CVG Classics: 'Nintendo poised to enter 32-bit war!'

It's that time of the week... when we run home and play FIFA until we fall asleep to the sound of a disgruntled Xbox Live opponent wondering why we won't kick off the second half.

It's also the point where we dust off the scanner and poke fun at old CVG editors who couldn't predict the future.

This week we report on rumours surrounding the supposed four Nintendo and Sega consoles due after Christmas 1994, and review enough games to fill a year's worth of Official Xbox 360 Magazine. Sorry about Rise of the Robots.

Right: The cover for the September 1994 issue of CVG, illustrated by Sebastian Quigley. Is there a marine more timeless than the Doom dude?

With the UK launch of the Sega Saturn still unconfirmed, the house of Sonic's looking to stop-gap the generation with the launch of the 32-X add-on for the Mega Drive at Christmas - and according to CVG sources Nintendo's looking to jump in too.

"The Japanese giant is allegedly planning a 32-bit upgrade cartridge for the Super Nintendo, very much along the lines of the 32-X. Unlike the 32-X it's likely to have just one processor," CVG writes, "but thanks to custom architecture it will be at least as powerful."

CVG expects the add-on will "really throw the cat among the pigeons with Sega," and erm, it also cites "sources close to Nintendo" revealing that the Ultra 64 - first revealed as a cartridge-based console - will actually use a CD medium. You can't get 'em all right...

Toy Boy: Nintendos's VR-32 battery-powered virtual reality console looks like it could make it to the UK. Apparently it'll no longer come with a headset, instead it might use goggles with the images appearing on the lenses.

Mortal Sell Out: In its first week alone the Acclaim-published fighter pulled in over ?30 million in sales - a new record. Sceptics argue this is proof the gaming public are getting very bored of Street Fighter's 7 million different versions.

Other Scores

Alien vs. Predator (Jaguar) - 90Bomberman 2 (SNES) - 90Burn: Cycle (CDi) - 90Colonization (PC) - 90Doom 2 (PC) - 88Earthworm Jim (SNES) - 90Earthworm Jim (MD) - 88FIFA Soccer (3DO) - 92Guardian (CD32) - 82Pete Sampras Tennis (Game Gear) - 88Mega Bomberman (MD) - 91Mickey Mania (SNES) - 88Mickey Mania (MD) - 90Micro Machines 2 (MD) - 94Probotector (MD) - 92Red Zone (MD) - 93Rise of the Robots (PC) - 90Rise of the Robots (SNES) - 91The Smurfs (SNES) - 80Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars (MD) - 80Urban Strike - 82Sonic & Knuckles (MD) - 91Sparkster (SNES) - 88Sparkster (MD) - 78SS Lucifer (Game Gear) - 74SS Lucifer (MD) - 73Street Racer (SNES) - 94Super Stardust (A1200) - 89Tiny Toon Adventures - Wacky Sports (Game Boy) - 78The Adventures of Batman and Robin (SNES) - 91Way of the Warrior (3DO) - 83

We couldn't decide between this issue's top contenders for crime against ads, so we've included both of them. Asciiware tap in to popular culture and present some uncomfortable looking peripherals, while Nintendo gets away with questionable punning. At least they're not slagging off Sega anymore.

Issue 117, August 1991: Sonic review, Mega CD revealedIssue 128, August 1992: SNES imports and ?500 Neo Geo conundrumsIssue 154, September 1994: Neo Geo CD, 3DO and PC Engine - The 32-bit war!ssue 227, October 2000: "Awesome! Driver 2"Issue 152, July 1994: "Bloody hell...Harvester's in town'Issue 96, October 1989: "World Exclusive Batman Game Reviewed'Issue 132, November 1992: Blanka's in your nightmares...'Issue 083, September 1988: Viva la 16-bit Revolution

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