Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 3

Review Crew:

• P.O.W. (NES)
  
• Friday the 13th (NES)
  
• Hoops (NES)
  
• The Guardian Legend(NES)
  
• Stealth ATF (NES)
  
• Airwolf (NES)
  
• Thundercade (NES)
  
• Super Dodge Ball (NES)
  
• King's Quest: Quest For the Crown (SMS)
  
• Rastan (SMS
  
• Super Thunder Blade (GEN)
  
• Space Harrier 2 (GEN)
  
• Vigilante (TG16)
  
• Legendary Axe (TG16)
  
• Super Mario Land (GB)
  
• Alleyway (GB)
  
• Baseball (GB)
  

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]