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    Nintendo Power Pak Source (March-April 1990) Nintendo Power #11 supplement.
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  2. Features: The Faces Behind the Phone Lines - If you got stumped on a game back in the day, you couldn't hit up GameFAQs or YouTube. Instead, you picked up the phone and dialed a Game Counselor. EGM explores the ins and outs of video game help lines, and the dedicated men and women who got paid to walk you through those tough zones. EGM's Best and Worst of 1989 - Best graphics? Most challenging? Most enjoyable? Greatest replay value? Best sound design? Coolest Hero? Best Boss? Worst Film? Best Controller? Worst Movie-to-Game Conversion? The editors run down their lists from hot to not in every category imaginable. EGM's 16-Bit Systems Preview - Sega's Genesis, NEC's TurboGrafx-16, and Konix's Multistystem go head-to-head in a battle for 16-bit dominance. The Next Generation of Hand-Held Gaming - It might have been pushed into 1990, but Atari's Lynx with its full-colour display and built-in hardware zoom and scrolling functions is going to come out swinging for the fences. Departments: Insert Coin: Games, Games, Games!!! - Steve Harris welcomes you to the second edition of their Buyer's Guide, and introduces the Review Crew, including two new faces, so you can get an idea of where their tastes lie. Nintendo Player Sequels Boost NES to New Heights - Games like Castlevania 3, Ninja Gaiden 2, Double Dragon 2, and Super C are poised to push sales into the stratosphere. P.O.W.: Prisoner of War (8/7/7/7) Demon Sword (5/6/7/6) Twin Cobra (7/6/6/7) Bad Dudes (6/5/5/4) Sega Masters Master System Future in Doubt - Now that Genesis is here, can upcoming releases like Tennis Ace, Nightmare Basketball, and Ultima 4 keep 8-bit Sega fans satisfied? Captain Silver (4/4/6/4) Cloud Master (4/4/4/4) Spellcaster (7/6/6/5) Turbo Champ Turbo to Increase Library of Titles - NEC's Japanese counterpart to the TurboGrafx-16, the PC Engine, has robust third-party support, so while its initial game lineup on US soil was a bit weak, expect titles like Moto-Roader, Fantasy Zone, Power Golf, and Deep Blue to make up for the slack in the coming year, along with translations of arcade hits like Galaga '90, Dragon Spirit, R-Type, and Side Arms. Then, as if that's not enough, the CD add-on will sparkle with titles like Fighting Street, Monster Lair, and Darius. Blazing Lasers (7/6/9/9) China Warrior (4/4/5/5) The Legendary Axe (9/8/8/8) Victory Run (6/8/7/8) Outpost: Genesis Arcade-Inspired Titles Fuel Genesis - With over 500,000 units sold and two dozen new titles on the horizon, Sega has taken a commanding lead in the 16-bit wars. Titles like Super Shinobi, Super Monaco GP, Phantasy Star 2, Super Hang-On, Gain Ground, Golden Axe, and Forgotten Worlds are poised to keep Sega dominant well into the next year. Ghouls 'N' Ghosts (9/9/9/9) Last Battle (6/7/6/5) Thunder Force II (8/8/7/8) Super Thunder Blade (5/6/5/8) Tommy Lasorda Baseball (8/8/7/7) GameBoy Club Puzzlers and Arcades on GameBoy - Atari's delayed release of their Lynx handheld leaves Nintendo the undisputed king of the portable gaming hill for the moment. And the Big N will use every tool in their arsenal to see it stays that way, with games like Hyper Lode Runner, Boxxle, Kwirk, Castlevania: The Adventure, Gradius, Lock-N-Chase, and Motocross Maniacs. Tetris (8/8/7/8) Super Mario Land (8/8/7/8) Atari Adventure New 7800 Games and Lynx Offer Hope - The Lynx handheld might have been delayed, but don't count Atari's 8-bit dreams out just yet. Titles such as Xenophobe, Mat Mania, Planet Smashers, Alien Brigade, Sentinel, and arcade-style sports games like Ninja Golf and Blood Basketball can tide you over. Ads (in order of appearance): RoboWarrior (NES) Capcom NES titles: Mega Man 2 / Strider Fester's Quest (NES) River City Ransom (NES) Kung-Fu Heroes (NES) Nintendo Power Glove controller (NES) Star Soldier (NES) Thundercade (NES) Acclaim Wireless Remote Controller (NES) WWF Wrestlemania (NES) Secrets, Codes, and Strategies for Nintendo Games video cassette Othello (NES) World Championship Wrestling (NES) Hydlide (NES) Phantom Fighter (NES) Game Mania mail order company Hudson Joycard Sansui SSS controller and NES games - (Adventure Island / Milon's Secret Castle / Bomberman / Adventures of Dino Riki) The Ultimate Game Club mail order company Bandai NES titles - (Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach / Monster Party / Shooting Range / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Wild Boys (unreleased) / Street Cop) FCI Phone Counseling Hotline Beeshu NES controllers and joysticks NEC TurboGrafx-16 console EGM subscription ad P.O.W.: Prisoner of War (NES) Broderbund U-Force controller (NES) Notable Stuff: Martin Alessi and David White officially join the magazine staff as part of the Review Crew in this issue. There is no "Review Crew" section in this issue. Instead, reviews are contained in each different console section. And while four editors still review each game, there are more than four reviewers for this issue, so everybody's got different stuff on their plates. It's quite chaotic. Likewise, there's no dedicated section for cheat codes and strategies. These are bundled in with the reviews this issue. Before going to EGM full-time, Martin Alessi was a game counselor for FCI, as well as a member of the US National Video Game Team. The ad for Kung-Fu Heroes is clearly translated into English straight from the original Japanese, and not given an editorial pass by a native speaker. "The Faces Behind the Phone Lines" is phenomenal from a historical perspective, providing information about how many people companies employed, the volume of calls taken, the most commonly-requested information, caller demographics, and even the counselors' personal feelings about magazines publishing hints and tips which allow readers to take shortcuts or solve problems without needing to work things out for themselves. EGM manages to misspell the final word of the headline in the lead-off article in the 'Nintendo Players' section. "Heighths"? Really, guys? Some of the games rumoured to be forthcoming for the NES, like Super Bombjack and Blaster Master 2 never make it out. The review for P.O.W. includes a cheat code to give you twenty lives, which is exactly the sort of thing game counselors are griping about magazines giving out just a few pages back. Then again, they follow it up with a code to double, triple, or even quadruple the difficulty of Blazing Lasers, so maybe they're even. No one mentions it, but Last Battle on the Genesis is Fist of the North Star, based on the anime and manga of the same name, with the serial numbers inexplicably filed off.
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  3. Review Crew (Steve Harris / Ed Semrad / Donn Nauert / Jim Allee): Guerilla War (NES) - 7/7/8/7 Ironsword (NES) - 8/8/7/7 Fester’s Quest (NES) - 5/5/5/5 Mega Man 2 (NES) - 8/8/8/8 3 Stooges (NES) - 6/8/6/7 Adventures of Lolo (NES) - 7/8/8/7 Operation Wolf (NES) - 6/7/6/4 Q*Bert (NES) - 7/3/4/4 Mappyland (NES) - 7/4/6/4 Flying Dragon (NES) - 4/5/4/5 Hydlide (NES) - 5/6/6/5 Alex Kidd in High Tech World (SMS) - 5/7/7/7 Reggie Jackson Baseball (SMS) - 7/7/7/7 Galaxy Force (SMS) - 6/7/5/5 Next Wave Double Dragon II: The Revenge (ARC/NES) P.O.W. (NES) Thundercade (NES) Super Dodgeball (NES) Press Start A New Breed of Joystick That Does it All – Beeshu’s Gizmo A Dominating Force is Coming… [Nexoft article] Seeing is Believing! [secret Videogame Tricks, Codes, & Strategies article] (View on YouTube here courtesy of Patrick Scott Patterson!) A Super Contest… [super Dodgeball article] Nintendo’s Four-Player Combo At The Arcades Tetris Superman Cover Story Next-Generation Gaming International Outlook Super Mario Bros. 3 (FC) Gradius II (FC) Dare to Compare U-Force vs. Power Glove Tricks of the Trade Blaster Master (NES) Zanac (NES) Mega Man (NES) Star Soldier (NES) Wizards and Warriors (NES) Kid Icarus (NES) Milon’s Secret Castle (NES) Ring King (NES) John Elway’s Quarterback (NES) Metal Gear (NES) RBI Baseball (NES) Track & Field II (NES) Metroid (NES) Posiden Wars 3-D (SMS) R-Type (SMS) Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) Rambo (NES) Double Dragon (NES) Legacy of the Wizard (NES) Desert Falcon (7800) Golvellius (SMS) Double Dragon (SMS) Fantasy Zone (SMS) Ghostbusters (SMS) Rocky (SMS) Quartet (SMS) Kenseiden (SMS) Top Secret Mega Man 2 (NES) Guerilla War (NES) Gyruss (NES) Stealth ATF (NES) Ultima Exodus (NES) Altered Beast (SMS) King’s Quest: Quest for the Crown (SMS) Vigilante (SMS) PC Gaming TV Sports Football (Amiga) The Duel: Test Drive II (IBM) Galactic Conqueror (Amiga) Combat Course (C-64/128) Ads (in order of appearance): Tengen NES games (Gauntlet / RBI Baseball / Tetris / Super Sprint / Pac-Man) Bad Dudes (NES) Hudson JoyCard Sansui SSS controller Hudsonsoft NES games (Adventure Island / Milon's Secret Castle / Bomberman / Adventures of Dino-Riki) Bandai NES games (Street Cop / Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / Monster Party / Athletic World / Bandai Golf / Xevious: The Avenger) Taxan NES games (Fist of the North Star / Mappy Land / Mystery Quest / Star Soldier) Super Dodge Ball (NES) River City Ransom (NES) Thundercade (NES) Ultimate Game Club sales ad TurboGrafx-16 Enter and Win contest Airwolf (NES) Hoops (NES) John Elway's Quarterback (NES) / Double Dragon (NES) Beeshu gaming controllers Ultima: Exodus (NES) Secrets, Codes, and Strategies VHS tape FCI Phone Counseling Hotline Phantasy Star (SMS) Konami portable LCD games (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Double Dribble / Top Gun / Gradius / Skate or Die / Contra) Electronic Gaming Monthly subscription ad Nexoft Corporation Taxan Videodiction Win-A-Game competition Homer's official Nintendo clothing and equipment U.V.T., Inc. used game buy ad Ultima: Exodus hint book Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf (NES) Beeshu joysticks Notable Stuff: Contains three tear-out tip cards for John Elway's Quarterback, Marble Madness, and Paperboy. There are some lazy reviews in this issue. Donn Nauert's Q*Bert review says that it's just like the arcade game. Likewise, his review for Flying Dragon is, "Just another karate game." Ed Seimrad's review of Hydlide has him admitting he doesn't even remember what the game was about! Like...isn't that kind of your job to know that stuff, dude?
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  4. Features: Cover Story: Ghouls 'n Ghosts (GEN) Behind the Screens Look at Gameboy (Industry professionals offer their opinions on Nintendo's handheld) International Outlook (A New Look at the PC Engine, Konix is delayed again, and here's the final [see notes below] version of the Super Famicom) P.O.W. - The War Rages On (Strategy guide for P.O.W. (NES)) Insert Coin (You Asked For It, You Got It...More Sega!!!) Interface: Letters to the Editor Gaming Gossip (Quarterman whets your appetite for rumour) 32-Bit System Preview (The FM-Towns system...coming soon to your shores?) Enter and Win a GameBoy! (Contest) Top Scores Club (Send in a high score, win the accolades of your friends) Electronic Gaming Top 10 (NIntendo, Sega, Atari and Arcade games...what you should be spending your money on) Review Crew (Steve Harris / Ed Semrad / Don Nauert / Jim Allee): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) - 6/7/6/4 Bad Dudes (NES) - 6/5/5/4 Sky Shark (NES) - 6/6/5/5 Defenders of the Crown (NES) - 4/3/7/7 Strider (GEN) - 7/8/7/7 Spell Caster (GEN) - 7/6/6/5 Victory Run (GEN) - 6/8/7/8 Dungeon Explorer (TG-16) - 7/7/7/7 Last Battle (GEN) - 6/7/6/5 Tommy Lasorda Baseball (GEN) - 8/8/7/7 Thunder Force II (GEN) - 8/8/7/8 Next Wave (previews of upcoming software): Twin Eagle (NES) Willow (NES) Silkworm (NES) Ninja Gaiden II (NES) Captain Silver (SMS) Nightmare Basketball (SMS) Dynamite Dux (SMS) Rambo 3 (GEN) Forgotten Worlds (GEN) Super Hydlide (GEN) Top Secret (cheats and tips): Hydlide (NES) Milon's Secret Castle (NES) Cyborg Hunter (SMS) Strider (NES) Tecmo Bowl (NES) Fist of the North Star (NES) Fantasy Zone (NES) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Metal Gear (NES) Rambo (NES) Cobra Triangle (NES) Wonder Boy in Monster Land (SMS) Keith Courage in Alpha Zone (TG-16) Nintendo Players: Tengen's Tetris pulled from store shelves No Super Famicom in '89 Bad Dudes (NES) River City Ransom (NES) Twin Cobra (NES) Sega Masters: Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord (SMS) Spell Caster (GEN) Ultima IV (SMS) Phantasy Star (SMS) Scramble Spirits (SMS) Dead Angle (SMS) Atari Adventure: Xenophobe (7800/XE) Lynx: An Interview With the Men Behind the Machine Turbo Champ: Massive TG-16 game preview Dungeon Explorer (TG16) Blazing Lasers (TG16) Outpost: Genesis: The Power Base Converter Arrives! Thunder Force II (GEN) Game Boy Club: Video Link Cable Alleyway (GB) Boxxle (GB) Game Over (spoiling the game endings for...): Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Gyruss (NES) Guerrilla War (NES) Notable Stuff: You can't play US TG-16 games on your Japanese PC Engine according to the letter column. Reviewer Steve Harris refers to Spell Caster as Sega's Simon's Quest and means that nicely. "...GameBoy could well be the Walkman of the 1990's..." says the pull quote from the Behind the Screens article. Fujitsu's awesome FM Towns PC/gaming console hybrid never makes it across the pond, which is a pity. That Super Famicom they claim is the final design? It's not (Nintendo changes the controller buttons and a couple other bells-and-whistles on the system before it goes into production).
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  5. Review Crew (Steve Harris / Ed Semrad / Donn Nauert / Jim Allee): P.O.W. (NES) - 8/7/7/7 Friday the 13th (NES) - 3/2/4/4 Hoops (NES) - 7/6/6/5 The Guardian Legend (NES) - 6/5/6/7 Stealth ATF (NES) - 4/6/4/3 Airwolf (NES) - 4/4/4/4 Thundercade (NES) - 6/6/5/5 Super Dodge Ball (NES) - 5/3/5/6 King's Quest: Quest For the Crown (SMS) - 4/7/6/7 Rastan (SMS) - 6/6/6/6 Super Thunder Blade (GEN) - 5/6/5/8 Space Harrier 2 (GEN) - 6/6/8/7 Vigilante (TG16) - 7/5/6/6 Legendary Axe (TG16) - 9/8/8/8 Super Mario Land (GB) - 8/8/7/8 Alleyway (GB) - 6/3/6/5 Baseball (GB) - 4/7/7/7 Next Wave: Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES) Twin Cobra (NES) Sky Shark (NES) Dig Dug 2 (NES) Duck Tales (NES) Holy Diver (NES) Robocop (NES) King's Knight (NES) Bad Dudes (NES) River City Ransom (NES) Rolling Thunder (NES) Ninja Gaiden 2 (NES) Ultima IV (SMS) Scramble Spirit (SMS) Dead Angle (SMS) R-Type (TG16) Deep Blue (TG16) Dragon Spirit (TG16) Features: 16-Bit System Preview – Konix Multi-System P.O.W. (NES) Strategy Guide, Part 1 - Levels 1 & 2 strategies and maps Wonderboy in Monsterland (SMS) - Level 12 Maze Maps Behind the Screens - six developers discuss various console hardware Pocket Arcade - Atari Lynx is coming... Mega Drive/Genesis Powers Up! - Sega's Disk Drive, Computer, and Light Tablet hardware PC Engine 2 Update - A new PC Engine on the horizon already? At The Arcades: Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters Black Knight 2000 (PIN) Cover Story: IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II International Outlook: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) Gradius II (NES) Tricks of the Trade: The Guardian Legend (NES) Rastan (SMS) Rush 'N' Attack (NES) Mega Man 2 (NES) Ice Hockey (NES) Kid Icarus (NES) Ninja Gaiden (NES) Kid Niki (NES) Zelda II: The Adventures of Link Thunder Force II (GEN) Bomberman (NES) Zillion (SMS) Bases Loadead Ultima: Exodus (NES) Crime Busters (TG16) Shanghai (TG16) Tetris [Tengen] (NES) Altered Beast (GEN) Nintendo Player: NES Satellite & games (V'Ball, Super Off-Road, Play Action Football) Super Sprint (NES) Marble Madness (NES) Sky Shark (NES) Sega Masters: Arcade and RPG Action Round Out '89 [Ed Semrad looks at Sega's upcoming lineup] Spellcaster (SMS) Wonder Boy III (SMS) Atari Adventure: Commando (7800) Xenophobe (7800, XE) Radar Lock (2600) Planet Smashers (7800) Double Dunk (2600) Shooting Gallery (2600) Ikari Warriors (2600, 7800, XE) Turbo Champ: Turbo-Grafx 16 CD-ROM Games lineup Legendary Axe (TG16) Outpost: Genesis: Genesis at CES - Steve Harris on upcoming Genesis software shown at the '89 CES Tele-Genesis Modem - Online gaming coming to Sega? Gameboy Club: New Games and Support For Gameboy - David White previews the portable system's lineup Super Mario Land (GB) - Maps and strategy Game Over: Mega Man II (NES) - Spoiling the ending sequence for everyone! Ads (in order of appearance): Ultima: Exodus (NES) Ultima: Exodus hint book Bandai NES games: Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach / Monster Party / Shooting Range / Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / Wild Boys (cancelled) / Street Cop Bad Dudes (multi) Hudson NES Joycard Sansui SSS controller / Adventure Island / Milon's Secret Castle / Bomberman / Adventures of Dino Riki Secret Video Game Tips, Codes, and Strategies VHS tape Hydlide (NES) River City Ransom (NES) Thundercade (NES) Super Dodge Ball (NES) John Elway's Quarterback (NES) / Double Dragon (NES) Doc's Fix-A-Game cleaning kit U.V.T., Inc. mail order company EGM subscription card EGM/NEC TurboGrafx-16 contest Ultimate Game Club mail order company Phantasy Star (SMS) EGM "Watch and Win" contest card NEC TurboGrafx-16 console Secrets, Codes, and Strategies VHS tape Homer's official Nintendo merchandise HO/RC Hobbies, Inc. mail order company Black Knight 2000 pinball machine FCI phone counseling hotline Electronic Gaming Monthly subscription ad Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf (NES) Beeshu, Inc. NES controllers
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  6. (With the exception of the Insert Coin editorial, Taking Control review feature and High Scores list, this issue of EGM consists entirely of cheat codes and tips.) Taking Control (aka EGM Rates The Joysticks) Beeshu Gizmo Nintendo NES Advantage Hudson Silencer Sansui SSS Camerica Freedom Stick Acclaim Wireless Remote Beeshu Zipper Mattel Power Glove Happ Controls Competition Pro Nexoft Dominator Nintendo Secrets Anticipation Bad Dudes Bases Loaded Adventures of Link (aka Zelda II: The Adventures of Link) Hydlide Ice Hockey John Elway's Quarterback Kid Icarus Double Dragon Blaster Master Bomberman Cobra Triangle Bugs Bunny Castlevania II (aka Castlevania II: Simon's Quest) The Guardian Legend Faxanadu Legacy of the Wizard Major League Baseball Mega Man II Metal Gear Metroid Monster Party Rambo Rampage Ring King Roger Rabbit (aka Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) Spy Hunter Rush 'N' Attack Star Soldier Strider Super Mario Brothers II (aka Super Mario Bros. 2 *sigh*) Tecmo Bowl Tetris (Tengen) Wizards and Warriors Ultima (Ultima...?) Zanac Sega Master Secrets Action Fighter Alien Syndrome Cyborg Hunter Aztec Adventure Fantasy Zone Double Dragon Golvellius Black Belt Ghostbusters Kenseiden Poseiden Wars 3-D Shanghai Quartet Rocky R-Type Rastan Wonder Boy in Monsterland Zillion TurboGrafx-16 Secrets World Class Baseball China Warrior Blazing Lazers Final Lap Deep Blue Dungeon Explorer Dragon Spirit Galaga '90 Legendary Axe Military Madness Monster Lair Moto Roader Pac-Land R-Type Side Arms Space Harrier Genesis Secrets Ghouls and Ghosts (aka Ghouls 'n Ghosts) Arnold Palmer's Tournament Golf Altered Beast Thunder Force II Last Battle Gameboy Secrets Tetris Super Mario Land Motocross Maniacs Shanghai Castlevania: The Adventure High Scores Insert Coin - Playing To Win... by Steve Harris (editorial not listed in issue contents)
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  7. Cover Story: Preview '89 (Want to see what's coming down the pipeline for your favorite systems? Here you go!) Bad Dudes (NES) Heavy Barrel (NES) Rampage (NES) Robocop (NES) Super Hang-On (NES) Airwolf (NES) Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES) WWF Wrestlemania (NES) Qix (NES) Operation Wolf (NES) Sky Shark (NES) Hoops (NES) Goal! (NES) RoboWarrior (NES) Defender of the Crown (NES) Metal Gear (NES) Skate or Die (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) Q*Bert (NES) Gyruss (NES) Silent Service (NES) Track and Field II (NES) The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES) The California Raisins (NES / Cancelled) DuckTales (NES) Mega Man 2 (NES) Strider (NES) "Mindscape Games" Magic Johnson's Fast Break (NES) Taboo (NES) P.O.W. - Prisoner of War (NES) Departments: Insert Coin (Editor Steve Harris hypes the coming video game lineup for 1989) Video Game Top Ten (A list of the ten titles keeping the EGM folks burning the midnight oil). Interface: Letters to the Editor (Readers write, editors respond) At the Arcades (A preview of Atari's new Hard Drivin' cabinet) Gaming Gossip (Quarterman divulges industry rumours about Tengen, FCI, Hasbro, Mattel, and other dishy subjects) 16-Bit Sizzler (The TurboGrafx-16, Sega Genesis, Konix Slipstream and Super Famicom are coming!) Dare to Compare (The editors pit John Elway's Quarterback against Tecmo Bowl in a battle for gridiron supremacy!) Amusement Players Association International Scoreboard (High scores submitted from homes and arcades world-wide!) Game Over (Coming attractions for next issue!) Next Wave (previews): Mega Man 2 (NES) Super Sprint (NES) Guerrilla War (NES) Vindicators (NES) Strider (NES) Hydlide (NES) WWF Wrestlemania (NES) Walter Payton Football (SMS) Lord of the Sword (SMS) Poseidon Wars 3-D (SMS) Press Start (gaming and industry news): Beeshu controllers Tiger LCD handhelds Pro-Play Arcade Cabinet for NES N.A.R.C. (Arcade) Cinemaware's Defender of the Crown and The Three Stooges coming to NES The Home Front (console reviews): 1943 (NES) Racket Attack (NES) Ultima: Exodus (NES) Bubble Bobble (NES) Bump 'n' Jump (NES) Y's (SMS) Rastan (SMS) Time Soldiers (SMS) Hat Trick (7800) Game of the Month (U.S. National Video Game Team picks their top choice): Tetris [Tengen] (NES) Logon (personal computer reviews): F-19 Stealth Fighter (IBM) Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders (IBM) Hybris (Amiga) Double Dragon (C64) Sword of Sodan (Amiga) Offshore Warrior (Amiga) Ads (in order of appearance): Tengen Games: Gauntlet (NES) / Pac-Man (NES) / RBI Baseball (NES) / Tetris (NES) Tradewest Games: John Elway's Quarterback (NES) / Double Dragon (NES) Acclaim Games: WWF Wrestlemania (NES) / Rambo (NES) / Airwolf (NES) / Star Voyager (NES) / Wizards & Warriors (NES) / 3-D World Runner (NES) / Winter Games (NES) / Tiger-Heli (NES) FCI Game Counseling Hotline RoboWarrior (NES) Electronic Gaming Monthly's Great Game Giveaway contest Hard Drivin' (Arcade) Xenophobe (NES) TAXAN Videodiction newsletter TAXAN Games: Star Soldier (NES) / Mystery Quest (NES) / Fist of the North Star (NES) / Mappy Land (NES) Phantasy Star (SMS) Thunder Blade (SMS) Beeshu computer peripherals Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine subscription SNK Games: Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road (NES) / Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy (NES) Beeshu joysticks and controllers (NES) Notable Stuff: Includes a full-size poster for FCI's Mag Max (NES). There's no real criteria for explaining how the Top 10 Games were ordered the way they were, or who was responsible for picking them in the first place. A letter column in the first issue? Well, all the reader response comes from the original EGM '89 Buyer's Guide, which is kind of like their Issue 0. One lucky winner in EGM's Great Game Giveaway contest takes home more than 50 NES games. Tecmo Bowl blows John Elway's Quarterback off the field, as it should. The TAXAN Videodiction newsletter is formatted to look like an article from the magazine, though it's completely a production of TAXAN's in-house ad team. Sneaky, sneaky, guys... This early in the game, EGM's juggling both console and home computer software. They'll cut the home software aspect to go console-only before too long. A subscription to EGM runs $19.95 for 12 issues, according to this issue's subscription ad. The Konix Slipstream (later renamed the Konix Multisystem) was cancelled after the company ran out of money. EGM editor Donn Nauert sure gets around...he has high scores submitted to the APA across multiple platforms from multiple cities in Texas and California.
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  8. Retromags Presents! Nintendo Power Pak Source (March-April 1990) Database Record Download Directly! Scanned By: E-Day Edited By: E-Day Uploaded By: E-Day Donated By: CIVICMINDED Subscribe to our New Release Feedburner email!
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    Play (UK) Issue 043 (January 1999) Scanned By: Delphinus48
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  10. PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis Sega Game Gear (prototype coverage) NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM Player NEC TurboExpress (prototype coverage) SNK Neo Geo (overseas coverage) Atari Lynx --- Insert Coin - The First Word On Video Games... by Steve Harris (editorial) Interface: Letters To The Editor Electronic Gaming Review Crew Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) Batman (NES) Bases Loaded 2 (NES) Adventures of Lolo 2 (NES) Baseball Simulator (NES) (Baseball Simulator 1.000) Astyanax (NES) Phantom Fighter (NES) XEXYZ (NES) WCW Wrestling (NES) Shinobi (NES) Wrath of Black Manta (NES) (Wrath of the Black Manta) Ultima 4 (SMS) (Ultima IV) Mystic Defender (Gen) Phantasy Star 2 (Gen) Final Lap Twin (TG16) Cratermaze (TG16) Bonk's Adventure (TG16) Boxxle (GB) Golf (GB) Hyper Lode Runner (GB) Kwirk (GB) Blue Lightning (Lynx) Chip's Challenge (Lynx) International Outlook 'Simon Belmont Returns To Battle In Castlevania 3' by Steve Harris and Martin Alessi (Cover story. Two-page Castlevania III (NES) overview. Featured in contents section as 'Cover Story - Castlevania 3') Gaming Gossip by Quartermann Electronic Gaming Express (Featured in contents section.) First Looks at New Hand-Held and Portable Machines for Nintendo, Sega, and NEC Systems. BDL's Nintendo Express (portableNES, never to be released) NEC's Portable TurboGrafx-16 (eventually released as TurboExpress) Sega's Master System Portable (eventually released as Game Gear) New SNK 16-Bit Game System Brings Real Arcade Games Home In Japan! (Neo Geo AVS) Tricks of the Trade (Featured in the contents section) Super C (NES) Castlevania (GB) (Castlevania: The Adventure, here as Gameboy Castlevania) Bases Loaded (NES) Ghouls and Ghost (Gen) (Ghouls n Ghosts) Tetris (Tengen, Nintendo?) Wonder Boy 3 (SMS?) The Black Bass (NES?) Forgotten Worlds (Gen) Revenge of Shinobi (Gen) Ghouls an Ghosts (Gen) (Ghouls n Ghosts) Zanac (NES) Kings of the Beach (NES) Othello (NES) Knight Rider (NES) Blue Lightning (Lynx) Fighting Street (TG16CD) 8-Eyes (NES) Blazing Lazers (TG16) Baseball Stars (NES) Electronic Gaming Preview (Featured in the contents section as 'Bonus Supplement In This Issue Of EGM!!! Electronic Gaming Preview - The Ultimate Video Game Preview Guide,' this guide essentially encompasses all of the game-specific sections (Nintendo Player, Sega Masters, etc) with lots of short game previews, along with intro CES article.) Behind The Scenes At CES Nintendo Player (all NES) Narc Top Gun 2 Low 'G' Man Heavy Barrel AD&D - Heroes of the Lance Mission: Impossible Bugs Bunny Birthday Bash Super C Star Tropics Wurm Code Name: Viper Hatris Pipe Dream Wizardry Time Lord Abodox Rally Bike Bigfoot Lolo 2 Cosmic Epsilon Snoopy's Sports Jack & Beanstalk Image Fight Kickle Cubicle Conflict Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge Pinbot Captain Skyhawk Ninja Gaiden 2 Battle Chess Nightmare Elm St. Dynowarz Spot Final Fantasy Solstice Alien Asylum Rescue Rangers Magic Kingdom Rad Racer 2 Gilligan's Island Off Road World Wrestling X-Men Cabal Circus Caper Web World Al Unser Racing Top Player Tennis Built to Win Wall Street Kid Silver Surfer Back to Future 2 Bad News Baseball Puss 'N Boots The Punisher Isolated Warrior Castle of Demons Rocket Ranger License to Kill Xybots Police Academy Pictionary The Mafat Conspiracy Turbo Champ Gempa Tohmaden Paranoia Atomic Robo-Kid TV Sport Football Double Dungeon Bloody Wolf Red Alert Xybots RBI 2 Outpost: Genesis Paperboy Hard Drivin' Xybots Thunder Force 3 Super Real Basketball Super Monaco GP Moon Walker Ghostbusters Cyberball E-Swat Hard Yardage Herzog Zwei Atomic Robo-Kid Tongue of the Fatman Insector X Target: Earth Kageki Shove It! Spiderman Sega Masters Shinobi Kidd Slap Shoot Nightmare Basketball Tennis Ace Psycho Fox Assault City R.C. Grand Prix Golf-A-Mania Top Score Club (listed in contents as High Score Club)
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  11. PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC PC-Engine Super Grafx (aka SuperGrafx) Atari Lynx --- TurboGrafx-16 vs. Genesis - EGM Sets The Record Straight And Answers The Question Of Which 16-Bitter Is Best... (Cover story. Featured in contents section as 'Cover - The Genesis vs. Turbo Debate.' Three-page contrast & compare.) Insert Coin - More Than Good Looks... by Steve Harris (editorial) Interface: Letters To The Editor Electronic Gaming Review Crew Double Dragon 2 (NES) (Double Dragon II: The Revenge) 720 Degrees (NES) 8-Eyes (NES) Boy and his Blob (NES) Roadblasters (NES) Golden Axe (SMS) Dynamite Dux (SMS) Space Harrier (TG16) Military Madness (TG16) Ordyne (TG16) Deep Blue (TG16) Truxton (Gen) Zoom (Gen) Revenge of Shinobi (Gen) Golden Axe (Gen) Castlevania (GB) (Castlevania: The Adventure) Shanghai (GB) Gaming Gossip by Quartermann GameBoy Club (This issue's GameBoy Club doubles as a magazine-in-magazine - complete with cover - titled 'Portable Gaming Magazine.' Its promoted as a major feature in this issue's contents: 'Bonus Supplement In This Issue Of EGM!!! Pocket Pros - The Portable Gaming Mini-Mag.' Interestingly, the included strategy guide was originally set to conclude in the first newstand issue of Portable Gaming Magazine.) Now You Can Play Gameboy Games On TV... And In Color!!! (WideBoy 2 (GB-to-Famicom adapter) overview) Castlevania: The Adventure (fact file) Castlevania: The Adventure Quest One (two-page level 1 strategy guide) Gameboy capsule previews: Funny Field Battleship Game Monster Truck Selection Mr. Asmik World Gradius World Class Bowling Phallanx Qix Lock-n-Chase Bases Loaded CosmoTank Navy Blue Ghosts and Goblins Popeye Boxing Atari Adventure Lynx Game Previews (article previewing Gauntlet and Rampage Deluxe) International Outlook PC Engine Super Grafx by Tony Takoushi New NEC Game System Promises Better Graphics and Play! (Two-page PC Engine Super Grafx (aka SuperGrafx) overview. Featured in contents section as 'Taking The Super Grafx For A Test Drive.') Next Wave (Preview section; featured in the contents section as 'The New Softs.') Astyanax (NES) Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (NES) Arkista's Ring (NES) Chase HQ (NES) Bases Loaded 2: The Second Season (NES) Baseball Simulator 1.000 (NES) Mad Max (NES) Golgo 13, Part 2 (NES) Rescue Rangers (NES) V'Ball (NES) Ikari Warriors 3 (NES) Takin' it to the Hoop (TG16) It Came From the Desert (TG16CD) Neutopia (TG16) Air Diver (Gen) After Burner 2 (Gen) Atomic Robo-Kid (Gen) Curse (Gen) Phantasy Star 2 (Gen) Tricks of the Trade (Featured in the contents section.) Arnold Palmer Golf (Gen; here as Genesis Golf) Godzilla (NES) Military Madness (TG16) Pac-Land (TG16) Side Arms (TG16) Deep Blue (TG16) Space Harrier (TG16) Ordyne (TG16) R-Type (TG16) Nintendo Player Double Dragon II (NES) Rolling Thunder (NES) Sega Masters Ultima IV (SMS) Turbo Champ Side Arms (TG16) J.J. & Jeff (TG16) Military Madness (TG16) Outpost: Genesis Truxton (Gen)
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  12. PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM Player NEC Super Grafx (aka NEC PC-Engine Supergrafx) Atari Lynx Konix Multi-System (never released) Nintendo Super Famicom --- Insert Coin - The Shape Of Games To Come... by Steve Harris (editorial) Interface: Letters To The Editor Electronic Gaming Review Crew Rolling Thunder (NES) Silkworm (NES) Sharazade (NES) Duck Tales (NES) Godzilla (NES) Captain Comic (NES) Dead Angle (SMS) Scramble Spirits (SMS) Dragon Spirit (TG16) Galaga '90 (TG16) Rambo 3 (Gen) Forgotten Worlds (Gen) Motorcycle Maniacs (GB) Revenge of the Gator (GB) Gaming Gossip by Quartermann Future Play by Steve Harris (Featured and referenced in the contents section as 'The Shape Of Games To Come,' billing itself as a special expanded edition of International Outlook.) NEC Super Grafx Nintendo Super Famicom Konix Multi-System Atari Lynx Two pages of game previews (NES, SMS, TG16, Gen, GB) Mega Play - The Ultimate All-Sega Mini-Mag (Featured and referenced in the contents section as 'Bonus Magazine In This Issue!!! Mega Play - The All-Sega Mini-Mag.' Doubles as this issue's 'Sega Masters' and 'Outpost: Genesis' installments. This magazine-in-magazine feature includes a 'cover' displaying a premiere issue price of $1.99, despite being bound within the magazine) 'Front Cover' Solid Titles Guarantee Master System Life Through First Half of '90... Are More On The Way? A Bright Future In Store For Genesis Games and Peripherals In 1990... (Genesis modem, joystick controller, portable Genesis rumor) Golden Axe (SMS; 2 page fact file) Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Gen; 4-page strategy guide) Revenge of Shinobi (Gen; 2 page fact file) Forgotten Worlds (Gen; 2 page fact file) Rambo III (Gen; fact file) Mystic Defender (Gen; fact file) 'Back Cover' Tricks of the Trade (Featured in the contents section.) Bad Dudes (NES) Robocop (NES) Legendary Axe (TG16) Ghouls and Ghosts (Gen) (Ghouls 'n Ghosts) Super Hang-On (Gen) Gyruss (NES) Blazing Lazers (TG16) Legendary Axe (TG16) Rolling Thunder (NES) Bomberman (NES) Galaga '90 (TG16) Wonderboy in Monsterland (SMS) China Warrior (TG16) Tetris (NES, Tengen) Dungeon Explorer (TG16) Last Battle (Gen) Dragon Spirit (TG16) Shanghai (GB) Tetris (GB) Super Mario Land (GB) Fantasy Zone (TG16) Tommy Lasorda Baseball (Gen) Golvellius (SMS) Air Fortress (NES) Legacy of the Wizard (NES) Bugs Bunny (NES) Faxanadu (NES) Monster Party (NES) Roger Rabbit (NES) Batman (NES) (Cover story, featured in the contents section. Also referenced as this issue's 'Nintendo Player' and 'Game of the Month.' Three page fact file.) Turbo Champ NEC Looks To CD-ROM And More in '90 China Warrior (TG16) Galaga '90 (TG16) Atari Adventure Lynx Takes Big Apple and Japan By Storm! (includes sidebar discussing Lynx remodel) Gameboy Club Hal Intros Pinball and Puzzler as First Portable Titles (Shanghai, Revenge of the Gator) Motocross Maniacs Top Score Club ----- (As per the usual with early issues of EGM, the contents page is often inaccurate and redundant. Use with caution.)
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  13. PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM Player Atari Lynx arcade --- Insert Coin - Video Games In The 1990s... by Steve Harris (editorial) Interface: Letters To The Editor Electronic Gaming Review Crew Super C (NES) Abodox (NES) Burai Fighter (NES) Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) Ghostbusters 2 (NES) Heavy Barrel (NES) Code Name: Viper (NES) Al Unser Turbo Racing (NES) Air Diver (Gen) Herzog Zwei (Gen) Super Hydlide (Gen) Neutopia (TG16) J.J. and Jeff (TG16) Takin' it to the Hoop (TG16) Flipull (GB) Space Invaders (GB) Spiderman (GB) Gaming Gossip by Quartermann International Outlook More Genesis Excitement On The Way?!? Previews of Upcoming Mega Drive Games From Japan! (Featured in contents section as 'International - Mega Drive Update') Batman Gain Ground Vermillion Moon Dancer Heavy Unit Sorcerian New Zealand Story Psy-O-Blade Arcade Alley - Behind the Scenes At The 1990 ACME Show... G-Loc Mercs R-Type 2 WGP Neo Geo Electronic Gaming Express (featured in contents section) New Nintendo Chip Booster Promises To Deliver Near 16-Bit Graphics And Play (MMC3, MMC5, MMC6) Mattel Previews New Power Glove Controller Behind Closed Doors At Toy Fair!!! (Power Glove prototype) Next Wave (previews) Ninja Gaiden 2 The Sword of Chaos (NES) Bad News Baseball (NES) Thunderbirds Are Go! (NES) Rally Bike (NES) Ms. Pac-Man (NES) The Last Ninja (NES) Golgo 13 - Part 2 The Mafat-Conspiracy (NES) Master Chu (NES) Rad Racer 2 (NES) Solstice (NES) Starship Hector (NES) Boulderdash (NES) Red Alert (TG16) Ancient Y's (TG16) Curse (Gen) Thunder Force 3 (Gen) Phelios (Gen) Ghostbusters (Gen) Cyberball (Gen) Phantasy Star II (4 page strategy guide; featured in contents section as 'Phantasy Star 2 Super Strategies') Tricks of the Trade Abodox (NES) Astyanax (NES) Moto-Roader (NES) Rambo 3 (Gen) After Burner (NES) Golden Axe (Gen) Top Gun - The Second Mission (NES) Crystal Mines (NES) Ghouls An DGhosts(sic) (Gen) (Ghouls n Ghosts) Blazing Lazers (TG16) Final Lap Twin (TG16) World Court Tennis (TG16) Cosmic Epsilon (NES) Magic of Scheherezade (NES) Castlevania (GB) (Castlevania: The Adventure) Super Mario Bros. 3 Survival Guide Volume 1 (six-page history/strategy guide; featured in contents sections as 'Bonus Supplement In This Issue of EGM!!! Super Mario Bros. 3 - Super Trick Special!') Nintendo Players New Peripherals Increase NES Abilities... (BDL Turbo Blaster, NES Satellite) Super C (cover story; game of the month) Heavy Barrel Tecmo World Wresting Sega Masters - Sega 8-Bit Gets Support From Europe Turbo Champ - Turbo Gets Sports, RPG, and CD Games Outpost: Genesis - Arcade Power Stick and Game Network in Sega Genesis' Future... Gameboy Club (4 pages of capsule game previews; featured in contents section as part of 'Hand-Held Preview') Penguin Wars Malibu Beach Volleyball Fist of the North Star Master Karateka Flipull Kung-Fu Kids Gargoyle's Quest Double Dragon Space Invaders Boxxle Dexterity Soccer Mania Spiderman Wizards & Warriors - Chapter 10 Lock 'n Chase Solar Striker Deadheat Scramble Deathball Blockade Paperboy World Bowling Batman Power Mission Q-Billion Mousetrap Hotel Scrabble Pinball Party NFL Football Ashido - The Way of Stones Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World Atari Adventure (Lynx game previews; featured in contents section as part of 'Hand-Held Preview') Ninja Gai Den(sic; Ninja Gaiden) Slime World Road Blasters Xenophobe Zarlor Mercenary Top Score Club (listed in contents as High Score Club)
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