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Game Informer Issue 93

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FEATURES

  • Cover Story: Twisted Metal Black

Following the frosty reception received by Twisted Metal 3 and 4, Sony is looking  to resuscitate its ailing blue-chipper with a promising PS2 overhaul. To this end, they have recruited Incognito, a new development firm started by several original members of Singletrac's Twisted Metal team, to handle the creation of TM:B. Check out this article for exclusive new screens and insights from the game's creators.

  • Sultan of the Silver Ball

Pinball, in many ways the direct ancestor of video games, was robbing America of its quarters for decades before Pong hit the arcades. This month, Game Informer profiles Tim Arnold, a former arcade operator who has built the largest collection of classic pinball machines in the world.

  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Following up his success with Final Fantasy IX, Hironobu Sakaguchi is readying his next masterpiece. This time, however, it is not a game, but an epic computer-animated motion picture. Read on for exclusive new screenshots from the movie, and an in-depth look at the production process behind the film.

  • The Games of 2000

There were a lot of games released in the year 2000. Most of them were utter crap. Luckily, a few were absolutely brilliant, and these are the games we honor in our 9th Annual Game Informer Awards. Which game was rated the best of the best? You'll have to read to find out.

 

DEPARTMENTS

  • Editors' Forum

Review This! The lost art of video game ratings.

  • GI Spy

The Game Informer paparazzi stalks the video game industry, bringing you candid photos of all the action.

  • Dear GI

What do missing computers, grilled ferrets, and Jesus have in common? They're all in this month's Dear GI. Come on home to the place where there is a stupid answer for every stupid question.

  • News

All the video game news that's fit to print, and some that's not. Get the scoop on Dragonball Z's return to the world of games and Resident Evil: Code Veronica for PS2. Also, hot gossip in Loose Talk and Phish (?!) in R&D.

 

  • Previews

In the ever-changing world of video games, sometimes it's hard to keep up. Luckily, we have new previews of Clive Barkers: Undying, Phantasy Star Online, new shots of MGS2 and Capcom's newest PS2 blockbuster, Devil May Cry, to keep you on the cutting edge.

Games previewed:

  • Clive Barker's: Undying (PS2/PC)
  • Phantasy Star Online (DC)
  • Floigan Brothers (DC)
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II (PS2/DC))
  • Freelancer (PC)
  • Ultima Online Third Dawn (PC)
  • The Bouncer (PS2)
  • Mars Matrix (DC)
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
  • Devil May Cry (PS2)
  • Winback: Covert Ops (PS2)
  • Tomb Raider: Next Generation (PS2)
  • Portal Runner (PS2)
  • Black & White (PS2/DC/PC)
  • Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (PS)
  • Headhunter (DC)
  • MDK 2 Armageddon (PS2)
  • Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open (PS2)
  • Knockout Kings 2001 (PS2)
  • Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (PC)
  • Oni (PS2/PC/MAC)
  • Diablo II Expansion Set (PC)
  • Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PS)
  • Alienfront Online (DC/ARC)
  • Ring of Red (PS2)

 

  • Reviews

* All games rated on a scale of 0-10 *

GAME OF THE MONTH: Banjo-Tooie (N64)

PlayStation 2

  • Theme Park Roller Coaster                                        7.5
  • Surfing H30                                                                 3
  • Q-Ball: Billiards Master                                               4.5
  • ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding                        8.25

PlayStation

  • Tomb Raider Chronicles                                                       7
  • Driver 2                                                                                  8.75
  • Razor Freestyle Scooter                                                       8
  • Golden Tee Golf                                                                    5
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship                                          7
  • 007 Racing                                                                               7
  • Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing                                    7.75
  • RC De Go                                                                               7.5
  • NCAA Final Four                                                                    5.5
  • Freestyle Motorcross: McGrath vs. Pastrana                      3
  • Moto GP World Tour                                                              7
  • Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers                                               7
  • Woody Woodpecker Racing                                                  3
  • Blade                                                                                       4
  • Colin McRae Rally 2.0                                                            7.75
  • Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete                                             7.5
  • Championship Surfer                                                              7
  • Star Wars: Demolition                                                             7
  • Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball                                          7.75
  • Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance                                                                8.75

Dreamcast

  • Skies of Arcadia                                                     9
  • Grandia II                                                                8
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2                                     9.75
  • Quake III Arena                                                       9.25
  • Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition               8
  • Sonic Shuffle                                                          7
  • Xtreme Sports                                                        7
  • Star Wars: Demolition                                            7
  • NBA 2K1                                                                  9.5
  • Speed Devils Online                                               7.5
  • Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000                 8
  • Looney Tunes Space Race                                     7
  • Ready to Rumble Boxing: Round 2                        7.5
  • Test Drive Le Mans                                                 4.75
  • Test Drive V-Rally                                                    1
  • Silent Scope                                                             7.5
  • Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles                                 8
  • Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness                                  8
  • Bang! Gunship Elite                                                             8
  • POD: Speedzone                                                      3.5
  • Chicken Run                                                              6
  • Resident Evil 2                                                           8
  • Resident Evil 3: Nemesis                                           8
  • Dino Crisis                                                                 6.5

 

PC

  • Everquest: Th Scars of Velious                               9.5
  • Escape From Monkey Island                                   8.25
  • Sacrifice                                                                    8.5
  • Half-Life: Counter-Strike                                         9.75
  • Call to Power II                                                         6
  • Starship Troopers                                                    7.75
  • Squad Leader                                                           6.25
  • You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia                             8
  • Zeus: Master of Olympus                                                 8.5

 

Nintendo 64

  • Banjo-Tooie                                                               9
  • Star Wars: Episode 1 Battle for Naboo                    8.5
  • Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine                 6.75
  • Spider-Man                                                                        8
  • Hey You, Pikachu!                                                                4
  • Mickey's Speedway USA                                          6

 

Game Boy Color

  • Donkey Kong Country                                                8.75
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2                                          6
  • Chicken Run                                                                4
  • Inspector Gadget                                                              6.5
  • Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers                                            7.5
  • Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball                              6.5

 

 

  • Charts

What's hot? What's not? What's up? What's down? It's not NASDAQ, it's the Retail Sales Data and the GI editors' Top 10 Games.

NPD Top 20

  1. Pokemon Silver (GBC)
  2. Pokemon Gold (GBC)
  3. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
  5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PS)
  6. Madden NFL 2001 (PS)
  7. Madden NFL 2001 (PS2)
  8. Gran Turismo 2 (PS)
  9. Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)
  10. Spider-Man (PS)
  11. Spec Ops (PS)
  12. NFL 2K1 (DC)
  13. Driver (PS)
  14. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (PS)
  15. Tekken 3 (PS)
  16. WWF SmackDown! (PS)
  17. Star Wars: Episode I Racer (N64)
  18. NBA Live 2001 (PS)
  19. Super Mario Brothers DX (GBC)
  20. Crash Team Racing (PS)

Japan Top 10

(Source: Game Japan based on monthly used units sold)

  1. Mario Tennis (GBC)
  2. GI Jockey 2 (PS2)
  3. Fist of the North Star (PS)
  4. Mario Tennis (N64)
  5. Fever 3: Sanko Pachinko Simulator (PS)
  6. Beatmania II DX 3rd Style (PS2)
  7. Perfect Dark (N64)
  8. Mysterious Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2  (N64)
  9. Kirby Tilt N' Tumble (GBC)
  10. Mario Story (N64)

Game Informer Top 10

(The staff's favorite picks)

  1. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS)
  2. Final Fantasy IX (PS)
  3. Banjo-Tooie (N64)
  4. Madden NFL 2001 (PS2)
  5. NHL 2001 (PS2)
  6. WWF No Mercy (N64)
  7. TimeSplitters (PS2)
  8. NFL 2K1 (DC)
  9. Skies of Arcadia (DC)
  10. Bang! Gunship Elite (DC)

PC Top 10

(Based on monthly units sold, Source: NPD Interactive Entertainment)

  1. The Sims: Livin' Large
  2. The Sims
  3. Roller Coaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes
  4. Roller Coaster Tycoon
  5. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
  6. Diablo 2
  7. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
  8. Combat Flight Sim 2: WWII
  9. Sim Theme Park World
  10. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2

 

  • Play to Perfection

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)

Saving the world in three days is no easy feat. To help you out, Game Informer serves up what will soon be known as THE definitive strategy guide to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

 

  • Secret Access

GI's legendary codebreakers unleash a fierce torrent of codes and tips. This month features our first sighting of PS2 codes, including SSX and X-Squad. Also, we have a Medal of Honor: Underground code that's a Game Informer exclusive!

Codes:

PlayStation 2

  • X-Squad
  • Silent Scope
  • Swing Away Golf
  • Summoner
  • Street Fighter EX3
  • Dynasty Warriors 2
  • Midnight Club
  • Ready to Rumble Boxing: Round 2
  • Armored Core 2
  • SSX
  • Unreal Tournament
  • Smuggler's Run

 

PlayStation

  • Medal of Honor: Underground   [Code of the Month]
  • Alien Resurrection
  • Star Wars: Demolition
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Boombots
  • The World Is Not Enough

 

Dreamcast

  • Star Wars: Demolition
  • Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles
  • Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2
  • Samba De Amigo
  • NBA 2K1
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
  • Quake III
  • AeroWings 2: Airstrike
  • MTV Sports: Skateboarding

 

Nintendo 64

  • The World Is Not Enough
  • Mario Tennis

 

PC

  • Blair Witch: Volume 2 Coffin Rock
  • Sanity: Aiken's Artifact
  • No One Lives Forever
  • Crimson Skies
  • Wizards & Warriors
  • Rune
  • Half-Life: Counter Strike Version 1.0 (www.counter-strike.net) [Download of the Month]

 

GAME SHARK

PlayStation

  • Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  • Crash Bash
  • Final Fantasy IX
  • The Grinch
  • Knockout Kings 2001
  • The World Is Not Enough
  • 007 Racing

 

Dreamcast

  • Chicken Run
  • Capcom Vs. SNK
  • Shenmue
  • Jet Grind Radio
  • Spec Ops: Omega Squad
  • Sonic Shuffle

 

Nintendo 64

  • WWF No Mercy

 

Game Boy Color

  • Road Rash
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

 

  • Classic GI

The First Quarter: A 25-Year History of Video Games, Steve Kent's recently published book, provides readers with the definitive story of the industry. GI sits down with the author for an interview discussing video games new and old. Also, check out our Dragon Warrior strategy guide, and retro reviews of Vanguard and Ladybug.

Feature: The First Quarter: A 25-Year History of Video Games

This Month in Gaming History: Electronic Games magazine

Greatest Game of All Time (readers pick): Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Classic Reviews

  • NARC (ARC)                                                7
  • Vanguard (A2600)                                8
  • Jungle Hunt (Jungle King) (ARC)        8.5
  • Lady Bug (COL)                                    8.25

 

Classic Codes

Sega Genesis

  • Road Rash
  • Toe Jam & Earl
  • Hellfire
  • Arcus Odyssey
  • Turrican 
  • Rolling Thunder

NES

  • Solstice
  • Ultima: Quest for the Avatar
  • Mega Man 4

TurboGrafx

  • Ys III

Lynx

  • Pac-Land

Saturn

  • World Series Baseball
  • Virtua Cop
  • Dragon Force
  • Mr. Bones
  • Clockwork Knight 2

Classic Strategy: Dragon Warrior (NES)

 

  • ETC

All you need to know about etc is that it has Scott Bakula (a.k.a. The Greatest American Actor Of His Generation). If that's not enough to get your salivary glands working overtime, wait until you try some chocolate gumballs.

  • Innovation: Dream Connection
  • Mad Catz: Dual Force 2
  • Chocolate Gumballs
  • Digital Leisure: Classic Laserdisc Games
  • Monster Cable: Monster Game Cables

 

Ad List:

  • Crash Bash (PS)
  • Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PS)
  • CoolBoarders 2001 (PS)
  • Spider-Man (PS)
  • Oni (PS2)
  • Smuggler's Run (PS2)
  • Q-Ball: Billiards Master (PS2)
  • Power Play TV
  • Midnight Club Street Racing (PS2)
  • San Francisco Rush 2049 (DC)
  • Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (PS)
  • Disney's The Emperor's New Groove (PS)
  • Indy Net Race Live (PC)
  • Carrier: The Next Mutation (PS2)
  • Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Arena (PS)
  • Capcom vs. SNK (DC)
  • Spawn: In the Demon's Hand (DC)
  • Xtreme Sports (DC)
  • Breath of Fire IV (PS)
  • Indy Net Race Live (PC)
  • Oni (PS2)
  • Player's Edge game maintenance products
  • Max Steel (DC)
  • Street Fighter EX3 (PS2)

 

 



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    Title: Game Informer Issue 93
    Month: January
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Cathy Preston
    Editor: Andrew McNamara
    Pages: 166
    Price: $4.99
    Country: United States
    Language: English
    Votes: 0

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