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The Mail Cutting Edge - Hardware Helpers Hot at the Arcades: Arabian Fight, Star Trek (pinball) Brutal Beat-'Em-Ups: Mystical Fighter (Genesis) Battle Blaze (Super NES) Rival Turf (Super NES) Mutation Nation (Neo-Geo) Pit Fighter (Game Boy) Guardians of the 'Hood (Arcade) Undercover Cops (Arcade) The Combatribes: The Silent Mission (Super NES) Double Dragon (Lynx/Game Gear) Sengoku 2 (Neo-Geo) Fighting Simulator 2-in-1 (Game Boy) Fighting Masters (Genesis) Slaughter Sport (Genesis) Super NES Previews: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Super Double Dragon Nintendo Pro Reviews: The Defenders of Dynatron City Pool of Radiance Fire Hawk Mig 29 Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston The Blues Brothers Steel Empire The Sports Pages: Baseball Carts Sports Talk Baseball (Genesis) Baseball Stars II (NES) Baseball Stars 2 (Neo-Geo) Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 (Super NES) Genesis Pro Reviews: Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun Atomic Runner The Duel: Test Drive II Valis Wonder Boy in Monster World Genesis Preview: Taz-Mania Super NES Pro Reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time Super Battletank: War in the Gulf Raiden Trad Thunder Spirits True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Links Kablooey Romance of the Three Kingdoms II TurboGrafx CD Pro Review: It Came from the Desert Neo-Geo Pro Reviews: Football Frenzy Soccer Brawl Game Boy Pro Reviews: Top Gun: Guts and Glory Hudson Hawk Nail 'n' Scale Spy vs. Spy: Trick & Trap WordZap Game Gear Pro Reviews: Out Run Europa George Foreman's KO Boxing Lynx Pro Reviews: Basketbrawl Hydra Short ProShots: David Crane's Amazing Tennis (Super NES) Super Bowling (Super NES) Spot II: The Quest for Cool (Super NES) Hook (Super NES) Olympic Gold (Genesis) Felix the Cat (NES) Gargoyle's Quest (NES) Ninja Boy (Game Boy) Square Deal (Game Boy) Jeep Jamboree (Game Boy) Shape Shifter (TurboGrafx CD) Bikini Beach Jamboree (Lynx) S.W.A.T Pro: Quackshot (Genesis) Skate or Die 2 (NES) Flying Warriors (NES) James Pond II: Operation Robocod (Genesis) Low G Man (NES) Captain Planet (NES) Trampoline Terror (Genesis) Lemmings (Super NES) Ys III (TurboGrafx CD) Dragon Crystal (Game Gear) Super Smash TV (Super NES) SimCity (Super NES) Nintendo World Cup (NES) Tiny Toon Adventures (Game Boy) Super Tennis (Super NES) Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (Game Boy) Burning Force (Genesis) Raiden (TurboGrafx-16) Game Busters: Quackshot (Genesis) Ask the Pros: Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) Quackshot (Genesis) Faery Tale Adventure (Genesis) Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Super NES) Terminator 2 (Game Boy) Metroid II: The Return of Samus (Game Boy) Pronews Report

Cutting Edge Action 52 MaxiVision Hot at the Arcades Street Fighter II: Championship Edition Nintendo Pro Review DarkWing Duck Quattro Alex DeMeo’s Race America Wally Bear and the NO! Gang Thrilla’s Surfari Dragon Fighter Might and Magic Genesis Pro Review Splatterhouse 2 Alisia Dragoon Two Crude Dudes Sol-Deace Super NES Pro Review Out of This World F-1 ROC Top Gear Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time FaceBall 2000 PGA Tour Golf Rocketeer Pit-Fighter Special Feature Krusty’s FunHouse Bart’s Nightmare The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants TurboGrafx CD Pro Review Gates of Thunder Cosmic Fantasy II Neo Geo Pro Review Fatal Fury Robo Army Game Boy Pro Review Turn and Burn Ninja Gaiden Shadow Ultra Golf Boggle Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters Game Gear Pro Review Crystal Warrior Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe Atari Lynx Pro Review Toki Rampart Short Pro Shots Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston Pool Of Raidiance Magic Sword Super Ninja Boy Arcana Side Pocket T.V. Sports Baseball World Circuit Series Out of Europa Dirty Larry SWAT Pro M-1 Abrams Battle Tank Tom and Jerry Super Spy Hunter John Madden Football ’92 ActRaiser Raiden Trad Kick Master Wanderers from Ys Twin Cobra Mike Ditka’s Power Football Super R-Type Boxy Bot Snow Bros. Jr Twin Cobra Mega Man Earnest Evans Super Castlevania IV Turrican QuackShot Genesis Game Busters Batman Super NES Game Busters Final Fantasy II Pro News Report Nintendo and Atari Go To Trial NES to SNES Converter Jaleco and Young Indiana Jones Hudson Soft’s “Responsible Play” Campaign Software Toolworks Does the Genesis Acclaim Acquires Mirrorsoft/Arena SNES 32-Meg PCB and Mouse NightShade Contest Winners

Reviews NES (pages 34-38): Kings Quest V G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor Gemfire Wacky Races Basketball Blowout II Jordan vs. Bird (SNES) (page 44) Double Dribble: Five on Five (Game Boy) (page 50) Genesis (pages 52-58): Kid Chameleon Earnest Evans Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego Toki Goes Ape Spit Devilish Super Nintendo (pages 62-64): Super Scope 6 Xardion TurboGrafx-16 (page 68): Ballistix Game Boy (pages 70-72): Batman: The Return of the Joker Snow Bros. Jr. Ultima: Runes of Virtue Game Gear (page 74): Popils Fantasy Zone Overseas Prospects (page 76) Tetris Plus BomBliss Hot at the Arcades (page 18) Sunset Riders B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System CES Special Report Genesis (pages 20-24) SNES (pages 24-31) Previews Basketball Blowout II (pages 40-50) Bulls vs. Lakers (Genesis and SNES) David Robinson’s Supreme Court (Genesis) Michael Jordan Flight (PC) NCAA Basketball (SNES) NBA Super All-Star Challenge (SNES) Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (SNES) Arch Rivals (Genesis) Roundball (NES) Super Slam Dunk (SNES) NBA All-Star Challenge 2 (Game Boy) Basketbrawl (Lynx) SNES: Out of this World (page 66) S.W.A.T. pages 78-138 Batman: Return of the Joker (NES) Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis) Batman (Genesis) Shatterhand (NES) Road Rash (Genesis) El Viento (Genesis) Final Fantasy II (Super NES) Joe Montana II SportsTalk Football (Genesis) Play Action Football (Game Boy) Wandrers from Ys (SNES) Super Castlevania (SNES) Impossamole (TurboGrafx-16) HyperZone (SNES) Laser Invasion (NES) Operation C (Game Boy) Space Harrier (Game Gear) R-Type (Game Boy) TV Sports Hockey (TurboGraphics-16)

Cutting Edge - Virtually Yours Team Gamepro 1991 Reader's Choice Awards Nintendo Pro Reviews: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Nightshade Blue Marlin Terminator 2: Judgement Day The Addams Family Toki The Ultimate Stuntman Special Feature: Get in Control: Beeshu Ultimate Superstick, Beeshu Zipper, Beeshu Zoomer, Bondwell Quick-shot Intruder 2, IMN Game Handler, Nexoft Dominator, The Triton Pad (NES); ASCII Power Clutch, Beeshu Striker, Sega GeniStick, Happ Competition Pro, The Triton Pad (Genesis); ASCII Pad, Halken's JB King (Super NES) Genesis Pro Reviews: Heavy Nova Winter Challenge Desert Strike Paper Boy Double Dragon Capcom USA: Magic Sword (Super NES) Barcelona '92 (NES) The Little Mermaid (Game Boy) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Super NES) Darkwing Duck (NES) Gargoyle's Quest (NES) Bionic Commando (Game Boy) TaleSpin (Game Boy) Super NES Pro Tips: Final Fantasy II Super NES Pro Reviews: Contra III: The Alien Wars Super Wrestlemania Super Adventure Island Overseas Prospects: Lady Phantom (PC Engine CD) Game Boy Pro Reviews: Tiny Toon Adventures Gradius: The Intersteller Assault Game Gear Pro Review: The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck Lynx Pro Review: Xybots S.W.A.T Pro: Centurion: Defender of Rome (Genesis) Arkus Odyssey (Genesis) Moonwalker (Genesis) Rockin' Kats (NES) Faria (NES) Saint Sword (Genesis) Mega Man 4 (NES) Hardball! (Genesis) Phelios (Genesis) Wurm (NES) Super Ghouls N' Ghosts (Super NES) Dynamite Duke (Genesis) Basewars (NES) Darius Twin (Super NES) BurgerTime Deluxe (Game Boy) Super R-Type (Super NES) Slider (Game Gear) Ask the Pros: Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (NES) Shining in the Darkness (Genesis) Super Mario World (Super NES) Final Fantasy Legend II (Game Boy) Psychic World (Game Gear) Short ProShots: Wally Bear and the NO! Gang (NES) Gemfire (NES) Super Play Action Football (Super NES) Jordan vs. Bird (Genesis) Ernest Evans (Genesis) Missile Command (Game Boy) Snow Brothers Jr. (Game Boy) Top Gun: Guts & Glory (Game Boy) Magical Puzzle Popils (Game Gear) Super Sqweek (Lynx) Pronews Report

Letter from the Gamepros (The Gamepros wish everyone a happy new year and go over what's in this month's issue) The Mail (Fan letters and suggestions) Cutting Edge The Sega Mega CD debuts in Japan, NEC delivers the Duo to America, and Bignet showcases Heavy Nova for the Mega CD. Hot at the Arcades Drop a coin into Dragon's Lair II and WWF WrestleFest. Nintendo Pro Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Wizards & Warriors III Captain America and the Avengers Kickmaster Bard's Tale Bignose the Caveman Hook Talking Super Jeopardy Mini-Putt Genesis Pro Reviews The Terminator Rings of Power Warsong El Viento Super NES Pro Reviews Joe & Mac Wanders from Ys Smash TV Super Tennis Chessmaster Super Off Road TurboGrafx-16 Pro Reviews Night Creatures The Addams Family Game Boy Pro Reviews Mega Man 2 Metroid II: The Return of Samus Star Trek Crystal Quest Super R.C. Pro Am Hook Game Gear Pro Reviews Halley Wars Sonic The Hedgehog Previews Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES) Special Feature: Great Expectations for 1992 (Previews of upcoming Sega Genesis games) Alisia Dragoon California Games David Robinson's Supreme Court Dungeon & Dragons: Hallow World Galaxy Force II Golden Axe II Kid Chameleon MLPBA Sports Talk Baseball Wonder Boy in Monster World Double Dragon The Games: Winter Challenge Super Off Road Warrior of Rome II Atomic Runner Two Crude Dudes Black Crypt Bulls Vs. Lakers and the NBA Playoffs Desert Strike Jordan versus Bird Might and Magic: Isles of Terra The Lord of the Rings Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? Splatterhouse 2 Pigskin Vampire Killer Battlewings Star Odyssey Cadash Paperboy Rampart Road Riot 4WD Steel Talons Fighting Masters Warsong Pro Strategy: Might and Magic (Tips and advice for leveling up your party) Overseas ProSpects: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Special Feature: Lynx Sports World Class Soccer NFL Football Hockey Baseball Heroes Basketbrawl Bikini Beach Volleyball S.W.A.T. (Secret Weapons and Tactics) (Reader submitted cheats and secrets) S.W.A.T. Treasure Master (Tips to help complete Worlds 2 and 3 in Treasure Master) GameBusters: Ninja Gaiden III (Tips to beat the final bosses of the game) Ask the Pros (The GamePros anwser reader questions) Short ProShots Terminator II: Judgment Day (NES) Motor City Patrol (NES) Heavy Nova (Genesis) Spanky's Quest (Super NES) Final Fantasy II (Super NES) Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (Game Boy) Elevator Action (Game Boy) Xybots (Lynx) ProNews All the Video game news that's fit to print. Advertiser Index

Cutting Edge - Only from Camerica Overseas Prospects: Jumbo Osaki Hole-in-One Golf, Actraiser, Darious Twin, Ultraman (all for Super Famicom) Hot at the Arcades: F-15 Strike Eagle, Clutch Hitter Nintendo Pro Reviews: The Rocketeer Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Rockin' Kats Power Blade Bill Elliot's NASCAR Challenge High Speed Baseball Blowout: Hardball! (Genesis) Legends of the Diamond (NES) Bo Jackson Hit and Run (Game Boy) Extra Bases (Game Boy) Bo Jackson Baseball (NES) Baseball Bits: RBI Baseball 3 (Genesis/TurboGrafx-16) Electronic Arts Baseball (Genesis) Pro Baseball Game League (Super Famicom) Super Ultra Baseball (Super Famicom) Genesis Pro Reviews: Batman Valis III Alien Storm TurboGrafx-16 Pro Review: Tale Spin 16-bit Gamers Guide part 2- The TurboGrafx-16: Trying Harder Game Boy Pro Reviews: Ninja Taro Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Caesar's Palace Mysterium Sneaky Snakes Game Gear Pro Review: Psychic World Lynx Pro Review: Robotron 2084 S.W.A.T: Palamedes (NES) Metal Storm (NES) Adventure Island II (NES) Sagaia (Genesis) Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue (NES) Willow (NES) Flying Warriors (NES) Fortress of Fear (NES) Burai Fighter (NES) Aero Blasters (TurboGrafx-16) Twin Cobra (Genesis) Strider (Genesis) Shadow of the Ninja (NES) Gargoyle's Quest (Game Boy) M.U.S.H.A (Genesis) Lakers vs. Celtics (Genesis) Midnight Resistance (Genesis) Super Volleyball (Genesis) Wings of War (Genesis) Splatterhouse (TurboGrafx-16) Silver Surfer (NES) Ninja Brothers (NES) Sword Master (NES) Battle Royale (TurboGrafx-16) Mega Man 3 (NES) Boomer's Adventure (TurboGrafx-16) Short Pro Shots: Smash TV (NES) Adventures of LoLo III (NES) Defenders of Dynatron City (NES) Faery Tale Adventure (Genesis) Dinoland (Genesis) Camp California! Yo Bro'! (TurboGrafx-16) Pac Man (Game Boy) Navy Seals (Game Boy) G-LOC (Game Gear) Ask the Pros: Dragon Warrior (NES) Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Genesis) Ghouls and Ghosts (Genesis) Dungeon Explorer (TurboGrafx-16) Pronews Report

Cutting Edge - Videomation for Nintendo Artists, Have Seat, Will Travel, Acemore Pads its Future, The Game Boy Grows Up The Adventures of GamePro Chapter 20: Earthbound Nintendo ProReviews: Uninvited Monopoly The Lone Ranger VICE: Project Doom Nintendo Preview: The Rocketeer 16-bit Gamer's Guide Part 1-Genesis Carts : Only the Beginning? Genesis ProReviews: Sonic the Hedgehog Star Control Fatal Labyrinth James Pond Master System ProReview: Strider TurboGrafx-16 ProReview: TV Sports Basketball Game Boy ProReviews: Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle II Jeopardy Game Gear ProReview: Dragon Crystal Lynx ProReview: Crystal Mines II Warbirds Ask The Pros: Wrath of the Black Manta (NES) Snake's Revenge (NES) Nemesis (Game Boy) S.W.A.T: Heavy Shredding (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (NES) Aero Blasters (TurboGrafx-16) Maniac Mansion (NES) Conquest of the Crystal Palace (NES) Mission: Impossible (NES) Shadow Blasters (Genesis) Gain Ground (Genesis) Sword of Sodan (Genesis) Ms. Pac-Man (Lynx) Dinowarz (NES) World Cup Soccer (NES) Battle Bull (Game Boy) Rampage (Lynx) Ninja Boy (Game Boy) Budokan (Genesis) Chew-Man-Fu (Genesis) Gates of Zendocon (Lynx) E-SWAT (Genesis) PipeDream (Game Boy) Short Shots: Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (NES) Moon Ranger (NES) Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) The Hunt for Red October (Game Boy) Bill Elliot's NASCAR Fast Tracks (Game Boy) The Punisher (Game Boy) Blockout (Lynx) Psychic World (Game Gear) Pronews Report

Cutting Edge - The Sega Game Gear The Adventures of GamePro Chapter 19: Bonk Nintendo Proviews: Battletoads S.C.A.T Whomp 'Em Ikari Warriors III Genesis Proviews: Wardner Crack Down PGA Tour Golf Master System Proview: Golden Axe Warrior TurboGrafx-16 Previews: Valis II (CD-ROM) Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (CD-ROM) Game Boy Proviews Tail Gator R-Type Kung Fu Master Lynx Proview Ninja Gaiden S.W.A.T TV Sports Football (TurboGrafx-16) Ask The Pros Bonk's Adventure (TurboGrafx-16) The Last Battle (Genesis) Pronews Report Short Proshots Die Hard (NES) Trival Pursuit (NES) Super Spy Hunter (NES) James Pond (Genesis) Junction (Genesis) Phantasy Star III (Genesis) Rolan's Curse (Game Boy) Spud's Adventure (Game Boy) Kingdom Crusade (Game Boy) S.W.A.T TV Sports Football (TurboGrafx-16) Thunder Force III (Genesis) Psychosis (TurboGrafx-16) NES Play Action Football (NES) Sword of Sodan (Genesis) Rolling Thunder (NES) Bonk's Adventure (TurboGrafx-16) Valis II (TurboGrafx-16) Strider (Genesis) G.I Joe (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (NES) Operation C (Game Boy) Shadow Dancer (Genesis) Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) Mercenary Force (Game Boy) Bomber Man (TurboGrafx-16) Legendary Axe (TurboGrafx-16) Bad Dudes (NES) The Adventures of Lolo 2 (NES) Astyanax (NES) Super Sprint (NES) Dungeon Explorers (TurboGrafx-16)