EGM Issue 3



Publish Date - August 1989?
I'm guessing on the date. Magazine does not show exact month. But does say to remove from shelf by Sept. 31st 1989.


Games Reviewed by System:
KEY: Title - Average Score = Awards (if warranted)


Nintendo Entertainment System:
Airwolf - 4.0
Friday the 13th - 3.25
Guardian Legend - 6.0
Hoops - 6.0
P.O.W. - 7.25
Stealth ATF - 4.25
Super Dodge Ball - 4.75
Thundercade - 5.5

Gameboy:
Alleyway - 5.0
Baseball - 6.25
Super Mario Land - 7.75

Sega Master System:
King's Quest - 6.0
Rastan - 6.0


Sega Genesis:
Legendary Axe - 8.0 = Game of the Month
Space Harrier 2 - 6.75
Super Thunder Blade - 6.0
Vigilante


Special Notes:
This is the only cover to feature an actual person as the center point. The shot is the cover of Wizards & Warriors 2: Ironsword. And no your eyes do not decieve you...that is Fabio. Another special note for my particular issue is that I managed to get it hand-signed by Fabio. Last year he did a tour of some of the Sam's Club stores promoting his new clothing line. So I took it up there and he was nice enough to sign it. Not the most valuable piece in my collection but definitely one of the more unique pieces.

Pages 30-31 reference the Konix MultiSystem console. The console consisted of a configurable steering wheel, one joystick, a disk drive, and two games. The steering wheel could be transformed into a motorcycle handlebar configuration. There was also a simulation chair that could be connected to the system. The rumored sell price was $350.00 but the system never had a commercial release. This would not be the last we see of the Konix system. It would reapper in a future issue of EGM.

Page 72 deals with the "new" Atari Lynx and mentions several games. One of those games is called Time Quests & Treasures Chests which would later be renamed to Gauntlet: The Third Encounter.