{"id":36582,"date":"2026-02-16T17:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=36582"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:22:24","slug":"computer-video-games-january-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/computer-video-games-january-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer + Video Games (January 1991)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FCVG%2FIssue110&amp;twg_show=CVG11000001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000001-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000001-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000001-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000001-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000001-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000001.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Computer + Video Games, published in the U.K., was perhaps the longest running video games magazine. It was published from the early 1980s until well into the 2000s. The January 1991 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>News<\/b> &#8211; A hands on look at two new systems including the Turbo Express (portable PC Engine) and the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo). Plus some new game boy accessories and a price drop for the Atari Lynx.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Playmasters<\/b> &#8211; Tips, tricks, and cheats, for Badlands, Rainbow Islands, Midnight Resistance (C64), R-Type (C64), Operation Thunderbolt (Amstrad), Ghouls &#8216;N&#8217; Ghosts (Amstrad), Ruff and Reddy (Spectrum), Atom Ant (Spectrum), Stryx (Atari ST), Shinobi (Atari ST), Dungeon Master (Amiga), F29 Retaliator (Amiga), Shinobi (Sega), Vigilante (Sega), Chase HQ (Sega), Tetris (Nintendo), Super Mario Bros. II (Nintendo), Blades of Steel (Nintendo), Track and Field II (Nintendo), Forgotten Worlds (Megadrive), Formation Soccer (PC Engine), Street Fighter (PC Engine), Splatter House (PC Engine), Batman (Game Boy), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade), and more. Plus strategy guides for Simulcra (Amiga, Atari ST) and Super Off-Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=36586\" class=\"attachment wp-att-36586 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000004-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000004-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000004-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000004-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000004-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000004.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Loadsa Lynx Laffs!<\/b> &#8211; A look at some of the latest Atari Lynx games including Klax, Road Blaster, Ms. Pac-Man, and Xenophobe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Golden Joysticks!<\/b> &#8211; Vote for the best games in various categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Christmas Brainmasters<\/b> &#8211; A test to see how much you know about games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Arcade Action<\/b> &#8211; A look at the latest arcade games including Race Drivin&#8217; and Pit Fighter plus a collection of arcade high scores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=36585\" class=\"attachment wp-att-36585 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000005-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000005-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000005-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000005-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000005-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000005.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Challenge!<\/b> &#8211; CVG editors battle each other in Gremlin games including Lotus Espirit Challenge and Toyota Celica GT4 Rally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Previews<\/b> &#8211; Previews of upcoming games including Super Monaco GP (Spectrum, C64, Amstrad, Atari ST, Amiga), M.U.S.H.A. (MegaDrive), Shadow Dancer (Atari ST, Amiga, Spectrum, C64, Amstrad), Chip&#8217;s Challenge (Atari ST, Amiga, Spectrum, Amstrad, C64), Duck Tales (Amiga), Mickey Mouse (MegaDrive), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nintendo), and Mig-29 (Atari ST, Amiga, PC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Reviews<\/b> &#8211; Spectrum: Extreme, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, R-Type, Subbuteo, and Rick Dangerous 2; Amstrad: E-Swat, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Games: Winter Edition, Target Renegade, and Rick Dangerous 2; Commodore 64: E-Swat, Narc, The Empire Strikes Back, Run the Gantlet, Badlands, Spiderman, Rick Dangerous 2, and Subbuteo; Atari ST: Speedball 2, Toyota Celica GT Rally, Defender 2, Iron Tracker, Mig 29, Targhan, Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge, Spiderman, Golden Axe, and Narco Police; Amiga: E-Swat, Toyota Celica GT Rally, NARC, Defender 2, Mig 29, Rick Dangerous 2, Awesome, Masterblazer, Prince of Persia, Death Trap, Z-Out, Line of Fire, and Narco Police; Sega: Paperboy, E-SWAT, Gantlet, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Columns; Megadrive: Sky Shark and John Madden&#8217;s Football; PC Engine: Batman and Rabid Lepus; Nintendo: Super Off-Road; PC: Knights of the Sky, Test Drive III, Lightspeed, and Covert Action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000164-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000164-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000164-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000164-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000164-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CVG11000164.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer + Video Games, published in the U.K., was perhaps the longest running video games magazine. It was published from the early 1980s until well into the 2000s. The January 1991 issue includes: News &#8211; A hands on look at two new systems including the Turbo Express (portable PC Engine) and the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo). Plus some new game boy accessories and a price drop for the Atari Lynx. Playmasters &#8211; Tips, tricks, and cheats, for Badlands, Rainbow Islands, Midnight Resistance (C64), R-Type (C64), Operation Thunderbolt (Amstrad), Ghouls &#8216;N&#8217; Ghosts (Amstrad), Ruff and Reddy (Spectrum), Atom Ant (Spectrum), Stryx (Atari ST), Shinobi (Atari ST), Dungeon Master (Amiga), F29 Retaliator (Amiga), Shinobi (Sega), Vigilante (Sega), Chase HQ (Sega), Tetris (Nintendo), Super Mario Bros. II (Nintendo), Blades of Steel (Nintendo), Track and Field II (Nintendo), Forgotten Worlds (Megadrive), Formation Soccer (PC Engine), Street Fighter (PC Engine), Splatter House (PC Engine), Batman (Game Boy), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade), and more. Plus strategy guides for Simulcra (Amiga, Atari ST) and Super Off-Road. Loadsa Lynx Laffs! &#8211; A look at some of the latest Atari Lynx games including Klax, Road Blaster, Ms. Pac-Man, and Xenophobe. The Golden Joysticks! &#8211; Vote for the best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[3049,2835,2362,2524],"class_list":["post-36582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-gaming","tag-magazine","tag-retrocomputing","tag-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36582","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=36582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36741,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36582\/revisions\/36741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}