Game Player’s (July 1991)

_{Cover of the July 1991 issue of Game Player's}

Game Player’s was one of many video game magazines published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I remember when I got my original NES system I also bought a pack with a few issues of Game Player’s Guide to Nintendo Games. In 1991 Game Player’s was covering a wide variety of systems including the NES, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Atari Lynx, PC (DOS), Amiga, Game Boy and possibly others. The July 1991 issue includes:

• The Editor's View - Game Player's officially begins covering the Super Nintendo as it has officially been announced for the U.S. Full coverage is set to begin in September.


• The Tip Sheet - Hints and tips for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy), Faxanadu (NES), Maniac Mansion (NES), Shadowgate (NES), Super C (NES), Final Fantasy (NES), and Sword of Vermilion (Genesis).


• Player's World - A sneak peak with supposed specs of Atari's upcoming "16-bit Panther" gaming system. This would ultimately morph into the "64-bit" Jaguar.


• Nintendo News - Some coverage of the upcoming Super NES including games likely to be among the first released such as F-Zero, Super Mario 4 (Super Mario World), Hole in One, Final Fight and Pilotwings.


• Game Boy Players - A detailed review of Robocop.


• Arcade Action - A look at new games to be found in arcades including Slugfest (a pinball baseball game), and High Impact Football.



_{Table of Contents from the July 1991 issue of Game Player's}
• Atari Safari - Atari lowers the price of the Lynx and sales skyrocket. Plus a look at Blockout.


• Nintendo Game of the Month: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Games based on movies are hit and miss at best. I suppose Temple of Doom is better than most and if you love Indiana Jones it was worth playing. It's not spectacular though.


• Sega Genesis Game of the Month: Batman - Another licensed game that is decent and graphically pretty good. I think there were a couple of Batman games on the NES that were better games though.


• Game Reviews
• The Little Mermaid - An OK NES game for the younger crowd based on the Disney movie.
• Laser Invasion - A mediocre light gun game for the NES.
• Hardball! - Classic baseball game for the Genesis. However, I had this game for the Commodore 64 and I don't think this one is any more fun.
• The Krion Conquest - Side-scrolling adventure game for the NES in which you play the role of a witch saving Earth from destruction from invading alien robots.
• F-1 Race - Kind of a cross between Pole Position and Rad Racer only for the Game Boy. The best thing about this one was the four player support.
• Lolo III - Make your way through various rooms by solving puzzles in this NES game.
• Mario Andretting - A racing game for the PC requiring 512K (640K recommended) and supporting up to VGA graphics.
• James Pond - An action adventure game for the NES featuring an undercover fish.
• Conan - An action game featuring Conan for the NES. Conan may have been popular in the early 1980s but I don't really recall Conan as a popular character during the time of the NES so this seems a strange choice for a license.
• Whomp 'Em - A game that would probably be derided as racist and/or cultural appropriation today.


• Guidepost: The Hot 100 - Brief overviews of 100 games covered in issues of Game Players. A random selection includes Qix for the Game Boy, NES, PC, Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple II and Apple IIgs; Muppet Adventure No. 1: Chaos at the Carnival for the NES; and Dragon Warrior II for the NES.

_{Back cover of the July 1991 issue of Game Player's}

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