Source: Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine – Volume 3, Issue 1 – October 1999
The Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine along with PSM were the two big PlayStation magazines. The Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine was associated with EGM but exclusively covered PlayStation hardware and software. It started off covering, as the name would suggest, the original PlayStation. It also covered the PS2 when it came along and eventually the PS3 and PSP as well.
The October 1999 issue includes:
Features
- Spyro 2.0 – A detailed look at Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage.
- Crash Team Racing – A detailed preview of the cart racing game that was sort of PlayStation’s answer to Mario Kart, only featuring Crash Bandicoot and related characters.
- NFL Showdown – Detailed reviews of both NFL GameDay 2000 and Madden NFL 2000.
- HUGE FFVIII Strategy! – The ultimate strategy guide for Final Fantasy VIII.
Departments
- Letters – Letters from readers this month include topics such as Final Fantasy IX rumors, the future of the Sega Dreamcast, flight sims, and more.
- News – News this month includes the upcoming release of the PlayStation version of Rainbow Six, PlayStation 2 to debut in Japan for about $390, PS2 to be debuted at the Tokyo Game Show in mid-September and launch by Winter, more news about upcoming game developments on the PS2, game based on Planet of the Apes coming soon, many PlayStation games now at $20 price point and the PlayStation has a drop in price to $99, X-Files PC game being ported to the PlayStation, Eidos signs deal to use Olymic Games license, and more…
- Previews – In addition to the Preview of Crash Team Racing and Rainbow Six already mentioned above, there are additional previews for Final Fantasy Anthology, South Park, Toy Story 2, Grandia, Fighting Force 2, Monster Rancher 2, Test Drive Off-Road 3, Tail Concerto, Space Invaders, Cyber Tiger, Cool Boarders 4, Twisted Metal 4, Formula One 99, NBA Live 2000, FIFA 2000, Smurfs, Star Trek, MTV Sports: Snowboarding, Worms: Armageddon, Missile Command, Intellivision Classics, QBert, Gallop Racer, Time Loop, Pong, Shadow Tower, and Broken Sword 2
- International Previews – Previews of games coming soon to Japan, including Dragon Quest VII, Breath of Fire IV and Valkyrie Profile.
- Reviews – Games reviewed this month include Championship Motocross, Dino Crisis, Evil Zone, Final Fantasy VIII, G-Police, Hot Wheels, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Maden NFL 2000, Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, NCAA Football 2000, NCAA GameBreaker 2000, NFL GameDay 2000 (everything has to have the year 2000 in it because, you know, it’s almost the year 2000), Omega Boost, Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary, R/C Stunt Copter, Star Wars: Episode I, Trick ‘N Snowboarder, Tiny Tank, and You Don’t Know Jack! (this series of trivia games was insanely popular for a couple of years).
- Tricks – Tricks this month include tons of cheat codes for NCAA Football 2000, secret characters in Chocobo Racing, new fields and other items in NFL Xtreme 2, cheat mode for Warzone 2100 with tons of options, cheats for Street Sk8er, and more.
- g.e.a.r. – PaRappa figures, a rumble seat an “arcade cabinet” designed to hold your PlayStation stuff, and other items gamers might find interesting.
- Demo Disc – On the free disc this month, demos for Metal Gear, WipeOut 3, Pac-Man World, Toy Story 2, Jet Moto 3, Omega Boost, NFL Xtreme 2, Championship Motocross, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time, Rugrats: Studio Tour, Countdown Vampires, Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, Fighting Force 2, NHL FaceOff 2000, Medal of Honor, NBA ShootOut 2000, and more fun stuff.
…and more!
