Intelligent Gamer Issue 1

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Sony Playstation
• Sega Saturn
• Nintendo 64
• 3DO
• PC
• Windows 95
• arcade

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Yoge (editorial)

Communications (letters column)

News

• Peripheral Vision - Nintendo Announces 64-Bit Packaging and Add-on Plans in Japan
• Japanese Report Slams Games
• Sega Parts Ways with Goodby, Sliverstein and Partners
• Sega Acquires European Amusement Machine Manufacturers
• Mega Man Returns
• Ocean and Infogrames Merge
• This Year's Model - Argonaut Releases Latest Version of BRender Software 3-D Engine
• Square of Japan Closes Squaresoft USA
• Namco develops HMD
• Acclaim Officially Exits Cartridge Business, 16-Bit Market
• IG Shorts
• Hot Top Ten...

IG Advocacy - You want a rant? Well, here's a rant...

IG Overheard

• Industry Plans
• Sony burning their Capcom bridge?
• Power Shifts
• Kumite
• Namco
• Price Point Mayhem

Features - The E3 Buzz

• Nintendo's Show Time (Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64, Pilot Wings 64)
• Sonic X-Treme (Saturn, Sonic X-Treme (ultimately never released))
• Playstation's Title Shot (Playstation, Tekken 2)
• PC/Windows 95 (S.C.A.R. preview, Don Daglow (president & CEO of Stormfront Studios) interview)
• Virtual Reality Gaming

Japan Today

• Playstation Expo '96
• The Mystery of Japanese Distribution Channels

New Releases

Previews

• Esoteria 3 (PC,PS; includes interview with Mobeus Designs' Senior Vice President & co-designer Chris Lai)
• Spider (PS,Sat)
• Triple Play Baseball 97 (PS)
• Project Overkill (PS)
• G-Nome: Dominion (PC)
• Nights Into Dreams... (Sat)
• Tobal No. 1 (PS)
• NHL PowerPlay '96 (Sat,PS,PC)
• SimCopter (Win95)
• Mindwarp (PC)
• Revelations: Devil Summoner (Sat)
• Adidas Power Soccer (PS)
• NBA Action '96 (Sat)
• VR Baseball '96 (PS)

Reviews

• Tekken 2 (PS)
• The King of Fighters '95 (Sat)
• Hardball 5 (PS)
• Deadlock (PC)
• Bust-A-Move Again (PS)
• Return Fire (PS)
• Tony LaRussa Baseball 3: 1996 Edition (PC)

Capsule Reviews

• Iron Storm (Sat)
• Shining Wisdom (Sat)
• Golden Axe: The Duel (Sat)
• Tokyo Highway Battle (PS)
• Wipeout (Sat)
• Tetris X (PS; import)

Kuso-Ge Gallery - Kitchen Stadium Tour (The Battle of Iron Chef) (Sat; import)

IG Queries (letters column)

Buzzword - Gaming Public Relations

Gaming In Perspective - (Trade) Show Business - Inside the Electronic Entertainment Expo

Endnotes - Niloc's Celebrity Craps