Donkey Kong Junior: Puzzles 1

This puzzles booklet from Nintendo was packaged with Donkey Kong Junior cereal in 1983. It measures 4" long by 2.75" wide, includes ten puzzles, and opens vertically, though the answer pages are displayed horizontally. There were at least three different booklets available and all the puzzles were taken from the Donkey Kong Junior Activity Book, which features the same cover art as each of the booklets. I don't own that book, though I do own the very similar Donkey Kong Puzzles & Mazes book. As you'll see in the scans, I wrote on some of the pages when I was a kid. Also, Mario is sporting white hair and s matching moustache, likely due to a printing limitation or error.

Super Mar10

For the third year in a row, I've got a small post for March 10th, aka Mar10 Day. There are scans from two issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly's (EGM) coverage of the Super NES' Super Mario World, but I couldn't find a review, which likely appeared in an issue I'm missing. Super Mario World released in Japan in November 1990 and the U.S. in August 1991. Below is a 4-page preview from EGM #19 (February 1991) and the "Game Over" column from EGM #23 (June 1991). Previous Mar10 Day blog posts include Its-A-Mario Day! and an article from Video Games & Computer Entertainment titled Mario in Four-Color Land. If you're a Mario fan, you might also enjoy GamePro's Super Mario Kart review post and some magazine interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto. Happy Mar10 Day!

FAO Schwarz: The Holiday Book 1999

I typically scan an old video game holiday catalog near the end of each year but this time I'm going with a toy catalog from FAO Schwarz. This 1999 holiday book features Stuart Little on the cover and is just over 100 pages when counting the front cover and foldout. However, I only scanned 39 pages, focusing mostly on holiday items, electronics, and popular brands, such as G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Barbie. Skipped items primarily include toddler toys and plush. Also, one page is out of order as I placed page 50 at the end because it helped make the side-by-side pages match better and it made more sense to have the Furby product scans next to one another. If you're not familiar with FAO Schwarz, it is a toy store founded in 1862 with a flagship store in New York City, which can be seen in the film "Big," where Tom Hanks dances on the floor piano. It sells a variety of toys, some on the pricey side, and numerous exclusives with many marketed as limited edition collectibles.