{"id":5860,"date":"2014-03-17T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megalextoria.wordpress.com\/?p=5860"},"modified":"2022-09-08T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:04:23","slug":"videogames-computer-entertainment-july-1990-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/03\/17\/videogames-computer-entertainment-july-1990-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VideoGames &#038; Computer Entertainment (July 1990)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FVGCE%2Fvgce_90-07&amp;twg_show=vgce_1990-07_001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment, July 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FVGCE%2Fvgce_90-07&amp;twg_show=vgce_1990-07_001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_0011.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment, while not quite as popular as some other magazines of the time like GamePro and Electronic Gaming Monthly, was always my favorite. It featured the writing\/editing of Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel and Joyce Worley who were involved with the original Electronic Games magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Bill Kunkel died back in 2011 and Joyce Worley in 2016 :(<\/p>\n<p>The contents of the July 1990 issue include:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>VG&amp;CE&#8217;s Game Boy Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/b> &#8211; The Game Boy had only been around for a matter of months at this point. This guide covers many of the games available. Games overviewed include Shanghai, Alleyway, Tetris, Revenge of the &#8216;Gator, Bases Loaded, Baseball, Batman, Spiderman, Space Invaders, Hatris, Miner 2049, Kwirk, Castlevania &#8211; The Adventure, Motocross Maniacs, Daedallan Opus, Days of Thunder, Gauntlet 2, World Bowling, Wheel of Fortune, Boomer&#8217;s Adventure in Asmik World, Boxxle, Nemesis, WWF Superstars, Fist of the North Star, Hyper Lode Runner, Paperboy, NFL Football, Heiankyo Aliens, Monster Master, Heart Attack, SolarStriker, Kung-Fu Kid, Wizards &amp; Warriors X: Fortress of Fear, Tennis, Flipull, and Pipe Dream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The TurboGrafx-16 goes into the Shrinking Machine<\/b> &#8211; Amazingly, NEC managed to get their new 16-bit system into a portable form factor. And it was pretty awesome. Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t battery friendly and cost an arm and two legs. Also, since games weren&#8217;t necessarily made with the smaller screen in mind, not every game was ideal for portable use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Batman Strategy Guide, Part II<\/b> &#8211; Part 2 of 2. This part provides a guide through the final levels of Batman for the NES. Still my favorite Batman movie and probably my favorite Batman game (though that isn&#8217;t saying much).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Quest for Sky Castle: A Player&#8217;s Guide to Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle<\/b> &#8211; A detailed guide through this Alex Kidd game for the Sega Genesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Around the Bases: A Survey of Electronic Baseball<\/b> &#8211; A bit of history of baseball video games and a look at the various baseball games available throughout the years. Games covered include World&#8217;s Greatest Baseball (Epyx &#8211; Commodore 64), Earl Weaver Baseball (Amiga, DOS), TV Sports Baseball (Cinemaware &#8211; coming soon), Computer Baseball (SSI), Statis Pro Major League Baseball (Avalon Hill), APBA Major League Player&#8217;s Baseball (Random House), MicroLeague Baseball (MLSA), MicroLeague Baseball II (MLSA &#8211; Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh), Championship MicroLeague Baseball (MLSA &#8211; Commodore 64), Pure-Stat Baseball, Full Count Baseball, Major League Manager (UXB\/Spinnaker), Baseball Stars (SNK &#8211; NES), Interactive Major League baseball (LJN &#8211; NES), RBI Baseball (Tengen &#8211; NES), Baseball Simulator 1.000 (Culture Brain &#8211; NES), Reggie Jackson Baseball (Sega Master System), Tommy Lasorda Baseball (Genesis), and World Class Baseball (NES &#8211; TurboGrafx-16).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Stepping Forward, Jim Nangano Gets Ready for the Big Time!<\/b> &#8211; An interview with Jim Nangano by Bill Kunkel. Jim Nangano was involved in the creation of many home computer games including games by MicroLeague, Flip &amp; Flop for the Atari 400\/800, the Commodore 64 conversion of Spy vs. Spy, The Omnicron Conspiracy, Spy vs. Spy 3: Arctic Antics, Millennium Warrior, MicroLeague&#8217;s WWF Wrestling for the Amiga and DOS, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computer Game Strategies<\/b> &#8211; Some strategies to help you through Bruce Lee Lives (DOS), Mean Streets (Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64), and Bubble Bobble (Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/03\/17\/videogames-computer-entertainment-july-1990-2\/vgce_1990-07_005\/\" class=\"attachment wp-att-29749 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_005-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_005-734x1024.jpg 734w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_005-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_005-768x1072.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_005-86x120.jpg 86w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_005.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Video-Game Reviews<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Air Diver (Genesis)<\/b> &#8211; Sort of a combo between something like After Burner and a flight sim.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Mafat Conspiracy (NES)<\/b> &#8211; The second Golgo 13 game for the NES.<\/li>\n<li><b>RBI Baseball 2 (NES)<\/b> &#8211; A decent baseball game for the NES.<\/li>\n<li><b>Target: Renegade (NES)<\/b> &#8211; A not so great sequel to Renegade.<\/li>\n<li><b>Bad News Baseball (NES)<\/b> &#8211; A Little League baseball game that is more fun to play that most of the &#8216;professional&#8217; ones.<\/li>\n<li><b>Psycho Fox (Sega Master System)<\/b> &#8211; A Super Mario Bros. 2 influenced platform game. It gets a bad review here but I didn&#8217;t think it was THAT bad.<\/li>\n<li><b>Crater Maze (TurboGrafx-16)<\/b> &#8211; Sort of a modern take on Pac-Man.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cyber Core (TurboGrafx-16)<\/b> &#8211; A decent vertical shooter.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rad Racer II (NES)<\/b> &#8211; Not the most original game by this point but I had a lot of fun with the Rad Racer games.<\/li>\n<li><b>Super Hydlide (Sega Genesis)<\/b> &#8211; The ads always made me want this action\/RPG. The review makes me glad I didn&#8217;t get it. I still kind of want to play it though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computer-Game Reviews<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Battle Squadron (Amiga)<\/b> &#8211; An excellent vertical shooter.<\/li>\n<li><b>Keef the Thief (Amiga, Apple IIgs, DOS)<\/b> &#8211; An adventure game in which you try to make your way up in the world starting as a thief.<\/li>\n<li><b>Mechwarrior (DOS)<\/b> &#8211; The mech game that started it all. I played a little of this one but much more of MechWarrior 2.<\/li>\n<li><b>Arkanoid II: The Revenge of Doh (Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, DOS)<\/b> &#8211; Breakout taken to its limits.<\/li>\n<li><b>Nuclear War (Amiga, DOS)<\/b> &#8211; If nuclear war were waged via Monty Python&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><b>Gunboat (Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS)<\/b> &#8211; A PBR sim that is quite good.<\/li>\n<li><b>Living Jigsaws (DOS)<\/b> &#8211; 15 Jigsaw puzzles that each create an animated scene when completed.<\/li>\n<li><b>Harpoon (DOS, Amiga, Atari ST)<\/b> &#8211; Play the commander of NATO&#8217;s North Atlantic Task Force or Russia&#8217;s Norther Fleet in this NATO\/USSR war game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_152-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29748\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_152-770x1024.jpg 770w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_152-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_152-768x1021.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_152-90x120.jpg 90w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vgce_1990-07_152.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editor&#8217;s Letter<\/b> &#8211; Andy Eddy talks about the TG16 portable, reviews vs. advertising and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Reader Mail<\/b> &#8211; Readers comment about the Konix Multi-System, the Super Famicom, Nintendo&#8217;s licensing stranglehold and the effect on the TurboGrafx-16, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New Bits<\/b> &#8211; Acclaim buys LJN; Fujitsu shows off FM-Towns computer; Seismic plans Genesis games including Super Hydlide, Air Diver and R.C. Grand Prix; &#8220;Rad&#8221; manages Activision BBS; The Lord of the Rings coming from Interplay for DOS and the Commodore 64; BLD denied license to make NES portable; and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tip Sheet<\/b> &#8211; Tips for Kenseiden (Sega Master System), R-Type (TurboGrafx-16), and Alf (Sega Master System).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Easter Egg Hunt<\/b> &#8211; Codes to access secret features in Super C (NES), Super Hang-On (Genesis), Crater Maze (TurboGrafx-16), Xexyz (NES), Ghouls &#8216;n&#8217; Ghosts (Genesis), Tommy Lasorda Baseball (Genesis), Neutopia (TurboGrafx-16), and Tetris (NES).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gaming on the Go<\/b> &#8211; A detailed look at the Atari Lynx portable game system and a few of the first games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Destination Arcadia<\/b> &#8211; A detailed look at Snow Brothers: Nick and Tom, new in arcades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Inside Gaming<\/b> &#8211; A brief look at the latest in fanzines, including Turbo-Pro #1, cyberDrome #1, Video Wars #1, and The Altered Beast Vol. 1 No. 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Game Doctor<\/b> &#8211; Questions answered about the technical specs of various game systems, the Power Base Converter, and the future of game systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment, July 1990 VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment, while not quite as popular as some other magazines of the time like GamePro and Electronic Gaming Monthly, was always my favorite. It featured the writing\/editing of Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel and Joyce Worley who were involved with the original Electronic Games magazine. Sadly, Bill Kunkel died back in 2011 and Joyce Worley in 2016 :( The contents of the July 1990 issue include: Features VG&amp;CE&#8217;s Game Boy Buyer&#8217;s Guide &#8211; The Game Boy had only been around for a matter of months at this point. This guide covers many of the games available. Games overviewed include Shanghai, Alleyway, Tetris, Revenge of the &#8216;Gator, Bases Loaded, Baseball, Batman, Spiderman, Space Invaders, Hatris, Miner 2049, Kwirk, Castlevania &#8211; The Adventure, Motocross Maniacs, Daedallan Opus, Days of Thunder, Gauntlet 2, World Bowling, Wheel of Fortune, Boomer&#8217;s Adventure in Asmik World, Boxxle, Nemesis, WWF Superstars, Fist of the North Star, Hyper Lode Runner, Paperboy, NFL Football, Heiankyo Aliens, Monster Master, Heart Attack, SolarStriker, Kung-Fu Kid, Wizards &amp; Warriors X: Fortress of Fear, Tennis, Flipull, and Pipe Dream. The TurboGrafx-16 goes into the Shrinking Machine &#8211; Amazingly, NEC managed to get their new 16-bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[169,194,225,370,471,773,1223,1238,1518,1568,1719],"class_list":["post-5860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-amiga","tag-apple","tag-atari","tag-c64","tag-commodore","tag-genesis","tag-nes","tag-nintendo","tag-sega","tag-snes","tag-tg16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860","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=5860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29751,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860\/revisions\/29751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}