Game Informer Issue 14

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Sega Genesis
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega CD
• 3DO
• Atari Jaguar
• arcade

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(This issue is co-edited by Elizabeth A. Olsen and Andrew McNamara.)

(Unless noted, reviews are 1-page game overviews with a three-panel review, presented in individual capsules with scores and commentary. This issue of Game Informer formally introduces the Dual Review.)

Features

NBA Jam: A SNES Review (while the Table of Contents indicates a SNES review, this is actually a 3-page Gen,GG,SNES preview)

Take a Moment with the Turtles - A Feature Section (presented as a magazine-bound-in-magazine, complete with cover)

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament fighters (NES; review/moves guide)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament fighters (SNES; review with 2-page moves guide)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament fighters (Gen; 2-page review/moves guide)

Reviews

SNES (reviews)

• Aladdin
• Secret of Mana
• The Lawnmower Man
• Skyblazer

Genesis (reviews)

• Sonic Spinball
• Eternal Champions (2-page review with 5-page character moves guide)
• FIFA International Soccer (2-page review/moves guide)

CD's (reviews)

• Sonic CD (SegaCD; 2-page review)
• Slipheed (SegaCD)
• Crash 'n Burn (3DO)

Genesis At A Glance (capsule game previews with screenshots)

• Prize Fighter (SegaCD)
• Winter Olympic Games
• Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
• Blades of Vengeance
• Fun N' Games

Dual Review

• Soldiers of Fortune (SNES,Gen; 2-page review)

Hand-Helds (reviews)

• Batman: The Animated Series (GB)

Departments

Letter from the Editors/Meet The Reviewers (reviewer bios and shared editorial)

Dear Game Informer (letters column)

Arcade Brigade - NBA Jam Session (arcade; review with single score)

What's Hot!

• Money!, Money!, Money!, Money... (Jurassic Park video game contest)
• From Across the Pond (Code Masters distributing games in the US; Game Genie 2)
• Absolute Expands (plans to acquire Extreme Entertainment)
• "Everything You Always Wanted to Know..." (Nintendo, Sega consumer guidance programs)
• Did Not!, Did Too! (Capcom vs. Data East lawsuit)
• Midway Makes a Clean Sweep! (Williams / Bally / Midway AMOA awards)
• Speaking of MK2... (Mortal Kombat 2 (arcade) upgrade)

Classics Attic: Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden (NES; review)

Tech Talk

• It's the Next-Best Thing to Being There (Tee V Golf)
• Power Up Your Favorite Controllers (Tyco Power Plug (SNES,Gen))
• Keeps Those Discs Clean! (Eliminator CD-ROM Kit)
• Visions of Reality Becomes a Reality (Visions of Reality; heardgear, amusement center plans)
• Atari Stalks the Top Slot With Their 64-bit Jaguar System (hardware, screenshots shown)

Game Genie/Swap Shop (two pages of SNES,Gen,NES,GB,GG Game Genie codes)

• Arcana (SNES)
• Mortal Kombat (SNES)
• SF II: Turbo (SNES) (Street Fighter II Turbo)
• Battletoads (GB)
• Kirby's Dreamland (GB)
• Kirby's Adventure (NES)
• Super Mario Kart (SNES)
• Nigel Mansell Racing (SNES)
• Humans (GB)
• Prince of Persia (GG)
• Batman: Revenge of the Joker (Gen)
• Mortal Kombat (Gen)
• Solar Striker (GB)
• Best of the Best Championship Karate (NES)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GG)
• Robin Hood (NES)

Secret Access (three pages of SNES,NES,Gen,SegaCD,arcade,GG,GB tips, tricks, and non-Game Genie codes)

• B.O.B. (SNES)
• Captain Planet & the Planeteers (NES)
• Shinobi III (Gen)
• Street Fighter II: Turbo (SNES)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (NES)
• Aladdin (Gen)
• Tuff E Nuff (SNES)
• Jurassic Park (Gen)
• Shining Force (Gen)
• Pocky & Rocky (SNES)
• Goof Troop (SNES)
• Slipheed (SegaCD)
• NBA Jam (arcade)
• SF2: Special Championship Edition (Gen) (Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition)
• Super Empire Strikes Back (SNES) (Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
• King Arthur's World (SNES)
• Yoshi's Cookie (SNES)
• Mortal Kombat (Gen)
• Mortal Kombat (GG)
• Mortal Kombat (SNES)
• Mortal Kombat (GB)