ISSUE: 69Content
NEWS
InfoTrak
-A preview of the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie, with screenshots and cast/crew info
-Sidebar: a list of all games scheduled for release in the coming months
-U.K. developer Argonaut announces work has been completed on the FX 2 chip
-Playmates Toys making Earthworm Jim line of action figures
-Universal Cartoons working on Earthworm Jim cartoon
-GTE inks deal with Nintendo to develop games for SNES and Ultra 64. First game to be titled FX Fighter. The two co's also in discussion about a game networking service, or something similar to the Sega Channel
-A summer released for Sega's Neptune console
-Acclaim purchases Iguana Entertainment
-Electronic Arts purchases Bullfrog
-Hasbro secures rights to make action figure line based on the Mortal Kombat movie
-GameTek gets license to make home ports of Bloodstorm
-GameTek hires (now) former Capcom senior V.P. Joe Moreci
-Nintendo announces Game Boy's to be available in different colors
Coin-Op Crazy (Arcades)
-Mike Salmon talks about the upcoming Mortal Kombat III
-News about the new, updated version of Primal Rage, just released to the arcades
Mean Machines (quick reviews of 3DO, Jaguar and CD-i games)
- Family Feud (3DO)
- Supreme Warrior (3DO)
- Station Invasion (3DO)
- Samurai Showdown (3DO)
- Rebel Assault (3DO)
- Zool 2 (Jaguar)
- NFL Hall of Fame Football (3DO)
- Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (Jaguar)
Hardware
-Two page user guide/review of the XBAND modem and gaming network service
Rising Fun (Import news and games)
-The games currently available for the Japanese Saturn and Playstation.
Truly Terrific Top Tens!
-Various domestic and foreign top 10 lists based on retail sales, polls, and "what the editors have been playing instead of working"
Game Gossip
-At CES, despite Sony being absent, all the buzz was about the Playstation.
-Sony could have sold more consoles during the Japanese launch, but halted production after discovering hardware flaw
-The Playstation's black CD's have technology that inhibits their being copied*
-Atari buys the rights to classic Williams arcade games. Robotron, Defender, etc.
-Sega dev. team "Scavenger" working on several 32X titles. X-Men, Batman: Forever, and more.
-Virtual Boy launching in the summer
-The internals of the Ultra 64 are done. No info on console shell, yet.
Special Feature: The 1995 Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (10 Pages)
-"Hardware Wars". Comparing the Playstation, Saturn, and Ultra 64 (2 pages)
-"Let's Get Ready to Rumble". A comparison between Toshinden and Virtua Fighter (1 page)
-3DO at CES (1 page)
Games featured:
- Hell
- Quarantine
- Wing Commander III
- PO'ED
-Nintendo at CES (2 pages)
Games featured:
- Starfox 2 (SNES)
- Comanche (SNES)
- FX Fighter (SNES)
- Earthbound (SNES)
- Revolution (SNES)
- Warlock (SNES)
- Spiderman (SNES)
- Timecop (SNES)
- Weapon Lord (SNES)
- Secret of Evermore (SNES)
-Atari and the Jaguar at CES (1 page)
Games featured:
- Fight for Life
- Syndicate
- Theme Park
- Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding
-Sega at CES (2 pages)
Games featured:
- Mortal Kombat II (32X)
- Chaotix (32X)
- Motherbase (32X)
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars (Genesis)
- Comix Zone (Genesis)
- The Adventures of Batman and Robin (Genesis)
- Judge Dredd (Genesis)
- Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
- Road Rash 3 (Genesis)
- Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)
- Space Adventure Cobra 2 (Sega CD)
REVIEWS
SNES
- Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues
- Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
- Ogre Battle
- Pieces
- Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
- The Flinstones
- The Itchy and Scratchy Game
- The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp
- The Shadow
Sega CD
- Bouncers
- ESPN National Hockey Night
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
- Shadow of the Beast II
- Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Genesis
- Aero the Acrobat II
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
- New Horizons
Game Boy
- WWF Raw
Game Gear
- WWF Raw
TRICKS AND TIPS
Strategy Guides (Multi-page guides)
- Snatcher (Sega CD) (4 Pages) (Part 2 - Part 1 in previous issue)
- X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (SNES) (3 Pages)
- Ristar (Genesis) (4 Pages)
- NHL 95' (Genesis) (3 Pages)
- Super Punch-Out (SNES) (Part 2 - Part 1 in previous issue)
Note: After page 3 of the Super Punch-Out guide, there are 4 pages missing from the copy of this issue of Game Players that this database entry is based on. Going by the the table of contents, what is missing, might be a strategy guide for "The Lion King". It is not clear for what system.
Game Slayers (Readers send in game strategy related questions - how to get past certain parts in games, etc., and staff writer Jeff Ludrigan tries to answer them)
- Final Fantasy III (SNES) (an extensive two page answer, and another answer later)
- Young Merlin (SNES)
- Landstalker (Genesis)
- Animaniacs (SNES)
- Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)
Reader's Network (reader mail)
-New editor Chris Slate makes note of all the crazy letters the magazine has been getting, and encourages more.
-This might be considered the start of a new era for the magazine. One in which off-beat humor, and recurring, sort of "storylines" of wackiness, begin to permeate the whole magazine.
Back Talk
-Last non-ad page of the issue. Humor, and hints of things to come in the next issue.
NEWS
InfoTrak
-A preview of the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie, with screenshots and cast/crew info
-Sidebar: a list of all games scheduled for release in the coming months
-U.K. developer Argonaut announces work has been completed on the FX 2 chip
-Playmates Toys making Earthworm Jim line of action figures
-Universal Cartoons working on Earthworm Jim cartoon
-GTE inks deal with Nintendo to develop games for
SNES
and Ultra 64. First game to be titled FX Fighter. The two co's also in discussion about a game networking service, or something similar to the Sega Channel
-A summer released for Sega's Neptune console
-Acclaim purchases Iguana Entertainment
-Electronic Arts purchases Bullfrog
-Hasbro secures rights to make action figure line based on the Mortal Kombat movie
-GameTek gets license to make home ports of Bloodstorm
-GameTek hires (now) former Capcom senior V.P. Joe Moreci
-Nintendo announces Game Boy's to be available in different colors
Coin-Op Crazy
(Arcades)
-Mike Salmon talks about the upcoming Mortal Kombat III
-News about the new, updated version of Primal Rage, just released to the arcades
Mean Machines
(quick reviews of 3DO, Jaguar and CD-i games)
- Family Feud (3DO)
- Supreme Warrior (3DO)
- Station Invasion (3DO)
- Samurai Showdown (3DO)
- Rebel Assault (3DO)
- Zool 2 (Jaguar)
- NFL Hall of Fame Football (3DO)
- Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (Jaguar)
Hardware
-Two page user guide/review of the XBAND modem and gaming network service
Rising Fun
(Import news and games)
-The games currently available for the Japanese Saturn and Playstation.
Truly Terrific Top Tens!
-Various domestic and foreign top 10 lists based on retail sales, polls, and "what the editors have been playing instead of working"
Game Gossip
-At
CES
, despite Sony being absent, all the buzz was about the Playstation.
-Sony could have sold more consoles during the Japanese launch, but halted production after discovering hardware flaw
-The Playstation's black CD's have technology that inhibits their being copied*
-Atari buys the rights to classic Williams arcade games. Robotron, Defender, etc.
-Sega dev. team "Scavenger" working on several 32X titles. X-Men, Batman: Forever, and more.
-Virtual Boy launching in the summer
-The internals of the Ultra 64 are done. No info on console shell, yet.
Special Feature: The 1995 Winter Consumer Electronics Show
(
CES
) (10 Pages)
-
"Hardware Wars"
. Comparing the Playstation, Saturn, and Ultra 64 (2 pages)
-
"Let's Get Ready to Rumble"
. A comparison between Toshinden and Virtua Fighter (1 page)
-3DO at CES (1 page)
Games featured:
- Hell
- Quarantine
- Wing Commander III
- PO'ED
-
Nintendo at
CES
(2 pages)
Games featured:
- Starfox 2 (SNES)
- Comanche (SNES)
- FX Fighter (SNES)
- Earthbound (SNES)
- Revolution (SNES)
- Warlock (SNES)
- Spiderman (SNES)
- Timecop (SNES)
- Weapon Lord (SNES)
- Secret of Evermore (SNES)
-
Atari and the Jaguar at
CES
(1 page)
Games featured:
- Fight for Life
- Syndicate
- Theme Park
- Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding
-
Sega at
CES
(2 pages)
Games featured:
- Mortal Kombat II (32X)
- Chaotix (32X)
- Motherbase (32X)
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars (Genesis)
- Comix Zone (Genesis)
- The Adventures of Batman and Robin (Genesis)
- Judge Dredd (Genesis)
- Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
- Road Rash 3 (Genesis)
- Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)
- Space Adventure Cobra 2 (Sega CD)
REVIEWSSNES
- Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues
- Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
- Ogre Battle
- Pieces
- Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
- The Flinstones
- The Itchy and Scratchy Game
- The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp
- The Shadow
Sega CD
- Bouncers
- ESPN National Hockey Night
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
- Shadow of the Beast II
- Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Genesis
- Aero the Acrobat II
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
- New Horizons
Game Boy
- WWF Raw
Game Gear
- WWF Raw
TRICKS AND TIPS
Strategy Guides
(Multi-page guides)
- Snatcher (Sega CD) (4 Pages) (Part 2 - Part 1 in previous issue)
- X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (SNES) (3 Pages)
- Ristar (Genesis) (4 Pages)
- NHL 95' (Genesis) (3 Pages)
- Super Punch-Out (SNES) (Part 2 - Part 1 in previous issue)
Note: After page 3 of the Super Punch-Out guide, there are 4 pages missing from the copy of this issue of Game Players that this database entry is based on. Going by the the table of contents, what is missing, might be a strategy guide for "The Lion King". It is not clear for what system.
Game Slayers
(Readers send in game strategy related questions - how to get past certain parts in games, etc., and staff writer Jeff Ludrigan tries to answer them)
- Final Fantasy III (SNES) (an extensive two page answer, and another answer later)
- Young Merlin (SNES)
- Landstalker (Genesis)
- Animaniacs (SNES)
- Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)
Reader's Network (reader mail)
-New editor Chris Slate makes note of all the crazy letters the magazine has been getting, and encourages more.
-This might be considered the start of a new era for the magazine. One in which off-beat humor, and recurring, sort of "storylines" of wackiness, begin to permeate the whole magazine.
Back Talk
-Last non-ad page of the issue. Humor, and hints of things to come in the next issue.
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