PSM Issue 3 (Nov 1997)

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PSM Issue 3 (Nov 1997)

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Features:
Fighting Force lid sticker!
There's A Party in Your PlayStation! (Throwing the ultimate gaming bash with a little help from Sony's little grey box that could)
Accessorize Your PlayStation, Part 2 (Continuing the madness from last issue, PSM looks at joysticks, racing wheels, light guns, and a variety of other peripherals on the market to separate the gold from the lead)
Letters (Reader love, reader rage)
Top This! (Are you gamer enough to meet these harsh challenges?)
Challenge #1: Fully upgrade with every heart, energy tank, weapon, capsule, and armor upgrade in Mega Man X4.
Challenge #2: Find every Limit Break manual in Final Fantasy VII.
Challenge #3: Build the coolest-looking yet best-functioning mech possible in Armored Core.

Monitor (News, gossip, rants, etc...):

Tokyo Game Show, Fall 1997 (All the Japanese stuff too cool for everybody else to get)
Gran Turismo Unveiled
Playstation Overheating Problem Solved? (Maybe, with this little intercooler gizmo thingie...)
Playstation's Value Grows (Sony's dropping prices on some great games)
Cardinal Syn's coming to Playstation exclusively
Net Yaroze Update (All things homebrew for the Yaroze dev scene)
Gossip (FFVII breaks sales records, Bond coming to Playstation, Tobal No. 2 might come to the US, Jersey Devil's coming, and some very, very early PS2 hardware news)
Nihon Game Otaku (Bill Paris shows us all the neat stuff we're missing out on in the Land of the Rising Sun)

Reviews:

NFL GameDay '98 (5/5)
Armored Core (4.5/5)
Time Crisis (4/5)
Mega Man X4 (4/5)
Colony Wars (5/5)
Madden '98 (3/5)
Ghost in the Shell (3.5/5)
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (4.5/5)
Intelligent Qube (3.5/5)
Steel Reign (3/5)
G-Police (4/5)
Marvel Superheroes (4/5)
Maximum Force (2.5/5)
NASCAR '98 (3.5/5)
Formula 1: Championship Edition (4/5)

Flashback (Re-reviewing old games to current standards):

Ridge Racer - Old Score: 3.5/5. New Score: 2.5/5
The Adventures of Lomax - Old Score: 3.5/5. New Score: 2/5.
Philosoma - Old Score: 3/5. New Score: 2/5.

Backlog (Reviews for games released in the last few months):

Battle Arena Toshinden 3 (3.5/5)
Brahma Force (4/5)
Bushido Blade (4.5/5)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (5/5)
City of Lost Children (3.5/5)
Clock Tower (3/5)
Codename: Tenka (4/5)
Contra: Legacy of War (2/5)
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (4/5)
Disney's Hercules (3/5)
Fantastic Four (0.5/5)
Felony 11-79 (3/5)
Final Fantasy VII (5/5)
Grand Tour Racing '98 (3.5/5)
Independence Day (2/5)
Jurassic Park: The Lost World (2.5/5)
Machine Hunter (4/5)
Mechwarrior 2 (3/5)
Mega Man 8 (4/5)
Namco Museum, Vol. 4 (2/5)
Nanotech Warrior (4/5)
NCAA Football '98 (3.5/5)
Need For Speed 2 (2.5/5)
NHL Powerplay '98 (3.5/5)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (4.5/5)
Ogre Battle (3/5)
Parappa the Rapper (5/5)
Peak Performance (3.5/5)
Persona (3/5)
Porsche Challenge (4/5)
Power Slave (4/5)
Poy Poy (4/5)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (5/5)
Super Street Fighter Collection (5/5)
Syndicate Wars (3.5/5)
Psychic Force (3/5)
Rage Racer (3.5/5)
Rally Cross (4/5)
ReLoaded (2/5)
Resident Evil: Director's Cut (5/5)
Rush Hour (3/5)
Soul Blade (5/5)
Spider (3/5)
Suikoden (5/5)
Tail of the Sun (4/5)
Tecmo Stackers (2.5/5)
Treasures of the Deep (4.5/5)
Twisted Metal 2 (4.5/5)
Vandal Hearts (4/5)
VMX Racing (2.5/5)
Warcraft 2 (3.5/5)
Wild Arms (5/5)

Previews:

Mega Man Legends (Here shown as Mega Man Neo)
Monster Rancher
NBA Live '98
Shadow Master
Crash Bandicoot 2
Gex 2: Enter the Gecko
CART World Series
Jet Moto 2
Resident Evil 2
MDK
Youngblood: Search & Destroy (cancelled)
Cool Boarders 2
Fighting Force
Tomb Raider 2
Critical Depth

Strategy (hard-hitting tips and tricks for beating games):

Armored Core
Grand Tour Racing
Final Fantasy VII (The Extra Stuff)
Colony Wars

Code Junkies (You cheater, you...):

Carnage Heart
Ace Combat 2
Command & Conquer
Mech Warrior 2
NHL '97
Street Fighter EX
Thunder Truck Rally
Triple Play
Twisted Metal 2
VMX Racing
War Gods
Allied General
Brahma Force
Broken Helix
Coolboarders
Disney's Herculese
Herc's Adventures
MLB '98
Namco Musuem Volume 4


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