Super Play V2 (UK)

Super Play V2
Date	December 1992
Cover	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Other Games	Axelay Sonic Blast Man Soul Blazer RoboCop 3 Wings 2: Aces High

Super Play V2 is the second issue of the Super Play (UK) magazine. The magazine features The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Super Express

Super Famicom: Four Player Adaptor on the way!

Talks about Hudson Soft and Hori four-player adapters they were creating.

Super Play Hot List

• The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare
• Super Mario Kart
• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
• U.N. Squadron
• Super Aleste

Viking's Funeral

The article talks that The Lost Vikings video game will be is ready for the release on the SNES.

Charts Across The World

Official Penguin Gallup UK Charts 1. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 2. WWF Super WrestleMania 3. Super Smash T.V. 4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 5. Krusty's Super Fun House

6. Super Soccer 7. F-ZERO 8. Super Tennis 9. Top Gear 10. U.N. Squadron

UK Import Charts 1. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 2. Axelay 3. Super Mario Kart 4. Soul Blazer 5. Sonic Blast Man

6. The Irem Skins Game 7. NCAA Basketball 8. Prince of Persia 9. The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare 10. Super Aleste

Japanese Chart 1. Dragon Quest V 2. Super Mario Kart 3. Super Gachapon World: SD Gundam X 4. Super Mario World 5. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

6. Mario Paint 7. Military Battlefield 8. SD Gundam: V Sakusen Shidō 9. Super Mahjong Taikai 10. Super Mahjong

American Charts 1. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 2. Super Mario Kart 3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 4. Axelay 5. Soul Blazer

6. F-ZERO 7. Final Fantasy 2 8. NCAA Basketball 9. Super Castlevania IV 10. Contra III: The Alien Wars

UK Release Previews

Acclaim Entertainment

• The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare
• Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge
• Alien³
• Terminator 2: Independence Day
• WWF Royal Rumble

Accolade

• Test Drive II: The Duel
• WarpSpeed

Activision

• Spindizzy Worlds
• Super Strike Gunner

Anco/Imagineer

• Kick Off
• Populous

Electronic Arts

• Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
• PGA Tour Golf
• HHLPA Hockey '93
• Road Rash
• John Madden Football '93

Gremlin Interactive

• Nigel Mansell's World Championship
• Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
• Video Kid

Hudson Soft

• Super Adventure Island
• Untiled Bomberman game

Infogrames

• Drakkhen
• Full Metal Planet
• Asterix

Interplay

• Another World
• ClayFighter
• The Lost Vikings

Irem

• GunForce
• Major tile

Jaleco Entertainment

• King Arthur's World
• Super Goal
• Rival Turf 2
• Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force
• Super Bases Loaded

JVC

• Super Star Wars
• Dungeon Master

Konami

• Super Parodius
• Axelay
• Prince of Persia
• Cybernator

MicroProse

• F-117A
• Railroad Tycoon
• Super Strike Eagle

Mindscape

• Chessmaster
• Wing Commander
• The Terminator
• Battletoads

Ocean Software

• Leathal Weapon
• Mr. Nuts
• Pushover
• Cool World
• The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt

Psygnosis

• Super Shadow of the Beast
• Puggsy

Renegade Software

• GODS
• The Chaos Engine
• Sensible Soccer

Storm

• Troddlers
• Indy Heat
• The Lawnmower Man

System 3

• MYTH: History in the Making
• Putty

Titus Software

• The Blue Brothers
• Titus the Fox
• The Brainies

Tradewest

• Jack Nicklaus Golf
• Super Off Road
• Super Double Dragon
• Super Battletoads

Anime World

• Detonator Orgun
• Porco Rosso
• Project A-ko
• Fight! Iczer One
• Mobile Police Patlabor
• Chibi Maruko-chan
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
• Magical Princess Minky Momo

Reviews

Import Reviews

Title	Publisher	Region	Score	Reviewer
Axelay	Konami	US/Japan	85%	Jonathan Davies
Rampart	Atari Electronic Arts	US	79%	Jonathan Davies
Spindizzy Worlds	ASCII	Japan	69%	Jonathan Davies
Soul Blazer	Enix	US	89%	Jason Brookes
Super Play Action Football	Nintendo	US	71%	Matt Bielby
Sonic Blast Man	Taito Corporation	Japan	69%	Jonathan Davies
Pipe Dream	Bulletproof Software	Japan	66%	Matt Bielby
George Foreman's KO Boxing	Acclaim Entertainment	US	18%	Matt Bielby
Wheel of Fortune	Gametek	US	19%	Jonathan Davies
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball	Acclaim Entertainment	US	73%	Jonathan Davies
Extra Innings	Sony Imagesoft	US	70%	Jonathan Davies
Koushien 2	K Amusement Leasing	Japan	64%	Jonathan Davies
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000	Culture Brain	US	49%	Jonathan Davies
Super Bases loaded	Jaleco Entertainment	Japan	55%	Jonathan Davies
Super Professional Baseball II	Jaleco Entertainment	Japan	69%	Jonathan Davies
Ultra Baseball II	Jaleco Entertainment	Japan	59%	Jonathan Davies
Nolan Ryan's Baseball	SETA Corporation	US	75%	Jonathan Davies
2020 Super Baseball	SNK K Amusement Leasing	Japan	?%	Jonathan Davies
Wings 2: Aces High	Namco	US	71%	Jonathan Davies
Acrobat Mission	Techiku	Japan	38%	Jonathan Davies

UK Reviews

Title	Publisher	Score	Reviewer
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Nintendo	93%	Janson Brookes
RoboCop 3	Ocean Software	66%	Janson Brookes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time	Konami	84%	Jonathan Davies
Lemmings	Sunsoft	86%	Jonathan Davies
Rival Turf!	Jaleco Entertainment	58%	Jonathan Davies
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts	Capcom	85%	Janson Brookes
Super Probotector	Konami	90%	Janson Brookes
Paperboy 2	Mindscape	29%	Jonathan Davies
Populous	Imagineer	85%	Jonathan Davies
ActRaiser	Enix	90%	Janson Brookes
Super Adventure Island	Hudson Soft	75%	Jonathan Davies
Super Mario World	Nintendo	94%	Janson Brookes

Mode 7

• Ranma 1/2: Chounai Gekitou Hen
• Exhaust Heat
• Parodius
• Prince of Persia
• Krusty's Super Fun House
• Pilotwings
• Super Vails

What Cart?

Shoot-'em-up

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Blazeon	Atlus	None	8-Mbit	1	4
Contra Spirts	Konami	Contra III: The Alien Wars (NA) Super Probotector (UK)	8-Mbit	2	9
Darius Twin	Taito Corporation	none	8-Mbit	2	7
D-Force	Asmik Corporation	none	8-Mbit	1	2
Gradius III	Konami	none	4-Mbit	1	7
HyperZone	HAL Laboratory	none	8-Mbit	1	3
Parodius	Konami	none	8-Mbit	1	9
Phalanx	Kemco	none	8-Mbit	1	7
Raiden Trad	Toei Animation	none	8-Mbit	2	4
Strike Gunner	Athena	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Super Aleste	Athena	Space Megaforce (NA)	8-Mbit	1	8
Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force	Jaleco Entertainment	None	8-Mbit	1	6
Super R-Type	Irem	None	8-Mbit	1	7
Super Smash TV	Irem	None	4-Mbit	2	8
Syvalion	Toshiba EMI	None	8-Mbit	1	6
Thunder Spirits	Toshiba EMI	None	8-Mbit	1	6
U.N. Squadron	Capcom	Area 88 (JP)	8-Mbit	1	9

Driving Games

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving	LOZC	None	8-Mbit	2	7
Battle Grand Prix	Naxat Soft	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Big Run	Jaleco Entertainment	None	8-Mbit	1	2
F-ZERO	Nintendo	None	4-Mbit + BB	1	8
F-1 Exhaust Heat	SETA Corporation	F1 ROC (NA)	4-Mbit + BB	1	7
GPX Cyber Formula	Takara	Cyberspin (NA)	8-Mbit	1	5
Paper Boy 2	Mindscape	None	4-Mbit	1	3
RPM Racing	Interplay	None	4-Mbit + BB	2	6
Super F1 Circus	Nichibutsu	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	8
Super F1 Grand Prix	Video System	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	5
Super Mario Kart	Nintendo	None	4-Mbit + BB	2	9
Super Off Road	Tradewest	None	4-Mbit	2	7
Top Gear	Kemco	None	4-Mbit	2	8

Strategy

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Air Manager (JP)	Koei	None	8-Mbit + BB	4	Impossible to Judge
Earth Light	Hudson Soft	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge
Gundam F-91	Bandai	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	6
Populous	Imagineer	None	4-Mbit + BB	1	8
SimCity	Nintendo	None	4-Mbit + BB	1	8
SimEarth	Imagineer	None	6-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge
Zen War III	Wolf Team	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge

Simulations

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Pilotwings	Nintendo	None	4-Mbit	1	8
Super Battletank	Absolute Entertainment	None	4-Mbit	1	5

Beat-'em-ups

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Astral Bout	A-Wave	None	8-Mbit	2	4
Battle Blaze	Sammy Corporation	None	8-Mbit	2	7
Final Fight	Capcom	None	8-Mbit	1	8
Final Fight Guy	Capcom	None	8-Mbit	1	8
Golden Fighter	Culture Brain	None	8-Mbit	1	4
The King of Monsters	Takara	None	8-Mbit	2	5
Kunio Ken	Technos Japan	None	8-Mbit	2	Impossible to Judge
Last Fighter Twin	Banpresto	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Pit-Fighter	THQ	None	4-Mbit	1	2
Ranma 1/2	NCS	None	8-Mbit	2	8
Rival Turf!	Jaleco Entertainment	Rushing Beat	8-Mbit	2	7
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior	Capcom	None	16-Mbit	2	9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time	Konami	None	8-Mbit	2	8
Ultraman: Towards the Future	Bandai	None	8-Mbit	1	6

Sports Games

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Augusta Masters 3D Golf	T&E Soft	None	8-Mbit + BB	4	8
Baseball Sim 1000	Culture Brain	Ultra Baseball (JP)	4-Mbit	2	6
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball	Hudson Soft	None	4-Mbit	2	3
Captain Tsubasu 3	Tecmo	None	8-Mbit + BB	2	Impossible to Judge
Extra Innings	Sony Imagesoft	Ganba League Baseball (JP)	8-Mbit + BB	2	7
Fire Dodgeball	Sunsoft	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Hat Trick Hero (JP)	Taito Corporation	Super Soccer Champ	4-Mbit	2	7
HAL's Hole in One Golf	HAL Laboratory	None	8-Mbit	4	7
Jack Nicklaus Golf	Tradewest	None	4-Mbit	4	6
John Madden Football	Electronic Arts	None	4-Mbit	2	5
Nolan Ryan's Baseball	Romstar	None	4-Mbit	2	7
Pebble Beach Golf Links	T&E Soft	None	8-Mbit + BB	4	8
PGA Tour Golf	Electronic Arts	None	4-Mbit	4	6
Pro Soccer	Imagineer	None	4-Mbit + BB	2	3
SD Dodgeball	Banpresto	None	8-Mbit + BB	2	5
Space Football	Triffix	None	4-Mbit	1	6
Super Bases Loaded (US)	Jaleco Entertainment	Super Professional Baseball (JP)	8-Mbit	2	6
Super Bases Loaded II (US)	Jaleco Entertainment	Super Professional Baseball II(JP)	8-Mbit	2	6
Super Birdie Rush	Data East	None	8-Mbit + BB	2	7
Super Bowling	Athena	None	4-Mbit	2	4
Super Cup Soccer	Jaleco Entertainment	None	4-Mbit	2	6
Super Dunkshot (JP)	HAL Laboratory	NCAA Basketball (NA)	8-Mbit	2	8
Super Fire Pro Wrestling	Human	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Super Soccer	Human Nintendo	Super Formation Soccer (JP)	4-Mbit	2	8
Super Tennis	Tonkin House	None	4-Mbit	2	9
Super WWF	Acclaim Entertainment	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Ultimate Football	Sammy Corporation	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Waialae Country Club	T&E Soft	None	8-Mbit	4	8
World Championship Boxing	Sofel	None	4-Mbit	2	3

Platform Games

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
The Addams Family (SNES)	Ocean Software	None	8-Mbit	1	7
Dinosaures (JP)	Irem	DinoCity (NA)	8-Mbit	1	8
Dragon's Lair (SNES)	Elite System	None	4-Mbit	1	8
Home Alone	THQ	None	4-Mbit	1	2
Hook	Sony Imagesoft	None	8-Mbit	1	7
Jerry Boy	Sony Imagesoft	Smartball (NA)	8-Mbit	1	6
Joe & Mac	Data East Elite System	None	8-Mbit	2	7
Krusty's Super Fun House	Acclaim Entertainment	None	8-Mbit	1	8
Magic Adventure	Bandai	None	4-Mbit	1	6
Magic Sword	Capcom	None	8-Mbit	1	6
Metal Jacket	Atlus	None	8-Mbit	1	2
Musya	Datam	None	8-Mbit	1	3
Out of This World	Interplay	Another World	8-Mbit	1	8
Prince of Persia	NCS	None	8-Mbit	1	8
Spanky's Quest	Natsume	None	4-Mbit	1	5
Super Adventure Island	Hudson Soft	None	8-Mbit	1	7
Super Castlevania IV	Konami	None	8-Mbit	1	9
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts	Capcom	None	8-Mbit	1	8
Super Mario World	Capcom	None	4-Mbit + BB	1	9
Super Valis	Telenet	None	8-Mbit	1	5
Xandra's Big Adventure	Namco	None	8-Mbit	1	8

Puzzle Games

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
Bombuzal (JP)	Kemco	Ka-Blooey	4-Mbit	1	4
Chessmaster	Mindscape	None	4-Mbit	1	5
Lemmings	Sunsoft	None	8-Mbit	2	9
Othello World	Tsukuda Original	None	8-Mbit	2	6
Super Shanghai	Hot-B	None	8-Mbit	1	6

RPG/Adventure Games

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
ActRaiser	Enix Quintet	None	6/8-Mbit + BB	1	9
Arcana (NA)	HAL Laboratory	Card Master (JP)	8-Mbit + BB	1	6
Dragon Ball Z	Bandai	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge
Drakkhen	Kemco	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	6
Final Fantasy II (US)	Square Co.	Final Fantasy IV (JP)	8-Mbit + BB	1	8
Kings Quest V	Bronson	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge
Lagoon	Kemco	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	7
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja	Konami	Goemon 3	8-Mbit	2	9
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II	Koei	None	8-Mbit + BB	12	5
SD Great Battle	Banpresto	None	6-Mbit	1	4
SD Gundam	Bandai	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge
Soul Blader	Enix	None	8-Mbit + BB	2	8
Super Chinese World	Culture Brain	None	8-Mbit	1	Impossible to Judge
Super Ninja	Koei	None	12-Mbit + BB	1	Impossible to Judge
Super Wagan Island	Namco	None	8-Mbit	1	Impossible to Judge
Xardion	Asmik Corporation	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	4
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys	Tonkin House	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	7
Zelda 3: A Link to the Past	Tonkin House	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	9

Miscellaneous

Title	Publisher	Alternate Name	Media Storage	Player	Score
The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare	Acclaim Entertainment	None	8-Mbit	1	9
Cameltry	Taito Corporation	None	8-Mbit	1	5
Mario Paint	Nintendo	None	8-Mbit + BB	1	3
Super Pang	Nintendo	None	4-Mbit	1	6
The Rocketeer	IGS	None	8-Mbit	1	3

Staff

• Editor: Matt Bielby
• Art Editor: Traci Rochester
• Production Editor:Sue Grant
• Staff Writers:Jason Brookes, Jonathan Davies
• Art Assistant:Jeremy Bridgeman
• Publisher:Steve Carey
• Contributors:Nick Aspell, Nick Burne, Helen McCarthy, Lisa Nicholls, Adrian Price, Tai Ono, Wil Overton

Magazine

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External Links

• Super Play Issue 2 at Out-of-Print Archive website