Cover of the April 1998 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly
I would say that by 1998, EGM was already past its peak, however it still seemed to be going strong covering the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Saturn, Super NES, Genesis and the arcades. The April 1998 issue includes:
Features
- Tekken Triumphant - A detailed preview of Tekken 3 which was about to be released for the PlayStation, including a comparison to the arcade version.
- Calling All Poor Losers - A humorous look at sore losers and their tactics.
Table of Contents from the April 1998 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly
Departments
- Editorial - A look to the future of gaming along with a complaint about there being too many sequels and not enough originality. Not that all sequels are bad (the upcoming Zelda: The Orcarina of Time is mentioned along with others), just that there are no surprises.
- Letters - Letters from readers regarding female gamers, 2D vs. 3D, "explicit" ads, big chain stores discontinuing Saturn products, and more.
- News - The big story this month was the impending launch of "Project X" (later called "Nuon") from VM Labs. VM Labs was made up in part by ex-Atari employees and the idea was to embed 3D capably gaming hardware in DVD players and set top boxes. Hardware was launched but a late launch (after the PS2), poor marketing, and little games support doomed it quickly. In other news, Namco plans bankruptcy for arcades...they owned Aladdin's Castle at the time...I miss Aladdin's Castle.
- Gaming Gossip - Quartermann reports that the 64DD disk drive for the Nintendo 64 might not make it to the U.S. in 1998 (little did he know it never would); he also reports on a satellite gaming service from Nintendo, the Sega Dural/Katana (ultimately to be the Dreamcast), and Sony using a mini-disc format in the next version of the PlayStation.
- Review Crew - Reviews this month include Mystical Ninja, NBA In The Zone '98, NHL Breakaway '98, and Quake 64 for the Nintendo 64; Winter Heat for the Sega Saturn; Gex: Enter the Gecko, March Madness 98, Newman/Haas Racing, Punky Skunk, and Tactics Ogre for the PlayStation; and James Bond 007 for the Game Boy.
Back cover of the April 1998 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly
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