Edge Issue 2

Edge Issue 2
Editor	Steve Jarratt
Publisher	Future Publishing
Pages	108
Cover Date	November 1993
Release Date	30th September 1993
Previous issue	Issue 1
Next issue	Issue 3

This magazine is dated November 1993 and priced at £3.00

Cutting Edge (News)

Atari springs Jaguar on unsuspecting world - Pages 6-10

The next round of technology wars has started. Commodore's Amiga CD32 is already onsale, the 3DO has upped the stakes for speed and power and now Atari are going for broke with a 64bit, 16 million colour console…

Nintendo Super-machine for 1995? - Pages 11-13

Attract Mode - Day of the Tentacle - Pages 10-11

Philips' CD-i first with Digital Video - Pages 14-15

Philips CD-i is turning into a machine to watch. It plays standard audio CDs, interactive CD-i discs, and now, with its £150 Digital Video cartridge, it's the first to offer videogamers full-motion video capabilities. So is the Philips DV cart really the thing to resurrect the fortunes of CD-i? Edge talks to the Philips crew to find out.

New wave graphics dominates AMS '93 - Pages 16-18

Last month, all the top names in arcade machines gathered in Tokyo to show off the new machines we will be playing next year. 3D graphics dominated the event, and of course Edge was there to sniff out full details of the latest coin-ops...

EA ditch Nintendo - "Not economically viable" - Page 17

Famicom Spaceworld '93 - Page 19

Sanyo show 3DO - Page 19

PCs lead the way at European show - Page 20

It happens every six months. It's when a lot of videogames companies get together, show off all their best kit, pay people to walk round in silly costumes, and all go home three days later with a hangover. It's the ECTS. Didn't make it? Edge did...

Prescreen (Previews)

MechWarrior 2 - PC - 1 page (25)

Voyeur - CD-i - 2 pages (26-27)

Beneath a Steel Sky - PC, Amiga - 4 pages (28-31)

Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep - PC, Amiga, Mega CD - 2 pages (32-33)

Chaos Control - CD-i, PC, 3DO, Mega CD - 2 pages (34-35)

Return to Zork - PC, Mega CD - 2 pages (36-37)

Virtua Racing - Mega Drive - 1 page (39)

Super Street Fighter II - Arcade - 2 pages (40-41)

Elfmania - Amiga - ¼ page (42)

Mega Man X - SNES - ¼ page (42)

Mega Race - 3DO, PC, Mega CD - ½ page (42)

Features

CD-ROM: The Truth - 9 pages (48-56)

Why CD games offer little more than flashy intros and sounds, and why the interactivity they promised has yet to arrive.

A look at 3DO, Amiga CD32, Mega CD, PC CD-Rom, CD-i, FM Towns Marty and PC-Engine CD-Rom2 specs

CD-ROM: The Facts - 2 pages (58-59)

All other data formats will have something to fear when CD-ROM grows up.

Sex and Violence - 6 pages (62-68)

Some of the latest CD-ROM titles are being hailed as part of a new era of 'adult' software. But is this really leading edge adult interactive gaming - or just the same old sexist twaddle?

Features interview with Mark Lewis of Electronic Arts - 1 page (68)

Network Television - 6 pages (70-75)

Imagine becoming part of a national games and media communications network just by switching on your TV. Sounds unlikely? It's already happening.

Testscreen (Reviews)

Title	Publisher	Format	Reviewer	Page No(s)	Rating
Tatsujin 2	Ving	FM Towns	Uncredited	78-80	8/10
Thunderhawk	Core Design	Mega CD	Uncredited	82-83	7/10
Jurassic Park	Ocean	SNES	Uncredited	84-85	6/10
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition	Capcom	Mega Drive	Uncredited	86-87	8/10
Turrican 3	Renegade	Amiga	Uncredited	88	6/10
Aladdin	Sega	Mega Drive	Uncredited	92-93	8/10
Top Gear 2	Kemco	SNES	Uncredited	94	6/10

Tatsujin 2 - FM Towns

Tatsujin 2 is as great now as it ever was, and this version is by far the best around. Based closely on the original, brilliant Toaplan coin-op, it features fast moving sprites without even a hint of slowdown, tough bosses and jaw-droppingly good explosions. All the elements in Tatsujin 2 blend to form a brilliant title.

Thunderhawk - Mega CD

Overall Thunderhawk plays well enough - if a little simplistically but It's ironic that one of the best Mega CD products still doesn't fully use the machine's potential. Things are moving in the right direction for the Mega CD, but don't expect Thunderhawk to keep you entranced for weeks it won't. Sill, if Core can add substance to these visuals for their next Mega CD product, we could be in for a real treat.

Jurassic Park - SNES

Overall the action is inconsistent and the game leaves an impression of uncertainty - it doesn't quite know which way to go. There's no time limit given to complete the tasks, and as a result there's no real urgency. You're given too much freedom, and the outcome of this is that you'll find yourself just wandering around in a haphazard sort of way.

Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition - Mega Drive

Special Championship Edition is a brilliant conversion, undeniably, but sadly it's not quite as 'special' as the long delay suggested it would be.

Turrican 3 - Amiga

Of course, there are moments that really make you wonder how they managed to get away with so much on a standard Amiga. And the gameplay's certainly more focused than before, feeling more like Super Turrican on the SNES than the previous games. Still it will best appeal to the kind of player who cares just as much about the frame rate as the quality of the action. But that's Turrican for you.

Aladdin - Mega Drive

Talking of gameplay, there's nothing worse than a game that looks fantastic but is about as much fun to play with as a bag of mud. Fear not, Aladdin is brilliantly playable; you have total control over what your character does, and the difficulty curve is set just right. In fact everything in it is just perfect. Well, almost perfect. The sound could have been better but that's a minor quibble. Anyway, at last the Mega Drive has a new platform king. Move over spiky blue one, Aladdin's in town.

Top Gear 2 - SNES

This type of game has been around for almost a decade now - Pitstop 2 on the C64 was one of the first. Since then it has been copied and imitated to death. And Top Gear 2 is the game that stayed on for the funeral. So, just another sequel. It's nothing new. It won't take the world by storm. Things have moved on from this, surely?

Other Credits

Art Editor

Matthew Williams

Deputy Art Editor

Rob Abbott

Production Editor

Harry Wylie

Writers

Jason Brookes, George Andreas

Issue Index

Edge Index

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Xmas
1993										1	2	3
1994	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1995	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
1996	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
1997	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53
1998	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66
1999	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79
2000	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92
2001	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105
2002	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118
2003	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131
2004	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144
2005	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154	155	156	157
2006	158	159	160	161	162	163	164	165	166	167	168	169	170
2007	171	172	173	174	175	176	177	178	179	180	181	182	183
2008	184	185	186	187	188	189	190	191	192	193	194	195	196
2009	197	198	199	200	201	202	203	204	205	206	207	208	209
2010	210	211	212	213	214	215	216	217	218	219	220	221	222
2011	223	224	225	226	227	228	229	230	231	232	233	234	235
2012	236	237	238	239	240	241	242	243	244	245	246	247	248
2013	249	250	251	252	253	254	255	256	257	258	259	260	261
2014	262	263	264	265	266	267	268	269	270	Cover missing 271	272	Cover missing 273	274
2015	Cover missing 275	276	277	278	279	280	281	282	283	284	285	286	287
2016	288	289	290	291	292	293	294	295	296	297	298	299	300
2017	301	302	303	304	305	306	307	308	309	310	311	312	313
2018	314	315	316	317	318	319	320	321	322	323	324	325	326
2019	327	328	329	330	331	332	333	334	335	336	337	338	339
2020	340	341	342	343	344	345	346	347	348	349	350	351	352
2021	353	354	355	356	357	358	359	360	361	362	363	364	Cover missing 365

For the purpose of this table Issues 76-79 have been moved along 1 box due to there being 2 issues around September 1999