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  • EGM^2 (January 1995)

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    Source: EGM^2 – Issue Number 7 – January 1995

    You know you’ve reached the height of video game magazine popularity when certain publications (i.e. EGM) feel the need to publish multiple times a month. EGM 2 (or EGM^2 or EGM Squared or whatever you want to call it) covered much of the same ground as EGM and was published along side it for several years. The January 1995 issue includes:

    Departments

    • Insert Coin
    • Interface: Letters to the Editor
    • Fandom Central
    • Press Start
    • Gaming Gossip
    • Tricks of the Trade
    • Next Wave
    • International Outlook
    • Arcade Action
    • Arcade Strategy
    • Special Features
    • Ad Index

    Fact Files

    • International Fact Files – May old games be not forgotten! Ring in the New Year with some of the coolest games from the Land of the Rising Sun, such as Toshinden, Chrono Trigger, Goemon 3 and Gowcaizer.
    • Super NES Times – With winter in full swing, stay warm with the latest Super NES games, including Super Turrican 2, Time Cop, Super Bases Loaded 3, Might & Magic 3, Frankenstein, End 2 End, Speedy Gonzales and Looney Tunes B-ball.
    • Outpost Sega – This winter break, curl up with a warm cup of cocoa, a snuggly blanket and the hottest Sega Genesis games such as Tecmo Super Bowl, Radical Rex and Cadilacs and Dinosaurs!
    • Planet 3DO – The classic Neo hit comes to the 3DO.
    • Jaguar Domain – Fight your way through the Ultra Vortex!

    …and more!


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  • Super Advantage (AsciiWare / Super Nintendo)

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    Source: EGM^2 – Issue Number 7 – January 1995



    The Super Advantage by AsciiWare is just what it sounds like. A newer version of the original Advantage joystick for the NES but for the Super Nintendo instead. These arcade like joysticks were better for certain types of games (fighting games for instance), particularly for a more arcade like experience.

    The Advantage had been developed by Nintendo for the NES in 1987. I’m not sure exactly when the Super Advantage was released but this ad is from the January 1995 issue of EGM^2 so my guess it was released in time for Christmas 1994. In addition to more arcade like controls, it offered turbo and other features. I’m not sure why they opted for four buttons on one row and two buttons on the other instead of a more typical 3/3. The original SNES control pad has six buttons also but two of them are shoulder buttons so maybe they were just trying to separate them in a similar manner.

    You had to really want one of these to get one. They were quite expensive for the time though well constructed. If I recall correctly, they were something like $59.95 when first released. In the case of the Super Advantage, Nintendo decided to license it out to AsciiWare, who made a number of other peripherals, instead of selling it themselves.


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  • Edge (April 1994)

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    Source: Edge – Issue Number 7 – April 1994

    Edge was a gaming magazine that covered 16 and 32-bit consoles as well as the PC. I guess it was sort of a U.K. version of Next Generation if I had to compare it to something. The April 1994 issue includes:

    • News – Once again Edge takes the lid of the world of interactive entertainment with top info from Japan, London and Milton Keynes
    • This month on Edge – A new feature to the mag in which we bring you some of the quirkier stories and events which occurred during the course of Edge 7
    • Letters – A chance to air your views on all things technological, interactive or electronic
    • Prescreen – Edge takes a pre-pro look at some of the more innovative games heading to a screen near you. Top billing goes to Sega’s Daytona coin-op.
    • Elite Systems – For over a decade, Elite have been making games; now they’re getting into Super FX, PC and 3DO
    • LaserActive – Pioneer’s LaserActive system promises the gameplay of Mega Drive with the visuals of LaserDisc. But does it deliver?
    • PC – The PC has steadily grown from spreadsheet pusher to polygon shifter. But the hardware is starting to show its age. Edge reveals all
    • Testscreen – Edge passes judgement on the current crop of games. And, as ever, no punches are pulled
    • Charts – The best-selling videogames on the top formats
    • Recommended Reading – The magazine equivalent of a London phonebox
    • Back Issues – An incomplete set of Edge is a crime. Sort it.
    • Subscription – If you’re reading this, you’re already hooked. Make it easy on yourself and get Edge delivered.
    • Jez San – Edge speaks to the self-confessed “information sponge” about all things interactive: from NESGlider to set top boxes
    • Questions & Answers – Technology demystified: is Jaguar up to the new competition? Can CD32 play PC games?

    …and more!


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