heads as a pro wrestler! Got a friend who thinks he's tough enough? He can fight too! Just remember, play stupid, and yov'll have a hard time finding all your teeth with one eye! Licensed by SEGA Enterprises Ltd. for play on the SEGA GENESIS System. "SEGA" and "GENESIS" are trademarks of SEGA Enterprises Ltd. "Street Smart" is a trademark of TRECO Corp. Ltd. 2421 205th Street, Suite D-204, Torrance, CA 90501 Phone: (213) 782-6960 * Fax (213) 320-2597 CIRCLE #195 ON READER SERVICE CARD. GHOSTS ADVENTURE! Arthur's back and he's ready to do battle with a whole new crew of ghosts and goblins in an all new adventure for the Super Famicom. The story is pretty much the same: defeat the minions of evil and rescue your main babe from the head bad guy, whoever he is. The graphics in this game totally blow the Genesis version of it's predecessor to pieces. The audio is also some of the best ever conceived on the Super Fami. The best thing about this game is the incredible game play. Challenging in every way but a game that can be mastered. The phenomenal graphics, sterling sound and "МЫН " ——— 5 gorgeous дате play will keep you coming back again and again. Definitely The best Ghouls and Ghosts a candidate for Game of the Year! Just like in the original Ghouls and Ghosts the amount of detail in the background and foreground is phenomenal. This time the graphics are even more amazing though! cad E^ >. к — ALI the characters are fluidly animated and are extremely detailed. If you thought the end bosses were cool in the previous Ghouls and Ghosts, wait till you see the ones in this version. Arthur must traverse over all new areas and get through a new variety of challenges. The rounds vary from forests and graveyards to haunted pirate ships and huge castles filled with frightening foes. 48 Electronic Gaming Monthly DIDE, IF YOURE READY Ере А GAME Tar TZADALLY KICKS BUT, GET BATIFTOAPS. WITH I2 LEAPIN' LEVELS OF FIERCE FIGHTING AND FADICAL TACING, FOR ONE OR TWO ` PLAYERS. С) ЖЕМЕЙДІ CIRCLE #185 ON READER SERVICE CARD. THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES ІН 16-BIT. Master Higgins is back and is ready to brave an all ní Hudson is portin cessful Adventure the Super Famic feature the sam the NES version: cal game p enhancements v and visual depa ics are extreme animations are us. The ene- mies each attack and die in a differ- ent way. The familiar power-ups like hammers and skateboards are there as well as a few new surprises. The backgrounds are drawn in pristine detail and feature parallax scrolling. The music is filled with sampled instruments and the drums really rock. This one's still a long way off but it looks like it'll be worth the wait for Adventure Island fans. almost identi- The obvious be in the audio | 3. The graph- ful and the FUTURISTIC BASKETBALL ACTION! Get ready for the most intense basketball games ever! This is no ordinary B-ball game though, this is a _ true test of combat t4 skills and survival of | the toughest. Incred- | ible graphics and furi- ous game play will | challenge the reflex- Combat Basketball features great dig- itzed graphics and sounds with real human voices. сас аа 50 Electronic Gaming Monthly ADVENTURE ISLAND 2 As you can see it is very similar to the NES versions, but with enhanced graphics and sound Adventure Island never looked or played so good! BUILD YOUR OWN CITY! Nintendo is bringing out a 16-Bit version of the popular computer and NES cart. This version takes advantage of the Super Famicom's enhanced graphics and sound. They also threw in a variety of new J Gigi oi found in any other version that j | really make this game | addicting and fun to | play. Different, but its | originality is what will | win you over. Extremely involving and addicting game play makes SimCity a winner for the Super Famicom. Looking for great game clues, tips and secrets? Be a charter member of the Asmik Klue Кі. 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Play against the computer and it will 'think' smarter and pose more of a challenge than in previous versions. But the player control hasn't been sacrificed as after only minimal practice, you'll xu Е be picking ой the computer base runners and Note the great over the shoul- develop the technique of stealing bases. der view of home plate. STRIKE Famous people from our past have been kidnapped and placed in different time periods. Play as Bill or Ted and travel back in time to find the mis- placed people. But they like it E where they are and many will be hard to locate. Deal with the local customs and people of each time period as best as you can but remember who you are! Most excellent dude! It's 1999 and strange рһе- nomena have been occur- ring around the globe. : ЕЕЕ Earthquakes and volcanic а меб eruptions are causing havoc. The ecological bal- ance of the planet is in jeop- ardy! 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He's a hero best known for his a trench- coat, fedora and shades. Known as Nightshade, you must defend Metro City from an Egyptian villain. Gather informa- tion about this mystery enemy and track him down before he takes over the NOTE: These shots are preliminary and subject to change. Contra action contin- ues in the newest edi- tion of the series. Save the head of the CIA who has been kid- napped by terrorists. Choose the correct per- Son and weapon for the level and head out to eliminate the terrorists. ка» i woo Ete М » gg = I më % т х * 82 NOTE: These shots are preliminary and subject to change. Electronic Gaming Monthly | Tail Slamming Action 0 ` From Natsume! A The peaceful kingdom of Moberry is under attack! A powerful dragon has teleported his castle and armies into an animal realm that never knew war- fare. The creatures went to their great- est hero to save them—Charly the mountain alligator. Charly bursts into his action as he whips the evil invaders with his mighty tail. Help Charly strike a blow for free- dom in this tail spinning adventure for the Game Boy! ois * Gather power-ups for long range attacks. * Password feature returns you to all the excitement! Prince Pendrich must rid his palace of the enchanted army of an evil wizard in this action- maze classic! "Amazing Penguin is a great, enjoyable one player challenge." - Game Pro Magazine, Nov. '90. Official Seal of Quality The Future's A BLAST! A select group of warriors have been created to battle a new menace to humanity. Known as S.C.A.T., the Special Cybernetic Attack Team has one goal-the utter destruction of Vile Malmort and his alien invaders. The intensity is red hot in this new action/adventure thriller! * Capture and adapt multiple weapons systems. % 1 or 2 player cooperative play. Join two ninjas on their mission to overthrow the wicked Emperor Garuda. They must use the arts and weapons of ninjitsu to infiltrate and destroy Garuda's forces. 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СЭ Toei Animation Co., © 1990, COPIA SYSTEM © 1990, NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC © 1990, ELECTRO BRAIN CORP: DEAD “ HEAT SCRAMBLE, ELECTRO BRAIN CORP. AND THE ELECTRO BRAIN LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF ELECTRO BRAIN CORP NINTENDO. GAME BOY AND THE NINTENDO OFFICIAL SEAL ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC NISSAN TRADEMARK AND. VEHICLE DESIGN USED BY PERMISSION OF NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION IN USA. NISSAN DOES NOT CONDONE UNSAFE DRIVING CIRCLE #156 ON READER SERVICE CARD. n 7 2 “ hc de A 5 LICENSED BY Official ^ (Nintendo) Seal of Quality SILVER SURFER TWIN COBRA (Arcadia / NES) (Sega / Genesis) Unlimited | Continues апа Bonus Continues - To get up to Invincibility - Go to the password 14 extra continues in this screen by pressing UP on both incredibly challenging shooter, controllers. To become invincible simply go to the green title use the code KJTTJK. For screen by pressing START. All unlimited continues use the code you have to do is hit BUTTON A SJM333. till you have 14 credits! 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The first brings you 9 Turtles and Stage Select - To get 9 to the water filled chaos of level 3, | | turtles and start ilc any ue wan E simply go to the title screen and press B, and the second one take s you to the sun scorched sands of level 4. E. A. Clare A, B, A, UP, DOWN, B, A, LEFT, RIGHT, B, Challenge your mind LA, CA A, and START. Now you'll have 10 extra : turtles and a choice of your starting level. Now you can have the best of both worlds! = — ی‎ — Check out the water Back to dry land in th ш ЕЕЗ. SEEE CE creatures in level 3. desert on level 4. TWIN COBRA (беда / Genesis) Watch the Ending Without Playing the Game - If you've already beat this magnificent game and you would like to see the ending again or if you just can't get past all the levels and you want to watch the ending then do this trick. Go to the green title screen and press UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT, A, B, C, and then START. The screen will flash white and then you'll get to watch the ending! 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Void where prohibited by law. 72 Electronic Gaming Monthly Fulfill your mission | in helping the tank A each its goal. It’s . LICENSED 8% O Toei Animation "Co. Official “5 ә 1991, ELECTR Зай Pons, ALL RIÉHTS "3 Үш - RESERVED. © 199 IDEPANIMÁTION СО ETO Nintendo) | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED СРЕАТБО AX, COPA SYSTEM. GO! GO! TANK THE OBR E 1060 ANO ELECTRON валін CORP FARE TRADEMARKS OF ELECTRO BRAIN CORP: GOLBD! д. TANK IS A TRADEMARK QE TOE ANIMATION EG of © “LTD. NINTENDO, GAMEBOY, GAMELINKANDOFHES. ор, NINTENDO OFFICIAL SEAL ABE TRADE КӘР NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC. Seal of Quality / BEHIND THE SCREENS AT HUDSON SOFT "CONVERTING GAMES FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET Where do video games come from? It seems that a huge number of suc- cessful titles for the Nintendo, Genesis and TurboGrafx systems have all been developed in Japan. This isn’t surprising, considering that Japan is the birth place for these home electronic enter- tainment systems. Most Americans can even rec- ognize which companies are Japanese just by their names. Bandai, Fujisankei, Taito, and others are big name game compa- nies easily detected as Japanese, represented by their American branches. Yet one stands out as a major game developer that sounds American, but is actually a huge, mega-corporation in Japan. That company is known as Hudson Soft. Hudson began in 1973 as a small Japanese company selling art pho- tographs. They later expanded their product line into marketing amateur 74 Electronic Gaming Monthly ham radio equipment. As home com- puters began to gain momentum in home consumer popularity, the com- pany decided to develop games for the personal computer for the Japanese market. As they became more and more popular with the titles they published, the company further grew into an industry leader. When Nintendo made available their 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, Hudson Soft was the very first game developer to be licensed for that sys- tem. Nintendo had produced some inter- esting titles for their new game machine, but nothing was really ground breaking; that was until Hudson Soft released a game called ‘Lode Runner’. This platform- style game took the Japanese gamers by storm. The game immedi- ately cata- pulted Hudson Soft into electronic gaming fame and made their name highly respected and sought after. Each successive release held new surprises and adventurous action in store for the Japanese market. When Nintendo released their 8-bit game system in the U.S., the system already had a number of titles from both Nintendo and Hudson Soft to choose from. As interest in Hudson Soft games grew, so did the compa- BLOBERT IS BACK: DAVID CRANE’S THE jelly bean— 6: 22 rooms, clever traps eit Blob, for - 5 7 dangerous obs! Ў % But all is not lost 6 secret: With each Па і of jelly bean the bo on Blob's home planet, as Blob, Blob will mai a attempt to eee lovely— into a different shaj and imprisoned—Princess intrepid pair get past Blobette" from the clutches of ЕЕ Жей ДЕ ға. the treacherous A ntagonistic Alchemist. е A Boy and His B Join our heroes as winner of a 19 - = they encounter secret Parents’ Choice Licensed by The sensational sequel Published by Absolute Entertainment, Inc., 251 Rock Road, Р.О. Box 116, Glen Rock, NJ 07452. Distributed by Electro Brain Corp. The Rescue of Princess and His Blob are trademarks of Absolute Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Absolute Entertainment" is a registered trademark of Absolute Entertainment 10 Nintendo, Game Boy and the Official Seals are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. © 1989 Nintendo of America Inc. © 1991 Absolute Entertainment, Ir CIRCLE #151 ON READER SERVICE CARD. [Y Lode Runner for the Nintendo 8-bit- was the game that brought fame to Hudson Soft Developing the PC Engine with NEC... As Hudson Soft's notoriety grew, so did their game designing ability. NEC knew that the game masters at Hudson Soft had incredible talent and decided to tap that talent in the for- mation of a new game system to compete against the phenomenal success of the Nintendo 8-bit system. In 1988, the PC Engine was intro- duced. NEC called on Hudson Soft to do most of the designing, since Hudson Soft was already familiar with what gamers wanted in their games. Hudson also had another division which specialized in the technology of IC memory cards. Known as the ‘HuCard’, Hudson re-designed this memory IC for special use with the new PC Engine. Seems that Hudson and NEC did their homework well, because when the PC Engine was introduced to the Japanese market in 1988, it was an instant success. Many people. were taken back by the fantastic graphics and sound the unit offered in contrast to the Nintendo which most gamers already felt was an incredible system in its own right. When the system was re-designed for the U.S. market and released in 1989, American gamers took note of its impressive color palette and sound capabilities along with the only CD- ROM attachment at the time. Since its release, the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 has sold over 2.2 mil- lion hardware units world wide! 76 Electronic Gaming Monthly Japanese versus American Tastes, the Similarities... Most Japanese game companies, Hudson Soft included, agree that gamers enjoy a well designed game, whether they be American, Japanese, or any nationality for that matter. If the game is filled with fresh ideas while still being able to relate to a popular idea, gamers will enjoy it no matter who develops it. Marry those ideas with great sound and graphics and decent market exposure and the game is sure to be a hit. Japanese players enjoy shooters as much as American gamers do, and crave exciting, vibrant graphics the same as Americans. Sound is also important, as is technological advances. In fact, Japanese players tire quickly of old technology. Because they live in a society surrounded by booms in tech- nological leaps, they’re used to the latest and greatest developments happening every day. Amercians rarely get the kind of exposure due to the language barrier and also dis- tance. Japanese companies are per- fectionists when it comes to introduc- ing their products outside their home territories and insist on assimilating the ideas they create as comfortably as possible with their neighbors. That's one of the reasons why it takes longer than one might think for the American branches to bring forth games created in Japan. Another reason is due to the cultural differ- ences between the Japanese and their international friends. Hudson Soft developed the Bonk series for partner NEC of Japan. Before we see NEC's Bonk 2 in the U.S., some cosmetic changes are sure to be made. Japanese versus American Tastes, the Differences... Like Japanese company names, Americans have an easy time detect- ing a Japanese game. The artwork is very often an immediate give-away. Most Americans are already comfort- able with the Japanese cartoonish depictions of game characters - most having the large eyes and angular features like so many of the cartoon characters created in Japanese comics. Also, much of the artwork is left with an Oriental flavor by having Japanese text, known as Konji, as background art. People who can read Japanese see these images as words as opposed to most Americans who see them only as decorative, yet very distinctively Japanese, artwork. There are some major differences, however, in the acceptance of game art and animations that Americans would find distasteful or irrelevant. For instance, as Hudson Soft of Japan prepares NEC's Bonk 2 for the American market, many of the images will most certainly be changed for the U.S. gamer. Gone will be Bonk. blowing kisses to the beasts, as will cosmetic changes in Bonk’s appearance to make him more American looking. Obviously, the text will need to be translated as well. Another difference that Hudson Soft has assessed between American and Japanese players is that American gamers prefer shooters to strategy What's your story? Take the Genesis Aptitude Test (G.A.T.) and find out. Write the answers to questions 8 through 14* on your completed entry form, and send it in. Score high and you could win 3 Genesis titles from Electronic Arts just for being smart. “If you didn't take the first G.A.T. (questions 1-7)— no problem. It's never too late to become a Genius! “GAT. QUESTION #9 mmm BLOCKOUT " кән IS ABLAST-ACTION PUZZLE GAME WITH A UNIQUE 3-D PERSPECTIVE AND: A. Nearly 750 combinations of blocks and pit layers. 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Cais ші the ВА Ja Moen Footbal. Read ісі Ti immer, ші (шөкім: Denier of г айел: Болак Arts. PEA TOUR is a прас tademrk. Н. ELECTRONIC ARTS® CIRCLE #111 ON READER SERVICE CARD. games than the basic shooter. This may also have something to do with our varying cultures. It is the job of Hudson Soft of America to relate all these requested changes to Japan so Hudson Soft Japan can prepare the game as per- fectly as pos- sible for the tastes of the American consumer to insure an enjoyable game playing experience. Hudson Soft of America does this by sup- plying test groups with potential game conversions and gathering market research information based on how well the game is received and how difficult it would be to translate for Stateside tastes. Once all these factors are consid- ered, the game conversion is decided on and the designers in Japan make the recommended changes. On the average, the conversion process take approxi- mately 3 months. This time frame fluctuates depending upon the amount of text to be translated. Another interesting barrier Hudson Soft of America must contend with is the fact that some Japanese words and phrases don't have an English equivalent. If a game contains а number of these odd peculiarities, the game may need a completely new Scenario. Often times, a game is given a new scenario regardless of the language barrier only to increase its acceptance with the American market. As you might relate to the pictures and brief game explanations you've seen in EGM's International Outlook section, by the time the game is translated for the U.S. market, game screens and scenarios may vary quite a bit. Unless the game is a simple shooter, its most likely to have different game screens and themes than its Japanese original. As for Hudson Soft of America, they realize they're in a noticeable posi- 80 Electronic Gaming Mo tion. Serious gamers know that their company develops games for the PC Engine, yet the American branch only considers supporting Nintendo game development. Hudson Soft of Japan realizes that to have their American counterparts compete in the same competi- tive market might confuse American gamers as well as cause some hard feelings with NEC, who are hard at work pushing their TurboGrafx system. Because of this, Hudson Soft of America only support Nintendo 8-bit and Super NES games at this time. Hudson of America assures EGM that their top selling titles on the Nintendo 8-bit system has unquestionably been their Adventure Island series. Other highly successful Hudson Soft NES games пас ца е Bomberman, Starship Hec tor and Xexyz. For the NEC Turbo Grafx-16, Hudson Soft of Japan has developed such memorable games as Keith Courage, Victory Run, Legendary Axe, Dungeon Explorer, Alien Crush, Blazing Lazers, Military Madness, Crater Maze, and of course, the incredible arcade conversion of R- Type. With Nintendo's introduction of the next generation video game system, the Super NES, Hudson Soft are preparing their wares for it. Two titles which promise to take clear advan- tage of the fantastic hardware capa- bilities of the Super NES are Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball and Super Adventure Island. Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball was co-designed with the help of the Detroit Piston basketball star. Bill Laimbeer is known for his overly aggressive Basketball style and Hudson Soft wanted to capture the game the way Bill dreams that Basketball could be played. Some unique surprises and creative gameplay which are trademarks of Hudson Soft games are promised in this upcoming sport title. As for Super Adventure Island, the only similarities between the old 8-bit NES games and this new Super NES title will be the characters. Everything else is promised to be completely new. If you’ve seen Super Mario 3 on the NES versus the Super Mario Brothers game on the Super NES, you'll have some idea of what to expect from the improved sound and graphic capaci- ties Hudson Soft's Super Adventure Island game will offer! There's a lot of speculation as to what Hudson Soft plans to do next. In the near future, Hudson Soft of America intends to fully support the Super NES as strongly as they support- ed the 8-bit system. 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Wintergarden, FL 34797 Elk Grove, IL 60007 Niles, IL 60648 - (708) 593-6130 (708) 647-4040 with four scenarios! land battle, and fortres perfectly to start thee and to meet some of 6021905 San you duplicate the invincible strategy of . ата) 7 p i í 4 d A = THIS GAME IS ИСЕМЕ ВЕСТ 2 RIE = : ee Soldier: Caesar, you made it FOR РУКОМЕТНЕ БЕС 9 ЎЎ through unharaed/' E Ww 7 EE s di ‘COMING 5 Where do video games come from? Моге importantly, where do creative ideas for video games come from? Some of them come from the movies. And one of the biggest video game companies has taken this idea of using movies as a basis for their games and have released a number of popular NES game titles based on blockbuster motion pic- tures. Beetlejui ce, Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure, Back to the Future and Total Recall are just some of the games that Acclaim/LJN h converted into Nintendo games írom those movie counterparts. Acclaim/L JN are now busy at work with another movie to game conver- sion with possibly one of the most expensive, action packed pictures to coms from Hollywood: Terminator 2! РІ! Be Back... Tzrminator 2 continues the story of a desolate future where machines rule the earth and hunt down any human who gets in their way. As explained in the first Terminator movie, a savior named John Connor has the power to destroy the rule of machines and set the enslaved, con- tinually massacred human race free. However, the machines are aware of this possibility and have developed a time machine to send a robot, known as a Terminator, back in time to elim- inate John's mother, Sarah Connor, before she can even give birth to this savior. The first movie was an action packed, gun blasting pyro-technically filled picture with Arnold Schwartzeneger playing the part of the ruthless, unemotional robot relentlessly tracking Sarah Connor. 88 Electronic Gaming Monthly The movie ends with the Terminator biting the dust and Sarah Connor being victorious. Several years have passed since then and the Terminator has become a cult movie favorite, especially popular within the video rental market. James Cameron, the writ- er/director of the first picture, recognized this unending interest in his movie along with Carolco, the company producing the Terminator sequel, and are bringing anxious Terminator fans an exciting continu- ation of the story filled with great plot, non-stop action and wild and very costly special effects. In fact, the film is reportedly going to be one of the most expensive movies ever made, with total costs exceeding the $110 million mark! As for the actual story, we don't want to spoil it for you. What we can say is that Terminator 2 continues the man hunt for John Conners. In this movie, John is a young boy who is yet unaware of where his destiny lies. This time, two Terminators have been sent By Mike Riley back to find him. One of them is there to protect, the other is there to destroy. As with the first, heart pounding high-tension action scenes are present throughout Terminator 2, along with the idea of playing with time travel, mans driv- ing spirit to survive and finally defeat over the machines which he helped create. All Rights Reserved Terminator 2: The Video Game According to Paul Samulski, Vice President of Creative Product Development and Licensing at Acclaim/LJN, “We have two major criteria that must be met before we accept a movie license for game con- version, those being the gameplay possibilities offered by the story and the license value and visibility of title. Since the first Terminator movie is such а classic, we knew the license value was there. And after reading the script, our design team was over- flowing with ideas for a videogame." Having met those two important needs, Acclaim/LJN acquired the rights from Carolco to produce a videogame based on Terminator 2 and went straight to work. "The first item we had to consider of the movie to videogame treatment was which scenes should be in the game and which scenes had to'be dropped. Ме decided that a Nintendo gamer would find more play value in the actio! driving sequences.i opposed to the scen heavy dialog, so we бед a large portion of the g those two aspects." «Pai to point out that it was i Acclaim/LJN to be ca upset the flow of the picture. "We want the player to enjoy the game as much as they. enjoyed the movie, as if they were the movie characters them- selves. It was important to pre- vent fragmenta- tion of the story- line so that the 2 game follows the movie as closely as % possible. Because of this, the ending in the videogame is the same as the ending of the movie (if you can there), and we think game players wil be completely satisfied with the wi we've integrated that aspect into ou Terminator 2 game.” Acclaim/LJN is quick to point ou 1990 Caroico. All Rights Reserved £1890 Caroico. All pee Converting an action packed that there will be a few surprises іп movie like the Terminator 2 into |. the game as well. In fact, the а successful videogame title is GameBoy version of the Terminator 2 no easy task - just ask the peo- will be based оп one portion of the — pfe at Acclaim/LJN! AllBighis Rasarved Electronic Gaming Monthly 89 movie that goes on a tangent from that idea. Paul explained that it was important not to simply repeat what already exists , on the NES ver- sion. “We feel { that GameBoy owners are also NES owners and rather than give them the exact same game that they own for their NES, we are creating a whole в new Terminator 2 game forf GameBoy play- es Movie Treatment Considerations After determining which scenes would be ideal for entertaining game play, Acclaim/LJN then had to decide which portions of their ideas could be successfully translated into the 8-bit МЕ 5 brain. paul explains, ‘With all ideas, we start off big and then B shrink it > down. This gives us a healthy approach to keeping the game as full as possible while giving our program- ming staff a real challenge to include all of our ideas. Of course, we have a limited number of sprites and colors on the NES so we have to make deci- sions regarding styles of action and color palettes to work with. To this end, Acclaim/LJN assures EGM that they will maximize the potential of the 8-bit system, which they feel still has quite a lot to offer players. Also, the NES 8-bit hardware is effective at horizontal scrolling and first person perspectives and luckily, those are the requirements we intended the 90 Electronic Gaming Monthly Terminator 2 game to encompass." Another difficult decision for any NES game producer to make is who they intend their tar- get audi- ence to be. If the game is designed with younger players in mind, it would be а cake walk for тоге experienced joystick jockeys. Апа if the game were made for the sea- soned gamer, the younger crowd would not enjoy the frustration associ- ated with intense high level m game play. One solution to this problem is to include a number of subtleties which may. not be noticed by less experienced players but will be арргесі- Ё ated Бу advanced gamers. Parallax & scrolling effects, additional bits of animation, layered backgrounds and the like are all design tricks incor- porated especially for the older NES players. Still, as 16-bit videogame systems like the Genesis | eme and Super NES Б gain popularity and acceptance among both р videogame com- panies and videogame play- 8 ers alike, simple graphics and gameplay will not be sought after. Realizing this, Acclaim/LJN intend to support the new Super NES as strongly as they have the Nintendo 8- bit system, and though it is too early to confirm, Paul says they are consid- ering the Terminator 2 game as one of Acclaim/LJN's early Super NES releases. A Window In Time... With the release of the Terminator 2 in mid-July, Acclaim/LJN hope to cap- ture the fans attention with their game release following shortly after the movie. Acclaim/LJN feel that unlike other movie licenses, the Terminator will, unlike other movie tie-ins, remain fresh in people's minds long after they've seen the movie. Depending on the success of the film and the videogame, Acclaim/LJN may even bring the game to the home computer gaming market! If this were done, Paul assures EGM that the game ideas that were not possible with the 8- bit sys- tem would be fully real- ized on the home com- puter. Speaking of computer versions, Bethesda Software have already con- verted the original Terminator movie into a computer game. Read our sis- ter publication, Computer Game Review, for a look at the exclusive photos we've obtained from that game! The design team at Acclaim /LJN responsi- ble for the Terminator 2 video game are working round the clock to finish the game іп time for an early August release. From what we've seen so far, it looks like Acclaim/LJN may have a winner on their hands! É e. IT'S STARTED. SONIC THE HEDGEHO: Think fast. C'mon faster. What happens when a not-so-common hedgehog reaches supersonic speeds? A Sonic boom, of course. And youd better get ready for it. Because here comes Sonic The Hedgehog" Hes the fastest critter the world has ever seen, and hes a hedgehog with a major attitude. Watch him smirk in the face of danger as he blazes his way through hilly pastures, underwater caverns, marble ruins, strange cities and a cybernetic world of enemies in a race to save his buddies. Sonic’s got everything a hedgehog could ever want: tricks, gadgets and speed. Lots of speed. And hes not » IS OUT. AND МО ONE CAN STOP HIM. afraid to use it. Just try to keep up as he gives the bad Sega, Genesis and Sonic The Hedgehog are trademarks of Е 1 а EGIT 7 Sega of America, Inc. © 1991 Sega of America, Inc., guys the run around with his infamous ultra SONE SPI PO. Box 2167, South San Francisco, СА 94080. attack. Theres never been anything like it. So don't blink or you just might miss Sonic The Hedgehog. He's fresh, hes on Genesis, and hes here. | GENESIS SONH Я Well uh, at least he was here. CIRCLE #107 ON READER SERVICE CARD. FACT-FILE Manufacturer: Techmo Machine: NES Cartridge Size: 2 Meg Special С MMC3 Number of Levels: 7 Theme: Action Difficulty: Hard Number of Players: 1 Available: July THE THIRD ТІЛЕ 21 42/4 472 Ез a ji r3 E Td episope Ш б FHE GROTA SHIP оғ Боот PRESS START BUTTON вача ТЕСНО. ENC. 2 At last! Ryu B EC ыы ENEMY has reached the lab that Irene was investigating! Once there, he is attacked by a new group of ene- mies and finds a new array of powerups. Guess what? Forrester makes his usual grand entrance! _ He has a dangerous mission for Ryu that involves the mysterious Castle Rock, known for its various traps and _ pitfalls. On to Level Three!! @ STAGE 2fg9x1NINJA-HEIBOUSE 2~0307070 159s ENEMY - ПЕНИИ “<ооо- What are you going Жо do about it?! The mystery deepens with the appearance of a ninja dressed like Ryu! Can you help Ryu dis- cover the truth?? 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Verdict Tele Reviews Vic Tokai Reader Service Card No. 151 150 118 178 160 119 175 190 134 116 131 191 186 156 111 172 121 181 171 179 110 189 196 173 163 109 135 182 183 166 146 180 126 101 162 192 129 113 112 107 117 193 164 161 123 141 185 195 184 130 187 168 125 Page No. 75 9,85 41,43,45 126-127 27 14 69,71,73 77-79 55 17 98 68 111 19,21 83 16 58 62 13 44 60 14 23 2(IFC)-3 86 57 32-33 59 35 105 6-7,67 61 91-93 31 25 130-131(IBC) 15 37 63 49 47 5 64 44 113 28-29,39 Get set for the most spectacular video game contest ever! EGM is giving away more than $10,000 worth of video games and equipment throughout 1991! We're giving away a slew of hard-hitting hardware and game softs to FIVE lucky readers in not one, пої г-ге two, but THREE special drawings! Great cx prizes like a Super Famicom, Sega Genesis System, а NEC TurboGrafx-16, an Atari Lynx Бб and special sets of 10 hot titles for the | Nintendo Entertainment System! And the excitement doesn't stop there! EGM is giving away a super GRAND PRIZE, a full-sized arcade video game, to one of these 15 champions! Entering the EGM $10,000 Great Game Give-Away is the easiest part of all! Simply detach the Reader Service Card from this issue, circling the appropriate reader service number for FREE GAME INFORMATION, and send it in for automatic contest entry! Rules: All entries must be postmarked by June 30, 1991 to be eligible for the second drawing. All entries received after June 30, 1991 will automatically be registered for the third drawing. All previously accepted entries are eliminated after each drawing is completed. The decision of the judges in the selection of the winners is final. Neither EGM nor the judges will be liable for lost or misdirected mail. No purchase is necessary to enter. Multiple entries are allowed, but only if sent under separate postage to: EGM Great Game Give-Away, 1920 Highland Avenue, Suite 222, Lombard, IL 60148. The specific titles of the Nintendo game paks contained in the Nintendo game packages is up to the judges. Employees and families of Sendai Publications, Inc. are not eligible to enter. Deadline for second drawing is June 30, 1991. Deadline for third drawing is September 30, 1991. Grand Prize Winner is selected at random from the previous 15 winners on October 15, 1991. The title of the arcade game awarded is up to the judges. Void where prohibited. * $10,000 value based on MSRP of all products awarded. Electronic Gaming Monthly 99 WIL Wh ә, GOSS لا‎ NAT 1) X калаға > ғ. — NWENEWePMi FACT-FILE Manufacturer:Koei Machine: Nintendo Cartridge Size: 4 Meg Special Chip: MMC 5 Number of Levels:6 Theme:Simulation Difficulty:Hard Number of Players:1 - 12 Available:Aug, 1991 Amcient Chinese Secret, Huh? Not anymore , with the release of Koei's new NES title, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2. Travel back to a simpler time, when the battle for power was fought on hallowed ground, not in the board room. You can play against the com- puter or with up to twelve of your friends to see who can unite the fiefdoms of 3rd century China. There are six scenarios to choose from. All six are from the same period, but all are different. The game has been enhanced with a new Mac style, menu driv- en play format that makes it very easy to get started. As in the first game, your goal is to unite China under one leader. You build up your kingdom by planting crops to raise money , and recruiting new warriors to battle on your 1.Dons Zhuo Seizes Losung 3.Eso Deo Covers 298 Control oi Chine A.D. PUSH START Romance Three Kingdoms How meng piv: 2.8341: Straggle 3.0924 Lio Bei jor Pow ЕСЕ ІЗ How mens pleger DETIPMETUAE 215 6.1һе Three weg 228 into 3 Divisions А-В. Contest A.D side.You can spy on other kings and make treaties or declare war. The times may have been simpler, or were they? Find out as you battle for control of 3rd century China. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO BE ONE OF Your options are split into these eight cate- gories. Menu driven commands, similar to those used on the Macintosh com- puter, make the game very easy to start and play. us orders for Electronic Gaming Monthly 101 MEGA DRIVE * РС ENGINE * SUPER ҒАМІСОМ Please enter my four issue sub- SUPE КР Scription to Super Gaming, the Ulti- mate Video Game Preview Maga- GAANA INI E zine! Enclosed please find my check or money order for $9.95 r l l | l І l l 1 I WANT TO BE A SUPER GAMER! l 1 1 І l l l l 1 l І МАМЕ ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: SENDAI PUBLICATIONS, 1920 HIGHLAND AVE, LOMBARD, IL 60148 GENESIS * NINTENDO * NEO GEO * PORTABLES MEE a i e i i i ea FACT-FILE Manufacturer:Nexoft Machine:Nintendo Cartridge Size: 2 Meg Special Chip: MMC 3 Gig e E Number of Levels:N/A GAME ARTS CO. ETD. Semethins omineus COLON CO..LTB. is in the air. Theme:RPG HI-SCORE MEBIAHORK CORP. The rrorhecu Difficulty:Average 1990 МЕХӨҒҒ CORP. must have become a reality. Number of Players:1 LICENSED BY Available:July, 1991 NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. 9 r urse and it is up to you to save the people and the Princess. The Evil Wizard Zill kidnapped the princess and you are the only warrior brave enough to save her. То add insult to injury, A spell was cast upon you that has transformed you into a woman. Start the quest by visiting the king and getting his blessing. He will give you a pass to get to other parts of the land. You can defend yourself by conventional means by sword or by powerful magic that has to be refilled. It is up to you to save the princess and the land of Faria. Visit the King to Arm yourself as The magic ball is get instructions. soon as possible. necessary to win. The pass is necessary The screen switches Magic is very useful to get past the guard. perspective to fight. during battle. These towers hold an important secret. In this tower you meet What is with this Move it to get by! your first real statue? challenge. Battery power lets you see in the cave. Electronic Gaming Monthly 103 FACT-FILE Manufacturer: Capcom | Machine: NES Cartridge Size: 2 Meg Special Chip: ММСЗ | Number of Levels: 6 | Theme: Action Difficulty: Moderate Number of Players: 1 Available: July bosses to destory Ursula's reign of terror. Show her the way! The Red Ball increases your bubble powers. Dig for hidden treasures and shells to help your quest! 104 Electronic Gaming Monthly 718-229-1435 NINTENDO We Sell $13.95 We Buy $4.00 (110 YARD FIGHT 01942 (ADV. OF BAYOU BILLY ADV. OF LINK CJALPHA MISSION CJATHENA BALLOON FIGHT BASEBALL BIONIC COMMANDO CASTLEVANIA CLU CLU LAND COMMANDO DEADLY TOWERS (DEMON SWORD (DOUBLE DRIBBLE DRAGON POWER CJDRAGON WARRIOR CEXCITEBIKE COFAXANADU CIFRIDAY THE 13TH GAUNTLET (GHOSTS N GOBLINS GOLF GOONIES Il OGOTCHA CJGRADIUS. CJGUMSHOE. 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We Sell $39.95 We Buy $20.00 CJPHANTASY STAR 11 EJSTRIDER CISWORD OF VERMILLION WRESTLE WAR We Sell $24.95 We Buy $10.00 ALL TURBO- GRAFX-16 GAMES ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS: Please send all orders to PLAY IT AGAIN, P.O. Box 6718, Flushing, NY 11365. MINIMUM ORDER: $10.00. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY. U.S. funds only. NO FOREIGN ORDERS. In Canada only, write to: Microplay Video Games, 2555 Dixie Rd., Mississagua, ONT L4Y 4C4. Add $3.50 for shipping and handling on each order; $8.50 for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. We do not accept credit cards. New York residents must add appropriate sales tax. Personal check will delay shipment up to three weeks. All U.S. shipping is by United Parcel Service. If you order three or more Nintendo or Sega cartridges in one order and list alternates for each we will pay the shipping (U.S. only). We reserve the right to refuse any order. All used Nintendo cartridges are sold with a one-year limited warranty. We put a (invisible to the eye) numbered code on all cartridges sold. If the cartridge case or chip is tampered with, damaged or abused, warranty will not be honored. Order with confidence. SEND $1.00 FOR CATALOG OF OVER 1000 TITLES 718-229-1435 CIRCLE #129 ON READER SERVICE CARD. WE ALSO BUY & SELL GAMEBOY, GAMES SYSTEMS, SEGA MASTERS & ATARI 2600 SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS: Send to PLAY IT AGAIN, Dept. 1B. 67-25B 186 Lane, Flushing, N.Y. 11365. Please Print Clearly. Wrap cartridges securely. If you send (5) five or more Nintendo or Sega cartridges at one time we will add $2.00 to the total amount due. Please ship by UPS or U.S. Май. We will deduct $1.00 for each missing instruction booklet, 50€ for missing slip case for Nintendo cartridges and $2.00 for missing 3-D glasses. $3.50 will be deducted for any cartridge we have to ship back to you. If your package is not received by August 31, 1991, we will pay you using list #22 effective September 1, 1991. We pay $1.00 for broken Nintendo cartridges. 50€ deducted for missing Atari Instructions. We are not related to or endorsed by any of the manufacturers of the products contained in this list. We reserve the right to refuse any purchase or sale. Price subject to change without notice. Not responsible for typographical errors. All items subject to availability. OPLAY IT AGAIN 1991. АП Rights Reserved. FACT-FILE Manufacturer: Sega Machine: Genesis Cartridge Size: 4 Meg Number of Levels: 20 Theme: Action Difficulty: Average Number of Players: 1 Available: August nomenal musical score make Fantasia a fantastic sequel to Castle of Illusion. FACT-FILE Manufacturer: Sega Machine: Genesis Cartridge Size: 4 Meg Number of Levels: 8 Theme: Action Difficulty: Average Number of Players: 2 sim. Available: July = eee к.) me.boss has taken city! Even the police he 7 ford is corrupt, Sve the city — iminal-scum before - ties! 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The patterns of the enemy 'copiers are easy to figure out. The best strategy is to keep moving up and down on the screen. The boss isn't that tough, if you have 5 or 6 missiles you can blast him out of the sky rather easily. Nail him with constant machine guns and heat seeking missiles. BOSS 5 You'll meet this annoying fellow іп a dark alley. He's not the nicest person to encounter ín this place. There are a couple ways to defeat him. The easiest way is to use Ваіагапа 5 and hit him from behind. 1f you don't have any Batarangs than it's best to jump f air with a punch. Be (fl careful though because some- There аге а number of power ups here; but they don'tdo уой апу good. If;you jump 4 swinging his blades. Be sure to grab the Heart icon to recharge you life. down to get them you will die and Іоѕеїһет anyway. Forget about ЕЕЕ ЕЕ à mE т) Electronié Gaming Monthly 127 GOTHAM CATHEDRAL LH LEVEL 7- mmm mmm v | Tür j | Trt (кіші d without a scratch. Ве sure to hang on with your grappling Soc Treneres SS —— " seat " ig ^l ЖҮЗЕР СІ fai lods i. iz ^ii ^d sb oe =й m = pu j i The Joker's attack is very aggressive and if You waste any time yeu Tein Dio mounie: If you have at least 10 Batarangs you should be able to defeat hint rather easily. If you happen to run out of Batarangs, the best way to beat him is by jumping on top of him. These jumps.must be timed right or youll. get hurt tee. Good Luck ~~ If you run out try jumping on him from above to fin- ish him off. LEWEL 7-3: THE FINAL CONFRONTATION The Joker will attack you in two different ways. The first is with his huge gun, the sec- ond is with deadly blue flames. It is easiest to stay in one place and shoot him. with Batarangs. THE DEVIL BY THE PALE ) MOONLIGHT? FACT-FILE Manufacturer: HAL Machine: NES. Cartridge Size: 2 Meg Number of Levels: 6 Theme: Action Difficulty: Average Number of Players: 1 Available: Now THE BATTLE FROM WITHIN A deadly mutating virus has invaded the earth's defensive system com- .puter. All anti-virus programs have failed to remove this destructive f plauge. A lone volunteer has the courage to go into the computer via an fis ж experimental and yet untested Image Transfer System. You have been sent in to destroy the virus on its on ground. Quantum Fighter is one of the best NES carts out in the market. The game play is filled with unique play mechanics and will challenge the best of players. The U.S. National Video Game Team is going to take you through this incredible cart from the pros, you'll be winning big in no time. We'll take you through the first two levels this issue and help you finish the game next issue. Quantum Fighter has a large vari- ety of moves. You must master them in order to get through. 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