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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Command & Conquer	Virgin (Westwood Studios)	1996	Welcome to the New World Order. A fritty high tech world where the art of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance reigns supreme. Where guerrilla strategies and savage combat are the norm. Build bases, muster forces and lacerate your enemies to the bone. All for the love of power.In the hyper-real combat experience of Command & Conquer, you're thrust into the heat of an all out race for global control. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with the Brotherhood of Nod? Decide fast.Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.*** [27]
Tomb Raider	Core Design;Victor;Eidos (Core Design)	1996	Jump into a world of amazing adventure with the PlayStation classic TOMB RAIDER. You are the incredible Lara Croft, a gorgeous, intelligent, highly skilled explorer of stunning proportions. With a wide array of stylish and lethal moves at your disposal and a ready arsenal of weapons to employ-you're ready to meet any challenge head on. Seek out the mysterious Scion, investigate creepy, deathtrap filled tombs, and uncover hidden treasures. Youll have to do battle against angry raptors, snarling wolves, and a towering T-Rex along the way, so get your trigger finger ready. There are also plenty of mind-bending puzzles to put your brain to the test as well.***Tomb Raider set a new standard for action/adventure games, featuring realistic 3-D creatures and huge expansive levels. This game is for the Indiana Jones in all of us. Laura Croft is a beautiful heroine, and she's extremely well animated. The third-person view provides some dramatic camera angles. The control scheme is innovative, allowing you to leap deep chasms and hang onto ledges. The excellent graphics effectively convey a dangerous and mysterious atmosphere. Tomb Raider is a genuinely exciting game. The stages are well-designed, full of puzzles, monsters, and traps. My encounter with the T-Rex is a video game moment I'll never forget. The game is long, but it's so good you may want to play through it again. [Spiez]
Re-Loaded	Interplay;Gremlin Graphics (Gremlin Interactive Limited)	1996	So, you think you've seen some gory games. Think again. The follow-up to LOADED, this sequel sports some major improvements in the graphics and sound departments, as well as 100% more blood. It all starts on a prison planet where the most sadistic, maniacal killers of all types are being held. Of course, they don't plan to stay for long, and your role is to execute their escape from the bizarre confines. Choose from six lunatics as you attempt to blast, slash, and bite your way to sweet freedom.* [29]* [32]*** [27]
WCW Nitro	THQ (Inland Productions)	1997	Step into the ring as one of your favorite WCW or NWO superstars. Choose from characters such as Hollywood Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger, The Giant, and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Each wrestler has dozens of devastating power moves, including each with their unique special moves! Choose from Tag Team action or Tournament and Exposition modes! [R2D2-A]
Time Crisis	Namco	1997	Be prepared to shoot, and shoot often in Time Crisis: Project Titan. This game is best if you have a light gun, but is also compatible with a regular PlayStation Controller. You play a secret agent who's framed for a crime he didn't commit, you've only got one chance and that is to mow everyone down. The graphics are some of the best this series has brought to the PlayStation. If you're ready to let your gun do your talking, [R2D2-A]
Tomb Raider II Starring Lara Croft	Eidos (Core Design)	1997	Lara is back and she's got a few new tricks. She can now change directions in mid-flip and climb walls. She's also added a M-16 and grenade launcher to her arsenal. Lara needs to find the Dagger of Xian, an ancient Chinese relic that gives the power of the dragon to whoever plunges it into their heart. Guide Lara to the Great Wall and Venice. Tomb Raider 2 offers fewer puzzles and things to explore, but more fast paced action.
Guilty Gear	Sammy (Arc System Works)	1998	GUILTY GEAR has everything that fighting game fans have come to expect. You can choose from 10 different characters, each with unique special moves and combinations. Some characters fight with weapons while others use only their bare hands and feet, which keeps the combat new and interesting with each character. Use the Training mode to learn how to use each character, or play the Arcade mode to learn every character's motivation for fighting. If your friends want in on the action, feel free to challenge them to a match in the Versus mode. No matter what mode you choose, you must watch out for the death move that automatically ends the match if it lands. All of the action is captured with magnificent hand-drawn animation. Are you tough enough to handle the challenges of GUILTY GEAR?*Japanese version [31]2D fighting games don't get much more visually stunning than Guilty Gear. The Guilty Gear universe is based on a world where scientific achievements have been stopped and magic is the ruling power. Animals and other beings have been given incredible strengths, and vitality, these new creatures are called "Gears." These Gears are now involved in a desperate struggle for the control of the planet, and only you can decide the victor.**Extremely fun 2D fighting game created specifically for the Playstation. The gameplay resembles a cross between Last Blade for NeoGeo and the VS series by Capcom, except with more speed. Also to be noted is the incredible character design, art, and rocking music.
Dead Ball Zone	GT Interactive (Rage)	1998
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft	Eidos (Core Design)	1998	She's back! Action heroine Lara Croft returns in this impressive action adventure game from Eidos. Once again, the world's most famous "grrrl gamer" must jump, swim, climb, and shoot her way through numerous challenges. There are five locations and 15 massive levels to explore, including the South Pacific, India, London, Antarctica, and Area 51. Unlike previous games in the series, this version lets you visit any of the gaming areas in any order that you prefer. This change enables beginning players to immediately appreciate the diverse gaming environments and designs of different levels that have captivated advanced gamers for the duration of the popular series.***Lara Croft is back in Tomb Raider 3, which revolves around raiding large trap-laden 3D tombs for treasures. If you've played the previous Tomb Raider games, you know what to expect: death pits, falling boulders, walls and ceilings that close in, and lots of running, jumping, and lever pulling. This is a very difficult game in which a strategy guide is a necessity. New elements have been added such as the character's ability to sprint, crawl and use new vehicles. The game is absolutely huge, with over 15 levels, and is worth the time if you enjoy good puzzle/adventure games.
VIRUS: It is Aware	Cryo Interactive	1999
South Park	Acclaim	1999	"It's one big multi-player luv-in! All your favorite South Park characters are waiting for you at Chef's Luv Shack. Spreading the hot buttered game lovin' with dozens of crazy mini-games. Testing your South Park knowledge with outrageous trivia questions. And telling it like it is with insane sound-bites! Spread the Luv!" South Park: Chef's Luv Shack is a trivia party game along the lines of You Don't Know Jack. With faithful reproductions of the South Park characters, those of you who are fans of South Park will love this game!
Medal of Honor	Electronic Arts (DreamWorks Interactive)	1999	Considered by many to be the best first-person shooter on the PlayStation, MEDAL OF HONOR immerses you in WWII with authentic weapons, enemies, missions, and environments as you try to help the Allies win the war. Gamers get to use 12 authentic period weapons including the Tommy gun, grenades, and the powerful bazooka. The game has 30 3D levels and frighteningly good AI, resulting in the best WWII-era shooter to ever grace the PlayStation.* [100]* [12]*Japanese version [31]* [32]***On the next issue #104, the reviewer pointed out that the version of the game he played to review the game was not the final version and still had some bugs, making impossible to play after level one, so the game didn't deserve such a bad score actually. [27]
Koudelka	SNK;Infogrames (Sacnoth)	1999	On Halloween, 1898, a troubled yet determined medium named Koudelka is driven by the spirit of an unknown woman to the ominous Nemeton monastery. Once a place of worship, it evolved into a prison where the sentenced died horrible deaths. There, along with Edward, the adventurer, and James, the bishop, she will discover horror, danger, and adventure in the ruined and haunted abbey. Either they will solve their mysterious quests, or they will die trying.***Adventure and horror go hand in hand, in the game Koudelka. As you lead a party of three unique characters into a haunted abbey, you'll have to solve mysterious puzzles, and take part in dangerous quests. In this third-person epic, you'll need to develop your characters and unravel the gruesome past that surrounds the abbey. [R2D2-A]
Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn	Activision (Sugar and Rockets;Japan Studio)	2000	The Knights of the Apocalypse have abducted the French Ambassador, and Jack Morton is the only man who can save him. You take the role of Morton, the only surviving member of the Knights ambush, as you search through trains with more than a dozen multi-level cars and battle the kidnappers on your quest to save the Ambassador. Along the way, you must also solve a variety of puzzles and play three different mini-games to proceed through the game. The French are counting on you to save their Ambassador from certain doom in COVERT OPS: Nuclear Dawn.* [100]Japanese version [31] [32]*Japanese version [31]
007: The World is Not Enough	Electronic Arts (Black Ops Entertainment)	2000	Experience the excitement and intensity of the year's biggest blockbuster movie through the eyes of 007. Equipped with a full arsenal of Q-lab gadgets and weapons, you are Bond. Be suave and sophisticated, resourceful and lethal as you carry out over 10 challenging movie-based missions. Race through the streets of Istanbul. Ski the Caucasus Mountains. Engage in a gunfight aboard a Russian nuclear sub.* [32]*The name is Bond, James Bond, and EA is in charge of his fate. In this first-person shooter you are given the typical 007 arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and gadgets. The game follows the plot of the movie and even adds some scenes so you get more bang for your buck. The control in the game is tight and the enemy AI is smart making EA's first chance with the Bond license a good one. Get you're martini ready because you've got some bad guys to bust.
Driver 2: Back on the Streets	Infogrames (Reflections)	2000	You are the wheelman! As a cop deep undercover posing as a getaway driver for hire you must infiltrate a massive crime ring spanning four cities! New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami-all with real landmarks, working traffic systems, pedestrians, motorists, and cops on patrol. True to life driving physics and obstacles-from the creators of Destruction Derby 1 and 2! Revolutionary Director Mode lets you film and edit your own high speed car chase films!*** [32]

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