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other such naff-rock nonsense. At last, Squaresoft has an established

base in the Unied States, something that has been a long time coming.

After a long and healthy relationship with SCEA, we are now faced with a new company that has the creative talent of Square’s U.S., Japanese and Hawaiian design studios coupled with the distribution might of Electronic Arts. Anew “power” in gaming has been born, and ultimately it’s hardcore gamers themselves that will benefit far more than anyone else. At last...we should see the very best that Squaresoft has to offer. Could this finally be an end to half of the really cool stuff being left behind in Japan? Let's hope so. We're very pleased to provide the first official information about the initial batch of Square games on page 122.

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Much like the vast majority of information that we have this issue, our Square Ronee Saba feature was mainly possible due to the impending games-industry über-show, Ез (Electronic Entertainment Expo). Set to start just before this issue hits the shelves, E3 is the gaming equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival. Every publish- er, developer and manufacturer you can ever think of, plus many you probably can’t, spend millions of dollars in a three day festival of mutual willy-waving designed to woo retailers and the press alike. This year’s show is set to be particularly spectacular as some landmark events are destined to take place.

First, Sega will finally make some formal announcements about Katana. Who knows? By this time next month it may have even decided on a name for the new system. We'll certainly have some exciting news as we have already been informed that "some announcements" will be made— watch out for release dates, titles and a possible price.

In all, there are going to be more than 250 console games shown at E3, primarily on the PlayStation and the N64 — we've spent the last month tracking down all of the confirmed announcements and our behemoth of a list acts as an introduction to this month's preview section on page 34.

The end of 1998 should prove to be a major turning point for video games. Two new systems are being announced (Katana and Color Game Boy) and a number of clear landmark products are set to go on show for the first time in the United States. While this issue acts as a huge preview for what is to come, watch out next month for a full report along with some spectacular exclusives. E3 starts on May 28, and if you can't wait to hear the news, check out our spe- cial Web site for the event, imaginatively going by the URL www.e3news.com.

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This year’s E?is sure to be а blast for more than 250 reasons. See what’s on the way...

122 - It’s Hip to be Square

Square has maintained its place as a true hardcore gamer’s company. What's next?

4 – Editorial

Big changes and announcements are about to be made.

16 - Letters

ould we teach our editor in chief how to speak American?

26 - News

See what new licensees Nintendo has recently rounded up.

28 - Quartermann The Q-Mann has more info on Sega's Katana, Resident Evil on Katana and the highly anticipated Donkey Kong 64.

132 – Review Crew

We review Gran Turismo, Quest 64 and Burning Rangers.

PREVIEWS 48 - Nintendo 64 Previews

Updated and in-depth info on Rare's Banjo-Kazooie, Mission: Impossible and the beautiful NFL Quarterback Club '99.

68 - PlayStation Previews Our PS section is jam-packed this month. Check out the previews of Crash 3, Duke Nukem: TtK and Rogue Trip, among others.

148 - Jump Start

See the best way to go on your quest in Quest 64.

150 - Tricks of the Trade

Unlock all of the cars and tracks in Need for Speed III.

154 - Get Some!

Find out who Torgo is and how you can take digital photos.

156 - The Final Word

Read why Shawn thinks griping about game sequels can be a tricky and sometimes unfair business.

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Electronic Gaming Monthly, July 1998, Issue 108

TIO - Saturn Previews Things are dry on the Saturn front but we still have info on imports, Vampire Savior specifically.

TI4 - Arcade Previews A full-on look at Virtual On 2 along with new Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Soul Caliber pics, among others.

107 Adidas Power Soccer 98 104 Alien Resurrection 133 All-Star Baseball '99 100 Armored Core: Project Phantasma 135 Azure Dreams 107 Backstreet Billiards. 48-49 Banjo-Kazooie 87,133 Bio FR.E.A.K.S. 64 Bomberman Hero 106 Brunswick Bowling 141 Burning Rangers 133 Bust-A-Move 2: AE 88 C:The Contra Adventure 72 Capcom Generations 1 & 2 138 Cardinal SYN 57 Chopper Attack 106 Constructor 8o Crash Bandicoot 3 94 Critical Blow 104 Dead Ball Zone 89 Dragon Seeds 88 Duke Nukem: Time to Kill 62 Earthworm Jim 3D 62 FlRacing 2 104 Fighter Maker 138 Forsaken 134 Forsaken 64 100 FOX Sports Golf 99 97 ports Soccer 99 G Shock

58 GT 64 Championship Edition 58 Gex 64

139 Grand Theft Auto

138 Gran Turismo

106 Hit Back

96 Intl. Superstar Soccer Pro '98 97 Invasion From Beyond

105 JeffGordon Racing

139 Jersey Devil

107 Kartia

92 LAPD. 2100 A.D.

94 Macross VFX 2 134 Mike Piazza's StrikeZone 50 Mission: Impossible 87 Mortal Kombat 4 98 MLBPA Bottom of the oth "99 140 N20: Nitrous Oxide 57 NASCAR 99 96 NCAA батевгеакег'99 5o NFL Quarterback Club "99 98 NHLFaceOff'o9 97 NHRA Drag Racing 68 Ninja: Shadow of Darkness 97 Рас-Мап 30 106 Poy Роу 2 135 Quest 64 58 Rayman 2 Rogue Trip 105 RPG Maker 100 Sacred Fist

105 Shadow Gunner 64 Shadowman

115 Skiers High

92 Small Soldiers

115 Soul Caliber

86 Spyro The Dragon 105 Streak

115 Street Fighter Alpha 3 115 Street Fighter EX2 64 EE

96 Syphon Filter

89 Tali Concerto

107 Tales of Destiny

139 The Granstream Saga 78 Thunder Force V 140 Tomba!

64 Tonic Trouble

95 Uprising X

104 V2000

410 Vampire Savior

114 Virtual On 2

140 VR Baseball '99

135 Wetrix

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98 Xenocracy

141 X-Men vs. Street Fighter

Believe it or not, Crash 3 is on its way already. Wonder what's in store? Then check out pg. 80.

Game Directory

134 Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside

70 Legacy of Kain 2: Soul Reaver

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Covering All The Big Issues

Something most parents don’t think about is the effect censorship has on a child. By censoring their child to certain aspects of life, the parents are only making that child want it more. | ат not condoning the viewing of explicit material by minors, but there is a time when you should educate your child on the realities of life. Even if video games portray violence or sexual content in an unrealistic way, the content is based on truth, and children need to be taught how to tell the difference between the real world and their imagination. Whether parents like it or not, their child will eventually be exposed to such things in their adulthood; they can’t keep their child a virgin, nor can they shield them from violence and death forever. Unless a parent can step in and educate a child on such topics properly, they will grow up ignorant about such situations.

On the topic of how women are depicted in games—most people don’t realize how men are depicted in any media: buff and well-built. When’s the last time anyone complained about that? Women are not the only sex objects used to sell a product.

Something people also don’t realize is the companies’ point of view. OK, we have this great game...good graphics...lots of fun...we'll call it Tomb Raider. Now, should the main character be an obese old woman or a sexy young lady? Not only is it good marketing (and common sense), but also realistic. If a woman does a lot of hiking and climbing like Lara Croft does, she is going to be well- composed. As far as letting children view it...it’s nothing they couldn't see in real life (like at the beach).

When it comes to ads, one thing people need to remember is that although EGM has to approve of the ads, EGM also has to make a profit too! Either put up with it, or pay $80 per magazine to make up for it. If the

concept of the game is based on gore, an ad like Spawn's should be expected. | think a game would give out the wrong idea to consumers if it had fuzzy bunnies jumping about instead. Advertisements like this should be considered foreshadowing of the game it's advertising. Use this to your advantage. By learning ahead of time that the content of the game is not right for you, you can avoid problems later.

So, what can be done? Well, if someone doesn't approve of the content of a game, then he/she Should take action by not purchasing the game! By not buying a game that you don't approve of, you're sending a message to the company, “Don’t make games like this." Complaining to EGM is pointless and putting the blame in the wrong place.

People need to remember that the gaming industry is becoming more widespread and covers a larger audience. Games aren't just for kids anymore. Parents need to remember that and start taking responsibility. Just like movies, games are rated and can contain adult material. If they don't want their child to see the content in Resident Evil or Mortal Kombat, then they should buy Kirby and Super Mario instead. The content is there so that customers of all types can make a choice on what they want. No one will ever force them to buy an explicit game. As far as a video game magazine, | expect to see ALL the games covered. EGM is not re- sponsible for the content in video games. To be honest, the customer is (that means you). Pay attention to what you buy or what you buy for your kids. Rent it first and play the game yourself if you’re not sure, especially as a parent. Don’t try to ruin the enjoyment of others who can handle more adult material. There are people out there that like it!

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| can’t believe you gave 1080° Snow- boarding a lower rating than Tekken 3. EGM is biased. Ziff-Davis owns the rights to the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Since Ziff-Davis doesn’t want to lose that license, EGM has to review PlayStation games great and Nintendo 64 games poorly.

| dare you to put this into your magazine. Mike Martino fmartino@csrlink.net

How could you give Tekken 3 105? Tekken 3 15 such a horrible game; it is too easy, too repetitious, and has pixelated graphics. On the other hand, it has been months since you gave an N64 game a decent rating. Just because the М64 is from Nintendo doesn’t mean you have to be so biased against it and its games. | know you will never print this letter because it complains about your so-called “unbiased” review system, but deep down | know that you can be more fair to N64 games.

ANTBOMB@aol.com

1.) Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine is a separate mag from us. Nothing they do has any influence on us, and vice versa. OPM, unlike Nintendo Power with Nintendo, is run independently of Sony Computer Entertainment America. Part of the deal

with Ziff-Davis accepting the official license is to retain publishing autonomy. Therefore, SCEA has zero say in anything we publish, reviews or otherwise.

2.) We do not submit to pressure from our advertisers (the only reason why any magazine would be biased in the first

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ріасе). In fact, several major players іп the industry have pulled advertising in retaliation for our low review scores. Even though this has cost us beaucoup bucks, we stand by our basic review philosophy: No game gets any kind of special treatment. Ziff-Davis (and Steve Harris before them) believes if we serve our readers, and not the companies, then advertising will come naturally (because circulation

and readership will grow over time from our integrity).

3.) Did your selective eyesights miss out on the silver award 1080° received (and the 9.5 that Shawn gave it)? What about the three 8.0s World Cup 98 got? Those sure sound like “decent” ratings to us.

4.) If we’re so anti-Nintendo 64 and pro-PlayStation, then why did nine PS games reviewed last month score lower than the two N64 games? Open up your eyes! In your blind crusade, you forgot to see the other scores, which would prove your statements not only false, but idiotic. 5.) If you still think we're biased, then

Yoshi: “You think Electronic Gaming Monthly is a biased magazine? You must now die!”

the solution is simple: Stop reading EGM. Why should we try to change your minds?

On The Flip Side...

I'm glad you gave 105 to Tekken з and Panzer Dragoon Saga. They deserved them. Paul Herrmann pjh@home.com

I'd like to say you guys gave Tekken 3 the rating it deserves...a perfect 10! It’s the first time | saw a perfect score in your mag, and | was not even surprised. Why? Because that’s the same rating | would give it, and

What Phantasy Star V (wishful

games do you want

thinking, | know), Sonic (full free

roaming 30, like Mario 64), Panzer Dragoon (off the rails like Warhawk), Shinobi (third- person, like Tomb Raider), NiGHTS (more levels, more enemies), VectorMan (2D or 3

to see for Katana’s launch?

CENOBITE@webtv.net

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the gameplay (the most important factor) is perfect. You guys (who gave a 10 to Tekken 3) reviewed it right! Thanks!!! Carlo Carrasco carrasco@mozcom.com

How Doom 2600 Came To Be

Due to the e-mail responses | got (and am still getting) on my Doom 2600 hoax featured in issue #102 of EGM, | decided to make a Web page on how it came to be. Check it out at: www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade /[8691/2600D00M.HTM James Catalano alicat@earthlink.net

Thanks. You can also check out our behind-the-scenes story at: http://headline.gamespot.com/news /98_04/16_doom/index.html.

Gamers Against EGM

In your April issue, you printed a “bogus” code that was said to be able to let a player be any of the Bonds in GoldenEye 007.

After attempting this for weeks and finally accomplishing the requirements for this code to work, | determined the code doesn’t work. My friends and | grew very angry at your usually great magazine.

Our anger toward EGM grew and grew until we eventually formed: Gamers Against Electronic Gaming Monthly, or “GAEGM.”

To sum this story up, our demands are simple to avoid a boycott of EGM. The demands are:

1. A public apology to all members of GAEGM. 2. Ummm, that’s it.

Thank you.

Storm Front Jimmy 2nd-in-command, GAEGM sgctoc@revealed.net

І found some really cool cheats for Rampage, like all the secret cities and playing as VERN full-time as well as playing as a T-Rex. But since you guys are such bastards and published that fake all-Bonds code, the cheats are going to GamePro instead. By the way, my pissed- off followers and | have started a rebellion.

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We call ourselves GAEGM (Gamers Against Electronic Gaming Monthly). We have a simple set of demands. All we ask is that you publish an apology to GAEGM. Once this demand is met, the attacks from our ever-growing number of followers will cease. Thank You. Cyber Samurai leader, GAEGM CyberSamurai@worldnet.att.net

Trust us. You don’t want to start a war with EGM. One word from us, and hundreds of loyal EGM readers will jump down your throats via e-mail. And guess what? We’ve just conveniently printed your e-mail addresses for everyone to see (long-time readers may remember Taylor Acosta and Brando Deshazo, two anti-EGMers who got more than their share of anti-them mail from EGM fans).

So here’s the compromise: You disband GAEGM right now, and we won’t ask all our readers to stuff your e-mail servers full of flames. Deal? :-)

Question of the Moment

| would love to see The Lost World (the arcade shooter). bruyere@gateway.net

A Sonic game, Sega Rally 2, Fighters Megamix 2, an NFL, NBA, NHL, baseball or soccer game and Grandia 2! BUBBA85543@aol.com

D).

| think Sega should release а Sonic RPG for Katana. Also, they should release the kick- ass Saturn games we'll never see here, like Phantasy Star Collection, Lunar 2, Grandia, Shining Force (all parts), etc...you get the idea.

Dragon Force 2. ebarnett@tgtel.com

ANYTHING! Sega just needs to make sure they stand behind Katana, so it has a longer shelf life than all their other mishaps. XVPoeXV@aol.com design@perperdesign.com

Next Month’s Question of the Moment: What big news do you hope will be announced at E3? Send your short, but sweet, responses to: EGM_Mail@zd.com with the subject heading: E3

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Ethan Hawke in...Mission: Impossible???

In your preview for Mission: Impossible for the N64, you state “...Infogrames suggests the game will have Ethan Hawke making his way through five missions.” I’m going to go out on a limb and hope you meant Ethan Hunt as our IMF agent and not Hawke. Because if he’s playing the title role, my Great Expectations for this game have soured, and it’s true, Reality Bites.

Jeff LoPresto Xander_12@hotmail.com

Groan. Now this is something we should apologize for: not editing out that last sentence of Jeff’s letter. As for this Ethan Hawke/Hunt thing, that was a mistake on our part. No one could ever replace Tom Cruise (as Ethan Hunt) as the number-one field agent of Mission: Impossible. That little man could probably fit into all sorts of tight and secret places no one else could.

Sticking Your Thumb Where It Belongs

| noticed in your June issue an ad for Capcom’s X-Men vs. Street Fighter. In that ad, it says at the bottom, “Before you lay claim to having the best fighting games, you’d better have the best fighters. We do.” If they have the best fighters, then why in the world does Chun-Li not know how to hold a fist properly?! If she punched someone holding her fist like that, she would break her thumb! J. L. Zeller cmzeller&mindspring.com

Chun-Li's not a fist fighter. She's the kicking type. And you have too much time on your hands.

Homer Оп TM3

Over the last god knows how many months, | have sent numerous letters to EGM, kindly and politely requesting info on games such as Twisted Metal 3. However, time and time again, all | see printed in your letter sections are letters from a bunch of idiots (no offense to those people who write them) complaining about this or that and just writing about their psychotic problems. This has been slowly pissing me off to the point where | just don't give a damn anymore. You don't know what it's like. I’m the one out there putting his ass on the line, and I’m not out of order, you're out of order. The whole freaking system is out of order. You want the truth? You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! Because when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your best friend's face you'll know what to do. Forget it...it’s Chinatown.

P.S. What's the deal with Twisted Metal 3?

Hailos@aol.com

All we know at this point is Twisted Metal 3 is due out in November. It will be developed by Sony and not Single Trac.

Telling It Like It Is

What kind of society do we live in where an animated woman is the focus of all young male fantasies? What kind of society do we live in where we can press a button and experience a surreal universe beyond our imagination? What kind of society do we live in that lets us pull out a plastic gun and shoot innocent members of society on our TV? What kind of society do we live in that lets us kill, hurt and love people and animals that aren’t even real?

What kind of society do we live in? I’ll tell you, a damn good one.

Brebt Timm pilotb@msn.com

Amen.

Its Too Easy

Гуе asked before, so I'll ask again. Why has your magazine shrunk? | don't mean

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*Shrunk?"...*Playboys?"...Nah. We'll resist the temptation on this one.

Bloody Right!

| would like to say fare thee well to Ed Semrad. I’ve enjoyed his editorials ever since the days of the Street Fighter || craze.

Now, | would like to welcome John Davison to the United States...although the first time he calls а French fry a “chip,” РЦ mail him some Spam wrapped in aluminum (pronounced a-lu-mi-num, not al-u-min-ium). Ray Thomas

Vernon, TX

Don’t worry, we’re making sure “Johnny England” gets Americanized, ASAP. In fact, we've already had the aluminum vs. aluminium discussion (he insists the English way is better), and just the other day, we told him it's not *arsehole," it’s...well, you get the idea...

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Make ‘em history with DUKE Nukem Time-To-Kill, the revolutionary 3rd-person shooter exclusively on PlayStation® game console and rage through the ages fraggin’ every alien that ever was. Coming this fall.

Or raise the stakes with the highly anticipated DUKE NUKEM FOREVER and put out the lights in Las Vegas with the PC blockbuster for the next century! Or better yet, go for a total Nukem meltdown and get them both! See who got to wear the King’s crown for day. Behold the winners of the casting call at WWW.gtgames.com.

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Nintendo Nabs More Hit Titles for Their 64-Bit Powerhouse

hile the Nintendo 64 flounders in popular futuristic racing title Wipeout. The N64 bring two of Electronic Arts’ titles to the №64—

Japan, the system continues to gain version of this title promises to be enhanced Road Rash 3D and Nuclear Strike. DT

momentum in the United States. from its previous incarnations on other systems, Productions said the games will have visual Proving that the system has legs, two publishers with a Four-player Simultaneous Mode. The enhancements and special effects exclusive to with roots deep in PlayStationLand announced company says this game “will take the breath- the N64 versions of the games. Both will be support for Nintendo's 64-Bit cartridge monolith. taking gaming experience of the landmark released in 1999 by T*HQ.

Activision announced that its first two titles WipeOut series to new heights.” These three announcements definitely do a lot for the Nintendo 64 will be Quake Il and Additional titles from Psygnosis have yet to be — to shore up any doubt about support for the Nightmare Creatures. The company has enlisted announced, but it’s confirmed that it is working N64. Every month or so there seem to be fewer the help of the same developers who handled on multiple titles, and with its large library of and fewer major players that don’t have some-

Midway’s ports of Quake and Doom on the N64 games, it can’t be long before we see titles like thing in the works for the system. That list will to bring Quake II over. Activision distributed the Colony Wars and Destruction Derby showing up surely get even shorter as E3 approaches, where

PC version of Quake || for id Software. on the N64. more announcements are likely to be made. Nightmare Creatures is being converted by Rounding out an incredibly busy month for Stay tuned to videogames.com and e3news.com Kalisto Entertainment, the original creators Nintendo 64 development announcements, Don for the latest news direct from the show as

of the game on the PC and the PlayStation. Traeger Productions has partnered with T*HQ to it happens!

Perhaps the most interesting developer that jumped on the N64 bandwagon this month is Psygnosis. Sony bought Psygnosis in 1993, but has let them stay independent and develop for multi- ple platforms. The first game the company will

bring to the

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Videogames.com Poll

On our Web site (www.videogames.com) we run daily polls. But мете still throwing around ideas on where to feature them. Why not here? This is an exclusive look at some recent results. Maybe you voted for one of these...

If you were in charge of Sega right now you would... „„„оНег a discount on the Katana for Saturn owners. о Other 274 мо | Genesis 113 103 | NES 910 Intellivision 156 What do you think was the greatest weakness of the Saturn? | SNES 146 The hardware itself 92 Atari 2600 954 Lack of third-party support 248 Lack of support from Sega 132 Have уои еуег played а гате іп Link Моде? Yes 302 Who's your favorite video game developer? No 1274 Namco 304 Capcom Other 334 Nintendo Sega 209 Square for that particular response online.

Ever wonder what happened to that Street Fighter V contest

that we ran a few months back? Well, don't worry. We now have all of the entries and are about to select a winner. When one is

chosen, the prize will be sent out—the complete Street Fighter V collection. In the meantime, keep an eye in upcoming editions of the

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Sushi-X Files Explained

Many of you have sent in letters won- dering why this insert is called the Sushi-X Files, yet Shawn Smith has his e-mail up at the top. We wanted to clear this up right now. First, Shawn Smith is NOT Sushi-X. Second, since Sushi-X is so busy (traveling to and from Japan, reviewing games, etc.),

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Some Call Him Eddy Cheapo

Is this man cheap?

Do you think Eddy Gordo from Tekken 3 makes the game cheap? Are his moves too easy to pull off? With some quick button-mashing Eddy does some crazy break-dancing moves and takes off a quarter of your life. Yeah, it seems a little suspicious. Well, we thought мелі do a little test with Mr. Gordo to see if he’s as cheap as some people say. We sat some non- gamers down, had them play 10 rounds against a Tekken player and jotted down just how many times they won. We also tested one of those robotic arms from Radio Shack. Note: These people basically just mashed on the buttons and blocked when they could...

Gamer X using Eddy Gordo... Won: 2 Lost: 8

Gamer Y using Eddy Gordo... Won: 2 Lost: 8

Gamer Z using Eddy Gordo... Won: 1 Lost: 9

Robotic Arm using Eddy Gordo... Won: 1 Lost: 8 Undecided: 1

Decision: He’s slightly cheap but solid gameplay and skill still rule