Primary Systems Coverage
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
Atari 7800
Atari 2600
Atari XE
PC
Amiga
Commodore 64
NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD Player
Konix Multi-System (editorial coverage; never released)
arcade
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(Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)
The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; switching from bi-monthly to monthly schedule, the Konix Multi-System, Gametapes, Pro-Top Hotline)
The Tip Sheet (3 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:)
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
Phantasy Star II (tip being, there's some confusion over PSII on SMS)
Double Dragon (NES)
Friday the 13th (NES)
Hudson's Adventure Island (NES)
Phantasy Star (SMS)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
Kid Icarus (NES)
Maniac Mansion
Rastan (SMS)
Player's World
NEC's TurboGrafx-CD: Plenty of Potential (3 pages; shown; Fighting Street (aka Street Fighter); music CD subcode graphics)
Super Marioland for Nintendo Game Boy (1 page; shown; Super Mario Land)
Face To Face... With Dann Pintauro (1 page; celebrity interview)
Nintendo News - The Classic Games (5 pages; NES; all games shown)
Playing Pinball Without Quarters (Pinball)
Mazes And Space Zapping (Section Z)
Slam-Dunk Action (Double Dribble)
The Winner... And Still Champ (Mike Tyson's Punch-Out)
That Karate Movie Comes Alive (The Karate Kid)
The Best Game That Never Quite Caught On (Karnov)
Arcade Action - Crackdown (2 pages; Crackdown; game shown)
PC Players - Intergalactic Mysteries and Puzzles (4 pages; both games shown; includes sections:)
Archipelagos
The Omnicron Conspiracy
Sega Masters - Altered Beast: Arcade Action on the Genesis (3 pages; Altered Beast (Gen); primarily tips & strategies; game shown)
Atari Safari - New Games and Light Gun for 7800 & 2600 (1 page; Summer CES coverage; light gun planned (not shown); games discussed:)
Barnyard Blaster (7800; light gun compatible)
Sentinel (2600,7800; light gun compatible)
Crossbow (7800; light gun compatible)
Shooting Arcade (2600; light gun compatible)
Xenophobe (7800 shown,XE)
Commando (7800 shown,XE)
Ikari Warrior (2600,7800) (Ikari Warriors)
Planet Smasher (7800)
Ninja Golf (7800)
Mat Mania Challenge (7800)
White Water Madness (2600,7800)
Mean 18 Ultimate Golf (7800)
Off the Wall (2600 shown)
Road Runner (2600)
Radar Lock (2600 shown)
Street Fight (2600)
Motorodeo (2600)
Super Football (XE)
Tower Toppler (XE)
Midi Maze (XE)
Deflektor (XE shown)
Amiga Players - If I Ruled The World (2 pages; Populous, Sim City; both shown)
Commodore Players - Meeting Your Waterloo And Getting Your Qix (3 pages; Battle of Napoleon, Qix; both shown)
Mac Players - Cosmic Osmo Forever! (1 page; Cosmic Osmo; shown)
Cheap Thrills - New Age Bingo For The Roaring Eighties (3 pages; shown: Mah Jongg (PC), not shown: Tiles (Amiga))
Nintendo Game of the Month: Ninja Gaiden (10 pages; NES; strategy guide)
Computer Game of the Month: Red Storm Rising (6 pages; PC; strategy guide)
Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)
Capone (PC)
Stargoose (PC)
Jigsaw! (PC)
Hidden Agenda (PC)
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0 (PC)
P.O.W. (NES)
Bad Dudes (NES)
Dr. Chaos (NES)
Ducktales (NES)
Mega Man II (NES)
Wrestlemania (NES)
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES)
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (Amiga)
Baal (C64)
News & Previews (approx. 3.75 pages)
Lots of New Games For Sega Master System (SMS games discussed:)
Ultima IV (shown)
Dead Angle (shown)
Golden Axe
Dynamite Dux (shown)
Scramble Spirit (shown)
Cloud Master (shown)
Captain Silver
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (shown)
World Games
Tennis Ace
Super Golf
Wanted! (shown)
Two Historical Strategy Games For Nintendo (NES; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Genghis Khan; both shown)
New LJN Games For Nintendo (NES; shown: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Uncanny X-Men, NFL Football; not shown: Beetlejuice, Back to the Future, The Punisher)
Space Game For PCs Has Enhanced Sound (Echelon)
Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.33 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)
The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.66 page; reader bios)
Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)