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  • Electronic Gaming Monthly (June 2007)

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    Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly – Issue Number 216 – June 2007

    EGM ran for many years. By the time 2007 came along, I didn’t really pay that much attention to it anymore. Neither did many others apparently since it didn’t last as a print publication all that much longer. It wasn’t that it became a terrible magazine or anything, I just didn’t keep up with newer games like I used to and most of those who did, did so online. It’s still hard for me to believe that systems like the PS3 are a decade old. The June 2007 issue of EGM includes:

    Letters

    • In Soviet Russia, letter writes you

    Press Start

    • Exclusive: God of War: Chains of Olympus – The portable world just got a whole lot bloodier…
    • Works in Progress – Keep an eye on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 – they’re changing
    • Foreign Object
    • Preview: Fracture – The shooter from the MechAssault guys breaks new ground
    • Online Scene – Check out what developers are praising – or whining about
    • Preview: Manhunt 2 – The Wii steps into Mature-rated territory – take that, politician!
    • The Big Ones – Grand Theft Auto IV goes under the EGM microscope
    • Interview: Hironobu Skaguchi – Why does the creator of Final Fantasy hate the PS3?
    • Rumor Mill – The Q-Mann reveals where Dead or Alive will bounce to next
    • Take This Job – Learn what it takes to break into the world of public relations
    • Coming Soon – Games that defy the so-called “summer drought”

    Reviews

    • Reviews Intro
    • F.E.A.R.
    • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
    • Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia
    • Dawn of Mana
    • Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm
    • .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce
    • Etrian Odyssey
    • Time Ace
    • Brooktown High
    • Coded Arms: Contagion
    • Reviews Wrap-Up

    Game Over

    • Seanbaby’s Rest of the Crap – Why is Seanbaby interested in playing with dolls? Isn’t that sort of, uh, creepy?
    • Retro: Grappling With Greatness – Games that feature the infamous “grapple” are destined to be remembered
    • Crossword/Grudge Match – EGM’s final crossword puzzle? Say it ain’t so!
    • Next Month
    • Hsu & Chan

    …and more!


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  • Top 20 Video Games of Sept./Oct. 2007

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    Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly – Holiday 2007

    Amazon.com’s top 20 games of Sept./Oct. 2007 (from the Holiday 2007 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly):

    1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
    2. Halo 3 Limited Edition (Xbox 360)
    3. Halo 3 Legendary Edition (Xbox 360)
    4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)
    5. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party Bundle (Wii)
    6. Wii Play (with Wii Remote)
    7. Carnival Games (Wii)
    8. Brain Age 2: More training in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo DS)
    9. Heavenly Sword (PS3)
    10. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (Xbox 360)
    11. BioShock (Xbox 360)
    12. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo DS)
    13. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
    14. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP)
    15. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)
    16. MySims (Wii)
    17. Madden NFL ’08 (PS2)
    18. Mario Party 8 (Wii)
    19. Pokemon Diamons (Nintendo DS)
    20. Skate (Xbox 360)

    The most surprising things on this list to me? 1) There are three versions of Halo 3 in the top 3 spots. 2) I can’t believe MOST of this stuff is a decade old but 3) there’s a PS2 game at #17…





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  • Streets of Rage III

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    Bare Knuckle III / Streets of Rage 3
    Publisher: SEGA
    Developer: SEGA AM7
    Platform: Mega Drive / Genesis, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, GameCube, Xbox 360, iOS
    Year: 1994 (MD), 2005 (JP PS2/GCN), 2009 (NA/EU/AUS PS3/360), 2011 (iOS)

    Streets of Rage III was the last in the original trilogy of Streets of Rage side-scrolling beat-em-up games for the Genesis and the last to be released for 25 years. The first Streets of Rage had been released in 1991 and the second in 1992. This was an extremely popular series despite the massive gap in releases after the third game.

    Streets of Rage 3 included several changes from the previous two games in the series. It had a more complex plot including more character dialog and cut scenes, not that I think those things are especially important to this type of game. It also featured longer levels and faster gameplay. There were also additional complexities such as unique moves with certain weapons, hidden characters and more.

    Speaking of the plot, Mr. X, the series protagonist is back again and has started a research company called RoboCy as a sort of shell company for his criminal empire. His secret goal is to create an army of robot replacements for key city officials and then control them. His henchmen also plants bombs around the city to distract the police. The key researcher, Dr. Zan, brought in to develop the robots finds out about their intended nefarious use and contacts Blaze Fielding who contacts Axel Stone and Adam Hunter, the heroes of the series.

    Though there are some improvements and changes, game play is similar to the previous games in the series. Up to two players can play at a time, battling waves of enemies. Every playable character can now run and perform a dodge roll and blitz attacks can be upgraded. Weapons an be picked up and some have special attacks but their use is limited before they break.

    All of the Streets of Rage games were generally well received, including this one. It has also been re-released in various collections over the years so there are a varieties of ways to play it. It was included in the Japanese version of Sonic Gems Collection for the GameCube and PS2, it was included as part of Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PS3 and Xbox as well as Sega Genesis Classics for Windows, Linux, MacOS, PS4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch. It also appeared on Steam both as a standalone game and as part of Sega Genesis Classics Pack 5. It was also included as part of the Genesis Mini 2 released just a couple of months ago. If you are a fan of the genre then this is definitely worth playing and there are plenty of ways to play it. The same goes for the first two games as well.

    After 25+ years, a new sequel, Streets of Rage 4, was finally released in 2020 for a wide variety of platforms. I haven’t played it but reviews indicate that it has done a pretty good job of both updating the game for newer systems and maintaining the same general feel as the older games.


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