PSM Issue 1 (Sep 1997)

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Description From: https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/psm/psm-issue-1/
Features:

Know Your Playstation! (Hardware, troubleshooting, peripherals, modding...PSM covers it all)
Every Playstation Code! (16 pages of cheats, tricks and passwords for every Playstation game released up to this point)
Final Fantasy VII 10-Page Guide (Yup, this is a ten-page guide to FF7, all right...)
Ace Combat 2: The Skills to Make You an Ace (Tips and hints to win at Ace Combat 2)
Felony 11-70: The Getaway Driver's Handbook (Leave the po-po in your dust with this guide for lawbreakers)
The Top 25 Playstation Games of All Time (PSM breaks down the 25 games most worth owning as of press time as voted by the readers - here they are):
25: Jumping Flash
24: Warhawk
23: Command & Conquer
22: Wipeout
21: NBA Shootout '97
20: Twisted Metal
19: Ridge Racer
18: Street Fighter Alpha 2
17: Formual 1
16: Tobal No. 1
15: NFL GameDay '97
14: Die Hard Trilogy
13: Jet Moto
12: Vandal Hearts
11: Rally Cross
10: Destruction Derby 2
09: Twisted Metal
08: Rage Racer
07: Crash Bandicoot
06: Suikoden
05: Wipeout XL
04: Soul Blade
03: Tekken 2
02: Tomb Raider
01: Resident Evil
Letters (The masses speak. PSM replies)
Top This! (Beat the PSM editors at their own games and win cool prizes):
Challenge 1: Earn every single merit badge on Ace Combat 2
Challenge 2: Beat the first disc of Final Fantasy VII in under 27 hours
Challenge 3: Send in your best time for the "Down Town" course in Felony 11-79. Fastest crook in town wins.
Monitor (Rumours, gossip, news, etc...):

Peripheral Reviews (Is that new controller made of win or full of suck?)
Yaroze News (What's going on the PS Yaroze homebrew scene)
Gossip (Pssst...did you hear about...?)
Nihon Game Otaku! (Bill Paris-san educates American readers on what's hot in Japan)
Previews:

Blasto
Colony Wars
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Gex: Enter the Gecko
NFL GameDay '98
Tomb Raider 2
Wild 9
Porsche Challenge
Fighting Force
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Bushido Blade
Deathtrap Dungeon
G-Police
Madden '98
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Reviews:

Final Fantasy VII (5/5)
Felony 11-79 (3/5)
Disney's Hercules (3/5)
Resident Evil: Director's Cut (5/5)
Ace Combat (5/5)
Machine Hunter (4/5)
Namco Museum Vol. 4 (2/5)
Super Street Fighter Collection (5/5)
NHL Powerplay '98 (3.5/5)
Poy Poy (4/5)
Flashback (Re-reviewing older titles):

Warhawk - Original Score: 4/5. New Score: 3/5
Battle Arena Toshinden - Original Score: 4.5/5. New score: 3/5
Jumping Flash 2 - Original Score: 4.5/5. New store: 4.5/5
Backlog (Rating games that came out before PSM's first issue):

2 Xtreme (1/5)
Andretti Racing (4/5)
Broken Helix (4/5)
Ball Blazer Champions (3/5)
Battle Arena Toshinden 3 (3.5/5)
Battle Stations (3/5)
Blast Chamber (2.5/5)
Brahma Force (4/5)
Bubsy 3D (2/5)
Carnage Heart (4.5/5)
City of Lost Children (3.5/5)
Codename: Tenka (4/5)
Contra: Legacy of War (2/5)
Cool Boarders (4/5)
Crash Bandicoot (4/5)
Descent Maximum (3/5)
Die Hard Trilogy (4/5)
Independence Day (2/5)
Jet Moto (4/5)
King's Field II (3.5/5)
Mechwarrior 2 (3/5)
Mega Man 8 (4/5)
Motor Toon Grand Prix (4/5)
Nanotech Warrior (4/5)
Need For Speed 2 (2.5/5)
Overblood (3/5)
Pandemonium (3.5/5)
Peak Performance (3.5/5)
Persona (3/5)
Pitball (3.5/5)
Power Slave (4/5)
Psychic Force (3/5)
Rage Racer (3.5/5)
Rally Cross (4/5)
ReLoaded (2/5)
Rush Hour (3/5)
Sentient (3.5/5)
Soul Blade (5/5)
Spider (3/5)
Spot Goes to Hollywood (1/5)
Star Gladiator (4/5)
Suikoden (5/5)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (5/5)
Tail of the Sun (4/5)
Ten Pin Alley (3/5)
Test Drive Off Road (3/5)
Thunder Truck Rally (3/5)
Tiger Shark (3/5)
Tobal No. 1 (5/5)
Tomb Raider (5/5)
Twisted Metal 2 (4.5/5)
Vandal Hearts (4/5)
VMX Racing (2.5/5)
WCW vs. the World (3.5/5)
Wild Arms (5/5)
Wing Commander IV (3/5)
Wipeout XL (5/5)
Code Junkies (Cheaters only; inquire within):

Battle Arena Toshinden 3
Descent Maximum
Dynasty Warriors
Jet Moto
NBA Shootout '97
Norse By Norsewest: The Return of the Lost Vikings
Tenka
Triple Play 98
War Gods
Xevious 3D
Marvel Superheroes
Hexen
Mechwarrior 2
Need For Speed 2
Overblood
Psychic Force
Rage Racer
Rush Hour
Ads (in order of appearance):

Final Fantasy VII
Jersey Devil
Machine Hunter
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Final Fantasy VII Sears T-Shirt and $10 coupon
G-Police
MDK
Dynasty Warriors
Bravo Air Race
One
Raystorm
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Ultra Game Players subscription
Disney's Hercules Action Game
Pandemonium 2

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