Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 18

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Super Famicom (the eventual Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD Player
• Atari Lynx
• arcade
• Sharp 21G-SF1 TV/Super Famicom combo (overseas coverage)
• Sega/IBM Tera Genesis/PC hybrid (never released)

Below is a synopsis of this issue's contents. Game title typos, shorthand, working titles, etc, are maintained for the historical record. Any relevant clarifications and comments are noted (like so). - RetroDefense

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(Some of the magazine sections listed below (Sega Masters, Gameboy Club) are inferred from prior issues, and are never formally named within this specific issue.)


Insert Coin - Is This The End? by Steve Harris (editorial)

Interface (letters column)

Electronic Gaming Review Crew (4-member panel game reviews; each review includes a screenshot, short game summary and four capsule reviews with commentary & score, with the combination encompassing 1/3rd of a page)

• Gauntlet 2 (NES) (Gauntlet II)
• Solar Jetman (NES)
• Skull & Crossbones (NES)
• Adventure Island 2 (NES)
• Ghouls & Ghosts (SMS) (Ghouls 'n Ghosts)
• Vermilion (Gen) (Sword of Vermilion)
• Granada (Gen)
• Battle Squadron (Gen)
• Klax (Gen)
• Final Zone 2 (TG16CD)
• Veigues Tactical Gladiator (TG16)
• Aeroblaster (TG16) (Aeroblasters)
• Gremlins 2 (GB) (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)
• Robo Squash (Lynx)

Gaming Gossip by Quartermann

Electronic Gaming Express

• Sega and IBM Ink Deal For Tera... A Genesis and IBM Computer Combo! (Tera hardware shown; Genesis CD-ROM artist rendition shown)
• Sharp Introduces a TV with a Super Famicom Built In! (Sharp 21G-SF1 shown; a Sharp TV/Famicom combo is also shown)

Next Wave (capsule game previews with screenshots)

• Isolated Warrior (NES)
• Krion Conquest (NES)
• Arch Rivals (NES)
• Puzznic (NES)
• Metal Mech (NES)
• Sherlock Holmes - Consulting Detective (TG16CD)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (SMS)
• Phantasy Star 3 (Gen) (Phantasy Star III)
• M.U.S.H.A. (Gen)
• Crackdown (Gen)
• Kung Fu Master (GB)
• Power Mission (GB)
• Ms. Pac-Man (Lynx)
• Zarlor Mercenary (Lynx)

Tricks of the Trade (tips, tricks and codes)

• Super Monaco GP (Gen)
• Mondu's Fight Palace (Gen)
• MegaMan 3 (NES) (Mega Man III)
• Insector X (Gen)
• Mercenary Force (GB)
• Castlevania 3 (NES) (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse)
• Captain Skyhawk (NES)
• Y's (TG16CD) (Ys: Books I & II)
• Solar Jetman (NES)
• Strider (Gen)

International Outlook - The First Batch of New Third-Party Super Famicom Softs Hit the Street! (full page previews:)

• Final Fight (SF)
• Gradius 3 (SF) (Gradius III)

Arcade Alley - 1990 AMOA (listed in TOC as 'Arcade Express;' two pages of arcade game previews, shown:)

• Magic Sword
• Hit the Ice
• Pit Fighter
• Dragon Saber
• Brute Force
• Thunder & Lightning
• GP Rider

Nintendo Player (NES; 2-page 'Fact File' game overviews)

• Shadow of the Ninja
• G.I. Joe
• The Punisher

Sega Masters (SMS; 2-page 'Fact File' game overviews; not listed in TOC)

• Dick Tracy

Outpost: Genesis (2-page 'Fact File' game overviews)

• Dick Tracy
• Granada
• Technocop

Turbo Champ (2-page 'Fact File' game overviews, unless noted)

• Aeroblasters (TG16)
• Sinistron (TG16)
• Tricky Kick (TG16; small capsule preview with screenshots)

Gameboy Club (2-page 'Fact File' game overviews; not listed in TOC)

• Operation C

U.S. National Video Game Team's Super Play - Mega Man III (NES; six page strategy guide)

Screen Play (T2: Judgement Day movie; not listed in TOC)

Top Score Club (listed in TOC as 'High Scores')

Game Over! - Target Earth (Gen; spoiler alert!)