Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 21

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Super Famicom (the eventual Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Atari Lynx
• Sega Master System
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega Genesis - Mega Drive
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD Player
• SNK Neo Geo
• arcade

Below is a synopsis of this issue's contents. Game title typos, shorthand, working titles, etc, are maintained for the historical record. Any relevant clarifications and comments are noted (like so). - RetroDefense

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Insert Coin - The Power Of Rumors... by Steve Harris (editorial)

Interface (letters column)

Electronic Gaming Review Crew (4-member panel game reviews; each review includes a screenshot, short game summary and four capsule reviews with commentary & score, with the combination encompassing 1/3rd of a page)

• Double Dragon 3 (NES) (Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones)
• Star Tropics (NES) (Startropics)
• Ikari 3 (NES) (Ikari III: The Rescue, Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue)
• Magic Darts (NES)
• War on Wheels (NES)
• Klash Ball (NES)
• Totally Rad (NES)
• Shadow Dancer (Gen)
• Sagaia (Gen)
• Fatal Labyrinth (Gen)
• Valis 3 (Gen) (Valis III)
• Flicky (Gen)
• R-Type (GB)
• Mickey's Dangerous Chase (GB)
• Hunt for Red October (GB) (The Hunt for Red October)
• Mysterium (GB)
• Blockout (Lynx)

Gaming Gossip by Quartermann

Electronic Gaming Express

• Data East Introduces New Generation of Arcade Games! (hardware, game screenshot (Thunderstorm) shown)
• Nintendo and Sony to Introduce Super Fami CD-ROM This Year!

Next Wave (capsule game previews)

• S.C.A.T. (NES)
• Laser Invasion (NES)
• The Lone Ranger (NES)
• Raiden (Gen) (Raiden Trad)
• PGA Tour Golf (Gen)
• Space Invaders '91 (Gen)
• James Pond (Gen)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Gen)
• Battle World (NeoGeo)
• Street Fighter 2 (arcade) (Street Fighter II)

Tricks of the Trade (tips, tricks and codes)

• Strider (Gen)
• Micheal(sic) Jackson's Moonwalker (Gen) (Michael Jackson's Moonwalker)
• GI Joe (NES) (G.I. Joe)
• Mega Man 3 (NES) (Mega Man III)
• Silver Surfer (NES)
• Tecno Cop (Gen) (Technocop)
• Ms. Pac Man (Lynx) (Ms. Pac-Man)
• Rampage (Lynx)
• Tiger Road (TG16)
• Mega Man (NES; actually, Mega Man III)
• Sword of Sodan (Gen)
• Roadblasters (Lynx)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (NES) (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game)

Micro Gaming - The Ultimate Portable Video Game Magazine (billed as a magazine-bound-in-magazine insert, complete with cover and TOC)

• Game Gear Now In U.S.! - New Softs For New System! (2-page overview; includes product & package shots, tech specs; TV Tuner, AC Adapter, Car Adapter, Gear-to-Gear Cable, Rechargeable Battery; game screenshots: Columns, Super Monaco GP, G-LOC, Psychic World, Castle of Illusion, Dragon Crystal, Revenge of Drancon, Leader Board Golf, Joe Montana Football, Shinobi)
• Mega Man - Dr. Wily's Revenge (GB; 2-page overview) (Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge)
• R-Type (GB; 2-page overview)
• Pacman (GB; 1-page overview) (Pac-Man)
• Atari Adventure (17 page insert; see full breakout below)
• Rolan's Curse (GB; 1-page overview)
• Ultima: Runes of Virtue (GB; 1-page overview)
• Portable Next Wave (GB; capsule game previews)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• International Outlook - Handheld Special! - Sega Backs GG With New Carts. Third Party Licensees Are Readying New Softs! (capsule game previews)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Outlook - Super Famicom takes Japan by Storm!! Dozens of New SF and Mega Drive Softs Coming Soon! (capsule game previews)

 

 

• Verytex (MD)
• Heavy Unit (MD)
• Wanders From Y's (PCECD) (Wanders From Ys)

The Super Famicom Times (capsule game previews)

• Dragon Quest 5
• Goemon
• Actraiser

Behind The Screens at Bullet-Proof Software - "Taking On Tetris With The Power Of Licensing" (three-page behind-the-scenes)

Arcade Alley - The Simpsons

 

Nintendo Player (NES; 2-page game overviews)

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Totally Rad

Sega Masters (two pages of SMS news)

• The Master System 2: Affordable Gaming For The 90's (SMS II hardware shown)
• Hot Titles Just Released! (screenshots; Mickey Mouse, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Moonwalker, Dick Tracy, Joe Montana Football, Super Monaco GP, Columns)
• More New Titles Coming Soon! (capsule game previews with screenshots)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo Champ (TG16CD; 2-page game overview)

 

 

• Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

Outpost: Genesis (1-page game overviews, unless noted)

• Abrams Battle Tank
• Flicky
• Sagaia (2-page)

U.S. National Video Game Team's Super Play - Shadow of the Ninja (NES; five page strategy guide)

Top Score Club (listed in TOC as 'High Scores')

Game Over! - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES; spoiler alert!)

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(This issue of EGM includes a multi-page, 'Atari Adventure' bound insert. This insert was commissioned by Atari from Sendai Publications (then publisher of EGM) and printed in various magazines, all the while containing a "GAMEPRO SUCKS" message hidden within the Cyberball game overview.)

ATARI ADVENTURE

Meet The $99 Atari Lynx! (two-page remodeled system overview; portable tech spec comparison; accessories)

The Hottest Games For The Hottest Hand-Held Around!! (1/8th page game overviews)

• Blue Lightning
• Chip's Challenge
• Electrocop
• Gates of Zendocon
• Gauntlet: The Third Encounter
• Klax
• Rampage
• Roadblasters
• Ms. Pac-Man
• Paperboy
• Robo-Squash
• Rygar
• Shanghai
• Slime World
• Xenophobe
• Zarlor Mercenary

Ninja Gaiden (two-page overview)

Tournament Cyberball (two-page overview)

Block Out (two-page overview)

More Hot Titles Coming In 1991!!! (capsule game previews)

• Hard Drivin'
• Rolling Thunder
• Hockey
• NFL Football
• Stun Runner
• World Class Soccer
• Turbo-Sub
• Vindicators
• Toki
• Warbirds
• Hydra
• 720
• Robotron
• Scrapyard Dog
• A.P.B.
• Casino
• Pacland
• Basketbrawl
• Xybots
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
• Golf
• Checkered Flag
• Viking Child
• Grid Runner
• Geo Duel
• Crystal Mines 2
• Fidelity Ultimate Chess

Notable Stuff:

• The preview for Tournament Cyberball on pages 8-9 of the "Atari Adventures" mini-magazine supplement contains a hidden message. Read the first letter of each sentence to find out what EGM thought of their closest competition back in the day.