Game Players Volume 2 Number 7

Primary Systems Coverage

• Nintendo Entertainment System (including CD adapter & portable prototype discussion)
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis
• Atari Lynx
• PC
• Amiga
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM (news coverage)
• NEC TurboExpress
• arcade (pinball)

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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; Game Genie, NES CD adapter discussion)

The Tip Sheet (1.33 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, not shown:)

• Ultima: Exodus (NES)
• Phantasy Star (SMS)
• Tennis (GB)
• Blue Lightning (Lynx)
• Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
• The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES)

Player's World - NEC TurboExpress Color Hand-Held (1 page; hardware discussion; hardware shown)

Nintendo News - Simpsons, Yes; Hand-Held, No! (3.5 pages; shown unless noted; includes sections:)

• Nintendo Nixes Color Hand-Held (BDL Enterprises' portable NES denied license by Nintendo; not shown)
• Radical, Dude! (Simpsons games planned for NES, GB, Acclaim SuperPlay hand-held stand-alone; none shown)
• Electronic Arts Goes Nintendo (EA becomes licensee; Skate or Die 2 (NES); Sega Genesis 16-bit titles planned)
• A Pair Of Puzzlers (Pipe Dream (NES), Solstice (NES))

Game Boy Players - Batman (3 pages; game overview and strategies)

Arcade Action - Pinball: 1990 (2 pages; discussed:)

• The Phantom of the Opera
• Rollergames
• Cyclone
• Banzai Run (shown)
• Earthshaker! (shown)
• Black Knight 2000 (shown)

PC Players - Dragon Wars And Heat Wave (3 pages; both shown)

Sega Masters - EA's Hot Titles For The Genesis (3 pages; EA publishing unlicensed Genesis games; Abrams Battle Tank (Gen) and 688 Attack Sub (Gen) mentioned; discussed and shown:)

• Populous (Gen; includes port screenshot comparison)
• Budokan (Gen)
• Zany Golf (Gen)

Amiga Players - Classic Games (2 pages; discussed and shown:)

• Hoyle's Book of Games, Volume 1
• Gin King/Cribbage King
• Risk

Turbo Players - Four New Games (3 pages; discussed and shown:)

• J.J. & Jeff
• Deep Blue
• Cybercore
• King Of Casino

Atari Safari - Upcoming Games (1 page; upcoming Lynx games list each with summary and release date; not shown unless noted:)

• Ms. Pac-Man
• Slime World (shown)
• Klas
• Paper Boy
• Rampage
• Xenophobe (shown)
• 3-D Barrage
• Zarlor Mercenary
• Road Blasters (shown)
• A.P.B.
• Checkered Flag
• Ninja Gaiden
• Vindicators
• Red Baron
• Tournament Cyberball

Nintendo Game of the Month: Crystalis (6 pages; NES; strategy guide)

Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Ghostbusters (5 pages; strategy guide)

Computer Game of the Month: Balance of the Planet (5 pages; PC; strategy guide)

Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)

• Little League Baseball (NES)
• Bloody Wolf (TG16)
• Super Glove Ball (NES)
• Air Diver (Gen)
• Alien Syndrome (NES)
• Second Front (PC)
• Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (NES)
• Wizards & Warriors X (GB)
• Heavy Barrel (NES)
• Escape From Hell (PC)
• Prince of Persia (PC)

News & Previews (approx. 3 pages)

• Sega Adds Buster To Its All-Star Cast (James "Buster" Douglas signs with Sega; Mondu's Fight Palace (Gen,shown))
• New Games For Nintendo (discussed, not shown unless noted:)
  • Hatris (NES (shown), GB)
  • Orb 3D
  • Jim Henson's Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
  • Fun House
  • Pesterminator (NES (shown))
  • Challenge of the Dragon
  • King Neptune's Adventure
  • Little Nemo the Dream Master (NES (shown))
  • Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
• Kung-Fu Heroes Tournament (high-score contest)
• Game Boy Eye-Saver (Vic Tokai's Light Boy light and magnifying lens accessory (shown))
• New CD-ROM Games For TurboGrafx-16 (Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective; Camp California; none shown)

Chartbusters (0.5 pages; reader poll results and Top lists)