Game Players Nintendo Guide Vol.5 No.7

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy

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(Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow.  Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)

Departments

Editor's Notes (approx. 1/4th page; editorial by Leslie Mizell; movie license video games)

Mailbag (2 pages; reader mail; games discussed:)

• The Legend of Zelda (NES)
• John Madden Football (SNES)
• Mega Man 4 (NES)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
• Final Fantasy II (SNES)
• Uninvited (NES)
• The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World (NES)
• G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor (NES)
• Maniac Mansion (NES)
• Super Mario World (SNES)
• Sim City (SNES)
• Beetlejuice (NES)

Hot Shots! (2 pages; news section; subtitled 'News, Previews, Events, Bestsellers')

• Acclaim: Nintendo Back to Japan... (WWF Super Wrestlemania to release in Japan; Flying Edge label; purchase of Mirrorsoft Ltd of Great Britain)
• Sci-Fi Titles On The Increase... (Super Star Wars (SNES), Out of This World (SNES); screenshots shown)
• Young Indy Gets Own Game... (Young Indiana Jones, Utopia (screenshot shown), Goal Two (NES), Goal! (SNES), Rampart (GB))
• Rumors, We Hear Rumors... (THQ licenses Ren & Stimpy, games planned; The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past increases Nintendo game counselor call volume; Dragon Quest IV (NES) scheduled for late October '92, Dragon Quest V (SNES) scheduled for '93; Railroad Tycoon and Strike Eagle scheduled for SNES; NES F-117A scheduled for NES; Clue (SNES), Boggle (GB), Super Monopoly (SNES) planned; Super Mario Bros. movie casting news; Batman Returns scheduled for NES, SNES; Bonk on NES and GB speculation; Ultima: Warriors of Destiny (NES) news; Sony as Sega licensee; Game Genie news)
• SPA Announces Winners... (Software Publishers Association awards)

Features

Krusty's Krafty Kapers (Krusty's Super Fun House (SNES); four page strategy guide)

Zelda's Zoo ('A Zelda Zoo: The Overworld Monsters'; The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES); five page strategy guide / bestiary)

Wings 2 Is Aces! (SNES; two page strategy guide)

Darkwing Duck Tales Wing (NES; five page strategy guide)

The Return of the Living Dead ('Return of the Living Dead'; Super Castlevania IV (SNES); six page strategy guide)

The Terror of Toon Town ('Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break - The Terror of Toon Town'; Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break (GB); four page strategy guide)

Tanks A Lot (Super Battletank: War in the Gulf (SNES); six page strategy guide; includes 3-page running footer bar 'A Conversation with Garry Kitchen' (interview commentary))

Fore! Tee Up with the Latest Golf Games (four pages; includes intro and 0.5 page (unless noted) game overview of the following:)

• NES Open Tournament Golf (NES)
• Pebble Beach (SNES)
• PGA Tour Golf (SNES)
• Ultra Golf (GB)
• Jack Nicklaus Golf (GB,SNES; one page)

We've Got the Maps - You've Got the Might & Magic (Might & Magic II: Gates to Another World (SNES); six page strategy guide with maps)

Reviews (1 page reviews, each with 10-scale score)

• Xardion (SNES)
• RBI Baseball 3 (NES)
• Gold Medal Challenge (NES)
• World Circuit Series (GB)
• Dragonstrike (NES)
• Top Gear (SNES)
• Power Punch II (NES)
• Blaster Master Boy (GB)