EGM2 Issue 43

Features:

• Editorial: Sequels' Secret Success (Howard Grossman ruminates on why video game sequels so often succeed while movie sequels suffer a death-spiral)
• Strategy Talk (The Gaming Goddess answers readers' letters and gaming questions)
• Online (What's new at Gamespot.com)
• Tricks of the Year '97 (The Code Cowboy takes over from The Code Wizard and throws out a plethora of cheats and tricks for all systems)
• Game Over: EGM2 spoils every ending for every character in Mortal Kombat 4 (ARC).
• Next Month: What's coming in EGM, EGM2, and Official US PlayStation Magazine.

Tricks of the Trade:

• Diddy Kong Racing (N64)
• NHL 98 (PS1)
• 007 GoldenEye (N64)
• San Francisco Rush (N64)
• NCAA GameBreaker 98 (PS1)
• Pandemonium 2 (PS1)
• Clayfighter 63 1/3 (N64)
• Resident Evil (SAT)
• Duke Nukem 64 (N64)
• Treasures of the Deep (PS1)
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (PS1)
• Top Gear Rally (N64)
• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (PS1)
• Ogre Battle (PS1)
• Armored Core (PS1)
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1)
• Madden 98 (PS1)
• Nuclear Strike (PS1)

Strategy Guides:

• Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (PS1) Strategy guide, part 2 of 2
• Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi (PS1) Complete moves list
• Auto Destruct (PS1) Maps and level tips
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (PS1) Passing all the trials
• NBA Live 98 (PS1) Tips for slammin' and jammin' on your opponents
• NCAA GameBreaker 98 (PS1) Offensive tips and Easter eggs
• Tomb Raider 2 (PS1) Complete game walkthrough, part 1 of 2
• Diddy Kong Racing (N64) Track tips and racer comparisons
• Bomberman 64 (N64) Boss tips and gold card locations
• Sonic-R (SAT): Unlocking the hidden characters
• NFL Blitz (ARC): Coaching tips and guides for offense and defense
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (ARC): Move lists for all characters
• Mortal Kombat 4 (ARC): Move lists and fatalities for all characters
• San Francisco Rush: The Rock (ARC): Beating the later tracks

Ads (in order of appearance):

• Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi (PS1)
• Deathtrap Dungeon (PS1)
• San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (PS1/N64)
• EGM Talkline 1-900-PRE-VIEW
• Mass Destruction (PS1/SAT/PC)
• Need For Speed: V-Rally (PS1)
• WCW vs. NWO: World Tour (N64)
• WCW Nitro (PS1)
• Fighting Force (PS1)
• Pepsi/PlayStation promotion
• Reality Quest's Video Game Control Glove controller (PS1)
• Mad Catz Real Wheel steering controller (PS1/N64)
• www.lowbuys.com website
• Chameleon Twist (N64)
• One (PS1)
• Felony 11-79 (PS1)
• Alps Interactive Gamepad controller (PS1)
• Clock Tower (PS1)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PS1)
• Tomb Raider II (PS1/PC)
• Chips & Bits, Inc. mail order
• Midway Rocks the House ad supplement:
  • Rampage World Tour (PS1/SAT)
  • Top Gear Rally (N64)
  • Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 (PS1/N64)
  • Mace: The Dark Ages (PS1/N64/PC)
  • Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (PS1/N64)
  • Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 (PS1)
  • Pandemonium 2 (PS1)
  • NBA Fastbreak '98 (PS1)
  • Maximum Force (PS1/SAT/PC)
  • San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (PS1/N64/PC)
  • Coming Soon: Gex: Enter the Gecko / Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding / Olympic Hockey '98
• www.videogames.com
• BRE Software mail order
• Tommo, Inc. mail order
• Innovation Extreme Nintendo 64 peripherals
• Win the Ultimate Gaming Rig contest
• Japan Video Games mail order
• FuncoLand Super Store mail order
• Game Express mail order
• Game Cave mail order
• InterAct Game Shark cheat device (PS1/SAT/N64)
• NBA Action '98 (SAT)

Notable Stuff:

• EGM2 features Pac-Man on their 1-900-PRE-VIEW news line with the caption, "Feeling A Little Behind The Times?"
• ASCII really goes all out on the gore talk in their Clock Tower ad: "It's one thing to take a bullet like a man, but how does one take 3-foot long, razor sharp scissors? How do you avert decapitation and keep your entrails from spilling all over the kitchen floor?" Jesus Christ, guys...!
• You know, if you're reading a magazine to find out what's new on a gaming website...you're doing it wrong. Sorry.
• Midway must have been very desperate to get people to buy San Francisco Rush (N64), because the same full-page ad runs in the magazine twice.