Tips & Tricks Issue 81

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

• Nintendo 64
• Sony Playstation
• Sony Playstation 2
• Microsoft Xbox
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Nintendo Game Boy Color
• Nintendo Game Boy Advance
• Nintendo Gamecube
• Sega Dreamcast
• arcade

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(This issue of T&T introduces two new departments - Collector's Closet and Pencil Puzzles - and expands the existing Select Games department. The Hi Scores and Pokemon Report departments are apparently retired as regulars.)

STRATEGIES

• Spy Hunter (PS2; 5 pages)
• X-Men Mutant Academy 2 (PS; 6 pages)
• Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (PS2; 6 pages)
• Fortress (GBA; 2 pages)
• Phantasy Star Online ver. 2 (DC; 2 pages)

DEPARTMENTS

Power Up! (staff bios)

Readers' Tips (letters column)

T&T Select Games (1-page (unless noted) game overviews with screenshots; readers would select games from this section for future strategy coverage in T&T:)

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (PS2)
• Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (XB)
• WWF Smackdown! Just Brings It (PS2)
• Eternal Darkness (GC)
• The Legend of Alon D'ar (PS2)
• Devil May Cry (PS2)
  
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• Gun Valkyrie (XB)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
• Kabuki Warriors (XB)
• Metroid Prime (GC)
• Barbarian (PS2, Europe only release)
• The Simpsons Road Rage (PS2)
• Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (PS2)
• Dead or Alive 3 (XB)
• Burnout (PS2)
  
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• Legion: The Legend of Excalibur (PS2)
• Monsters, Inc. (PS)
• Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (PS)
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X (XB)
• Zone of the Enders 2173: Testament (GBA, released in NA as Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars)
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (GBA)
• Robocop (GBA, never released)
• Kao the Kangaroo (GBA)
   
• Game Track! (upcoming releases list)

Pencil Puzzles (2 puzzles) - Pencil Puzzle A | Pencil Puzzle B

Hint Hotlines (game tip phone number directory)

Tournament Report (1 page; 'B5 National Street Fighter Championships!;' tournament calendar)

Sports Desk (approx. 1/2 page strategy per game (unless noted))

• NFL 2K2 (DC)
• NCAA College Football 2K2 (DC)
• ESPN Final Round Golf 2002 (GBA)
• NFL GameDay 2002 (PS; sidebar; codes)

Hard Core (two pages of reader-submitted Armored Core designs)

Collector's Closet (2-pages; retro coverage; 'Classic Gaming Expo 2001;' 'Room of Doom;' 'Spotlight On: Games Gone Wild;' 'Vinyl Goodies')

Japan Report! (1-page; Japanese products, games and culture)

Cool Zone (1-page; cool products, gaming and non-gaming)

CODES

(T&T prided itself on its tip count - this issue contains over 3200 tips collected in the pages listed here, sorted by system. This issue's Codes section features a number of varied footer bars - see the full breakdown below)

• Playstation 2 (3 pages)
• Playstation (9 pages)
• Nintendo 64 (6 pages)
• Game Boy Advance (1 page)
• Game Boy (3 pages)
• Dreamcast (3 pages)
• GameShark (2 pages; PS, PS2, GBC, DC)

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• Playstation Trucks (mobile game rooms)
• Monaco Circuit on Playstation 2 (Monaco Formula 1 Circuit track, game comparison)
• Tips & Tricks Reader Art Gallery