{"id":21905,"date":"2018-12-05T10:38:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T15:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=21905"},"modified":"2018-12-12T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:24:06","slug":"electronic-gaming-monthly-may-1993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/12\/05\/electronic-gaming-monthly-may-1993\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Gaming Monthly (May 1993)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FElectronic_Gaming_Monthly%2Fegm_1993-05&amp;twg_show=egm_046_1993-05_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/egm_046_1993-05_001-1.jpg\" alt=\"egm_046_1993-05_001\" width=\"1276\" height=\"1668\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FElectronic_Gaming_Monthly%2Fegm_1993-05&amp;twg_show=egm_046_1993-05_001.jpg\">Electronic Gaming Monthly &#8211; May 1993<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Electronic Gaming Monthly was my second favorite gaming magazine behind VideoGames &#038; Computer Entertainment. It was close though. EGMs sheer volume was amazing and they did a better job of covering new and upcoming games and systems including rumors than anyone. One of the earliest issues I bought had detailed coverage of the upcoming Super Nintendo CD add-on. Alas, that never came to pass. The May 1993 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insert Coin<\/li>\n<li>Interface: Letters to the Editor<\/li>\n<li>Review Crew<\/li>\n<li>Software Calendar<\/li>\n<li>EGM Top Ten<\/li>\n<li>Gaming Gossip<\/li>\n<li>EGM Express<\/li>\n<li>Leading Edge<\/li>\n<li>Game Doctor<\/li>\n<li>Tricks of the Trade<\/li>\n<li>Game Contests<\/li>\n<li>High Scores<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>International Outlook<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hot Hits From The Orient<\/b> &#8211; The epic journey of Adol continues in Y&#8217;s IV: Mask of the Sun. Plus, shooting action with Esperanza and mystery with A-Rank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next Wave<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Latest and Greatest<\/b> &#8211; The first pix of Sega&#8217;s Phantasy Star IV for the Genesis. Thrill to Alien 3, General Chaos, G-2 and Spider-Man 3!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special Feature<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Street Fighter Spectacular<\/b> &#8211; We&#8217;ve got the hot new pix for Street Fighter 2 on the Genesis. This Champion Edition is sure to blow your mind!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Behind the Screens<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chip Off the Old Block<\/b> &#8211; Jez San of Argonaut Software talks about his work on the Super FX chip, debuting in Nintendo&#8217;s new space shooter, StarFox.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EGM Lifestyles<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Street Fighter Comic!<\/b> &#8211; Check out the second part of Malibu&#8217;s fantastic Street Fighter comic! It&#8217;s a sure hit with all SF fans!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src = \"https:\/\/megalextoria.neocities.org\/dclick.html\" width=\"560\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly &#8211; May 1993 Electronic Gaming Monthly was my second favorite gaming magazine behind VideoGames &#038; Computer Entertainment. It was close though. EGMs sheer volume was amazing and they did a better job of covering new and upcoming games and systems including rumors than anyone. One of the earliest issues I bought had detailed coverage of the upcoming Super Nintendo CD add-on. Alas, that never came to pass. The May 1993 issue includes: Departments Insert Coin Interface: Letters to the Editor Review Crew Software Calendar EGM Top Ten Gaming Gossip EGM Express Leading Edge Game Doctor Tricks of the Trade Game Contests High Scores International Outlook Hot Hits From The Orient &#8211; The epic journey of Adol continues in Y&#8217;s IV: Mask of the Sun. Plus, shooting action with Esperanza and mystery with A-Rank. Next Wave The Latest and Greatest &#8211; The first pix of Sega&#8217;s Phantasy Star IV for the Genesis. Thrill to Alien 3, General Chaos, G-2 and Spider-Man 3! Special Feature Street Fighter Spectacular &#8211; We&#8217;ve got the hot new pix for Street Fighter 2 on the Genesis. This Champion Edition is sure to blow your mind! Behind the Screens Chip Off the Old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[225,241,751,754,773,1065,1219,1223,1238,2524,1518,1519,1522,1568,1666,1667,1719,1841,1844],"class_list":["post-21905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retro-games","tag-atari","tag-atari-lynx","tag-game-boy","tag-game-gear","tag-genesis","tag-lynx","tag-neo-geo","tag-nes","tag-nintendo","tag-retrogaming","tag-sega","tag-sega-cd","tag-sega-genesis","tag-snes","tag-super-nes","tag-super-nintendo","tag-tg16","tag-turbo-duo","tag-turbografx-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}