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Nintendo Power · Volume 76

Killer Instinct

Issue
#76
Published
Sep 1995
Poster
Batman Forever 📌

Killer Instinct took the cover as it hit the Super NES, with Doom, Castlevania: Dracula X, The Mask and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story inside. A Donkey Kong Country 2 preview and Men of Power, an insider's interview with Nintendo of America's top team, filled out the features. The Play It Loud Game Boy ad contest results were shown.

That proves it. Two out of three gorillas prefer Donkey Kong Country!

The reply to Candy Kong's letter in Player's Pulse
Pull-out poster from Nintendo Power issue 76 — Batman Forever
Pull-out poster
Games featured in this issue
Killer Instinct cover
Chrono Trigger cover
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest cover
Doom cover
Golf cover
… as well as the following games not in my collection:
  • Castlevania: Dracula X
  • The Mask
  • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
  • Red Alarm

Sweepstakes

The winner and a guest flew to Nintendo of America headquarters in Redmond to pick up a Virtual Boy, a trip valued at $4,000 with the fine print noting the system wasn't recommended for children six and under. Third prize was a T-shirt to make a virtual fashion statement.

Classified Information

The codes and secrets this issue gave away.

Street Racer
Car modification
Super Bomberman 2
Jumper Man
Lemmings 2: The Tribes
Sound test
Cybernator
Free napalm
Fatal Fury Special
Hidden fighters
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pattern test
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
Adventure passwords
Samurai Shodown
Bonus samurai
The Lion King
Level skip
Final Fantasy Legend II
Bonus sounds
World Heroes 2 Jet
Another boss code

Counselor's Corner

Game Counselors on call

Readers wrote in to ask Nintendo Game Counselors questions about the following games: Tecmo Secret of the Stars, Blackthorne, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen and Donkey Kong Land.

Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 76, page 90
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 76, page 91
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 76, page 92
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Counselor's Corner from Nintendo Power issue 76, page 93
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Power Charts

These were the top Nintendo games in Sep 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 · 11 issues
— The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening peak #1 · 29 issues
2
▲7 Killer Instinct peak #2 · 3 issues
— Donkey Kong Land peak #2 · 8 issues
3
▼1 Final Fantasy III peak #2 · 9 issues
— Metroid II: Return of Samus peak #1 · 45 issues
4
▼1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past peak #1 · 45 issues
— Donkey Kong peak #1 · 16 issues
5
▼1 Chrono Trigger peak #4 · 2 issues
▲2 Tetris peak #3 · 36 issues
6
▼1 Super Metroid peak #1 · 17 issues
▼1 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins peak #1 · 6 issues
7
▲8 Earthworm Jim peak #5 · 11 issues
▲1 Kirby's Dream Land 2 peak #4 · 4 issues
8
▲6 EarthBound peak #8 · 2 issues
▼2 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 peak #1 · 19 issues
9
▲2 Doom peak #9 · 2 issues
NEW Galaga/Galaxian debut
10
▼4 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen peak #6 · 2 issues
▼1 Dr. Mario peak #2 · 2 issues
11
▲1 Mortal Kombat II peak #1 · 2 issues
12
▼5 Secret of Mana peak #6 · 5 issues
13
— Mega Man X2 peak #7 · 7 issues
14
▲6 Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball peak #2 · 7 issues
15
NEW Aerobiz Supersonic debut
16
▼6 NBA Jam: Tournament Edition peak #5 · 8 issues
17
— Final Fantasy II peak #3 · 5 issues
18
— Illusion of Gaia peak #7 · 9 issues
19
NEW Super Mario Kart debut
20
NEW Judge Dredd debut
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