Remember These: Super Power Club Cards
True hardcore retro gamers tend to collect old games, systems, and anything else game related. I myself tend not to collect a lot of these things, but I do have one collection for which as a gamer I am proud of and that is my Nintendo Power Card collection.
Back in October 1992, Nintendo Power launched a new feature called the Super Power Club in issue 41 which gave readers these cards which you could punch out and collect. Each card contained information on a NES, Gameboy or Super Nintendo game and a challenge for the player to complete for the game. The challenge gave three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Pro. To add to the point of actually collecting and trading these cards with friends, each issue would include a three card set that if the reader owned, then they could send the set in and win a free game. You could even send away for the complete set of cards for $5.00 but they were marked so you couldn’t use them in the contest.
True hardcore retro gamers tend to collect old games, systems, and anything else game related. I myself tend not to collect a lot of these things, but I do have one collection for which as a gamer I am proud of and that is my Nintendo Power Card collection.
| Back in October 1992, Nintendo Power launched a new feature called the Super Power Club in issue 41 which gave readers these cards which you could punch out and collect. Each card contained information on a NES, Gameboy or Super Nintendo game and a challenge for the player to complete for the game. The challenge gave three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Pro. To add to the point of actually collecting and trading these cards with friends, each issue would include a three card set that if the reader owned, then they could send the set in and win a free game. You could even send away for the complete set of cards for $5.00 but they were marked so you couldn’t use them in the contest. |
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Though I never won any free games, because I had no friends that subscribed to Nintendo Power to trade the cards with, but I did however keep my collection in a book where today they still are.
Here’s a list of the cards I own:
01. Kirby’s Dreamland
03. Tetris (GB)
04. Yoshi (GB)
05. Kid Icarus of Myths & Monsters (GB)
07. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
08. Super Play Action Football
09. Actraiser
11. Faceball 2000 (GB)
12. Adventures of Lolo III
13. Lemmings (SNES)
16. U.N. Squadron
17. Bionic Commando
18. Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear (GB)
21. BattleToads
22. Felix the Cat
24. Adventure Island
25. Dr. Mario
26. Kickle Cubicle
27. Metal Storm
28. Punchout!!
30. F-Zero
31. Dinocity
32. Super R-Type
33. Prince of Persia (GB)
34. Pacman
35. R.C. Pro Am
36. Super Mario Brothers 3
37. Gargoyle’s Quest II (NES)
38. Batman
39. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB)
40. NCAA Basketball
43. Dr. Franken
44. Spy vs. Spy (GB)
45. Centipede
46. Solar Jetman
47. Soul Blazer
48. Super Spy Hunter
49. Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
52. Asteroids
54. Gauntlet II
57. Wing Commander
58. Bart vs. the Space Mutants (NES)
59. Street Fighter II
60. Mega man 4
61. Bubsy: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
63. Marble Madness
65. Out of this World
67. Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
70. Tom and Jerry
72. Tecmo Super Bowl
73. Top Gear 2
74. Clay Fighters
76. Final Fantasy Legend III
77. Shadow Run
78. SimCity
80. Golf
81. Super Mario All Stars
82. Vegas Stakes (SNES)
86. NES Open Tournament Golf
87. T2: Arcade Game (GB)
88. Top Rank Tennis
89. Yoshi’s Cookie (NES)
91. Battletoads & Double Dragon (NES)
92. The Lost Vikings
93. Star Trek Next Generation (GB)
96. Raging Fighter
97. WWF: King of the Ring
98. 7th Saga
99. Jurassic Park
102. Nigel Mansell’s World Championship
103. Street Fighter II Turbo
105. Rock N’ Roll Racing
106. NHL Stanley Cup
107. Actraiser 2
110. Claymates
111. Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge
112. Kirby’s Pinball Land
113. Aero the Acrobat
114. Daffy Duck: Marvin Missions
116. Lester the Unlikely
117. Mega Man X
119. Darkwing Duck
121. Super Metroid
122. X-Kaliber 2097
123. Mega Man VI
124. TMNT: Tournament Fighters
125. F1 – Pole Position
127. Bonk’s Adventure
129. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
130. Black Bass Lure Fishing
132. Monster Max
133. Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
134. Donkey Kong (GB)
135. Joe & Mac: Lost in the Tropics
136. Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book
137. Champions World Class Soccer
138. Super Battletank
140. Bugs Bunny’s Rabbit Rampage
144. Donkey Kong Country
146. Star Trek: the Next Generation
149. The Death and Return of Superman
150. Legend of Zelda
154. Contra the Alien Wars
157. Wild Snake
158. Space Invaders
159. Firestriker
162. John Madden Football
164. Wario’s Woods
166. Disney’s The Jungle Book (GB)
167. Earthworm Jim
170. Tin Star
| Also in my collection are more cards that Nintendo issued for games long after the Super Power Club finished, which included Killer Instinct, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, Virtual Boy and Games, Mortal Kombat 3, Donkey Kong Country, Mega Man X2, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and Street Fighter Alpha 2 (I think I got these from Nintendo Power). |
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| I even have still Final Fantasy IX cards which came with my strategy guide and Skybox Trading Cards for Super Mario Bros. the Movie. |
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| If anyone has their Nintendo Power cards still laying around send me your list and we’ll try to come up with a complete list of cards and if anyone has extras and are willing to trade, I had some extras too that I’m willing to trade. Send me an email @ faithnaked@gmail.com |
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Faith Naked
Posted to Videos on 19 September 2006
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