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Feature articles on baseball games, and Powerplay, Valve's proposal for a multiplayer platform Interviews with the bands Unband, Fu Manchu, Incubus, and actress Tammy Tavares Previews for Sacrifice, Black & White, Commandos 2, Summoner, Shogun: Total War, and Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed Reviews for Nox, Suberbike 2000, Iron Plague, and The Operational Art of War 2 Hardware previews and reviews Strategy guides for Nox and Planescape: Torment Letters, editorials, web site highlights, industry news and gossip, and a few preview images

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 Nintendo Game Boy (news coverage) PC arcade NEC SuperGrafx (retro coverage) --- 100% Or Nothing (editorial) Communications (letters column) News Nintendo 64 Consoles Vanish in Record-Breaking Launch ('Going, Going, Gone!') Inventor of Game Boy leaves Nintendo Pac-Man finds a new home and a chance to place 3-D gaming into the mainstream Orchid Launches First "Voodoo" Chipset Graphics Accelerator No Cords? No Problem! IG Shorts Hot Top 15 Feature The Best of '96 AMOA: Coming Soon To An Arcade Near You... New Releases Feature Preview - Sonic 3D Blast (Sat) Previews Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition (Sat) NFL GameDay '97 (PS) Cool Boarders (PS) NBA In the Zone 2 (PS) Amok (Sat) Ten Pin Alley (PS) NFL '97 (Sat) League of Pain (PS) Codename: Tenka (PS) Reviews Suikoden (PS) Destruction Derby 2 (PS) Contra: Legacy of War (PS) Virtua Squad PD (PC) Battle Arena Toshinden URA (Sat) Tomb Raider (PS) NBA Live 97 (PS) Mr. Bones (Sat) King's Field II (PS) Pitball (PS) Pandemonium! (PS) Bubsy 3D (PS) Power Move Pro Wrestling (PS) Disruptor (PS) NHL 97 (PS) The Adventures of Lomax (PS) Worldwide Soccer '97 (Sat) Tempest X (PS) Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood (PS) 2 Xtreme (PS) MLB Pennant Race (PS) TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4x4 (PS,Sat) Dare Devil Derby (PS) Street Racer (PS) Reviews At A Glance (capsule and single-line reviews) NHL Face Off '97 (PS) Beyond the Beyond (PS) Myst (PS) Namco Museum Vol. 2 (PS) Casper (PS) Soviet Strike (Sat) Shattered Steel (PC) PGA Tour '97 (PS) Dean Hager (BS; spoof review) Nostalgia - SuperGrafx - NEC's PC Engine Endnotes - Will Someone Date Me, Please? (Tokimeki Memorial, Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Pazurudama (PS dating sim, Puyo Puyo clone))

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 PC arcade --- The Great Nintendo Cometh (editorial) Communications (letters column) News New Coin-Ops Bring Internet Sports to Arcades Retailers Expect Big Results from N64 Sony Tops 2 Million Sales of PlayStation in the U.S. NeoStar Retail Group to Reorganize Under Chapter 11 John Romero leaves id DigiPen To Offer Degree in Interactive Visual Simulation Technology Acclaim Cuts 20 Percent of Work Force IG Shorts Hot Top 15 Overseas Feature IG's Akira Kishimoto reports on the awesome first annual Tokyo Game Show JAMMA Amusement Machine Show '96 Online - PlanetWeb and the Sega Saturn NetLink: Aiming to Bring the World Wide Web to the Mass Market New Releases Previews Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (N64) Twisted Metal 2: World Tour (PS) NHL 97 (PS,Sat) Killer Instinct Gold (N64) Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PS,Sat) NHL Face Off '97 (PS) Bug Too! (Sat) Pandemonium! (PS) Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey (N64) NBA Live 97 (PS) Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (PC) 2 Xtreme (PS) Pitball (PS) Tempest 2000 (Sat) Tempest X (PS) Robotron X (PS) Nanotek Warrior (PS) Mech Warrior 2 (Sat) Broken Helix (PS) Feature Review - Wave Race 64 (N64) Reviews WipeOut XL (PS) Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Sat) Soviet Strike (PS) Perfect Weapon (PS) Three Dirty Dwarves (Sat) Formula 1 (PS) Fighting Vipers (Sat) Mortal Kombat Trilogy (N64) 3D Baseball (Sat) Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (PS) NASCAR Racing (PS) Time Commando (PS) VR Golf (PS) Black Dawn (PS) Daytona USA (PC) Reviews At A Glance (capsule and single-line reviews) Die Hard Trilogy (PS) Starwinder (PS) NCAA GameBreaker (PS) World Series II (Sat) Z (PC) Nostalgia - Travel Back In Time With Sega Ages (Sega Saturn retro releases) Endnotes - The U.S. Super Mario 64! (changes for USA release)

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 PC (DOS) arcade --- Artifical Intelligence (editorial) Communications (letters column) News Back to Earth - N64 Sales Frenzy Cools Down Sega and Sony Release Classics at Bargain Prices Vectorman Goes to Hollywood Orchid Prepares to Launch Voodoo Powered 3-D Card Hot Top 15 New Releases Feature - Highest Bidder In The Battle Of Bits for now (Nintendo 64 breakdown) Feature Review - Madden NFL '97 (PS,Sat) Previews Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64) Top Gear Rally (N64) Virtua Cop 2 (Sat) Virtua Fighter 3 (arcade) Contra: Legacy of War (PS) Breath of Fire III (PS) Toukon Retsuden (PS) Quarterback Club '97 (Sat) Black Dawn (PS) Mega Man 8 (Sat, PS) Virtual On (Sat) Reviews Crash Bandicoot (PS) Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS,Sat) Tobal No. 1 (PS) Saturn Bomberman (Sat) Virtua Fighter Kids (Sat) Project Overkill (PS) Star Gladiator (PS) Spot Goes to Hollywood (Sat,PS) Crusader: No Regret (DOS) Floating Runner (PS) IG Queries (Q&A column) Endnotes - Last Minute Update! (Nintendo 64 USA price drop, Sonic X-Treme development suspended)

Feature articles on Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation as an excuse to take pictures of a model dressed as Lara Croft, games with low system requirements, Descent 3 as featured in Las Vegas, dating and gaming advice from Dr. Drew, and online gaming Interviews with John Carmack and the band Fear Factory Previews for Halo, Oni, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, Black & White, Warcraft III, Interstate '82, The Sims, and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Reviews for Madden 2000, NFL Fever 2000, Homeworld, Rainbow 6: Rogue Spear, Unreal Tournament, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Ted Nugent Hunting, and NHL 2000 Hardware reviews and advice Strategy guides for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Simcity 3000, and Quake III: Arena News and editorials - can't have letters for issue 1 after all

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 3DO PC Windows 95 arcade --- Fortune Telling (editorial) Communications (letters column) News Nintendo 64 Launches in Japan 3DO acquires New World Computing Crystal Dynamics shakes up development New Sega peripherals Virtua Fighter 2 Fight continues in Japan and the US 3DO ceases Opera development Sega announces new advertising partners IG Advocacy - The Story IG Overheard Rooting for the Home Team N64 Bottleneck Acclaim to buy Psygnosis? M2 OS Completed M2 Cooling Off Features Nichimen Graphics Wipeout XL Japan Today Tokyo Toy Show New Releases Previews Dark Savior (Saturn) Tomb Raider (PC/PSX/Saturn) Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (PC/PSX) Crash Bandicoot (PSX) Herc's Adventures (Saturn/PSX) Blast Chamber (PSX) Virtua Fighter Kids (Saturn) Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Arcade) Burning Road (PSX) Fighting Vipers (Saturn) Disruptor (PSX) VMX Racing (Saturn/PSX/PC) Power Slave (Saturn/PSX/PC) BallBlazer Champions (PSX) Three Dirty Dwarves (Saturn) Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) Madden NFL 97 (PSX) Reviews The Legend of Oasis (Saturn) Olympic Summer Games (PSX) Robo Pit (PSX/Saturn) Fire Fight (PC) Bogey: Dead 6 (PSX) Olympic Soccer (PSX) Close Combat (PC) Horned Owl (PSX) Metal Black (Saturn) Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 (PSX) Namco Museum Vol. 3 (PSX) Darius II (Saturn) Choaniki: Great Brother (PSX) IG Queries (letters column) Leaders - Masaya Nakamura Online - Air Warrior Nostalgia - Atari 5200 Endnotes - Assault Poker

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 3DO PC Windows 95 arcade --- Bringing Games to the Masses (editorial) Communications (letters column) News High-end gaming hits the Mainstream Sony Plays with Fire Bye, Bye L.A. Nintendo hosts Super Mario RPG Camp Sega of Japan Announces Investment in America and Europe Square Changes Incentives Atari Laid Bare Acclaim Invests in Nichimen Graphics Inc. Sony: It's a Raid! IG Shorts Hot Top Ten... IG Advocacy - You want a rant? Well, here's a rant... IG Overheard M2 Software Features - E3 The New Console War Nintendo (Super Mario 64, Cruis'n USA, Shadows of the Empire, Wave Race 64, Mission: Impossible, PilotWings 64, KI64, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Wayne Gretzky Hockey, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Blast Corps), no show: TetrisPhear Sega (Nights, Three Dirty Dwarves, Sonic X-Treme, Bug Too!, Tomb Raider, Wild Nine, Heart of Darkness, MDK, VF Kids, Virtua Cop 2, NetLink, Dark Savior) PlayStation (New $199 price, Twisted Metal 2: World Tour, Burning Road, Tekken 2, Net Yaroze, Wipeout XL, Formula One, Jumping Flash! 2, Broken Helix, Tobal No 1, Crash Bandicoot, Spider, Monster Truck Rally, Tenka, Destruction Derby 2, Contra: Legacy of War) PC (LucasArts, Origin, Westwood Studios, Interplay, Sir-Tech, EA, Microsoft, Accolade, Blizzard, Sierra, Mindscape & SSI, Microprose, Bethesda, New World Computing) M2 Japan Today Akihabara: The Electric Town New Releases Previews Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC) Hyper Blade (PC) Dungeon Keeper (PC) The Legend of Oasis (Saturn) Dragon Force (Saturn) Steel Harbinger (PSX) Wave Shark (Arcade) Winding Heat (Arcade) Crash Bandicoot (PSX) Star Gladiator (PSX) Reviews International Track and Field (PSX) Total Mayhem (PC) Space Hulk (PC) Jumping Flash! 2 (PSX) Victory Goal '96 (Saturn) Galaxian 3 (PSX) Guardian Heroes (Saturn) ChoroQ (PSX) Hyper 3-D Pinball (Saturn) Irem Arcade Classics (PSX, Saturn) Mega Man X3 (Saturn) The Final Round (PSX) The Raven Project (PSX) Capsule Reviews Triple Play 97 (PSX) F1 Challenge (Saturn) Double Dragon (PSX) Killing Zone (PSX) Buzzword - Classic Gaming Online - Game Developers on the Web Gaming in Perspective - The Medium is the Message Endnotes - E3 After Hours

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 3DO PC Windows 95 arcade --- Yoge (editorial) Communications (letters column) News Peripheral Vision - Nintendo Announces 64-Bit Packaging and Add-on Plans in Japan Japanese Report Slams Games Sega Parts Ways with Goodby, Sliverstein and Partners Sega Acquires European Amusement Machine Manufacturers Mega Man Returns Ocean and Infogrames Merge This Year's Model - Argonaut Releases Latest Version of BRender Software 3-D Engine Square of Japan Closes Squaresoft USA Namco develops HMD Acclaim Officially Exits Cartridge Business, 16-Bit Market IG Shorts Hot Top Ten... IG Advocacy - You want a rant? Well, here's a rant... IG Overheard Industry Plans Sony burning their Capcom bridge? Power Shifts Kumite Namco Price Point Mayhem Features - The E3 Buzz Nintendo's Show Time (Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64, Pilot Wings 64) Sonic X-Treme (Saturn, Sonic X-Treme (ultimately never released)) Playstation's Title Shot (Playstation, Tekken 2) PC/Windows 95 (S.C.A.R. preview, Don Daglow (president & CEO of Stormfront Studios) interview) Virtual Reality Gaming Japan Today Playstation Expo '96 The Mystery of Japanese Distribution Channels New Releases Previews Esoteria 3 (PC,PS; includes interview with Mobeus Designs' Senior Vice President & co-designer Chris Lai) Spider (PS,Sat) Triple Play Baseball 97 (PS) Project Overkill (PS) G-Nome: Dominion (PC) Nights Into Dreams... (Sat) Tobal No. 1 (PS) NHL PowerPlay '96 (Sat,PS,PC) SimCopter (Win95) Mindwarp (PC) Revelations: Devil Summoner (Sat) Adidas Power Soccer (PS) NBA Action '96 (Sat) VR Baseball '96 (PS) Reviews Tekken 2 (PS) The King of Fighters '95 (Sat) Hardball 5 (PS) Deadlock (PC) Bust-A-Move Again (PS) Return Fire (PS) Tony LaRussa Baseball 3: 1996 Edition (PC) Capsule Reviews Iron Storm (Sat) Shining Wisdom (Sat) Golden Axe: The Duel (Sat) Tokyo Highway Battle (PS) Wipeout (Sat) Tetris X (PS; import) Kuso-Ge Gallery - Kitchen Stadium Tour (The Battle of Iron Chef) (Sat; import) IG Queries (letters column) Buzzword - Gaming Public Relations Gaming In Perspective - (Trade) Show Business - Inside the Electronic Entertainment Expo Endnotes - Niloc's Celebrity Craps

Feature articles on the buyout of the publisher Gathering of Developers, preserving PC Gaming in the face of console gaming becoming ascendant, and exercise Interviews with Pamela Anderson, baseball player Mike Piazza and fisherman Denny Brauer Previews for Command & Conquer: Read Alert 2, Command & Conquer: Renegade, Blair Witch Volumes 1 - 3 by noted developer Terminal Reality, NASCAR Heat, and V.I.P. Reviews for Starlancer, Allegiance, Tachyon: The Fringe, Rogue Spear: Urban Ops, Everquest: Ruins of Kunark, NASCAR 2000, Trophy Bass 4, Championship Bass, and Gunship Hardware previews and reviews Strategy guides for Thief 2, Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, Command & Conquer: Firestorm, and Allegiance Letters, editorials, and preview images