GamePro (February 1998)

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_{Cover of the February 1998 issue of GamePro}

GamePro competed with Electronic Gaming Monthly as the most popular gaming magazine of the 1990s. I preferred EGM but GamePro was a great magazine too. The February 1998 issue includes:

Special Features

Tekken 3 PlayStation! - A hidden character in Tekken 3 on the PlayStation.

Nintendo's Got Games: SpaceWorld '97 - A look at new Nintendo 64 games shown at its SpaceWorld show in Tokyo including Zelda 64, F-Zero X, Yoshi's Story, Super Mario RPG 2, 1080 Snowboarding, NBA Basketball, Mother 3, Sim City 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Mario Artist 64, Pocket Monster, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Snap, and more.

GamePro's Annual Readers' Choice Awards - A form for readers to vote on the best games of 1997 in various categories.

Cover Feature

Resident Evil 2 - A preview of this now classic survival horror game for the PlayStation plus an interview with the game's creators.

_{Table of Contents from the February 1998 issue of GamePro}

SWATPro Strategy Section

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero PlayStation & Nintendo 64 ProStrategy Guide - A strategy guide for this action adventure game based in the Mortal Kombat universe. Based on the name, I always expected there to be more games along this line. However, this one received very mixed reviews.

Tomb Raider II PlayStation ProStrategy Guide - A strategy guide for the second game in this classic long running franchise.

Fighter's Edge: Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold - A guide to special moves and combos for nine of the fighters in this fighting game for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

Fighter's Edge: Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi - A guide to all the combos and special force powers in this Star Wars fighting game.

S.W.A.T.Pro - Tips, tricks, codes, and more for Diddy Kong Racing (Nintendo 64), Crash Bandicoot 2 (PlayStation), Nightmare Creatures (PlayStation), Fighting Force (PlayStation), NBA Live '98 (PlayStation), Madden 64 (Nintendo 64), Nuclear Strike (PlayStation), Excalibur 2555 AD (PlayStation), Mass Destruction (PlayStation), Last Bronx (Saturn), Mega Man X4 (PlayStation), Marvel Super Heroes (PlayStation), Colony Wars (PlayStation), Mace: The Dark Age (Nintendo 64), NASCAR '98 (Saturn), Clay Fighter 63 1/3 (Nintendo 64), and more.

_{Table of Contents from the February 1998 issue of GamePro (continued)}

ProReviews

PC GamePro - Reviews of Myth: The Fallen Lords, Blade Runner, NetStorm, CART Precision Racing, Virtual Pool 2, Zork Grand Inquisitor, and Incubation.

Nintendo 64 - A review of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero.

PlayStation - Reviews of One, WCW Nitro, Auto Destruct, Monopoly, Spawn, Shadow Masters, Point Blank, Monster Rancher, Arcade's Greatest Hits, Namco Museum Volume 5, Lode Runner, Caesars Palace, and Excalibur 2555 AD.

Saturn - Reviews of Quake, and Sonic R.

Sports Pages - Reviews of NBA FastBreak '98 (PlayStation), FIFA: Road to World Cup '98 (Nintendo 64, PlayStation), Worldwide Soccer '98 (Saturn), Tennis Arena (PlayStation), Power Soccer 2 (PlayStation), NFL '98 (Genesis), Sega Touring Car (Saturn), Steep Slope Sliders (Saturn), Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (Nintendo 64), NBA In the Zone '98 (PlayStation), and Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding (Nintendo 64).

Role-Player's Realm - Reviews of Breath of Fire III (PlayStation), Final Fantasy Tactics (PlayStation), and Alundra (PlayStation).

Departments

Head-2-Head - GamePro speaks on video game violence.

The Mail - Letters from readers about video game addiction, Nintendo 64 games, the Saturn and Game Boy Pocket, and more.

Buyers Beware - Resident Evil: Director's Cut, CD-G and CD-EG discs on the Saturn, Saturn MPEG adapter, the Saturn NetLink and SSL, and more.

ProNews - Resident Evil Director's Cut gets cut, Midway to release Mortal Kombat 4 on PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the Spring, Wing Commander movie optioned, and more.

NetPro - A guide to Ultima Online.

Sneak Previews - Previews of upcoming games including Ninja (PlayStation), Rascal (PlayStation), Burning Rangers (Saturn), Quake (Nintendo 64), Wild 9s (PlayStation), Cardinal Syn (PlayStation), Dead or Alive (PlayStation), Aero Gauge (Nintendo 64), Fighter's Destiny (Nintendo 64), Alien Resurrection: The Game (PlayStation, Saturn), and Tonic Trouble (Nintendo 64).