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PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo 64 Sony Playstation Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Color Nintendo Gamecube Sega Dreamcast arcade --- STRATEGIES Capcom vs. SNK (DC; five pages) Ridge Racer V (PS2; three pages) Eternal Ring (PS2; four pages) Armored Core 2 (PS2; six pages) Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 (N64; four pages) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS; six pages) The Grid (arcade; 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:) Driver 2 (PS) (1/3rd page:) Mickey's Speedway U.S.A. (N64) Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore (PS2) X Squad (PS2) WCW Backstage Assault (N64) The Bouncer (PS2) Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (DC) Slipheed: the Lost Planet (PS2) Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (PS2) Grandia II (DC) Shrapnel: Urban Warfare 2025 (DC) Gungriffon Blaze (PS2) The World Is Not Enough (PS) (007: The World Is Not Enough) (1/4th page:) Championship Surfer (PS) Mario Party 3 (N64) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (DC) Cool Boarders 2011 (PS) Mega Man Xtreme (GBC) Dragon's Lair (GBC) Monster Rancher Explorer (GBC) Ultimate Fighting Championship (GBC) Game Track! (upcoming releases list) Hi Scores (high scores, best times; leaderboards) Hint Hotlines (game tip phone number directory) Tournament Report (2 pages; 'Classic Gaming Expo Tournament!;' 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Tournament;' 'Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Champion Crowned;' 'No Holdz Barred V;' player rankings; tournament calendar) Sports Desk (approx. 1/4 page (unless noted) strategy per game) General Truths of Football (1/2 page) NFL GameDay 2001 (PS) NFL 2K1 (DC) Madden NFL 2001 (???; 1 page) Hard Core (two pages of reader-submitted Armored Core designs) Pokemon Report (2.5 pages; 'Pokemon At Space World;' 'Pokemon Gold and Silver - Adventure Tour;' 'Pikachu Virus!;' 'Pokemon 2000 World Championship;' 'Wizards of the Coast Trading Cards;' 'Novelty Link Cables;' 'Burger King Pokemon Power Cards') Japan Report! (2-pages; Japanese products, games and culture; heavy Gamecube focus) Cool Zone (1-page; cool products, gaming and non-gaming) CODES (T&T prided itself on its tip count - this issue contains over 3000 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) Nintendo 64 (8 pages) Playstation (10 pages) Game Boy (3 pages) Dreamcast (3 pages) GameShark (2 pages; PS, N64, GB, DC) (Running footer bars:) The History Channel Presents: Modern Marvels (documentary overview) Arcad-E-Diots! (independent film overview) Tips & Tricks Book Review (Resident Evil: Nemesis novelization) Fanzine Patrol (fanzine reviews; DSX) Special Report: Classic Gaming Expo 2000 (convention overview; Once Upon Atari video series; Stella At 20 video series; Videogame Commerical Archive Vol. 1; Fanzine Patrol (Syzygy, Digital Press, 2600 Connection)) New vs. Old?! (DC vs. PS2 Dead or Alive graphics comparison) Tips & Tricks Reader Art Gallery

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari 7800 Atari XE PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 arcade ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; discusses magazine improvements and Genesis vs. TurboGrafx-16) The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) Altered Beast (SMS) Maniac Mansion Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Rollerball (NES; tip being, the game hasn't been released yet) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Dragon Warrior (NES) Altered Beast (Gen) Super Thunderblade (Gen) Player's World Face-To-Face... With David Faustino (1 page; celebrity interview) Videogaming in the U.K. (3 pages; sections:) Nintendo Who? (lack of Nintendo's popularity in Great Britain) PCs: All Work And No Play (popular computer systems in the UK) Mutual Lend-Lease (logistics of releasing UK titles in the USA) Layoffs at Epyx (sidebar) Nintendo News - Computer Games Come Home To Nintendo (5 pages; computer-to-NES ports; games shown; includes sections:) Rule Your Own Country (Defender of the Crown, Nobunga's Ambition, Romance of the Three Kingdoms) Are You Ready, Sports Fans? (Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf, Kings of the Beach) Fantasy And Sci-Fi Adventure (Shadowgate, Rocket Ranger) Enter The Danger Zone (Rescue: The Embassy Mission, Silent Service) Three Times The Laughs (The Three Stooges) Arcade Action - Aqua Jack and Final Lap (2 pages; both shown) PC Players - Space Vets and Racing 'Vettes (4 pages; Universe 3, Vette!; both shown) Sega Players - New Games For Genesis, Master System (5 pages; numerous Genesis and SMS games mentioned; includes preview sections (games shown) for the following:) Arnold Palmer Golf (Gen) Rambo III (Gen) Super Hang-On (Gen) Mystic Defender (Gen) Truxton (Gen) Forgotten World (Gen) World Championship Soccer (Gen) Spellcaster (SMS) Walter Payton Football (SMS) Captain Silver (SMS) Casino Games (SMS) Wanted (SMS) Atari Safari - Xenophobe For 7800 And XE (1 page; shown) Amiga Players - Lords of the Rising Sun (2 pages; Lords of the Rising Sun; shown) Commodore Players - A New Source of Fantasy (2 pages; Fire King; shown) Turbo Players - The Legendary Axe and Victory Run (3 pages; both shown) Cheap Thrills - Cards and Craps (2 pages; Mille Bornes 4.01 (PC), Las Vegas Craps (Amiga); both shown) Nintendo Game of the Month: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (5 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; games shown) The Magic of Scheherzazade (NES) Star Sage Two - The Clathran Menace (PC) Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit (Amiga) Arkanoid II: The Revenge of Doh (PC) Faxanadu (NES) Golden Axe (Gen) Fiendish Freddy's Big Top 'O Fun (PC) Cloud Master (SMS) The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES) Sword of Aragon (PC) Revenge of Shinobi (Gen) All-Pro Basketball (NES) Clash At Demonhead (NES) Total Eclipse (C64) Dragon Warrior (NES) John Madden Football (PC) Monster Party (NES) News & Previews (4 pages; games shown unless noted) NFL Football for Nintendo (NES) Mad Magazine's Favorite Spies Return To Nintendo (Spy Vs. Spy: The Island Caper (NES)) Listen Carefully, Grasshopper (Phantom Fighter (NES)) Stealth and Strategy From Activision (Stealth ATF, Archon for NES) The Orbs Are Back! (Manhunter: San Francisco (PC)) Emperor Zae Wants You (Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander; not shown) Space Rogue and Omega From Origin (for PC,Apple II,Mac,Amiga,ST,C64; both not shown) Shuffle-Board, But No Ocean Cruise (Shuffle Mania (PC); not shown) In Search of the Desert Fox (Rommel: Battles for North America (PC); not shown) Space Quest III, Now For the Amiga Fester's Quest For Nintendo (NES) The Playroom for PCs 8 Eyes For Nintendo (NES) Breach 2 For PC, ST, Amiga Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.5 pages; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari Lynx PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 arcade ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; console wars) The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Ys (SMS) (Y's: The Vanished Omens) Bionic Commando (NES) Castlevania (NES) Phantasy Star (SMS) Ultima (NES) Blaster Master (NES) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) Player's World Face To Face... With Captain Lou Albano (1 page; celebrity interview) NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Winning Strategies For Keith Courage (3 pages; strategy guide) Sega Genesis: The First Five (3 pages; all shown; includes sections:) Space Harrier II Tommy Lasorda Baseball Thunder Force II Super Thunder Blade Last Battle Nintendo News - New Titles For NES, Game Boy (5 pages; Game Boy (hardware and carts shown; mentioned but not shown: Tennis, Super Mario Land, Baseball, Alleyway, Tetris) and NES coverage; all NES games shown; includes sections:) This Year's Monster? (Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)) Spin-Offs (And Spin-Offs Of Spin-Offs) Dept. (all NES; Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Uncle Fester's Quest, Top Gun: The Second Mission) Blobs And Other Creatures (all NES; A Boy and His Blob, Clash at Demonhead, Demon Sword) Arcade Action - Golden Axe (2 pages; shown) PC Players - The Trend Toward Better Graphics (4 pages; Decisive Battles of the American Civil War, Journey; both shown) Sega Masters - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (2 pages; SMS; shown) Atari Safari - Color Portable Gets New Name, Higher Price (1 page; Atari Lynx coverage; hardware shown) Amiga Players - The Imports Are Coming (2 pages; Gauntlet II, Ikari Warriors; both games shown) Commodore Players - Dungeons, Dragons, and Destroyers (3 pages; Curse of the Azure Bonks, Destroyer Escort; both shown) Mac Players - Ishido - The Way of Stones (1 page; shown) Cheap Thrills - Blackjack! and Gravattack (3 pages; Blackjack! (PC), Gravattack (Amiga); both shown) Nintendo Game of the Month: Mega Man II (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (6 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; games shown) Nobunaga's Ambition (NES) Zany Golf (Amiga) Echelon (PC) The Three Stooges (NES) Might and Magic II (PC) The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES) Storm Across Europe (C64) Blockout (PC) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) Sim City (PC) Red Lightning (PC) Goal! (NES) Strider (NES) Desert Commander (NES) News & Previews (4 pages; games shown unless noted) Two New Titles For Game Boy (Shanghai, Revenge of the Gators; none shown) Shadowgate For Nintendo (NES) Monster Party For Nintendo (NES) The Manhole and Fatman For PC Arcade-Quality Joystick Controller For Nintendo, Sega, and Computers (Bondwell QS-128 Deluxe Professional Joystick (shown)) The Blue Angels For PC and Amiga Trickier Than A Riddling Sphinx (Eye of Horus (PC,Amiga,ST,C64); not shown) Mean Streets For PC The British Are Coming! (Elite enters U.S. market; Amiga titles mentioned but not shown: Aquablast, Thundercats, Speed Buggy, Wanderer 3D, Ikari Warriors, Beyond the Ice Palace) War Games From Down Under (Computer Software Service importing Panther Games products; titles mentioned but not shown: Fire-Brigade (PC,Mac,IIGS,Amiga,ST), Fulda Gap) Design Your Own Shoot-Em-Ups For Amiga and 64 (Shoot 'Em Up) Guideposts: The Hot 100 (approx. 5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (approx. 0.5 pages; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and Top lists)

Primary Systems Coverage Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Gameboy Sega Master System Sega Genesis Atari Lynx IBM PC Amiga Commodore 64 NEC TurboGrafx-16 Macintosh ------ (Table of Content (TOC) and headline excerpts follow. Bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.) The Editors View (1 page; editorial by Tom Halfhill; the Summer CES) The Tip Sheet (2 pages; letters column focusing on reader tip requests and submissions; discussed, none shown:) Gradius (NES) Milon's Secret Castle (NES) Bubble Bobble (NES) Golgo 13 (NES) Deadly Towers (NES) Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom; tip being, Famicom games won't work on NES) R-Type (SMS) Double Dragon (SMS) Alex Kidd in Miracle World (SMS) Player's World NEC's TurboGrafx-16 Advanced Game System Challenges Nintendo (3 pages; shown: hardware & accessories, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Victory Run, Vigilante; includes sections:) Optional Accessories Technical Details Award-Winning Computer Games (1 page; shown: Tetris, Battle Chess, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, F-19 Stealth Fighter) Face-To-Face... With Wil Wheaton (1 page; celebrity interview) Nintendo News - Hot This Fall: Portable Game Boy, New NES Games (4 pages; Gameboy hardware shown; games shown:) Super Mario Land (GB) Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES) Cybernoid (NES) Bigfoot (NES) Knightrider (NES) (Knight Rider) Road Blasters (NES) 720 (NES) Infiltrator (NES) The Last Starfighter (NES) DuckTales (NES) Sky Shark (NES) Demon Sword (NES) Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher (NES) Arcade Action - Hard Drivin': The World's Best Driving Game? (2 pages; Hard Drivin' shown) PC Players - Role-Playing Made Easier (4 pages; games shown; includes sections:) Times of Lore Prophecy Sega Masters - Genesis: A New Beginning For Sega? (3 pages; Sega Genesis hardware shown; includes sections:) Unaltered Beast (shown: Altered Beast, Super Thunder Blade) Technical Details (shown: Tommy Lasorda Baseball) Atari Safari - Atari's Colorful Answer To Game Boy (1 page; Atari Lynx hardware shown; games shown:) California Games Electrocop (unnamed) Monster Demolition (aka Rampage?) Amiga Players - Dungeon Master (2 pages; game shown) Commodore Players - Hillsfar And Pro Soccer (3 pages; games shown) Mac Players - Pucks And Power (1 page; games shown:) Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition Shufflepuck Cafe Cheap Thrills - Two Revivals (3 pages; games shown; includes sections:) The Adventures of Captain Comic For PC Compatibles Gravity Wars For The Amiga Nintendo Game of the Month: Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (10 pages; NES; strategy guide) Computer Game of the Month: Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon (7 pages; PC; strategy guide) Game Reviews (1 page each; all shown) Slipheed (PC) The Magic Candle (PC) Steel Thunder (PC) NFL Challenge (PC) Search for the Titanic (PC) Air Fortress (NES) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NES) Hudson's Adventure Island (NES) Mappyland (NES) Thundercade (NES) Paperboy (NES) Blood Money (Amiga) Batman, The Caped Crusader (C64) Rastan (SMS) News & Previews (6 pages; all shown unless noted) Lucasfilm Debuts Indiana Jones And Loom (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (action game; C64,Amiga,ST,PC), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (graphic adventure; PC,Amiga,ST),Loom (PC,Amiga,ST)) Data East Kicks Off MVP Sports (ABC Monday Night Football (PC)) Gamers Await Double Dragon Sequel (none shown; Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Amiga,ST,PC,C64,IIGS,NES), Monopoly (ST,Amiga,PC), Clue Master Detective (computer); Scrabble, Risk updated to allow hard disk install) Epyx Hangs Ten Again! (California Games II, Revenge of Defender (PC), Flyton 500 (PC)) StarGoose Flies Into Stores (StarGoose (PC,Amiga,ST); not shown: Sargon 4 (Mac,PC)) Absolute Adds Videogame Titles (Kung Fu Master (7800); not shown: A Boy and His Blob (NES), Shredder (NES), James Bond 007 (Sega game), R.C. Grand Prix (Sega game), Tomcat: F-14 Fighter Simulator (7800), F-18 Hornet (7800)) Lo! An AD&D Sequel Appeareth (not shown; Curse of the Azure Bonds) It's A Bird, It's A Plane... (none shown; Superman: The Man of Steel (PC,Amiga,ST), Miami Vice (PC,ST,IIGS,C64,Amiga)) Quest For Day-Trippers (not shown; Knights of Legend) Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Hardball II (PC), Conspiracy: The Deadlock Files (PC); not shown: The Third Courier (PC), Don't Go Alone(PC)) Guess Whodunnit With Kyodai (Murder Club (PC), not shown: Ancient Land of Ys (PC,IIGS)) Mindscape Offers Variety (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (PC,Mac,Amiga); not shown: Gauntlet II (PC,Amiga,ST,C64), Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun (PC,Amiga,ST), Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (PC,Amiga,ST)) "When" In The World is Carmen? (not shown; Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?) A Cure For Videogame Fever (Homework First NES parental lock accessory) Hand-To-Screen Combat (Mattel Power Glove accessory) Guideposts: The Hot 100 (5.5 pages; Top 100 video and computer games; none shown) The Game Player's Hall of Fame (1 page; reader bios) Chartbusters (1 page; poll results and top lists)

Editorial Letters Press Start: Remote Controller (feature on the Nintendo Revolution (later called the Wii) controller), Afterthoughts: Shadow of the Colossus, Take This Job: Art Director, Gearing up for Battle (feature on upcoming PS3 games), Online this Month, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PS2, Xbox, GameCube), Show and Tell: True Crime: New York City (PS2, Xbox, GameCube), Quake 4 (Xbox 360), Fast Forward (previews of Xbox 360 games), Gaming on the Go-Go , Overheard, Loaded & Locked, Afterthoughts: We heart Katamari, The Matrix: Path of Neo (PS2, Xbox), The Top 10 Video Game Characters : 10) Lara Croft, 9) Pikachu, Master Chief, 7) Cloud Strife, 6) Pac-Man, 5) Sonic the Hedgehog, 4) Samus Aran, 3) Solid Snake, 2) Link, 1) Mario, The Rumor Mill, Comic Zone Happy Holidays! - EGM's annual picks for the top 10 must-get/must-give gaming gifts: 10) The Gift of a Thousand Games (GameFly Certificate) 9) Retro Booster (Atari Flashback 2) Style Points (Gaming T-Shirts) 7) The Sprite in You (Pixelblocks) 6) Go Figures (Grand Theft Kubrik Figures and Mario Kart RC Cars) 5) Costume Party (A Fan's View book) 4) Road Shows (Hori's PSP Pro Duo Video Recorder) 3) Art Snob (I am 8-bit Prints) 2) Playing with Power (Generation NEX) 1) Larger Than Life (InFocus X3 Projector) Crappy Holidays!: EGM's annual picks for the top 10 most useless gaming gifts to unload on your enemies: 10) Unkindest Cut (Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw) 9) A Pass for the Past (Classic Football) Tie Die (SeV Gadget Tie) 7) Trouble Maker (Space Invader Invasion Kit) 6) Never Get Laid (Kasumi "Squishy Pillow") 5) Big-Ass Sound (The Buttkicker) 4) Blood on the Highway (PSP Car Mount) 3) Radical! (Virtual-Reality Skateboard) 2) Frankenstein's Handheld (Time Machine NES Games Player for Dame Boy Advance SP) 1) Projector Project (DIY Projector Kit) Epic Spectrum: · Suikoden V (PS2) · Tales of Legendia (PS2) · Wild Arms 4 (PS2) · Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2) · .hack//G.U. (PS2) · Phantasy Star Universe (PS2) Review Crew: · Star Wars Battlefront II (PS2, Xbox) · Karaoke Revolution Party (PS2) · The Sims (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · L.A. Rush (PS2, Xbox) · The Warriors (PS2, Xbox) · Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (PS2, Xbox) · Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (PS2, Xbox) · Crash Tag Team Racing (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2, Xbox) · Without Warning (PS2, Xbox) · Blitz: The League (PS2, Xbox) · SSX on Tour (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Rachet: Deadlocked (PS2) · SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy Seals (PS2) · Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (PS2) · Jak X: Combat Racing (PS2) · Guitar Hero (PS2) · Soul Calibur III (PS2) · Romancing Saga (PS2) · Resident Evil 4 (PS2) · Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (PS2) · Trapt (PS2) · Suikoden Tactics (PS2) · Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble (GameCube) · Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (GameCube) · Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GameCube) · Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP) · SSX on Tour (PSP) · The Con (PSP) · Metroid Prime Pinball (DS) · Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble (DS) · Gunstar Super Heroes (Game Boy Advance) Game Over

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Nintendo 64 Sony Playstation Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Color Nintendo Gamecube Sega Dreamcast arcade --- STRATEGIES Mega Man X5 (PS; 8 pages) Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers (N64; 5 pages) Theme Park Roller Coaster (PS2; 4 pages) Banjo-Tooie (N64; 2 pages) Dragon's Lair (GBC; 3 pages) Razor Freestyle Scooter (PS; 6 pages) The King of Fighters '99 (DC/PS; 5 pages) The Grid (arcade; 1 page) 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:) Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (PS2) (1/3rd page:) Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (PS2) Floigan Brothers (DC) Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) Artic Thunder (arcade) Driving Emotion Type-S (PS2) ATV Offroad Fury (PS2) Mars Matrix (DC) Zone of the Enders (PS2) Monster Force (PS) 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (DC) Adventures of Cookie & Cream (PS2) Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX (PS) (1/4th page:) The Devil May Cry (PS2) Blaster Master: Blasting Again (PS) Planet harriers (arcade) 007 Racing (PS2) Dragon Warrior III (GBC) Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer (GBC) Rhino Rumble (GBC) Return of the Ninja (GBC) Game Track! (upcoming releases list) Hi Scores (high scores, best times; leaderboards) Hint Hotlines (game tip phone number directory) Tournament Report (3 pages; 'Midwest Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Championships!;' 'Capcom vs. SNK at Southern Hills Golfland;' 'Running Away With Storm;' 'Philadelphia Tournament Power!;' 'Windy City Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Revenge!;' 'B4 Street Fighter Tournament Video;' 'Golfland King of Fighters Battle;' tournament calendar) Sports Desk (approx. 1/4 page (unless noted) strategy per game) Football Midseason Update Madden 2001 (PS2) NFL GameDay 2001 (PS2; 1/8th page) NHL 2001 (PS2; 1/2 page) Hard Core (two pages of reader-submitted Armored Core designs) Pokemon Report (3.5 pages; 'Pokemon Screen Saver;' 'Master Brain By Pelican Accessories - Editor for Pokemon Gold and Silver;' 'Pokemon Gold and Silver Update') Japan Report! (1-page; Japanese products, games and culture) Cool Zone (2-pages; cool products, gaming and non-gaming) CODES (T&T prided itself on its tip count - this issue contains over 3000 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 (1 page) Nintendo 64 (8 pages) Playstation (8 pages) Game Boy (4 pages) Dreamcast (4 pages) GameShark (2 pages; PS/N64/GB/DC) (Running footer bars:) Weird Bond Bug? (The World Is Not Enough (PS) glitch) Tips & Tricks Reader Art Gallery

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast (development news coverage) PC Sony PlayStation Nintendo 64 Macintosh Vectrex arcade --- (The following is loosely based on this issue's table of contents, with select issue excerpts included. Magazine accurate text formatting (lower case headers, etc) purposefully retained. (Notes) and bullet lists are added for clarity.) (The 'Disc Edition' of this issue includes a CD featuring additional content.) (standard edition: $5.99 USA, $6.99 Canada; CD edition: $7.99 USA?, $8.99 Canada?) Which way to the underground? Lately it seems the hottest news in entertainment is coming from independent and underground sources. So why have we yet to see a similar movement in the game industry? Next Generation reports on the status of underground game making. (9.66 pages, including the following sections:) Kenji Eno's life stories (one page interview) The dim light at the end of the tunnel (1/2 page; Sony's Net Yaroze, Sega Saturn BASIC) Getting started (one page; 'A step-by-step guide to underground game development on a budget') The crack alternative (1.33 pages; Crack Dot Com) A few words with Kazutoshi Iida (one page interview) talking Jeremy Smith speaks on the most popular woman in the world Core's Jeremy Smith is finding ways to deal with the notoriety that comes with being the man behind videogaming's greatest heroine ever. From fanatical fans to finding Lara Croft's real-life counterpart, Smith gives the dirt on the world's hottest adventurer. (six page interview) breaking News (Original news articles along with regular, recurring news features; one page each unless noted. While original news stories regularly included related sidebars, unrelated sidebars would often be used to fill space as well - these are noted.) Videogame industry loses one of its pioneers Creator of Game Boy and Donkey Kong dies in tragic accident. (Gumpei Yokoi) The future of data storage As data storage capacity nears its limits, holographic technology may become the wave of the future. (includes 'PlayStation 2 Spec-ulation' sidebar) Nintendo gets reasonable Price of N64 software drops, eliminating Sony's best weapon. (approx. 1/2 page) GT Interactive grabs MicroProse GT spends $250 million in its quest to become the largest U.S. game publisher. (approx. 1/2 page) Dural team gets to work Developers work on PowerVR-accelerated PCs and await development kits. (1/2 page) Acclaim shakes up developers Acclaim continues housecleaning efforts, turns broom on U.S. development studios and Acclaim Japan. (1/2 page) (Recurring news features; one page each unless noted:) In the Studio Development news as it develops. (2/3rd page; games in development; from Fox Interactive, DreamWorks Interactive, Sony, Midway, LucasArts, MGM Interactive, Redline, Confounding Factor) Toolbox The products that build your favorite games. ('Catalyst and Torch') Joyriding Gaming on the Internet. (online gaming news by Christian Svensson) Movers and Shakers The business news that affects the games you play. (misc. business news by Colin Campbell) Arcadia The latest arcade and coin-op news. (misc. arcade news by Marcus Webb) Retroview Anecdotes from computer and videogaming's past. (videogame history by Steven Kent; 'Virtual Boy of the '80s;' Vectrex commentary) ng special Cover Story: Where to play? A few years into the current generation of hardware wars, consumers are still asking tough questions - what's the biggest thrill ride in terms of graphics and sound, how much does it cost to play, how long is the party going to last, and finally, how do I get in on the fun? This month Next Generation takes a close look at the state of the industry and its biggest players, and answers the tough questions for the '97/'98 buying season. Come with us as we uncover where to play now and in the future. (twenty pages; includes three page intro with 'The year in review' section, one page 'Welcome to the next level' Sega Dural commentary with 'Tech specs' sidebar; and the following four-page game system sections, each with 'Tech Specs' sidebar, two pages of commentary, a page of capsule game overviews (1/10th page each), and a one page conclusion) PlayStation Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Crash Bandicoot 2 Final Fantasy VII GameDay '98 Metal Gear Solid PaRappa the Rapper Resident Evil 2 Time Crisis Tomb Raider II Treasures of the Deep Nintendo 64 Banjo Kazooie Conker's Quest Diddy Kong Racing Extreme G F-Zero 64 Goldeneye Quarterback Club San Francisco Rush Yoshi's Story 64 Zelda 64 Sega Saturn Burning Rangers Dead or Alive Duke Nukem 3D Enemy Zero Last Bronx Panzer Dragoon Saga Quake Sonic R World Series Baseball '98 Worldwide Soccer '98 PC Battlezone Blade Runner Daikatana Duke Nukem Forever G.Police Heavy Gear Jedi Knight Quake 2 StarCraft Tomb Raider II ng software Alphas (game previews, sometimes presented as part of a themed overview or interview:) (Next Generation's game previews often varied in scope and size. Smaller previews were usually traditional in presentation, while larger previews often incorporated developer commentary. The largest previews were typically presented as a themed article (focusing on a development studio, accessory, etc) previewing one or more titles and were often accompanied by an interview (noted). (Previews with additional content on the accompanying Next Generation Disc are noted with an asterisk (*).) Grim Fandango (PC; five pages, including one page 'An interview with Tim Schafer') * Vigilante 8 (PS; three pages) * Gran Turismo (PS; two pages) Burning Rangers (Sat; three pages) Sentinel Returns (PC,PS,Sat; 1.66 pages) Requiem (PC; 1.66 pages) Men in Black (PC; one page) Elric the Necromancer (PC,PS; one page) Twisted Edge Snowboarding (N64; three pages) * N64 Basketball (N64; two pages) * Hyper Olympics in Nagano 64 (N64; one page) WarGames (PC,PS; two pages) Extreme Warfare (PC; 2.66 pages) ng special The way games ought to be Why movie license games suck. (by Neil West; two pages) rating Finals (Next Generation reviews were usually 1/8th to 1/4th page in length, though this varied wildly and length was never pre-determined - 1/2 and one page reviews would see print on occasion. Higher rated and/or spotlighted games would usually receive more page real estate than lower rated.) (Import reviews are noted with '(Japan)' below. Reviews also appearing on the accompanying Next Generation Disc are noted with an asterisk (*).) Nintendo 64 Aero Fighters Assault Clay Fighter 63 1/3 F1 Pole Position 64 San Francisco Rush PlayStation Castlevania: Symphony of the Night * Grand Tour Racing '98 Mega Man X 4 * Moto Racer * NHL '98 * NHL Face Off '98 * Treasures of the Deep Nuclear Strike PGA '98 * VMX Racing Saturn Bust-A-Move 3 * Mass Destruction Terracresta 3D (Japan) * Virus (Japan) PC Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Total Annihilation Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II EF2000 v2.0 Lose Your Marbles Starfleet Academy Macintosh Battle-Girl Bumbler Bee-Luxe * Quake * TIE Fighter Arcade GTI Club: Rally Cote D'azor Mortal Kombat 4 corresponding Letters Oh, the things our readers have on their minds. It's almost enough to make you want to read on. (reader mail; two pages) --- ng Disc Contents Revealed on The Disc this month: John Romero's Ion Storm philosophy, LucasArts' Tim Schafer on the record with Grim Fandango, and Westwood Studios' five-minute Blade Runner (PC) cinematic. Plus, create a special monster on your PlayStation with this disc. Just insert the Next Generation Disc in your Playstation when prompted by Tecmo's Monster Rancher. special Daikatana, Front Mission Alternative, Blade Runner, Vigilante 8 previews Enemy Zero, Bomberman 64, Colony Wars, N64 Basketball finals More than 1,300 NG finals in a searchable database pc Age of Empires, Moto Racer, Worms 2, NG Cover Gallery, Tomb Raider II Screensaver, Blade Runner Screensaver internet Heat, The Palace Chat 2.4, Tic-Tac-Chat, Link to Imagine Games Network mac Quake, Postal, Galapagos, Bumbler Bee-Luxe, NG Cover Gallery, Tomb Raider II Screensaver, Blade Runner Screensaver talking LucasArts' Grim Fandango in world exclusive movies, screenshots, and live interviews