Title:
Game Players - Vol. 02 / No. 11
Year:
1990
Description:
Primary Systems Coverage
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
Atari Lynx
PC
Amiga
NEC TurboGrafx-16
TurboExpress
Neo-Geo
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; new Genesis-focused sister magazines "Game Player’s Encyclopedia of Sega Genesis Games” and "Game Player’s Sega Genesis Strategy Guide”; video game system competition determines game magazine focus)
Players World - Neo-Geo Debuts In U.K., Coming Soon To U.S. (2 pages; SNK Neo-Geo home arcade system - hardware shown, marketed primarily to home rental market, retail SKUs, technical specifications, planned link cable and memory card accessories; games mentioned, not shown unless noted:)
Nam 1975 (shown)
Ninja Combat
Magician Lord (shown)
Baseball Stars Professional (shown)
Top Player’s Golf (shown)
Cyber-Lip
Super Spy
Mahjongg
Riding Hero
The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, not shown:)
Mega Man 2 (NES)
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (PC)
Shadowgate (NES)
Golvelius (SMS)
Super C (NES)
Future Wars (Amiga)
The Guardian Legend (NES)
Snake’s Revenge (NES)
Super Thunder Blade (Gen)
Nintendo News - Shingen The Ruler: Best Strategy Game Yet? (3 pages; game overview; shown)
Game Boy Players - Smallscreen Sports Action (3 pages; game overviews; all shown)
Soccer Mania
Bases Loaded GB
Malibu Beach Volleyball
In Your Face
Arcade Action - Battletech (2 pages; shown, including cabinets an cockpit control layout diagram)
PC Players - Uukrul And Rommel (3 pages; game overviews; both shown)
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
Sands of Fire
Sega Players - Sega Genesis Comes On Strong (3 pages; includes section "New Games”; Game Player’s introducing two new Genesis publications ("Game Player’s Encyclopedia of Sega Genesis Games”, "Game Player’s Strategy Guide To Sega Genesis Games”); games discussed, not shown unless noted:)
Aero-Blaster (shown)
Bimini Run (shown)
Burning Force (shown)
Curse - Quest for the Solar Grail (shown)
Dando
Dick Tracy (shown)
DJ Boy (shown)
Final Zone
Fire Shark (shown)
Hellfire
Junction
Shadow Blasters
Spider-Man (shown)
Sword of Vermillion (shown)
Trampoline Terror!
Amiga Players - Unreal (2 pages; game overview, shown)
Turbo Players - Ninja Spirit And Chew-Man Fu (3 pages; game overviews, both shown)
Atari Safari - Xenophobe For Lynx (1 page; game overview, shown)
Nintendo Game of the Month: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (6 pages; TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES); strategy guide)
Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Mondu’s Fight Palace (5 pages; strategy guide)
Computer Game of the Month: The Secret Of Monkey Island (5 pages; PC; strategy guide)
Editors’ Picks 1990 (10 pages; includes 1-page introduction and 1/3 page capsule overviews of the following games, hardware and accessories, all shown:)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
A Boy And His Blob (NES)
Solstice (NES)
Shingen The Ruler (NES)
Pipe Dream (NES)
The Chessmaster (NES)
Quarth (GB)
Kwirk: The Chilled Tomato (GB)
Hyper Lode Runner (GB)
The Revenge of Shinobi (Gen)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (Gen)
Herzog Zwei (Gen)
Military Madness (TG16)
Takin’ It To The Hoop (TG16)
Bonk’s Adventure (TG16)
Circuit’s Edge (PC)
Silent Service II (PC)
Populous (PC)
Treasure Trap (Amiga)
Battle Squadron (Amiga)
Pipe Dream (Amiga)
Chip’s Challenge (Lynx)
Electrocop (Lynx)
Slime World (Lynx)
TurboExpress (handheld system)
The Miracle (NES keyboard accessory)
Light Boy (GB accessory)
Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)
Qix (GB)
Mad Max (NES)
After Burner II (Gen)
Arch Rivals (NES)
Adventures In The Magic Kingdom (NES)
Psychosis (TG16)
Low-G Man (NES)
Earthrise (PC)
Back To The Future 2 & 3 (NES)
Pictionary (NES)
Game News & Previews (3 pages; all shown unless noted)
Game Genie On Sale In Canada (US court battle; retail packaging shown)
Nintendo World Championships (1990 Nintendo Powerfest tour, leading up to the Nintendo World Championships; includes tour list with dates and locations)
New Games For Atari Lynx (new games mentioned, not shown unless noted:)
Battle Universe
Alternate Earth
(untitled action game)
(untitled adventure game)
Cards
Bugs
The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge (shown)
Krazy Ace Miniature Golf
Leaderboard
E-Motion
Italy 1990
Rotox
Gold
Disney Software’s First Computer Titles (for PC and compatibles; The Sound Source plug-in device (external sound card with speaker); software discussed, not shown unless noted:)
Dick Tracy
Arachnophobia (shown)
DuckTales: The Quest for Gold (shown)
Mickey’s ABC’s (shown)
Mickey’s 123’s
Mickey’s Colors & Shapes
Mickey’s Runaway Zoo
Donald’s Alphabet Chase
Goofy’s Railway Express
The Animation Studio (shown)
Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit
Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Game Boy
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
Atari Lynx
PC
Amiga
NEC TurboGrafx-16
TurboExpress
Neo-Geo
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; new Genesis-focused sister magazines "Game Player’s Encyclopedia of Sega Genesis Games” and "Game Player’s Sega Genesis Strategy Guide”; video game system competition determines game magazine focus)
Players World - Neo-Geo Debuts In U.K., Coming Soon To U.S. (2 pages; SNK Neo-Geo home arcade system - hardware shown, marketed primarily to home rental market, retail SKUs, technical specifications, planned link cable and memory card accessories; games mentioned, not shown unless noted:)
Nam 1975 (shown)
Ninja Combat
Magician Lord (shown)
Baseball Stars Professional (shown)
Top Player’s Golf (shown)
Cyber-Lip
Super Spy
Mahjongg
Riding Hero
The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, not shown:)
Mega Man 2 (NES)
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (PC)
Shadowgate (NES)
Golvelius (SMS)
Super C (NES)
Future Wars (Amiga)
The Guardian Legend (NES)
Snake’s Revenge (NES)
Super Thunder Blade (Gen)
Nintendo News - Shingen The Ruler: Best Strategy Game Yet? (3 pages; game overview; shown)
Game Boy Players - Smallscreen Sports Action (3 pages; game overviews; all shown)
Soccer Mania
Bases Loaded GB
Malibu Beach Volleyball
In Your Face
Arcade Action - Battletech (2 pages; shown, including cabinets an cockpit control layout diagram)
PC Players - Uukrul And Rommel (3 pages; game overviews; both shown)
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
Sands of Fire
Sega Players - Sega Genesis Comes On Strong (3 pages; includes section "New Games”; Game Player’s introducing two new Genesis publications ("Game Player’s Encyclopedia of Sega Genesis Games”, "Game Player’s Strategy Guide To Sega Genesis Games”); games discussed, not shown unless noted:)
Aero-Blaster (shown)
Bimini Run (shown)
Burning Force (shown)
Curse - Quest for the Solar Grail (shown)
Dando
Dick Tracy (shown)
DJ Boy (shown)
Final Zone
Fire Shark (shown)
Hellfire
Junction
Shadow Blasters
Spider-Man (shown)
Sword of Vermillion (shown)
Trampoline Terror!
Amiga Players - Unreal (2 pages; game overview, shown)
Turbo Players - Ninja Spirit And Chew-Man Fu (3 pages; game overviews, both shown)
Atari Safari - Xenophobe For Lynx (1 page; game overview, shown)
Nintendo Game of the Month: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (6 pages; TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES); strategy guide)
Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Mondu’s Fight Palace (5 pages; strategy guide)
Computer Game of the Month: The Secret Of Monkey Island (5 pages; PC; strategy guide)
Editors’ Picks 1990 (10 pages; includes 1-page introduction and 1/3 page capsule overviews of the following games, hardware and accessories, all shown:)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
A Boy And His Blob (NES)
Solstice (NES)
Shingen The Ruler (NES)
Pipe Dream (NES)
The Chessmaster (NES)
Quarth (GB)
Kwirk: The Chilled Tomato (GB)
Hyper Lode Runner (GB)
The Revenge of Shinobi (Gen)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (Gen)
Herzog Zwei (Gen)
Military Madness (TG16)
Takin’ It To The Hoop (TG16)
Bonk’s Adventure (TG16)
Circuit’s Edge (PC)
Silent Service II (PC)
Populous (PC)
Treasure Trap (Amiga)
Battle Squadron (Amiga)
Pipe Dream (Amiga)
Chip’s Challenge (Lynx)
Electrocop (Lynx)
Slime World (Lynx)
TurboExpress (handheld system)
The Miracle (NES keyboard accessory)
Light Boy (GB accessory)
Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown)
Qix (GB)
Mad Max (NES)
After Burner II (Gen)
Arch Rivals (NES)
Adventures In The Magic Kingdom (NES)
Psychosis (TG16)
Low-G Man (NES)
Earthrise (PC)
Back To The Future 2 & 3 (NES)
Pictionary (NES)
Game News & Previews (3 pages; all shown unless noted)
Game Genie On Sale In Canada (US court battle; retail packaging shown)
Nintendo World Championships (1990 Nintendo Powerfest tour, leading up to the Nintendo World Championships; includes tour list with dates and locations)
New Games For Atari Lynx (new games mentioned, not shown unless noted:)
Battle Universe
Alternate Earth
(untitled action game)
(untitled adventure game)
Cards
Bugs
The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge (shown)
Krazy Ace Miniature Golf
Leaderboard
E-Motion
Italy 1990
Rotox
Gold
Disney Software’s First Computer Titles (for PC and compatibles; The Sound Source plug-in device (external sound card with speaker); software discussed, not shown unless noted:)
Dick Tracy
Arachnophobia (shown)
DuckTales: The Quest for Gold (shown)
Mickey’s ABC’s (shown)
Mickey’s 123’s
Mickey’s Colors & Shapes
Mickey’s Runaway Zoo
Donald’s Alphabet Chase
Goofy’s Railway Express
The Animation Studio (shown)
Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit
Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown)
Month:
November
Issue Number:
17
Genre:
Video game
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Language:
English
Country:
United States
Type of Magazine:
Physical
Date Added:
2024-01-04 20:46:40
Date Added:
2024-01-04 20:46:40
