{"id":30428,"date":"2023-01-02T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=30428"},"modified":"2023-01-12T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:18:06","slug":"gamepro-april-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/01\/02\/gamepro-april-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"GamePro (April 1999)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FGamePro%2FGamePro_127_1999-04&amp;twg_show=GamePro+Issue+117+April+1999+page+000a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a-1161x1536.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a-91x120.jpg 91w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-000a.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FGamePro%2FGamePro_127_1999-04&amp;twg_show=GamePro+Issue+117+April+1999+page+000a.jpg\">GamePro &#8211; April 1999<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>GamePro wasn&#8217;t my personal favorite gaming magazine but there is no doubt it was one of the most popular. It seemed to be targeted towards a younger or at least less mature audience. Like most others, it didn&#8217;t survive the transition into the new millenia very well. The April 1999 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Soul Reaver: Kain&#8217;s Legacy<\/b> &#8211; A feature on Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kain, and adventure game for the PlayStation that became one of the most popular games on that platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>LamePro!<\/b> &#8211; LamePro was a periodic parody that GamePro did of itself. This issue contains reviews of games like Rouge Squadron and Saddam&#8217;s Command and Cower plus parody ads, news and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=30430\" class=\"attachment wp-att-30430\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-012.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>ProStrategy Section<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>NetPro ProStrategy: The Beginner&#8217;s Guide to EverQuest, Part III<\/b> &#8211; For a long time Everquest was, by far, the most popular MMORPG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Role-Player&#8217;s Realm ProStrategy: Brave Fencer Musashi, Part 3<\/b> &#8211; A strategy guide that takes you through the last half of Brave Fencer Musashi for the PlayStation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ProStrategy Guide: Drac&#8217;s Back in Castlevania<\/b> &#8211; A strategy guide for Castelvania on the Nintendo 64.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Fighter&#8217;s Edge: Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter<\/b> &#8211; A guide to all the moves in one of Capcom&#8217;s classic fighters on the PlayStation, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>S.W.A.T. Pro<\/b> &#8211; Codes and tips for a variety of games including Oddworld: Abe&#8217;s Exxodus (PlayStation), Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Nintendo 64), South Park (Nintendo 64), Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside (Nintendo 64), Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Nintendo 64), BattleTanx (Nintendo 64), Glover (Nintendo 64), Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (PlayStation), WCW\/NWO Thunder (PlayStation), and many others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=30431\" class=\"attachment wp-att-30431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-014.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Sneak Previews &amp; ProReviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sneak Previews<\/b> &#8211; An early look at games in development including Street Fighter Alpha 3, Quake II, Gauntlet Legends, Beetle Adventure Racing, Driver, Smash Brothers, Soul of the Samurai, Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko, Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere, and Shen Mue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PlayStation ProReviews<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of Silent Hill, Rollcage, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, K-1 Revenge, Street Sk8er, Rush Down, WCW\/NWO Thunder, Sports Car GT, and Blast Radius.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Nintendo 64 ProReviews<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of Vigilante V8, Mario Party, and California Speed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dreamcast ProReviews<\/b> &#8211; A review of the Japanese version of Sonic Adventure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PC GamePro<\/b> &#8211; A review of Baldur&#8217;s Gate (one of my personal favorites), plus reviews of Tribes and Myth II and a look at the contents of gamepro.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sports Pages<\/b> &#8211; A preview of All-Star Baseball 2000 for the Nintendo 64, a review of Triple Play 2000 for the PlayStation, a preview of MLB 2000 for the PlayStation, a review of Baseball 2000 for the PlayStation and a review of Triple Play 2000 for the PlayStation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Role-Player&#8217;s Realm<\/b> &#8211; Preview of Legend of Legaia for the PlayStation and a strategy guide for Brave Fencer Musashi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Head2Head<\/b> &#8211; Letter from the editor about playing games and having fun plus letters from readers bout Xeongears, Thrill Kill, Parasite Eve&#8217;s mature rating, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Art Attack<\/b> &#8211; Fan art from readers including subject such as Oddworld, Zelda and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Buyers Beware<\/b> &#8211; &#8220;Chipping&#8221; your PlayStation, Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak and heat, and using 3rd party controllers on the PlayStation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ProNews<\/b> &#8211; EA developing Medal of Honor; Tiger Woods &#8217;99 recalled; Midway announces initial line-up of games for the Dreamcast which includes NFL Blitz 2000, Hydro Thunder, a couple of Mortal Kombat games, Paperboy, Smash TV. Satan&#8217;s Hollow, Toobin&#8217; and more; Steve Jobs commits to making the Mac a great gaming platform and the new G3 will run Quake 3 and a PlayStation emulator;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b-1145x1536.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b-89x120.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GamePro-Issue-117-April-1999-page-999b.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: GamePro &#8211; April 1999 GamePro wasn&#8217;t my personal favorite gaming magazine but there is no doubt it was one of the most popular. It seemed to be targeted towards a younger or at least less mature audience. Like most others, it didn&#8217;t survive the transition into the new millenia very well. The April 1999 issue includes: Features Soul Reaver: Kain&#8217;s Legacy &#8211; A feature on Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kain, and adventure game for the PlayStation that became one of the most popular games on that platform. LamePro! &#8211; LamePro was a periodic parody that GamePro did of itself. This issue contains reviews of games like Rouge Squadron and Saddam&#8217;s Command and Cower plus parody ads, news and more. ProStrategy Section NetPro ProStrategy: The Beginner&#8217;s Guide to EverQuest, Part III &#8211; For a long time Everquest was, by far, the most popular MMORPG. Role-Player&#8217;s Realm ProStrategy: Brave Fencer Musashi, Part 3 &#8211; A strategy guide that takes you through the last half of Brave Fencer Musashi for the PlayStation. ProStrategy Guide: Drac&#8217;s Back in Castlevania &#8211; A strategy guide for Castelvania on the Nintendo 64. The Fighter&#8217;s Edge: Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter &#8211; A guide to all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[608,1239,1304,1343,1382,1386,2524,1518],"class_list":["post-30428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retro-games","tag-dreamcast","tag-nintendo-64","tag-pc","tag-playstation","tag-ps1","tag-psx","tag-retrogaming","tag-sega"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30428","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=30428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30515,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30428\/revisions\/30515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}