The Big Book of Nintendo Games

This is a review, tips hints, and strategy book, for 68 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games, 10 accessories that can be used with the NES, 21 Game Boy Games, and 5 of its accessories. The last section has previews of three Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES) games. Each chapter has a black and white illustration by Janet Schwartz. This book is a 'Best of' compilation, of Steven's previous two review and tips books for NES games, those being "Nintendo Secrets" ISBN: 0874552346, and "Compute's Guide to Nintendo Games" ISBN: 0874552214, along with new material and reviews. There are many gray scale screenshots for the NES games, however not for all of them, many of the accessories have a gray scale photograph, and there are also the occational map type diagrams. Only two of the game Boy games have screen shots, 'ChopperLift II', and 'InfoGenius Systems' while all three of the Super NES games have at least one screenshots. The reviews start with a statistics panel showing the games, "Classification" type, number of "Players", type of "Controller", if the game has a "Pause", or "Continues", and the "Manufacturer". Next the review tells the story of the game, a "Summary" of the type and playability of the game, followed by a "Tips, Tricks and Techniques" section, and lastly most games have a "Super Secrets" section. The majority of the accessories articles have a statistics panel with three main entries, "Type" of accessories it is, the "Features" of the accessories, and the "Manufacturer of the item, this is occational followed by one other entry, the accessories "Cord Length."