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Nintendo Power · Volume 74

Donkey Kong Land

Issue
#74
Published
Jul 1995
Poster
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure 📌

Donkey Kong Land took the cover, with Chrono Trigger's first Epic Center coverage, Judge Dredd, Jungle Strike, Animaniacs and Nosferatu inside. Player's Pulse carried the readers' debate over Cranky Kong's dismissal of Donkey Kong Country in Volume 71. The Killer Instinct arcade winner from Volume 66 reported in.

I bet the next thing Crank would say is the new layout of the magazine is too much, it could make him have a heart attack, but I think it's totally awesome!!!!

Funky Kong's letter in Player's Pulse (in response to Cranky's letter from Volume 71)
Pull-out poster from Nintendo Power issue 74 — Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
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Games featured in this issue
Chrono Trigger cover
… as well as the following games not in my collection:
  • Donkey Kong Land
  • Judge Dredd
  • Jungle Strike
  • Animaniacs
  • Nosferatu

Sweepstakes

A Life Fitness Exertainment System, the Lifecycle exercise bike that plugged into a Super NES, along with a 27-inch television and the console itself. The package was valued at $2,000, and the winner had to sign a release before pedaling.

Classified Information

The codes and secrets this issue gave away.

Demon's Crest
Boss fight code
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
Switch teams
Bubsy II
Game change codes
WWF Raw
Super passwords, Mirror match
Super Punch-Out‼
Japanese characters
Super Off Road: the Baja
Secret track
World Heroes 2
Boss code
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator
Special characters
Super Game Boy
Credits code
Mario's Picross
New borders

Counselor's Corner

Game Counselors on call

Readers wrote in to ask Nintendo Game Counselors questions about the following games: Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra, Brandish, Aerobiz Supersonic and Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues.

Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 74, page 86
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 74, page 87
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 74, page 88
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 74, page 89
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Power Charts

These were the top Nintendo games in Jul 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 · 9 issues
— The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening peak #1 · 27 issues
2
▲1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past peak #1 · 43 issues
— Donkey Kong Land peak #2 · 6 issues
3
▼1 Final Fantasy III peak #2 · 7 issues
— Metroid II: Return of Samus peak #1 · 43 issues
4
— Super Metroid peak #1 · 15 issues
▲4 Kirby's Dream Land 2 peak #4 · 2 issues
5
▲1 Earthworm Jim peak #5 · 9 issues
— Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins peak #1 · 4 issues
6
▼1 NBA Jam: Tournament Edition peak #5 · 6 issues
— Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 peak #1 · 17 issues
7
▲10 Illusion of Gaia peak #7 · 7 issues
— Donkey Kong peak #1 · 14 issues
8
▲12 Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball peak #2 · 5 issues
▼4 Tetris peak #3 · 34 issues
9
— Kirby's Dream Course peak #9 · 3 issues
— Mortal Kombat II peak #3 · 4 issues
10
NEW Killer Instinct debut
NEW Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! debut
11
▼4 Mega Man X2 peak #7 · 5 issues
12
▼4 Secret of Mana peak #6 · 3 issues
13
▼1 Final Fantasy II peak #3 · 3 issues
14
NEW Secret of Evermore debut
15
NEW NHL '95 debut
16
NEW Bassin's Black Bass with Hank Parker debut
17
▼2 SimCity peak #3 · 2 issues
18
▼5 Super Mario Kart peak #2 · 5 issues
19
NEW NFL Quarterback Club debut
20
NEW The Lion King debut
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