Game Informer Issue 101

Features:

• Letter From the Editor: Smokin' (Andy McNamara discusses the future consoles from Nintendo as well as upcoming games for the PS2)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• GI News (Retro Studios' Raven Blade is Cancelled, Wes Craven Directing Alice Movie, Ea to Publish Games Based on Lord of the Rings Movies, Vivendi Universal to Publish PC MMO Dark Age of Camelot)
• Classic GI (The Fairchild Channel F)
  

Cover Story: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2)(The popular skateboarding series makes to leap to the next generation on the PlayStation 2)

Final Fantasy X (PS2)(Square Soft's massive Final Fantasy series makes the jump to the PlayStation 2 in North America after a successful launch in Japan)

The Future of the Franchises (A look at the upcoming batch of football games, including Madden NFL 2002, NFL 2K2, NFL Fever 2002, NFL QB Club 2002, and ESPN NFL Primetime 2002)

Hands-on With the Best of XBOX (Hands-on look at Team Ninja's XBOX launch game, Dead or Alive 3)

Previews:

• Tekken 4 (PS2, Arcade)
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)
• Batman: Vengeance (PS2)
• KA (PS2)
• Final Fantasy XI (PS2)
• Ape Escape 2001 (PS2)
• NHL 2002 (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• NHL Hitz (PS2)
• NASCAR Thunder 2002 (PS2, XBOX)
• Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder (PS2)
• James Bond 007 In... Agent Under Fire (PS2)
• Global Ops (PC)
• Okage: Shadow King (PS2)
• Propeller Arena Aviation Battle Championship (DC)
• Heroes of Might and Magic IV (PC)
• Rogue Spear: Black Thorn (PC)
  

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Extermination
• Ico
• Le Mans 24 Hours
• Rune: Viking Warlord
• Escape from Monkey Island
• Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
• Gallop Racer 2001
• City Crisis
• Ephemeral Fantasia
• Stretch Panic
• ESPN X Games: Skateboarding
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo
• Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open
• World Destruction League: Warjetz
  

PlayStation Reviews:

• Battle Hunter
• Tales of Destiny II
• Digimon Digital Card Battle
• Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix
• Motocross Mania
• NFL Gameday 2002
• Madden NFL 2002
  

Dreamcast Reviews:

• Alien Front Online
• Atari Anniversary Edition
• The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai
  

PC Reviews:

• Anarchy Online
• Desperados
• Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
• Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Cultures
• Poseidon
  

Game Boy Color Reviews:

• Dragon Warrior III
• Wendy: Every Witch Way
• Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword
• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
  

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Advance Wars
• Mario Kart Super Circuit
• Wendy: Every Witch Way
• Bomberman Tournament
• ESPN Final Round Golf 2002
• Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace
  

Play to Perfection (Walkthrough of Sony's Ico)

Secret Access (Cheat Codes):

• NBA Street (PS2)
• MDK 2: Armageddon (PS2)
• WarJetz (PS2)
• Bloody Roar 3 (PS2)
• CART Fury: Championship Racing (PS2)
• Twisted Metal: Black (PS2)
• Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2)
• Fire Pro Wrestling (GBA)
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (GBA)
• GT Advance Championship Racing (GBA)
• Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six (GBC)
• Razor Freestyle Scooter (GBC)
• Snoopy Tennis (GBC)
  Atlantis: The Lost Empire (GBC)
• Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (PC)
  

Classic Reviews:

• Street Racer (SNES)
• River City Ransom (NES)
• Midnight Resistance (Genesis)
• Time Cruise (TGFX-16)
  

Classic Codes (Cheat Codes for Older Games):

• Time Cruise (TGFX-16)
• Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure (TGFX-16)
• Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (TGFX-16)
• River Cit Ransom (NES)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (NES)
• Street Racer (SNES)
• Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis)
• Midnight Resistance (Genesis)
• Gaiares (Genesis)
  

Classic Strategy (Maps of the seven stages of Nintendo's Super Metroid)