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  • GamePro (March 1993)

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    Source: GamePro – Issue Number 44 – March 1993 

    I always preferred VideoGames & Computer Entertainment and Electronic Gaming Monthly but there is no doubt that GamePro was one of the most popular video games magazines. It lasted from 1989 through 2011. The March 1993 issue includes the following:

    • Cutting Edge – 3D0 prepares to unleash its compact disc “multiplayer.”
    • Hot at the Arcades – Get wild in the West with Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold, and shake hands with Arm Champs II.
    • GamePro Readers Choice Awards – You picked ’em! The best games of 1992!
    • ProReviews
      • Nintendo – Zen Intergalactic Ninja, Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland, The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper.
      • Genesis – World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Batman Returns, Terminator 2: The Arcade Game, Superman, Shadow of the Beast II, Super Battletank, PowerMonger, Previews: Shinobi III and Battletoads.
      • Sega CD – Make Your Own Music Videos with Kriss Kross, Marky Mark, and INXS. Then take a spin with Wolfchild and Chuck Rock.
      • SNES – Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose, The Adventures of B.O.B., The Lost Vikings, Utopia, Outlander, Congo’s Caper, Street Combat, Previews: The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt, and Lethal Weapon.
      • Turbo Super CD – Lords of Thunder
      • TurboChip – Bomberman ’93
      • Neo Geo – Fatal Fury 2
      • Game Boy – The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2: The Arcade Game
      • Game Gear – Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Double Dragon
      • Lynx – Dinolympics
    • On Location: Delphine Software – Visit the Paris, France headquarters of the folks who brought you Flashback and Out of This World.
    • Flashback: The Comic – See how all of Conrad Hart’s troubles began.
    • Special Feature: Pinball Games – There are many ways to play the silver ball! Check out Crue Ball (Genesis) and Time Cruise (Turbo Duo) for home systems. For genuine flipper action, see Al’s Garage Band Goes on a World Tour, Doctor Who, White Water, and Lethal Weapon 3.
    • Overseas ProSpects – Fatal Fury is the Super Famicom’s latest beat-em-up. Street Fighter II prepares to fight its way into the P.C. Engine and the Mega CD. Get the scoop on video gaming in the United Kingdom.
    • The Sports Pages – Take a drive with Jaguar XJ220 (Sega CD), Lotus Turbo Challenge (Genesis), and Cyber Spin (SNES). Then it’s time to warm up for baseball with previews of The Majors Pro Baseball (Game Gear), Tony La Russa Baseball (Genesis), and Al Michaels Announces Hardball III (Genesis). After you’ve thrown a few, go to the mound with Roger Clemens MVP Baseball (Genesis). Spend a nice day on the green with PGA Tour Golf II (Genesis). For sports with a demented twist, see Arch Rivals (Game Gear) and Mutant League Football (Genesis).
    • Special Feature: the Supervision Hand-held System – Just when you think you’ve seen everything, here’s a portable system that plays monochrome and color games.
    • Hardware Helpers – Get help from the Pro Action Replays for the Genesis and the Game Boy. Here’s a rechargeable battery for your Game Boy and your Game Gear, – the Handy Power II.
    • Short ProShots – Here’s some quick hits on some cool new games.
    • S.W.A.T. (Secret Weapons and Tactics) – Check out these hot tips and tricks from GamePros everywhere.
    • GameBusters: Out of This World (SNES)
    • Special Feature: Sonic The Hedgehog 2’s ProStrategy Guide, Part One

    …and more!


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  • GamePro (October 1993)

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    Source: GamePro – Issue Number 51 – October 1993

    There were tons of video game magazines from the late 1980s through the late 1990s. GamePro wasn’t my favorite (I preferred EGM and VG&CE) but there is no doubt that it was one of the most popular. The October 1993 issue includes the following:

    • Letters from the GamePros – The GamePro editors explain their rating system.
    • The Mail – Letters from readers with comments and questions on video game violence, playing NES games on the SNES, taking the Turbo Duo on the road, converting Japanese RPGs, obtaining back issues, choosing games to create strategy guides for, baseball games, and more.
    • Cutting Edge – A detailed look at the upcoming Atari Jaguar, including some of the first games. It’s a shame Atari didn’t put more effort into games development and courting 3rd party developers. This could have been a great system.
    • Special Feature: Hot at the Arcades – Part 2 of a Slam Masters Strategy Guide, an arcade wrestling game from Capcom that plays a bit like Street Fighter II.
    • Role-Player’s Realm – Hints and strategies for RPGs including Shining Force for the Genesis, The Seventh Saga for the Super NES, Final Fantasy Legend III for the Game Boy, and Defenders of Oasis for the Game Gear.
    • Special Feature: 3D0 Games – A look at some of the first 3DO games including Battlechess, Crash ‘ Burn, Intelliplay Football, Mad Dog McCree, Oceans Below, Out of This World, San Diego Zoo, Total Eclipse, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
    • Cover Feature: Super Street Fighter II – It seemed like there were endless variations of Street Fighter II. Street Fighter II: The New Challengers was released after Turbo Street Fighter II Champion Edition and its main changes include four new fighters plus new and improved moves for existing characters.
    • Special Feature: Disney’s Aladdin – Aladdin was near the pinnacle of 2D gaming on 16-bit systems in terms of graphics, animation, sound and music. This is a preview of Aladdin on the Genesis.
    • Special Feature: Star Wars – A look at recent and upcoming Star Wars games, including Super Empire Strikes Back (SNES), Rebel Assault (Sega CD), and Star Wars (Game Gear). Plus, a behind the scenes look at the making of some of these games.

    • ProReviews
      • Genesis – Reviews of Aero the Acro-Bat, Haunting Starring Polterguy, Dashin’ Desperadoes, Dinosaurs for Hire, Gauntlet IV, The Adventures of B.O.B.; Plus previews of Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition, Robocop Vs. Terminator, Robocop III, Pink Panther: Pink Goes to Hollywood, and Sonic Spinball
      • Sega CD – Reviews of AH-3 Thunderstrike and Spider-Man vs. Kingpin plus a preview of Stellar-Fire
      • SNES – Reviews of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, SimAnt, Legend, Battle Cars, Super Aquatic Games, Incredible Crash Dummies, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Mr. Nuts; Plus previews of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighter, ActRaiser 2, Captain America and the Avengers, and Cliffhanger
      • Nintendo – Reviews of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Mario is Missing!
      • Neo Geo – A strategy guide for Samurai Showdown
      • Game Boy– Reviews of DuckTales 2, Ring Rage, Lemmings, Tumble Pop, and WWF: King of the Ring
      • Game Gear – Reviews of WWF Steel Cage Challenge, Strider 2, Cave Dude, and Off the Wall
      • Lynx – Review of Gordo 106

    • Overseas ProSpects – A look at Jim Powers for the Super NES and Genesis.
    • The Sports Page – Reviews and previews of sorts games including NHL Hockey ’94 (Genesis and SNES), Legends of the Ring (Genesis and SNES), Riddick Bowe Boxing (SNES), Evander Holyfield (Game Gear), Madden NFL ’94 (Genesis and SNES), Football Fury (SNES), Top Gear 2 (SNES), and Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing (Genesis, NES, Game Boy). Plus news about upcoming sports releases.
    • GamePro Lab Report – A look at the Dual Turbo wireless controllers for the SNES and Genesis, the Naki Pro Control Pad for the Genesis, and more.
    • Short ProShots – Brief looks at Formula 1 World Championship (Genesis), Prince of Persia (Genesis), Pit-Fighter II (Genesis), WWF Royal Rumble (Genesis), Super Baseball 2020 (Genesis), Dune II (Genesis), Wizzy ‘n’ Lizzy (Genesis), Puggsy (Genesis), Incredible Hulk (Genesis), Bubba ‘n’ Sticks (Genesis), Microcosm (Sega CD), EA Sports Soccer (Genesis), The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Genesis), F-1 Pole Position (SNES), Lester the Unlikely (SNES), NBA Showdown (SNES), Redline: F-1 Racer (SNES), Super Battletank 2 (SNES), Turn and Burn (SNES), Super Putty (SNES), Super Off Road: The Baja (SNES), Kirby’s Pinball Land (Game Boy), John Madden Duo CD Football (Duo), James Pond II (Game Gear), and more.
    • S.W.A.T.Pro – Hints, tips, codes and passwords for Alien 3 (Super NES), Mario is Missing! (SNES), Time Gal (Sega CD), Spy vs. Spy (Game Boy), Muhammad Ali’s Heavyweight Boxing (Genesis), The Lost Vikings (SNES), Side Arms (Duo), WWF Royal Rumble (SNES), Panic Restaurant (NES), Green Dog (Genesis), Mutant League Football (Genesis), R.B.I. BAseball (Genesis), Bomberman ’93 (Duo), Gates of Thunder (Duo), Mousetrap Hotel (Game Boy), Cotton (Duo), and more.
    • GameBusters: X-Men (Genesis) – A more detailed strategy guide for X-Men on the Genesis.
    • ProNews – AT&T acquires Sierra Network, new SNES bundle featuring Super Mario All-Stars for $149, a new handheld video game featuring barcodes, Double Dragon: The Movie coming soon, Pitfall Harry: The Mayan Adventure delayed, and more.

    …and more!


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  • Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton 

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    Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton (generally just referred to as Cotton) is an arcade shooter released in 1991 that defined a new sub-genre (the cute ’em up though I don’t know anybody who actually says that). In 1993 a port was released for the TurboGrafx-CD. This version, particularly the U.S. release, is very rare and demands exorbitant prices on eBay. It was also released on the PlayStation in 1999 but only in Japan. The prices for that one are not much better.

    In Cotton, the player controls a young witch on a broomstick. Fans of arcade shooters, anime and extremely cute games all love this one so I suppose that explains its relative rarity and high demand. As far as shooters go, it is not really exceptional and got mostly average reviews but the uniqueness adds a certain appeal. You would think that the publisher just would have released more of them…

    There was also a much more limited Neo Geo Pocket Color port, available only in Japan and again very expensive. There have been various spinoffs and follow-ups including a sequel (Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams). Cotton 2 was released for the Sega Saturn but once again it is quite expensive if you are looking to buy it today. It seems like these games would be good Virtual Console candidates given their expense but as of today you’ll have to lay out the cash or look into emulation options.

    The above screen shots are from the 1999 PlayStation release of Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton.

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    Release Date: 1991

    Platforms: Arcade, TurboGrafx-CD, Sharp X68000, PlayStation1, Neo Geo pocket color

    Genre: shooter

    Developer: Success

    Darkness has surrounded the fairies world, and with that, the prism that brought joy and life to the land doesn’t work anymore. The fairy queen told Silk, a young fairy, to find some help and get the seven magical candies, Willows, that you need to fix the prism. Silk finds Cotton, a witch who loves Willows, and thanks to that, the fairy is able to trick her into the adventure.

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