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“With so many good games out there it is hard . to choose which games are the best. Since you'll probably be making your wish lists right about now, І wanted to give a list of some of my favorite games. Here they are in no particular order: Tomb Raider, Tekken 2, Wipeout XL, Powerslave, Final Doom, NHL Hockey 97, Wave Race 64, Tobal #1, Mario 64, World Series - Baseball 2, Twisted Metal 2, Disruptor, Fighting Vipers, and Legacy of Kain. Of course, the ultimate game to get this holiday season is VF3, but that will run you more than a new car. Adios!"

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“Now where did І place that vile of Bubonic plague and my shoebox of fleas? Oh... Hey gamers! You just caught me in the middle of another sinister plot, unfortunately | won't be able to tell you all about it, because if І did, you probably wouldn't | see me ever again. Well, it's the holiday season and Рт sure |: У Ayr most of you have some money burning holes in your pockets. t If you need à new game to consume your days be sure to give Tomb Raider for PS-X, Wave Race 64 for N64, Powerslave for Saturn, and DKC3 for the SNES serious looks."

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i ' E “Гуе finally relaxed after the thrill of seeing Grant Lee Buffalo's tiny gig here in Minneapolis and I'm back to thinking about video games again. It's been alot of work with the bigger book this month, but it's all worth it. Check out · the three hockey games for the PS-X, they all rock. It's a tough call for a purchase, so find a particular aspect that appeals to you before making your decision. No matter which of the three you choose, it'll definitely be a

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should be hitting the stores while: you read this. Н. Sonic is what уои crave, Sega has delivered. j М Unfortunately, Sonic X-Treme won't ђе out until next ompanies have too much pride for year and 3D Blast is merely a touched up version ofthe . | thing. same game for Genesis. Why are the 16s dying? Its all 3. No clue, You'd be better off asking whether th іп the name of keeping the industry going. The first true will even be a Street Fighter Alpha 3. But then video game systems were great for their times, but don't really know that either. Of course, it's proba eventually people found that there was only so far they safe to assume that the Street Fighter series 1 could go without brilliant stretches of the imagination. progress to SF Omega 72 before the last of the hard- à Thus, people started copying each other and gamers core SF fans die off. | I'm looking for information on realized that everything new (with the occasional rare o game. Does it require a fancy р exception) was a cheap version of an old game. Having computer or a copyright? l've wondered for three learned a harsh lesson from the | game crash of years! have a lot of ideas for a game. 83, and another lesson from t strys resurrection Corwin Johnson through Nintendo's | introdu ction, of improved Minneapolis, MN technology, | game companies now now that in order

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Twisted Metal 2 is everything a sequel should be. The graphics and gameplay dynamics have been greatly improved. There are five new cars and the old ones have all been upgraded for vehicular destruction on a whole new level. Gone from the old days are Pit Viper, Crimson Fury, and Darkside. If any of these were your favorites, do not lament. The new cars will offer a lot of variety to suit your needs.

Special weapons consist of rockets, homing missiles, heavy rockets, ricochet bombs (they bounce off walls), napalm, remote bombs (great for dirty tricks), and lightning that shocks everyone in the vicinity of certain structures.

Also new are the fight-game styled special moves. These consist of jumps, rear shots, napalm, force fields, mines and freeze rays. Each move subtracts from a meter that recharges

over time. We didn’t get a version of Twisted Metal 2 with these

moves until we were almost finished with this article, and believe us, they add a whole new dimension to a game 86 already great.

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Strong third-party development has also earned the Sony PlayStation quick ownership of the title of the best sports machine available, an excellent weapon in the system wars. (Just ask Sega about it; Sonic and sports games almost single-handedly brought Sega to the top of the 16-bit market.) And if that's not enough, the PlayStation also has an excellent fighting game library including Tekken 2, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, and Toshinden.

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