NextGen Issue 57

News: Sega sponsoring events tailored to the nation’s youth to help promote Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 news, “Pac-Man Fever” released in CD, games in development, Sony removing the I/O port from new models of PlayStation, what game companies will develop games for Nintendo’s “Dolphin” console

Arcadia: Arcade game companies using PlayStation 2 hardware, Midway reins in Atari, Sega’s Ambulance arcade game.

Alphas (previews):

·         Castlevania: Resurrection (Dreamcast)

·         Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm (Dreamcast)

·         Test Drive 6 (Dreamcast)

·         Medal of Honor (PlayStation)

·         Carrier (Dreamcast)

·         Soul Fighter (Arcade, Dreamcast)

·         Crash Team Racing (PlayStation)

·         Summoner (PC)

·         Gameday 2000 (PlayStation)

·         Freespace 2 (PC)

·         Spyro 2 (PlayStation)

·         Championship Motocross featuring Mickey Carmichael (PlayStation)

·         MDK 2 (Dreamcast)

·         Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PlayStation)

·         Tenchu 2 (PlayStation)

·         Omikron (Dreamcast)

·         Vampire: The Masquerade (PC)

·         NBA Showtime (Dreamcast)

·         Ready to Rumble (PlayStation)

·         F1 World Championship (Dreamcast)

Dreamcast Arrives! (Dreamcast Feature)

Profile: Interview with The Sonic Team

Finals (reviews):

·         Power Stone (Dreamcast)

·         Dynamite Deka 2 (Dreamcast)

·         Expendable (Dreamcast)

·         Sega Bass Fishing (Dreamcast)

·         Shutokou Highway Battle (Dreamcast)

·         House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast)

·         A Bug’s Life (Nintendo 64)

·         World Driver Championship (Nintendo 64)

·         Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (Nintendo 64)

·         Driver (PlayStation)

·         Castrol Honda Superbike Racing (PlayStation)

·         Centipede (PlayStation)

·         Jade Cocoon (PlayStation)

·         Konami Arcade Classics (PlayStation)

·         R-Type Delta (PlayStation)

·         Star Ocean (PlayStation)

·         Sanctum: Oppositions (PC)

·         MechWarrior 3 (PC)

·         Unreal Tournament (PC)

·         Jeff Gordon XS Racing (PC)

·         Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (PC)

·         Might & Magic VIII: For Blood and Honor (PC)

·         Re-Volt (PC)

·         Need for Speed: High Stakes (PC)

·         Star Trek The Next Generation: Birth of the Federation (PC)

Retroview looking at August 1985.

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