Title:
Nintendo Power - Vol. 001
Year:
1988
Description:
Systems Covered:
Nintendo Entertainment System
Features:
Super Mario Bros. 2 - Maps and strategies to get you started on your adventure.
The Legend of Zelda - Conquer the Second Quest with these hints and dungeon maps.
Poster - The Legend of Zelda’s Second Quest overworld map, backed with a Bases Loaded poster by artist Kaz Aizawa.
Baseball Roundup - Three new baseball titles are hitting the NES:
R.B.I. Baseball
Bases Loaded
Major League Baseball
Double Dragon - Learn the moves and strategies necessary to rescue Marion from the Shadow Warriors.
Departments:
Howard & Nester - The Game Master and the Game Disaster combine forces to bring out the chuckles.
Player’s Poll - A new contest, with new prizes, every issue! This time around, respondents could win one of 10 copies of Super Mario Bros. 2, or one of 50 Nintendo Power jerseys. The Grand Prize winner gets to pick ten NES games of their choice!
NES Journal - What’s happening in the world of Nintendo across the globe.
World News - Dragon Quest III is breaking sales records all over Japan, while the US has yet to see even the first game released State-side.
Player’s Forum - The new Vindicators arcade game offers realistic tank controls, and a contest to win a t-shirt just for playing.
Books - The Official Nintendo Player’s Guide and Zelda: Tips & Tactics are available for a discount if ordered through Nintendo Power!
Events - Konami Awards Top Gun Title! Konami’s Top Gun Video Game Shoot Out Contest drew a flood of applicants, but when the dust settled, it was Devin "Devil” White of Minneapolis, Minnesota who walked away with the $5,000 grand prize!
Movies - What’s new in theatres?
Vibes
Big Top Pee-Wee
Eight Men Out
Celebrity Profile - Kirk and Candace Cameron, the sibling stars of "Growing Pains” and "Full House” respectively, talk about life and gaming on the sets of their TV shows.
Mail Box - Readers’ letters.
NES Achievers - If you nailed a high score, and have the photographic evidence to prove it, send it in and receive recognition.
Video Spotlight - Power Players and their friends speak out on their greatest accomplishments.
Nintendo Power Top 30 - As chosen by reader votes, these are the thirty greatest NES games of the current month. Also included are the Top 30 games as voted on by players, the pros at Nintendo Power, and the dealers who sell the carts.
Next Issue - Check out strategies for Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, and Bionic Commando.
Counselors Corner (Nintendo’s Game Counselors answer their most frequently-asked questions):
Ghosts N Goblins
Ring King
Metroid
Super Mario Bros.
Kid Icarus
Rygar
Castlevania
Ikari Warriors
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!
Classified Information (Cheats and tricks):
Ice Hockey
Contra
Gun.Smoke
Rad Racer
Athena
Mike Tysons Punch Out
Arkanoid
Ring King
Ninja Kid
Zanac
Now Playing (Short strategies for newer games):
Gauntlet
Contra
Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy
Video Shorts (Quick looks at current software):
Legendary Wings
Iron Tank
Gun.Smoke
Rambo
Dragon Power
Metal Gear
Bionic Commando
City Connection
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
Star Force
Freedom Force
Pak Watch (Previews of upcoming titles):
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Chesterfield
Terra Cresta
Golgo 13
1943
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link
Jackal
Blaster Master
Empire City 1931
Simon’s Quest
World Games
Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf
Platoon
Life Force
Robocop
Xenophobe
Marble Madness
California Games
Notable Stuff:
The early issues of Nintendo Power were produced by Japanese writers and designers, then translated and localized for an English market. This comes through in grammar mistakes, spelling errors, and sentences that don’t read quite right to a native English speaker.
The word "Illustration” is misspelled as "Illustlation” on the back of the Bases Loaded poster.
The Classified Information section on Zanac has several mistakes of this kind. It refers to the Blue Lander character as a "Blue Render”, and the third trick contains the phrase, "If you get a thrill out of this trick is for you."
The instructions for performing the Elbow and the Spin Kick in Double Dragon are wrong. The Elbow is performed by pressing the A button while facing away from an enemy at a certain range, while the Spin Kick replaces the Roundhouse Kick as the third and final attack of a Kick combo when you have seven Hearts.
Nintendo Entertainment System
Features:
Super Mario Bros. 2 - Maps and strategies to get you started on your adventure.
The Legend of Zelda - Conquer the Second Quest with these hints and dungeon maps.
Poster - The Legend of Zelda’s Second Quest overworld map, backed with a Bases Loaded poster by artist Kaz Aizawa.
Baseball Roundup - Three new baseball titles are hitting the NES:
R.B.I. Baseball
Bases Loaded
Major League Baseball
Double Dragon - Learn the moves and strategies necessary to rescue Marion from the Shadow Warriors.
Departments:
Howard & Nester - The Game Master and the Game Disaster combine forces to bring out the chuckles.
Player’s Poll - A new contest, with new prizes, every issue! This time around, respondents could win one of 10 copies of Super Mario Bros. 2, or one of 50 Nintendo Power jerseys. The Grand Prize winner gets to pick ten NES games of their choice!
NES Journal - What’s happening in the world of Nintendo across the globe.
World News - Dragon Quest III is breaking sales records all over Japan, while the US has yet to see even the first game released State-side.
Player’s Forum - The new Vindicators arcade game offers realistic tank controls, and a contest to win a t-shirt just for playing.
Books - The Official Nintendo Player’s Guide and Zelda: Tips & Tactics are available for a discount if ordered through Nintendo Power!
Events - Konami Awards Top Gun Title! Konami’s Top Gun Video Game Shoot Out Contest drew a flood of applicants, but when the dust settled, it was Devin "Devil” White of Minneapolis, Minnesota who walked away with the $5,000 grand prize!
Movies - What’s new in theatres?
Vibes
Big Top Pee-Wee
Eight Men Out
Celebrity Profile - Kirk and Candace Cameron, the sibling stars of "Growing Pains” and "Full House” respectively, talk about life and gaming on the sets of their TV shows.
Mail Box - Readers’ letters.
NES Achievers - If you nailed a high score, and have the photographic evidence to prove it, send it in and receive recognition.
Video Spotlight - Power Players and their friends speak out on their greatest accomplishments.
Nintendo Power Top 30 - As chosen by reader votes, these are the thirty greatest NES games of the current month. Also included are the Top 30 games as voted on by players, the pros at Nintendo Power, and the dealers who sell the carts.
Next Issue - Check out strategies for Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, and Bionic Commando.
Counselors Corner (Nintendo’s Game Counselors answer their most frequently-asked questions):
Ghosts N Goblins
Ring King
Metroid
Super Mario Bros.
Kid Icarus
Rygar
Castlevania
Ikari Warriors
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!
Classified Information (Cheats and tricks):
Ice Hockey
Contra
Gun.Smoke
Rad Racer
Athena
Mike Tysons Punch Out
Arkanoid
Ring King
Ninja Kid
Zanac
Now Playing (Short strategies for newer games):
Gauntlet
Contra
Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy
Video Shorts (Quick looks at current software):
Legendary Wings
Iron Tank
Gun.Smoke
Rambo
Dragon Power
Metal Gear
Bionic Commando
City Connection
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
Star Force
Freedom Force
Pak Watch (Previews of upcoming titles):
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Chesterfield
Terra Cresta
Golgo 13
1943
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link
Jackal
Blaster Master
Empire City 1931
Simon’s Quest
World Games
Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf
Platoon
Life Force
Robocop
Xenophobe
Marble Madness
California Games
Notable Stuff:
The early issues of Nintendo Power were produced by Japanese writers and designers, then translated and localized for an English market. This comes through in grammar mistakes, spelling errors, and sentences that don’t read quite right to a native English speaker.
The word "Illustration” is misspelled as "Illustlation” on the back of the Bases Loaded poster.
The Classified Information section on Zanac has several mistakes of this kind. It refers to the Blue Lander character as a "Blue Render”, and the third trick contains the phrase, "If you get a thrill out of this trick is for you."
The instructions for performing the Elbow and the Spin Kick in Double Dragon are wrong. The Elbow is performed by pressing the A button while facing away from an enemy at a certain range, while the Spin Kick replaces the Roundhouse Kick as the third and final attack of a Kick combo when you have seven Hearts.
Month:
July
Issue Number:
1
Genre:
Video game
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Language:
English
Country:
United States
Type of Magazine:
Physical
Publisher:
Nintendo Power
Date Added:
2024-01-01 21:33:43
Date Added:
2024-01-01 21:33:43
