{"id":21436,"date":"2018-10-19T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=21436"},"modified":"2018-10-26T17:29:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:29:20","slug":"gamepro-april-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/10\/19\/gamepro-april-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"GamePro (April 1997)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FGamePro%2FGamePro_103_1997-04&amp;twg_show=Gamepro_103+Apr+1997+0000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gamepro_103-Apr-1997-0000-1.jpg\" alt=\"gamepro_103-apr-1997-0000\" width=\"2364\" height=\"3131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FGamePro%2FGamePro_103_1997-04&amp;twg_show=Gamepro_103+Apr+1997+0000.jpg\">GamePro &#8211; April 1997<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I never read GamePro much but it competed strongly with EGM throughout the 1990s. In early 1997 there were lots of systems to cover. The 32\/64-bit war was at a fever pitch but the 16-bit systems were still hanging on as well. The April 1997 issue of GamePro includes:<\/p>\n<p>Cover Feature<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Soul Blade (PlayStation)<\/b> &#8211; Soul Blade could be the fighting game of the year! Part One of this experts&#8217; strategy guide features basic moves, specials, combos, and more for the fighters Taki, Hwang, Voldo, Li Lang, and Mitsurugi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>LamePro (April Fool&#8217;s, Fool!)<\/b> &#8211; If you&#8217;re looking for our annual LamePro feature, do not turn to page 31. Repeat: Do NOT turn to page 31!<\/li>\n<li><b>Code Name: Namco!<\/b> &#8211; Namco has arcade hits like Tekken 3 and PlayStation winners like Time Crisis just waiting to happen.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hunting the Big Game &#8211; The Lost World: Jurassic Park<\/b> &#8211; The latest from DreamWorks lets you play as both hunter and hunted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SWATPro Strategy Section<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain PlayStation ProStrategy Guide<\/b> &#8211; How to live in the world of the undead.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Fighter&#8217;s Edge<\/b> &#8211; Soul Blade, Part One<\/li>\n<li><b>Street Fighter III (Arcade)<\/b> &#8211; The basic move list will help you stay in the fight.<\/li>\n<li><b>WWF: In Your House (PlayStation, Saturn)<\/b> &#8211; Special moves and combos for all ten grapplers!<\/li>\n<li><b>SWATPro<\/b> &#8211; Secret codes and tricks for Soviet Strike, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Disruptor, and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ProReviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PC GamePro<\/li>\n<li>Nintendo 64<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation<\/li>\n<li>Saturn<\/li>\n<li>Super NES<\/li>\n<li>Sports Pages<\/li>\n<li>Role-Player&#8217;s Realm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Head-2-Head: Letter from the GamePros<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The Mail<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Art Attack<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Buyers Beware<\/b> &#8211; The consumer&#8217;s hotline!<\/li>\n<li><b>ProNews<\/b> &#8211; The PlayStation and the Nintendo 64 go head-to-head.<\/li>\n<li><b>NetPro<\/b> &#8211; You don&#8217;t have to pay to play online games.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Cutting Edge<\/b> &#8211; &#8220;Yaroze&#8221; means you can program your own PlayStation games.<\/li>\n<li><b>Overseas Prospects<\/b> &#8211; Fighters Megamix stars fighting characters from a gang of Saturn games including Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, and even Daytona.<\/li>\n<li><b>Sneak Previews<\/b> &#8211; Castlevania X, Herc&#8217;s Adventures, and more!<\/li>\n<li><b>PC GamePro<\/b> &#8211; Realms of the Haunting, Unreal, and Red Baron II lead the lineup.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hot at the Arcades<\/b> &#8211; Street Fighter III, Tekken 3, and Maximum Force!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: GamePro &#8211; April 1997 I never read GamePro much but it competed strongly with EGM throughout the 1990s. In early 1997 there were lots of systems to cover. The 32\/64-bit war was at a fever pitch but the 16-bit systems were still hanging on as well. The April 1997 issue of GamePro includes: Cover Feature Soul Blade (PlayStation) &#8211; Soul Blade could be the fighting game of the year! Part One of this experts&#8217; strategy guide features basic moves, specials, combos, and more for the fighters Taki, Hwang, Voldo, Li Lang, and Mitsurugi. Special Features LamePro (April Fool&#8217;s, Fool!) &#8211; If you&#8217;re looking for our annual LamePro feature, do not turn to page 31. Repeat: Do NOT turn to page 31! Code Name: Namco! &#8211; Namco has arcade hits like Tekken 3 and PlayStation winners like Time Crisis just waiting to happen. Hunting the Big Game &#8211; The Lost World: Jurassic Park &#8211; The latest from DreamWorks lets you play as both hunter and hunted. SWATPro Strategy Section Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain PlayStation ProStrategy Guide &#8211; How to live in the world of the undead. The Fighter&#8217;s Edge &#8211; Soul Blade, Part One Street Fighter III (Arcade) &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1199,1239,1343,1382,1386,2524,1498,1518,1522,1524,1568,1666,1667],"class_list":["post-21436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retro-games","tag-n64","tag-nintendo-64","tag-playstation","tag-ps1","tag-psx","tag-retrogaming","tag-saturn","tag-sega","tag-sega-genesis","tag-sega-saturn","tag-snes","tag-super-nes","tag-super-nintendo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}