ISSUE: 118Content
Departments:
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Editorial: It's a Good Month To Be In Video Games - John Davison explains that between all the Phantom Menace and PlayStation 2 hype, it's a great time to be alive if you're a gamer.
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Letters - Everybody's got an opinion about EGM's recent "best of all time" game ranking, and what this year's April Fools gag was.
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Letter Art - Gabriel Echaveste of Ventura, CA walks away with the ASCII Control Pad this issue for his Dragon Ball Z envelope art.
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Press Start:
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Sony demos the forthcoming next-gen PlayStation hardware.
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Interview with Jack Sorenson, president of LucasArts
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Developer Profile: Factor Five
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Tidbits (bite-size news chunks):
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Ninja Gaiden Resurrection
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Dreamcast - $199
-
Final Fantasy collection in US
-
Retro Pioneers N2000
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International Bits (bite-size news chunks from outside the US):
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Square Sets Record
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Nintendo Delays Space World
-
NAOMI Rules AOU
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Import Calendar
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Import pick of the month: Marvel vs. Capcom (DC)
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Coming Soon (release dates for the next four months)
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Top 20 (the best-selling games of January, 1999)
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Top 10 Editors' picks
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Top 10 Japan
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Top 10 UK
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Quartermann: Video Game Gossip & Speculation - Is Sega f***ed? Quartermann sure thinks so, unless they make some major changes and do so quickly...
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The Sushi-X Files (subscriber-only bonus)
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Review Crew Archive - Did you miss the last couple issues? Need a recap of scores? This is everything the Review Crew rated from issues #113 to #117.
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Jump Start: Strategies To Get You Started On The Hottest Games
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Legend of Legaia (PS1)
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Get Some!: Cool stuff you could live without, but probably shouldn't.
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The Final World: Humble Advice From Your Friendly Neighborhood Editor - Dan Hsu has seven simple suggestions to Sega to consider if they want the Dreamcast to not just succeed, but rival Sony's upcoming PlayStation 2.
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Next Month: EGM's got some Gran Turismo 2 features on tap; Expert Gamer digs into Gex 3, Super Smash Bros., and Quake II; Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine is all about that new Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace action/adventure game.
Features:
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Star Wars, Nothing But Star Wars... - Games based on the forthcoming Episode I are heading to literally every system in the galaxy, and EGM has the dirt on all of 'em in this colossal feature.
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Power Tools - With so many third-party options for peripherals and controllers, how do you know what to pick? The hardware peeps at EGM tested the ever-loving heck out of as many of them as they could get their hands on, and now the results are in.
Previews:
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Dreamcast Previews:
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Power Stone
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Psychic Force 2012 (JP)
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Aero Dancing (JP)
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Puyo Puyo 4 (JP)
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Pop'n Music (JP)
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Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
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Dreamcast Football (released as NFL 2K)
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Maken X (JP)
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Web Mystery (JP) (released as Web Mystery: Yochi Yume o Kenru Neko)
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Shenmue
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Nintendo 64 Previews:
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Goemon's Great Adventure
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All Star Tennis '99
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A Bug's Life
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WWF Attitude
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Super Smash Bros.
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Harrier 2001 (cancelled)
-
Pokemon Snap
-
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
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Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
-
Re-Volt
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Harvest Moon 64
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Fisherman Bass Hunter 64
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Road Rash 64
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Armorines (released as Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.)
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Last Legion UX (JP)
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PlayStation Previews:
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Final Fantasy VIII
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Fighter Maker
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Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age (released as Bloody Roar II)
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Star Ocean: The Second Story
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3Xtreme
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MLB 2000
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Evil Zone
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Echo Night
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Omega Boost (JP)
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Dino Crisis
-
Shadowman
-
Gran Turismo 2
-
Shao Lin (released as Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style)
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Ultimate 8-Ball
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Demolition Racer
-
The Next Tetris
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T.R.A.G.: Mission of Mercy (released as T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group)
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Shanghai: True Valor
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Alexi Lalas International Soccer
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Monsterseed
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Racing Lagoon (JP)
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Saturn Previews:
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Dungeons & Dragons Collection (JP)
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Game Boy Color Previews:
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Conker's Pocket Tales
-
Spawn
-
Pokemon Pinball
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Spy vs. Spy
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Arcade Previews:
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Street Fighter III Third Strike: Fight for the Future
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JoJo's Venture
-
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
-
Gun Beat (JP)
-
Dead or Alive 2
-
VJ: Visual and Music Slap (JP)
-
Crazy Taxi
-
Giga Wing
Review Crew (Crispin Boyer, John Davison, Dean Hager, Dan Hsu, John Ricciardi, Shawn Smith, and Sushi-X):
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All-Star Baseball 2000 (N64) - 9/9/9/8.5 - EGM Silver award
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Chameleon Twist 2 (N64) - 3/4/4.5/3.5
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Fighting Force 64 (N64) - 1/4/4/4
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Goemon's Great Adventure (N64) - 7.5/8.5/7/8
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Lode Runner 3-D (N64) - 8.5/8.5/7.5/8
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Rampage 2: Universal Tour (N64) - 6/1/4.5/5
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Triple Play 2000 (N64) - 5/5/5.5/5
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WCW Nitro (N64) - 6/3.5/5/3
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Big Air (PS1) - 4.5/4/3.5/6
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Bomberman Fantasy Race (PS1) - 7/5.5/5/7.5
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Eliminator (PS1) - 4.5/3.5/4/4
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Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS1) - 7.5/7.5/7.5/8
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NBA In The Zone '99 (PS1) - 7/8/8.5/7.5
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Need For Speed: High Stakes (PS1) - 8.5/9/8.5/8.5 - EGM Silver award
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Rampage 2: Universal Tour (PS1) - 1/6/5/4.5
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Rushdown (PS1) - 7/6.5/7.5/8
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Shadow Madness (PS1) - 4/5/6.5/5
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Sports Car GT (PS1) - 6.5/6.5/5/4.5
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Street Sk8ter (PS1) - 7.5/66.5/6.5
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T.R.A.G.: Mission of Mercy (PS1) - 3.5/5/4/3.5 (released as T.R.A.G. - Tactical Response Action Group)
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Triple Play 2000 (PS1) - 8.5/9/8.5/8.5/8.5 - EGM Silver award
Reader Reviews (readers argue or agree with the pros over their review scores):
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Mario Party (N64)
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Castlevania (N64)
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Silent Hill (PS1)
-
Syphon Filter (PS1)
Tricks of the Trade (for all the cheaters in the house:
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64) - Trick of the Month!
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Sega Rally 2 (DC) (JP)
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WCW Nitro (PS1)
-
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
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S.C.A.R.S. (N64)
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NBA Jam '99 (N64)
-
Magical Tetris Challenge (N64)
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Contender (PS1)
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Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
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Ninja: Shadow of Darkness (PS1)
-
O.D.T.: Or Die Trying (PS1)
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Rogue Trip (PS1)
-
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PS1)
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NHL 99 (PS1)
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Akuji the Heartless (PS1)
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Bust-A-Move 4 (PS1)
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Top 10 Tricks:
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Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (N64)
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Crash Badicoot: WARPED (PS1)
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GoldenEye 007 (N64)
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WCW/nWo Revenge (N64)
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Tomb Raider III (PS1)
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Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)
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Twisted Metal III (PS1)
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NASCAR 99 (N64)
Ads (in order of appearance):
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Legend of Legaia (PS1)
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Micro Machines 64 Turbo (N64)
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WWF Attitude (PS1/N64/DC/GBC)
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Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest (N64)
-
Warzone 2100 (PS1)
-
All-Star Baseball 2000 (N64)
-
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS1)
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Got Milk? feat. Tony Hawk
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Lode Runner 3-D (N64)
-
Idle Hands (film)
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Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PS1)
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R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1)
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Driver (PS1)
-
Heat.net online gaming service
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Time Tremors (PC)
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Metal Gear Solid action figures from McFarlane Toys
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Triple Play 2000 (PS1/N64)
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Tomb Raider II: Greatest Hits (PS1)
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Grand Theft Auto Mission Pack #1: London, 1969 (PS1)
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MLB 2000 (PS1)
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Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PS1)
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NBA In The Zone '99 (PS1/N64)
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NHL Blades of Steel '99 (PS1/N64/GBC)
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Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (PC/MAC)
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InterAct DexDrive memory card manager (PS1/N64)
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BuyGames.com
-
WCW Nitro (N64/PC)
-
Need For Speed: High Stakes (PS1)
-
Teen Street television program
-
Bust-A-Move '99 (PS1/N64)
-
Point Blank 2 (PS1)
-
Electronics Boutique
-
Silent Hill (PS1)
-
Vigilante 8 (N64)
-
Starshot: Space Circus Fever (N64)
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Pro 18: World Tour Golf (PS1/PC)
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Tekken: The Motion Picture
-
Family Values Tour '98 concert
-
Jade Cocoon: Legend of the Tamamayu (PS1)
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Fighting Force 64 (N64)
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CraveGames.com
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Ehrgeiz (PS1)
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Destrega (PS1)
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Top Gear Rocket (GBC)
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Chips & Bits, Inc. mail order
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Rollcage (PS1)
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T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger (PS1)
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Jeff Gordon XS Racing (PS1/GBC/PC)
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VideoGames.com
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1-900-PRE-VIEW video game news and tricks hotline
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BRESoftware.com mail order
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www.ho-rc.com mail order
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FuncoLand SuperStore
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GameCave.com mail order
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InterAct GameShark peripheral
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Sega Dreamcast console
Notable Stuff:
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The number of people who didn't catch that the GameShortz peripheral was an April Fools joke is truly astonishing.
-
The letter column includes letters from two different people about Cho Aniki, the overly homo-erotic shooter from Japan which never made it State-side. One of these is from Monroe White, a gay man requesting coverage of any games which even obliquely contain representation of people like him. EGM, to their credit, doesn't immediately dismiss his request and states that should they track down another copy, they'll provide screenshots and more information. That's pretty cool for 1999!
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In issue #117, Alisha Gerard proposed to her boyfriend, Ilan Meighan, via EGM's letter column. This month, EGM is happy to report Ilan accepted her proposal. Hopefully the two are living their best happily ever after.
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Final Fantasy VII sold a record-breaking 2.21 million copies on its first day of release in Japan.
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South Park on the Nintendo 64 actually outsold Metal Gear Solid in January, 1999. WTF is wrong with people?
-
Pretty gutsy printing the artwork of that topless Harpy from the AD&D Monster Manual on page 102.
-
John Davison is not afraid to hand out scores of 1.0 on games he doesn't like.
-
Sega actually did a couple of the things Hsu suggested in his "Final Word" column, but still wound up retiring the Dreamcast by 2001 thanks to not just a shellacking by Sony but also Microsoft's entry into the console arena with the Xbox.
Departments:
- Editorial: It's a Good Month To Be In Video Games - John Davison explains that between all the Phantom Menace and PlayStation 2 hype, it's a great time to be alive if you're a gamer.
- Letters - Everybody's got an opinion about EGM's recent "best of all time" game ranking, and what this year's April Fools gag was.
- Letter Art - Gabriel Echaveste of Ventura, CA walks away with the ASCII Control Pad this issue for his Dragon Ball Z envelope art.
-
Press Start:
- Sony demos the forthcoming next-gen PlayStation hardware.
- Interview with Jack Sorenson, president of LucasArts
- Developer Profile: Factor Five
-
Tidbits (bite-size news chunks):
- Ninja Gaiden Resurrection
- Dreamcast - $199
- Final Fantasy collection in US
- Retro Pioneers N2000
-
International Bits (bite-size news chunks from outside the US):
- Square Sets Record
- Nintendo Delays Space World
- NAOMI Rules AOU
-
Import Calendar
- Import pick of the month: Marvel vs. Capcom (DC)
- Coming Soon (release dates for the next four months)
-
Top 20 (the best-selling games of January, 1999)
- Top 10 Editors' picks
- Top 10 Japan
- Top 10 UK
- Quartermann: Video Game Gossip & Speculation - Is Sega f***ed? Quartermann sure thinks so, unless they make some major changes and do so quickly...
- The Sushi-X Files (subscriber-only bonus)
- Review Crew Archive - Did you miss the last couple issues? Need a recap of scores? This is everything the Review Crew rated from issues #113 to #117.
-
Jump Start: Strategies To Get You Started On The Hottest Games
- Legend of Legaia (PS1)
- Get Some!: Cool stuff you could live without, but probably shouldn't.
- The Final World: Humble Advice From Your Friendly Neighborhood Editor - Dan Hsu has seven simple suggestions to Sega to consider if they want the Dreamcast to not just succeed, but rival Sony's upcoming PlayStation 2.
- Next Month: EGM's got some Gran Turismo 2 features on tap; Expert Gamer digs into Gex 3, Super Smash Bros., and Quake II; Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine is all about that new Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace action/adventure game.
Features:
- Star Wars, Nothing But Star Wars... - Games based on the forthcoming Episode I are heading to literally every system in the galaxy, and EGM has the dirt on all of 'em in this colossal feature.
- Power Tools - With so many third-party options for peripherals and controllers, how do you know what to pick? The hardware peeps at EGM tested the ever-loving heck out of as many of them as they could get their hands on, and now the results are in.
Previews:
-
Dreamcast Previews:
- Power Stone
- Psychic Force 2012 (JP)
- Aero Dancing (JP)
- Puyo Puyo 4 (JP)
- Pop'n Music (JP)
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
- Dreamcast Football (released as NFL 2K)
- Maken X (JP)
- Web Mystery (JP) (released as Web Mystery: Yochi Yume o Kenru Neko)
- Shenmue
-
Nintendo 64 Previews:
- Goemon's Great Adventure
- All Star Tennis '99
- A Bug's Life
- WWF Attitude
- Super Smash Bros.
- Harrier 2001 (cancelled)
- Pokemon Snap
- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
- Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
- Re-Volt
- Harvest Moon 64
- Fisherman Bass Hunter 64
- Road Rash 64
- Armorines (released as Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.)
- Last Legion UX (JP)
-
PlayStation Previews:
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Fighter Maker
- Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age (released as Bloody Roar II)
- Star Ocean: The Second Story
- 3Xtreme
- MLB 2000
- Evil Zone
- Echo Night
- Omega Boost (JP)
- Dino Crisis
- Shadowman
- Gran Turismo 2
- Shao Lin (released as Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style)
- Ultimate 8-Ball
- Demolition Racer
- The Next Tetris
- T.R.A.G.: Mission of Mercy (released as T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group)
- Shanghai: True Valor
- Alexi Lalas International Soccer
- Monsterseed
- Racing Lagoon (JP)
-
Saturn Previews:
- Dungeons & Dragons Collection (JP)
-
Game Boy Color Previews:
- Conker's Pocket Tales
- Spawn
- Pokemon Pinball
- Spy vs. Spy
-
Arcade Previews:
- Street Fighter III Third Strike: Fight for the Future
- JoJo's Venture
- Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
- Gun Beat (JP)
- Dead or Alive 2
- VJ: Visual and Music Slap (JP)
- Crazy Taxi
- Giga Wing
Review Crew (Crispin Boyer, John Davison, Dean Hager, Dan Hsu, John Ricciardi, Shawn Smith, and Sushi-X):
- All-Star Baseball 2000 (N64) - 9/9/9/8.5 - EGM Silver award
- Chameleon Twist 2 (N64) - 3/4/4.5/3.5
- Fighting Force 64 (N64) - 1/4/4/4
- Goemon's Great Adventure (N64) - 7.5/8.5/7/8
- Lode Runner 3-D (N64) - 8.5/8.5/7.5/8
- Rampage 2: Universal Tour (N64) - 6/1/4.5/5
- Triple Play 2000 (N64) - 5/5/5.5/5
- WCW Nitro (N64) - 6/3.5/5/3
- Big Air (PS1) - 4.5/4/3.5/6
- Bomberman Fantasy Race (PS1) - 7/5.5/5/7.5
- Eliminator (PS1) - 4.5/3.5/4/4
- Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS1) - 7.5/7.5/7.5/8
- NBA In The Zone '99 (PS1) - 7/8/8.5/7.5
- Need For Speed: High Stakes (PS1) - 8.5/9/8.5/8.5 - EGM Silver award
- Rampage 2: Universal Tour (PS1) - 1/6/5/4.5
- Rushdown (PS1) - 7/6.5/7.5/8
- Shadow Madness (PS1) - 4/5/6.5/5
- Sports Car GT (PS1) - 6.5/6.5/5/4.5
- Street Sk8ter (PS1) - 7.5/66.5/6.5
- T.R.A.G.: Mission of Mercy (PS1) - 3.5/5/4/3.5 (released as T.R.A.G. - Tactical Response Action Group)
- Triple Play 2000 (PS1) - 8.5/9/8.5/8.5/8.5 - EGM Silver award
Reader Reviews (readers argue or agree with the pros over their review scores):
- Mario Party (N64)
- Castlevania (N64)
- Silent Hill (PS1)
- Syphon Filter (PS1)
Tricks of the Trade (for all the cheaters in the house:
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64) - Trick of the Month!
- Sega Rally 2 (DC) (JP)
- WCW Nitro (PS1)
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
- S.C.A.R.S. (N64)
- NBA Jam '99 (N64)
- Magical Tetris Challenge (N64)
- Contender (PS1)
- Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
- Ninja: Shadow of Darkness (PS1)
- O.D.T.: Or Die Trying (PS1)
- Rogue Trip (PS1)
- Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PS1)
- NHL 99 (PS1)
- Akuji the Heartless (PS1)
- Bust-A-Move 4 (PS1)
-
Top 10 Tricks:
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (N64)
- Crash Badicoot: WARPED (PS1)
- GoldenEye 007 (N64)
- WCW/nWo Revenge (N64)
- Tomb Raider III (PS1)
- Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)
- Twisted Metal III (PS1)
- NASCAR 99 (N64)
Ads (in order of appearance):
- Legend of Legaia (PS1)
- Micro Machines 64 Turbo (N64)
- WWF Attitude (PS1/N64/DC/GBC)
- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest (N64)
- Warzone 2100 (PS1)
- All-Star Baseball 2000 (N64)
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS1)
- Got Milk? feat. Tony Hawk
- Lode Runner 3-D (N64)
- Idle Hands (film)
- Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PS1)
- R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1)
- Driver (PS1)
- Heat.net online gaming service
- Time Tremors (PC)
- Metal Gear Solid action figures from McFarlane Toys
- Triple Play 2000 (PS1/N64)
- Tomb Raider II: Greatest Hits (PS1)
- Grand Theft Auto Mission Pack #1: London, 1969 (PS1)
- MLB 2000 (PS1)
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PS1)
- NBA In The Zone '99 (PS1/N64)
- NHL Blades of Steel '99 (PS1/N64/GBC)
- Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (PC/MAC)
- InterAct DexDrive memory card manager (PS1/N64)
- BuyGames.com
- WCW Nitro (N64/PC)
- Need For Speed: High Stakes (PS1)
- Teen Street television program
- Bust-A-Move '99 (PS1/N64)
- Point Blank 2 (PS1)
- Electronics Boutique
- Silent Hill (PS1)
- Vigilante 8 (N64)
- Starshot: Space Circus Fever (N64)
- Pro 18: World Tour Golf (PS1/PC)
- Tekken: The Motion Picture
- Family Values Tour '98 concert
- Jade Cocoon: Legend of the Tamamayu (PS1)
- Fighting Force 64 (N64)
- CraveGames.com
- Ehrgeiz (PS1)
- Destrega (PS1)
- Top Gear Rocket (GBC)
- Chips & Bits, Inc. mail order
- Rollcage (PS1)
- T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger (PS1)
- Jeff Gordon XS Racing (PS1/GBC/PC)
- VideoGames.com
- 1-900-PRE-VIEW video game news and tricks hotline
- BRESoftware.com mail order
- www.ho-rc.com mail order
- FuncoLand SuperStore
- GameCave.com mail order
- InterAct GameShark peripheral
- Sega Dreamcast console
Notable Stuff:
- The number of people who didn't catch that the GameShortz peripheral was an April Fools joke is truly astonishing.
- The letter column includes letters from two different people about Cho Aniki, the overly homo-erotic shooter from Japan which never made it State-side. One of these is from Monroe White, a gay man requesting coverage of any games which even obliquely contain representation of people like him. EGM, to their credit, doesn't immediately dismiss his request and states that should they track down another copy, they'll provide screenshots and more information. That's pretty cool for 1999!
-
In issue #117, Alisha Gerard proposed to her boyfriend, Ilan Meighan, via EGM's letter column. This month, EGM is happy to report Ilan accepted her proposal. Hopefully the two are living their best happily ever after.
- Final Fantasy VII sold a record-breaking 2.21 million copies on its first day of release in Japan.
- South Park on the Nintendo 64 actually outsold Metal Gear Solid in January, 1999. WTF is wrong with people?
- Pretty gutsy printing the artwork of that topless Harpy from the AD&D Monster Manual on page 102.
- John Davison is not afraid to hand out scores of 1.0 on games he doesn't like.
- Sega actually did a couple of the things Hsu suggested in his "Final Word" column, but still wound up retiring the Dreamcast by 2001 thanks to not just a shellacking by Sony but also Microsoft's entry into the console arena with the Xbox.
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