Game Players Volume 2 Number 1

Primary Systems Coverage

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis
• Atari Lynx
• PC
• Amiga
• Commodore 64
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• arcade

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

The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; past and future of the computer-video game industry)

The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed but not shown:)

• Metal Gear (NES)
• Phantasy Star (SMS)
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
• Pro Wrestling (SMS)
• Ultima IV (SMS)
• Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom; tip being, you can play Famicom games on your NES w/adapter)

Player's World

• Game Boy Hits Its Stride (3 pages; all games shown; includes sections:)
  • Modern Technology, Ancient Game (Shanghai (GB))
  • Pinball Keeps Rolling Along (Revenge of the Gator (GB))
  • Chill Out With A Hip Tomato (Kwirk: The Chilled Tomato (GB))
• Getting The Most From The U-Force and Power Glove (2 pages; hardware shown)
• Face To Face... With Dustin Diamond (1 page; celebrity interview)
• Double Dragon For Game Boy (0.5 pages; NES version shown)
• Game Boy Makes Dynamite Debut (0.5 pages; hardware shown)

Nintendo News - Artistic License (5 pages; unlicensed NES games from Color Dreams and Tengen)

• Captain Comic (shown; games discussed but not shown:)
  • Baby Boomer
  • Raid 2020
  • Crystal Mines
  • P'radikus
  • Escape From Atlantis
  • Code Blue
  • Dragon Tale
• More Titles From Tengen (all shown:)
  • Rolling Thunder
  • Road Runner
  • Vindicators

Arcade Action - Crime City (2 pages; shown)

PC Players - Faery Tale Adventure (4 pages; game shown; includes sections:)

• Playing The Game (Faery Tale Adventure tips)
• The Desert Fox (Rommel: Battles for North Africa; shown)

Sega Players - Forgotten Worlds and King's Quest (5 pages; tips and strategies for Forgotten Worlds (Gen) and King's Quest (SMS))

Atari Safari - Atari Lynx: Hand-Held Breakthrough! (3 pages; hardware shown; includes section:)

• An Amazing Maze of Mesas (all games shown)
  • California Games
  • Blue Lightning
  • The Gates of Zendocon

Amiga Players - Simple Pleasures (2 pages; shown:)

• Shufflepuck Cafe
• Paperboy
• Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun

Commodore Players - Indy: The Action Game (2 pages; shown; based on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade film)

Turbo Players - The Game Explosion (3 pages; includes sections:)

• Dungeon Explorer (shown)
• Power Golf (shown)
• Vigilante and China Warriors (both shown)
• Alien Crush and Blazing Lazers (both shown)
• Progress Report

Cheap Thrills - EGAINT and Peter's Quest (2 pages; EGAINT (PC), Peter's Quest: For The Love of Daphne (Amiga))

Nintendo Game of the Month: Double Dragon II: The Revenge (10 pages; NES; strategy guide)

Computer Game of the Month: Mean Street (6 pages; PC; strategy guide)

Game Reviews (1 page each; games shown)

• Targhan (PC)
• Rescue: The Embassy Mission (NES)
• Shadow of the Beast (Amiga)
• National Football League (NES)
• Welltris (PC)
• Willow (NES)
• Shinobi (C64)
• Space Rogue (PC)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES)
• Walter Payton Football (SMS)
• Casino Kid (NES)
• Side Arms (TG16)
• Shadowgate (NES)
• Arnold Palmer Golf (Gen)
• The Third Courier (PC)
• Rock-N-Ball (NES)
• Rambo III (Gen)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (PC)

News & Previews (approx. 4 pages; games shown unless noted)

• Four New Nintendo Companies Release First Cartridges (NES; Godzilla: Monster of Monsters, King's Knight, Castlequest, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
• New Life For Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc: Siege & The Sword (Amiga,ST,PC))
• Run, Spot, Run! (Spot (PC,Amiga,C64))
• Nintendo Games With Commercials (product placement in games; Pepsi logo in Magic Johnson's Fast Break (NES); reportedly "the first videogame to contain commercials")
• Safe At Any Speed (The Muscle Cars (PC,IIGS,C64,Amiga; The Duel: Test Drive II expansion), The Third Courier)
• Upgraded Jet Fighter for PC Compatibles (Jet Fighter: The Adventure; version 1.5; not shown)
• Elves Vs. The Shogun For Nintendo (Arkista's Ring (NES))

Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)

Chartbusters (approx 1.5 pages; poll results and Top lists)