ISSUE: 16Content
PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Super Famicom (the eventual Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
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(Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity. With the exception of a Super Famicom news story and some limited Game Boy accessory mentions, this issue consists entirely of NES coverage.)
Editor's Notes (approx. 1/4th page; editorial by Leslie Mizell; issue synopsis)
Mailbag (2 pages; reader Q&A mail; discussed:)
- Batman
- A Boy and His Blob
- Ghost 'n Goblins
- Golgo 13
- Mega Man 2
- The Legend of Zelda
- Shadowgate
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gadgets and Gizmos: Game Devices For Your NES and Game Boy (10-page collection of capsule 3rd party controller and accessory overviews (each with hardware shown), along with a 1-page company directory; discussed:)
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Controllers
- Competition-Pro Professional Control Pad
- Competition-Pro STAR
- Gizmo
- Gravis Joystick
- QS-128N Universal Arcade-Style Joystick
- QS-129N Flightstick
- QS-130N Deluxe Digital Joystick
- UFO CN-1000
- Ultimate Superstick
- Winner 190
- Winner 300
- Zinger
- Zipper
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Wireless Controllers
- Acclaim Remote
- The Dominator Master Control
- Dominator Probeam
- Double Player System
- QS-127 Universal Infrared Controller
- Supersonic
- UFO RN-1000
- Exotic Controllers
- Flight Yoke
- The Freedom Connection
- Game Handler
- Laserscope Voice Command Headset
- Power Glove
- U-Force
- Zoomer
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Controller Enhancers
- Mother Ship
- Sighting Scope
- Super Controller
- Turbo Blaster
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Miscellaneous
- Docking Bay
- Homework First Lockout
- The Illuminator (GB)
- Light Boy (GB)
- The Miracle Piano Teaching System
Super Strategy (each a five-page NES strategy guide, complete with game overview and lots of screenshots)
- Dragon Warrior II
- Galaxy 5000
- Heavy Barrel
- Journey to Silius
- Maniac Mansion
- Shadow of the Ninja
- Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Hot Hits (NES; each a 2-page overview with screenshots)
- Battle Chess
- Dig Dug 2: Trouble in Paradise (Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise)
- The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
- Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure
- Wrestlemania Challenge
GUIDElines (3 pages; news and products; not shown unless noted; topics:)
- Super Famicom on Sale in Japan (hardware, Super Mario World, Gradius III, Sim City; all shown)
- Two Game Show Titles from GameTek (Family Feud, Classic Concentration (shown) for NES)
- Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (Video Delivery Box; safe packaging for mailing video games)
- Comic Book Hero Arrives on NES (Silver Surfer; shown)
- Clown Around with Circus Caper (NES; shown)
- Simon's Quest and Metal Gear Hit the Books (novelizations; Simon's Quest (NES) shown)
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