Diehard GameFan Issue 34

The Editorial Zone

Most Wanted Top 10

Viewpoint (condensed reviews from 3 of the Game Fan crew):

·         Novastorm (PlayStation)

·         Jumping Flash (PlayStation)

·         Wipeout (PlayStation)

·         Mortal Kombat 3 (PlayStation)

·         ESPN Extreme Games (PlayStation)

·         Rayman (Saturn)

·         Street Fighter: The Movie (Saturn)

·         Robotica (Saturn)

·         Virtua Fighter (32X)

·         Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis)

·         Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)

·         Yoshi’s Island (Super NES)

·         Castlevania: Dracula X (Super NES)

·         The King of Fighters’ 95 (Neo Geo)

·         Shining Wisdom (Saturn)

·         D’s Diner (Saturn, would be released simply as “D”)

·         Night Striker (PlayStation, Japan only release)

Hocus Pocus (tips & cheats):

·         Bug! (Saturn)

·         Gex (3DO)

·         Cybersled (PlayStation)

·         Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (Sega CD)

·         Guardian War (3DO)

·         X-Men 2 (Genesis)

·         Mortal Kombat 3 (Super NES, Genesis)

·         Street Fighter Alpha (Arcade)

PlayStation Nation:

·         Jumping Flash

·         Wipeout

·         ESPN Extreme Games

·         Darkstalkers (preview)

·         Twisted Metal (preview)

·         Novastorm

·         Assault Rigs (preview)

·         Discworld (preview)

Saturn Sector (reviews unless otherwise noted):

·         Dark Legend (preview)

·         Rayman

·         Street Fighter: The Movie

·         Robotica

3DO Zone:

·         Killing Time (preview)

·         Previews of various games

·         Primal Rage (preview)

Jaguar’s Domain:

·         Dragon’s Lair (CD preview)

32X-Citement:

·         Virtua Fighter

·         Kolibri (preview)

·         Previews of various games coming to Sega systems

Gen 32:

·         Final Fantasy VII (Ultra 64 preview. Of course, FFVII would appear on the PlayStation, not the Ultra 64. This was a very early demo)

·         Warhawk (PlayStation preview)

·         Krazy Ivan (PlayStation preview)

·         Solar Eclipse (Saturn preview)

·         Zero Divide (PlayStation preview)

·         Shining Wisdom (Saturn)

·         D’s Diner (Saturn, would be released simply as “D”)

·         Sega Rally Championship (Saturn preview)

·         Darius Gaiden (Saturn preview)

·         X-Men (Saturn preview)

·         Night Striker (PlayStation, Japan only release)

·         Philosoma (PlayStation preview)

·         King’s Field II (PlayStation)

·         Kileak The Blood 2 (PlayStation preview, released in October ’96 in NA as Epidemic)

·         Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PlayStation preview)

·         Snatcher (PlayStation preview, Japan only release)

·         Zeitgeist (PlayStation preview, released in NA as Jupiter Strike)

·         Horned Owl (PlayStation preview, released in NA as Project: Horned Owl)

GameFan 16:

·         Yoshi’s Island (Super NES)

·         Breath of Fire II (Super NES)

·         Castlevania: Dracula X (Super NES)

·         Secret of Evermore (Super NES preview)

·         Batman Forever (Super NES)

·         Speedy Gonzales in Los Gatos Banditos (Super NES)

·         Vectorman (Genesis preview)

·         Batman Forever (Genesis)

·         Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)

GameFan Sports:

·         College Football USA ’96 (Genesis)

·         Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition (Super NES)

·         NHL All-Star Hockey (Saturn preview)

·         NHL ’96 (Genesis, Super NES)

·         Power Serve (PlayStation)

·         NHL Faceoff (PlayStation preview)

·         NFL Gameday (PlayStation preview)

Quarter Crunchers:

·         Metal Slug (Neo Geo preview)

·         Pulstar (Neo Geo preview)

·         Kabuki Klash (Neo Geo)

·         The King of Fighters’ 95 (Neo Geo)

·         WWF Wrestlemania

·         Tekken 2

Resident Evil (PlayStation preview)

Mega Man X3 (Super NES preview)

Final Fight Tough (Super NES preview, would be released as Final Fight 3 in NA)

Entertainment Fan

Mortal Kombat 3 comparison for PlayStation, Super NES & Genesis

Other Stuff (rumors and news)

Japan Now:

·         Toshinden (Saturn preview)

·         Super Mario RPG (Super NES preview)

·         Indy 500 (Arcade)

·         Tengai Makyou Zero (Super Famicom preview)

·         Front Mission (Super Famicom preview)

·         Tengai Makyou: Dennou Karakuri Kakutouden (PC-FX preview)

·         Dragon Knight IV (PC-FX preview, this would not get released till March ’97)

·         Lunatic Dawn FX (PC-FX preview)

·         Return to Zork (PC-FX preview)

Postmeister (letters)