NextGen Issue 61

News: ESPN and Konami join forces, Developers share their thoughts on the PlayStation 2’s development kits (at least those who actually have them), Black market video games a huge deal in Russia, The next Voodoo, Sega chairman Isao Okawa speaks on Sega’s future, Nvidia GeForce 256, Red Storm Entertainment to develop game based on fantasy novelist Anne McCaffery’s Freedom novels, Exile (PS2), new Dave Mirra BMX game (PlayStation), Black Ops Entertainment developing for PS2, Duke: Nukem: Planet of the Babes (PlayStation)

Arcadia:  Rolling Extreme DX, Invasion: The Abductors, Arcade manufacturer’s hesitant to release gun games, Jambo!Safari

Next Generation celebrates it’s 5-year anniversary

Resident Evil Code Veronica (Dreamcast) feature

Alphas (previews):

·         NHL 2K (Dreamcast)

·         Republic (PC)

·         Eternal Arcadia (Dreamcast)

·         Warcraft III (PC)

·         Legend of the Blade Masters (PC, Dreamcast)

·         Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (Arcade)

·         Galerians (PlayStation)

·         Fear Effect (PlayStation)

·         Thief II: The Metal Age (PC)

·         Jet: X (PlayStation)

·         Striker Pro (Dreamcast)

·         Out Trigger (Arcade)

·         Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm (Dreamcast)

·         Soul Reaver (Dreamcast)

·         Alundra 2 (PlayStation)

·         Giga Wing (Dreamcast)

·         Die Hard Trilogy 2 (PlayStation)

·         Koudelka (PlayStation)

·         Virtua Tennis (Arcade, Dreamcast)

·         Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption (PC)

Crunch Time (feature on the final stages of producing a video game)

Finals (reviews):

·         NBA 2K (Dreamcast)

·         Rippin’ Riders (Dreamcast)

·         Evolution (Dreamcast)

·         Slave Zero (Dreamcast)

·         Speed Devils (Dreamcast)

·         Psychic Force (Dreamcast)

·         Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast)

·         Earthworm Jim 3D (Nintendo 64)

·         Rayman 2 (Nintendo 64)

·         Lego Racers (Nintendo 64)

·         Winback: Covert Operations (Nintendo 64)

·         NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (Nintendo 64)

·         Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Nintendo 64)

·         Turok: Rage Wars (Nintendo 64)

·         Medal of Honor (PlayStation)

·         MTV Sports: Snowboarding (PlayStation)

·         Army Men: Air Attack (PlayStation)

·         Ballistic (PlayStation)

·         Boombots (PlayStation)

·         Cool Boarders 4 (PlayStation)

·         Killer Loop (PlayStation)

·         Knockout Kings 2000 (PlayStation)

·         The X-Files (PlayStation)

·         Crash Team Racing (PlayStation)

·         SuperCross Circuit (PlayStation)

·         V-Rally 2 (PlayStation)

·         Thrasher: Skate & Destroy (PlayStation)

·         Vandal Hearts 2: Heavenly Gate (PlayStation)

·         Freespace 2 (PC) 

·         Septera Core (PC)

·         Silver (PC)

·         Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City (PC)

·         Nocturne (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at January 1995