Computer Game Review Issue 5

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

PC

Amiga

Atari ST

Commodore 64

Sega Genesis

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Sega Mega CD (the eventual Sega CD)

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Initialize - Scrolls and Scrolling... by David White (editorial)

Letters To the Editor (letters column)

Reviews (each 1-page review includes game overview, screenshots, and 3-member panel capsule reviews, each with commentary and score)

• PlayMaker Football (PC)
  
• Flames of Freedom (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• Are We There Yet (PC)
  
• F-117A Stealth Fighter (PC)
  
• Police Quest III (PC)
  
• Martian Memorandum (PC)
  
• Willy Beamish (PC)
  
• Spellcasting 201 (PC)
  

On The Edge: CGR Peripheral Review - Sound Master II Card (review with product shots, overview, and 3-member panel review capsules, each with commentary and score)

In The Works - Late-Breaking Industry News From Those In The Know (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

International Previews (newly released and upcoming games in the U.K.)

• B.O.B. (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• Terminator 2 (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• Robin Hood (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• Eye of the Storm (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis (Amiga/ST; not mentioned in TOC)
  
• Guardians (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• 4D Sports Driving (PC)
  
• Suspicious Cargo (Amiga/ST/PC still undecided)
  
• Whirlwind Snooker (PC/Amiga/ST)
  

Previews

• B.A.T. II (PC/Amiga/ST)
  
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos II (PC)
  
• The Godfather (PC/Amiga)
  
• Guy Spy (PC/Amiga; not mentioned in TOC)
  
• Volfiev (mentioned in TOC but not included; perhaps is or replaced by Guy Spy?)
  
• Magic Candle II (PC/C64 planned) (The Magic Candle II)
  
• Dungeon Master (PC)
  
• Leander (Amiga/PC)
  
• Germ Crazy (PC/Amiga/ST)
  

Strategies (two pages of strategy per game, unless noted)

• Riders of Rohan
  
• Ultima VII: The Black Gate (three pages)
  
• Leisure Suit Larry 5
  
• Are We There Yet
  
• Police Quest III
  
• F-117A Stealth Fighter (three pages)
  
• Patton Strikes Back (three pages)
  
• Conan the Cimmerian
  

16-Bit Strategy (two pages of strategy per game)

• Starflight (Gen)
  
• Final Fantasy II (SNES)
  

The Mega CD (1-page overview of the Sega Mega-CD CD-ROM drive, with hardware and game screenshots shown)

• Nostalgia
  
• Faria
  
• Nobunaga Vs. Leyasu
  
• Lunar
  
• Hyper Attax (eventually released as Sol-Feace)
  
• Isle Road
  
• Earnest Evans
  

First Person (three page interview)

(Excerpt:) CGR talks with Chris Crawford, creator of such well-known games as Balance of Power and Balance of the Planet, his latest game, distributed by Broderbund Software, is Patton Strikes Back, an unusual strategic recreation of the Battle of the Bulge.