{"id":26147,"date":"2021-02-09T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=26147"},"modified":"2021-02-16T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:59:35","slug":"videogames-computer-entertainment-january-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/videogames-computer-entertainment-january-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"VideoGames &#038; Computer Entertainment (January 1990)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FVGCE%2Fvgce_90-01&amp;twg_show=vg%26ce+1990+01+pg+001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26148\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vgce-1990-01-pg-001-775x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FVGCE%2Fvgce_90-01&amp;twg_show=vg%26ce+1990+01+pg+001.jpg\">VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment &#8211; January 1990<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment was my favorite video games magazine at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s. The January 1990 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Is It Live, Or Is It&#8230;Cyberspace?<\/b> &#8211; This innovative &#8220;looking glass&#8221; project pushes computer technology in wild directions &#8211; and may affect how we play video games in the future.<\/li>\n<li><b>Going For The Dragons: Wonder Boy III Strategy Guide, Part I<\/b> &#8211; This detailed strategy guide will help you smooth over the rough spots as you take Wonder Boy through his third adventure on the Sega Master System.<\/li>\n<li><b>Life In War Times: P.O.W. Strategy Guide<\/b> &#8211; Are you feeling claustrophobic? Our maps, hints and tips should help you free yourself from the enemy prison camp and call your troops to pick you up.<\/li>\n<li><b>Destination Arcadia<\/b> &#8211; This new column debuts with coverage of the 1989 AMOA show in Las Vegas and an in-depth look at Atari&#8217;s Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters.<\/li>\n<li><b>Chris Crawford: The Designer&#8217;s Designer<\/b> &#8211; Crawford is not only a designer of high-quality games, but he&#8217;s also an outspoken critic of the industry. Peek in on a candid conversation with him about his views and visions.<\/li>\n<li><b>Roundball Software: The Latest In Computerized Basketball<\/b> &#8211; Droves of electronic dribbling simulations have hit the shelves, and our experts open up their archives to show you how it started, what&#8217;s out now and what to look for.<\/li>\n<li><b>Puzzling It Out: Games For Thinkers<\/b> &#8211; If you&#8217;re in the mood for an electronic brainteaser, this survey of mind-boggling games will set you on the right track.<\/li>\n<li><b>Computer-Game Strategies<\/b> &#8211; In this issue, Frank guides you through Beyond the Black Hole, California Games and Firepower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Video-Game Reviews<\/b> &#8211; Rastan, Guardian Legend, Magic Johnson&#8217;s Fast Break, Clash at Demon Head, Bad Dudes, Sky Shark, Rescue, Ghouls &#8216;N&#8217; Ghosts, and Magic of Scheherezade.<\/li>\n<li><b>Computer-Game Reviews<\/b> &#8211; Heavy Barrel, Beyond the Black Hole, Dark Side, Gold Rush and Genghis Khan: A Study of Regal Principle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editor&#8217;s Letter<\/li>\n<li>Reader Mail<\/li>\n<li>News Bits<\/li>\n<li>Easter Egg Hunt<\/li>\n<li>Yea &amp; Nay<\/li>\n<li>Inside Gaming<\/li>\n<li>Advertiser Index<\/li>\n<li>Game Doctor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment &#8211; January 1990 VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment was my favorite video games magazine at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s. The January 1990 issue includes: Features Is It Live, Or Is It&#8230;Cyberspace? &#8211; This innovative &#8220;looking glass&#8221; project pushes computer technology in wild directions &#8211; and may affect how we play video games in the future. Going For The Dragons: Wonder Boy III Strategy Guide, Part I &#8211; This detailed strategy guide will help you smooth over the rough spots as you take Wonder Boy through his third adventure on the Sega Master System. Life In War Times: P.O.W. Strategy Guide &#8211; Are you feeling claustrophobic? Our maps, hints and tips should help you free yourself from the enemy prison camp and call your troops to pick you up. Destination Arcadia &#8211; This new column debuts with coverage of the 1989 AMOA show in Las Vegas and an in-depth look at Atari&#8217;s Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters. Chris Crawford: The Designer&#8217;s Designer &#8211; Crawford is not only a designer of high-quality games, but he&#8217;s also an outspoken critic of the industry. Peek in on a candid conversation with him about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[169,194,225,471,880,1215,1238,1518],"class_list":["post-26147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retro-games","tag-amiga","tag-apple","tag-atari","tag-commodore","tag-ibm","tag-nec","tag-nintendo","tag-sega"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}