I was introduced to so many new games through this magazine just because they "sounded cool". They had a preview for Pokemon well before it ever came to the US and I remember thinking "Hey... that actually sounds pretty fun."

I also remember that, for a while, you could send in a list of your favorite games per console and then they'd count everyone's votes up and make a "Readers' Favorites" chart. Not long after the N64 was introduced they retired the favorites chart for the SNES because none of the games' positions there were moving; the players' votes on favorite games had all crystalized at the end of the console's lifespan. I remember the top three games on that final chart very clearly: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, and Super Mario RPG. Ya done good, Square.