Classic C&VG April Fool - Holostar 2000

[elektronhjarnan]

They seem to have given up on the idea after that, because I can't find anything in April '94 nor '95, and that's about as far as my C&VG collection goes.

[Duddyroar]

They did the Tomb Raider one, and there was a Super Mexican Fighter one as well, or something...

[MatWoods]

Amigadrive brings back good, good memories, but so do some of the old Crash/Speccy ones, but getting too old to remember their specifics.

Think one was about about a 'game designer' cartridge and another about getting rid of colour clash - any one else with a better memory than me?

[samanosuke]

It was "Mini Mario Kart" actually.

April '93, in the "GO!" supplement (for handheld consoles). Unfortunately I don't have a scanner, but here's a photo with fairly readable text:

http://pici.se/pictures/eYRqZnTQl.jpg

****ing hell! I spent ages looking that game in the shops! In fact, after a few years of never seeing SMK for the Gameboy yet swearing blind I'd seen a review of it, I began to doubt my own mind.

[Team Andromeda]

And there was something to do with the Saturn's CD player having a hidden game, or something...

I fell for that one , Its the one where that CVG said they was a hidden Spaceship game using the spaceship bios , with characters from Golden Axe making a cameo. To access it you have to play the music tracks on Clockwork Knight is a certain order .

[Leon Retro]

If only EDGE was like C&VG used to be. What a brillaint magazine. Run by enthusiastic guys, who I actually felt some rapport with.

Another reason why the "Old Days" for gaming.. were golden.

[prinnysquad]

I remember years ago Digitiser ran a review for a game called The Creep, which sounded awesome, with it's Radiohead-influenced soundtrack.

Then I looked at the date on the top of the page.

I felt like a right tit for the rest of the day.

[eastyy]

not sure if these were apri fools or just rumours spread

Shen long
Playing as the bosses in the origina streetfighter 2
Blood cheat in mortal kombat for the snes
seems to recal some sort of thing where they said you had to pull a cart of of a console (cannot remember if it was snes or megadrive) while playing the game

[monel]

Can't remember if Sheng Long was an April Fool's but it was a great prank by EGM, I still think that lead to Akuma.

[wargame]

I remember rushing out to buy a Gameboy beacuse they announced Street Fighter 2 was coming out on it, they even had a mock up of a gameboy with a add on that gave it four extra buttons.

Boy did I feel stupid the next issue, although even till this day my mum has that gameboy and plays Tetris on it even though I offered to give her my Gameboy SP.

[Alex_976]

Putting a penny peice on the SNES version of Mortal Kombat to get blood remains the best EVER!

[Fastware]

I remember rushing out to buy a Gameboy beacuse they announced Street Fighter 2 was coming out on it, they even had a mock up of a gameboy with a add on that gave it four extra buttons.

Boy did I feel stupid the next issue, although even till this day my mum has that gameboy and plays Tetris on it even though I offered to give her my Gameboy SP.

Don't feel bad, Street Fighter II did eventually get released for the original gameboy.

[wargame]

Didn't it come out for the Gameboy Advanced and not the original though? Sure I have a copy of that lying around somewhere.

[JamesS]

Original Gameboy too:

[samanosuke]

It's bloody horrendous on the original GB. Street Fighter Alpha for the GBC on the other hand is, in the style of 'arry Redknapp, triffic.