Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 60

Features:

• Sony reveals their new PS-X, along with licensees and games - There's a new fish in the 32-bit gaming lake, and Sony's looking to take an enormous bite out of both Sega and Nintendo with their brand new CD-based PS-X game system.
• Fighting on the homefront with Mortal Kombat II - Finally, the Rock Mortal Kombat II has made its way into the living room on SNES, Genesis, Game Gear, and Game Boy, and EGM's got the scoop.
• First pics of Virtua Fighter for the Sega Saturn! Plus a list of games in development for the Saturn and 32X.
• A sneak preview of the characters, stages, and weapons from Contra Hard Corps on the Genesis is just what the Drill Sergeant ordered. Now drop and give me twenty!
• Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers are here in full force! - You didn't expect Capcom to rest on their laurels and let Midway have all the fun, did you? Four new fighters, new special moves for your old favorites, and a plethora of new battle modes mean the SNES is getting the definitive home version of SSF2.
• Behind the Scenes at Nintendo - EGM goes deep inside the company's Redmond, Washington offices for a peek at what a day in the life of a Nintendo employee looks like.
• Koei's got three new epic titles coming to home: Uncharted Waters New Horizons, Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness, and Stop That Roach!.

Departments:

• Insert Coin: "The Flood Waters Are Rising..." - With 8-bit systems on the outs, 16-bit systems dominant, and 32-bit systems churning the waters, senior editor Danyon Carpenter looks at what all this means for gamers getting overwhelmed with options in an over-saturated market.
• Interface: Letters to the Editor - If you write them, we might print and respond to them.
  • Bad Photocopy Contest!
  • EGM Special Assignment: Draw what you would want to see on the next cover of EGM!
  • EGM Envelope Art
• EGM's Hot Top Tens - The editors and readers (via EGM's 1-900 number) have spoken! Also Babbage's offers their ten best-sellers for the 3D0, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, and Game Gear.
  • Top 10 Arcade-to-Home Translations
    1. Super Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
    2. NBA Jam (SNES)
    3. Dragon's Lair (3DO)
    4. Mortal Kombat (SCD)
    5. Virtua Racing (GEN)
    6. Saturday Night Slam Masters (SNES)
    7. Final Fight CD (SCD)
    8. Aero Blasters (DUO)
    9. Sunset Riders (SNES)
    10. Samurai Shodown (NEO)
• Gaming Gossip - Quartermann's monthly infodump of speculation, rumour, and factoids.
• Press Start - This month, it's all about Sony's upcoming PS-X console and Nintendo's Super Game Boy peripheral.
• Arcade Action - What's hot at the arcades?
  • T-MEK
  • Super Sidekicks 2
  • Under Fire
• Lifestyles - Pop culture news with nerd appeal!
  • The Star Wars saga continues in Jedi Academy: Dark Apprentice
  • Street Fighter II Makes Leap from Video Screen to Big Screen
  • Alias Wavefront Gameware: Technology for the Games of Tomorrow
  • Red Hot Summer for Comics
    • This Month in Hero Illustrated
    • This Month in Cards Illustrated
  • The Flintstones hits Bedrock at Box Office
• EGM Marketplace - Buy, sell, and trade your gaming goodies with help from these mail-order firms.

Review Crew (Ed Semrad / Danyon Carpenter / Al Manuel / Sushi-X / Mike Weigand):

• World Heroes 2 Jet (NEO) - Game of the Month; Editor's Choice Gold - 8/9/8/8
• Pocky & Rocky 2 (SNES) - 8/8/8/8
• Double Dragon V (SNES) - 6/5/5/5
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (SNES) - 7/7/5/5
• King of the Monsters 2 (SNES) - 8/7/7/7
• Jungle Book (GEN) - 7/8/6/7
• Streets of Rage 3 (GEN) - 8/7/7/7
• Mickey's Challenge (GEN) - 7/7/5/6
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault (SCD) - 7/6/5/5
• Jurassic Park Interactive (3DO) - 8/8/7/8
• Jungle Book (NES) - 8/7/5/7
• Mickey's Challenge (GB) - 8/7/5/7
• Asterix the Gaul (GG) - 6/5/4/5
  • Major Mike's Game Roundup
    • Beauty and the Beast (SNES) - 6/5/4/4/4
    • Super Loopz (SNES) - 9/7/7/8/8
    • Suzuka 8 Hours (SNES) - 7/7/6/6/7
    • Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball (SNES) - 7/6/7/6/7
    • The Jetsons (SNES) - 7/6/6/6/7
    • The Jungle Book (SNES) - 8/8/7/8/8
    • Combat Cars (GEN) - 8/6/6/6/7
    • Pele Soccer 2 (GEN) - 6/4/4/5/6
    • World Championship Soccer (GEN) - 6/5/5/5/6
    • World Heroes (GEN) - 7/6/4/4/5
    • Tinhead (GEN) - 6/7/6/6/7
    • King of the Monsters 2 (GEN) - 8/8/7/8/8
    • Revengers of Vengeance (SCD) - 5/4/3/3/5
    • Revenge of the Ninja (SCD) - 8/7/5/6/6
    • Dark Wizard (SCD) - 8/8/6/6/7
    • Super Sidekicks 2 (NEO) - 9/8/7/8/8
    • Pac-Attack (GG) - 7/6/6/7/7/
    • NBA Action (GG) - 5/6/5/5/7
    • The Jungle Book (GG) - 6/6/6/6/7

Next Wave (previews):

• Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition (SNES)
• Animaniacs (SNES)
• Contra Hard Corps (GEN)
• Lethal Enforcers II: The Gunfighters (SNES)
• Sparkster (SNES)
• Biker Mice From Mars (SNES)
• Wacky World of Sports (SNES)
• Power Instinct (GEN)
• Loadstar (3DO)
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (3DO)
• Street Racer (SNES)
• Pac-Man 2 (SNES)
• Clay Fighter 2 (SNES)
• Boogerman (GEN)
• Sungeon Master II: Skullkeep (SCD)
• Urban Strike (GEN)
• Dragon's Lair (CDi)
• Shining Force 2 (GEN)
• Rock 'N' Roll Racing (GEN)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (SNES)
• NEC's FX CD-ROM hardware

International Outlook:

• Samurai Spirits (Shodown) (SFC)
• Kamen Rider ZO (MCD)
• Gunstar Heroes (GG)
• Coca-Cola Kid (GG)
• Puyo Puyo (GB)
• Super Formation Soccer '94: World Cup Edition (SFC)
• Ghost Chaser Densei (SFC)
• Sailor Moon (MD)
• Hyperion (MCD)
• Godzilla Monster Super Battle (SFC)
• Jelly Boy 2 (SFC)
• Live A Live (SFC)
• Fatal Fury 2 (GB)
• Magical Poi Poi Poi! (SFC)
• Samurai Spirits (GB)
• Wild Guns (SFC)

Tricks of the Trade:

• Shadowrun (GEN) - Trick of the Month!
• Streets of Rage 3 (GEN)
• King of Dragons (SNES)
• Battle Blaze (SNES)
• Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! (GEN)
• Pac-Attack (SNES)
• Super Metroid (SNES)
• Art of Fighting 2 (NEO)
• Sunset Riders (SNES)
• Rocko's Modern Life (SNES)
• Chuck Rock II (GEN)
• Robocop vs. Terminator (GEN)
• Game Genie Codes:
  • NBA Jam (SNES)
  • Wolfenstein 3-D (SNES)
  • Castlevania Bloodlines (GEN)
  • Mega Turrican (GEN)

Fact Files (in-depth previews of software just over the horizon):

• Pocky & Rocky 2 (SNES)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (SNES)
• King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)
• A.S.P.: Air Strike Patrol (SNES)
• Aero Fighters (SNES)
• Tinhead (GEN)
• King of the Monsters 2 (GEN)
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault (SCD)
• Revengers of Vengeance (SCD)
• Flying Nightmares (SCD)
• World Heroes 2 Jet (NEO)
• Shock Wave (3DO)
• MegaRace (3DO)
• Gridders (3DO)
• Way of the Warrior (3DO)
• Burn Cycle (CDi)
• Mega Maze (CDi)
• Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (GB)
• Sonic Spinball (GG)

Ads (in order of appearance):

• Clay Fighter (GEN)
• Mortal Kombat II (SNES/GEN/GG/GB)
• Philips CD-i hardware and games
• Bullet-Proof Software's Super Link SNES multi-player adapter
• Marvel Cards: Universe 1994 trading cards
• Super Street Fighter II (SNES/GEN)
• ASG Technologies Video Jukebox CJ multi-cartridge docking station
• Rocko's Modern Life (SNES)
• Blackthrone (SNES/GEN)
• Streets of Rage 3 (GEN)
• Super Game Boy (SNES)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (SNES)
• Atari Jaguar hardware and games
• Eye of the Beholder (SNES)
• Breath of Fire (SNES)
• Jurassic Park Interactive (3DO)
• Aura Interactor virtual reality game wear
• Software Etc.
• Natsume Championship Wrestling (SNES)
• EGM2 magazine subscription
• MLBPA Baseball (SNES/GEN)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (SNES)
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault (SCD)
• NuReality Vivid3D sound enhancement system
• Jammit (SNES/GEN/3DO/PC)
• Dune: The Battle For Arrakis (GEN)
• FIFA Soccer (SNES/GEN/SCD)
• Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES/GEN)
• Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (SNES/GEN)
• Tecmo Super Baseball (SNES/GEN)
• EGM Easy Money coupons: $5 off on Bubsy / Buy 2, Get 1 Free EA Sports / $10 off on Flashback
• King of Dragons (SNES)
• Hudson Super Multitap peripheral for SNES
• Panasonic 3DO hardware and games
• Championship Pool (SNES)
• Equinox (SNES)
• Operation Europe (SNES/GEN)
• EGM's Double Dragon V contest
• Tempest 2000 (JAG)
• World Cup USA '94 (SNES/GEN/SCD/GG/GB)
• Ultima Runes of Virtue II (SNES/GB)
• J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1 (SNES)
• Clay Fighter Tournament Edition (SNES)
• Ultimate Fighter (SNES)
• Fighter's History (SNES) / OutRunners (GEN)
• Blockbuster video game rentals
• Pele's World Tournament Soccer (GEN)
• Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (SNES/GB)
• Boogerman (GEN)
• Viewpoint (GEN)
• Dragon's Lair (SCD)
• ESPN Baseball Tonight (SNES/GEN)
• Mortal Kombat: The Album music CD
• Elite Soccer (SNES/GB)
• Brutal: Paws of Fury (SNES/GEN)
• Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! (SNES/GEN)
• Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage (SNES/GEN)
• EGM and Hero Illustrated Super Tour '94
• Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics (SNES)
• ESPN/IntelliPlay sports instruction software (3DO/PC)
• Koei and EGM Liberty or Death contest
• King of the Monsters 2 (GEN)
• EGM subscription
• Win the Ultimate Gaming Rig contest
• Dragon Con Atlanta Comics Expo convention
• Super Battleship (SNES/GEN)
• HardBall '94 (GEN)
• King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)
• SkyBox 1994 USA Baseketball trading cards
• Championship Soccer '94 (SCD)
• InterAct Handy Boy and Handy Gear accessories
• Double Dragon V (SNES/GEN)
• Alias Wavefront GameWare game development software
• Super Godzilla (SNES)
• Earthworm Jim (SNES)
• Games Galore mail order company
• Game Stuff mail order company
• BRE Software mail order company
• Japan Video Games mail order company
• Gizmo's Gadgets & Games mail order company
• Video Byte mail order company
• Cambridge/Amherst mail order company
• Masco Enterprises mail order company
• Street Fighter comic order form
• Chips & Bits mail order company
• 19th annual Chicago Comicon
• The Death and Return of Superman (SNES/GEN)
• ASCiiWare Fighter Stick SG-6 / Fighter Stick SN joysticks

Notable Stuff:

• The April Fools gag from Issue 57 is revealed, and it's...a misspelling on the cover? Seriously, EGM? We'd expect that from a LamePro entry, not the same magazine that pulled the Sheng Long gag or had us convinced you could play as Simon Belmont in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. Typographical errors aren't April Fools jokes, they're editorial mistakes.
• Daniel Eshleman's "What If..." entry did not age well. "What if Super Bomberman got loose in the World Trade Center?" Jeezus, man...
• Despite being only #8 on the Reader's Top Ten list, Super Metroid is the best-selling game on the SNES according to Babbage's sales numbers.
• Why did Konami design Sparkster, the sequel to the Genesis-only Rocket Knight Adventures, for the Super Nintendo?
• The winners of the October '93 EA/3DO contest are printed on page 186.