ISSUE: 49Content
Features:
- Letter From the Editor: How Low Can You Go? (Andy McNamara muses on what hardware price drops mean to the industry and gamers themselves)
- Dear GI (Reader letters, reader art, reader attitude)
- Cover Story: Fighters Megamix (SAT) (Learn the ins and outs of this massive 3D brawler)
- GI Feature: Interview with Hiroshi Kataoka (Sega's AM2 Crew Chief details the creation of Fighters Megamix)
- Spotlight on the Future of Shiny Entertainment (Producer Dave Perry sits for the thumbscrews as GI forces him to explain what's next for MDK, Earthworm Jim, and Wild 9)
- GI News (A new Mortal Kombat movie, Sony's analog controller, Tiger handhelds, the debut of the Yaroze development system, and a first look at Tomb Raider 2 are among the top stories)
- Classic Game Informer (GI looks back at the Atari Lynx)
Nintendo 64 Review:
- FIFA 64
PlayStatation/Saturn Preview:
- Fighting Force
PlayStation Preview:
- Xevious 3D
- Tobal 2 (Japan only)
- Bushido Blade
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Grand Slam
- Triple Play 98
PlayStation Review:
- Dynasty Warriors
- Powerslave
- Brahma Force
- Thunder Truck Rally
- WCW vs. The World
- Test Drive Off-Road
- VR Baseball '97
- Goal Storm '97
- Professional Underground League of Pain
Saturn Preview:
- Scorcher
Saturn Review:
- Scud: The Disposable Assassin
Game Informer PC:
- Pod
- Magic: The Gathering
- Star Wars: Yoda Stories
- Emperor of the Fading Suns
- Sega Rally
- Into the Void
- Nihilist
Arcade Brigade Special Report:
- Tekken 3
- HangPilot
- Top Skater Sega Skateboarding
- Mace: The Dark Age
- Operation Thunder Hurricane
- Rampage World Tour
- GTI Club Rally Cote D'Azur
- Sega Super GT
At A Glance (Quickie reviews and previews):
- The Crow: City of Angels (PS1/SAT)
- NHL Breakaway '98 (PS1/SAT)
- Macross Digital Missions VF-X (PS1)
- NFL Quarterback Club '98 (PS1/SAT)
- Norse by Norsewest (PS1)
- All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas (PS1/SAT)
- Blast Corps (N64)
- Swagman (SAT)
- Mission: Impossible (N64)
- Droid Hunter (PS1)
- MLBPA Bottom of the 9th '97 (PS1)
- MDK (PS1)
Secret Access (Cheats, cheats, everywhere the cheats...)
- Dragon Force (SAT)
- Killer Instinct Gold (N64)
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (GEN)
- Command & Conquer (SAT)
- Die Hard Trilogy (PS1)
- NFL GameDay '97 (PS1)
- Wipeout XL (PS1)
- Disruptor (PS1)
- Suikoden (PS1)
- Re-Loaded (PS1)
- In The Zone 2 (PS1)
- AMOK (SAT)
- Spider (PS1)
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PS1)
- Street Racer (PS1)
- Test Drive: Off-Road (PS1)
- Triple Play 97 (PS1)
- Machine Head (PS1)
- Star Wars: Rebel Assault II (PS1)
- Formula One (PS1)
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64)
- Rally Cross (PS1)
- Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
- Krazy Ivan (PS1)
- Jet Moto (PS1)
- Mario Andretti Racing (SAT)
- Blast Chamber (PS1)
- Soviet Strike (PS1) (GameShark Codes)
Notable Stuff:
- Dear GI this issue has a layout that looks borrowed from Diehard GameFan. Just sayin'.
- InterAct's Memory Card Pro woes provide proof of why you should stick with first-party products for your game saving needs.
- This issue comes with a full-size Fighters Megamix poster!
- Why we got the average Tobal No. 1 but not the infinitely superior Tobal 2 from Square is something all US gamers are left to ponder.
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