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  • GamePro (February 1996)

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    Source: GamePro – February 1996

    GamePro was never one of my favorites but no doubt one of the top two most popular video games magazines in the late 1980s to late 1990s. The February 1996 issue includes:

    Features

    • Editors’ Choice Awards For 1995! – Doom, Virtua Fighter 2, and more take top honors in GamePro’s annual retrospective.
    • Cover Feature: Street Fighter Alpha – The best Street Fighter ever comes to the PlayStation! Meet Street Fighter Alpha’s tough new combatants and learn their heavy-hitting moves. “The Fighter’s Edge” breaks it all out for you.

    SWATPro Strategy Section

    • Loaded: ProStrategy Guide (PlayStation) – Load up with four levels of Loaded info, then get ready to take on the meanest space scum in the galaxy!
    • The Fighter’s Edge: Street Fighter Alpha (PlayStation) – “The Fighter’s Edge” brings you the toughest Street Fighter to date! Learn the basic moves and heavy-hitting combos for six fighters.
    • SWATPro – Play as Smoke in MK3 (Genesis), plus other secret weapons, tricks, and tactics.
    • Earthworm Jim 2: ProStrategy Guide (SNES) – Jim’s back, and he has something to Psy-crow about! Get down and dirty with these maps and game secrets.

    ProReviews

    • PlayStation
      • Gex
      • Zero Divide
      • Alien Virus
      • Twisted Metal
      • Cyber Speed
      • Viewpoint
      • Criticom
    • Saturn
      • Virtua Cop
      • Sega Rally Championship
      • Cyberia
      • Ghen War
      • Solar Eclipse
    • 32X
      • Primal Rage
      • T-MEK
      • Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy
    • Genesis
      • Gargoyles
      • Revolution X
      • Mutant Chronicles: Doom Troopers
      • VR Troopers
      • Scooby Doo Adventures
    • Super NES
      • Wild C.A.T.S.
      • WWF Arcade
      • Scooby Doo Mystery
      • Revolution X
      • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
      • Aaahh! Real Monsters
    • 3D0
      • Primal Rage
      • Psychic Detective: The Case of the Black Diamond
    • Game Boy
      • Killer Instinct
    • Game Gear
      • Tails’ Adventures
      • Sonic Drift 2
      • Cutthroat Island
      • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie
    • Sports Pages
      • Fifa ’96 (PlayStation)
      • Center Ring Boxing (Saturn)
      • Quarterback Attack (3DO)
      • NFL Quarterback Club ’96 (SNES)
      • Frank Thomas “Big Hurt” Baseball (SNES)
    • Role-Player’s Realm
      • Breath of Fire II ProStrategy Guide, Part 1
      • Lost Eden (3DO)

    Departments

    • Letters from the GamePros
    • The Mail
    • GamePro Gallery
    • Buyers Beware – A consumer hotline!
    • ProNews – Sega regroups.
    • GamePro Online – Game info from AOL and the internet.
    • The Cutting Edge – The Ultra 64 finally on view at the Shoshinkai Show.
    • GamePro Labs – Programmable Pad, MK 3 Kontrol Pad, and ASCiiPad PS (all PlayStation), plus Team Tap, ProController, and Jaglink (all Jaguar).
    • Overseas ProSpects – Virtua Fighter 2’s makers reveal news about VF 3!
    • Short ProShots – Previews of Ridge Racer Revolution (PlayStation), Samurai Showdown 3 (Neo Geo), and more!
    • PC GamePro – Duke Nukem 3D, IndyCar Racing II, and more!
    • Hot at the Arcades – NHL Open Ice: 2 on 2 Challenge

    …and more!


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  • Ridge Racer (PlayStation)

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    Source: Next Generation – Issue Number 8 – August 1995

    Ridge Racer was the first in a long series of arcade and home console racing games. The original arcade game was released late in 1993 and the PlayStation port followed about a year later and was one of the launch titles for that system in Japan. The North American release came in 1995. Ridge Racer was one of the early titles for the PS1 that helped to make that system the success that it was.

    The game starts by allowing you to choose the car you want and the music you want to listen to. Each car has different characteristics such as differing top speeds, acceleration, turning ability, etc. The original arcade game can only be played 1st person but the PlayStation version also allows the game to be played from a third person point of view from slightly above and behind the car. The goal is ultimately to defeat your opponents but you must pass each checkpoint with time remaining to gain more time and continue. Ridge Racer was one of the most technically impressive racing games created up to that point.Since the original Ridge Racer, a vast number of sequels have been released though the popularity of the series has faded over recent years. There were at least 7 arcade games bearing the Ridge Racer name, at least 12 console games, and at least 10 games on portable systems or mobile phones. A few of these were only available in certain regions. The last console release was Ridge Racer Unbounded for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 released in 2012. A Ridge Racer game was one of the launch titles for many systems including the original PlayStation (Ridge Racer), the PS2 (Ridge Racer V), the Nintendo DS (Ridge Racer DS), the PlayStation Portable (Ridge Racer), Xbox 360 (Ridge Racer 6), PlayStation 3 (Ridge Racer 7), Nintendo 3DS (Ridge Racer 3D), and PlayStation Vita (Ridge Racer).

    While at least a few of these are better than the original, it’s worthwhile checking out the original to see where it all started and it is still a fun game to play. The easiest way to play the original is to get one of the various PlayStation releases. It was re-released as part of a few different “best of” lines. As far as more recent remakes or re-releases, I’m not aware of any good options. R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 was released in 1999 and it included an updated version of the original. There was also a mobile phone version in 2005.

    The above ad is from the August 1995 issue of Next Generation.





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  • Tips & Tricks (November 1997)

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    Source: Tips & Tricks – Issue Number 35 – November 1997

    Tips & Tricks evolved out of VideoGames which itself morphed from VideoGames & Computer Entertainment. While VG&CE was my favorite video game magazine, I never paid much attention to the other two. VideoGames was never as good and while “tips & tricks” were nice, that was never my favorite aspect of the magazine. Having said that, if you wanted game codes and strategies, there was really no better place to go than Tips & Tricks. The November 1997 issue includes:

    Departments

    • Power Up!
    • Readers’ Tips
    • T&T Select Games
    • Game Shark Codes
    • Letter from Betty

    Strategy

    • Resident Evil 2
    • Street Fighter EX Plus
    • Mass Destruction
    • Clay Fighter 63 1/3
    • Bushido Blade
    • Colony Wars
    • Last Bronx
    • Treasures of the Deep
    • Fighting Force
    • Clock Tower
    • Courier Crisis

    Nintendo 64 Tips

    PlayStation Tips

    Genesis Tips

    Super NES Tips

    …and more!


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