Interesting!
I have more to come, I've been able to acquire a good lot of PLAY magazines. Hopefully, I will be able to fill some of these holes. They are just very look to scan
I remember buying this newer Splatterhouse game (on the cover), not because it was good, but because of the development hell it went through. Thanks for working on this issue. It reminded me I bought that game.
You're welcome! I'm glad you're enjoying them! Those old Tomb Raider titles have some tricky puzzles in them for sure, and I'm hoping that, with the release of the HD Remastered editions of the classic titles, more people will find enjoyment looking through these guides.
Thank you so much for uploading the Tomb Raider guides! I never had these when my brother and I tried to solve the many problems and secrets of Tomb Raider on PS1 in the 90's. We bought some magz which contained a leaflet with hints or a solution inside. Could have been Play or Playstation Power perhaps. These has probably not been scanned this far. Would have been fun to see them again just for nostalgia.
I hear what you're saying, but I still think it's talking about a different game. There's no way you could possibly write it up without using the word "boobs."
Ah, no worries, I found the correct Wikipedia page:
"The Senran Kagura games are primarily about boobs where players control one of several characters with enormous boobs in combat missions against enemy characters with enormous boobs. The series is also notable for its huge boobs, gigantic boobs, and big ol' floppy boobs as well. Spin-off titles have incorporated other genres of boobs, such as melons, hooters, and tittays.
The series centers on boobs of various degrees of enormity, focusing on their cleavage, squishiness, and jiggliness. While the narrative often explores ways of having the characters' boobs become exposed, it is also known for its over-the-top single-minded focus on boobs, comedic hijinks involving boobs, and a high emphasis on making everything revolve around boobs, particularly through its characters' boob designs and interactions with each others' boobs. The story typically revolves around rivalries between "good" boobs, such as The Sweater Puppies, and "evil" boobs, such as The Sweater Dogpools. Despite the conflicts, the series often ignores all semblance of plot, focusing instead on appealing to players' motivations and struggles to see more boobs. Each character's boobs have a distinct fighting size, shape, and squeezability, making for a diverse cast of boobs."
Highlights for this issue: (Volume 4 Issue 09) An interview with Naughty Dog, and an interview with Eidetic, the developer of Bubsy 3D that I found interesting to read. The review for Super Mario 64 gets 12-pages, and PilotWings 64 gets a 8-page preview. we see a beautiful layout for the review of Legend of Oasis (saturn), an update for Legacy of Kain (ps1), and Tekken 2 gets an 8-page review. we get reviews of several PS1 games, Gunship, Strike Point, Space Hulk, and Ridge Racer Revolution. RPG fans will love the previews of Lunar Silver Star Story, Langrisser III, on the Saturn. Plus, a review of the import version of what would end up being "Lunacy" (saturn). The AnimeFan section is back, which covers several new anime for the time. Oh My Goddess!, Burn Up W, Neon Genesis Evangelion, MD Geist II, Power Dolls, and a few more.
I feel the page layouts are much better than during the 16-bit game coverage. They're not as garish as they sometimes were back then, with a flood of oranges and reds that sometimes were a bit much. But here, there's a lot better blending, like with the coverage on Destruction Derby, which takes some of the lighter colors from some screenshots and blurs them into a background with hints of smoke and dark spots of debris. It looks good. I think it helps that the consoles themselves are using way more colors. Some new people are also added to the crew. Mike Griffin (aka Jacques Strap) heads up GF Sport now, and Gary Harrod from London. There's more talk about launching MegaFan, another publication meant to be an arcade/strategy mag, and you can find the order form for it here as well (6 issues a year for $15). MegaFan would only release a few issues in the end (2-3 at most). There was a GameFan 32 also planned, but then they just inserted the first issue INTO the pages of GameFan itself.
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