Game Players Volume 3 Number 5

Primary Systems Coverage

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis
• Atari Lynx
• PC
• Amiga
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD Player
• 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; evolving video games)

The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, not shown:)

• Maniac Mansion (NES)
• Robocop (NES)
• Dragon Warrior (NES)
• Shadowgate (NES)
• Wonder Boy III (SMS; Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap)
• Les Manley in Search for The King ("computer")
• Batman (GB)
• Monkey Island ("computer")
• Shadow Dancer (Gen; Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi)
• Super Hydlide (Gen)

Player's World

• The Turtles Are Back! (1 page; by Tom R. Halfhill; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze movie)
• Face To Face... With "The Party" (1 page; by Jason R. Rich; singing group interview)

Nintendo News - Special Controllers & More Games (3 pages; by Jeff Lundrigan; includes sections:)

• Bondwell's Lineup (Starfighter 1, Python 2, FlightGrip 2, Maverick 2 controllers; shown)
• Quickjoy Ni-5 (joystick; shown)
• CES: The Last Roundup (games mentioned, none shown:)
  • Smash TV
  • Wolverine
  • The Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  • Flight of the Intruder
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Kiwi Kraze
  • Power Blade
  • Rainbow Islands
  • Vice (Vice: Project Doom?)
  • Pyross
  • Might and Magic (Might & Magic)
  • Cyberball
  • Police Academy
• Game Genie Update (lawsuit results)

Game Boy Players - More New Games (3 pages; by Phill Powell; includes 'Coming Soon' section; games discussed, shown unless noted:)

• The Game of Harmony
• Rolan's Curse
• Mysterium
• Caesar's Palace
• R-Type (not shown)
• Tail 'Gator
• Cyraid
• World Bowling
• Battle Bull
• Space Invaders
• Castelian
• Altered Space (not shown)
• Beetlejuice (not shown)
• F-1 Race (not shown)
• Radar Mission (not shown)
• Super R.C. Pro-Am (not shown)
• Darkman (not shown)
• Navy SEALS (not shown)
• Mr. Do (not shown)
• Monster Master (not shown)
• Fish Dude (not shown)

Arcade Action - GP Rider and Laser Ghost (2 pages; by Scott Wolf; both games shown)

PC Players - Role-Playing, Old and New (3 pages; by Neil Randall; includes sections:)

• Keeping Up with Jones (Jones in the Fast Lane; shown)
• Wizardry for the 1990s (Wizardry V: Bane of the Cosmic Forge; shown)

Sega Players - Abrams Battle Tank (3 pages; by Matthew A. Firme; Abrams Battle Tank (Gen); shown; includes sections:)

• Flicky (shown)
• Spider-man Is Coming! (Spider-Man (Gen); shown)

Amiga Players - Lemmings and Prince of Persia (2 pages; by Sheldon Leemon; includes 'Prince of Persia' section; both games shown)

Turbo Players - CD Invasion Begins (3 pages; by Neil Randall; includes 'Final Zone II' section; shown:)

• Magical Dinosaur Tour (TG16CD)
• Final Zone II (TG16CD)

Atari Safari - WarBirds (1 page; by Tom R. Halfhill; Lynx; shown)

Nintendo Game of the Month: Robocop II (6 pages; by Richard Lashley; NES; strategy guide)

Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Shadow Dancer (6 pages; by Chris Slate; Gen; strategy guide)

Computer Game of the Month: Red Baron (5 pages; by William R. Trotter; PC; strategy guide)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch: Special Strategy Feature (6 pages; by Richard Lashley; NES; strategy guide)

Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)

• M.U.L.E. (NES)
• Sinistron (TG16)
• Nobunaga's Ambition II (NES)
• Castle of Illusion (Gen)
• Totally Rad (NES)
• SimEarth (PC)
• Ikari Warriors III (NES)
• Mickey's Dangerous Chase (GB)
• Powerball (Gen)
• Base Wars (NES)
• Operation C (GB)
• StarTropics (NES)
• S.C.A.T. (NES)

Guideposts: The Hot 100 (5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)

Game News & Previews (approx. 3 pages; all shown unless noted)

• Silence Is Golden (GameSounds Personal Remote Sound System (NES))
• First Laserscope Game (Laser Invasion (NES))
• Rolan's Curse For Game Boy (not shown)
• Gold Course Disks For Computers (add-on disks for 'Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf and Course Design' and 'Jack Nicklaus' 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf')
• Vietnam War Game For Computers (The Lost Patrol (PC,Amiga,ST); not shown)
• Champions RPG For Computers (PC,Amiga; not shown)
• Thunder & Lightning For Nintendo (NES)
• Konami's NASCAR Racing Contest (Bill Elliott's NASCAR Racing (NES,GB) high score photo contest; not shown)
• Crystal Palace For Nintendo (NES)