_{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}

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