Originally Posted by
Mayhem
Hey, I like Desert Strike on the SNES, although it's not quite as good as the Megadrive version.
As for Earthbound, the magazine had a number of reviewers who were big into RPGs, so I don't think it's a fluke. They were the Western/UK pioneers in a way for the J-RPG way before everyone "suddenly" discovered FF7 on the PS1 years later. I bought FF2, FF3, Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger before FF7 came out. RPG and manga/anime coverage was notable in the magazine.
I don't remember them reviewing any of those. Yes they reviewed imports but only a fraction of those available.