Chronological List of Playzine Issues

PlayZine Issue 2: The Dawn of Nintendo Power, July 1988 to April 1989

• Super Mario Bros. 2: Throwing Turnips and Dodging Masks
• Super Stamper Bros: Rare Powers-up the Gaming Industry
• Contra: The NES Classic That Defined Run-and-Gun Action
• Captain N: The Saturday Morning Fever Dream of Every NES Kid
• Castlevania: A Legacy Forged from Darkness
• Cracking the Console RPG Code: Bringing Depth to the D-Pad
• Metal Gear: Sneaking Tactical Espionage Action onto the NES
• Bigger, Better, Badder: WrestleMania Enters the NES Ring
• The Adventure of Link: Palaces of Pain
• Ninja Gaiden: Forging the Dragon Sword
• The NES Reign: Top 25 NES Games of early 1989
• The PlayZine Preview

PlayZine Issue 1: The Newsletters, 1987-1988

• Super Mario Bros: The Gaming Industry’s Greatest Comeback
• The Legend of Zelda: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone
• Metroid: Exploring the Depths of Zebes
• Howard Phillips: The Fun-Loving President Who Shaped Nintendo’s Golden Age
• Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!: Nintendo’s TKO
• Castlevania: A Legacy Forged from Darkness
• From Wil Wheaton to Trash Robots: The Quirky Charm of the Nintendo Fun Club
• The Sega Challenge Newsletter: Sega’s Voice in the 8-Bit War
• John Sauer: The Rebellious Voice Who Set the Stage for Sega’s 16-Bit War
• Sega’s Arcade Thrills, Platforming Adventures, and RPG Epics
• The End of the Beginning: The Newsletters That Shaped Gaming