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A DECKER PUBLICATIONS PERIODICAL VOLUME '1, ISSUE 7 VIDEOGAMES COMPUTER GAMES MULTI-MEDIA GAMES PORTABLE GAMES ARCADES / EC T0UR5 THE WCE5 n LOOK RT THE HOTTEST NEW ELECTRONIC 0RME5 $3.95/$4.95 Canada/£2.25 April, 1993 SNES CD o 1430280184 5 EXCLUSIVE SPECS! 1 Barkley’s Monster Dunk. Drexler’s Tomahawk. Malone’s In-Your-Face Jam. Flice’s 360° Slam. Manning’s When Charles drives, get ignites more Double Pump Jam. Ewing’s out of his way aerial fireworks Bounce-Ball Slam. or get bounced like a basketball than the Fourth of July. Welcome to Jam City Bulls vs. Blazers™ and the NBA Playoffs The game that raises pro basketball to new heights. With the complete rosters of all 16 1 992 NBA playoff teams. The 92 East and West All-Star squads. And 5-on-5 action so hot, it scorches the hardwood. With 5-on-5 gameplay, you get the biggest piece of NBA action anywhere. You get the signature moves of the best guys ever to lace up a pair of hightops. Dunks like Person’s Alley Oop Slam and Kemp’s Off-the Glass Jam. Slick ball-handling like Hardaway’s UTEP 2-Step. Rebounding machines like Rodman and Willis. And 3-point sharp- shootinglike Mullin’s patented jumper from the comer. ft’s the NBAs biggest guns. And all their shots. You start at Round 1 with all 16 playoff teams. From there, the action only gets more intense. Establish your inside game. Hit a few treys. Play tenacious “H’ Nail letter- perfect foul shots with the exclusive “T” meter Use up-to-the-minute game \ stats to know when a starter’s fatigued and when to go to the bench. It’s a tall order But if you can stand up to the competition, the NBA title is yours. The Mailmanb Kemp's In-Your-Face Off-the-Glass Dunk always Jam always Hardawayfe unstoppable UTEP 2-step. makes a huge splash. shatters the competition. Cleveland's center of attention. EASPORTS is all over the court like a loose ball. With coverage of every brick that clangs off the rim, every squeal of $159 sneakers. Instant replays. Scores from other games. Stats. Highlights. Jump at this chance to join basketball’s elite. Visit your local Electronic Arts dealer or order byphone anytime: (800) 245-4525. And play with the champions of the NBA. If you are under 1 8, be sure to get a parent's permission before calling. Hotline requires a Touch- Tone telephone. Messages subject to change without notice. EA SPORTS. Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA* Playoffs, and T" Meter are trademarks of Electronic Arts. The individual NBA Team insignias depicted are trademarks which are exclusive property of the respective teams and may not be 95$ for the first reproduced without the written consent of NBA Properties, Inc. NBA is a registered trademark of minute, 75C for each NBA Properties, Inc. Nintendo,® Super Nintendo Entertainment System ,® and Super NES® and the additional minute. official seals are the trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. DEPARTMENTS FERTURE5 Power On! 6 REVEALED: Nintendo’s Plan! Feedback 8 EG presents the first look at the specs of the super secret SNES Hotline 10 CD. Included is an artists rendition of what the machine is expected to Insert Coin Here 14 look like 26 Game Doctor 16 A Look to the East 20 • V.I.P. TOUR OF CES EG presents the SNES CD! The Winter CES in Las Vegas Fandom Central 24 Page — 26 attracted game designers from all Video Game Gallery 62 over the world. EG takes a closer Software Gallery 76 look at the new products for 1993. Here are the games you’ve been CD Gallery 84 waiting for 32 Portable Playtime 86 The Kunkel Report 88 • EG AWARDS Here are the results of the first The Jury 90 annual EG reader’s choice awards. which Playing It Smart 92 Look inside to see games made the cut 38 Test Lab 94 EG’s 1st reader’s choice awards. On-Line 96 • Gaming Page — 38 EG’S GUIDE TO SEGA Lore 98 Sega has become one of the fiercest competitors in the video game field. EG take a look at the company, its products, history, and what lies ahead, including the top games for Genesis, Game Gear, and the new Sega CD 41 • EG INTERVIEW EG has been granted an audience with Lord British, the creative mind EG’s Guide to Sega behind the worlds of Ultima and Page — 41 Origin Systems 60 About the art— We at EG would like to thank the following artists for their contributions to this issue: Bob Forresst — Cover Eric Curry — All department logos, and various photography Cliff Spohn — EG Interview Don Wleland — SNES CD System and Compact Discs — Please note that this is an artist's rendition of what the SNES CD may look like. We at EG would like to gauge how many people out there bother to read this page. If you are one of the lucky ones who care enough to read every word of our humble magazine you too may be a winner. Just send your name, address, and telephone number to any of the addresses you may fine In the book. A total of $10,000 In cash and prizes will be awarded! Either that or this Is Just an elaborate April Fools Joke. You may never know. 4 Electronic Games LETHAL WEAPON wmmrn'ti are back as again, fight BBI irats of Los 8 feves, and I Official {Nintendo (Nintendo) S«al of Quality Greens shown are from the NES version of the game. APRIL, 1993 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 7 A DECKER PUBLICATIONS, INC. PERIODICAL PUBLISHER Steve Harris EDITOR Arnie Katz 3D0: Sizzle or Substance? EXECUTIVE EDITOR Bill Kunkel The rumors filtered into my office for a year. "Check out the San Mateo Software NEWS EDITOR Group," said an informant. Information proved spotty and scarce. All I could learn was Joyce Worley the rumors of a new CD-based system, involving Electronic Arts. SENIOR EDITOR tantalizing hints, but not many. "They're call- Months passed. I unearthed a few more Marc Camron sing. ing it 'Opera'," my informant told me. I begged for details, but he wouldn't MANAGING EDITOR Gaming's deepest secret went semi-public last fall. The 3DO Developers Conference Ross Chamberlain electrified the industry and made 3DO the hot topic at the November Comdex. ASSOCIATE EDITORS The wraps came all the way off at the Consumer Electronics Show at a special press Russ Ceccola, Ed Dille conference. They've got hardware, a sophisticated marketing plan, and about 80 soft- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Jay Carter, Joe Funk, Steve Honeywell, ware companies lined up to make products (see the March issue of EG for details). Tim Ostermiller, Alex Rees, Scott Wolf, The burning question: Will 3D0 become a home entertainment center fixture, or will it Laurie Yates, Rick Zalud be one more stillborn "great idea?” ART DIRECTOR The technological superiority of 3D0 is impressive. Unfortunately, that doesn't guar- Juli McMeekin and the Sega Master system are two examples of gear that antee success. Beta video PRODUCTION didn't dominate despite a technological edge. And if the public doesn't want the gizmo Colleen Bastien, Production Manager that advantage becomes a moot point. Mary Hatch, Jennifer Whitesides, Copy Editors The 3D0 marketing plan is visionary. It's an orderly progression that could take 3D0 John Stockhausen, Ad Coordinator to the 21st Century. No system has had such a detailed and imaginative blueprint. Yet Suzanne Farrell, Ad Manager like any plan, this one depends on the validity of its assumptions. The key one is that enough people will pay $700 for the basic system, plus hundreds for various add-ons. CUSTOMER SERVICE Some treasure maps lead to riches; others trace a route to nowhere. We won't really (515) 280-3861 know which interpretation is right until consumers cast their vote at the cash register. I'm highly impressed by the roster of 3D0 software developers. Ail the biggies want NATIONAL ADVERTISING DIRECTOR to get into this game, and good software sells the hardware. However, the proof of the Jeffrey Eisenberg pudding will be in the eating. First generation software for new systems sometimes uti- Eisenberg Communications Group lizes only a fraction of the unit's capabilities. Will the first wave of 3DO multimedia 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1120 disks turn on gamers, or send them scurrying toward alternatives? That is another Los Angeles, CA 90024 question that won't be decided until the end of the year. (310) 824-5297 Personally, I'm betting on Trip Hawkins and the high spirited band of industry leg- DECKER PUBLICATIONS, INC. ends. After seeing the demonstrations and talking with developers actually working on Steve Harris, President right machine at the right time. projects, I am convinced that 3DO could be the Mike Riley, Vice President of Operations For one thing, it's an appliance. Ease of operation and superb quality output are what Mark Mann, Financial Director consumers want, and 3DO can deliver. A black box is much more likely to attract a Cindy Polus, Financial Manager mass audience than a PC-type set-up that requires the user to learn a lot about the Harry Hochman, Circulation Director Renee Delgado, Circulation Manager device in order to make it do anything. Harvey Wasserman, Newsstand Director A $700 console and $50-a-pop software is steep, but consumers will be seeing and Donna Cleppe, Newsstand Manager hearing games beyond anything currently available in the home market.