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PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari ST IBM PC Amiga Apple II Series Macintosh Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC TurboExpress (rumor coverage) arcade (The running footer in this issue incorrectly identifies the publication date as "January 1990") FEATURES (Contents page excerpts) VG&CE's Best Games Of 1989 by the Editors of VG&CE We banged our heads together for a while, then decided on the best games of the past year. See if our picks match yours. Blazing Lazers Strategy Guide by Lee H. Pappas Take a look as we rip apart one of the finest games to come out for the TurboGrafx-16. Going For The Dragons: Wonder Boy III Strategy Guide, Part II by Clayton Walnum Follow the maps that will guide you through the last sections of this colorful adventure for the Sega Master System. Here Come The Battle-Tanks: A Guide To Computer Tank Games by Bill Kunkel and Arnie Katz If your ideal game session involves climbing into an armored vehicle with monster treads, you'd better read this. Computer-Game Strategies by Frank Tetro Jr. Our disc jockey paves an easy road for you in Operation Wolf (Amiga / ST / C64 / PC) and Vette! (Amiga / PC / Mac), so be on your way. REVIEWS Video-Game Reviews All-Pro Basketball (NES) Baseball Simulator 1.000 (NES) Double Dragon II (NES) A Boy and his Blob (NES) Casino Games (SMS) Duck Tales (NES) Evert/Lendl Top Players Tennis (NES) Truxton (Gen) Computer-Game Reviews John Madden Football (Apple II / PC) Modem Wars (C64 / PC) Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (Apple II / Apple IIGS / PC) Universe III (Amiga / ST / PC) Motocross (PC) DEPARTMENTS Editor's Letter by Andy Eddy Reader Mail News Bits compiled by Joyce Worley Top Coin-Ops of September 1989 Sega Gives Cash to PAL Accolade Sponsors Sweepstakes New Versions of Flight Simulators Accolade Tries RPG for Spy Lovers Superman Flies to U.S. Dynamix Introduces User-Friendly System NEWS FLASH!! NEC Plans Blockbuster TG-16 Portable Two Compu-Journalists Perish in San Francisco Quake Poker Software for Vegas Johnny Nintendo Reveals Stats to SPA First Vette! Sweepstakes Winner Chosen Dads Monopolize Games Says Vid-Games Survey Virgin Mastertronic Will Have You Seeing Spots Sticks and Storage for NESers KAO Has Pipe Dreams Easter Egg Hunt Blazing Lazers (TG16) P.O.W. (NES) Casino Games (SMS) Altered Beast (Gen) Yea & Nay Destination Arcadia - Coin-Op Goes "Turbo": Bridging the Gap Between Home and Arcade by Patrick J. Kelley (TurboGrafx-16 arcade cabinet overview) Game Doctor - The Old Desert Rat Solves Your Gaming Problems by The Game Doctor Inside Gaming - Calling All Gamers! by Arnie Katz (Excerpt:) This month, Arnie tackles the question of why computer gaming isn't growing fast and what typical gamers can do about it. Advertiser Index COVER (Contents page excerpt) It's that time of year again - time to recognize those games that the VG&CE Editors felt were the finest of 1989. Let our robot presenter lead you to your seat for the major celebration that starts on page 42. And the winner is... Art: Alan Hunter

The Mail Hot at the Arcades: Elevator Action II, Street Fighter Alpha Special Series: The Game Makers: The Producers Special Feature: Mortal Kombat Movie Koming Special Report: E3...and Counting: A Saturn Surprise, Ultra 64 Due, PlayStation Powers Up, 3DO: M2's Promise, Super NES's Strategy, To Serve the Genesis, The New Neo Geo, Jaguar on the Prowl, 32X-Pectations, Sega CD, Virtual Boy: Something Entirely Different, CD-i Do or Die, Game Boy's Game, Game Gear Geared Up, PC Special Feature: The Saturn Has Arrived!: Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop, Black Fire, GhenWar, Creature Shock Saturn Pro Reviews: Panzer Dragoon Virtua Fighter Daytona USA Clockwork Knight 32X Pro Reviews: NBA Jam: Tournament Edition WWF Raw Sega CD Pro Reviews: Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors Genesis Pro Reviews: The Adventures of Batman & Robin Phantom 2040 Comix Zone Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures Bass Masters Classic Super NES Pro Reviews: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie Super Turrican 2 3DO Pro Reviews: Hell Virtuoso Rise of the Robots Ice Breaker Trip'd Neo Geo Pro Review: Savage Reign The Sports Page: Worldwide Soccer (Saturn) Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) Triple Play '96 (Genesis) NHL Hockey '95 (Game Boy) PGA European Tour (Game Boy) Sports Insider: Sports Unveiled in Abundance at E3 Role Player's Realm: E3 and Ye! The Future of RPG's: Chrono Trigger (Super NES) Secret of Evermore (Super NES) King Arthur and The Knights of Justice (Super NES) 7th Saga II (Super NES) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (Sega CD) Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (Saturn, PlayStation) Secret of the Stars (Super NES) Warhammer (PlayStation) Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (Genesis, PlayStation, Saturn) P.T.O. II (Genesis, Super NES, PlayStation, Saturn) Kingdom: The Far Reaches (3DO, CD-i) Lufia 2 (Super NES) Game Boy Pro Reviews: Primal Rage Judge Dredd Jungle Strike Animaniacs Game Gear Pro Reviews: The Adventures of Batman & Robin Primal Rage Jungle Strike Sports Trivia Championship Edition S.W.A.T Pro: X-Men 2 (Genesis) Space Harrier (32X) Super Punch Out (Super NES) Ballz (Super NES) The King of Fighters '94 (Neo Geo) Bubsy II (Genesis, Super NES) True Lies (Genesis, Super NES) Return Fire (3DO) Super Bomberman 2 (Super NES) John Madden Football (3DO) Red Zone (Genesis) Clockwork Knight (Saturn) Hover Strike (Jaguar) Zero, The Kamikaze Squirrel (Super NES) Motocross Championship (32X) Soccer Kid (3DO) Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) Virtua Fighter (Saturn) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Mortal Kombat III (Arcade) GamePro Labs: CD Backup Ram Cart (Sega CD), The Catbox (Jaguar) Buyer's Beware Overseas Prospects: Toh Shin Den (Playstation), Tekken (PlayStation), Pronews

The Mail The Cutting Edge: The Virtual Boy: Better Red Hot at the Arcades: WWF Wrestlemania, Air Combat 22, Cool Riders Special Series: The Game Makers: The Artists Special Feature: Presenting the Sony PlayStation PlayStation Pro Reviews: Battle Arena Toshinden Ridge Racer Saturn Pro Review: Bug! Sega CD Pro Review: Samurai Shodown Genesis Pro Reviews: Primal Rage WeaponLord Super NES Pro Reviews: Killer Instinct Primal Rage WeaponLord Syndicate SwatKats 3DO Pro Review: Zhadnost: The People's Party Jaguar Pro Reviews: Rayman Power Drive Rally Air Cars Neo Geo Pro Review: World Heroes Perfect The Sports Page: Slam 'N Jam '95 (3DO) RHI Roller Hockey '95 (Super NES) RBI Baseball '95 (32X) Hardball '95 (Genesis) Head-On Soccer (Super NES, Genesis) Role Player's Realm: Chrono Trigger (Super NES) Secret of the Stars (Super NES) Game Boy Pro Reviews: Asteroids and Missile Command Centipede/Millipede Primal Rage Strategy Guide (Super NES, Genesis) S.W.A.T Pro: Ristar (Genesis) Star Wars Arcade (32X) Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) Kirby's Pinball Land (Game Boy) Savage Reign (Neo Geo) Cosmic Carnage (32X) X-Men 2 (Genesis) Tempo (32X) Daytona USA (Saturn) Keio Flying Squadron (Sega CD) Kirby's Avalanche (Super NES) Aerobiz Supersonic (Super NES) Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Super NES) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Street Fighter: The Movie (Arcade), Battle Arena Toshinden (PlayStation), Virtua Fighter (Saturn) GamePro Labs: Arcade Racer (Saturn), Virtua Stick (Saturn), HORI Fighting Stick SS (Saturn) Buyer's Beware Short ProShots: Yoshi's Island (Super NES) Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn) Virtua Cop (Saturn) Mortal Kombat 3 (PlayStation) Kolibri (32X) Blackthorne (32X) Tecmo Super Bowl III" Final Edition (Super NES, Genesis) The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Sega CD) Darkstalkers (PlayStation) X-Men: Children of the Atom (Saturn, PlayStation) Fox Hunt (Saturn, PlayStation) Black Fire (Saturn) GhenWar (Saturn) The 11th Hour: The Sequel to The 7th Guest (Saturn, PlayStation, PC CD) Astral (Saturn) Rayman (Saturn) SimCity 2000 (Saturn) Cyber Speedway (Saturn) Full Throttle (PC CD) The Journeyman Project 1: Director's Cut (Saturn, PlayStation) Assault Rigs (PlayStation) Wipe Out (PlayStation) Novastorm (PlayStation) The Hive (PC CD) Hellraiser: Virtual Hell (PC CD) Overseas Prospects: Tokyo Toy Show Report Pronews

The Mail The Cutting Edge: 3DO's M2 Technology Hot at the Arcades: Mortal Kombat III Cover Feature: Judge Dredd (Genesis, Super NES, Game Gear) Special Feature: Hooray for Hollywood! Acclaim Studios Special Feature: PlayStation Preview: Krazy Ivan, Tekken, Kileak the Blood, Ridge Racer, Wipe Out, F-111 Aardvark: The Agile Warrior, VMAX, War Hammer Fantasy Battle, StarBlade Alpha, Destruction Derby, Twisted Metal, Razorwing, Street Fighter The Movie, Johnny Mnemonic, Zeitgeist Special Series: The Game Makers: Meet the Talent behind the Titles 32X Pro Reviews: Shadow Squadron Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 BC Racers Fahrenheit (32X CD) Sega CD Pro Reviews: Marko Panic! Surgical Strike Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold Genesis Pro Review: Justice League Task Force Super NES Pro Reviews: Phantom 2040 Nosferatu Hagane Justice League Task Force Lemmings 2: The Tribes Power Instinct Rise of the Robots The Itchy & Scratchy Game Jungle Strike Air Calvary Bass Masters Classic Jaguar Pro Reviews: Super Burn Out Ultra Vortex Neo Geo Pro Reviews: Fatal Fury 3 Panic Bomber Double Dragon The Sports Page: Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing (Super NES) The Next Glory: Super Sidekicks 3 (Neo Geo) Slam City with Scotty Pippen (32X CD) NFL Quarterback Club II (Game Boy) Role Player's Realm: Earthbound (Super NES) Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (3DO) Game Boy Pro Reviews: Donkey Kong Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 World Heroes 2 Jet NBA Jam Tournament Edition Game Gear Pro Reviews: Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzalez True Lies Pro Strategy Guide for Street Fighter The Movie (Arcade) S.W.A.T Pro: The Need for Speed (3DO) GP-1, Part II (Super NES) The Lion King (Game Gear) NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (Super NES) Madden '95 (Super NES) Quarantine (3DO) Road Rash 3 (Genesis) The Tick (Super NES) Toughman Contest (Genesis) Return Fire (3DO) Samurai Shodown II (Neo Geo) Power Instinct (Super NES) Shien's Revenge (Super NES) Pataank (3DO) Battle Frenzy (Sega CD) Barkley: Shut Up & Jam 2 (Genesis) Cybermorph (Jaguar) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Fatal Fury 3 (Neo Geo) GamePro Labs: Pad Soldier (3DO), 8 Button Control Pad (3DO) Buyer's Beware Overseas Prospects: Europe's Electronic Entertainment Showcase Short Proshots: Killer Instinct (Super NES) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest (Super NES) Earthworm Jim 2 (Genesis, Super NES) Vectorman (Genesis) Garfield (Genesis) VR Troopers (Genesis) Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) Daytona USA (Saturn) Spot goes to Hollywood (Genesis, 32X, Saturn, Super NES, PlayStation, PC CD) Converse City Ball Tour (Genesis, 32X, Saturn, Super NES, PlayStation, PC CD) Drug Wars (3DO) Batman Forever (Genesis, Super NES, PlayStation, Arcade, Game Boy, Game Gear, PC CD) Bug! (Saturn) Worldwide Soccer: Sega International Victory Goal Addition (Saturn) Pebble Beach Golf (Saturn) Pyramid Intruder (3DO) Robotech (Ultra 64) The Ooze (Genesis) Zoop (Saturn, PlayStation, PC CD) Virtua Fighter (32X) Triple Play Baseball '96 (Genesis) Phantom 2040 (Genesis) Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie (Super NES) Mega Man (Game Gear) Shock Wave (Saturn) Shredfest (Saturn) The 11th Hour: The Sequel to the 7th Guest (PC CD) Psychic Detective (3DO, PlayStation, PC CD) You don't Know Jack (PC CD, Macintosh CD) Hearts of Darkness (PC CD) FX Fighter (PC CD) MechWarrior 2 : The Clans (PC CD) Werewolf vs. Comanche (PC CD) Pronews

The Mail Hot at the Arcades: Mortal Kombat III, Street Fighter The Movie, Cool Rider, Virtua Striker, Fatal Fury 3, Double Dragon, Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory, Elevator Action Returns, Space Invader '95, Qix 2, Super Circuit, Strike Alley, P47 Aces, Alpine Racer, Ace Drivers, Air Combat 22, Cyber Cycles, Soccer Superstars, Hole in One, Sure Shot Sheriff, Eagle Shot Golf, Extreme Downhill, Gallagher's Shooting Gallery, Mazer, Backfire, Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, COPS, Great 1000 Mile Rally 2, Play Golf! The Cutting Edge: Revenge of the PC Games Special Feature: Surf's Up: Online Video Game Information Part 2 Cover Feature: Saturn Rises in America, The PlayStation Powers Up, Ultra 64: Let the Games Begin E3: Hot Hardware for '95, E3 and Counting Genesis Pro Reviews: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Crossroads of Time Skeleton Krew ExoSquad Sega CD Pro Review: Fahrenheit 32X Pro Reviews: Knuckles Chaotix Supreme Warrior (32X CD) Toughman Contest Super NES Pro Reviews: Stargate Fatal Fury Special Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Crossroads of Time Prehistorik Man Neo Geo Pro Review: Galaxy Fight 3DO Pro Reviews: Gex Myst Jaguar Pro Review: Hover Strike CD-i Pro Review: Chaos Control The Sports Page: Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars (Genesis) NCAA Final Four Basketball (Super NES) Sterling Sharpe: End to End (Super NES) Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2! (Genesis) NBA Action '95 (Genesis) Role Player's Realm: Shining Force CD (Sega CD) Seal of the Pharaoh (3DO) Future Fantasies Game Boy Pro Reviews: Earthworm Jim Mario Picross Game Gear Pro Reviews: Earthworm Jim Super Columns S.W.A.T Pro: Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) T2: The Arcade Game: Super NES) Warlock (Super NES) Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (Genesis) Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (Super NES) King of the Monsters 2 (Super NES) Clay Fighter 2 (Super NES) Panic! (Sega CD) Zool 2 (Jaguar) Kasumi Ninja (Jaguar) Mega Man X2 (Super NES) Super Street Fighter II Turbo (3DO) Way of the Warrior (3DO) Wario Blast featuring Bomberman (Game Boy) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge(Arcade) GamePro Labs: IC-US Interactor Cushion, i-glasses, The Fighter Pad (Genesis, Super NES) Buyer's Beware Short Proshots: The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Super NES) Street Fighter The Movie (Saturn, PlayStation) Street Fighter The Interactive Movie (Saturn, PlayStation) Time Warner's VR Virtua Racing (Saturn) Brain Dead 13 (Sega CD, Saturn, 3DO, PlayStation, Jaguar CD) WWF Raw (32X) Bladeforce (3DO) The All New Peoples Game Show (3DO) Killing Time (3DO) RBI Baseball '95 (Sega CD, 32X) Penn & Teller's Smoke & Mirrors (3DO, Sega CD) Slam 'N' Jam '95 (3DO) Thunder in Paradise (CD-i) Pronews

Reviews Genesis (pages 42-50): Toughman Contest Stargate Spiderman True Lies No Escape Ecco Jr. Sega CD (pages 52-56): Fatal Fury Special Road Rash Trivial Pursuit Wheel of Fortune 32X (pages 58-60): Tempo Brutal: Above the Claw Motorcross Championship Super Nintendo (pages 64-84): Spider-Man Metal Warriors Kirby’s Dream Course Wing Commander II: Vengence of the Kilrathi Kirby’s Avalanche Izzy’s Quest for the Olympic Rings 3DO (pages 86-88): Quarantine Immercenary Jaguar (page 90): Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls Pinball Fantasies CD-I (page 92): Jeopardy Lemmings The Sports Page (pages 94-99): World Series Baseball (Genesis) Sporting News Power (SNES) NBA Hangtime ’95 (Sega CD) Troy Aikman Football (Jaguar) Tecmo Super Hockey (Genesis) Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) NFL Quarterback Club (Game Gear) Role-Player’s Realm (pages 102-103): The Savage Empire (SNES) Beyond Oasis (Genesis) Dungeon Explorer (Sega CD) Rise of the Pheonix (SNES) Game Boy (page 106): True Lies Pinball Fantasies Hot at the Arcades pages 18-20 Night Warriors (Darkstalkers’ Revenge) Street Fighter: The Movie Features On Location (pages 38-39): Weapon Lord (SNES, Genesis) The Fighters Edge (pages 116-121): Killer Instinct (Arcade) WWF Raw (SNES, Genesis) Virtua Fighter 2 S.W.A.T.Pro pages 108-114 Donkey Kong Country (SNES) Shock Wave (3DO) Mortal Kombat II (SNES) Killer Instinct (Arcade) X-Men: Children of the Atom (Arcade) Samurai Shodown (SNES) The Lion King (SNES) NBA Jam Tournament Edition (SNES, Genesis) Short ProShots pages 126-133 Comix Zone (Genesis) 3D Baseball ’95 (Saturn) Solar Eclipse (Saturn) Legacy of Kain – Blood Omen (Saturn) Dragons of the Square Table (Saturn) Primal Rage (Genesis, SNES, 32X CD, Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar CD, Game Boy, Game Gear) Chaotix (32X) Mad Dog II: Lost Gold (Sega CD, 3DO) Panzer General (3DO) Mathemagics (3DO) Slopestyle (3DO) Theme Park (Genesis) Toughman Contest (32X) Shining Force (Sega CD) NFL Quarterback Club (32X) NBA Action ’95 Starring David Robinson (Genesis) Bass Masters Classic (SNES, Genesis) Overseas Prospects pages 134-136 Cyber Sled (PSX) Myst (PSX) Cosmic Racer (PSX) Solar Eclipse (Saturn) Bug! (Saturn) International Victory Goal (Saturn) Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn)

The Mail The Cutting Edge: The Neo Geo CD Hot at the Arcades: Sega Rally Championship Cover Feature: Mortal Kombat III Leads a Kombat Krossover Special Feature: WeaponLord: Graphics on the Cutting Edge LamePro Genesis Pro Reviews: X-Men 2: Clone Wars Road Rash 3 Desert Demolition starring Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote Warlock Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings Minnesota Fats The Pool Master Lemmings 2: The Tribes The Punisher Sega CD Pro Reviews: Earthworm Jim Special Edition Supreme Warrior RDF Global Conflict Lords of Thunder Midnight Raiders Ultraverse Prime BC Racers Jeopardy! Battle Frenzy The Lawnmower Man Keio Flying Squadron Crime Patrol 32X Pro Reviews: Space Harrier Mortal Kombat II Metal Head Night Trap (32X CD) Super NES Pro Reviews: True Lies Warlock Pac-in-Time Micro Machines GP-1 Part II Breakthou! Bust-A-Move Tetris & Dr. Mario Pieces Wario's Woods Pinball Fantasies Phantasy Star IV Pro Strategy Guide 3DO Pro Reviews: Return Fire Starblade Novastorm Crime Patrol Iron Angel of the Apocalypse Jaguar Pro Reviews: Flashback Cannon Fodder The Sports Page: Coach K College Basketball (Genesis) NHL All-Star Hockey '95 (Genesis) International SuperStar Soccer (Super NES) ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) Links (Sega CD) Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal (Super NES) Super RBI Baseball (Super NES) Madden NFL '95 (Game Gear) Role Player's Realm: Ultima VII: The Black Gate (Super NES) Crusader of Centy (Genesis) Popful Mail (Sega CD) Final Fantasy III Strategy Guide Game Gear Pro Reviews: Bonkers: Wax Up! Stargate S.W.A.T Pro: Doom (32X) Earthworm Jim (Genesis/Super NES) Madden NFL '95 (Genesis) Pitfall (Genesis/Super NES) Demolition Man (3DO) X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (Super NES) Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis) Shaq Fu (Super NES/Genesis) Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (Super NES) Iron Soldier (Jaguar) Rise of the Robots (Super NES) Beavis & Butthead (Game Gear) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for X-Men: Children of the Atom (Arcade) GamePro Labs: System Selector, Sega Power Strip, HT-2 Home Theater System Buyer's Beware Short Proshots: Mega Man 7 (Super NES) Primal Rage (Genesis, 32X CD, Saturn, Super NES, Jaguar CD, 3DO, Game Boy, Game Gear) Beyond Oasis (Genesis) Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (Super NES) Metal Warrior (Super NES) Stargate (Genesis, Super NES, Game Boy) Spider-Man (Super NES, Genesis) Judge Dredd (Genesis, Super NES, Game Boy, Game Gear) Immercenary (3DO) Kingdom: The Far Reaches (3DO) Nosferatu (Super NES) Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (32X) Real Monsters (Super NES) Kirby's Avalanche (Super NES) Kirby's Dream Course (Super NES) Boogerman (Super NES) C2: Judgement Clay (32X) The Mask (Genesis, Super NES) Panic Bomber (Super NES) Hagane (Super NES) Whizz (Super NES) Realm (Super NES) Saturday Night Slam Masters (Genesis) Oscar (Super NES) World Series Baseball '95 (Genesis) NHL All-Star Hockey '95 (Game Gear) NBA Hangtime '95 (Sega CD) Urban Strike (Super NES, Game Boy, Game Gear) S.W.A.T. Kats (Super NES) Earthworm Jim (Game Boy, Game Gear) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads in Time (Super NES) Mutant Chronicles (Super NES, Genesis) Road Rash (Sega CD) Space Adventure Cobra 2 (Sega CD) Hudson Soft Soccer (Sega CD) Overseas Prospects: Clockwork Knight (Saturn), Gotha (Saturn), Daedlus (Saturn), Toh Shin Den (PlayStation), Powerful Pro Baseball '95 (PlayStation) Pronews

The Mail Hot at the Arcades: Virtua Fighter 2 The Cutting Edge: Virtual Places in small spaces Cover Feature: Nintendo Follows it's Instinct Overseas Prospects: The Sega Saturn Enters Orbit Overseas Previews for Virtua Racing, Daytona USA, Digital Shinobi, Clockwork Knight: Pepperouchau's Adventure, Panzer Dragon, Gale Racer, Tama, Victory Goal The Sony PlayStation plays for Keeps PlayStation Previews: Super Parodius Deluxe Pack, Hot Blooded Family, Crime Crackers, Tekken, Toh Shin Den Saturn Pro Review: Virtua Fighter Playstation Pro Review: Ridge Racer Special Feature: WeaponLord: Game-Play Evolution or Revolution? Genesis Pro Reviews: NBA Jam: Tournament Edition The Death and Return of Superman The Itchy & Scratchy Game Stone Protectors Sega CD Pro Reviews: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Slam City with Scottie Pippen Radical Rex Novastorm Mary Shelly's Frankenstein The Misadventures of Flink Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm Space Ace 32X Pro Reviews: Corpse Killer (32X CD) Afterburner Super NES Pro Reviews: NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Jurassic Park II: The Chaos Continues Looney Toons B-Ball The Flintstones Time Cop Street Hockey '95 Biker Mice from Mars Home Improvement Uniracers Top Gear 3000 Hurricanes 3 Ninjas Kick Back Beavis & Butthead Tin Star Neo Geo Pro Review: Zed Blade Killer Instinct Pro Strategy Guide 3DO Pro Reviews: Road & Track Present: The Need for Speed Rebel Assault Shockwave Operation Jumpgate: 2026 Jaguar Pro Reviews: Iron Soldier Syndicate Theme Park CD-i Pro Review: Earth Command The Sports Page: Tecmo Super Bowl II (Super NES) NFL Quarterback Club (Genesis) NFL Hall of Fame Football (CD-i) Brett Hull Hockey '95 (Genesis) Val d'Isere Skiing & Snowboarding (Jaguar) Checkered Flag (Jaguar) World Cup Golf (3DO) Fred Couples Golf (Game Gear) PGA Tour Golf II (Game Gear) Sports Illustrated Golf Classic (Game Boy) Role Player's Realm: Final Fantasy II Strategy Guide Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (Super NES) Brandish (Genesis) Savage Empire (Super NES) Seal of the Pharaoh (3DO) Ultima: The Black Gate (Super NES) Rise of the Phoenix (Super NES) Game Boy Pro Reviews: Wario Blast USHRA Monster Truck Wars Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness Desert Strike: Return to the Golf Game Gear Pro Reviews: Ristar Kawasaki Superbike Challenge Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse The Itchy & Scratchy Game S.W.A.T Pro: Mickey Mania (Genesis) Shaq Fu (Genesis) Donley Kong Country (Super NES) Club Drive (Jaguar) Radical Rex (Sega CD) Alien vs. Predator (Jaguar) Lamborghini American Challenge (Super NES) Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Virtua Racing Deluxe (32X) Skitchin' (Genesis) Doom (Jaguar) FIFA International Soccer (3DO) Off-World Interceptor (3DO) Checkered Flag (Jaguar) Super Battleship (Super NES) Zero Tolerence (Genesis) The Horde (3DO) Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Primal Rage (Arcade) GamePro Labs: Flightstick Pro (3DO), Master Gear Converter (Game Gear), 3DO-SNES Adaptor (3DO) Buyer's Beware Short Proshots: Virtual Boy Games: Teleroboxer, Space Pinball StarFox 2 (Super NES) Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (Sega CD) Mortal Kombat II Secret of Evermore (Super NES) Comix Zone (Genesis) Rayman (32X, Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar, PlayStation) Chaotix (32X) The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Genesis) Earthworm Jim Special Edition (Sega CD) Donkey Kong Land (Game Boy) Fahrenheit (Sega CD, 32X CD) Alone in the Dark 2 (32X) Flying Aces (32X CD) Blackthorne (32X) PO'ed (3DO) The 11th Hour: The Sequel to the 7th Guest (3DO) Daedalus Encounter (3DO) Beyond Oasis (Genesis) Bust-A-Move (Super NES) Comanche (Super NES) Duelin' Fireman (3DO) Hell (3DO) Earthbound (Super NES) FX Fighter (Super NES) Cyberwar (Sega CD, Saturn, 3DO, PlayStation) Desert Demolition (Genesis) Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (Genesis, 32X, Super NES) Judge Dredd (Genesis, Super NES, Game Boy, Game Gear) Warlock (Genesis, Super NES) Shellshock (32X, Saturn, 3DO, PlayStation) WeaponLord (Genesis) Kirby's Avalanche (Super NES) Stargate (Super NES) Surgical Strike (Sega CD) Star Trek: The Next Generation (3DO) World Series Baseball '95 (Genesis) Road Rash 3 (Genesis) Coach K College Basketball (Genesis) Toughman Boxing Contest (Genesis) Cyberia (3DO) Kawasaki Superbike Challenge (Super NES) Battlemorph (Jaguar) Hover Strike (Jaguar) Space War 2000 (Jaguar) Burn Out (Jaguar) Barkley Shut Up and Jam! (Jaguar) Bret Hull Hockey (Jaguar) Fight for Life (Jaguar) Ultra Vortex (Jaguar) Blue Lighting (Jaguar CD) Pronews

The Mail The Cutting Edge: XBand is playing Hot at the Arcades: X-Men, Killer Instinct Cover Feature: WeaponLord Special Feature: You Need a Superhero - X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (Super NES), The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Super NES), Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (Genesis, Super NES), The Tick (Super NES), X-Men: Gamemaster's Legacy (Game Gear), Time Cop (Super NES), The Death and Return of Superman (Genesis), Legends of the Justice League Task Force (Genesis, Super NES) Genesis Pro Reviews: Ristar Mega Bomberman The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey & Minnie Kawasaki Superbike Challenge WWF Raw Sega CD Pro Reviews: Ecco: The Tides of Time Soul Star Iron Helix Loadstar Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers The Masked Rider: Kamen Rider ZO 32X Pro Reviews: Cosmic Carnage Doom Super NES Pro Reviews: Super Bonk Super Adventure Island II The Ignition Factor WWF Raw Acme Animation Factory The Brainies Sink or Swim TNN Bass Tournament of Champions Neo Geo Pro Review: Samurai Shodown II 3DO Pro Reviews: Super Street Fighter II Turbo Samurai Shodown Demolition Man Supreme Warrior Mega Race Off-World Interceptor VR Stalker Jammit Donkey Kong Country Pro Strategy Guide Jaguar Pro Reviews: Zool 2 Dragon Kasumi Ninja Bubsy in Fractured Fairy tale Club Drive CD-i Pro Reviews: Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp Mad Dog McCree The Sports Page: FIFA International Soccer (3DO) NFL Quarterback Club (Super NES) Brett Hull Hockey '95 (Super NES) Newman Hass Indy Car Featuring Nigel Mansell (Genesis/Super NES) ESPN Speed World (Genesis) Rugby World Cup '95 (Genesis) Chavez II (Super NES) Madden '95 (Game Boy) Role Player's Realm: Phantasy Star: End of the Millennium (Genesis) Snatcher (Sega CD) Final Fantasy III Strategy Guide Game Boy Pro Reviews: Space Invaders Bonk's Revenge NBA Jam Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus Game Gear Pro Review: Rise of the Robots S.W.A.T Pro: Mortal Kombat II (Genesis) NBA Live '95 (Genesis) Chavez Boxing (Super NES) Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis) Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures (Super NES) Mario is Missing (Super NES) Beavis & Butthead (Genesis) Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition (Super NES) The Pirates of Dark Water (Genesis) Way of the Warrior (3DO) NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (Arcade) Super Battleship (Super NES) Zero Tolerence (Genesis) The Horde (3DO) Ecco: The Tides of Time (Genesis) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Killer Instinct (Arcade) GamePro Labs: Goldstar 3DO Interactive Multiplayer System, Super Game Boy to Game Genie Adaptor (Super NES, Game Boy) Buyer's Beware Short Proshots: Mortal Kombat III (Arcade) Virtual Fighter (Saturn) Cyberclash (3DO) Fatal Fury Special (Sega CD) Samurai Shodown (Sega CD) Incoming (PlayStation, Saturn) Zed Blade (Neo Geo) Dracula X (Super NES, 32X) Family Feud (3DO) Eternal Champions (Sega CD) Flying Nightmares (3DO) Nova Storm (3DO, Sega CD) Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed (3DO) Starblade (3DO) BC Racersl (Sega CD) Flink (Sega CD) Indiana Jones - Instruments of Chaos (Sega CD) Shadow of the Beast II (Sega CD) Motocross (32X) ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) Golf Magazine Presents 36 Holes starring Fred Couples (32X) NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (Genesis, Super NES) Home Improvement (Super NES) Ogre Battle (Super NES) FireTeam Rogue (Super NES) Brutal: Paws of Fury (32X) Tempo (32X) Overseas Prospects: Dragon Quest VI (Super Famicom), Live a Live (Super Famicom), Choplifter III (Super Famicom), Nosferatu (Super Famicom), Battle Jockey (Super Famicom) Pronews

The Mail The Cutting Edge: When Knuckles met Sonic Blockbuster Video 1994 World Game Championship Winners' Diary Hot at the Arcades: The AMOA Show: Killer Instinct, Samurai Shodown II, Virtua Fighter 2, Armored Warriors, Global Champion, Way of the Warrior, Operation Wolf 3, Darius III, Corvette Pinball (pinball), Virtua Cop, Red & Ted's Roadshow (pinball) Special Feature: Making Movies Mortal Kombat-Style Genesis Pro Reviews: Aero The Acro Bat 2 Brutal: Paws of Fury Syndicate Battle Frenzy Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures Red Zone Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Pagemaster Radical Rex Sega CD Pro Reviews: NBA Jam Corpse Killer Flashback Bouncers 32X Pro Reviews: Virtual Racing Deluxe Star Wars Arcade Super NES Pro Reviews: Mega Man X2 Super Bomberman 2 Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel Sonic Blast Man II Operation Thunderbolt Full Throttle: All-American Racing Nickelodeon Guts Moto-X Brutal WildSnake Carrier Aces Ardy Lightfoot SeaQuest DSV The Shadow Neo Geo Pro Review: King of Fighters '94 3DO Pro Reviews: PaTaank Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold Soccer Kid Jaguar Pro Review: Doom CD-i Pro Review: Burn: Cycle Earthworm Jim Pro Strategy Guide Part 2 The Sports Page: NFL '95 (Genesis) Madden NFL '95 (Genesis) NHL Hockey '95 (Super NES) NBA Live '95 (Genesis) PGA Golf Tour III (Genesis) FIFA International Soccer '95 (Genesis) Elite Soccer (Super NES/Game Boy) Michael Andretti's Indy car Challenge (Super NES) Role Player's Realm: Guardian War (3DO) Final Fantasy III (Super NES) Strategy Guide Game Boy Pro Reviews: Bubsy II Daffy Duck The Blues Brothers Jukebox Adventure Race Days Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle BreakThru! Game Gear Pro Reviews: Fatal Fury Special Taz in Escape from Mars Ecco: The Tides of Time Fighter's Edge Feature: Ballz Strategy Guide S.W.A.T Pro: Lester the Unlikely (Super NES) Sonic and Knuckles (Genesis) Mega Man X (Super NES) World Heroes (Super NES) Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis) Tom & Jerry (Super NES) Shining Force II (Genesis) Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls (Super NES) Brutal (Sega CD) Double Dragon 3 (Genesis) Fighter's History (Super NES) Battletech (Super NES) Wolfenstein 3-D (Jaguar) Family Feud (Super NES) Ken Griffey Jr. Presents: Major League Baseball (Super NES) The Jungle Book (Genesis) Disney's Aladdin (Game Gear) Urban Strike (Genesis) RoboCop vs. The Terminator (Super NES) The Fighter's Edge: Tournament Winning Combos & Techniques for Way of the Warrior (3DO),Shaq Fu (Genesis) GamePro Labs: 32X (Genesis, Sega CD), XBand (Super NES, Genesis) Buyer's Beware Short Proshots: Demolition Man (3DO) FIFA International Soccer (3DO) Shock Wave: Operation JumpGate (3DO) Flashback (3DO, Jaguar) Seal of the Pharaoh (3DO) FX Fighter (Super NES) Myst (Sega CD) Bonk's Revenge (Game Boy) Street Hockey '95 (Super NES) Phantom 2040 (Super NES, Genesis) The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey & Minnie (Genesis) Kids on Site (Sega CD) Crime Patrol (Sega CD, 3DO) Space Pirates (Sega CD) Earth Command (CD-i) Mutant Rampage Bodyslam (CD-i) Quarantine (3DO) Dark Seed (Sega CD) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Sega CD) Captain Commando (Super NES) X-Men (Super NES) The Death & Return of Superman (Genesis) SeaQuest (Genesis) Jurassic Park II: The Chaos Continues (Super NES) Scooby-Doo Mystery (Genesis) Stone Protectors (Genesis) Rugby World Cup '95 (Genesis) World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Golf (3DO) Top Gear 3000 (Super NES) NCAA Final Four Basketball (Super NES) Overseas Prospects: Ridge Racer (PlayStation), Cyber Sled (PlayStation) Pronews

Table of Contents Power Up!: Staff Reader’s Tips NFL Blitz (Arcade) Strategy Ray Tracers (PlayStation) Strategy One (PlayStation) Strategy Sonic R (Saturn) Strategy Auto Destruct (PlayStation) Strategy Cool Zone Steep Slope Sliders (Saturn) Strategy Bloody Roar (PlayStation) Strategy Monster Rancher (PlayStation) Strategy Tomb Raider II (PlayStation) Strategy Select Games (Previews): · Beatmania (Arcade) · Bio FREAKS (Arcade) · Fighter’s Destiny (Nintendo 64) · Shining Force III (Saturn) · Bushido Blade 2 (PlayStation) · Get Bass (Arcade, released in NA as Sega Bass Fishing) · Ehrgeiz (Arcade) · X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Saturn, Japan only release) · Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn) · Wetrix (Nintendo 64) · C (PlayStation, released as The Contra Adventure) · Spawn: The Eternal (PlayStation) · Gran Turismo (PlayStation) · Total Vice (Arcade) · Powerboat Racing (PlayStation, released as VR Sports Powerboat Racing) · DamDam StompLand (PlayStation, Japan only release) Nintendo 64 Tips PlayStation Tips Saturn Tips Game Shark codes Japan Report