Game Players Nintendo Guide Vol.5 No.9

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; new and updated magazine features)

Hot Shots ('Hot Shots!'; news section; two pages; subtitled 'News - Previews - Events - Bestsellers')

• New SNES Game Helps Diabetes Education... (Captain Novolin (SNES) to be marketed thru pharmacies, diabetes supply companies, & diabetes educators; screenshot shown)
• 'Toads To TV... (Battletoads cartoon scheduled to air; SNES, arcade, & computer Battletoad games planned)
• Wing Commanders Update... (Wing Commander (SNES) planned; screenshot shown)
• "Nick Arcade" Launches Second Season... (TV show's second season, new schedule)
• Mon Dieu!... ('La Bible des Astuces Sur Consoles' book; cover shown)
• Collect New Zap Pax... (video game themed trading cards; sample cards shown)
• Megabits & Pieces... (Ren & Stimpy games planned; Atari Lynx games at '1992 Taste of Chicago' celebration; Taz-Mania (SNES) planned; TurboExpress price drop; Konami hint & tip line; games based on Toys, Batman Returns movies planned)

Mailbag (2 pages; reader mail; primarily tips & strategies; games & accessories discussed:)

• Crystalis
• Terminator 2 (GB)
• The Bard's Tale
• The Flintstones
• Bart vs. the Space Mutants
• Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
• The Addams Family (NES)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
• Super Scope 6 (SNES accessory)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles Take Manhattan (NES)
• Wizards & Warriors III (NES)

Super Secrets (approx. 2 pages; SNES game tips & strategies; games discussed:)

• Lemmings
• Smart Ball
• Joe & Mac
• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
• Super Castlevania IV
• Street Fighter II
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Ahead of the Game (four pages; game previews; 1/2 page per game; games discussed, all shown:)

• BlazeOn (SNES)
• Break Time (NES)
• Color a Dinosaur (NES)
• Death Valley Rally (SNES)
• Dig Dug (GB)
• Humans (SNES)
• SimEarth (SNES)
• Super Star Wars (SNES)

Features

Young Indy: The Making of a Video Game (six pages; chronological breakdown of game development; includes 2/3rd page 'Tune In' section denoting TV episode time periods and 1-page 'Sean Patrick Flanery Out of Costume' (interview commentary))

F-1 ROC: Racing with the Best (F-1 ROC (SNES); three page strategy guide)

Zelda's Secrets (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES); four page strategy guide)

Hare Apparent (Bucky O'Hare (NES); approx. six page strategy guide)

Out of This World: Interactive Gaming (Out of This World (SNES); five page strategy guide)

Die, Aliens, Die! ('Gradius - Die, Aliens, Die'; Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (GB); three page strategy guide)

Craziness Prevails in Wacky Races (Wacky Races (NES); five page strategy guide)

World Cup Contenders (two pages; genre game overviews; games discussed:)

• Super Soccer (SNES)
• Super Soccer Champ (SNES)
• Goal Two (NES)

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

• The Mutant Virus (NES)
• Nolan Ryan Baseball (SNES)
• Casino Kid II (NES)
• Track & Field (GB)
• Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat (NES)
• Super Adventure Island (SNES)
• Metal Jack (SNES)
• Jeep Jamboree (GB)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms II (SNES)