Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 101

Features: 

Holiday Buyer's Guide
You better not pout this holiday season. With our Holiday Buyer's Guide, we review which games are the best for each of the systems.
    
What is Toad?
Using out super-sleuth journalistic abilities, we go undercover to find the answer to the question: Is Nintendo's Toad a he or a she?

British Invasion
The British are coming....and they are bringing some really cool games with them. See what's in store for the U.S. from the U.K.

Diddy Kong Racing
What do you get when you cross an ape with a Mario Kart-type game? You get a cool racing/adventure game "done right."

Previews:

Nintendo 64:

• Bomberman 64
• Famista 64 (Japan only release)
• Quake 64
• Fighting Cup (released in NA as Fighters Destiny) 
• Dracula 3D (released in NA as Castlevania)

Saturn:

• Sonic R
• NBA Action '98
• NHL All-Star Hockey '98
• Enemy Zero
• World Wide Soccer '98
• Magic Knight Rayearth
• X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Japan only release)
• Bust-A-Move 3
• Silhouette Mirage (Japan only release)
• Saturn Bomberman Fight!! (Japan only release)
• Shining Force III

PlayStation:

• Alundra
• Tennis Arena
• Auto Destruct
• Lode Runner
• Manhattan Project (Europe only release as Blood Lines)
• Need For Speed V-Rally
• Power Soccer 2 (Europe only release)
• Diablo
• Shadow Master
• Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2
• Reel Fishing
• Elric (never released)
• NBA Fastbreak '98
• Shipwreckers
• Skullmonkeys
• Crime Killer
• Beast Wars
• Arkanoid Returns (Japan only release)
• Einhander
• Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon
• Final Fantasy VII International
• Front Mission 2
• Gradius Gaiden (Japan only release)
• Bomberman World
• Metal Gear Solid

Arcade:

• Mortal Kombat 4-Ver.2

Review Crew:

Nintendo 64:    

• Diddy Kong Racing (EGM Gold) (Game of the Month)
• Mace: The Dark Age
• Mischief Makers (EGM Silver)
• Multi-Racing Champ.
• NFL QB Club '98
• San Francisco Rush
• Top Gear Rally
• WCW Vs. NWO: WT

Saturn:

• Duke Nukem 3D
• Mass Destruction
• Megaman X4 (EGM Silver)

PlayStation:

• Cart World Series
• Crash Bandicoot 2 (EGM Silver)
• Croc
• Dragon Ball GT
• Fighting Force
• MTG: Battlemage    
• Mass Destruction
• Moto Racer
• NHL 98 (EGM Silver)
• NHL Face Off 98
• PGA Tour 98
• Rampage: World Tour
• Red Asphalt
• Resident Evil: DC
• MK Myth. Sub-Zero
• Pandemonium 2 (EGM Silver)

Peripherals:

• Game Shark (N64)
• C-3D Imaging System (Multiplatform)
• Rumble Pak (N64) (EGM Silver)

Tricks of the Trade:

PlayStation:

• Fantastic Four
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• NFL Gameday 98
• NHL Powerplay 98
• Triple Play 98
• Excaliber 2555 A.D.
• Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
• Warcraft II: The Dark Saga

Saturn:

• NHL 97
• Manx TT
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Nintendo 64:

• Tetrisphere