NextGen Issue 59

News: Game Boy Advanced announced (not a typo, apparently is was called Game Boy Advanced first before changing to Game Boy Advance), Dreamcast launches with $97 million in day 1 sales, Xbox GPU set to be nVidia GeForce 256 chip, New Xbox info, Blair Witch Project & The Evil Dead games starting development, Road Rash 4 for PS2?, Turrican sequel heading to Nintendo Dolphin (aka The GameCube), House of the Dead style game based on Resident Evil (this would be Resident Evil: Dead Aim), ECTS wraps up in Europe

Arcadia: Sega NOT leaving the arcade business, Marlin Challenge, Namco launching tournaments for Tekken Tag Tournament

Q & A

PlayStation 2 Arrives

Alphas (previews):

·         Dead or Alive 2 (Arcade, Dreamcast)

·         Sovereign (PC)

·         Legend of Zelda: Gaiden (Nintendo 64) ß------------would become Majora’s Mask

·         Everquest: The Ruins of Kunark (PC)

·         Zombie’s Revenge (Dreamcast)

·         Roadsters (Dreamcast)

·         Turok Rage Wars (Nintendo 64)

·         Chrono Cross (PlayStation)

·         Spawn (Arcade)

·         Nox (PC)

·         Centipede (Dreamcast)

·         Strider 2 (Arcade)

·         Spider-Man (PlayStation)

·         Excitebike 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         Eternal Arcadia (Dreamcast)

·         Crusaders of Might & Magic (PlayStation)

·         Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (Nintendo 64, PlayStation)

·         Warcraft 3 (PC)

·         Evolution (Dreamcast)

·         Wu Tang: Shaolin Style (PlayStation)

·         Deadly Pursuit (Dreamcast)

The Death of the Genre? Will the new experiences generated by advancing technology kill traditional genres?

Profile on Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto

Finals (reviews):

·         Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

·         NFL Blitz 2000 (Dreamcast)

·         King of Fighters: Dream Match ’99 (Dreamcast)

·         Blue Stinger (Dreamcast)

·         Ready 2 Rumble (Dreamcast)

·         Monaco GP (Dreamcast)

·         TrickStyle (Dreamcast)

·         Jet Force Gemini (Nintendo 64)

·         Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing (Nintendo 64)

·         Monster Truck Madness 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         Shadow Man (Nintendo 64)

·         WWF Attitude (Nintendo 64)

·         Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (PlayStation)

·         Demolition Racer (PlayStation)

·         Juggernaut (PlayStation)

·         Madden NFL 2000 (PlayStation)

·         NFL GameDay 2000 (PlayStation)

·         G-Police: Weapons of Justice (PlayStation)

·         Jet Moto 3 (PlayStation)

·         NFL Xtreme 2 (PlayStation)

·         RC Stunt Copter (PlayStation)

·         Star Wars: Episode I (PlayStation)

·         Xena: Warrior Princess

·         Wipeout 3 (PlayStation)

·         Tail Concerto (PlayStation)

·         Draken: Order of the Flame (PC)

·         Civilization II: Test of Time (PC)

·         Darkstone (PC)

·         Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (PC)

·         Gulf War: Operation Desert Hammer (PC)

·         Star Trek: Starfleet Command (PC)

·         Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War (PC)

·         F-16 Aggressor (PC)

·         System Shock 2 (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at November 1978