Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games Vol.4 No.11

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy

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(Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow.  Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.  Tentative and working titles purposefully retained.)

Editor's Notes (approx. 1/4 page; editorial by Leslie Mizell & Selby Bateman; mission statement expands to include Game Boy and SNES coverage)

Hot Shots! (approx. 3.5 pages; news coverage; games shown unless noted; includes sections:)

• Blast Off (The Rocketeer (SNES))
• ....Chemistry Lesson (Darkman (NES))
• ....The Joker Returns! (Batman: Return of the Joker (NES; not shown), UFOria (NES))
• ....Environmentally Sound (Captain Planet and the Planeteers (artwork shown))
• ....Parental Guidance Suggested ("A Parent's Guide to Video Games" by Jason Rich; book preview; book cover shown)
• ....Jedi Fever (Star Wars (NES), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (NES); neither shown; movie photo)
• ....RPG From Kemco-Seika (Drakkhen (SNES))
• ....Throw Down The Gauntlet (Gauntlet II (GB); not shown)
• ....A Darling Game (Micro Machines (NES); not shown)
• ....ASCII Accessories (Portable Carry-All DLX case (GB), Showcase System display case (GB); both shown)
• ....Catch of the Day (The Blue Marlin (NES); not shown)
• Software Publishers Association - Top 10 Best-Sellers Nintendo (sidebar; top 10 best selling GB and NES games, May 1991)
• ....Bo Knows Game Boy (Bo Jackson 2-in-1 (GB); not shown; photo)
• ....Raise The Iron Curtain (Alexey Pajitnov - creator, Tetris - moves to USA and joins Bullet-Proof Software; photo)
• ....News Flashes (American Gladiators (SNES); Jelly Bean renamed Smart Ball (SNES); Impel Marketing to release NES trading cards; none shown)
• Babbages's Best Sellers (sidebar; top 3 best selling GB and NES games, August 1991)

Mailbag (two pages; reader mail; Q&A tips, tricks, and submissions; discussed:)

• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
• Maniac Mansion
• Faxanadu
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
• Simon's Quest: Castlevania II
• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
• Super Marioland
• Gilligan's Island
• Shadowgate

Home Alone Comes Home (four pages; discusses upcoming NES, SNES, and GB versions of game; NES, GB shown; includes sections:)

• A Home of a Different Color (approx. 1/2 page)
• The Home Alone Phenomenon (one page; Chris Columbus (director) interview commentary discussing movie success)
• Where's the Sequel? (one page; potential movie sequel commentary)

Super Mario World: Second of a Three-Part Guide (five pages; SNES strategy guide with intro and screenshots; part 2 of 3)

Talespin ("Talespin: Flying High"; four pages; NES strategy guide with game overview and screenshots)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - From Movie Screen To NES (six pages; NES strategy guide with game overview and screenshots; includes "Prince of Thieves Steals Summer Audiences" section (1.5 pages of movie commentary))

Bart Simpson's Escape From Camp Deadly: Wacky New Adventure (four pages; GB strategy guide with game overview and screenshots)

Super Strategy (strategy guides with game overviews and screenshots; five pages each unless noted)

• Pool of Radiance (NES)
• Squashed (NES)
• Uninvited (NES)
• Burai Fighter Deluxe (three pages; GB)
• Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge (three pages; GB)

Reviews (overviews with screenshots; two pages each unless noted)

• Bo Jackson Baseball (NES; mistakenly categorized SNES in review)
• Mini Putt (NES)
• Rainbow Islands (NES; mistakenly categorized SNES in review)
• Final Fight (SNES)
• Ultraman (SNES)
• Dick Tracy (one page; GB)
• FaceBall 2000 (one page; GB)
• Fastest Lap (one page; GB)
• Mr. Do! (one page; GB)