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Nintendo Power, issue 3 (1988-11)

Nintendo Power editors. 1988. “Nintendo Power, issue 3 (1988-11).” Nintendo Power, vol. 3. Nintendo of America.

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Nintendo Power 3
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https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127
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https://archive.org/download/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20003%20November-December%201988.pdf
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2026-10-21
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© Nintendo of America; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
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Scan in the Internet Archive item "Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127".
Notes
Read for its Top 30 (later Top 20) chart, the players' poll ranking; see scratch/quotes-nes-popular.md.

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Nintendo Power's Top 30 for November-December 1988, a poll of its readers, put The Legend of Zelda first, then Metroid, Metal Gear, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, and Gauntlet.pp. 102-103 (PDF 103-104), Top 30Magazine
Computer Entertainer's December 1988 chart of videogames had it at no. 1. Nintendo Power's November/December 1988 issue put it at no. 2 in the pros' picks, and its Top 30 had it at no. 1 in the March/April 1989 issue, for the second issue running.p. 103, Pros' PicksMagazine
The game has eight worlds; Miyamoto says warps let a good player go from World 1 straight to World 8, to reach the end.PDF p. 34, holiday gift guideInterview