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Nintendo Power · Volume 65

Illusion of Gaia

Issue
#65
Published
Oct 1994
Poster
Earthworm Jim 📌

Illusion of Gaia took the cover after being bumped from the previous issue, with Mega Man V, Mortal Kombat II and Yogi Bear's Goldrush inside. A feature took an insider's look at Cruis'n USA, the arcade driving game. Donkey Kong Country and Final Fantasy III appeared in preview.

Were you guys trying to play a drama? If so, you did a good job. But if I wanted a drama, I would ask for one at the video store.

Steve Bruckner's letter regarding the ending of Super Metroid
Pull-out poster from Nintendo Power issue 65 — Earthworm Jim
Pull-out poster
Games featured in this issue
Illusion of Gaia cover
Super Punch-Out‼ cover
Donkey Kong Country cover
Mega Man V cover
Final Fantasy III cover
Cruis'n USA cover
Mortal Kombat II cover
… as well as the following games not in my collection:
  • Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  • Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
  • Brain Lord
  • Yogi Bear's Goldrush

Sweepstakes

The winner caddied for Troy Aikman at his annual golf tournament in Dallas, a $5,000 trip with airfare and hotel arranged by Nintendo. Nintendo Power T-shirts went to the runners-up.

Classified Information

The codes and secrets this issue gave away.

A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol
Mid-air refuel, SUPER A-10
King of Dragons
Extra continues
Last Action Hero
Unlimited life
Pink Goes to Hollywood
More codes
Super Slap Shot
Inverted players
FIFA International Soccer
Bonus codes
Pac-Attack
Level skip code
The Lawnmower Man
Combo codes
Wolfchild
Invincibility code
Sunset Riders
Same player code
The Peace Keepers
Anger attack

Top 20

These were the top Nintendo games in Oct 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
▲9 Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers peak #1 · 5 issues
▲6 Donkey Kong peak #1 · 5 issues
— The Legend of Zelda peak #1 · 36 issues
2
▲1 Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball peak #2 · 7 issues
▼1 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 peak #1 · 8 issues
▲4 Dr. Mario peak #2 · 5 issues
3
▼2 Super Metroid peak #1 · 6 issues
▼1 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening peak #1 · 18 issues
▲6 Mega Man 6 peak #2 · 8 issues
4
▼2 NBA Jam peak #1 · 8 issues
— Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins peak #1 · 25 issues
▲1 Metroid peak #2 · 23 issues
5
▼1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past peak #1 · 34 issues
▼2 Kirby's Dream Land peak #1 · 23 issues
▼2 Super Mario Bros. 3 peak #1 · 52 issues
6
▲1 FIFA International Soccer peak #6 · 2 issues
▼1 Tetris peak #3 · 25 issues
▼2 NES Open Tournament Golf peak #4 · 3 issues
7
NEW Mortal Kombat II debut
▲1 Super Mario Land peak #1 · 34 issues
▼5 Tetris 2 peak #1 · 9 issues
8
▲5 Super Mario Kart peak #2 · 23 issues
▼2 Metroid II: Return of Samus peak #1 · 34 issues
▲3 Baseball Stars peak #8 · 6 issues
9
▼4 Mega Man X peak #5 · 6 issues
— Mortal Kombat peak #3 · 11 issues
▼7 Tetris 2 peak #1 · 9 issues
10
▲5 Stunt Race FX peak #10 · 4 issues
▲5 F-1 Race peak #7 · 2 issues
▼2 Final Fantasy peak #2 · 48 issues
11
▼5 Mortal Kombat peak #1 · 11 issues
— Jurassic Park peak #7 · 11 issues
▼1 Kirby's Adventure peak #1 · 14 issues
12
▼4 Secret of Mana peak #6 · 9 issues
▼2 Kirby's Pinball Land peak #3 · 11 issues
▼5 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link peak #1 · 7 issues
13
▲3 Star Fox peak #1 · 19 issues
NEW Mega Man V debut
NEW Mega Man 5 debut
14
NEW SimCity debut
▲3 Golf peak #13 · 5 issues
▼1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project peak #2 · 8 issues
15
▼6 Aladdin peak #5 · 11 issues
▼3 Dr. Mario peak #2 · 34 issues
▲3 Tecmo Super Bowl peak #1 · 31 issues
16
NEW NHL Stanley Cup debut
▼3 Faceball 2000 peak #6 · 34 issues
▼1 Dragon Warrior IV peak #6 · 4 issues
17
▼3 Super Mario All-Stars peak #3 · 12 issues
▼3 Tetris 2 peak #5 · 8 issues
NEW Yoshi's Cookie debut
18
NEW Madden NFL 94 debut
▼2 Black Bass: Lure Fishing peak #16 · 2 issues
▼2 Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II peak #7 · 8 issues
19
▼1 Final Fantasy II peak #3 · 5 issues
NEW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan debut
— Monopoly peak #9 · 2 issues
20
▼9 Illusion of Gaia peak #11 · 2 issues
NEW Baseball debut
NEW Crystalis debut
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