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Reviews: (page 128) Castlevania 64 - (N64) Snowboard Kids 2 - (N64) Akuji the Heartless - (Playstation) Civilization 2 - (Playstation) Contender - (Playstation) Fisherman's Bait - (Playstation) Freestyle Boardin' 99 - (Playstation) March Madness '99 - (Playstation) Marvel vs. Street Fighter - (Playstation) Monkey Hero - (Playstation) NCAA Final Four '99 - (Playstation) R-Types - (Playstation) Syphon Filter - (Playstation) Wheel of Fortune - (Playstation) Link's Awakening DX - (GameBoy Color) Previews: (page 42) N64: Beetle Adventure Racing Air Boardin' USA (released as AirBoarder 64, Japan/Europe only release) NHL Blades of Steel '99 California Speed All Star Smash Bros. (released as Super Smash Bros.) Perfect Dark Triple Play 2000 Quake 2 Jet Force Gemini Conker 64 (released as Conker's Bad Fur Day) Mario Golf 64 (released in NA as Mario Golf) Vigilante 8 Playstation: Need for Speed: High Stakes Legend of Legaia Driver Soul of the Samurai Triple Play 2000 Centipede Street Sk8er Rush Down NBA in the Zone '99 Fisherman's Bait (released as Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge) Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 (released as Chocobo's Dungeon 2) Final Fantasy VIII Street Fighter Alpha 3 Smash Court 2 (Japan only release) Populous: The Beginning Chocobo Racing Internal Section (Japan only release) Ace Combat 3 (released as Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) SaGa Frontier 2 Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure Incoming Tetris 4D (Japan only release) Shemue Aero Dancing (released as AeroWings) Buggy Heat (released in NA as TNN Motorsports HardCore Heat) GameBoy Color: Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 Carrot Crazy Pokemon Card GB (released in NA as Pokemon Trading Card Game) Arcade: Revenge from Mars Tricks of the Trade: (page 144) South Park, Virtua Fighter 3tb, Godzilla Generations, PenPen Trilcelon, Fox Sports College Hoops '99, Zelda 64, Virtual Pool 64, Glover, NHL Breakaway '99, Nightmare Creatures, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Rush 2 Extreme, Twisted Metal 3, DarkStalkers 3, Tenchu, Asteroids, Cool Boarders 3, Apocalypse, Zelda DX, Pocket Bomberman Gameshark Codes: Bomberman World, G.Darius, Hardball '99, Metal Gear Solid, Psybadek, Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock, Rogue Trip, S.C.A.R.S, Small Soldiers, Dual Heroes, Flying Dragon, Rush 2 Special Feature: (page 108) Mario Party, Grudge Match: GoldenEye 007 vs. Turok 2 (pg. 126)

Head to Head Buyer's Beware ProNews Cutting Edge: It's Showtime! The NBA on NBC...at your local arcades. NetPro: The Beginner's Guide to Everquest Part 2 Cover Feature: WWF Attitude. Layin' the SmackDown Special Feature: Dream's On Dreamcast ProReview: Virtua Fighter 3tb Special Feature: Color Your World PC GamePro Previews: Diablo II Descent 3 Braveheart Aliens vs. Predator Hot at the Arcades: NBA Showtime, Hydro Thunder Sneak Previews: Need for Speed 4 (PlayStation) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (PlayStation) California Speed (Nintendo 64) WCW Nitro (Nintendo 64) Rollcage (Nintendo 64) Silent Hill (PlayStation) 3Xtreme (PlayStation) Rush Down (PlayStation) Beetle Adventure Racing (Nintendo 64) Street Sk8er (PlayStation) Winback (Nintendo 64) Sports Car GT (PlayStation) V-Rally (Nintendo 64) Freestyle Boardin' '99 (PlayStation) Looney Toons Space Race (Nintendo 64) Hybrid Heaven (Nintendo 64) Blast Radius (PlayStation) Air Boardin' (Nintendo 64) PlayStation Pro Reviews: Syphon Filter Akuji the Heartless R-Type Delta Beatmania Nintendo 64 Pro Reviews: Castlevania Snowboard Kids 2 Sports Pages: NCAA March Madness '99 (PlayStation) Contender (PlayStation) Sports Insider Previews: NCAA Final Four '99 (PlayStation) Role-Player's Realm: Brave Fencer Musashi (PlayStation) ProStrategy Guide The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) ProStrategy Guide The Fighter's Edge: Soul Caliber (Arcade) S.W.A.T Pro: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Nintendo 64) Tomb Raider III (PlayStation) Twisted Metal III (PlayStation) Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Nintendo 64) Resident Evil 2 Dual Shock Version (PlayStation) Darkstalkers 3 (PlayStation) The Unholy War (PlayStation) Fox Sports College Hoops '99 (Nintendo 64) Small Soldiers (PlayStation) Rally Cross 2 (PlayStation) Test Drive Off-Road 2 (PlayStation) Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (PlayStation) Asteroids (PlayStation) Nightmare Creatures (Nintendo 64) Ninja: Shadow of Darkness (PlayStation)

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Super Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Genesis Sega Game Gear Sega Mega-CD (the eventual Sega-CD) ---- Dear Game Informer (letters column) Letter From The Editor Camerica's Quattro Carts: Four Times The Fun! (one-page Quattro Sports and Quattro Adventures preview) This Issue's Reviews... The Bottom Line (one-page summary of this issue's review scores) Reviews (unless noted, two-page reviews featuring a game overview, three capsule reviews from GI staff, boxart and screenshots) Rampart (NES) Wacky Races (NES) Ultimate Stuntman (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES) Super Adventure Island (SNES) Wanderers of Ys III (SNES) Earth Defense Force (SNES) Kid Chameleon (Gen) Rolling Thunder 2 (Gen) Pilot Wings (SNES; one-page guest review by Funco corporate pilot Mark Gallagher) OutRun (Gen) Q*bert (GB) Spring Golf Review Section PGA Tour Golf (Gen/SNES) Super Golf (GG) True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club (SNES) Golf Grand Slam (NES) Fun Club Tip Line (reader submitted tips and tricks) Astynax (NES) Batman II: Return of the Joker (NES) (Batman: Return of the Joker) Bubble Bobble (NES) Snake's Revenge (NES) Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) Willow (NES) Metal Gear (NES) F-Zero (SNES) Super Ghouls & Ghosts (SNES) (Ghouls 'n Ghosts) Darius Twin (SNES) Earth Defense Force (SNES) Joe & Mac (SNES) Nemesis (GB) Final Fantasy Legend II (GB) Super Marioland (GB) (Super Mario Land) Ghouls & Ghosts (Gen) (Ghouls 'n Ghosts) Pit Fighter (Gen) Tommy Lasorda Baseball (Gen) Joe Montana Sports Talk Football (Gen) John Madden '92 (Gen) Spiderman (Gen) (Spider-Man) Turrican (Gen) Sonic the Hedgehog (Gen) Tech Talk: The Latest on Video Game Hardware & Software New CD ROM Machine Looms on the Horizon (PC-Engine DUO (the eventual TurboDuo)) New Titles Being Developed for Turbo Technologies' New CD ROM Machine Throw Those Old Batteries Away! (Naki Power Pak for Game Boy) Bartmania: Cowabunga, Dude! Catch the Simpson Craze (overview of Simpsons games and mock Bart Simpson interview) What's Hot! Rumors & News From the Video Game World It's Sega Vs. Accolade, Round 2 Where is Carmen Sandiego? The Big Screen, of Course! Nintendo is, Once Again, Hauled into Court The Gulf War, Coming Soon to a Video System Near You The Game Handler: Get A Grip! (overview and reviews of IMN Control's 'Game Handler' controller) The History of The CD-ROM (two-page article discussing CD-ROM tech, both 'current' (PC, Commodore CDTV, Philips CD-I, TurboGrafx-16 CD Player), and 'future' ('Sony Play Action Station CD-based system', TurboDuo, Sega Mega CD, Philips Super NES CD-ROM add-on) Sega Mega-CD: The Wave of The Future? (1.5 pages; hardware overview, with previews of Earnest Evans, Sol-Feace, and Funky Horror Band) Ads (in order of appearance): Xardion (SNES) FaceBall 2000 (GB) Tengen Genesis titles (Paperboy / Pit Fighter / R.B.I. Baseball 3 / Dragon's Fury) Funco order form Game Informer subscription ad 1992 Consumer Electronics Show The Game Handler controller Ghoul School (NES) Eliminator Boat Duel (NES) Natsume games (Spanky's Quest (SNES/GB) / S.C.A.T. (NES) Shatterhand (NES) Rampart (NES)

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Super Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Genesis Sega Game Gear Nintendo/Phillips SNES CD-ROM (never released) ---- Dear Game Informer (letters column) Letter From The Editor GameTek's InfoGenius System: Let Your Fingers Do The Walking... (one-page Gametek InfoGenius productivity pak overview; French Translator, Spanish Translator, Spell Checker and Calculator, Personal Organizer, Travel Guide boxart shown; Travel Guide, Spell Checker screenshots shown) This Issue's Reviews... The Bottom Line (one-page summary of this issue's review scores) Reviews (unless noted, two-page reviews featuring a game overview, three capsule reviews from GI staff, boxart and screenshots) Lemmings (SNES) John Madden '92 (Gen) Joe Montana 2: Sports Talk Football (Gen) Shatterhand (NES) Faceball 2000 (GB) Jewel Master (Gen) RPM Racing (SNES) (Radical Psycho Machine Racing) Wonder Boy in Monster World (Gen) Asteroids (GB) Galaxy Force II (Gen) Art Alive (Gen) Project Space Shuttle (NES) Missile Command (GB) The Games: Winter Challenge (Gen) Turrican (GB) Fun Club Tip Line (reader submitted tips and tricks) Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (NES) Dragon Warrior 2 (NES) (Dragon Warrior II) Air Diver (Gen) Strider (Gen) Spy Hunter (NES) Twin Cobra (NES) Final Fight (SNES) Bases Loaded (NES) Super Mario World (SNES) Zelda II: Adventure of Link (NES) Super Mario Bros. III (NES) (Super Mario Bros. 3) Lakers vs. Celtics (Gen) Kid Icarus (NES) Side Pocket (NES) The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (NES) Double Dragon III (NES) (The Sacred Stones) Hunt For Red October (NES,GB?) (The Hunt For Red October) Adventure Island II (NES) Final Fantasy (NES) John Madden Football '92 (GEN) Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (GEN) Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN) Gradius (NES) Gaiares (GEN) Tech Talk: A Look To The Future of Video Play - The Latest on Video Game Hardware & Software (Collection of short news stories - Electronic Arts & Accolade game incompatibility with new Genesis decks; Game Genie; Nintendo vs. Camerica; Asciipad, Power Clutch SG controllers; LucasFilm Games iMUSE implemented in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge & Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis) CES: Every Gamer's Ultimate Dreams and Desires (Two pages of CES coverage; game screenshots shown: Super Battletank, Defenders of Dynatron City (NES), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (NES)) What's Hot! Rumors & News From the Video Game World (untitled; Acclaim Entertainment becomes Sega Genesis/Game Gear licensee) America's Favorite Plumbers Are At It Again (rumored Super Mario 4 for NES) Nintendo Joins the Race For CD-ROM (Phillips/Nintendo SNES add-on) One Possible Solution... (hot-swap to play unlicensed Genesis games) Accolade/Ballistic Takes on Sega (lawsuit news) Nintendo's 16-Bit System: What Puts The "Super" In The New NES? (Two-page SNES tech overview.) Still Puzzled? Try Your Luck With Video Game Knowledge (word search puzzle) "Edutainment" Games: Prime Examples That Learning Really Can Be Fun! (2-pages) Gametek's Fisher Price Series Hi-Tech's Sesame Street Series Popular Board Games/Game Shows For Your Video System PC Hits Go Video Something Along A Different Note Puzzlers That Will Keep You Guessing Ads (in order of appearance): Rolling Thunder 2 (GEN) FaceBall 2000 (GB) Space Shuttle (NES) Camerica Gold NES Series (Micro Machines / Bignose the Caveman / The Ultimate Stuntman / The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy) Funco order form Mindscape GameBoy games (Gauntlet II / Days of Thunder / Paperboy / Klax / Marble Madness) Game Informer subscription ad Super R-Type (SNES) The Simpsons games from Acclaim (Bart vs. The World (NES) / Bart Simpson: Escape From Camp Deadly (GB) / Bart vs. the Space Mutants (NES) Shatterhand (NES) Tengen Genesis titles (Paperboy / R.B.I. Baseball 3 / Pit Fighter) Notable Stuff: A GI subscription cost is $17.88 for six issues, with no discount offered for Funco Fun Club members.

Departments: Dear Game Informer: The letter column you've always wanted. Letter From the Editor: Elizabeth Olson waxes about the upcoming Christmas season, sports gaming giant Electronic Arts, and the Neo-Geo! Summer 1991 Best Sellers List: See what everyone was buying so you can jump on the bandwagon! Meet the Game Consultants: Ed, Marianne, Rick, and Andy are the folks who bring you the news and reviews. Reviews: ToeJam & Earl (GEN) Mercs (GEN) Super Bases Loaded (SNES) Quad Challenge (GEN) Super Jeopardy (GEN) Donald Duck: Quack Shot (GEN) Track Meet (GB) Features: A Match Made In Video Game Heaven [GamePro TV debut] Puzzled? [Video Game Themed Find-A-Word] EASN: The Electronic Arts Sports Network [A look at EA's upcoming sports titles] Neo-Geo: The Shape of Things to Come? [Preview of SNK's Neo-Geo hardware] SureFire Stocking Stuffers [Gift suggestions for the holiday season] Fun Club Tip Line [Reader-submitted hints] Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) Crystalis (NES) Target Earth (NES) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES) Tetris (Nintendo) (NES) Low G-Man (NES) Shadow Dancer (GEN) Super Mario World (SNES) G.I. Joe (NES) Ultima: Exodus (NES) Altered Beast (GEN) Snake, Rattle and Roll (NES) Terrific ToeJam & Earl tips throughout Ads (in order of appearance): Quad Challenge (GEN) Space Shuttle (NES) Funco order form Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball (SNES) Micro Machines (NES) Magazine Notes: While still devoting a significant page count to their buying/selling services, this issue looks much closer to what most readers associate the GI brand with today, with the addition of two new reviewers, quite a few more reviews, a larger page count and a couple in-depth features similar to what GamePro and EGM were running at the time. Subscriptions are now offered at $19.95 for six bi-monthly issues, or $14.95 if you are a Fun Club member.

Reviews: NHL Hockey (GEN) De-Cap Attack (GEN) Micro Machines (NES) Features: 3 Sonic Super Tips for Sonic the Hedgehog (GEN). Ads (in order of appearance): The Illuminator light accessory (GB) Hot Seat controller (NES/GEN) Doc's cleaning and repair kits (NES) and AC Adapter (GB) Funco Fun Club order form Concert Express music memorabilia order form Pandemonium Productions Win the Ultimate Gaming Rig contest Micro Machines (NES) Magazine Notes: At this point, Game Informer was the house organ for Funco. Its main purpose was to advertise the company's video game buyback services, and was provided free to customers. Andy McNamara started with them in 1991 as a reviewer in this issue, and worked at the magazine for over 29 years before departing in July 2020.