Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games Vol. 1 No. 1

Although this is labeled Vol. 1 No. 1 on the cover, both it and the following issue (Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games Vol. 1 No. 2) would later be counted as the first two issues of volume 2, with the following issue being Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games Vol.2 No.3.

Editor's Notes (editorial)

Game Player's Mailbag (letters column)

First Looks (two pages each; game overview with screenshots and tips)

• Amagon
• Bubble Bobble
• City Connection
• Cobra Command
• Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll
• Friday the 13th
• Galaga: Demons of Death
• Gauntlet
• Ghostbusters
• Iron Tank
• Jackal
• Joust
• Kung Fu Heroes
• Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf
• The Legacy of the Wizard (listed in TOC as Legacy of the Wizard)
• Legendary Wings
• Life Force
• MagMax
• Metal Gear
• Mickey Mousecapade
• NFL Football
• 1943: The Battle of Midway (listed in TOC as 1943)
• Ninja Taro
• Othello
• Platoon
• Seicross
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Tecmo Baseball
• Tecmo Bowl
• Xenophobe
• Xevious: The Avenger (listed in TOC as Xevious)
• X-Men
• Zelda II: The Adventures of Link

Hot Hits (1/4th page each; game overview with screenshot)

• Athena
• Bases Loaded
• Blaster Master
• BreakThru
• Commando
• Contra
• Deadly Towers
• Donkey Kong 3
• Doulbe Dragon
• Double Dribble
• Dragon Power
• Excitebike
• Freedom Force
• Ghosts and Goblins (Ghosts 'n Goblins)
• Gun.Smoke
• Ice Hockey
• Ikari Warriors
• Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
• Jaws
• Karate Champ
• The Karate Kid
• Karnov
• Kid Icarus
• Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
• Kung Fu
• The Legend of Kage
• The Legend of Zelda
• Major League Baseball
• Mega Man (listed in TOC as MegaMan)
• Metroid
• Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
• 1942
• Ninja Kid
• Pinball
• Pro Wrestling
• Rad Racer
• Raid on Bungeling Bay
• Rambo
• R.B.I. Baseball
• R.C. Pro-Am
• Renegade
• RoboWarrior
• Rygar
• Section Z
• Side Pocket (listed in TOC as Side Picket (sic))
• Spelunker
• Star Voyager
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Pitfall
• Tag Team Wrestling
• 10-Yard Fight
• Tetris: The Soviet Mind Game
• 3-D WorldRunner
• Tiger-Heli
• Top Gun
• Trojan
• Winter Games
• Wizards & Warriors
• Wood & Water Rage (listed in TOC as Wood and Water Rage)
• Zanac

Previews (1/4th page each; game overview with screenshot)

• The Adventures of Bayou Billy
• Air Fortress
• Airwolf
• Bad Street Brawler
• Battlefields of Napoleon
• Bionic Commando
• Black Tiger
• Blades of Steel
• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
• Chester Field
• Defender of the Crown
• Dr. Chaos
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
• Empire City 1931
• Golgo 13
• The Guardian Legend
• Gyruss
• Ninja Gaiden
• Operation Wolf
• Pac-Man
• Predator
• Q*bert
• Racket Attack
• Rampage
• Robocop
• Rollerball
• Skate or Die
• Sky Shark
• Terra Cresta
• Track and Field II
• Vegas Dream
• WWF Wrestlemania

GUIDElines... (subtitled 'The latest Nintendo news and products.')

• New Game Counselors! (FCI and Tengen game hotlines)
• Nintendo Power Pads
• John Elway's Quarterback Kicks Off After Super Bowl
• Nintendo-Approved Wireless Controller From Acclaim (The Remote Controller)
• MagMax Poster Available
• Lebo Offers Carrying Case (Voyager carrying case)

DIRECTORY (company address directory)