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Puts you in control. The new SUPER NES CONTROL SET’ gives you the ultimate power of choice. We’ve given Mario a break by taking the Game Pak out of the package and lowered the price to put the control where it belongs - with you! So the question arises: Which game will you buy first? How about the arcade sensation Street Fighter II? It's a knock out! Are you into art?

Mario Paint (sold with the new Super NES Mouse) may be just the ticket. How about the new epic Legend of Zelda game? F-Zero? Final Fantasy II? Are your sights set on the amazing Super Scope 6? The choice is yours. And with a price tag of only $99.99* lookin' you in the face, how can you refuse? Exercise your power to choose. CHOOSE CONTROL!

Make your choice from over 125 Super NES games planned for release by the end of the year.

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A Link to the Past finally kicked in at the Dealer level and sold more copies than any other Super NES game that has come before it. 32,059 pointsl No, it's not a misprint. It's not really surprising, though—the game seriously rocks. It was only a matter of time.

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So you think you're a Power Player? How many games have you finished, anyway? If you're an avid player you

page. Maybe not. See if you can tell what games these

completed. You just might see your name in our Power Players column.

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