Game Informer Issue 5

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Atari Lynx
• Sega Genesis
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega CD

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Dear Game Informer (letters column)

Letter From The Editor

This Issue's Reviews... The Bottom Line

(one-page summary of this issue's review scores)

Welcome To The World Of Role-Play... (two pages, including Classic Role-Play Titles page of game overviews)

• The Ultima Series (Ultima: Exodus, Ultima: Quest of the Avatar)
• The Zelda Series (Zelda, Zelda II, Zelda III)
• Phantasy Star Series (Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star III)
• Final Fantasy Series (Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II)

Reviews (two-page reviews featuring a game overview, three capsule reviews from GI staff, screenshots, and usually boxart)

• Might & Magic III: Gates to Another World (SNES)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (Gen)
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance (NES)
• Knight Quest (GB)
• Race America (NES)
• Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston (NES)
• Test Drive II: The Duel (Gen)
• Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (Gen)
• Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (Gen)
• F1 ROC: Race of Champions (SNES)
• Xardion (SNES)
• Rival Turf! (SNES)
• Super Battletank: War in the Gulf (SNES)
• Spanky's Quest (SNES)
• WordHai: WordZap (GB)
• Popils (GG) (Magical Puzzle Popils)

Codemasters: The Creative Force Behind Your Favorite Carts

What's Hot and Just Raring To Go? New Accessories For Your Game Boy!

Fun Club Tip Line (reader submitted tips and tricks)

• Jordan Vs. Bird (Gen)
• Desert Strike (Gen)
• Faceball 2000 (GB)
• Snake's Revenge (NES)
• John Madden '92 (Gen)
• Bart vs. the Space Mutants (NES)
• Dragon Crystal (GG)
• Darkwing Duck (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (GB)
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
• Super Mario Bros. (NES; Game Genie codes)
• Rolling Thunder 2 (Gen)
• Twin Cobra (NES)
• Spiderman (Gen) (Spider-Man)
• Sports Talk Baseball (Gen)
• Road Blasters (NES)
• Zelda III: A Link to the Past (SNES) (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
• Addams Family (SNES)
• Todd's Adventures in Slime World (Lynx)

Tech Talk: The Latest on Video Game Hardware & Software (1.5 pages)

• "Well, my system's cheaper than yours..."
• Disc is it for Sega (Sega CD)
• Techno Too! (TurboDuo)
• The Code Masters are at it again! (Game Boy Game Genie prototype)
• You Have Your Genie, How 'bout Aladdin?
• We've Got One, Too! (Sega Menacer)

What's Hot? "News" From Summer CES! (four pages of coverage)

Ads (in order of appearance):

• Rival Turf (SNES)
• Super Battletank: War in the Gulf (SNES)
• Ghoul School (NES)
• Cadash (GEN)
• Dragon's Fury (GEN)
• Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 (SNES)
• Jaleco Game Boy games (Battle Unit Zeoth / Q*Bert / Fortified Zone / Bases Loaded for Game Boy)
• Camerica Games titles (MiG-29 Soviet Fighter / Fire Hawk)
• Natsume games (Spanky's Quest (SNES/GB) / S.C.A.T. (NES))
• Game Informer subscription
• Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball (SNES)
• The Game Handler controller
• True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links (SNES)
• Raiden Trad (NES)
• Arcana (SNES)