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Nintendo Power · Volume 64

Mortal Kombat 2

Issue
#64
Published
Sep 1994
Poster
Donkey Kong Country 📌

Mortal Kombat II took the cover, with a behind-the-scenes look at Donkey Kong Country as the hottest game around. Killer Instinct got its first feature, and the Secret of Mana special concluded. Taz-Mania and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers covered the Game Boy pages.

Well, we didn't get Illusion of Gaia in the magazine this month, but hey, you got Mortal Kombat II instead. Next month's issue will feature Illusion of Gaia, we promise.

The "Next Issue" page at the end
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Games featured in this issue
Mortal Kombat 2 cover
Killer Instinct cover
Secret of Mana cover
… as well as the following games not in my collection:
  • Super Bomberman 2
  • Pocky & Rocky 2
  • Blackthorne
  • Aerobiz Supersonic
  • Vortex
  • Shien's Revenge
  • Taz-Mania
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Sweepstakes

The winner and a guest visited ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut to meet Chris Berman on the SportsCenter set, a trip valued at $5,000. Second prize was an official ESPN sportscaster's hat and jacket with Sony Imagesoft's ESPN lineup for the Super NES.

Classified Information

The codes and secrets this issue gave away.

Taz-Mania
Super continue code
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Extra Turtles
King of Dragons
Same players code
Lester the Unlikely
Stage select
Tom and Jerry
Stage skip
Ninja Warriors
Sound test
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball
End credits
Firepower 2000
Stage skip codes
MLBPA Baseball
Power passwords
The Peace Keepers
Extra characters code
World Heroes
Color change
Ninja Gaiden Shadow
Sound test

Top 20

These were the top Nintendo games in Sep 1994, as voted by Nintendo Power readers. Arrows show the move since the previous issue's chart; the peak is the best position the game had reached by then.

# Super NESGame BoyNES
1
— Super Metroid peak #1 · 5 issues
— Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 peak #1 · 7 issues
— The Legend of Zelda peak #1 · 35 issues
2
— NBA Jam peak #1 · 7 issues
— The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening peak #1 · 17 issues
▲3 Tetris 2 peak #1 · 8 issues
3
— Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball peak #2 · 6 issues
— Kirby's Dream Land peak #1 · 22 issues
▼1 Super Mario Bros. 3 peak #1 · 51 issues
4
— The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past peak #1 · 33 issues
— Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins peak #1 · 24 issues
▲4 NES Open Tournament Golf peak #4 · 2 issues
5
▲1 Mega Man X peak #5 · 5 issues
▲1 Tetris peak #3 · 24 issues
▼1 Metroid peak #2 · 22 issues
6
▼1 Mortal Kombat peak #1 · 10 issues
▼1 Metroid II: Return of Samus peak #1 · 33 issues
— Dr. Mario peak #3 · 4 issues
7
NEW FIFA International Soccer debut
▲4 Donkey Kong peak #7 · 4 issues
▲4 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link peak #1 · 6 issues
8
▲2 Secret of Mana peak #6 · 8 issues
▲2 Super Mario Land peak #1 · 33 issues
▲2 Final Fantasy peak #2 · 47 issues
9
— Aladdin peak #5 · 10 issues
▼2 Mortal Kombat peak #3 · 10 issues
▼6 Mega Man 6 peak #2 · 7 issues
10
▲5 Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers peak #10 · 4 issues
▼2 Kirby's Pinball Land peak #3 · 10 issues
▼3 Kirby's Adventure peak #1 · 13 issues
11
NEW Illusion of Gaia debut
▲1 Jurassic Park peak #7 · 10 issues
▲4 Baseball Stars peak #8 · 5 issues
12
▲6 NHL Hockey '94 peak #12 · 2 issues
▲1 Dr. Mario peak #2 · 33 issues
▼3 Tetris peak #2 · 50 issues
13
▼5 Super Mario Kart peak #2 · 22 issues
▲1 Faceball 2000 peak #6 · 33 issues
▼1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project peak #2 · 7 issues
14
▼3 Super Mario All-Stars peak #3 · 11 issues
▼5 Tetris 2 peak #5 · 7 issues
▼1 Battletoads peak #2 · 5 issues
15
▼2 Stunt Race FX peak #13 · 3 issues
NEW F-1 Race debut
▲2 Dragon Warrior IV peak #6 · 3 issues
16
▼4 Star Fox peak #1 · 18 issues
NEW Black Bass: Lure Fishing debut
▼2 Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II peak #7 · 7 issues
17
▼1 Mario Paint peak #4 · 3 issues
▲2 Golf peak #13 · 4 issues
▲3 Jurassic Park peak #4 · 11 issues
18
▼4 Final Fantasy II peak #3 · 4 issues
▼1 The Final Fantasy Legend peak #9 · 6 issues
▼2 Tecmo Super Bowl peak #1 · 30 issues
19
NEW Blackthorne debut
▼4 Final Fantasy Legend III peak #8 · 4 issues
NEW Monopoly debut
20
▼1 P.T.O. peak #19 · 2 issues
NEW Final Fantasy Adventure debut
▼2 Super Mario Bros. 2 peak #1 · 41 issues
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