_{Cover of the December 1993 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly}

Next to VG&CE, EGM was my favorite gaming magazine. It also was the last major video game magazine that you could really get. I mostly read it in the late 8-bit through the first part of the 32-bit era. The December 1993 issue includes:

Features

• The Blood and Gore are Back at the Arcades! Mortal Kombat 2 Has Arrived! - A preview of Mortal Kombat II with photos from the AMOA. Complete coverage promised in the next issue.


• 'Tis The Season For Winning Big With EGM's Contests - An Eternal Champions themed contest with prizes such as a Sega CD system, various games, Eternal Champions jacket, and more.

_{Table of Contents from the December 1993 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly}

Departments

• Insert Coin - Ed Semrad's editorial on the next battle between Sega and Nintendo with Sega's upcoming Saturn and Nintendo's "Project Reality" which would eventually become the Nintendo 64.


• Interface: Letters to the Editor - Letters from readers about the 3DO, Mortal Kombat, Ranma 1/2, Japanese games, and more.


• Review Crew - Reviews of Secret of Mana (Super NES), Wicked 18 (Super NES), Super Empire Strikes Back (Super NES), Aero the Acro-Bat (Super NES), Super Chase H.Q. (Super NES), Wolfchild (Genesis), Puggsy (Genesis), Ren & Stimpy (Genesis), Sonic Spinball (Genesis), Tecmo Super Bowl (Genesis), Lethal Enforcers (Sega CD), Beyond Shadowgate (Duo), Mad Dog McCree (3DO), Tetris 2 (NES), Mega Man IV (Game Boy), and Battletoads (Game Gear).


• EGM's Hot Top Tens - Various top ten lists with Mega Man X topping the editor's list and Mortal Kombat for the SNES topping the readers' list. Plus a top ten "Fighting Women" list as well as top ten lists for the NES, Super NES, Genesis, Sega CD, Game Boy, and Game Gear based on Babbage's sales numbers.


• Gaming Gossip - Various rumors in the gaming industry including Sega of Japan dropping CD support, Saturn making the jump to 64-bits, Project Reality coming in 1994, Bubsy 2 coming soon, and more.


• Press Start - Sega to release Saturn in the fourth quarter of 1994 with a 32-bit CPU and 64-bit video chip; Sony announces they will enter video game market by the end of 1994 with a 32-bit CD based system; new six-button controllers for the Genesis; and more.

_{Table of Contents from the December 1993 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (continued)}

Fact Files

• Super NES Times - A brief look at recent games for the Super NES including Battletoads Double Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters, Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage, Star Trek The Next Generation, The 7th Saga, Monday Night Football, F1 Pole Position, Soldiers of Fortune, Wicked 18, The Lawnmower Man, Obitus, Inspector Gadget, Flashback, Super Battletank 2, R-Type III, Undercover Cops, and more.


• Outpost Sega - A look at recent games for the Sega Genesis including The Lost Vikings, NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana, T2: Judgement Day, Beauty and the Beast, Lotus 2, Winter Olympic Games, Dragon's Revenge, Race Drivin', Night Storm, Super NBA Basketball, Genghis Khan 2, Fido Dido, Dragon's Lair (Sega CD), Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD), and Ground Zero (Sega CD).


• Planet 3DO - A look Mad Dog McCree for the 3DO.

_{Back cover of the December 1993 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly}

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