Edge (April 1999)

_{Cover of the April 1999 issue of Edge}

Edge was a multi-format videogame magazine published in the U.K. However, Next Generation was basically a U.S. version of Edge and they shared much of the same content. The April 1999 issue of Edge includes:

• The Next Generation PlayStation - A report on the PlayStation 2 which had just been shown publicly for the first time in Japan.


• The Truth Is Out There - On game rarity and emulations gift of letting you play the rarest of games.








_{Table of Contents from the April 1999 issue of Edge}


• Switched On - How the video game audience has change over the years going from being villainized by traditional media to starring in their own TV show.


• Testscreen - Reviews of Power Stone, Silent Hill, Castlevania, Silver, Wild Metal Country, Lander, Warzone 2100, Civ: Call to Power, and Bloody Roar 2.


• Prescreens - Previews of games still in progress including V-Rally 2, Grand Theft Auto: Mission Pack #1, London 1969, Undercover 2025AD, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Starlancer, Loose Cannon, Crazy Taxi, Rally Masters, Project Velocity, and Daikatana. Plus some very early previews of Gran Turismo 2, Blue Stinger, War: Final Assault, Hidden and Dangerous, Omega Boost, Dino Crisis, and Carrier.








_{Table of Contents from the April 1999 issue of Edge (continued)}


• News - Coverage of the PlayStation 2, Sega's Naomi hardware, a PlayStation emulator for the Dreamcast, and more.


• Develop - An interview CRI representatives about new game tech including MPEG Sofdec and ADX.


• Arcadeview - Coverage of Tokyo's AOU show featuring Sega's Naomi arcade hardware and new games like Bust A Move, Jumping Groove, Pop'n Music 2, Dance Dance Revolution 2, Beat-Mania II DX, Silent Scope, Airline Pilots, Spikout, Blood Bullet, Dead or Alive 2, Gun Beat, Power Stone, Giga Wing, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, and more.


• Retroview - A look back at Castlevania IV on the Super NES and the April 1994 issue of EDGE, plus Alex Garden of Relic Software talks about his memories of Wolfenstein 3D.

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