PSM Issue 7 (March 1998)

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PSM Issue 7 (March 1998)

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https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/psm/psm-issue-7/
Features:

Cover Story: Dead or Alive
Resident Evil 2: Everything You Need To Know! (A fifteen-page walkthru)
Final Fantasy Tactics: All The Super-Secret Stuff (Two more pages of FFT)
Riven Walkthrough
Bloody Roar Strategies
Japan Gaming (Bill Paris gives an overview of Japanese arcades)
Monitor (Rumours, gossip, news, etc...):

Feature Story: New Character in Tekken 3 (Spoiler alert: it's Gon)
3-D Road Rash! (EA's putting the 'ass' in 'asphalt' with Road Rash 3D)
Xenogears possible in the U.S.? (After some concerns it may not make the trip, the US will see Xenogears after all)
Peripheral Reviews (PSM finds Naki's Freedom Pro Controller worthy of a whole 1.5 stars, and Blaze's VRF-1 X-Cellerator steering wheel earns 3.5 stars)
Einhander on the Way (Sony's bringing Square's latest shooter to US shores)
X-Men Vs. Street Fighter EX? (What did Capcom have to downsize for the PS1 port of this arcade monster hit?)
Net Yaroze Update (A FAQ for would-be PS1 devs)
Gossip
- No Tomb Raider 3?
- Ninja Seeing Additional Delays
- Lunar for PlayStation!
- EA Eyeing THQ's Goodies?
- Interplay Grabs Heart of Darkness
- FINALLY -- Madden Gets Polygonal!
- StarCraft PlayStation Bound
Nihon Game Otaku! (Import news, charts, Banzai Chibi-chan's top picks, and a short glossary of Japanese terms every import gamer needs to know)
Letters (Readers vent their spleens)
Top This! (Gamer challenges you can complete for loot. This month's challenges are for Resident Evil 2, Bloody Roar, and Gex 2)
Marketplace (You place your ads, and take your chances...)
Next Month (Even more Resident Evil 2 coverage, Breath of Fire III, Wacky Games on Parade, and tons of other stuff)
PlayStation Charts (Top Games for All Platforms / PS1 Specifically):

Tomb Raider 2 (PS1) / Tomb Raider 2
Diddy Kong Racing (N64) / NBA Live '98
NBA Live '98 (PS1) / Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS1) / NFL Gameday '98
NFL Gameday '98 (PS1) / Frogger
WCW Vs. NWO (N64) / Madden '98
Frogger (PS1) / Final Fantasy VII
Madden '98 (PS1) / Jet Moto 2
Final Fantasy VII (PS1) / NHL '98
Bomberman (N64) / Time Crisis
Previews:

Dead Or Alive
MLB '99
Crime Killer
Ninja
Grand Theft Auto
Mega Man Nova (released as Mega Man Legends)
Einhander
Gran Turismo
Tomba
Running Wild
Reboot
SaGa Frontier
Reviews:

Resident Evil 2 (5/5)
X-Men: Children of the Atom (2.5/5)
Point Blank (3.5/5)
Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown (4/5)
Riven (3/5)
Final Fantasy Tactics (4/5)
Skull Monkeys (3/5)
Bloody Roar (4/5)
Monopoly (1.5/5)
Klonoa (4.5/5)
Flashback: Tokyo Highway Battle, Pro Pinball, Striker '96)
Code Junkies (For Cheaters Only):

Marvel Superheroes
Crash Bandicoot 2
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Micro Machines
Cool Boarders 2
Fantastic Four
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi
Armored Core
Ray Tracers
Shipwreckers
Tomb Raider 2
Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
FIFA Soccer 98
WCW Nitro
One
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Ghost in the Shell
MDK
Game Shark Codes:
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Cool Boarders 2
- Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
- Jet Moto 2
- Mass Destruction
- MDK
- NCAA Football 98
- Pandemonium 2
- Poy Poy
- Resident Evil
- Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
- Street Fighter: The Movie
- Time Crisis
- Tomb Raider 2
Ads:

Bloody Roar
Tomb Raider / Fighting Force
Fighting Force
VR Baseball '99
Resident Evil 2
Deathtrap Dungeon
WCW Nitro
The Video Game Control Glove
Colony Wars
Alundra
PSM magazine subscription offer
Next Generation magazine subscription offer
Ultra Gameplayers magazine subscription offer
NBA Fastbreak '98
Lycos (Man, remember Lycos...?)
ImagineZone
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gex 2: Enter the Gecko
Notable Stuff:

Includes a sheet of 28 PS1 memory card stickers bound between pages 98 and 99.
"NHL '8"? Should that have been "NHL '98" in your Top PlayStation Games list on page 13, guys?
A special two-page pull-out tip sleeve is bound between pages 82 and 83, covering Gex 2: Enter the Gecko and Monster Rancher.
Someone forgot to add the description for the Healing Staff item in the Final Fantasy Tactics guide. Everything else has the on-screen text included, except this one, which simply reads, "Need to look up description." Whoops!
The "Chibi's Terms" section of Nihon Game Otaku is still useful for players today.
PSM's "Otaku Game of the Month" goes to Clock Tower: Ghosthead. Oh dear...
Correction: Last issue, WCW Nitro should have received a rating of 3/5, not 2.5/5. Sorry for the confusion.
You can subscribe to PSM for $1 an issue according to an ad on page 51. Nice!

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