Game Players Volume 2 Number 6

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; Summer CES rumors; includes sections:)

• 16-bit Nintendo
• Hand-held Sega
• Hand-held NEC
• "True" 16-bit NEC
• The tribulations of Tengen

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

• Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
• Golden Axe (Gen)
• River City Ransom (NES)
• Blazing Lazers (TG16)
• The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES)
• Leisure Suit Larry III
• Shadowgate (NES)
• Afterburner (SMS)
• The Last Battle (Gen)
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

Player's World - Father And Son Make A Winning Team (1 page; Bruce and Mike Trogdon - father/son team - win regional Nintendo World Championships; includes photo)

Nintendo News - Grading The Grapplers (4 pages; NES wrestling games and upcoming Color Dreams titles; includes sections "Early Efforts" , "Later Releases", "In Other News..."; games discussed and shown unless noted:)

• Pro Wrestling
• M.U.S.C.L.E. (not shown)
• Tecmo World Wrestling
• Tag Team Wrestling
• Wrestlemania
• World Championship Wrestling
• Hellraiser (NES,Gen; not shown)
• Storm Lords (NES,Gen; not shown)

Game Boy Players - Double Dragon (2 pages; game overview and strategies; shown)

Arcade Action - Battleshark (2 pages; shown)

PC Players - Champions Of Krynn (4 pages; shown)

Sega Players - The First Genesis Games From Independents (3 pages; Genesis games discussed and shown:)

• Super Hydlide
• Air Diver
• Shove It!
• Target Earth

Amiga Players - Nuclear War And The Third Courier (2 pages; both shown)

Turbo Players - Neutopia (3 pages; TG16; includes sections "The Quest Begins", "Valuable Items"; shown)

Atari Safari - Chip's Challenge (1 page; Lynx; shown)

Nintendo Game of the Month: Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (8 pages; NES; strategy guide)

Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Herzog Zwei (5 pages; strategy guide)

Computer Game of the Month: Loom (5 pages; PC; strategy guide)

Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)

• Kings Of The Beach (NES)
• Takin' It To The Hoop (TG16)
• Rad Racer II (NES)
• Trivial Pursuit (PC)
• Wrath Of The Black Manta (NES)
• Boxxle (GB)
• Nightmare On Elm Street (NES)
• Archon (NES)
• Zoom! (Gen)
• Gunboat (PC)
• Risk (PC)

News & Previews (2.66 pages; shown unless noted)

• Joe Montana Joins The Sega Team (Joe Montana signs with Sega, football game planned; also discussed but not shown:)
  • Atomic Robo-Kid (Gen)
  • Sega Genesis Arcade Power Stick
  • Super Monaco Grand Prix (Gen)
  • Cyberball (Gen)
  • Storm Lord (Gen)
  • Hellraiser (Gen)
• Kung-Fu Heroes Tournament (high-score photo contest; game shown)
• Manage The Environment In Balance Of The Planet (PC; not shown)
• Flood Of Game Boy Titles (mentioned, not shown unless noted:)
  • Double Dragon
  • Batman
  • Cat Trap
  • Worm
  • Chessmaster
  • Days of Thunder
  • Gauntlet II
  • Paperboy (shown)
  • Dead Heat Scramble
  • Dexterity
  • Final Fantasy Legend
  • Flipull
  • Pipe Dream
  • Hatris
  • Heiankyo Alien
  • Hyper Lode Runner
  • Jeopardy
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Malibu Beach Volleyball
  • Heavyweight Championship Boxing
  • Monster Master
  • Nemesis
  • Skate or Die
  • NFL Football
  • Penguin Wars
  • Power Mission
  • QBillion
  • Rolan's Curse
  • Soccer Mania
  • Space Invaders
  • World Bowling
  • Wizards & Warriors X
  • WWF Superstars
  • NBA All-Star Challenge (shown)
  • GB Solomon's Club
  • Head-On
  • Snoopy
  • Cosmo Tank
  • Serpent

Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.33 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)

Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)