Game Informer Issue 8

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Atari Lynx
• Sega Genesis
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega CD
• TurboGrafx-16 CD Player/TurboDuo
• SNK Neo Geo

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Letter From The Editor

This Issue's Reviews... The Bottom Line

(one-page summary of review scores for all reviews this issue)

Dear Game Informer (letters column)

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

• Gods (SNES)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (NES)
• The Flintstones (GB)
• Sunset Riders (Gen)
• Prince of Persia (GG)
• Cobra Command (SegaCD)
• Dracula The Undead (Lynx)
• Forgotten Worlds (TG16CD/TurboDuo)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Gen)

Virtual World's BattleTech: An Interactive Experience That's More Than Child's Play

Special Cybernetics Section (includes one-page introduction, reviews, and Mega Man feature)

• Special Cybernetics Section: A Look into the Future? (intro)
  (Reviews)

• Cybernator (SNES)
• Robo Army (NeoGeo)
• T2: The Arcade Game (GB)
• Mega Man 5 (NES)
• Capcom's Mega Man Series: The Story Behind the Industry's Most Sequel'ed Super Hero

Game Informer Magazine Presents... The First Annual Video Game Awards

What's Hot? Rumors and News From the Video Game Industry

• Congress Throws the Book at Copyright Crooks
• Night Trap - Sega CD
• Sewer Shark - Sega CD
• Nintendo's Classic Series: A Blast From the Past
• Introducing the Humans - NES, SNES, Game Boy, Genesis and Game Gear
• Utopia - Super NES

Fun Club (reader submitted tips and tricks)

• Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
• Baseball Stars (NES)
• Arkanoid (NES)
• Rampart (SNES)
• Bart's Nightmare (SNES)
• Mario Paint (SNES)
• Mega Man 3 (NES)
• Thunder Spirits (SNES)
• Predator 2 (Gen)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Gen)
• Mercs (Gen)
• Power Punch II (NES)
• Super Mario Kart (SNES)
• Arrow Flash (Gen)
• Super Monaco GP (Gen)
• Vegas Dreams (NES)

Tech Talk: The Latest on Video Game Hardware & Software

• Nintendo and Sony Announce Alliance ('...Super NES cartridge unit with a CD-ROM drive. Tentatively named the Play Station...')

A Historical Look At Video Games: Where We've Been & Where We're Headed

(4.5 pages. Part 1 of a 3 part feature, covering twenty years of video gaming history. (Billed here as Part 1 of 2, but actually concludes in issue 10 with Part 3 of 3.)

Answers From The Top (interview with Ted Hoff (Vice President, Tengen))