ISSUE: 72Content
Departments:
- Inside XG (Words from the editors).
- Gamers Forum (Reader mail, discussions, arguments, etc...).
- Letter Art ("Where creativity, your favorite game, and a stamp can make you immortal.")
- US Top 10 / Japan Top 10 / Editors' Top 10 (Best-selling software in the US and Japan, plus what the guys at the office are sinking all their time into this month).
- Coming Soon (Upcoming release dates for Dreamcast, PS1, N64, and Game Boy Color software).
- Game Over (Spoiling the ending for Suikoden II (PS1) so you don't have to play it, plus a contest to guess the next game ending based on a single hint and screenshot!)
- Next Month (What you can expect to see in next month's issues of Expert Gamer, Electronic Gaming Monthly, and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine).
Features (longer strategy guides)
- MediEvil II (PS1) strategy guide
- Dead or Alive 2 (DC) strategy guide + moves list
- Game of the Month: Tony Hawk Pro Skater (DC) strategy guide + moves list
- Vagrant Story (PS1) strategy guide
- Pokemon Trading Card Game (GB) strategy guide
Quick Hits (shorter guides for current hot titles)
- Perfect Dark (N64) short strategy guide
- All-Star Baseball 2001 (N64) short strategy guide
Tricks of the Trade (cheat codes galore!):
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Dreamcast:
- Aerowings
- Centipede
- Crazy Taxi
- Dead or Alive 2
- Expendable
- Fighting Force 2
- Flag to Flag
- The House of the Dead 2
- Hydro Thunder
- Incoming
- The King of Fighters Dream Match 1999
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- Marvel vs. Capcom
- MDK2
- Mortal Kombat Gold
- NBA 2K
- NBA Showtime
- NFL 2K
- NFL Blitz 2000
- NHL 2K
- PenPen Trilcelon
- Power Stone
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
- Re-Volt
- Sega Rally 2
- Slave Zero
- Sonic Adventure
- Soul Calibur
- Speed Devils
- TNN Motorsports: Hardcore Heat
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - Trick of the Month
- Toy Commander
- Trick Style
- Vigilante 8: Second Offense
- Virtua Fighter 3tb
- Zombie Revenge
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Nintendo 64:
- 1080 Degrees Snowboarding
- All-Star Baseball 2000
- Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
- Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Bass Hunter 64
- Battle Tanx: Global Assault
- Beetle Adventure Racing
- A Bug's Life
- Bust-A-Move '99
- Chopper Attack
- Command & Conquer
- Cyber Tiger
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Donkey Kong 64
- Doom 64
- Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
- Extreme G: XG2
- F-1 World Grand Prix
- Fighting Force 64
- F-Zero X
- Gex 64
- GoldenEye 007
- Hexen 64
- Hot Wheels Turbo Racing
- Hydro Thunder
- Iggy's Reckin' Balls
- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
- Knockout Kings 2000
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Mace: The Dark Age
- Madden NFL 2000
- Mario Golf
- Micro Machines 64 Turbo
- Mike Piazza's Strike Zone
- Mission: Impossible
- MLB Featuring Ken Griffey Jr.
- Monster Truck Madness 64
- Mortal Kombat: Mythologies
- NASCAR 99
- NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant
- NBA Jam '99
- NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
- The New Tetris
- NFL Blitz 2000
- NFL Quarterback Club 2000
- NHL 99
- NHL Breakaway '99
- Off-Road Challenge
- Paperboy
- Quake II
- Rainbow Six
- Rampage 2: Universal Tour
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
- Resident Evil 2
- Revolt
- Roadsters
- Rush 2: Extreme Racing, USA
- San Francisco Rush
- S.C.A.R.S.
- South Park
- Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Super Mario 64
- Super Smash Bros.
- Tetrisphere
- Toy Story 2
- Triple Play 2000
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
- Vigilante 8
- V-Rally Edition '99
- Wayne Gretzky Hockey '98
- WCW Mayhem
- WCW Nitro
- WCW/nWo Revenge
- WinBack: Covert Operations
- World Driver Championship
- WWF Wrestlemania 2000
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Playstation:
- 3Xtreme
- 30 Winks
- Akuji: The Heartless
- Andretti Racing
- Ape Escape
- Armored Core: Project Phantasma
- Army Men 3D
- Asteroids
- Bass Landing
- Blast Chamber
- Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
- Bust A Groove
- Bust-A-Move 4
- Bust-A-Move '99
- Centipede
- Civilization II
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert Retaliation
- Contender
- Cool Boaders 4
- Crash Bandicoot
- Crash Team Racing
- Croc 2
- Cyber Tiger
- DarkStalkers 3
- Destruction Derby 2
- Die Hard Trilogy
- Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
- Dragon Ball GT
- Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
- Einhander
- Eliminator
- ESPN: Extreme Games
- Fade to Black
- Fear Effect
- FIFA 2000
- Fighting Force 2
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Fisherman's Bait
- Frogger
- Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
- Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Heart of Darkness
- Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy
- Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing
- Invastion From Beyond
- Irritating Stick
- Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
- Jet Moto 2
- Killer Loop
- Knockout Kings
- Knockout Kings 2000
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- Lode Runner
- Lunar: The Silver Star Story Complete
- Madden NFL 99
- Madden NFL 2000
- Marvel vs. Capcom
- Medal of Honor
- Metal Gear Solid
- Micro Machines V3
- Mission: Impossible
- MLB 2000
- Monster Rancher
- Monster Seed
- Mortal Kombat 4
- N2O
- NASCAR 99
- NASCAR Rumble
- NBA Live 2000
- Nectaris: Military Madness
- Need for Speed III
- Need to Speed: High Stakes
- NFL Blitz 2000
- NFL GameDay 2000
- NHL 2000
- Ninja: Shadow of Darkness
- Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
- O.D.T.
- Pitfall 3D
- Pong
- Pool Hustler
- R/C Stunt Copter
- Resident Evil: Director's Cut
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock
- Robotron X
- Roll Away
- Rollcage
- Rogue Trip
- R-Type Delta
- R-Types
- Rushdown
- S.C.A.R.S.
- Sled Storm
- The Smurfs
- South Park
- Space Invaders
- Sports Car GT
- Spyro 2: Riptor's Rage
- Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Supercross 2000
- Syphon Filter 2
- Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger
- Tarzan
- Tempest X3
- Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
- Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
- Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Trick'n Snowboarder
- Triple Play 2000
- Twisted Metal 4
- Vigilante 8: Second Offense
- VR Baseball '99
- V-Rally 2: Need for Speed
- Warcraft II: The Dark Saga
- WCW Mayhem
- Wipeout 3
- Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
- X-Games: Pro Boarder
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
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Game Boy:
- Adventure Island II
- Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
- Asteroids
- Babe and Friends
- Batman
- Battletoads in Ragnarok's World
- Boarder Zone
- Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World
- Bubble Bobble Part 2
- Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
- Bust-A-Move 4
- Castlevania: The Adventure
- Castlevania II
- Caterpillar Construction Zone
- Chase H.Q.: Secret Police
- Contra: The Alien Wars
- Dead Heat Scramble
- Donkey Kong Land 2
- Donkey Kong Land 3
- Faceball 2000
- Game Boy Camera
- Ghosts and Goblins
- Godzilla: The Series
- Go Go Tank
- James Bond 007
- Kirby's Dream Land
- Kirby's Pinball Land
- The Lion King
- Looney Tunes: Carrot Crazy
- Lucky Luke
- Mario Golf
- Mega Man 5
- Men in Black
- Montezuma's Return
- Mortal Kombat
- Mr. Nutz
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
- Nemesis
- NFL Blitz
- Operation C
- Pocket Bomberman
- Pokemon Blue/Red
- Prince of Persia
- Puzzle Master
- Raging Fighter
- Rugrats: The Movie
- Rugrats: Time Travellers
- Samurai Shodown
- Shanghai
- The Smurf's Nightmare
- Snow Bros. Jr.
- Space Invaders
- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
- Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
- Tarzan
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- Tetris
- Tetris Blast
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Turok 2: Seed of Evil
- V-Rally Edition 99
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
- World Heroes 2 Jet
- Yoshi's Cookie
- Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Ads (in order of appearance):
- 4 Wheel Thunder (DC)
- Fred Durst for Marc Ecko
- Space Channel 5 (DC)
- MadCatz brand Dreamcast controllers
- Vagrant Story (PS1)
- MediEvil II (PS1)
- ScreenBeat brand Sound Station speakers
- Daily Dose of Truth anti-smoking campaign ad
- Excitebike 64 (N64)
- Speed Punks (PS1)
- Koudelka (PS1)
- Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (PS1/DC/GBC)
- GameSpy Arcade
- Tech Romancer (DC)
- EBWorld.com website
- Hogs of War (PS1)
- GameDealer.com website
- Hudson Games: Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (N64) / Bomberman Max Blue Champion (GBC) / Bomberman Max Red Challenger (GBC)
- N.Gen Racing (PS1)
- ZDNet website
- Sword of the Berserker: Guts Rage (DC)
- Expert Gamer back issue order form
- Expert Gamer subscription card
- Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine ad
- Elation puzzle prize contest
- FuncoLand Superstore ad
- Chips & Bits Inc. mail order ad
- GameShark.com website
- Street Fighter EX2 Plus (PS1)
Coming Soon (previews of upcoming software):
- Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (DC)
- Space Channel 5 (DC)
- Grand Theft Auto 2 (DC)
- Legend of Mana (PS1)
- Legend of Dragoon (PS1)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)
- Threads of Fate (PS1)
- Metal Gear Solid (GBC)
Notable Stuff:
- Most of the Gamer Forum column is readers writing in and begging for help with specific games.
- Mandy Shafer of Nashville, TN won this month's prize for her letter art depicting Chun Li from the Street Fighter franchise.
- More people at the XG office are playing All Star Baseball '99 on the N64 than anything else. That includes such games as Resident Evil Code: Veronica for the Dreamcast and Vagrant Story on the PS1.
- Yes, there are two separate departments called 'Coming Soon'. One's an actual section for software previews, the other is a sidebar on page 16 for release dates.
- The answer to the "Game Over" contest for this issue is Actraiser (SNES).
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