Game Informer Issue 21

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Great Video Game War of 1995 (Andy McNamara pleads for the virtue of patience to help gamers survive the coming console battle between CD-ROM and cart-based systems)
• Dear GI (Readers writing letters instead of gaming? Who knew!)
• What's Hot! (Mortal Kombat: The Movie, CES goes the way of the dodo, Capcom action figures, Donkey Kong Country, lawsuits...you know, your typical month in gaming history)
• Play to Perfection: Super Punch-Out!! (SNES) (Survive the WVBA World and Special circuits)
• Play to Perfection: Donkey Kong Country (SNES) (Getting 101% of the banana hoard)
• 1995 Game Informer Reader Survey (Tell GI about your habits and aspirations, and maybe win a prize or two)
• Tech Talk (Jaguar CD, Xband modems, Super Game Boy, and first word on the Virtual Boy
• Game Genie Swap Shop (Game Genie codes for a slew of 16-bit titles)

Genesis Reviews:

• Ristar
• Red Zone
• FIFA Soccer '95
• Phantasy Star IV

At A Glance: Genesis (shorter reviews):

• ESPN Hockey
• Battle Frenzy
• Frankenstein
• Viewpoint
• Generations Lost
• Rugby World Cup
• SeaQuest DSV
• Syndicate

SG/SNES Dual Reviews:

• Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

SNES Reviews:

• Animaniacs
• Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
• C2: Judgement Clay
• Mega Man X2
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
• Bassin's Black Bass With Hank Parker
• X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse

At A Glance: Super NES (shorter reviews):

• Adventures of Yogi Bear
• Sonic BlastMan II
• Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge
• Operation Thunderbolt
• Carrier Aces
• Radical Rex
• ESPN Speedworld
• The Tick

Jaguar Reviews:

• Doom

32X Reviews:

• Virtua Racing Deluxe

Sega CD Reviews:

• ESPN National Hockey Night

At A Glance: Sega CD (shorter reviews):

• Android Assault
• Samurai Shodown
• Mickey Mania
• Panic!

Game Gear Reviews:

• X-Men
• R.B.I. Baseball '94

Game Boy Reviews:

• Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
• Tiny Toons Wacky Sports Challenge

Arcade Brigade:

• Samurai Shodown II

Secret Access (Passwords, codes, hints):

• Batman Returns (SCD)
• Super Pitfall (NES)
• Lotus II (GEN)
• Final Fantasy III (SNES)
• Brutal: Paws of Fury (SCD)
• Populous (SNES)
• Super Slap Shot (SNES)
• John Madden Football (3DO)
• Shining Force 2 (GEN)
• Pirates of Dark Water (GEN)
• Solar Jetman (NES)
• Skitchin' (GEN)
• Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (SNES)
• Sonic & Knuckles (GEN)
• Streets of Rage 3 (GEN)
• Warrior of Rome 2 (GEN)
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)
• Pac Attack (SNES)
• Sylvester & Tweety (GEN)
• Bassin's Black Bass With Hank Parker (SNES)
• Fatal Fury 2 (GEN)
• Ecco 2: The Tides of Time (GEN)
• Mickey Mania (SCD)
• Shockwave (3DO)
• Earthworm Jim (GEN/SNES)
• Dragon's Lair (3DO)
• Adventures of Indiana Jones (SNES)
• Wiz'N'Liz (GEN)
• Dynamite Headdy (GEN)
• Wild Guns (SNES)

Notable Stuff:

• The letters this issue read like the comments section of YouTube, with writers lining up to lambaste other writers over their personal opinions involving game systems and the superiority of different platforms.
• Ross drops a 6.0 rating on Phantasy Star IV. Bad day, bro?
• It's Battle Frenzy, not 'Battel Frenzy' guys.
• *sigh* And it's Generations Lost, not 'Generation Lost'. Seriously, did your proofreading staff all quit the week before publication?
• Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure scores a 7.25 rating on both systems. Nice work programming an above-average game on both systems, developers!
• We're confused. The mini-review for Panic! refers to it as witty, sure to turn heads, and a unique multimedia experience, yet the reviewers give it a 2?