Tips & Tricks Issue 23

Features:

Samsung's GXTV - A comprehensive staff review of Samsung's ultimate(?) gaming television.
3-D Controller Showdown - T&T pits the Nintendo 64's analog stick against the Saturn's 3-D pad in a battle for dominance.
Tiger Toyz - A quick look at some of the new goodies available from Tiger Electronics' line of gadgets:
- Space Jam handheld LCD game
- Henry handheld game
- Talk Boy
- Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! portable games
- Talk Boy Watch
- R-Zone Game System
Digital Neco Manga - Time Warner was in such a hurry to release Zero Divide in the US that they neglected to translate a hidden bonus sequence in the game. T&T fixes this oversight.
Fanzine Patrol - Amataur press publications don't get enough love, so the T&T crew devotes some column space to pointing out a few of their favorites:
- Above & Beyond
- The Game Reviews
- Paradox
- Video Darwinism
- 2600 Connection
Pepsiman Update - The beloved(?) mascot was removed from the US version of Fighting Vipers. No hidden Pepsiman action for you, gaijin!
Worldwide Soccer '97 sidebar - A bunch of cool stuff you probably didn't know about this Saturn sports hit.
Meet Robin! - Robin Krouse, that is, voice actress, singer, and Nintendo product specialist, immortalized as a character in Pilotwings 64!
Virtua Fighter Animation - According to T&T, you really should give this Game Gear exclusive series entry a try.

Departments:

Readers' Tips (aka: The letters page)
T&T Anime - Wataru Maruyama's anime reference guide grows!
- Ninja Scroll
- Tenchu Muyo
- Gunbuster
- Armitage III
- Kishin Corps
- New Dominion Tank Police
- Street Fighter II: The TV Series
Super NES Tips
Genesis Tips
PlayStation Tips
Saturn Tips
Game Boy Tips
Game Gear Tips
3DO Tips
Arcade Tips
Select Games (aka: Previews)
- Jet Moto (PS1)
- Crime Wave (SAT)
- Suikoden (PS1)
- Ten Pin Alley (PS1)
- Powerslave (SAT)
- NFL '97 (SAT)
- NBA Live '97 (PS1)
- FIFA Soccer '97 (PS1)
- FIFA Soccer Gold Edition (SNES/GEN)
- FIFA Soccer '97 (GB)
- Madden '97 (GB)
- Burning Road (PS1)
- Toshinden Ura (SAT)
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (SNES/GEN)
- Destruction Derby 2 (PS1)
- King's Field II (PS1)
- Amok (SAT)
- Sonic 3-D Blast (SAT)
- TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4x4 (PS1)
- Contra: Legacy of War (PS1)
- Broken Helix (PS1)
- NHL Face-Off '97 (PS1)
- The Divide (PS1)
- NHL '97 (PS1)
- NHL Open Ice (PS1)
Cheat Codes - Game Genie and Game Shark codes for cheaters at heart.
Letter From Betty - Betty's enjoying New York, especially Chinatown, where she has found a chicken (as in, a real life bird) who plays an unbeatable game of tic-tac-toe. She also offers up some bonus tips for Mr. Do! on the SNES, and Vectorman on the Genesis.

Strategy:

X-Men vs. Street Fighter (ARC) - Secret codes, techniques, special moves, Tyrone Rodriguez lays it all out for you.
Kizuna Encounter (NG) - This Neo Geo wrestling/fighting/beat 'em up will have no secrets left once you've read Wataru Maruyama's guide.
Wave Race 64 (N64) - Nikos Constant gives you everything you need to know to conquer the waves while pulling off the slickest tricks.
Tomb Raider (PS1/SAT) - Wararu Maruyama gives a short run-down of every interesting place in every level.

Ads (in order of appearance):

Notable stuff:

Betty Hallock has stepped down from her Executive Editor position to become a contributor at this point in the magazine's history. Wataru Maruyama has stepped into the Executive Editor role.
Very few ads in this issue compared to previous ones.
Sandra Chang gets to model a heck of a lot of different gear for this issue.
T&T wonders why Sega of America gives credit to a bunch of American bug testers for creating Fighting Vipers, despite the fact it was created entirely in Japan. Yeah, good question. What's up with that, Sega?
Letter From Betty is such a cute feature.

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