Ultra Game Players Issue 105

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE

Sega Saturn
Nintendo 64
Sony Playstation
PC - PC CD-ROM
arcade

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(The following is loosely based on this issue's table of contents. (Notes) and bullet lists added for clarity.)

LOADING

Welcome to holiday issue 105 (editorial and staff bios)

ON THE DISC (description of disc contents; mac and pc demos, videogame videos)

AWARDS

1997 Ultra Awards (each category lists the award winner and three contenders; award & winner listed below:)

• Best Overall Game - Tomb Raider II (PS,PC)
• Best Playstation Game - Tomb Raider II
• Best Saturn Game - World Series '98
• Best Arcade Game - The Lost World
• Best Nintendo 64 Game - San Francisco Rush
• Best PC Game - Jedi Knight
• Most Innovative Game - Parappa the Rapper (PS)
• Best RPG Game - Final Fantasy VII (PS)
• Best 1st Person Shooter - Goldeneye 007 (N64)
• Best Puzzle Game - Loose Your Marbles (PC)
• Best Flight Sim/Shooter - Colony Wars (PS)
• Best Shooter - Time Crisis (PS)
• Best Strategy Game - Total Annihilation (PC)
• Best Multiplayer Game - Goldeneye 007 (N64)
• Best Platform Game - Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS)
• Best Adventure Game - Tomb Raider II (PS,PC)
• Best Racing Game - San Francisco Rush (N64)
• Best Action Game - Carmageddon (PC)
• Best Fighting Game - Bushido Blade (PS)
• Best Sports Game - NFL Gameday '98 (PS)
• Best Graphics - Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS)
• Best FMV Sequences - Final Fantasy VII (PS)
• Best Sound - Colony Wars (PS)
• Best Music - Parappa the Rapper (PS)
• Videogame Babe - Lara Croft (Tomb Raider II)
• Videogame Hunk - Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII)
• Best Dressed - Dracula (Castlevania)
• Worst Dressed - Fargus (Pandemonium 2)
• Total Crap Award - Fantastic Four (PS)
• Best Gaming Ad... - Formula 1 CD (PS,PC)

ANALYSIS

1997 Annual Systems Analysis (system reviews; two pages each unless noted)

• Sony Playstation
• Nintendo 64
• PC
• Sega Saturn
• Online Gaming (one page)

PREVIEWS (game previews; 1/2 - 1 page each)

• Zelda (N64; aka Zelda 64) (the eventual The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
• Resident Evil 2 (PS)
• Metal Gear Solid (PS)
• Burning Rangers (Sat)
• Super Mario 64 2 (N64) (never released)
• Turok 2 (N64)
• Tekken 3 (PS)
• Unreal (PC)
• Duke Nukem Forever (PC)
• Gran Turismo (PS)

REVIEWS (game reviews; one page each unless noted)

• Tomb Raider II (PS; two pages)
• Armored Core (PS)
• San Francisco Rush (N64; two pages)
• Uprising (PCCD)
• Marvel Super Heroes (Sat)
• Need For Speed V-Rally (PS)
• Fighting Force (PS)
• Critical Depth (PS)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PS)
• Pandemonium 2 (PS)
• Sub Culture (PCCD)
• Monster Rancher (PS)
  
  
  (approx. 1/3rd page each:)
• Mageslayer (PC)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Aftermath (PC)
• Postal (PC)
• Courier Crisis (PS)
• Armored Fist 2: M1 A2 Abrams (PC)
• Vs. (PS)
• Intelligent Qube (PS)
• Shipwreckers (PS)
• X-Men: The Ravagers of the Apocalypse (PC)
• Bug Riders (PS)
• Mass Destruction (Sat)
• Bust A Move 3 (Sat)
• Frogger (PS)
• Red Asphalt (PS)
• Namco Museum Vol. 5 (PS)
• Caesar's Palace (PS)
• Close Combat (PC)
• Cart World Series (PS)

SPORTSLINE (sports game reviews, previews, awards)

• NCAA Gamebreaker '98 (PS; preview, approx. 1/2 page)
• NBA Live '98 (PS; review, one page)
• PC Awards
• Nintendo Awards
• Saturn Awards
• Sony Awards

ALL ACCESS (codes, tips, cheats; six pages (not counting Tomb Raider II guide))

• MegaMan X4 (PS)
• Formula 1 '97 (PS)
• Shadows of the Empire (N64)
• Mace: The Dark Age (N64)
• Shining the Holy Ark (Sat)
• Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (PS)
• Disney's Hercules (PS)
• Sonic Jam (Sat)
• Fighter's Megamix (Sat)
• Cart World Series (PS)
• Pandemonium (Sat)
• Top Gear Rally (N64)
• Street Fighter Collection (PS,Sat)
• Machinehunter (PS)
• Nuclear Strike (PS)
• MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero (PS)
• Saturn Bomberman (Sat)
• Jedi Knight (PC)
• Game Shark Codes (Sat,PS,N64)
• Tomb Raider II Strategy Guide (PS; 30 pages)

NETWORK

Network Connection (reader mail and artwork; six pages; includes 'Ask The Industry,' 'The Jaded Gamer,'The Fan Site of the Month,' and 'Game Ideas!' sidebars)

RATED (collective review score summation from prior issues; six pages)