VideoGames & Computer Entertainment was published from 1988 until 1993 before becoming VideoGames and ultimately morphing into Tips & Tricks.

The April 1991 issue includes the following:

Features

• Under the Hood of the Super Famicom, Part 1 - The first part in a series of articles detailing the new Super Famicom. This part discusses the controllers, CPU, graphics capabilities and more.


• Sega Champs Square Off In (Not-So-) Sunny Hawaii - Coverage of the Sega Genesis World Championship finals. Games involved included Shadow Dancer, Mickey Mouse in the Castle of Illusion, and Joe Montanna Football. The prize was a new Eagle Talon worth $18,000. This just makes me nostalgic for when you could get a new car for $18k...


• Veigues Tactical Gladiators Strategy Guide, Part II - The second half of a strategy guide for this sci-fi shooter.


• Games Beyond Tomorrow - An overview of recent sci-fi related gaming releases. Games mentioned include Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum (NES), Target Earth (Genesis), Final Zone (Genesis), Day of the Viper (PC, Amiga, Atari ST), The Adventures of Rad Gravity (NES), Atomic Robo Kid (NES), Thexder 2 (Amiga, PC), Hybris (Amiga), Battle Squadron (Amiga), Stellar 7 (PC), Skate Wars (Commodore 64), DeathTrack (PC), Galaxy 5000 (NES), A Boy and His Blob (NES), The Rescue of Princess Blobette (Game Boy), Beyond the Black Hole (PC), Arkanoid (various), Total Recall (NES), Back to the Future Parts II & III (NES), Countdown to Doomsday (Amiga, PC), Countdown to Doomsday (Amiga, PC), MegaTraveller 1 (PC), Full Metal Planet (PC, Amiga), Space 1889 (PC), Circuit's Edge (Amiga, PC), Star Wars (Commodore 64), BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Inception (PC, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64), MechWarrior (PC), Wing Commander (PC), Universe III (Amiga, Atari ST, PC), Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative (Apple, Commodore 64, PC), Star Trek: First Contact (Apple II, Commodore 64, PC), The Promethean Prophecy (Apple, Commodore 64, PC), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Amiga, PC), Altered Destiny (Amiga, PC), Space Quest III and Space Quest IV (Amiga, PC), Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess (Amiga, PC), Quasar (Amiga), Star Control (PC), Reach for the Stars (Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, PC, Macintosh), Stellar Crusade (Amiga, Atari ST, PC), Granada (Genesis), and more.

Departments

• Editor's Letter - What to expect of reviews in VG&CE.


• Reader Mail - Comments and questions about Genesis vs. TurboGrafx-16 sales, reviewers, beta testing games, and more.


• Tip Sheet - How to get past Mission 6 in Double Dragon II, finding Magneto's lair in X-Men, and defeating the end boss in Blaster Master.


• News Bits - Commodore introduces the CDTV, Broderbund releases Sport Simulated Boxing and Sport Simulated Tennis, Nintendo announces 1990 sales figures...there were 7.2 million Nintendo Entertainment Systems sold which was increase of 27% over the previous year, Nintendo announces various Super NES and Game Boy peripherals, Taxan spends big on advertising G.I. Joe game, Atari drops price of the Lynx to $99.95, Accolade releases hint book for Elvira, and more.


• Easter Egg Hunt - Secret tricks and codes for TV Sports Football (TG-16), Mega Man 3 (NES), Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing (Genesis), Thunder Force III (Genesis), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy), and Lock 'n' Chase (Game Boy).


• Destination Arcadia - A look at Mad Dog McCree plus VG&CE's picks for the best arcade games of the years. Games picked include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Air Inferno, Four Trax, F-15 Strike Eagle, Mercs, Pigskin 621 A.D., and Diner (pinball).

Reviews

• Video-Game Reviews
• Totally Rad - A decent platform game for the NES.
• The Adventures of Lolo III - A save the princess adventure game for the NES. If you liked the previous two Lolo games then you would probably like this one.
• Basewars - Playing baseball with robots on the NES.
• Sword Master - A pretty generic beat-em-up for the NES.
• Fatal Labyrinth - An ok RPG for the Genesis but without much of a storyline.
• MegalStorm - A sci-fi themed platform game by Irem for the NES.


• Computer-Game Reviews
• Stratego - A computerized version of the board game for the PC and Macintosh.
• Stellar 7 - A remake of the original for the Amiga and PC.
• Dragon's Lair II - A conversion of the laser disc arcade game for the Amiga.
• Imperium - A sci-fi strategy game for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC.
• The Secret of Monkey Island - The classic adventure game for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC.
• Command HQ - A strategy war game featuring five scenarios from 1918 to the near future for the PC.


• Computer Game Strategies
• The Immortal - Staying alive in this isometric adventure game for the Amiga, Apple IIGS and Atari ST.
• Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess - Strategy guide for this humorous sci-fi action/adventure game for the Amiga and PC.