ISSUE: 8Content
Features:
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Transport Tycoon: Planes, Trains, Automobiles -- and Ships, too! - T. Liam McDonald gives this new business sim the business, and invites you to do the same, since the demo's on this month's cover disc.
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PC Gamer's Reader Top 40: The staff's rankings rankled the readership as, lo and behold, many of them thought the editors got it wrong. So this is what the list should have looked like, according to everybody who took the time to submit their own lists and suggestions.
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40) V for Victory: Utah Beach
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39) Star Control II
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38) Ultima VII: The Black Gate
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37) Commanche: Maximum Overkill
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36) Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
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35) King's Quest V
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34) Pinball Fantasies
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33) Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Edition
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32) Star Wars: Rebel Assault
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31) Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
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30) SimCity
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29) Star Wars: TIE Fighter
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28) Ultima VIII: Pagan
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27) The Bard's Tale
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26) Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
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25) Myst
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24) IndyCar Racing
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23) Sam and Max Hit the Road
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22) Secret of Monkey Island
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21) Syndicate
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20) Railroad Tycoon
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19) Falcon 3.0 (Falcon Gold)
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18) Lemmings
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17) Betrayal at Krondor
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16) The 7th Guest
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15) Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
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14) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
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13) Links 386 Pro
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12) Day of the Tentacle
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11) Dune II
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10) Front Page Sports: Football Pro
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09) Aces Over Europe
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08) Red Baron
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07) Return to Zork
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06) Civilization
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05) Alone in the Dark
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04) Wing Commander
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03) Wolfenstein 3-D
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02) Star Wars: X-Wing
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01) Doom
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DOS For Gamers - Memory Management Made Easy: If figuring out the vagaries of EMS and XMS is giving you headaches, don't worry! DOS guru Tim Victor is here to help you squeeze every last byte out of your PC's resources so you can get the most from your machine.
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The Disc Pages: If you bought the 3.5" floppy edition, enjoy the Transport Tycoon demo. If you bought the CD-ROM edition, you get Hammer of the Gods, Battle Bugs, Dr. Radiaki, Battle Island 2200, Lords of the Realm, Hardball 4, NASCAR Racing, Dominus, Renegade, Delta V, Prairie Dog Hunt II, One Must Fall 2097, Holiday Lemmings, Skunny Kart, Back to the Forest, Lost in Space, Save our Pizzas, Wild West, Desert Raid, Wacky Wheels, Rise of the Robots, Cyberstrike, SVGA Air Warrior, and installation files for the ImagiNation and GEnie online networks.
Scoops! (aka Hands-On Previews):
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Stalingrad
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Renegade
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Lost Eden
Reviews:
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5th Fleet (85%)
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Air Havoc Controller (75%)
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Anyone For Cards? for Windows (72%)
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Blackthorne (86%)
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Sid Meier's Colonization (85%)
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Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager (85%)
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Dominus (75%)
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DreamWeb (76%)
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Expert Chess for Windows (55%)
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Incredible Machine II, The (90%, Editors' Choice)
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Iron Cross (65%)
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Legend of Kyrandia, Book 3: Malcolm's Revenge (88%, Editors' Choice)
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Litil Divil (86%)
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Master of Magic (83%)
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NHL Hockey '95 (90%, Editor's Choice)
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Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure (82%)
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System Shock (96%, Editors' Choice)
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Under a Killing Moon (92%, Editors' Choice)
Departments:
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Eyewitness: News, previews, best sellers, and more!
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Alternate Lives: Neil Randall on the first-person vs. third-person debate in gaming.
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Sim Column: Lee Buchanan putts for par on new golf games.
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Extended Play: CD-ROMs and patches are on T. Liam McDonald's mind this month.
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Peripheral Visions: Matt Firme is here to sell all you keyboard warriors on flight sticks and rudder pedals for all your flight sim needs.
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Tim's Tech Shop: Tim Victor runs down what to look for when purchasing that new CD-ROM drive.
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The Desktop General: Alliance Interactive is a little studio with big wargaming plans, at least that's how William R. Trotter sees it.
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The Learning Game: Heidi Aycock weighs in on what it takes for educational software to stand out for her when she reviews so much of it.
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Lupine Online: Scott Wolf passes on a story of treachery, deceit, and courtroom wranglings in the shareware world.
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Strategy Central: If Quarantine, Beneath a Steel Sky, and System Shock are giving you fits, this month's column will help you deliver some payback.
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Letters: A place where people just like you can come to share, smile, and heal.
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Back Issues: Missed one? Pick it up here!
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Contest: SSI's got your trip to the moon right here, baby, with this contest to win a trip to US Space Camp for two lucky astronauts-in-training!
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Next Issue: A sneak peak at some of the nonsense your editors will be getting up to in thirty days.
Ads (in order of appearance):
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Take 2 Interactive games (Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller / Star Crusader / Bloodnet / Master of Orion / Bill Cosby's Picture Pages / Bureau 13)
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Skunny Kart
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War
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Z-Tronics CD-ROM Software mail order
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5th Fleet
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Locksmith PC
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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine / Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
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Armored Fist
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Cyberia
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Lords of the Realm
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Star Wars: X-Wing / Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit expansion / Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing expansion
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Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
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King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
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Sound Blaster hardware for games (The 7th Guest / Dragon Lore / Cyberia)
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Unimax Computer Manufacturing mail house
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Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star
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Ted Williams - The Legend's Own Story
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Falcon Mach V gaming PCs
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Wolf
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CD-ROM Zone mail order
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Spectre VR (Enhanced CD-ROM Edition)
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Stonekeep
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Microsoft Golf 2.0
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Pinball Arcade CD-ROM
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Lords of Midnight
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The Legend of Kyrandia, Book 3: Malcolm's Revenge
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Slam City with Scottie Pippen
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Inferno: The Odyssey Continues
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4th Dimension Entertainment mail order
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Air Havoc Controller
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
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GEnie online multiplayer network
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Virtual Vegas, Volume 1
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Sorority House: An Interactive Game of Hide and Peek
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Mission Control adult software mail order
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Hardball 4
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BlackThorne
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Flight Commander 2
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Gravis UltraSound MAX sound card
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Quantum Quality Products software titles
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Chips & Bits mail order
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Dominus
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Stalingrad
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Rise of the Robots
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The Journeyman Project Turbo
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Central Intelligence
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Creature Shock
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ESPN Baseball Tonight
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Heroes of Might and Magic
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Thrustmaster joysticks
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Voyeur
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The CD-ROM Advantage mail order (software for the blind)
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Consumer Information Catalog
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Command 3D Sound Engine sound hardware
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1830: Railroads and Robber Barons
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Logitech Wingman Extreme joystick
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Transport Tycoon / Pizza Tycoon / Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
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DreamWeb
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Space Sirens: The Ultimate Cyber Sex Simulator
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NASCAR Racing
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Creative Labs 3DO Blaster hardware
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Suncom G-FORCE flight yoke
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CH Products peripherals
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Wrath of the Gods
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Blown Away
-
3D Game Creation System
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PC Gamer subscription cards
-
Retribution
-
Ecstatica
-
Next Generation magazine
-
Maabus
-
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
-
Universal Never Lock for Games
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Risky
-
Space Ace
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena
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CD-ROM Today magazine
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Titan Games mail order
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Spaceward Ho!
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Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins
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Gravis Phoenix Flight and Weapons Control System joystick
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Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Notable Stuff:
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This issue marks the last issue with Steve Poole as co-editor, as he moves up to Director of Online Services for GP Publications.
-
Seems the only thing the PC Gamer staff and its readers agree with is that Doom was the #1 PC game of all time.
Features:
- Transport Tycoon: Planes, Trains, Automobiles -- and Ships, too! - T. Liam McDonald gives this new business sim the business, and invites you to do the same, since the demo's on this month's cover disc.
-
PC Gamer's Reader Top 40: The staff's rankings rankled the readership as, lo and behold, many of them thought the editors got it wrong. So this is what the list should have looked like, according to everybody who took the time to submit their own lists and suggestions.
- 40) V for Victory: Utah Beach
- 39) Star Control II
- 38) Ultima VII: The Black Gate
- 37) Commanche: Maximum Overkill
- 36) Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
- 35) King's Quest V
- 34) Pinball Fantasies
- 33) Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Edition
- 32) Star Wars: Rebel Assault
- 31) Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
- 30) SimCity
- 29) Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- 28) Ultima VIII: Pagan
- 27) The Bard's Tale
- 26) Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
- 25) Myst
- 24) IndyCar Racing
- 23) Sam and Max Hit the Road
- 22) Secret of Monkey Island
- 21) Syndicate
- 20) Railroad Tycoon
- 19) Falcon 3.0 (Falcon Gold)
- 18) Lemmings
- 17) Betrayal at Krondor
- 16) The 7th Guest
- 15) Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
- 14) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- 13) Links 386 Pro
- 12) Day of the Tentacle
- 11) Dune II
- 10) Front Page Sports: Football Pro
- 09) Aces Over Europe
- 08) Red Baron
- 07) Return to Zork
- 06) Civilization
- 05) Alone in the Dark
- 04) Wing Commander
- 03) Wolfenstein 3-D
- 02) Star Wars: X-Wing
- 01) Doom
- DOS For Gamers - Memory Management Made Easy: If figuring out the vagaries of EMS and XMS is giving you headaches, don't worry! DOS guru Tim Victor is here to help you squeeze every last byte out of your PC's resources so you can get the most from your machine.
- The Disc Pages: If you bought the 3.5" floppy edition, enjoy the Transport Tycoon demo. If you bought the CD-ROM edition, you get Hammer of the Gods, Battle Bugs, Dr. Radiaki, Battle Island 2200, Lords of the Realm, Hardball 4, NASCAR Racing, Dominus, Renegade, Delta V, Prairie Dog Hunt II, One Must Fall 2097, Holiday Lemmings, Skunny Kart, Back to the Forest, Lost in Space, Save our Pizzas, Wild West, Desert Raid, Wacky Wheels, Rise of the Robots, Cyberstrike, SVGA Air Warrior, and installation files for the ImagiNation and GEnie online networks.
Scoops! (aka Hands-On Previews):
- Stalingrad
- Renegade
- Lost Eden
Reviews:
- 5th Fleet (85%)
- Air Havoc Controller (75%)
- Anyone For Cards? for Windows (72%)
- Blackthorne (86%)
- Sid Meier's Colonization (85%)
- Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager (85%)
- Dominus (75%)
- DreamWeb (76%)
- Expert Chess for Windows (55%)
- Incredible Machine II, The (90%, Editors' Choice)
- Iron Cross (65%)
- Legend of Kyrandia, Book 3: Malcolm's Revenge (88%, Editors' Choice)
- Litil Divil (86%)
- Master of Magic (83%)
- NHL Hockey '95 (90%, Editor's Choice)
- Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure (82%)
- System Shock (96%, Editors' Choice)
- Under a Killing Moon (92%, Editors' Choice)
Departments:
- Eyewitness: News, previews, best sellers, and more!
- Alternate Lives: Neil Randall on the first-person vs. third-person debate in gaming.
- Sim Column: Lee Buchanan putts for par on new golf games.
- Extended Play: CD-ROMs and patches are on T. Liam McDonald's mind this month.
- Peripheral Visions: Matt Firme is here to sell all you keyboard warriors on flight sticks and rudder pedals for all your flight sim needs.
- Tim's Tech Shop: Tim Victor runs down what to look for when purchasing that new CD-ROM drive.
- The Desktop General: Alliance Interactive is a little studio with big wargaming plans, at least that's how William R. Trotter sees it.
- The Learning Game: Heidi Aycock weighs in on what it takes for educational software to stand out for her when she reviews so much of it.
- Lupine Online: Scott Wolf passes on a story of treachery, deceit, and courtroom wranglings in the shareware world.
- Strategy Central: If Quarantine, Beneath a Steel Sky, and System Shock are giving you fits, this month's column will help you deliver some payback.
- Letters: A place where people just like you can come to share, smile, and heal.
- Back Issues: Missed one? Pick it up here!
- Contest: SSI's got your trip to the moon right here, baby, with this contest to win a trip to US Space Camp for two lucky astronauts-in-training!
- Next Issue: A sneak peak at some of the nonsense your editors will be getting up to in thirty days.
Ads (in order of appearance):
- Take 2 Interactive games (Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller / Star Crusader / Bloodnet / Master of Orion / Bill Cosby's Picture Pages / Bureau 13)
- Skunny Kart
- Rise of the Triad: Dark War
- Z-Tronics CD-ROM Software mail order
- 5th Fleet
- Locksmith PC
- Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine / Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
- Armored Fist
- Cyberia
- Lords of the Realm
- Star Wars: X-Wing / Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit expansion / Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing expansion
- Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
- King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
- Sound Blaster hardware for games (The 7th Guest / Dragon Lore / Cyberia)
- Unimax Computer Manufacturing mail house
- Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star
- Ted Williams - The Legend's Own Story
- Falcon Mach V gaming PCs
- Wolf
- CD-ROM Zone mail order
- Spectre VR (Enhanced CD-ROM Edition)
- Stonekeep
- Microsoft Golf 2.0
- Pinball Arcade CD-ROM
- Lords of Midnight
- The Legend of Kyrandia, Book 3: Malcolm's Revenge
- Slam City with Scottie Pippen
- Inferno: The Odyssey Continues
- 4th Dimension Entertainment mail order
- Air Havoc Controller
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
- GEnie online multiplayer network
- Virtual Vegas, Volume 1
- Sorority House: An Interactive Game of Hide and Peek
- Mission Control adult software mail order
- Hardball 4
- BlackThorne
- Flight Commander 2
- Gravis UltraSound MAX sound card
- Quantum Quality Products software titles
- Chips & Bits mail order
- Dominus
- Stalingrad
- Rise of the Robots
- The Journeyman Project Turbo
- Central Intelligence
- Creature Shock
- ESPN Baseball Tonight
- Heroes of Might and Magic
- Thrustmaster joysticks
- Voyeur
- The CD-ROM Advantage mail order (software for the blind)
- Consumer Information Catalog
- Command 3D Sound Engine sound hardware
- 1830: Railroads and Robber Barons
- Logitech Wingman Extreme joystick
- Transport Tycoon / Pizza Tycoon / Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
- Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
- DreamWeb
- Space Sirens: The Ultimate Cyber Sex Simulator
- NASCAR Racing
- Creative Labs 3DO Blaster hardware
- Suncom G-FORCE flight yoke
- CH Products peripherals
- Wrath of the Gods
- Blown Away
- 3D Game Creation System
- PC Gamer subscription cards
- Retribution
- Ecstatica
- Next Generation magazine
- Maabus
- Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
- Universal Never Lock for Games
- Risky
- Space Ace
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- CD-ROM Today magazine
- Titan Games mail order
- Spaceward Ho!
- Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins
- Gravis Phoenix Flight and Weapons Control System joystick
- Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Notable Stuff:
- This issue marks the last issue with Steve Poole as co-editor, as he moves up to Director of Online Services for GP Publications.
- Seems the only thing the PC Gamer staff and its readers agree with is that Doom was the #1 PC game of all time.
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