Welcome to 8-BIT BACK ISSUES, a podcast about retro video gaming magazines.

In this episode, Geoff Owen chats to Canadian writer Devon Rowcliffe about Nintendo Power issue 7 (July/August 1989). They chat Mega Man II, try to work out how to say Faxanadu, Star Trek character "Lt CJ Worf" and the Super Mario Bros Super Show.

Read the magazine here: Nintendo Power issue 7

And the free gift here: Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out Bonus Super Power Tip Book, Part I

Host: Geoff Owen

Guest: Devon Rowcliffe

Devon on Twitter: @WhoAteTheSquid

Devon is the author of Who Ate All the Squid?: Football Adventures in South Korea

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Title music: Blip Master (c) Jerry Lacey via epidemicsound.com

Artwork: Geoff Owen and A.J. Black

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