Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 19

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Super Famicom (the eventual Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis - Mega Drive
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD Player - PC-Engine CD-ROM Player
• Atari Lynx
• Atari Panther (ultimately never released)
• arcade

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, Atari Adventure) are inferred from prior issues, and are never formally named within this specific issue.)


Insert Coin - The Shape Of Games To Come... 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)

• Arch-Rivals (NES)
• G.I. Joe (NES)
• Rad Gravity (NES)
• Ninja Crusaders (NES)
• Quantum Fighter (NES)
• Last Alert (TG16CD)
• TV Sports Football (TG16)
• Arrow Flash (Gen)
• Bimini Run (Gen)
• Lakers vs. Celtics (Gen)
• Mondu's Fight Palace (Gen)
• Double Dribble 5 on 5 (GB)
• Operation-C (GB) (Operation C)
• Zarlor Mercenary (Lynx)

Gaming Gossip by Quartermann

Electronic Gaming Express

• Atari Set To Roar With New "Panther" 16-Bit Machine

Next Wave (capsule game previews)

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (NES)
• Lolo 3 (NES) (Lolo III)
• Zombie Nation (NES)
• Nobunaga's Ambition (NES)
• Ufouria (NES)
• Super Spy Hunter (NES)
• Star Wars (NES)
• Stormlord (Gen)
• Sword of Sodan (Gen)
• Sonic; Spiderman; Battle Tank; Attack Sub (Gen; shared preview) (Sonic The Hedgehog, Spider-Man)
• Powerball (Gen)
• Cyraid (GB)
• Air Buster (Gen)
• R-Type (GB)
• MegaMan (GB) (Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge)
• Pac Man (GB) (Pac-Man)

Tricks of the Trade (tips, tricks and codes)

• Solstice (NES)
• Legendary Axe 2 (TG16) (Legendary Axe II)
• Last Alert (TG16CD)
• Gauntlet 2 (NES) (Gauntlet II)
• Shadow Blasters (Gen)
• Bimini Run (Gen)
• Tommy Lasorda Baseball (Gen)
• Valis 2 (TG16) (Valis II)
• Operation C (GB)
• John Madden Football (Gen)
• Buster Douglas Boxing (Gen)
• Lakers vs. Celtics (Gen)
• E-SWAT (Gen)

Turbo Champ (this issue's Turbo Champ is billed as a magazine-bound-in-magazine insert, complete with cover; 'The Ultimate All-TurboGrafx-16 Magazine')

• Best Games of 1990! (Top 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Bonk (Bonk's Revenge; TG16; 2-page 'Fact File')
• 1991 TurboGrafx-16 Preview Guide... (game previews)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM Super Power!! (game previews)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• TurboGrafx-16 Multi-Player Games! - Turbo-Tap Action For Up to Five-Player Interaction!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

• TurboGrafx-16 Third-Party Games - The Best Turbo Games From the Hottest Game Companies!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Turbo Accessories (Stack Rack game organizer, Game Encyclopedia, Game Card Soft Pack, Ultimate Superstick TurboVision)
• NEC's Turbo Express - The Portable Color Super-Power! (shown, with hand-held tech spec comparison chart (Express, Gameboy, Lynx, Game Gear))

International Outlook

• Third Party Mega Drive Companies End Year With Dozens of New games (capsule previews)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Super Mario World (SF; 4-page preview)
• The Super Famicom Times (capsule previews)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Behind The Screens: Taito ('EGM Visits - Taito of America;' 4-page article)

Arcade Alley

 

 

• Double Dragon 3
• R-360 and D3-BOS
• Thunder Force 3 AC (Thunder Force III AC)

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

• Isolated Warrior
• Adventure Island II
• The Simpsons (Bart vs. The Space Mutants)

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

• Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

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

• Fatal Labyrinth
• Bimini Run
• Gaiares

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

• Dragon's Lair

Atari Adventure (2-page 'Fact File' game overviews; not listed in TOC)

• Zarlor Mercenary (Lynx)

U.S. National Video Game Team's Super Play - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES; four page strategy guide)

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

Game Over! - Thunder Force III (Gen; spoiler alert!)