Game Players Volume 2 Number 5

Primary Systems Coverage

• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Sega Master System
• Sega Genesis
• Atari Lynx
• PC
• Amiga
• NEC TurboGrafx-16
• arcade

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(Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow.  Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)

The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; Super Mario Bros. 3, Ultima VI: The False Prophet)

The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:)

• Ninja Gaiden (NES)
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Gen)
• King's Quest IV
• Strider (NES)
• Super Mario Bros. (NES)
• Shinobi (SMS)
• Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)

Player's World

• Nintendo World Championships! (2 pages)
• Dragon Quest IV Fever Sweeps Japan (1 page)
• Face To Face... With Jason Hervey (1 page; celebrity interview)

Nintendo News - Bring On The Games (5 pages; includes sections "Tipsy Ninjas?" , "A Mad Dash", "The Scorpion Deathlock"; NES games shown:)

• The Battle of Olympus
• Destination Earthstar
• The Mafat Conspiracy (Golgo 13)
• Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu
• Raid 2020
• Shinobi
• After Burner
• Alien Syndrome
• Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
• Heavy Barrel
• Al Unser Jr. Turbo
• Battle Chess
• Target: Renegade
• Wrath of the Black Manta
• Tecmo World Wrestling
• Xexyz

Game Boy Players - Games Galore! (3 pages; includes sections "Web Wars" and "Brawl Games"; shown:)

• The Amazing Spider-Man
• Wizards & Warriors Chapter X: The Fortress of Fear
• Fist of the North Star
• NFL Football
• Nemesis
• The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

Arcade Action - Exterminator (2 pages; shown)

PC Players - Deja Vu II and Clue (4 pages; both games shown)

Sega Players - Previews Of Upcoming Games (3 pages; games shown:)

• Psycho Fox (SMS)
• Ghostbusters (Gen)
• Herzog Zwei (Gen)

Amiga Players - Amiga Meets Nintendo (2 pages; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; shown)

Turbo Players - Military Madness (3 pages; TG16; includes sections "Built-In Manual", "How To Play", "Strategy Hints"; shown)

Atari Safari - Gauntlet: The Third Encounter (1 page; Lynx)

Nintendo Game of the Month: Super Mario Bros. 3 (8 pages; NES; strategy guide)

Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Rambo III (6 pages; strategy guide)

Computer Game of the Month: Ultima VI: The False Prophet (5 pages; PC; strategy guide)

Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)

• Cratermaze (TG16)
• Evert & Lendl in Top Players' Tennis (NES)
• Shinobi (NES)
• Snoopy (NES)
• Kwirk: The Chilled Tomato (GB)
• Remote Control (NES)
• Knights of Legend (PC)
• Blood Money (PC)
• Code Name: Viper (NES)
• Battles of Napoleon (PC)
• River City Ransom (NES)

News & Previews (3 pages; shown unless noted)

• IMN Control (IMN Control joystick)
• More Courses For Jack Nicklaus (Jack Nicklaus International Course Disk Vol. II expansion for Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf)
• Indiana Jones Movie Offer (free copy of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movie with the purchase of both Indy: The Action Game and Indy: The Graphic Adventure)
• Nintendo Fun, Disney Style (NES; Rescue Rangers, Adventures in the Magic Kingdom)
• The Return of Rodney and Lester (Ski or Die, LHX Attack Chopper for computer platforms)

Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)

Chartbusters (poll results and Top lists)