INDEX OF ARTICLES
Nintendo turns an antitrust lawsuit into a
lucrative sales promotion
The original third-party game publisher
embraces the floppy disk
Yes, Virginia, Street
Fighter and Black Tiger were
officially announced for the NES
You are cordially invited to preview
Nintendo’s 1998 line-up at the Grand Hyatt
The strange story of how I was asked to
sell 3DO consoles to Japanese gamers
Now you’re playing with power…worlds of power
…as explained by a nice man in a bow
tie
For PlayStation fans, a nostalgic treat.
For Sega fans, a kick in the teeth
“How to Hack an ATM” is not
among the contents, sadly
A time-capsule conversation with the
creator of million-selling games like Pitfall!
Ripped from a VHS tape, probably seen at
the Consumer Electronics Show
What did Konami accomplish in the early
’80s that had never been done before?
SNK begrudgingly offers a few paragraphs to
help you beat its classic action RPG
The last gasp of the TurboGrafx-16/TurboDuo
in North America
A behind-the-scenes look at the legendary
“lost” PlayStation Madden game
S’more hot hints from “the guy
in the back” (but nothing on Bio
Force Ape)
The flap over “adult” video
games, plus a rare Atari-era advertisement
Three vintage TV spots for T•HQ games
on the Super NES
You’re a retailer who sells Nintendo
products. Which ones will you carry in 1990?
The day I scored a rare promotional poster
for one of my favorite video games
Something you don’t see every day: an
instruction manual for an unreleased game
A behind-the-scenes look at Atari
Games’ stop-motion animated beat-’em-up
Meet the Capcom Racing Team (and some
colorful decorations for your wall)
“Zombie Hoards [sic] Attack
U.S.!” Is this “The Ultimate Kid Fantasy Come
True”?
A few words to defend the maligned
reputation of a failed video-game system
A hedgehog named Sonic meets a groundhog
named Punxsutawney Phil
A $1.2 million budget to advertise products
that were never released
Who was the mysterious figurehead behind
this up-and-coming game developer?
“If you think this newsletter is
cool, don’t keep it a secret. Tell your
friends…”
An unlikely spokesman reveals Sega’s
new games. “Yeah buddy! Ow, get down!”
Yes, I ate them. No, I don’t remember
what they tasted like.
New game info in Kemco-Seika’s
snoozeletter...I mean, “noozletter.”
The floor plan to Nintendo’s booth at
the Summer Consumer Electronics Show
“It’s the most effective
display unit ever to come your way!”
A collection of chiptunes, and the
Multi-Matrix Sound System explained at long last
The game was never released in North
America, but the packaging did exist
Watch as your favorite video-game
journalists shamelessly promote Midway games
Is this the first consumer instruction
manual ever created for an arcade video game?
Meet Yutaka and find out why “working
at Hudson is really something special”
Hyping the Sega Master System just two
months before the Sega Genesis appeared
Behind the scenes with Johnny Turbo and the
TurboDuo ad agency
Use your Psycho-Wave to guess the secret
history of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Catch a fleeting glimpse of George
Lucas’ personalized Star Wars arcade cabinet
See how Midway obtained the NBA license for
the original NBA JAM
Did the Soviets remove one of Mario’s
fingers as part of the Tetris agreement?
Is this “the most intriguing game
that was never released for the NES”?
Why collectors will never find a copy of
the unreleased game Dweebers for the NES
More to come….
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