Next Generation Issue 2 (Feb 1995)

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Next Generation Issue 2 (Feb 1995)
PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE
Atari Jaguar
Apple Pippin
Sega Genesis
Sega 32X
Sega Neptune (prototype coverage, never released)
Sega CD
Sega Saturn
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
3DO
PC
Sony Playstation
Philips CD-i
arcade

talking

Why are Shigeru Miyamoto's games so damn good?
Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Pilot Wings, F-Zero... his resume reads like a list of videogaming's greatest hits. Now the world's greatest game designer talks candidly with NEXT Generation about game design, Ultra 64 and (most jucily(sic)) his competitors... (Six page interview)

breaking

News

Apple's game machine reaches fruition
But as 'Pippin' target the 'family' market, core gamers may find themselves left out in the cold. (two pages)

PlayStation enters the home straight
NEXT Generation attends Sony's Tokyo prelaunch press show for a final Playstation briefing. (four pages)

Reality Lab: fast 3D for games developers
NEXT Generation reports on a PC tool that makes 3D graphics creation easier and speedier. (two pages)

Sega reels in Neptune for late '95 release
A combined 32X and Genesis machine "for under $200" waits in the wings...

US and UK fight over Amiga's future
The battle for control of the Amiga still has no clear winner.

Gamehouses flock to Silicon City
SGI's Japanese show proved popular with game producers.

(Recurring news features:)

Joyriding
The first in a regular series of gaming updates from cyberspace (online gaming news by Bernard Yee)

Datastream (sidebar; number related news/trivia)

Movers & Shakers
A monthly look at business news affecting the gaming world (misc. business news by Selby Bateman)

Generator
Word from the sharp end of games development, this month focussing(sic) on the controversial subject of 32X... (1/2 page; behind-the-scenes news by Mark James Ramshaw)

Datebook (1/2 page; calendar of events)

Essential Reading (1/2 page; book reviews:)

'Behind the Scenes at Sega: The Making of a Video Games' by Nicholas Lavroff
'Net Games' by Michael Wolff

Over the wire (1/2 page; faux future news)

Arcadia
The coin-op business is an excellent barometer of what's coming to the home. And here it is... (misc. arcade news by Marcus Webb)

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Saturn: The real story behind the headlines...

retro gaming

Revival of the Fittest
Old games are back. Retrogaming is in. As more game designers raid the back catalogs for inspiration, NEXT Generation discovers there's more to this trend than simple nostalgia. (four pages)

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Gaming on the information superhighway (aka Joyriding)

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Alphas (game previews; two pages each unless noted:)

Cybersled (PS)
Ultimate Parodius (PS; one page)
Clockwork Knight (Sat; three pages)
Bioforge (PC)
Absolute Zero (PC; 1.5 pages)
Road Rash 3 (Gen/SegaCD; 1.33 pages)
Starblade Alpha (PS)
Raiden (PS)
Tekken (PS; one page)
Alone in the Dark 3 (PC)
Super Street Fighter II X (3DO)
Victory Goal (Sat; one page)

rating

Finals

3DO

Burning Soldier
Doctor Hauzer (Japan)
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold
Microcosm
Real Pinball
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
Guardian War
SHADOW: War of Succession
Shock Wave: Operation Jump Gate
Tetsujin (Iron Man) (Japan)
True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
Ultraman (Japan)
VR Stalker

Jaguar

Checkered Flag
Dragon
Iron Soldier
Club Drive

32X

Cosmic Carnage
Super Afterburner
Super Space Harrier

CD-i

Alien Gate
Kether
Dragon's Lair
Inca

PC

Armored Fist
Ishar 3
Lost Eden
Metaltech: Earthsiege
Magic Carpet
System Shock
Wing Commander: Armada
Under a Killing Moon
Zork Anthology

Sega CD

ESPN National Hockey Night
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
NBA Jam
Panic
Popful Mail
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side

Genesis

Animaniacs
Sea Quest
Beavis & Butt-head
Death and Return of Superman
Ecco: Tides Of Time
The Great Circus Mystery
NFL '95
Red Zone
Syndicate

SNES

Biker Mice from Mars
Demon's Crest
Super Bomberman 2
Mega Man X2
Super Punch-Out!!
Wildsnake
Wolverine: Admantium Rage
WWF Raw
Rise of the Robots

Arcade

Cops
Dark Stalkers
T-Mek

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