Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 172

Contents

Editorial

Letters

Press Start: 555-Lame (review of the Nokia N-Gage), Max Payne 2, Grand Theft Auto III & Grand Theft Auto Vice City heading to Xbox as a 2-in-1 pack, Afterthoughts on Soul Calibur II (PS2, Xbox, GameCube), Instant Expert: Cheating, Child’s Play (Can today’s kids tolerate the games you grew up with?), Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2), How to Build a Home Arcade (using a PC/Mac), EGM International, 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox), NFL Street (PS2, Xbox, GameCube), Interview with comedian David Cross, Comic Boom! (Comics based on video games), James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (PS2, Xbox, GameCube), Killzone (PS2), Beyond Good & Evil (PS2, GameCube), EyeToy (PS2), Xbox Music Mixer & Karaoke Revolution (Xbox), Online this month, Need for Speed Underground (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance), The Rumor Mill, Tony Hawk’s Underground (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance), The Hot 5, Coming Soon

Feature: Platform Games

Cover Story: Final Fantasy Everything – Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2), Final Fantasy XI (PS2, PC), Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GameCube), 12 other RPG’s.

Reviews:

·         Roadkill (PS2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         NFL Blitz Pro (PS2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (PS2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Starsky & Hutch (PS2, Xbox)

·         XGRA (PS2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown (PS2, Xbox)

·         Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo (PS2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Dynasty Tactics 2 (PS2)

·         Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (PS2)

·         Risk: Global Domination (PS2)

·         Jak II (PS2)

·         Lethal Skies II (PS2)

·         NFL GameDay 2004 (PS2)

·         DDRMax 2 (PS2)

·         Mega Man X7 (PS2)

·         Time Crisis 3 (PS2)

·         Hunter: The Reckoning (Xbox)

·         Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes (Xbox)

·         Viewtiful Joe (GameCube)

·         Kirby Air Ride (GameCube)

·         WWE Wrestlemania XIX (GameCube)

·         Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Game Boy Advance)

·         Mega Man Zero 2 (Game Boy Advance)

·         Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Game Boy Advance)

·         Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)

Tricks of the Trade:

·         Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward (PS2, incorrectly listed as Xbox)

·         Warhammer 40,000: Fire Hammer (PS2)

·         Downhill Domination (PS2)

·         Silent Hill 3 (PS2)

·         Starsky & Hutch (PS2, Xbox)

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