This is a hints, tips, and strategy guide to 19 Sega Genesis/Sega MegaDrive {SG/SMD} games. There are color screenshots for each game, and various hints for the games. It is part of a series of Video Game guides by the "Editors of Consumer Guide", a later version of this guide was released without the "Editors of Consumer Guide" caption. The first version was published as a "Signet Special", titled 'Hot Tips for Sega Genesis', ISBN: 0451822811, and the second was published by "Publications International" with a different title 'Winning Tips for the Sega Genesis', ISBN: 0785304983. The book originally cost $5.99 in the USA, and $6.99 in Canada.
==Books in the "Editors of Consumer Guide"/Publications International Ltd. video game series, those with * * represent reprinted versions of the books listed above, usually with a different title, but with the same contents.
- The Complete Book of Video Games, {1977} ISBN: 0446844493
- How to Win at Video Games, ISBN: 0517381192 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0671458418 {1982, book size}
- How to Win at Pac-Man, ISBN: 0671453610, {1982} {Revised and Updated} ISBN: 0671460722, {Penguin Books version} ISBN: 0140065423
- How To at Win Donkey Kong, ISBN: 067145840X {1982}
- How to Win at ET, The Video Game, ISBN: 0517408414 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0440137675 {1983, Book size}
- Pac-Mania: Top Strategies For Home & Arcade Pac-Man, ISBN: 0517389150 {1982}
- How to Win at Video Games: Complete Strategies for Top Arcade Games, ISBN: 0517424703 {1983}
- How to Win at Home Video Games, ISBN: 0727018205 {1983}
==Nintendo
- Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0517687348 {Red cover spiral bound, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.}
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- Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0881766984 {Red cover, glue spine, with "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.}
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- Nintendo Strategies {White cover, standard paperback version, glued spine, no ISBN listed, and no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. Cover price $4.95}
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- Strategies for Nintendo Games {Yellow cover, ISBN 0881767212 listed on title page, says "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover, and price $12.95.}
- More Strategies for Nintendo Games {1989} {Blue cover, spiral bound, ISBN: 0517695774}
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- More Strategies for Nintendo Games {Blue cover, glued spine, no barcode} 0881767743
- Winning Tips For Nintendo: Newest Game Strategies, {1990} ISBN: 1561730076.
- Winner's Guide to Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561735205
- Winning at Nintendo: Hot Tips for the Coolest Games, ISBN: 0881769959
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- Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games, {1989} ISBN: 1561730068
- More Hot Tips For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561731463
- Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1990} ISBN: 1561730971
- More Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1991} ISBN: 1561733261
- Super Strategies For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 0517073307 {Hero being held at door opening cover}, ISBN: 1561733512 {Fox with gun, near field cover}, and the last with ISBN number, instead there is a barcode 07098937935002 {Two kids and cat on flying ship being shot at by missle launcher, marked on cover as "Super Strategies For Nintendo No. 2", but contains the same contents}.
==Super Nintendo
- Super Nintendo: PlayAction Strategies, ISBN: 1561738530
==Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- Hot Tips for Sega Genesis, ISBN: 0451822811 {Signet Special}
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- Winning Tips for the Sega Genesis, ISBN: 0785304983 {Publications International, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.}
== Other 'Video Game' themed books by Publications International, without the "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.
- Winning Game Tips for Sonic the Hedgehog, ISBN: 0785307834
- Sonic The Hedgehog Look and Find, ISBN: 0785308490 {Hardback}
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- Sonic The Hedgehog Look and Find, ISBN: 0785311394 {Paperback}