Just got these books which I loved so much back in the day. Released by CVG just before or around the time of Mean Machines. They were basically like an annual featuring all the new and existing consoles and games. Consoles were getting more interesting at this point in time with the Megadrive, PC Engine and NeoGeo just released in Japan. Us brits were getting semi-ons.
As promised in another thread, I'm going to post the review scores from all four editions. Starting with the first two (will do the other two later).
Agree with these scores? Care? May update with some screens later. Did any of the scores sway you? I remember seeing the Impossible Mission score and thinking about getting a Game Gear. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts score really did it for me. Got my parents to get me a Japanese Megadrive for the xmas that followed.
I'm only listing the detailed reviews. Book 1 had tiny reviews of another zillion games of the past at the back too.
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 1 (Winter 1989)
NES
Rush 'n' Attack - 83%
Mega Man - 92%
Ikari Warriors - 48%
Section 2 - 46%
Trojan - 72%
Ghosts 'n' Goblins - 55%
Sega Master System
Pro Football - 95%
Casino Games - 49%
Wanted - 67%
California Games - 93%
WonderBoy III - 92%
Sega Megadrive
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts - 98%
World Cup Soccer - 83%
PC Engine
Rock On - 78%
F1 Dream - 75%
Break In - 89%
Ordyne - 91%
Bloody Wolf - 83%
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 2 (Summer 1990)
NES
Blaster Master - 93%
Batman - 92%
Blades of Steel - 85%
Simon's Quest - 85%
Skate Or Die - 82%
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - 86%
Solomon's Key - 83%
Bayou Billy - 79%
Contra - 90%
Zelda 2 - 94%
Sega Master System
Gauntlet - 96%
Chase HQ - 83%
Assault City - 70%
World Games - 52%
Golden Axe - 92%
Impossible Mission - 97%
Slapshot - 82%
Golfmania - 89%
Operation Wolf - 89%
RC Grand Prix - 70%
Battle Outrun - 79%
Sega Megadrive
Curse - 81%
Tatsujin - 92%
Super Hang-On - 95%
Super Shinobi - 94%
Golden Axe - 96%
PC Engine
Motorcycle Racing - 94%
Digital Champ - 59%
USA Pro Basketball - 72%
Shinobi - 81%
Heavy Unit - 53%
Volfied - 96%
PC Kid - 95%
Atari Lynx
Electrocop - 91%
Gates of Zendocon - 89%
Blue Lightening - 79%
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 3
NES
Tetris - 91%
World Wrestling - 84%
Duck Tales - 89%
Spy Vs Spy - 84%
Faxanadu - 80%
Mega Man II - 95%
Robocop - 61%
Adventures of Lolo - 82%
Bionic Commando - 81%
Double Dragon II - 84%
Silent Service - 87%
720 - 84%
Fester's Quest - 63%
Paperboy - 51%
Sega Master System
Indiana Jones III - 96%
Paperboy - 94%
Columns - 89%
Eswat - 81%
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - 92%
Super Monaco GP - 92%
Sega Megadrive
Super Sky Shark - 73%
Darwin 4081 - 79%
Columns - 90%
Ghostbusters - 82%
Phelios - 70%
Eswat - 93%
Thunderforce III - 91%
Cyberball - 89%
Batman - 93%
PC Engine
Devil Crush - 94%
Ninja Spirit - 91%
Super Star Soldier - 89%
Xevious - 72%
Rastan II - 81%
Splatterhouse - 94%
Image Fight - 82%
Download - 83%
Don Doko Don - 94%
PC Engine CD-ROM
Wonderboy III - 93%
Super Darius - 92%
Final Zone II - 63%
Red Alert - 65%
Game Boy
Nemesis - 89%
NFL Football - 68%
Batman - 94%
Qix - 88%
Flippull - 88%
Makaimura Gaiden - 78%
Penguin Wars - 90%
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 4
This contained micro reviews of all game reviewed in the past.
As promised in another thread, I'm going to post the review scores from all four editions. Starting with the first two (will do the other two later).
Agree with these scores? Care? May update with some screens later. Did any of the scores sway you? I remember seeing the Impossible Mission score and thinking about getting a Game Gear. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts score really did it for me. Got my parents to get me a Japanese Megadrive for the xmas that followed.
I'm only listing the detailed reviews. Book 1 had tiny reviews of another zillion games of the past at the back too.
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 1 (Winter 1989)
NES
Rush 'n' Attack - 83%
Mega Man - 92%
Ikari Warriors - 48%
Section 2 - 46%
Trojan - 72%
Ghosts 'n' Goblins - 55%
Sega Master System
Pro Football - 95%
Casino Games - 49%
Wanted - 67%
California Games - 93%
WonderBoy III - 92%
Sega Megadrive
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts - 98%
World Cup Soccer - 83%
PC Engine
Rock On - 78%
F1 Dream - 75%
Break In - 89%
Ordyne - 91%
Bloody Wolf - 83%
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 2 (Summer 1990)
NES
Blaster Master - 93%
Batman - 92%
Blades of Steel - 85%
Simon's Quest - 85%
Skate Or Die - 82%
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - 86%
Solomon's Key - 83%
Bayou Billy - 79%
Contra - 90%
Zelda 2 - 94%
Sega Master System
Gauntlet - 96%
Chase HQ - 83%
Assault City - 70%
World Games - 52%
Golden Axe - 92%
Impossible Mission - 97%
Slapshot - 82%
Golfmania - 89%
Operation Wolf - 89%
RC Grand Prix - 70%
Battle Outrun - 79%
Sega Megadrive
Curse - 81%
Tatsujin - 92%
Super Hang-On - 95%
Super Shinobi - 94%
Golden Axe - 96%
PC Engine
Motorcycle Racing - 94%
Digital Champ - 59%
USA Pro Basketball - 72%
Shinobi - 81%
Heavy Unit - 53%
Volfied - 96%
PC Kid - 95%
Atari Lynx
Electrocop - 91%
Gates of Zendocon - 89%
Blue Lightening - 79%
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 3
NES
Tetris - 91%
World Wrestling - 84%
Duck Tales - 89%
Spy Vs Spy - 84%
Faxanadu - 80%
Mega Man II - 95%
Robocop - 61%
Adventures of Lolo - 82%
Bionic Commando - 81%
Double Dragon II - 84%
Silent Service - 87%
720 - 84%
Fester's Quest - 63%
Paperboy - 51%
Sega Master System
Indiana Jones III - 96%
Paperboy - 94%
Columns - 89%
Eswat - 81%
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - 92%
Super Monaco GP - 92%
Sega Megadrive
Super Sky Shark - 73%
Darwin 4081 - 79%
Columns - 90%
Ghostbusters - 82%
Phelios - 70%
Eswat - 93%
Thunderforce III - 91%
Cyberball - 89%
Batman - 93%
PC Engine
Devil Crush - 94%
Ninja Spirit - 91%
Super Star Soldier - 89%
Xevious - 72%
Rastan II - 81%
Splatterhouse - 94%
Image Fight - 82%
Download - 83%
Don Doko Don - 94%
PC Engine CD-ROM
Wonderboy III - 93%
Super Darius - 92%
Final Zone II - 63%
Red Alert - 65%
Game Boy
Nemesis - 89%
NFL Football - 68%
Batman - 94%
Qix - 88%
Flippull - 88%
Makaimura Gaiden - 78%
Penguin Wars - 90%
Complete Guide to Consoles Book 4
This contained micro reviews of all game reviewed in the past.
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