Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 186

Contents

Staff

Letters

Press Start: Report from the 2004 Tokyo Game Show, EGM International, Old School looks at what was in EGM 10 years ago, Resident Evil 4 (GameCube), Celebrity Gamer interview with Jackass star Bam Margera, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 (Xbox), What If? (EGM rewrites gaming history), Afterthoughts on Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GameCube), Online this month, Play Girls (feature on gamer girl group called The Frag Dolls), The Rumor Mill, The Hot 10, Coming Soon

Starting Lineups: Comparing the launch lineups of Sony’s PSP and Nintendo DS

Happy Holidays: EGM picks the top 10 must-give/must-get gaming gifts

Crappy Holidays: EGM picks the season’s most useless gaming gifts

Reviews:

·         Need for Speed Underground 2 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Alien Hominid (PlayStation 2, GameCube)

·         X-Men Legends (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Viewtiful Joe 2 (PlayStation 2, GameCube)

·         The Bard’s Tale (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Fight Club (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Godzilla: Save the Earth (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Bloodrayne 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         The Urbz: Sims in the City (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (PlayStation 2)

·         Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (PlayStation 2)

·         Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PlayStation 2)

·         Kuon (PlayStation 2)

·         Capcom Fighting Evolution (PlayStation 2)

·         Jak 3 (PlayStation 2)

·         Neo Contra (PlayStation 2)

·         Eyetoy: Antigrav (PlayStation 2)

·         Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PlayStation 2)

·         WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw (PlayStation 2)

·         Ratchet & Clank: Up your Arsenal (PlayStation 2)

·         Killzone (PlayStation 2)

·         Growlancer: Generations (PlayStation 2)

·         SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (PlayStation 2)

·         Halo 2 (Xbox)

·         Outrun 2 (Xbox)

·         Baten Kaitos (GameCube)

·         Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube)

·         Mario Power Tennis (GameCube)

·         Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (Game Boy Advance)

·         Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (Game Boy Advance)

Tricks of the Trade:

·         Crash Twinsanity (PlayStation 2, Xbox)

·         Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Pokémon Firered/Leafgreen (Game Boy Advance)

·         Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (PlayStation 2)

·         Mortal Kombat: Deception (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         Street Racing Syndicate (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

·         ShellShock: Nam ’67 (Xbox)

·         Hot Shots Golf Fore! (PlayStation 2)

·         Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PlayStation 2)

·         NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)

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