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  • Expert Gamer (April 1999)

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    Source: Expert Gamer – Issue Number 58 – April 1999

    The video game magazine Expert Gamer was the successor to EGM2 (or EGM^2 or EGM squared or however you want to say it) and continued the same numbering scheme. The first issue of Expert Gamer was numbered issue 50 and it was published from August 1998 to October 2001 for a total of 39 issues. The April 1999 issue includes:

    Expert’s Choice

    • Mario Party – Everything you wanted to know and more on Mario Party is covered in this 16-page strategy guide – from tips on all the games and puzzles to stats, maps and items prizes.

    Tricks of the Trade

    • 16 New Games This Month – Buck Bumble, BattleTanx, Body Harvest, Fox Sports College Hoops ’99, Legend of Zelda, Magical Tetris, NBA Jam 99, Bust-A-Move 4, Contender, Knockout Kings, Moto Racer 2, Abe’s Exodus, Rogue Trip and many more!

    Feature Strategies

    • Vigilante 8 – Pinpoints the differences in the N64 version, plus shows the exclusive level.
    • Legacy of Legaia – A complete walkthrough and a list of all the game’s spells and secret seru.
    • Guardian’s Crusade – Provides a town map, a shop list and stats on how each monster can be defeated.
    • Shadow Madness – A complete character breakdown, all items revealed and a detailed dungeon map.
    • Pokemon – All the Pokemon locations plus which TMs and HMs each one can learn.

    Quick Hits

    • Shadowgate – Detailed walkthrough, answers to the Sphinx’s riddles and instant deaths.
    • T’ai Fu – Boss techniques, world map, enemy stats and T’ai Fu’s many cool fighting styles.
    • In the Zone ’99 – Coaching and goalie tips, plus everybody’s favorite: cheap tricks to help you win.
    • Blades of Steel – Describes new modes of play, and how to manage a championship team.

    Departments

    • Editorial – Four RPGs dominate this issue. Plus, why Mario party can be competitive.
    • Gamers’ Forum – Subbing or dubbing: Which is the lesser of two evils in games today?
    • Game Over – How to beat the Elite Four and your archnemesis Gary to be the best in Pokemon.
    • Coming Soon – Discover what will be in the May issue of Expert Gamer, EGM and OPM.

    …and more!


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  • Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (PlayStation)

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    Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (or Ghost Head if you want to go with the name in Japan) is a point-and-click survival horror game. To make matters a little confusing, this is actually the 3rd game in the series. The first, titled Clock Tower, was released only in Japan for the Super Famicom. The second, also titled Clock Tower in the U.S., was released for the PlayStation though it was titled Clock Tower II in Japan.

    Clock Tower II did not get great reviews. However, there are a certain subset of gamers that will really like this one. If you are a survival horror fan AND a point and click adventure fan then it is definitely at least worth trying (along with its predecessor). Game play mechanics are very point-and-click oriented and this game is even one of the relative few that support the PlayStation Mouse as a control option.

    Though not always told well, the story of Clock Tower II revolves around a girl with a split personality (that’s you). 17-year-old Alyssa has an alter ego named Mr. Bates. Mr. Bates has a bit of a twisted personality and isn’t someone you would want to meet in a dark alley. To make matters worse, Alyssa has a pretty dysfunctional family. While off to visit her father’s friend (sounds sketchy already) she is attacked by her cousin with a knife when she arrives. From there, things just go down hill. Your goal is to solve the mystery of what the hell is going on and why you have this alternate personality in you.

    Unfortunately, the clues and puzzles along the way tend to be more random than intuitive. Still, this game manages to create a pretty creepy atmosphere and those who like exploring to see what’s around the next corner should enjoy this one…provided you like survival horror and point-and-click adventures anyway. This game was only available for the PlayStation and has not been re-released as far as I know. I’ve seen references to the PS3, Vita and PSP so it may have been available as a digital download at some point. Unfortunately, this one seems quite expensive on eBay so you might be better off going the emulation route if you are not a die-hard collector. There is also a sequel, Clock Tower 3, for the PlayStation 2.


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  • NBA Showtime

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    NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC is an NBA Basketball video game released in 1999. It appeared first in arcades and then later in the year for the Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation. It was also released the following year on the Game Boy Color. NBA Showtime was produced by Midway and is really a continuation of NBA Jam and NBA Hangtime. In fact, game play is much like NBA Hangtime and features many other of the same characteristics.

    While this game is nothing spectacular, if you like basketball games than this was a pretty good one for that era. It features a number of real players and allows up to four players to play. One of the potentially more disappointing aspects is that games only feature two players on each team as opposed to five. Entertaining for multiplayer I suppose but less interesting for single player.

    Aside from the reduction in the number of players on a team, game play is mostly realistic. The exception is that when a player is “on fire”. This is accomplished by a player making three shots in a row. The “on fire” feature acts as a sort of power-up. The player who is “on fire” can easily make shots from almost anywhere, commit fouls without repercussions and also goal-tend without any penalties. This feature is a carry over from the previous NBA Hangtime.

    The Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 versions are definitely the ones to chose from if you want to give this game a try. The Nintendo 64 one will be more expensive to acquire but it makes up for it in the lack of significant loading times. Of course, there is always emulation. The PlayStation version is not as good and while you might want to try the Game Boy Color version if you are a fan of that system, it’s really not much like the others.

    Screen shots above are from the PlayStation version of the game.


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