Source: Super Play – Issue Number 13 – November 1993
Super Play is a magazine that was dedicated to the Super Nintendo and published in the U.K. This is another thing we didn’t have much of in the U.S. Magazines dedicated to a specific gaming system weren’t all that common until the PlayStation came along, at least if you exclude Nintendo and Sega official publications and even those typically covered multiple systems. Other than a short-lived EGM spin-off, I don’t think we had any magazines dedicated to the Super Nintendo. The November 1993 issue of Super Play includes:
Features
- Third-party politics – An article on the relationship between Nintendo and third-part developers. Because of what Nintendo charges developers for carts, taxes, etc., they were not making money on 60 pound carts. This was exacerbated by the fact that Nintendo restricted developers from releasing games on multiple systems. This is what pushed some companies like Electronic Arts to develop for the Genesis.
- The Super Mario Collection – Part two of a player’s guide for Super Mario Collection. This part covers Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels) and Super Mario USA.
- Kick It!: Super Play’s Soccer Special – Reviews and previews of various soccer games on the Super NES. Games covered include Sensible Soccer, Empire Soccer, Pele, World Soccer, High School Soccer, EA Soccer, Super J-League Soccer, World Cup Striker, Virtual Soccer, and Prime Goal.
- Top Gear 2 vs. Lamborghini American Challenge – Reviews and a comparison of these two games. Both were similar style games that are played from a similar perspective as Outrun.
- Mario & Wario – In this game, you must place blocks in front of Mario using the Mouse so that he does not plummet to his death. He has a bucket over his head so he cannot see. I guess you could say that this game is a distant cousin to something like Lemmings.
- Aero the Acrobat – A platform game that features a bat as the protagonist.
- Super Putty – A platform game for all ages that puts you in the role of a ball of super putty.
- Goof Troop – An action adventure game played from an overhead perspective. Most of Capcom’s Disney licenses were pretty good and this one is no exception though it is a bit on the easy side. However, it is also targeted towards a younger audience.
- Jurassic Park – A game based on the movie of the same name. Most games based on movies aren’t that good. In fact, most are complete garbage. However, there is the occasional exception and this is one of them.
Regulars
- Gamefreak – Questions answered from readers about 16-bit versions of Metroid and Zelda, Romancing Saga from Square Soft, Blaster Master, the possibility of an uncensored Mortal Kombat, technical specs of the SNES, game release dates, and more.
- Mode 7 – Tips, tricks, passwords and cheats for various games including Final Fight 2, Powermonger, Super Turrican, Yoshi’s Cookie, Super Mario World, Starwing, Street Fighter II, Super Fire Pro Wrestling 2, Super Probotector, Prince of Persia, Desert Strike, Rival Turf, Super Family Tennis, Super Formation Soccer, Street Fighter II Turbo, WWF Royal Rumble, and more.
- Playback – Letters from readers about Home Improvement, Japanese vs. U.S. ads, plus envelope art and more.
- What Cart? – Short reviews of 320 Super Nintendo games.
- Supermarket – Readers offer Super NES hardware and software for sale.
- Next Month – Coverage of Japanese games, troubleshooting the SNES, tons of reviews, and more.
Plus reviews of Arcus Odyssey, Captain America, Championship Pool, Evo, Incredible Crash Test Dummies, Might & Magic II, Mr. Nutz, Prime Goal, Super F1 Cirucs 2, Super Slap Shot, and Wing Commander and much more!
