Source: Computer and Video Games – Issue Number 173 – April 1996

Computer and Video Games was one of the longest running video game magazines published in the U.K. or the whole world for that matter. The April 1996 issue includes:

Regulars

• Editorial – The search for the perfect game.

• Connected – The latest gaming news and new releases including the first pictures of Virtua Fighter 3, Square develops for the PlayStation (including Final Fantasy VII), The Pandora Directive (sequel to Under a Killing Moon) for the PC, Tekken 2 for the PlayStation, “Ultimate” MK3 for the PlayStation, Nintendo drops prices on SNES games, Nintendo 64 coming in the Summer, a look at Quake, and more.

• Video Drome – A look at the latest arcade games including Street Fighter Zero 2 and Killer Instinct 2.

• Cheat Mode – Cheats mostly submitted by readers for Ridge Racer Revolution (PlayStation), Hang On GP ’95 (Saturn), Virtua Cop (Saturn), Destruction Derby (PlayStation), Toshinden 2 (PlayStation), Doom (PlayStation), Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (Super NES), Sega Rally (Saturn), and more.

• In the Bag – Letters from readers about Sega bias, Mortal Kombat 3 on the Saturn, selling a Sega collection, the Atari Jaguar, and more.

• Next Month – Coverage of Tekken 2, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Quake, Fighting Vipers, Vampire Hunter, Resident Evil, Killer Instinct 2, F1, Virtua Fighter 3, Chrono Trigger, Wing Commander IV, Wipeout Ultimate, Mortal Kombat 3, and more.

Previews

• Brian Lara Cricket ’96 (Mega Drive) – A cricket game for the Mega Drive (Genesis).

• ISS Deluxe (Mega Drive) – International Superstar Soccer Deluxe from Konami.

• Ultimate MK3 (Saturn) – The latest (and greatest?) Mortal Kombat game comes to the Saturn.

• Shining Wisdom (Saturn) – An action RPG for the Saturn that plays somewhat similar to Zelda games.

• Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn) – What’s not to love about a game where you fly on dragons?

• Bad Mojo (PC) – An adventure game involving a cockroach.

• F1 (PlayStation) – An F1 racing game that includes all 17 official Grand Prix tracks and much more.

• WipeOut (Saturn) – A decent futuristic racing game. I remember my 486 DX2-66 being just a l ittle too slow for the PC version…at least if you wanted high details AND high frame rates.

Work In Progress

• Resident Evil (PlayStation) – The game that popularized survival horror as a genre.

• Nightwarriors/Darkstalkers (Saturn/PlayStation) – I’m not a huge fighting game fan but Darkstalkers was one of the few I liked on the PlayStation.

Reviews

• Streetfighter Alpha (Saturn/PlayStation) – Not sure why Capcom had such a hard time rolling to the number 3.

• Gex (Saturn/PlayStation) – Action/platform game featuring a gecko.

• Total NBA (PlayStation – Basketball sim for up to 8 players.

• Double Switch (PC) – An adventure/puzzle game with lots of full motion video.

• Night Trap (PC) – Another FMV adventure game. This one was (in)famous on the Sega CD.

• Descent (PlayStation) – Flying a ship around mine shafts was certainly an interesting idea. I played this one a lot on the PC.

• Magic Carpet (Saturn/PlayStation) – Another game I played on the PC though I’m not sure I ever progressed past the demo version. This game let you fly a magic carpet around in what were at the time impressive 3D visuals.

• Fatal Fury Real Bout (NeoGeo) – The latest in this classic fighting game series on the Neo Geo.

• Sega PC games (PC) – Sega releases some of their games on the PC including Comix Zone, Tomcat Alley, and Ecco the Dolphin with more to come.

• Road Rash (PlayStation) – A port of the 3DO version of this motorcycle racing game which was more of a remake of the original

• Terminator: Future Shock (PC) – A first person shooter in which you are a terminator.

• Alien Trilogy (PlayStation) – This was one of the more underrated first person shooters on the PC. Seems the PlayStation version was really good as well.

• Final Fight Tough (Super NES) – Another Final Fight spin-off that isn’t as good as it should be.

…and more!