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his power drill attack. that the best defense is a

sharp offense. So Leo learned to get NT the edge with a cyclone sword spin that slices Shredder’ s soldiers NN 4,

down to size.

Manhattan's crime rate is up. Two thousand feet to be exact. Because Shredder has ripped the island from the face of the Earth.

Splinter has taught the turtles some most excellent new moves that'll have Shredder's mob babbling for weeks. And for the first time ever, you can practice your new ninja warfare on each other in the two player mode as you face a never before seen eight level test of turtle power for your NES"

Battle for survival on surfboards, battleships, blimps, star destroyers, and in the seediest parts of Manhattan where even a respectable reptile wouldn't wander.

Steps To FIGHT CRIME.

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The inspiration for Donatello’ s devastating

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The Turtles always told Michaelangelo that his smelly feet were lethal weapons. So he put them to use with

an awesome kangaroo kick that knocks foot soldiers silly.

heat of combat, just like the tastiest of tag teams. It'll take all of the fab four to shred a slew of slugs like Leatherhead, Rahzar, Groundchuck and Tokka.

So team up with the Turtles KONA М, / 5 and stop Shredder from holding up three million dudes and dudettes.

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newest technology? There was one clear winner but

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CES IMPRESSIONS...

We're back from the Consumer Electronics Show and it was a real treat to be able to have the opportunity to play all of the new carts that the companies are working on. While | have been attending all of the shows since video games start- ed way back in the 1970's, each-one turns out to be a new experience. There always is new technology, peripherals, accessories and of course, tons of games. This show was probably the best yet. With the 16-Bit wars starting to really heat up it is interesting to sit back and see how the major players stack up against each other. Last summer it was Sonic vs Mario and the Super Nintendo and this time it was quite different.

Nintendo really came out swinging. Their licensees have been working long and hard trying to improve on the first generation of Super Nintendo games. It was easy to see that they have done their homework as this new generation of carts have very little slow down or flicker. Programmers are trying new things with the Mode 7 and some of the games we played are setting new standards of excel- lence. Turtles 4 by Konami has your player throwing the enemy out of the screen towards you! Out of this World by Interplay makes extensive use of filled polygon graphics in a story book like adventure. Of course there are the arcade games, no CES analysis would be complete without mentioning the spectacular Street Fighter 2. Not only is it the worlds first 16 megabit cartridge but this super soft is probably the best arcade to home system translation ever made. It is that good! Throw in other hot titles like Super Battletoads, Contra 3 and Bart's Nightmare and we can say now that this system is really starting to evolve into a Super Nintendo Entertainment System. If that impressive line-up of software wasn't enough to dominate the show, Nintendo quietly dropped the bomb on the competition by announcing the specs to their new CD-ROM peripheral. Specs can be deceiving but with 8 meg of memory, full motion video capability and a coprocessor it sounds impressive. The best part...Nintendo says it will only cost $200!!

NEC/Turbo Technologies wasn't on the floor but they had a very impressive dis- play of titles which they plan to bring over from Japan as soon as they get up and running (April 1, 1992). They also confirmed that they will make a U.S. equivalent to the PC Engine Duo in addition to releasing a new Super System card to play the new Super discs. Behind closed doors they were showing their not to secret 32 bit machine.

Sega, historically, never has a lot to show at the January event. Such was the case this year. The Mega CD was behind closed doors and the cartridge games were basically updates of some of the older sports games. Holyfield has his name on a new boxing cart, the baseball game has a nonstop voice like their Joe Montana football and there is a new D & D RPG. No Sonic 2, no Batman 2, no Phantasy Star 4 and no mention of new things to come.

The Neo-Geo booth was buzzing with activity as SNK had a few spectacular carts to show. Last Resort, Fatal Fury and Andro Dunos had constant lines of peo- ple waiting to play these games. This is going to be one hot system this year.

Overall, the show belonged to Nintendo. They had the carts, the technology and the wherewithal to open the R & D doors a crack to show everybody what was coming out in the future! If they say they will sell 6 million systems this year, they just might do it with a line-up as good as we saw, and this is only the first 6 months of 1993! | can't wait to see what they will have in June!

Ed Semrad EDITOR

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NO FATE BUT WHAT YOU MAKE ON NES”: You are a T-800 terminator. It’s a T-1000. You carry a lever-action Winchester.

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You have 10 barrels of high-explosives. It is the ultimate weapon of destruction!

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Lend a hand to the Resistance—destroy the terminator endoskeleton.

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MEGA CD QUESTIONS...

І can't wait! After reading your great Mega CD article in the February issue, | can't wait until July. | am happy that І didn't go out and buy the Japanese system. Imagine those players who popped $500 for a worth- less system! Thank you, thank you, thank you for printing the full story on the CD-ROM compatibility situation.

Scott Peters San Jose, CA

The Japanese Mega CD will not play the U.S. discs!

| am seriously considering on pur- chasing the Mega CD when it comes out in June and for that reason | have been following your monthly articles on this peripheral. Your February story was the one which really sold me. You told me absolutely everything about the system, and went into a lot of details the competition didn't (I must admit, | get all the magazines). It was good that you were finally able to clear up the compatibility question. Now what about the U.S. software? Jim Carlten Houston, TX

12 Electronic Gaming Monthly

What's with the metal plate you show connected to the Mega CD? Does it serve any special purpose? There was a cable you mentioned that goes into the back of the Mega CD, what does that do? Are you sure that the Japanese Mega CD won't play the U.S. discs? The other maga- zine's article didn't say that.

Scott Winston Rego Park, NY

(Ed. There has been a lot of mystery about the Mega CD since it's debut last June and that is why Ed spent months digging for all of the facts. System compatibility was a major issue especially when almost $500 (U.S. mail order price) was involved. We checked and double checked the compatibility situation and even got a quote from a spokesperson from Sega . We do our best to get you the most information as soon as it is available and with sources world wide we can get info very quickly. We try to be thorough and we'll go to great extremes to get you the best data. Comparing magazines is like compar- ing apples and oranges. Each has it's own style. We consider the Mega CD (and now, the Nintendo CD) a very important product and we will devote whatever time, effort and space is needed to get you the full story. That is why you will see details in EGM that you won't see elsewhere.

The metal plate is used as a spacer to properly align the Genesis with the connecting post on the Mega CD. Technicians tell us that it also serves as an auxiliary heat sink (the vents on the Genesis are blocked by the Mega CD сазе), as after prolonged use the Genesis and Mega CD get warm. The cable mentioned, sends the stereo audio from the Genesis to the mixing input on the Mega CD. This mixer combines the audio from the Genesis

with the audio from the Mega CD. Only one set of cables is then needed to send the audio out to your stereo.)

S-NES CONTROLLERS

As good as the standard controllers are for the Super Nintendo | would like to know if there are any others coming out that may be better. Having an auto fire would be nice as would be a slow motion switch. Have you heard of anything new?

Joshua Park Gretna, LA

The Ascii Pad has auto fire for all 6 buttons and slow motion! (Ed. As the Super Nintendo grows in popularity companies will start releas- ing new products. Since there are over one million systems in homes now, you can expect to see a flood of new accessories coming out this year. One controller which we can recom- mend is the Ascii Pad. It has adjustable auto fire controls for all 6 buttons and a switch for slow motion effects.)

There was one Mega CD on dis- play at the Winter CES - at the EGM booth!

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TURBOGRAFX DUO...

| would like to ask a question in regards to NEC/America. | own the TurboGrafx 16 bit, CD-ROM, PC Engine adapter board and version 3.0 Super System Card. With discov- ering the world of the PC Engine and the wider variety of games and CD's, | now wonder why NEC never brought over such great titles as Far East of Eden and the Complete R- Type. There seems to be a much wider (and better) selection of Japanese games. When І saw the selection | couldn't believe it. Since you are the guys who can find out anything, what's the story? Mark Bray Toronto, Ontario

The U.S. version of the.PC Engine Duo will be out this fall!

(Ed. There's good news Mark! NEC has joined forces with Hudson to form a new company called Turbo Technologies. This new company plans to draw more heavily from the Japanese market and the sequel you requested - Far East of Eden 2 will be translated and brought out for the new U.S. version of the PC Engine Duo. Other great carts and CDs are also on their way to the U.S. You will definitely want to check out our special 32 page bonus CES mag, packaged along with this issue) for a more thorough listing. This new company will begin operation on April 1, 1992 and the games should be starting to appear this summer. Your set-up is quite innovative, and for others who want to have some- thing similar, Turbo Technologies has announced that a U.S. version of the Super System Card (version 3.0) will be coming out very soon. This will allow the TurboGrafx to play the new Super System discs.The U.S. ver- sion of the PC Engine Duo is sched- uled to be out this fall.)

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5-МЕ5 STREET FIGHTER 2 You have said that Street Fighter 2 will be coming out for the Super Nin- tendo. Since it is my favorite arcade game | am very interested. | would like to know if it will look as good as the arcade version? Will you be able to pick from all eight different war- riors? And will you get to use all of the special moves for each fighter? By the way, your Street Fighter 2 section really helps me kick butt now! Now | know why you are the number one magazine for detailed arcade coverage! Andrew Simmons Arangelridge, SC

| am a video game freak, and | love your magazine! | have two questions to ask you. The first one, In Final Fight what ever happened to the third character besides Cody and Haggar? | mean from the arcade version. Why did Capcom take him out of the S-NES version? The second one. Can you give us an update on Street Fighter 2 for the S-NES? Michael Thompson Dallas, TX

Is this the arcade or S-NES ver- sion of Street Fighter 2? Turn to page 84 for the answer!

(Ed. Hundreds of letters each week are pouring in about Street Fighter 2. It is good to hear that players are going out and using the information that we published in our special Street Fighter 2 Guide. For more updated information on how the Super Nintendo version compares to the arcade game, don't miss our special fact file on page 84 where we run the exact same move on both versions. This way you can see how good the 16 meg wonder really is! Again, this is the detail that you want, and you only get it in EGM!

Even though the version we got to play was only an early alpha version, all of the characters were pro- grammed into the game, and you will be able to do all the special moves! A special controller is seri- ously being considered by Capcom however we had no problem using the 6 buttons on the standard S- NES pad.)

16-BIT WARS...

Well the war of the 16-Bits between the Turbo/Genesis/S-NES has begun. | would like to know who had the most sales over the Christ- mas season.

Also is it true that Aliens 3 will be coming out for the Genesis? And will Acclaim, Sunsoft and Data East will be making games for the Genesis?

Pablo Ayala Acapulco, Mexico

Alien 3 is on it's way for the

Genesis! (Ed. Actual sales numbers for the game systems are nearly impossible to obtain. While each company pub- lished their own numbers, verifying them is not possible. For example Nintendo has stated that they sold 2.1 million Super Nintendo's in 4 months and they are in first place. Sega states that they sold out their inventory and that their installed base is nearly 3 million systems. They say they are in first place. Who really is the leader? Probably Sega but that can't be confirmed. Nintendo says they will sell 6 million S-NES this year!

As you can see, from the photo Alien 3 does exist and will be com- ing out soon from Arena (just recent- ly purchased by Acclaim). Acclaim (under the name Flying Edge, Data East and Sunsoft will be bringing out Genesis carts this year.)

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Mega Like Nothing Before

New Enemies like Dr. Cossack. “Cruel!” New Weapons like the Mega Buster. “Devastating!” New Robots like Toad Man and Skull Man. “Gnarly!” Devices like — ИШЕН Balloon adapters and Ce ere алама ee Grappling hooks afe Get Mega Man 4— The rest were just ©1992 CAPCOM USA, INC. Nintendo and Nintendo Entertainment Warm. ups: Really! Systems are trademarks of Nintendo of America, Inc

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CIRCLE #139 ON READER SERVICE CARD.

PASSWORD PROBLEMS..

Гат writing to register a complaint

about two third party games issued for the Sega Genesis -- King's Bounty (Electronic Arts) and Battlemaster (Arena). Both of these games have the same fatal defect -- long pass- words are given to the player in an illegible type font. This font addition- ally doesn't not resemble the type font the player later uses to enter the password in an attempt to reenter the game. In the case of King's Bounty, there are about 7 or 8 characters in the former type font which can be confused with others, and the charac- ters are scrunched up against each other; in Battlemaster, the whole font is only semi-legible, and there are also several characters which resem- ble each other. But the real killer is the lack of resemblance between these fonts and the ones used for entering the password; there can be no learning curve if one always enters an invalid password and has no idea, or means of finding out, what he did wrong. It is also highly insult- ing to the player that the fonts for entering the password in both games are highly legible, implying that they could have made others if they had bothered.

William Michaels Hopewell, NJ

Illegible password letters in the Genesis game - Battlemaster?

(Ed. You're right William. Not only are the passwords unbelievably long but they are very difficult to read. While long passwords, many times, can't be avoided because there are so many different variables in the game, the font is easily controllable. In this case we agree that these companies could have picked a more legible font. Hopefully by reading this, they will pay more attention in the future.)

18 Electronic Gaming Monthly

TURTLES 4...?

Let me start by complimenting you on your increasingly better coverage of the Super NES. When it pre- miered you dumped on it but now you seem to have taken a heavier liking to it.

Well | just bought the January '92 issue and | was blown away by the sterling coverage of everything! Being a fan of the Ninja Turtle games, | loved your in-depth review of Turtles 3. No other magazine came close to such a cool preview of what looks to be a HOT game! | can't wait to get it.

Now with Turtles 3 done, what do you have to say on Turtles 4? Is it really coming out for the Super NES? Will it be unveiled at the Elec- tronics Show? If so, please show pictures! Anything you could tell the readers about Turtles 4 would be great, especially if it's a two player дате!!

Chris Leder Carol Stream, IL

Turtles 4 on the Super Nintendo

is the best version yet! (Ed. You want it...you got it!! Yes it was at the CES and we couldn't tear ourselves away from it! You bet it is a two player game and there is no sign of flicker when the action gets intense. New moves, great graphics, super sound, cute animations, and even a new use for the scaling func- tion! In this, if you do the right move, your player can grab an enemy and throw him off the screen -- not to the left or right, but he comes towards you - out of the screen! It's a new idea and very well done! For the largest and best coverage of this cart check out our super two page preview fact-file on pages 82 and 83 in this issue! All of your questions will be answered there!)

SUPER BATTLETOADS...?

What's the story about Super Bat- tletoads by Tradewest? Quarter- mann talked about it issues ago and you haven't shown anything yet. | thought you were the guys who always got the pictures first? Don't let me down!!

Gabe Pona Hamilton, Ontario

Super Nes Super Battletoads is

on it's way! (Ed. As part of our editorial policy we always try to get photos to back up anything we talk about in the magazine. Getting a picture of Super Battletoads was difficult but we finally got to see the game at the Consumer Electronics Show. Even though only one level was finished, what was there looked hot! There are new super moves and, of course, it is a two player coopera- tive game if you so desire! Since we had our cameras we made sure to get tons of pictures of this surefire hit! Check out our special preview fact-file for lots of screens on page 88.)

WHERE IS SOLSTICE 2...?

Several issues ago you talked about a sequel to the popular Solstice game. | believe you had it in your International section. The rotating screen trick looked different. Can you follow up on this?