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News: Meet the Real Sonic the Hedgehog, Nintendo Dolphin (early name for the GameCube) news, GameWorks, Resident Evil amusement ride, Xbox news, Wolfenstein 3D remake, Capcom developing for PlayStation 2, Throne of Darkness (PC), Tomb raider for Dreamcast, Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast), nude patch for Draken , Sega arcade show in Japan Arcadia: Off Road Thunder, Virtua Tennis, Sega plans net-connected arcades, politicians grade the gaming industry, gun games continue low profile Tekken Tag Tournament (PlayStation 2) feature Alphas (previews): · Eternal Ring (PlayStation 2) · Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 (PC) · Berserk (Dreamcast) · Sega GT (Dreamcast) · Spider-Man (PlayStation) · Syphon Filter 2 (PlayStation) · Shadowbane (PC) · KISS: Psycho Circus (PC, Dreamcast) · Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC) · Motocross Madness 2 (PC) · Need for Speed: No Limits (PlayStation, PC) · Rock the Rink (PlayStation) · Virtua NBA (Arcade) · New Ridge Racer (PlayStation 2) · Resident Evil: Code Veronica (Dreamcast) · Off Road Thunder (Dreamcast) · Gauntlet Legends (Dreamcast) · Virtua Striker 2 (Dreamcast) · Plasma Sword (Dreamcast) · Tech Romancer (Dreamcast) · Rune (PC) · MDK 2 (Dreamcast, PC) The Games of 2000 What’s Next for Sega? Interview with Sega’s EVP of Marketing, Peter Moore Finals (reviews): · Quake III Arena (PC) · Centipede (Dreamcast) · Armada (Dreamcast) · WWF Attitude (Dreamcast) · Chef’s Luv Shack (Dreamcast) · Hydro Thunder (Nintendo 64) · Top Gear Rally 2 (Nintendo 64) · In the Zone 2000 (Nintendo 64) · Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (Nintendo 64) · Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PlayStation) · Tomorrow Never Dies (PlayStation) · NBA Live 2000 (PlayStation) · Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon 2 (PlayStation) · Warpath: Jurassic Park (PlayStation) · Silhouette Mirage (PlayStation) · Fighting Force 2 (PlayStation) · Pong (PlayStation) · Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (PlayStation) · Ultima IX: Ascention (PC) · Age of Wonders (PC) · SWAT 3 (PC) · Sim Theme Park (PC) · Delta Force 2 (PC) · Abomination (PC) · Spec Ops II (PC) · Gabriel Knight 3 (PC) · Omikron: The Nomad Soul (PC) · Interstate ’82 (PC) · Asheron’s Call (PC) · Revenant (PC) · Pharaoh (PC) · Wheel of Time (PC) · Odium (PC) Letters Retroview looking at February 1982

News: ESPN and Konami join forces, Developers share their thoughts on the PlayStation 2’s development kits (at least those who actually have them), Black market video games a huge deal in Russia, The next Voodoo, Sega chairman Isao Okawa speaks on Sega’s future, Nvidia GeForce 256, Red Storm Entertainment to develop game based on fantasy novelist Anne McCaffery’s Freedom novels, Exile (PS2), new Dave Mirra BMX game (PlayStation), Black Ops Entertainment developing for PS2, Duke: Nukem: Planet of the Babes (PlayStation) Arcadia: Rolling Extreme DX, Invasion: The Abductors, Arcade manufacturer’s hesitant to release gun games, Jambo!Safari Next Generation celebrates it’s 5-year anniversary Resident Evil Code Veronica (Dreamcast) feature Alphas (previews): · NHL 2K (Dreamcast) · Republic (PC) · Eternal Arcadia (Dreamcast) · Warcraft III (PC) · Legend of the Blade Masters (PC, Dreamcast) · Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (Arcade) · Galerians (PlayStation) · Fear Effect (PlayStation) · Thief II: The Metal Age (PC) · Jet: X (PlayStation) · Striker Pro (Dreamcast) · Out Trigger (Arcade) · Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm (Dreamcast) · Soul Reaver (Dreamcast) · Alundra 2 (PlayStation) · Giga Wing (Dreamcast) · Die Hard Trilogy 2 (PlayStation) · Koudelka (PlayStation) · Virtua Tennis (Arcade, Dreamcast) · Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption (PC) Crunch Time (feature on the final stages of producing a video game) Finals (reviews): · NBA 2K (Dreamcast) · Rippin’ Riders (Dreamcast) · Evolution (Dreamcast) · Slave Zero (Dreamcast) · Speed Devils (Dreamcast) · Psychic Force (Dreamcast) · Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast) · Earthworm Jim 3D (Nintendo 64) · Rayman 2 (Nintendo 64) · Lego Racers (Nintendo 64) · Winback: Covert Operations (Nintendo 64) · NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (Nintendo 64) · Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Nintendo 64) · Turok: Rage Wars (Nintendo 64) · Medal of Honor (PlayStation) · MTV Sports: Snowboarding (PlayStation) · Army Men: Air Attack (PlayStation) · Ballistic (PlayStation) · Boombots (PlayStation) · Cool Boarders 4 (PlayStation) · Killer Loop (PlayStation) · Knockout Kings 2000 (PlayStation) · The X-Files (PlayStation) · Crash Team Racing (PlayStation) · SuperCross Circuit (PlayStation) · V-Rally 2 (PlayStation) · Thrasher: Skate & Destroy (PlayStation) · Vandal Hearts 2: Heavenly Gate (PlayStation) · Freespace 2 (PC) · Septera Core (PC) · Silver (PC) · Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City (PC) · Nocturne (PC) Letters Retroview looking at January 1995

News: Quakecon, Microsoft to introduce new console (the original Xbox), NHL 2000 for the PC, Unreal Engine being used for real-word applications, Bernie Stolar leaves Sega of America, Bleem! problems, Development news, PlayStation 2 too powerful for newer developers?, Nintendo 64 & PlayStation price drops, Medal of Honor Arcadia: King of Fighters: Millennium Battle, Konami “Bemani” games Shenmue: Sega’s Great Gamble Alphas (previews): · Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PlayStation. PC) · Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (PlayStation. PC) · MDK 2 (Dreamcast, PC) · NBA 2K (Dreamcast) · NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (Dreamcast) · Fighting Force 2 (PlayStation. Dreamcast) · Rainbow Six (Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation) · Rogue Spear (PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64) · Supercross 2000 (PlayStation) · Need for Speed: Motor City (PC) · Knockout Kings 2000 (PlayStation, Nintendo 64) · Grand Theft Auto 2 (PC, PlayStation) · Vagrant Story (PlayStation) · Pharoh (PC) · WCW Mayhem (Nintendo 64, PlayStation) · Halo (PC) · Force Commander (PC) · Cool Boarders 4 (PlayStation) · Thrasher – Skate & Destroy (PlayStation) · Deer Hunt Challenge (PC) · Sheep (PC, PlayStation) · Delta Force 2 (PC) · Tachyon (PC) Hooray for Hollywood! Can game makers learn much from the classic cinema model? Finals (reviews): · Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) · Hydro Thunder (Dreamcast) · Mortal Kombat Gold (Dreamcast) · NFL 2K (Dreamcast) · Frame Gride (Dreamcast) · CART racing (Dreamcast) · Quake II (Nintendo 64) · All Star Tennis ’99 (Nintendo 64) · Shadow Gate 64 (Nintendo 64) · Superman (Nintendo 64) · Tonic Trouble (Nintendo 64) · Dino Crisis (PlayStation) · Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) · Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman (PlayStation) · Tarzan (PlayStation) · Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PlayStation) · Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael (PlayStation) · Chocobo Racing (PlayStation) · Omega Boost (PlayStation) · Sled Storm (PlayStation) · Heavy Gear II (PC) · Kingpin: Life of Crime (PC) · Corsairs (PC) · Dungeon Keeper 2 (PC) · Re-Volt (PC) · Official Formula 1 Racing (PC) · Ring (PC) · Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (PC) Letters Retroview looking at October 1990

News: Tokyo Game Show, PlayStation 3 revealed?, Sega rolls on, Sega unveils Dreamcast exhibit at Epcot, Pokémon lawsuit claims the card game promotes gambling, Sega forms 2 new divisions, 2 programmers leave LucasArts, Rock’em-Sock’em Robots (PlayStation/PlayStation 2), International Track & Field (PlayStation), Acclaim contracts Osiris Studios for new boxing game, Developers competing for licence to develop game based on “The Matrix” movie, GT2 Racing Wheel (PlayStation), Sharkwire modem & keyboard (Nintendo 64) Arcadia: US arcade videogame manufacturers adopt new advertising policy regarding violence in video games, Midway loses Mortal Kombat team, Alphas (previews): · Halo (PC, Mac, PlayStation 2) · No One Lives Forever (PC, PlayStation 2) · Deus Ex (PC) · Neverwinter Nights (PC) · Dronez (PC, Dreamcast) · Anachronox (PC) · Parasite Eve 2 (PlayStation) · Furballs (Dreamcast, PC, PlayStation 2) · Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast) · Ridge Racer 64 (Nintendo 64) · Resident Evil Gun Survivor (PlayStation) · Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast) · Deep Fighter (PC, Dreamcast) · Street Fighter EX 3 (PlayStation 2) · The Rift (PC) · Crisis Zone (Arcade) · Virtua On Oratorio Tagram (Dreamcast) · Galerians (PlayStation) · Planet of the Apes (PlayStation, Dreamcast, PC) · SNK vs. Capcom (Dreamcast, Arcade) · Chef’s Luv Shack (PlayStation, Dreamcast) · Fear Effect (PlayStation) · Time Stalkers (Dreamcast) · Rollcage Extreme (PlayStation) The War for the Living Room (a look at the Next Generation consoles) Finals (reviews): · Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast) · Pen Pen TrilceLon (Dreamcast) · Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing (Dreamcast) · Toy Commander (Dreamcast) · TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat (Dreamcast) · Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64) · Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes (Nintendo 64) · BattleTanx: Global Assault (Nintendo 64) · Rainbow Six (Nintendo 64) · Rocket: The Robot on Wheels (Nintendo 64) · WCW Mayhem (Nintendo 64) · Wtestlemania 2000 (Nintendo 64) · Resident Evil 2 (Nintendo 64) · Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PlayStation) · Grandia (PlayStation) · Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (PlayStation) · NASCAR 2000 (PlayStation) · Thousand Arms (PlayStation) · No Fear Downhill Mountain Bike Racing (PlayStation) · Suikoden II (PlayStation) · TOCA 2: Touring Car Challenge (PlayStation) · NHL FaceOff 2000 (PlayStation) · NHL 2000 (PlayStation) · You Don’t Know Jack (PlayStation) · Test Drive Off-Road 3 (PlayStation) · Braveheart (PC) · Prince of Persia 3D (PC) · Outcast (PC) · Panzer General 3D Assault (PC) · Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (PC) · Shadow Company: Left for Dead (PC) · Sinistar Unleashed (PC) · Homeworld (PC) Letters Retroview looking at December 1987

News: Game Boy Advanced announced (not a typo, apparently is was called Game Boy Advanced first before changing to Game Boy Advance), Dreamcast launches with $97 million in day 1 sales, Xbox GPU set to be nVidia GeForce 256 chip, New Xbox info, Blair Witch Project & The Evil Dead games starting development, Road Rash 4 for PS2?, Turrican sequel heading to Nintendo Dolphin (aka The GameCube), House of the Dead style game based on Resident Evil (this would be Resident Evil: Dead Aim), ECTS wraps up in Europe Arcadia: Sega NOT leaving the arcade business, Marlin Challenge, Namco launching tournaments for Tekken Tag Tournament Q & A PlayStation 2 Arrives Alphas (previews): · Dead or Alive 2 (Arcade, Dreamcast) · Sovereign (PC) · Legend of Zelda: Gaiden (Nintendo 64) ß------------would become Majora’s Mask · Everquest: The Ruins of Kunark (PC) · Zombie’s Revenge (Dreamcast) · Roadsters (Dreamcast) · Turok Rage Wars (Nintendo 64) · Chrono Cross (PlayStation) · Spawn (Arcade) · Nox (PC) · Centipede (Dreamcast) · Strider 2 (Arcade) · Spider-Man (PlayStation) · Excitebike 64 (Nintendo 64) · Eternal Arcadia (Dreamcast) · Crusaders of Might & Magic (PlayStation) · Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64) · WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (Nintendo 64, PlayStation) · Warcraft 3 (PC) · Evolution (Dreamcast) · Wu Tang: Shaolin Style (PlayStation) · Deadly Pursuit (Dreamcast) The Death of the Genre? Will the new experiences generated by advancing technology kill traditional genres? Profile on Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto Finals (reviews): · Soul Calibur (Dreamcast) · NFL Blitz 2000 (Dreamcast) · King of Fighters: Dream Match ’99 (Dreamcast) · Blue Stinger (Dreamcast) · Ready 2 Rumble (Dreamcast) · Monaco GP (Dreamcast) · TrickStyle (Dreamcast) · Jet Force Gemini (Nintendo 64) · Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing (Nintendo 64) · Monster Truck Madness 64 (Nintendo 64) · Shadow Man (Nintendo 64) · WWF Attitude (Nintendo 64) · Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (PlayStation) · Demolition Racer (PlayStation) · Juggernaut (PlayStation) · Madden NFL 2000 (PlayStation) · NFL GameDay 2000 (PlayStation) · G-Police: Weapons of Justice (PlayStation) · Jet Moto 3 (PlayStation) · NFL Xtreme 2 (PlayStation) · RC Stunt Copter (PlayStation) · Star Wars: Episode I (PlayStation) · Xena: Warrior Princess · Wipeout 3 (PlayStation) · Tail Concerto (PlayStation) · Draken: Order of the Flame (PC) · Civilization II: Test of Time (PC) · Darkstone (PC) · Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (PC) · Gulf War: Operation Desert Hammer (PC) · Star Trek: Starfleet Command (PC) · Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War (PC) · F-16 Aggressor (PC) · System Shock 2 (PC) Letters Retroview looking at November 1978

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. Letters

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE Nintendo Gamecube (Dolphin; development news coverage) Sony PSP (Playstation Portable; development news coverage) Sega Dreamcast (preview coverage) Sony PlayStation Nintendo 64 PC 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.) (This is non-technically the final issue of "Next Generation" - the magazine would formally change its masthead title to "NextGen" with issue #57 (aka Lifecycle 2 Volume 1 #1).) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Few games have helped propel Playstation's drive to market dominance the way Capcom's Resident Evil series has. The original was the console's first breakout hit (selling upward of 6 million copies), and its sequel garnered similar sales and a lot of TV commercial time. But as the hardware ages and the series moves into its third incarnation, can it compete? Judge for yourself. (see Alphas section) Analyzing Intelligence Gaming news and analysis from around the world, plus all the usual columns. (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.) Gearing Up For The Masses The game industry is courting the mass market, but does that mean the end of the game world as we know it? (two pages) Dolphin Shocker: No Movies, "Very Aggressive" Price Lincoln reveals key details of Nintendo's plans for Dolphin (2/3 page) Playstation Portable In The Works Reliable sources confirm project (2/3 page) (Recurring news features:) News Bytes (running sidebar; misc. news stories) In The Studio (2/3 page; developer news; Liquid Entertainment, Paradigm Studios, Mindscape, Incognito, Presto, Activision, Quantic Dream) Arcadia (misc. arcade news; approx. 1/2 page) Gadget Watch (accessories and tech coverage; approx. 1/2 page; Tiltforce/TiltPak, Truesteer) Hardcore (mini-sidebar; reader anecdote) NG Japan What's hot - or in some cases, what's just plain odd - in Japan lately. (approx. 2 pages) Pokemon Festival '99 (1/2 page) Virtual High School (1/2 page) Tekken Tag Tournament (approx. 2/3 page) La Pochee (approx. 1/3 page) NG Special Rare's triple threat Nintendo's second-party powerhouse is gearing up for a major holiday season with Jet Force Gemini, Donkey Kong 64, and the unofficial sequel to GoldenEye, Perfect Dark. (four pages; includes brief intro and sections dedicated to the following:) Jet Force Gemini Donkey Kong 64 Perfect Dark NG Software Alphas (game previews, sometimes presented as part of a themed overview or interview; one page each unless noted:) (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). Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS; four pages) F355 Challenge (arcade; two pages) Ecco the Dolphin - Defender of the Future (DC; two pages) Hydro Thunder (DC) Blitz 2000 (DC) Ready 2 Rumble (DC,PS,N64; two pages) Battlezone II (PC) Jet Moto 3 (PS) Vigilante 8: Second Offense (N64,PS,DC; two pages) Toy Commander (DC,PC; two pages) Die Hard Trilogy 2 (PS,PC; two pages) The Sims (PC; two pages) Jump Runner (PC,DC) Fear Factor (PS) Soldier of Fortune (PC; two pages) Evolva (PC; two pages) Hostile Waters (PC) Army Men Air Attack (PS) SWAT 3 (PC) Crusaders of Might and Magic (PS) Genesis: Aperian 7 (PC; two pages) San Francisco Rush 2049 (arcade; two pages) Milestones (screenshot preview galleries with gallery caption; approx. 1/2 page each unless noted) Messiah (PC; one page) Battletanx 2 (N64) Sacrifice (PC) Excitebike 64 (N64; mini-sidebar) Command & Conquer (N64; mini-sidebar) NHL Faceoff 2000 (PS; approx. 1/4 page) Bass Landing (PS; approx. 1/4 page) Gameday 2000 (PS; approx. 1/4 page) WWF (N64; approx. 1/4 page) NG Special The Piracy Files Our first "How To" article - how to lose your money, your freedom, your friends, and just about everything else you hold near and dear, and how it all ends up in a woodchipper... (seven pages) Gallery The art of gaming Celebrating the aesthetics of 3D rendering. ('Gallery - The fine art of gaming;' three pages) Rating Finals So many games, so little time. (With issue #43, Next Generation expanded its review section to include a number of featured reviews - each typically one or two pages long - along with its traditional reviews (usually 1/3rd page in length). Import reviews are noted with 'Japan' below.) (One page each unless noted:) Ape Escape (PS) Descent 3 (PC; two pages) (Approx. 1/3rd page each unless noted:) Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest (N64) Bloody Roar 2 (PS) Croc 2 (PS) Warzone 2100 (PS) Alexi Lalas International Soccer (PS) GTA: London 1969 (PS) Expendable (PC) Imperialism II (PC) Jane's Fleet Command (PC) Midtown Madness (PC) Rich Diamon (PC) Ultimate 8 Ball (PC) Ending Next Generation brings you down easy; enjoy tidbits from readers and highlights from the past. Retroview Taking a look back. (regular Retroview installment and related articles:) Accolade vs. Sega Part II (by Steven Kent; one page) Relode (Lode Runner; one page) What Ever Happened To? (mini-sidebar; Lords of Conquest) Letters We love our readers. (reader mail; 1.75 pages)

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE Sega Dreamcast (speculation & import coverage) Nintendo Gamecube (development news coverage) Sony PlayStation Nintendo 64 PC 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.) (This issue, regular feature 'Big In Japan' temporarily digi-volves into 'Big In Russia' and 'Dreamcast Countdown' announces its permanent end.) Cover Story: Soul Calibur Every new system needs a killer app - a title that not only shows off what the system can do, but is good enough to convince anyone who sees it that they can't live without it. Namco managed it before, for PlayStation, with a version of Ridge Racer and, later, expanded versions of the Tekken series. Can Namco do it again for Dreamcast? One look at Soul Calibur, and we'd have to say yes. (see Dreamcast News section) Big In Russia Serge Amirdjanov reports from the Eastern Front. (this section is not listed in the TOC; two pages) Analyzing Intelligence (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.) E3 '99: Back In Hollywood It was strangely quiet, but this year's E3 was also the best show in years. Best Of Show Miss the show this year? Talk about these games and they'll never know you weren't there. (two pages) Best Booth Of Show: Sierra (sidebar) Surprise Of Show: Interplay (sidebar) Worst Of Show (sidebar) Conspicuously Missing (sidebar) Booth Reports From the show floor to your living room (two pages) N64 Titles Shown At E3 (footer bar) Stolar Speaks (sidebar; Bernie Stoler interview) In Other News... (mini-sidebar) Dolphin Arrives Nintendo shocks showgoers with announcements of new partners, new business model. Lincoln To Retire (mini-sidebar) The French Invasion (sidebar) (Recurring news features:) Arcadia (misc. arcade news; 3/4th page) Hardcore (mini-sidebar; reader anecdote) Dreamcast Dreamcast news Take a look at the game that will make you buy a Dreamcast, Namco's Soul Calibur. ('Dreamcast Countdown - An impressive array of titles showcases new system;' 15 pages; overseas & import coverage; includes the following sections:) The End of Dreamcast (sidebar; announcing this Dreamcast Countdown installment as the last) Dreamcast at E3 (one page; software/publisher list) First on the Floor (footer bar; screenshot gallery) Soul Calibur (preview; four pages; includes 'Arcade vs. Dreamcast' mini-sidebar) NBA Basketball (preview; sidebar) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (preview; sidebar) Metropolis Street Racer (preview; four pages; includes 'An audience with Martyn Chudley' interview) Ready 2 Rumble (preview; sidebar) Expendable (preview; sidebar) Furballs (preview; sidebar) NFL Quarterback Club 2000 (preview; two pages) Blades of Vengeance (preview; sidebar) TrickStyle (preview; two pages) Marionette Handlers (preview; sidebar) Cool Boarders DC (preview; one page) Get Bass (review; one page) Redline Racer (review; sidebar) NG Software Alphas (game previews, sometimes presented as part of a themed overview or interview; one page each unless noted:) (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). Sprocket (N64; three pages) Dino Crisis (PS) Racing Lagoon (PS) Legend of Mana (PS) Supreme Snowboarding (PC,DC) Silent Scope (arcade) Silent Bomber (PS) Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman (PS) Rally Masters (PC,N64,PS) Werewolf: The Apocalypse (PC) Sanity (PC; two pages) Milestones (screenshot preview galleries with gallery caption; approx. 1/2 page each unless noted) Gran Turismo 2 (PS; approx. 2/3rd page) Alien Resurrection (PS; approx 1/3rd page) Duke Nukem Zero Hour (N64) Jurassic Park: Warpath (PC) Hired Guns (PC; approx. 1/4th page) Descent III (PC; approx. 1/4th page) Wipeout 3 (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Sled Storm (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Eagle One (PS; approx. 1/3rd page) Armorines (N64; approx. 1/3rd page) Tomorrow Never Dies (PS; approx. 1/3rd page) (mini-sidebars (screenshot with caption)): Nascar 2000 (N64) Kyokushine Kungfu (PS) Oni (PC) Road Rash 64 (N64) Forty Winks (PS) Test Drive 6 (PS) R-Type Delta (PS) NG Special Building the future The next generation of games will be more complex than ever. How will big developers keep up, and small developers survive? One word: outsourcing. (eight pages) Talking State of the Arts Electronic Arts remains the largest game publisher on the planet, and the man who's been there since its start has been definite ideas about games, the market, and what you'll be playing next. (five pages; Bing Gordon (EA Senior VP and Chief Creative Officer) interview) Gallery The art of gaming Computer game art from around the world. ('Gallery - The fine art of gaming;' two pages) Rating Finals (With issue #43, Next Generation expanded its review section to include a number of featured reviews - each typically one or two pages long - along with its traditional reviews (usually 1/3rd page in length). Import reviews are noted with 'Japan' below.) (One page each unless noted:) Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS; two pages) Ehrgeiz (PS) Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PS) (Approx. 1/3rd page each unless noted:) 3Xtreme (PS) MLB 2000 (PS) Triple Play 2000 (PS) Bust A Move 2 (PS) Civilization: Call To Power (PC) Machines (PC) Recoil (PC) Hydro Thunder (arcade) Warzone 2100 (PC) Star Wars Episode I: Racer (N64) All-Star Baseball 2000 (N64) Monaco Grand Prix: Racing Simulation 2 (N64) NG Resources Advanced strategies Tips and tricks to master your games. This month, we feature Ridge Racer Type 4. (game strategies; three pages) Ending Next Generation brings you down easy; enjoy tidbits from readers and highlights from the past. Retroview (regular Retroview installment and related articles:) Accolade vs. Sega (by Steven Kent; 1.5 pages) Looking Back at Those Who Looked Forward (1.5 pages + sidebar) What Ever Happened To? (mini-sidebar; Combat II) Letters We love our readers. (reader mail; 1.75 pages)

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE Sega Dreamcast (speculation & import coverage) Sony PlayStation 2 (speculation & development news coverage) Neo Geo Pocket Color (news coverage) Game.Com.Pocket.Pro (news coverage) Sony PlayStation Nintendo 64 PC arcade online --- (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.) Dino Crisis The creator of Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami, is currently working on not one, not two, but three new titles. The best of the bunch? Dino Crisis. Exchanging the slow dread of the Resident Evil series for a more action-oriented, white-knuckle intensity, Dino Crisis seeks to re-invent the gaming genre its zombie-filled cousin began. So what's it like juggling so many projects at once? Find out from Mikami himself, in our exclusive interview starting on page 42. (see NG Software: Alphas section) Analyzing Intelligence (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.) Special Report - Tokyo Game Show Spring '99 The stage was set for a battle between the two Japanese hardware giants - but one of them didn't care. (two pages) Pocket Monsters Upstarts challenge Nintendo for the portable gaming market. (Neo Geo Pocket Color, Game.Com.Pocket.Pro) Engines Old And New Is building your own game engine just re-inventing the wheel? (approx. 1/2 page) Game Developers Conference By Frank O'Connor, executive editor, Games Business (approx. 3/4th page) (Recurring news features:) Arcadia (misc. arcade news; 1/2 page) News Bytes (running footer-bar; misc. news) In the Studio (approx. 3/4th page; development news; Atari Games, Sucker Punch Productions, Dreamworks Interactive) Hardcore (mini-sidebar; reader anecdote) Talkback (mini-sidebar; developer quote) Dreamcast Dreamcast news Our largest (and with the system nearing release, next to last) Dreamcast section ever. ('Dreamcast Countdown - Next Generation tracks the progress of Sega's dream machine;' 15 pages; overseas & import coverage; includes the following sections:) Dead or Alive 2 (preview; three pages, including 'An audience with Tomonubu Itagaki' interview) MDK 2 (preview; sidebar) Soul Calibur (preview; sidebar) D2 (preview; sidebar) Sega Sports NFL Football (preview; four pages) Buggy Heat (preview; sidebar) NBA 2000 (preview; sidebar) House of the Dead 2 (review; sidebar) Psychic Force 2012 (review; sidebar) Blue Stinger (review; four pages, including 'An Audience with Shinya Nishigaki' interview) Aero Dancing (review; sidebar) Marvel Vs. Capcom (review; sidebar) Slave Zero (preview; two pages) Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 (review; sidebar) Biohazard: Code Veronica (preview; one page) Metropolis (preview; sidebar) NG Software Alphas (game previews, sometimes presented as part of a themed overview or interview; one page each unless noted:) (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). Gauntlet Legends (PS,N64; three pages) Dino Crisis (PS; six pages, including 'An Audience With Shinji Mikami' interview) The Return Of Atari (includes 1/4th page intro and the following:) Q*bert (PC,PS; 1/4th page) Pong (PC,PS; 1/4th page) Frogger (1/4th page) Missile Command (1/4th page) The Next Tetris (PC,PS; 1/4th page) Throne of Darkness (PC; two pages) Need For Speed: High Stakes (PC; two pages) Wipeout 3 (PS) Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (N64; two pages) Sled Storm (PS) Gabriel Knight III: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (PC) Milestones (screenshot preview galleries with gallery caption; approx. 1/2 page each unless noted) Resident Evil: Nemesis (PS; approx. 2/3rd page) Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (PS; approx 1/3rd page) Xena: Warrior Princess (PS) Demolition Racer (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Spyro 2 (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Crash Team Racing (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Aironauts (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Croc 2 (PS; approx. 1/4th page) Midtown Madness (PC; approx. 1/3rd page) Supreme Snowboarding (PC; approx. 1/4th page) Lok: Soul Reaver (PS; approx. 1/4th page) (sidebars (one or two screenshots each) with caption:) Soldier of Fortune (PC) Force 21 (PC) Tony Hawk (PS) Battle Zone 64 (N64) Forty Winks (PS) Test Drive 6 (PS) R-Type Delta (PS) NG Special PlayStation 2 vs. Dreamcast The battle for the next generation of home consoles has already begun, but the real question is, is it already over? ('Dreamcast -vs- PlayStation 2;' eight pages) Talking State of the Dream With the U.S. launch of the Dreamcast almost here, there are a million questions about what's going to happen, and Sega's Chris Gilbert, Peter Moore, and Bernie Stolar patiently answer them all. (interview; five pages) Rating Finals (With issue #43, Next Generation expanded its review section to include a number of featured reviews - each typically one or two pages long - along with its traditional reviews (usually 1/3rd page in length). Import reviews are noted with 'Japan' below.) (One page each unless noted:) Everquest (online; two pages) Starsiege (PC) Need For Speed: High Stakes (PS) Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC) (Approx. 1/3rd page each unless noted:) Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS) Street Sk8ter (PS) Legend of Legaia (PS) Um Jammer Lammy (PS) Hybrid Heaven (N64) Smash Brothers (N64) Aliens Versus Predator (PC) Redline (PC) Requiem: Avenging Angel (PC,Mac) The Gamer's Guide (one page synopsis of PS,N64,online,PC review scores) NG Resources Advanced strategies Hints on how to beat games from the people who made them. Featured this month: Slave Zero. (interviews with strategies) Slave Zero - Interviewed: Matt Powers, Producer (PC; two pages) Ending Next Generation brings you down easy; enjoy tidbits from readers and highlights from the past. Retroview Taking a look back. (regular Retroview installment and related articles:) System Shock (1/4th page; NES) Retroview (one page; by Steven Kent) Zelda (1/4th page; The Legend of Zelda) What Ever Happened To? (mini-sidebar; Chiller) Letters We love our readers. (reader mail; 1.75 pages)

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE Sega Dreamcast (import & development news coverage) Sony PlayStation 2 (development news coverage) Nintendo Gamecube (development news coverage) Sony PlayStation Nintendo 64 PC Macintosh 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.) Episode I: The Games With the Star Wars marking blitz in full swing (hey, why do you think we put this on our cover?), LucasArts is gearing up to release a bevy of video and computer games to fill its audience's apparently insatiable need for all things Phantom Menace, and we've got the goods on the first two titles out of the gate. Take a look at The Phantom Menace, an action/adventure game that follows the movie scene for scene, and Episode I Racer - wanna guess what that one's all about? (see NG Software: Alphas section) Analyzing Intelligence (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.) Sony Announces PlayStation 2 The most powerful game system ever described has been revealed. (five pages, including 'Can Sony Make Enough PlayStation 2s?' and 'Specification For The Next Generation PlayStation' mini-sidebars) Nintendo 2K or 2K1? (sidebar) Dreamcast News Bytes Saturn emulator for Dreamcast under consideration (approx. 1/2 page) Two States Mull Violent Game Bans (approx. 1/4th page) (Recurring news features:) News Bytes (running footer-bar; misc. news) In the Studio (approx. 3/4th page; development news; Acclaim, Accolade, Sega, Square, Factor 5, Snowblind Studios) NG Japan Big In Japan All the news from the Land of the Rising Sun. (two pages; a collection of articles and sidebars:) Insert Quarter To Continue (two pages; AOU coverage) Selling Big In Japan This Month (mini-sidebar; top list) Dreamcast Dreamcast news The full review of Capcom's Power Stone, plus, a lot of zombies are headed for Dreamcast. Really. ('Dreamcast Countdown - Next Generation tracks the progress of Sega's dream machine;' eight pages; overseas & import coverage; includes the following sections:) State Of The Dreamcast (sidebar) Ready 2 Rumble (preview; one page) Power Stone (review; two pages) Aero Dancing (Director Tomonori Haba and Producer Keisuke Chiwata interview; two pages) Dead or Alive 2 (preview; sidebar) Crazy Taxi (preview; one page) Zombie Revenge (preview; one page) Senritsu Bisho (preview; sidebar) Carrier Update (sidebar) Marvel Vs. Capcom (preview; one page) NG Software Alphas (game previews, sometimes presented as part of a themed overview or interview; one page each unless noted:) (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). Ion Storm (includes one page intro and the following:) Deus Ex (PC) Daikatana (PC; approx. 1.33 pages) Inside The Mind Of John Romero (running footer bar; interview; approx. 1.33 pages) Anachronox (PC; approx. 1.33 pages) Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (PC; four pages) Rockstar Games (Wild Metal Country (DC), Monster Truck Madness 64 (N64), Grand Theft Auto: London (PS), Earthworm Jim 3D (N64,PS); four pages) Star Wars: Episode I The Games (includes one page intro and the following:) Star Wars: Episode I Racer (PC,N64,Mac; two pages) Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace An Audience With Jack Sorensen (interview; two pages) Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 (PS) Savage Quest (arcade,PC; two pages) Milestones (screenshot preview galleries with gallery caption; approx. 1/2 page each unless noted) Quake III: Arena (PC; approx. 1 page) Driver (PS,PC) Chocobo Racing (PS) Planescape: Torment (PC) World Driver Champ (N64) Dark Reign 2 (PC) (sidebars (one or two screenshots each) with caption:) Flash Point (PC) Seven Kingdoms II (PC) MLB 2000 (PS) Triple Play 2000 (N64) Harrier 2000 (N64) Hybrid Heaven (N64) All Star Tennis '99 (N64) Evil Zone (PS) NG Special Man Vs. the Machine Valve's Half-Life represented a giant step forward in the artificial intelligence of game opponents, but even bigger things may be coming. Next Generation looks at AI past, present, and future. ('Man Versus The Machine;' eight pages) Talking Bobby Kotick Founded in 1979, Activision was the original third-party developer. Twenty years later, it's still going strong, thanks largely to its CEO since 1990, Bobby Kotick. What's the secret of its success? ('Twenty years and rising...;' interview; six pages) Rating Finals (With issue #43, Next Generation expanded its review section to include a number of featured reviews - each typically one or two pages long - along with its traditional reviews (usually 1/3rd page in length). Import reviews are noted with 'Japan' below.) (One page each unless noted:) SimCity 3000 (PC; two pages) Beetle Adventure Racing (N64) Rollcage (PS) (Approx. 1/3rd page each unless noted:) Goemon's Great Adventure (N64) Vigilante 8 (N64) Blast Radius (PS) In The Zone 99 (PS) Invasion From Beyond (PS) Shadow Madness (PS) Army Men II (PC) The Settlers III (PC) Myth II: Soulblighter (PC,Mac) NG Resources Advanced strategies The inside word from those who made the games. (interviews with strategies) Myth II: Soulblighter - Interviewed: Jason Regier, Lead Programmer; Mark Bernal, Lead Artist/Art Director (PC; three pages) Rainbow Six - Interviewed: Dave Weinstein, Networking; Brian Upton, Lead Engineer and Red Storm's VP Engineering; Steve Cotton, Artist/Modeler (PC; two pages) Ending Next Generation brings you down easy; enjoy tidbits from readers and highlights from the past. Retroview Taking a look back. (regular Retroview installment and related articles:) System Shock (1/4th page; Apple II) Retroview - The Boys From The Darkside - Part 3 (one page; by Steven Kent) Star Wars: Game I (1/4th page; retro Star Wars video games) What Ever Happened To? (mini-sidebar; Spy's Demise) Letters We love our readers. (reader mail; 1.75 pages)

Editorial Letters Press Start: Show of Force (E3 feature), Report Card features on PS2, Xbox, GameCube & Game Boy Advance, Pro Skater goes Underground (Tony Hawk's Underground for PS2, Xbox & GameCube), Let Them Eat Snake (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for PS2), Sony's Pocket Monster (PSP), Super-Deluxe PlayStation 2 (feature on the PSX), Hail to the Chief (Halo 2 for Xbox), The Brainy Gamer's Library, Instant Expert: Emulation, Afterthoughts: Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Xbox, PS2), EGM International, Slippery When Wet (Interview with Angelina Jolie about Tomb Raider movie), Stranded with 3 games! with Hideo Kojima, Online this month, The Rumor Mill, The Hot Five, Coming Soon Our Optionated Guide to the Games You'll be Playing Next: · Final Fantasy XI (PS2) · Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2) · Gran Turismo 4 (PS2) · Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS2) · Rise to Honor (PS2) · Vectorman (PS2) · Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (PS2) · Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2) · Socom II: U.S. Navy Seals (PS2) · Jak II (PS2) · Counter Strike (Xbox) · Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox) · Project Gotham Racing 2 (Xbox) · Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (Xbox) · Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Xbox) · Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) · Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Xbox) · Sudeki (Xbox) · Crimson Skies (Xbox) · Conker: Live & Uncut (Xbox) · Deus Ex: Invisible War (Xbox) · WWE Raw 2 (Xbox) · Mario Kart: Double Dash (GameCube) · Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GameCube) · WWE Wrestlemania XIX (GameCube) · Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GameCube) · Star Fox 2 (GameCube) · 1080 Avalanche (GameCube) · Geist (GameCube) · Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GameCube) · F-Zero GX (GameCube) · Kirby's Air Ride (GameCube) · Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg (GameCube) · Pikman 2 (GameCube) · XIII (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Starcraft: Ghost (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · 007: Everything or Nothing (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · The Lord of the Rings: Treason of Isengard (PS2, Xbox) · Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Backyard Wrestling (PS2, Xbox) · Spider-Man 2 (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Spawn (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · True Crime: Streets of L.A. (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Legacy of Kain: Defiance (PS2, Xbox) · Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Conflict: Desert Storm II Back to Baghdad (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Beyond Good & Evil (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · The Suffering (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) Sonic's Boom - Sonic Heroes (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) Review Crew: · Brute Force (Xbox) · Big Mutha Truckers (PS2) · Ape Escape 2 (PS2) · Smash Cars (PS2) · Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (Xbox) · Silent Line: Armored Core (PS2) · K-1 World Grand Prix (PS2) · Enter the Matrix (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Freestyle Metal X (PS2) · Midnight Club II (Xbox) · NCAA Football 2004 (PS2) · Rent A Hero No. 1 (Xbox) · Midtown Madness 3 (Xbox) · Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection (PS2) · The Hulk (PS2) · Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GameCube) · Downhill Domination (PS2) · Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (Xbox) · Speed Kings (GameCube) · The Incredible Hulk (Game Boy Advance) Tricks of the Trade: · Brute Force (Xbox) · Enter the Matrix (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) · Sonic Adventure DX (GameCube) · NBA Street vol. 2 (PS2, Xbox) Game Over