GameFan Issue 72

The Editorial Zone

Most Wanted Top 10

Viewpoint (condensed reviews from 3 of the Game Fan crew):

·         Ape Escape (PlayStation)

·         Jade Cocoon (PlayStation)

·         Konami Arcade Classics (PlayStation)

·         Tonic Trouble (Nintendo 64)

·         Dynamite Deka 2 (Dreamcast, released in NA as Dynamite Cop)

·         E.G.G.: Elemental Gimmick Gear (Dreamcast)

·         Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Arcade)

·         Crush Roller (Neo Geo Pocket Color)

·         Fatal Fury: First Contact (Neo Geo Pocket Color)

·         Metal Slug 1st Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Color)

·         Samurai Shodown! 2 (Neo Geo Pocket Color)

RPG Special:

·         GameFan RPG Top Ten

·         Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation preview)

·         Interview with Square’s Hironobu Sakaguchi

·         Grandia (PlayStation preview)

·         Suikoden II (PlayStation preview)

·         Thousand Arms (PlayStation preview)

·         Detonator Gauntlet (PlayStation preview, released as Vanguard Bandits?)

·         DewPrism (PlayStation preview, released in NA as Threads of Fate)

·         Dragon Quest VII (PlayStation preview, released in NA as Dragon Warrior VII)

·         Final Fantasy Anthology (PlayStation preview)

·         Koudelka (PlayStation preview)

·         Legend of Mana (PlayStation preview)

·         London Seirei Tantei-dan (PlayStation preview, Japan only release)

·         Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PlayStation preview)

·         Persona 2: Tsumi - Innocent Sin (PlayStation preview, Japan only release)

·         Saga Frontier 2 (PlayStation preview)

·         Vandal Hearts 2 (PlayStation preview)

·         Wild ARMs: 2nd Ignition (PlayStation preview, released in NA as Wild ARMs 2)

·         Harvest Moon (Nintendo 64 preview)

·         Ogre Battle 3 (Nintendo 64 preview, released as Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber)

·         Baldur’s Gate (Dreamcast preview, never released)

·         Climax Landers (Dreamcast preview, released as Time Stalkers)

·         Project Ares (Dreamcast preview, became Phantasy Star Online?)

·         Langrisser Millennium (Dreamcast preview, Japan only release)

PlayStation Nation (reviews unless otherwise noted):

·         Dino Crisis (preview)

·         Konami Arcade Classics

·         Jade Cocoon

·         Jackie Chan’s Stuntmaster (preview)

·         Thrasher (preview)

·         Tail Concerto (preview)

·         Pac-Man World (preview)

·         Kingsley (preview)

·         Disney’s Tarzan (preview)

·         Sled Storm (preview)

·         Medal of Honor (preview)

·         Warpath (preview, released as Warpath: Jurassic Park)

·         Tomorrow Never Dies (preview)

·         Soul of the Samurai (preview)

·         Metal Gear Solid VR (preview, released as Metal Gear Solid VR Missions)

·         Road Rash Unchained (preview, released as Road Rash Jailbreak)

Nintendo 64Play (reviews unless otherwise noted):

·         Resident Evil 2 (preview)

·         Rayman 2: The Great Escape (preview)

·         Shadow Man (preview)

·         Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (preview)

·         Donkey Kong 64 (preview)

·         Earthworm Jim 3D (preview)

·         Starcraft 64 (preview)

·         Command & Conquer (preview)

Dreamcast:

·         Soul Calibur (preview)

·         Air Force Delta (preview)

·         Blades of Vengeance (preview, released as Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm?)

·         Metropolis Street Racer (preview)

·         Maken X (preview)

·         Frame Gride (preview, Japan only release)

·         Resident Evil Code: Veronica (preview)

·         Tokyo Xtreme Racer (preview)

·         TrickStyle (preview)

·         Wild Metal Country (preview, released as Wild Metal)

·         Street Fighter Alpha 3 (preview)

GameFan Sports:

·         NCAA Football 2000 (PlayStation)

·         NCAA Gamebreaker 2000 (PlayStation preview)

·         NFL Blitz 2000 (PlayStation preview)

·         NFL Extreme 2000 (PlayStation preview)

·         NFL GameDay 2000 (PlayStation preview)

·         Madden 2000 (PlayStation preview)

·         Sega NFL 2000 (Dreamcast preview, released as NFL 2K)

·         Sega NBA 2000 (Dreamcast preview, released as NBA 2K)

·         Sega NHL 2000 (Dreamcast preview, released as NHL 2K)

·         NHL 2000 (PlayStation preview)

·         NHL FaceOff (PlayStation preview)

Neo Geo Pocket Color:

·         Samurai Shodown! 2

·         Fatal Fury: First Contact

·         Metal Slug 1st Mission

·         Crush Roller

Japan Now:

·         Dennou Senki Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram (Dreamcast, released in NA as Cyber Troopers Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram)

·         Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

·         Super Robot Taisen Complete Box (PlayStation, Japan only release)

·         Ace Combat 3 (PlayStation)

·         E.G.G.: Elemental Gimmick Gear (Dreamcast)

·         Dynamite Deka 2 (Dreamcast, released in NA as Dynamite Cop)

Quarter Crunchers: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Tekken Tag Tournament, ECC4 Tournament Report

The Graveyard: Silpheed (Sega CD)

AnimeFan

Hocus Pocus (tips & cheats):

·         Grand Theft Auto Mission Pack #1: London 1969 (PlayStation)

·         Triple Play 2000 (PlayStation)

·         Dynamite Deka 2 (Dreamcast, released in NA as Dynamite Cop)

·         Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PlayStation)

·         Army Men 3D (PlayStation)

·         RollCage (PlayStation)

·         Vigilante 8 (Nintendo 64)

·         All-Star Baseball 2000 (Nintendo 64)

·         Silpheed (Sega CD)

·         Lunar: Silver Star Story (PlayStation)

·         Star Wars Episode I Racer (Nintendo 64)

Other Stuff (news & rumors)

Postmeister (letters)