The Many Faces Of: Star Trek: SOS Wizard of Wor Game Battle Classic Reviews Dynamite Heady Amok! vs. Vectoblox Ristar E.V.O Search for Eden NES Archives Nintendo Tetris $5.99 US / $7.99 Canada Issue #5—May 2008 Published by www.VideoGameTrader.com Mad! And you can usually find him making Publisher / Editor in Chief comment on the rec.games.vectrex news- Thomas Sansone group. When he is not playing on his Vec- What’s inside #5? trex, he is on a continual quest to find out Price Guide Research new information on everything Vectrex Thomas Sansone related and has just recently set up a web- 5 Interview with Brandon Cobb of Super site www.vectrex.co.uk to capture this. Fighter Team (Part 1 of 2) Video Game Trader Staff Review Staff 22 Game over…. Continue? Michael Jim Combs Agents J & K tackles the very controversial issue of Jim is a hardcore passionate gamer. You ―Are Video Games Art?‖ can find his work in the Digital Press Collec- Agents J and K are part of the dynamic duo tor's Guide Advance Edition & Tips & Tricks known for nesarchives.com. However, little Magazine. In 2005, Jim was recognized at is known about either one of these avid CG Expo as their special Video Game NESers. After you are done reading VGT, Reviews & Retrospectives Historian Alumni guest. head on over to their website (www.nesarchives.com) and read their 7 Homebrew Reviews – Orphan Sys- Dan M amazing NES reviews. tems … Adopted— This month we re- Dan's been playing video games since he was panel high to an Asteroids machine but Peter G view Amok! for the Odyssey 2 and Vec- especially loves the "16 Bit Wars" of the Peter is our resident reviewing for all things toblox for the Vectrex. Homebrew related. 90's. His writing can be found on Good What Wii play—This month VC- Deal Games' site and the Digital Press 8 Guide Advanced. Kristine Reviews plays Nintendo 64‘s Cruisin‘ USA. Pat ―Coldguy‖ Dick Ward This 22-year-old college student has always VGColosseum.com 12 Classic Review—E.V.O Search for wanted to push the boundaries of what a Eden gamer should be. And although his degree Special Contributors will say computer integrator, his passion is writing and playing old video games and Virtual Console Reviews (www.vc- sharing his unique perspective on the gam- reviews.com) Features ing world today and in the past. VC Reviews goal is to review each and 4 News, Views & Things that are Cool every Virtual Console Release. You can John Hancock read past reviews at vc-reviews.com. Look 9 The Many Faces Of.. Star Trek Stra- A serious collector, John has amassed for the most current reviews in this and a video game collection of about future issues of Video Game Trader. tegic Operations Simulator & Wizard of 5500 unique video games and has com- Wor pleted 12 US video game collections Good Deal Games (including NES, Genesis, and N64). He 10 Game Battle—Dynamite Heady vs. (www.gooddealgames.com) loves to share what he knows with anyone Good Deal Games is an internet retailer of Ristar who will listen. John also helps run local classic games. You can find their puzzles in video game tournaments and conventions Video Game Flashback … ―Some Video Game Trader each month. 13 and is a proud member of the Northwest parents say ―Game Over‖ to new Super Classic Game Enthusiasts. Somehow, he Alan Hewston Nintendo.‖ also has time to be happily married to his Alan is a senior staff writer for Retrogaming lovely wife Sarah. Times monthly. If you enjoy his ―Many 14 VIDEO GAME TRADER PRICE Faces of‖ column, please check out Retro- GUIDE – Prices for Atari 2600, Nintendo Michael Rosamilla gaming Times. NES, Sega Master System, Atari 7800, This 23-year-old lifelong New Jersey resi- dent, and graduate of Rutgers University Nintendo Game Boy Classic, Atari Lynx, Special Advisor majored in English and minored in Medieval Sega Game Gear, Turbo Grafx-16, Nin- Studies. He is currently a student at Brook- Jay Fennimore: Owner, J2Games.com tendo Virtual Boy. And NEW this month, lyn Law School. His passions are comic Super Nintendo! books, cartoons, movies (action and com- All contents of this Magazine are copy- edy, specifically), and, of course, video right VideoGameTrader.com and/or their games. respected copyright holders. Please do not duplicate without permission. Pub- For advertising information or for any other inquiries P. Ian Nicholson lished monthly. All images are original related to Video Game Trader Magazine, please a.k.a VectrexMad Video Game Trader images, or have contact us at [email protected]. Thanks for reading!! Only a recent retro gamer, Ian is Vectrex- been used by permission. 3 | Video Game Trader Magazine | May 2008 | www.VideoGameTrader.com Mario in Real Life? What a Creep! This is what happens when you take the proportions of a cartoon Mario and apply real-world characteristics to it. It was created using Photoshop and a bunch of features from a bunch of real faces. It is so creepy that I don’t know why I am putting this in, except maybe to make some poor kids have some sleepless nights. Is this why Peach only gives him cakes? pix- eloo.blogspot.com The Top 10 Worst Atari 2600 Arcade Ports Hey! IGN has put together a cool list of the worst Arcade Ports for the 2600. I am pro- viding the list here. But to read this cool arti- cle, head over to retro.ign.com/ articles/860/860116p1.html. 10) Donkey Kong, 9) BurgerTime, 8) Zaxxon, 7) Defender, 6) Donkey Kong Jr., 5) Double Dragon, 4) Q*Bert, 3) Reactor, 2) Tutankham, 1) Rampage Now for the 5 Worst Games made by Nintendo Ok. In keeping with the trend, here is a list of the worst games that were put out by Nintendo. According to Nintendic (www.nintendic.com/news/2048). 5) Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES, 1985), 4) Super Scope 6 (SNES, 1996) , 3) Hey You!, Pikachu! (N64, 1998), 2) Mario Party 6 (GameCube 2004), 1) Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii, 2007) SEGA Officially Confirms Master System for US Wii I know it has already been revealed that SEGA was going to bring its Master System, Game Gear and MK-III games to Nintendo’s Wii Virtual Console. But, SEGA was not sure if and when these old games would make their way to the Western market. However, now it has finally been confirmed for the US… and cheaper than expected. Originally it was announced that February would be the month that the first SEGA Master System titles would début on the Virtual Console in Japan, with Fist of the North Star and Fantasy Zone being the first games on the service for 600 Wii Points and 500 Wii Points, respectively. The two US début titles, though, seem a better fit, with WonderBoy replac- ing Fist of the North Star. No release date has been set, but the games will only cost 400 Wii points. Ladies, Listen Up! Game Boy Boots are here! Combine your love of gaming and shoes with these Game- boy boots. If you want to improve your gaming, just swing your leg up whenever you get the chance and start gaming! Just imagine, you’re waiting at the bus stop for your de- layed ride home and, while everyone else is sitting bored, you’re improving your thumb-eye coordination by rocking the Gameboy in your boots! Apparently these boots are popular with teens all over Japan. Will they catch on anywhere else? Nintendo GameBoy Pavers for your Patio or Driveway Do you fancy giving your patio a unique look? Well now you can pave it with Nintendo Gameboy bricks! You can’t get anymore unique than this. These are shaped like the old ‘brick’ Nintendo Gameboy, the work of an obsessive Dutch Nintendo fan who wanted to pave his drive with Nintendo Gameboy Systems. So if you want some- thing different you can get these at the follow- ing site: gieskes.nl/souvenirs/? file=gameboy_brick 4 | Video Game Trader Magazine | May 2008 | www.VideoGameTrader.com - Thomas Sansone our mailing list. I recently had the pleasure of A secret Genesis game. Intriguing. Any hints? Can you interviewing Brandon Cobb, maybe give us a screenshot? Is it a brand new game, or President of Super Fighter an already created game that you are improving? Team. We discussed his new RPG for the Sega Genesis; Similar to Beggar Prince, our new RPG was originally de- Beggar Prince. Below is part veloped and sold in Taiwan. In addition to my heavy edits one of our interview. Part 2 and rewrites to the script (in order to improve the story will be in next months issue. and add elements of humor), we have introduced new So Brandon, tell me how Su- features and aspects to the game, such as improved and per Fighter Team came to be, new magic. Unlike with Beggar Prince, we do not have to and what made you want to squash serious bugs left behind by the original program- produce games for older con- ming team. This leaves us with more time and budget to soles, rather then the current crop of next generation sys- improve the game cosmetically, for the best possible prod- tems. uct. It all started with a boy and a dream. At the age of eleven, While I can't share any hints or a screenshot yet, I'll be I discovered a PC fighting game called Super Fighter.