Cover of the April 1996 issue of Computer and Video Games
Computer and Video Games was one of the longest running video game magazines published in the U.K. or the whole world for that matter. The April 1996 issue includes:
Regulars
Editorial - The search for the perfect game.
Connected - The latest gaming news and new releases including the first pictures of Virtua Fighter 3, Square develops for the PlayStation (including Final Fantasy VII), The Pandora Directive (sequel to Under a Killing Moon) for the PC, Tekken 2 for the PlayStation, "Ultimate" MK3 for the PlayStation, Nintendo drops prices on SNES games, Nintendo 64 coming in the Summer, a look at Quake, and more.
Video Drome - A look at the latest arcade games including Street Fighter Zero 2 and Killer Instinct 2.
Cheat Mode - Cheats mostly submitted by readers for Ridge Racer Revolution (PlayStation), Hang On GP '95 (Saturn), Virtua Cop (Saturn), Destruction Derby (PlayStation), Toshinden 2 (PlayStation), Doom (PlayStation), Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Super NES), Sega Rally (Saturn), and more.
Table of Contents from the April 1996 issue of Computer and Video Games
Previews
Brian Lara Cricket '96 (Mega Drive) - A cricket game for the Mega Drive (Genesis).
ISS Deluxe (Mega Drive) - International Superstar Soccer Deluxe from Konami.
Ultimate MK3 (Saturn) - The latest (and greatest?) Mortal Kombat game comes to the Saturn.
Shining Wisdom (Saturn) - An action RPG for the Saturn that plays somewhat similar to Zelda games.
Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn) - What's not to love about a game where you fly on dragons?
Work In Progress
Resident Evil (PlayStation) - The game that popularized survival horror as a genre.
Nightwarriors/Darkstalkers (Saturn/PlayStation) - I'm not a huge fighting game fan but Darkstalkers was one of the few I liked on the PlayStation.
Table of Contents from the April 1996 issue of Computer and Video Games (continued)
Reviews
Streetfighter Alpha (Saturn/PlayStation) - Not sure why Capcom had such a hard time rolling to the number 3.
Gex (Saturn/PlayStation) - Action/platform game featuring a gecko.
Total NBA (PlayStation - Basketball sim for up to 8 players.
Double Switch (PC) - An adventure/puzzle game with lots of full motion video.
Night Trap (PC) - Another FMV adventure game. This one was (in)famous on the Sega CD.
Descent (PlayStation) - Flying a ship around mine shafts was certainly an interesting idea. I played this one a lot on the PC.
Magic Carpet (Saturn/PlayStation) - Another game I played on the PC though I'm not sure I ever progressed past the demo version. This game let you fly a magic carpet around in what were at the time impressive 3D visuals.
Back cover of the April 1996 issue of Computer and Video Games
