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Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 9 (April 1990): Super Mario Bros. 3 review

Steve, Harris,, Semrad, Ed, Alessi, Martin, Stockhausen, and Jim. 1990. “Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 9 (April 1990): Super Mario Bros. 3 review.” Electronic Gaming Monthly, no. 9, p. 10 ("Review Crew"). Sendai Publications.

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EGM 9
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https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_009_April_1990
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https://archive.org/download/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_009_April_1990/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_009_April_1990.pdf
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2026-10-26
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© Sendai Publications; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Review Crew page by Steve Harris, Ed Semrad, Martin Alessi and Jim Stockhausen; the page prints each reviewer's name down the left edge and a score beside his text. Scan in the Internet Archive item "Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_009_April_1990".
Notes
Printed p. 10 (PDF p. 12). The review box gives "Release: 2/15/90" and "Levels of Play: 8"; all four reviewers score the game 9/10, printed as a red numeral over each review. The 110 dpi OCR loses the numerals; read the page image or a 400 dpi render.

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Claims (3)

Nintendo of America's list of NES games dates the North American release February 1990, and Electronic Gaming Monthly's April 1990 review gives 15 February.p. 10, review boxPublisher
In the two-player game each player can continue separately. Electronic Gaming Monthly's review describes claiming areas of the map and fighting over them in a game derived from Mario Bros.p. 10p. 10Manual
Electronic Gaming Monthly's four reviewers each scored it 9 of 10. One called it the best Nintendo game ever made, another the best game ever made for the NES, and a third one of the best Nintendo games ever made.p. 10, Review Crewp. 10, Review Crewp. 10, Review CrewMagazine