Leaderboard

Features: The Wonderful World of Claymation: Game Informer chats with Michael Quarles, product manager for the Clay Animation department at Interplay, about what goes into the creation of a game like ClayMates. Creating a World of Our Own: With the advent of CD-ROM technology and higher-capacity cartridges, Game Informer sets out a glimpse of what the future holds with reviews of software like...: View Point (NEO): 8.75/7.5/8.75 Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (GEN/SNES): 8.75/8.5/9.0 World of Illusion (GEN): 7.25/8.25/7.5 Flashback: The Quest for Identity (GEN): 9.0/8.75/9.75 Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop (PC) (no review score) Great Graphics at a Glance: Screenshots from games that come closest to offering up full control of an animated experience, including...: Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES) Cool World (SNES) Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (SNES) StarFox (SNES) Ren & Stimpy: Space Cadet Adventures (GB) A Consumer Electronics Show Update: What you can expect to see previewed at the 1993 Summer CES A Historical Look At Video Games: The 8-bit Era: Part two of GI's short history of video games. Answers From the Top: GI interviews game designers Garry Kitchen, Daniel Kitchen, and David Crane about graphical innovations they've seen over their careers, and what they expect we'll be seeing next. Flashback Strategy: Find your way through the game's first three areas with these tips and maps. Departments: Letter From the Editor: Beth Olson is reeling from her visit to the Winter CES, not to mention reading all the entries in the GI Chester Cheetah contest. Dear Game Informer: Where the readers talk back. Classics Attic: The GI staff reviews a game from yesteryear: Metroid (NES): 7.75/7.75/7.5/6.5 Tech Talk: The latest in video game hardware and software: Panasonic 3DO Pioneer LaserActive Sega Virtua VR headset Sega Activator Game Genie Swap Shop: Reader codes, submitted for your approval. Sonic 2 (GEN) Street Fighter II (SNES) Green Dog (GEN) Kid Chameleon (GEN) Fun Club Tip Line: Reader cheats, hints, and tips to give you the winning edge. Sonic 2 (GEN) Skulljagger (SNES) Sol Feace (SCD) Choplifter 2 (GB) Desert Strike (SNES) Bonk's Revenge (TG-16) Joe Montana 3 (GEN) Batman: Return of the Joker (NES) Gods (GEN) Super Star Wars (SNES) Blue Lightning (LYNX) Super Double Dragon (SNES) On the Ball (SNES) Quack Shot (GEN) Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (NES) Paperboy 2 (SNES) Flying Warriors (NES) Adventures of Lolo 2 (NES) El Viento (GEN) Ecco the Dolphin (GEN) Fantasy Zone (GG) Kid Icarus (NES) Operation C (GB) Super Tennis (SNES) Chip's Challenge (LYNX) Rad Racer 2 (NES) Lemmings (GEN) Ghouls 'n Ghosts (GEN) NARC (NES) Wonder Dog (SCD) What's Hot!: Rumors and news from the industry. Reviews: The Lost Vikings (SNES): 8.0/8.0/9.25 Kid Klown in Night Mayor World (NES): 6.25/7.5/5.5 Bonk's Adventure (GB): 6.0/6.5/6.75 Streets of Rage 2 (GEN): 6.75/8.5/6.75 Road Avenger (SCD): 8.0/7.5/8.5 Super Space Invaders (GG): 8.0/8.5/7.5 Bomberman '93 (TG-16): 7.5/7.0/8.0 Previews: National Lampoon's ChessMeister 5 Billion and 1 (PC) (released as National Lampoon's Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1) Battleship (GB) Mario is Missing (PC/SNES/NES) Shinobi 3 (GEN) Ecco the Dolphin (GEN/SCD) Ads (in order of appearance): Culture Brain games - Ultimate Fighter (SNES) / Super Ninja Boy (SNES) / Fighting Simulator (GB) / Ninja Boy 2 (GB) Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES/GEN) Taito games - Chase H.Q. !! (GEN) / Sonic Blast Man (SNES) / Hit the Ice (SNES/NES) Dragon's Lair (SNES) Congo's Caper (SNES) Game Informer subscription Tombstone Microwave Pizza $5 coupon for Jaleco games Super Bowling (SNES) HardBall III (GEN) 1993 Summer Consumer Electronics Show Irem SNES games - Street Combat / Dino City / GunForce / Super R-Type / The Irem Skins Game and free t-shirt offer Game Informer "Sink Your Teeth Into It" giveaway James Bond 007: The Duel (GEN) Road Avenger (SCD) Notable Stuff: The Culture Brain ads of this era are works of psuedo-nonsense, with ad copy clearly translated by someone for whom English is not a primary language. Misspellings and sentence fragments abound. I love them! Adrian Cabural of Richmond, CA writes that among the reasons he likes the tips in Game Informer is that "most of them work". Pretty low bar there, Adrian... Wes & Mason Craig of Columbia, MO offer up the following Game Genie codes for Super Mario Bros. for your consideration in the "Dear Game Informer" section: ZEANIE, GOATEE, KAGIVE, LAXPEG, OATLIN, OATTAO, SUITOP, TOZVOA, TIEETO, VIOLET, XLUTSO, KENUET, and STAGEP. Any of our members want to try them out and let us know what happens? The review scores for Metroid in the "Classic Attic" column may seem low, but that's because the reviewers are using current-day sensibilities to review a game that was, at the time, six years old. Almost all of them dropped huge scores for Concept, Replayability, and Entertainment Value, but nobody awarded a score higher than a 6 in the Graphics and Animation or Sound categories, thus dragging the overall averages down significantly. There's a minor mistake on page 32, as Midway's Mortal Kombat is spelled "Mortal Combat" in the text beneath the screenshot. Likewise on page 32, there is an entry for an Irem game called "Max Mania" that never came out. There are probably a number of these in the article, this is just the first one I noticed. Gaming historians, take note! On page 33, you can see a screenshot for Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the SNES when it was still in development under the placeholder title, "Monster". Man, Ross and Paul really came down hard on Streets of Rage 2 in their respective reviews. Abel Loya takes the grand prize in the Chester Cheetah Sweepstakes! Other winners and runners-up are printed on page 58.