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Nintendo Power · Volume 73

Weaponlord

Issue
#73
Published
Jun 1995
Poster
Primal Rage 📌

WeaponLord took the cover, with EarthBound leading the Epic Center, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dirt Trax FX and Super Turrican 2 inside. An exclusive feature talked with Nintendo about the Ultra 64, and 16-bit Killer Instinct and the Virtual Boy got features. A Life Fitness piece covered the exercise bike that plugged into a Super NES.

10) Ummm..., 9) Just a minute..., 8) Sega gives you...err..., 7) They're...ahhh..., 6) I can't think of any more reasons. Never mind.

Chris Amis' "Top 10 Reasons to Buy Sega Instead of Nintendo" list
Pull-out poster from Nintendo Power issue 73 — Primal Rage
Pull-out poster
Games featured in this issue
EarthBound cover
Killer Instinct cover
… as well as the following games not in my collection:
  • Weaponlord
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time
  • Dirt Trax FX
  • Super Turrican 2
  • Prehistorik Man
  • Jungle Strike

Sweepstakes

Five XBAND modems and 12 months of service, enough to get the winner and four friends playing Super NES online, a package valued at $4,000. Second prize was a single XBAND modem with a year of basic service, and T-shirts went to third.

Classified Information

The codes and secrets this issue gave away.

Kirby's Dream Course
Extra courses
Kirby's Avalanche
Special options
Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
Super passwords
C2: Judgement Clay
Speed code, Random select
ClayFighter: Tournament Edition
Shrink code
X-Kaliber 2097
Invincibility code
The Death and Return of Superman
Super power code
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Level select code
Street Racer
Hidden bonus tracks
Madden NFL 95
One-minute hustle
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
Bone trick

Counselor's Corner

Game Counselors on call

Readers wrote in to ask Nintendo Game Counselors questions about the following games: Illusion of Gaia, Brandish, True Lies and Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf.

Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 73, page 84
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 73, page 85
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 73, page 86
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 73, page 87
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Power Charts

These were the top Nintendo games in Jun 1995, 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 Boy
1
— Donkey Kong Country peak #1 · 8 issues
— The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening peak #1 · 26 issues
2
— Final Fantasy III peak #2 · 6 issues
▲4 Donkey Kong Land peak #2 · 5 issues
3
— The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past peak #1 · 42 issues
▲2 Metroid II: Return of Samus peak #1 · 42 issues
4
— Super Metroid peak #1 · 14 issues
▲3 Tetris peak #3 · 33 issues
5
— NBA Jam: Tournament Edition peak #5 · 5 issues
▲4 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins peak #1 · 3 issues
6
— Earthworm Jim peak #5 · 8 issues
▼2 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 peak #1 · 16 issues
7
— Mega Man X2 peak #7 · 4 issues
▼5 Donkey Kong peak #1 · 13 issues
8
▲3 Secret of Mana peak #6 · 2 issues
NEW Kirby's Dream Land 2 debut
9
▲8 Kirby's Dream Course peak #9 · 2 issues
▼1 Mortal Kombat II peak #3 · 3 issues
10
NEW WeaponLord debut
NEW Mario's Picross debut
11
▼3 Mortal Kombat II peak #1 · 9 issues
12
▼2 Final Fantasy II peak #3 · 2 issues
13
▲3 Super Mario Kart peak #2 · 4 issues
14
NEW EarthBound debut
15
NEW SimCity debut
16
NEW Aerobiz Supersonic debut
17
▼5 Illusion of Gaia peak #11 · 6 issues
18
— NBA Live '95 peak #13 · 3 issues
19
NEW True Lies debut
20
▼1 Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball peak #2 · 4 issues
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