EGM2 (July 1995)

EGM2 (July 1995)

You know you are near peak video game magazine publishing when there are two EGM magazines per month. EGM2 (read squared) was published for several years alongside EGM and offered a variety of bonus content. The July 1995 issue includes:

Features

• Street Fighter, Street Fighter and Yes, Even More Street Fighter Inside! - There is a variety of Street Fighter coverage in this issue, including cheats for the arcade version of Street Fighter: The Movie, a preview of Street Fighter Alpha, plus the second part of a series covering all the combos in Street Fighter: The Movie.


• Kill Instinct Smashes onto the Super NES! - It was a big deal when a near arcade perfect of Street Fighter II was managed for the SNES. That got harder to do with later fighting games based on newer technology but Killer Instinct was still impressive as well.

_{Table of contents from the July 1995 issue of EGM2}

Departments

• Insert Coin - Tips for e-mail comments plus the debut of NUKE, EGM2's own web site.


• Interface: Letters to the Editor - Game ratings as they pertain to Ogre Battle on the Super NES, the expense of new gaming systems, sexism in video games, Astal for the Sega Saturn, the Turbo Duo and PC-FX, upgrades to MK3, and more.


• Fandom Central - A look at recent fanzines, including SNES Gaming #14 and Demolition Ink. #1.


• Press Start - The latest in gaming news includes the imminent release of the Virtual Boy, new controllers from Ascii, new games coming from Disney Interactive, Saturn has impressive initial sales, and more.


• Gaming Gossip - Rumors this month include: PlayStation may be released on June 14th for $299, Sony requiring 3rd party developers to submit games for approval, Sega wants to buy 3DO's M2 tech for arcade projects, Xband coming for Saturn and PlayStation, Mattel working on new games, Hasbro working on new VR system code-named "Toaster", and more.


• Tricks of the Trade - Tricks, cheats and codes for Flink (Sega CD), Daytona USA (Saturn), 36 Great Holes (32X), Super Punch-Out (Super NES), Ballz (Genesis), Virtua Fighter (Saturn), Val d'Isere Skiing (Atari Jaguar), Aero the AcroBat 2 (Genesis), Panzer Dragoon (Saturn), Demon's Crest (Super NES), and more.


• Next Wave - Previews of new and upcoming games, including Bloodties (PlayStation), Nightmare Circus (Genesis), Wild Woody (Sega CD), Darkstalkers (PlayStation) - this was one of my favorite fighting games for a while, Project: Overkill (PlayStation), Beyond Zero Tolerance (Genesis), Syndicate (PlayStation), Discworld (PlayStation), 3-D Lemmings (PlayStation), Criticom (PlayStation), Street Fighter: The Movie (Saturn, PlayStation), WildC.A.T.S. (Genesis, Super NES) - loved the comic book, never played the game, and Gargoyes (Super NES).

_{Table of contents from the July 1995 issue of EGM2 (continued)}

Fact Files

• International Fact Files - A detailed look at upcoming releases in Japan, including Mystic Ark (Super Famicom) and Virtual Hydlide (Saturn).


• Super NES Times - Previews of Castlevania: Dracula X (30%), Chrono Trigger (95%), and Super Bomberman 3 (80%).


• PlayStation Power - Previews of Mortal Kombat 3 (75%), Rayman (90%), Wipeout (60%), Road Rash (50%), and Air Combat (80%).


• Outpost Sega - Previews of Virtua Cop (30%), Bug! (90%), Sim City 2000 (70%), The Ooze (75%), Bass Masters Classic (100%), and The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire (7%).

_{Back cover of the July 1995 issue of EGM2}

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