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Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari 7800 Atari 2600 Atari XE PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD Player Konix Multi-System (editorial coverage; never released) arcade ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; switching from bi-monthly to monthly schedule, the Konix Multi-System, Gametapes, Pro-Top Hotline) The Tip Sheet (3 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Phantasy Star II (tip being, there's some confusion over PSII on SMS) Double Dragon (NES) Friday the 13th (NES) Hudson's Adventure Island (NES) Phantasy Star (SMS) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Kid Icarus (NES) Maniac Mansion Rastan (SMS) Player's World NEC's TurboGrafx-CD: Plenty of Potential (3 pages; shown; Fighting Street (aka Street Fighter); music CD subcode graphics) Super Marioland for Nintendo Game Boy (1 page; shown; Super Mario Land) Face To Face... With Dann Pintauro (1 page; celebrity interview) Nintendo News - The Classic Games (5 pages; NES; all games shown) Playing Pinball Without Quarters (Pinball) Mazes And Space Zapping (Section Z) Slam-Dunk Action (Double Dribble) The Winner... And Still Champ (Mike Tyson's Punch-Out) That Karate Movie Comes Alive (The Karate Kid) The Best Game That Never Quite Caught On (Karnov) Arcade Action - Crackdown (2 pages; Crackdown; game shown) PC Players - Intergalactic Mysteries and Puzzles (4 pages; both games shown; includes sections:) Archipelagos The Omnicron Conspiracy Sega Masters - Altered Beast: Arcade Action on the Genesis (3 pages; Altered Beast (Gen); primarily tips & strategies; game shown) Atari Safari - New Games and Light Gun for 7800 & 2600 (1 page; Summer CES coverage; light gun planned (not shown); games discussed:) Barnyard Blaster (7800; light gun compatible) Sentinel (2600,7800; light gun compatible) Crossbow (7800; light gun compatible) Shooting Arcade (2600; light gun compatible) Xenophobe (7800 shown,XE) Commando (7800 shown,XE) Ikari Warrior (2600,7800) (Ikari Warriors) Planet Smasher (7800) Ninja Golf (7800) Mat Mania Challenge (7800) White Water Madness (2600,7800) Mean 18 Ultimate Golf (7800) Off the Wall (2600 shown) Road Runner (2600) Radar Lock (2600 shown) Street Fight (2600) Motorodeo (2600) Super Football (XE) Tower Toppler (XE) Midi Maze (XE) Deflektor (XE shown) Amiga Players - If I Ruled The World (2 pages; Populous, Sim City; both shown) Commodore Players - Meeting Your Waterloo And Getting Your Qix (3 pages; Battle of Napoleon, Qix; both shown) Mac Players - Cosmic Osmo Forever! (1 page; Cosmic Osmo; shown) Cheap Thrills - New Age Bingo For The Roaring Eighties (3 pages; shown: Mah Jongg (PC), not shown: Tiles (Amiga)) Nintendo Game of the Month: Ninja Gaiden (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Red Storm Rising (6 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown) Capone (PC) Stargoose (PC) Jigsaw! (PC) Hidden Agenda (PC) Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0 (PC) P.O.W. (NES) Bad Dudes (NES) Dr. Chaos (NES) Ducktales (NES) Mega Man II (NES) Wrestlemania (NES) Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES) Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (Amiga) Baal (C64) News & Previews (approx. 3.75 pages) Lots of New Games For Sega Master System (SMS games discussed:) Ultima IV (shown) Dead Angle (shown) Golden Axe Dynamite Dux (shown) Scramble Spirit (shown) Cloud Master (shown) Captain Silver Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (shown) World Games Tennis Ace Super Golf Wanted! (shown) Two Historical Strategy Games For Nintendo (NES; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Genghis Khan; both shown) New LJN Games For Nintendo (NES; shown: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Uncanny X-Men, NFL Football; not shown: Beetlejuice, Back to the Future, The Punisher) Space Game For PCs Has Enhanced Sound (Echelon) Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.33 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.66 page; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Master System Sega Mega Drive (the eventual Sega Genesis) IBM PC Atari 7800 Amiga Commodore 64 Macintosh Apple IIGS arcade ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; includes section "New Gametapes" (strategy videos on VHS)) The Tip Sheet (1 page; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Zelda II (NES; Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) Double Dragon 2: The Revenge (NES) King's Quest III (PC) King's Quest IV (PC) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Life Force (NES) Player's World Hot Games In Japan Coming To US (2 pages; focus and shown: Rock Man 2 (aka Mega Man 2); mentioned: Dragon Quest IV, Phantasy Star II, Super Mario Bros. 3, Bases Loaded, Knight Rider, Donald Duck, Deja Vu, Gradius II) Sneak Preview: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1 page; shown) Face-To-Face... With Jeremy Miller (1 page; celebrity interview) Nintendo News - The Quest For Nintendo Adventures (6 pages; NES coverage; following games shown unless noted; includes sections:) Quest For Castles (Mystery Quest) Earn Crystal Balls (Milon's Secret Castle) Zelda: The Sequel (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) Ready To Create Characters? (Ultima) Long-Awaited Titles Hit Nintendo Market (discussion of upcoming titles; numerous mentioned, none shown) PC Players - Baby, You Can Drive My Car (4 pages; both shown; includes sections:) Test Drive II: The Duel 4x4 Off-Road Racing Arcade Action - Two Great Games (2 pages; both shown; includes sections:) Xybots: Science Fiction Soldiers Vindicators: Tanks of the Future Sega Masters - New 16-Bit Game Machine Coming Soon (3 pages; includes sections:) New Technology (Sega Mega Drive (aka Sega Genesis) specs discussion) Fascinating Options (Sega Mega Drive (aka Sega Genesis) accessory and add-on discussion) New 8-Bit Games (SMS games; shown: Altered Beast, King's Quest, California Games, Vigilante, Wonder Boy 3 (Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap)) Atari Safari - Two New Sports Games (1 page; shown: Pete Rose Baseball (7800), Title Match Pro Wrestling (7800)) Amiga Players - Sega's Hits Come Home (2 pages; shown: Out Run, Space Harrier, Alien Syndrome) Commodore Players - Two Quests, Two Approaches (3 pages; both shown; includes sections:) Barbarian Project Firestart Mac Players - Solve Puzzles, Build Cities (1 page; shown: The Fools' Errand, Sim City) Cheap Thrills - Two Simulations For PC and Amiga (3 pages; both shown; includes sections:) EGA Trek For PC Metro for Amiga Nintendo Game of the Month: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (11 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: F-19 Stealth Fighter (5 pages; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown) Rollerball (NES) Hostage (PC) Skate Or Die (NES) Presumed Guilty! (PC) The Adventures of Lolo (NES) Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Amiga) Bomberman (NES) TKO (PC) Blades of Steel (NES) Montezuma's Revenge (SMS) Guerrilla War (NES) Kings of the Beach: Professional Beach Volleyball (PC) Bionic Commando (NES) Life & Death (PC) Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 (PC) News & Previews (6 pages; all shown unless noted) Operation Wolf Launched For Nintendo (NES) Fly Top Aircraft With Bomber (PC) International Team Sports Now Available (C64; PC planned; not shown) LJN's New Nintendo Titles (NES; Back To The Future, X-Men, NFL Football (not shown); Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) F40 Pursuit Races Against Time (PC, other computer systems) BAAL Unleashed For Atari ST And Amiga Pow! Right To The Moon (The Honeymooners (PC); C64, Amiga planned) New Commodore Games From Medalist (Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer (C64; not shown), Destroyer Escort (C64)) Accolades' Got A Knockout (TKO (PC,C64), Amiga planned) Rock The Enemy With Heavy Metal (PC,C64) Add Pizazz To Home Video (VCR Companion, VCR Companion Film Library (PC); not shown) Nintendo Delivers Paperboy (NES) Red Storm On The Horizon (Red Storm Rising (PC) released) New Sports Action For Nintendo (Tradewest NES titles; John Elway's Quarterback, Magic Johnson's Fast Break (not shown), Taboo: The Sixth Sense (not shown)) Cosmi Release Is Top Secret (Presumed Guilty! (PC,Commodore computers)) Updated Version Of Balance of Power (Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition (PC,Apple IIGS,Mac,Amiga); not shown) Guideposts: The Hot 100 (5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.5 pages; request for bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and top lists)