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Nintendo Power V43
Date	December 1992
Cover	Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (SNES)
Other games	Batman Returns (NES), Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB), Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (SNES)

Nintendo Power V43 is the December 1992 issue of Nintendo Power magazine. It featured Road Runner's Death Valley Rally on it's cover. The contents of the issue are as follows.

Contents 1 NES 1.1 Batman Returns 1.2 James Bond Jr. 1.3 Tecmo NBA Basketball 1.4 Caesars Palace 2 Classified Information 3 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic 3.1 Chapter Twelve: The Final Battle 4 Game Boy 4.1 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 4.2 Bonk's Adventure 4.3 Looney Tunes 5 Super Mario Adventures comic 5.1 Episode 12 6 Counselor's Corner 7 Super NES 7.1 Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf 7.2 Road Runner's Death Valley Rally 7.3 Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge 7.4 Push-Over 7.5 Super Scope Roundup 8 Nester's Adventures 9 Top 20 10 Now Playing 11 Pak Watch

NESEdit

Batman ReturnsEdit

The first NES game featured in the magazine is Batman Returns, a game based on the feature film of the same name. It is a 6-page article that includes numerous maps and information on the various enemies.

James Bond Jr.Edit

The next featured game is James Bond Jr., a game based on the TV cartoon series of the same name. The 4-page article has maps for Missions 1-3.

Tecmo NBA BasketballEdit

Tecmo NBA Basketball is the next NES game featured. The article discusses the rules of the sport of basketball.

Caesars PalaceEdit

The next article discusses Caesars Palace. The brief article lists the different gambling games within the video game.

Classified InformationEdit

The Classified Information section reveals codes and hidden secrets in certain games. Games featured in this section include:

Game	Secrets
Space Megaforce (SNES)	Difficulty indicator, Quick reset
Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)	No brainer
Phalanx (SNES)	Select zones
Super Star Wars (SNES)	Stock up on 1-Ups
The Addams Family (SNES)	1-Up room
Smart Ball (SNES)	Stage select
Track & Field (GB)	Odd occurrences
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (GB)	Free warp
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (NES)	A second chance
Monopoly (NES)	Take control

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comicEdit

This is part 12 of a 12 part comic featuring The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Chapter Twelve: The Final BattleEdit

Together, Link and Princess Zelda defeat Ganon and restore peace to Hyrule.

Game BoyEdit

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsEdit

The first Game Boy article takes a look at Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. It contains a World Map and maps for various levels.

Bonk's AdventureEdit

The next article reviews Bonk's Adventure. It has a maps for Rounds 1, 3 and 5.

Looney TunesEdit

The next Game Boy article reviews Looney Tunes. The 4-page article gives a preview of Stages 1–7 and explains which character appears in which Stage.

Super Mario Adventures comicEdit

This is part 12 of a 12 part comic featuring Mario and Luigi.

Episode 12Edit

Mario and Luigi successfully defeat Bowser and rescue Princess Peach.

Counselor's CornerEdit

Counselor's Corner is a feature in which the writers of the magazine would respond to game-related questions in the hope of getting the player out of a tough spot in various games. The games featured in this issue are The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES), Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (SNES), Dragon Warrior III (NES), and Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (GB).

Super NESEdit

Desert Strike: Return to the GulfEdit

The first featured Super NES game is Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf. The article introduces the characters and provides a map of mission objectives.

Road Runner's Death Valley RallyEdit

The cover story, Road Runner's Death Valley Rally, is the next game featured. The article provides maps for various Levels and placement of items within those maps.

Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's RevengeEdit

The next SNES game is Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge. The article has maps for the Prologue as well as Stage 1 for each character.

Push-OverEdit

The next article is about the puzzle game Push-Over. It has tips and strategies for a few of the Stages.

Super Scope RoundupEdit

This article features three different games that utilize the Super Scope. The games reviewed are Battle Clash, Bazooka Blitzkrieg and X-Zone.

Nester's AdventuresEdit

As in previous issues, a Nester's Adventures comic is featured here. This one puts Nester in a Super Star Wars setting.

Top 20Edit

The "Top 20" section of the magazine lists the top 20 NES, Game Boy, and Super NES games as ranked by the readers. The following are the first 5 for each game system from this issue.

• NES
  1. Super Mario Bros. 3
  2. The Legend of Zelda
  3. Mega Man 4
  4. Battletoads
  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project

• Super NES
  1. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
  2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
  4. Super Mario World
  5. Contra III: The Alien Wars

• Game Boy
  1. Super Mario Land
  2. Metroid II: Return of Samus
  3. Battletoads
  4. Dr. Mario
  5. Mega Man II

Now PlayingEdit

This article lists new game releases and ratings for those games. It also has a very brief overview of a few of them. Some of the top-rated games here include (in alphabetical order):

• NES:
  • Batman Returns, Tecmo NBA Basketball
• Game Boy:
  • Bonk's Adventure, Looney Tunes, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
• Super NES:
  • Battle Clash, Prince of Persia, Sonic Blast Man

Pak WatchEdit

The Pak Watch section showcased games that were scheduled for release. It gave the reader a quick glance at future games. Some of the games seen in this section include NHLPA Hockey '93 (SNES), Sonic Blast Man (SNES) and Yoshi's Cookie (SNES).

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