Source: VideoGames & Computer Entertainment – September 1992
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment was my favorite gaming magazine during most of its life. It went through a couple of transitions later on, eventually giving birth to Tips & Tricks but I never really cared for that one. The September 1992 issue of VG&CE includes:
Features
- Tokyo Toy Show Report – Some highlights of items shown at this show include a RAM backup card for the Turbo Duo, the Wondermega Genesis/Sega CD combo unit, the Teradrive which is a combo 286-based PC and Sega Genesis, Street Fighter II for the Super NES, Afterburner III for the Mega Drive/Mega CD, Lunar: The Silver Star for the Sega Mega CD, Soldier Blade for the PC Engine, Dodge Ball for the PC Engine, Musashi for the Mega Drive, Snatcher for the PC-Engine CD-ROM, Cosmic Fantasy 3 for the PC-Engine CD-ROM, and lots more.
- Searching for the Dark World: A Player’s Guide to Zelda III, Part I – The first part of a detailed guide for A Link to the Past.
- The 1992 Summer Consumer Electronics Show Recap – Highlights of the show include Super Star Wars (Super NES), Street Fighter II (Super NES), Dracula (Atari Lynx), Bart’s Nightmare (Super NES), Shadowrun (Super NES), TTI’s Turbo Duo, Centipede (Game Boy), Betrayal at Krondor (PC), Maximum Overkill (PC), Battletank 2000 (PC), Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (PC), and lots more.
- Getting Into the Game: An Exclusive Look at Nick Arcade – Nick Arcade was a game show in Nickelodeon that featured virtual reality by putting players inside arcade games.
Reviews & Previews
- Video-Game Reviews
- Dungeon Master – The classic 3D adventure game for the Super NES.
- Taz-Mania – A platform game for the Genesis featuring the classic Warner Bros. character.
- Danny Sullivan’s Indy Heat – A racing game for the NES featuring nine courses across the U.S.
- Jackie Chan’s Action Kung Fu – Side scrolling beat-em-up featuring Jackie Chan before he became a household name.
- King Salmon – Another fishing game, this one for the Genesis. I don’t like fishing games anyway and this isn’t one of the best.
- DinoCity – A platform game for the Super NES in which you team up with a dinosaur to defeat some evil Neanderthals.
- Andro Dunos – A side-scrolling shooter for the Neo Geo.
- Side Pocket – Classic pool game for the Genesis.
- WWF Wrestelmania Steel Cage – The last WWF wrestling game for the NES.
- Ka-Blooey – A puzzle game for the Super NES in which you must set off all the bombs on a level without blowing yourself up.
- The Terminator – An action adventure game based on the movie of the same name for the Genesis.
- Adventure Island III – The latest iteration of this platform game for the NES.
- Splash Lake – A puzzle game for the TurboGrafx-CD that bears more than a passing resemblance to a classic board game called Don’t Break the Ice.
- King of the Monsters 2 – Fighting game featuring various monsters for the Neo Geo.
- Gaming on the Go
- Roger Clemens MVP Baseball – A reasonably fun baseball game for the Game Boy.
- R.C. Grand Prix – A fun R.C. racing game. I never played this one but have fond memories of R.C. Pro Am on the NES and Re-Volt on the Dreamcast.
- Tom & Jerry – A platform featuring the famous cartoon duo on the Game Boy.
- Marble Madness – Conversion of the arcade classic for the Game Gear.
- Steel Talons – Conversion of the helicopter coin-op game for the Atari Lynx.
- Seven’s The Charm: A VG&CE Exclusive Preview of Wizardry VII – Eleven years after the original Wizardry was released, the seventh game in this classic RPG series, Crusaders of the Dark Savant, makes its debut.
- Computer Game Reviews
- Darkseed – An H.P. Lovecraft/H.R. Geiger inspired adventure game for the PC.
- Mutant Beach – A puzzle/adventure game for the Macintosh.
- Pinball Dreams – A pinball game featuring four different tables for the PC and Amiga.
- Global Effect – A world building sim for the Amiga and PC featuring 14 different scenarios.
- Aquaventure – An action game that plays like a 3D version of Defender for the Amiga.
- Crisis in the Kremlin – A strategy game for the PC based on the Tom Clancy book of the same name.
- Road & Track Presents Grand Prix Unlimited – A Formula One racing sim for the PC.
- Gateway – A sci-fi game based on the Frederik Pohl book of the same name.
- Gods – A run and shoot platform game. Think Contra.
- Hong Kong Mahjong Pro – An actual Mahjong game for the PC, not the tile matching game that is usually associated with that name.
- Wolfenstein 3-D – The granddaddy of all first person shooters. Welcome Id software to the scene…
Departments
- Editor’s Letter – A preview of this issue as well as a little about the upcoming October issue.
- Reader Mail – Readers write in about game incompatibility with the new version of the Genesis, rumors of a new Super NES pack-in, controllers and Street Fighter 2, Neo Geo coverage, and more.
- Tip Sheet – Game tips for Terminator 2 (arcade), Mission: Impossible (NES), and The Immortal (Genesis).
- News Bits – Atari drops price of Lynx software, Galoob wins legal battle to keep making Game Genie, Nintendo and Sega lower 16-bit system prices, Sunsoft to release Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally and Tazmania for the Super NES, TTI lowers hardware prices, and lots more.
- Easter Egg Hunt – Hidden secrets revealed in Street Fighter II (Super NES), Mike Ditka Power Football (Genesis), Awesome Golf (Lynx), The Guardian Legend (NES), Q*Bert (Game Boy), Sengoku (Neo Geo), MLBPA Sports Talk Baseball (Genesis), It Came From the Desert (TurboGrafx-16), OutRun (Genesis), and Steel Empire (Genesis).
- Inside Gaming – A look at the near future of multiplayer gaming.
- Q & A – Questions answered about unlicensed NES carts, software for the Apple IIgs, technical details of the Atari Lynx, the maximum number of Genesis controllers, the ext. port on the Genesis, the future of Sega CD, and more.
…and more!
