PSM PlayStation Magazine Issue #3 - November 1997
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- Episode 51 - We're trying something new this time in that I am doing a "blind" read-through, meaning that I have not read this issue prior to recording. This is, for me, the "long lost" PSM issue #3, in that I bought #'s 1 & 2 off of the newsstand, and my subscription started with issue 4. Tons of great games got coverage in this issue, including Gran Turismo, Crash Bandicoot 2, Resident Evil 2, Colony Wars, and many more!
Show notes:
- I smashed my thumb in my car door, that’s why there’s a black spot. Anyone that leaves a comment asking about it will receive 1 CGQ demerit. 10 demerits leads to a warning. 3 warning leads to a censure. 3 censures means that you are grounded from video games for 1 week.
- While I did not open this issue until we did it together on-camera, RetroMags had a brief summary of the issue that listed the games covered. I did a little bit of background research based on that list, so that I wouldn’t look like a complete dumb-dumb (at least not any more than usual) during this episode.
- The battery for my other camera was dead, so that’s why there is no second “face” camera this time. Frankly, I think the episode is fine without it and I don’t miss it (it was taking screen time away from the magazine) so I am probably not going to bring it back.
- I am thinking about starting a “CGQ Magazine Club” on Patreon. The launch videos and their ilk do not need any financial assistance, but these magazine read-throughs get relatively low views. So I might do a deal where people can become patrons of the “Let’s Read” episodes, where you would donate on a per-episode rather than per-month basis. Let me know what you guys think.
- The sweater is from Toyota Gazoo Racing, the Toyota factory racing team that competes in the World Endurance Championship (including the 24 Hours of Le Mans). WEC’s LMP1 cars are the fastest closed-wheel race cars in the world.
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28:32 lol gay test right there. There is a nice ass on the ad, while you nerd have nothing better to talk about than some 20 years old racing games.
So you're saying that I'm gay because I'm not a socially maladjusted weeabo who gets off to anime girls? Actual, real-world women are a lot more fun than fantasies or cartoons. You should give it a try sometime.
Yeah because PS1 racing games is whats getting you off like for 3 minutes lolmao. Sorry but that moment was just awkward to watch.
Lootbox: LOL you're gettin aroused at anime. If I would say who is a nerd between the 2, I'd say you.
A nice ass is a nice ass, better than PS1 racing games. Stop the whining, nothing wrong with Anime chicks.
Rofl; Kusanagi is a full fleged women, with big tits and ass, wth is that for a comment? Was that comment some snip inside your brain?
Dude stop idiolizing your favorite youtubers, they deserve to be clowned too. There is nothing wrong with that here on the internet, doesnt matter how nice or knowledgeable they are. Its nothing personal.
Hard to believe this was over two decades ago, magazines were still the best way to get info. i feel old.
Same here.
I feel old and depressed lol
These are always really relaxing to put on.
I love these and I wish you'd do them more often.
Show notes:
- I smashed my thumb in my car door, that’s why there’s a black spot. Anyone that leaves a comment asking about it will receive 1 CGQ demerit. 10 demerits leads to a warning. 3 warning leads to a censure. 3 censures means that you are grounded from video games for 1 week.
- While I did not open this issue until we did it together on-camera, RetroMags had a brief summary of the issue that listed the games covered. I did a little bit of background research based on that list, so that I wouldn’t look like a complete dumb-dumb (at least not any more than usual) during this episode.
- The battery for my other camera was dead, so that’s why there is no second “face” camera this time. Frankly, I think the episode is fine without it and I don’t miss it (it was taking screen time away from the magazine) so I am probably not going to bring it back.
- I am thinking about starting a “CGQ Magazine Club” on Patreon. The launch videos and their ilk do not need any financial assistance, but these magazine read-throughs get relatively low views. So I might do a deal where people can become patrons of the “Let’s Read” episodes, where you would donate on a per-episode rather than per-month basis. Let me know what you guys think.
- The sweater is from Toyota Gazoo Racing, the Toyota factory racing team that competes in the World Endurance Championship (including the 24 Hours of Le Mans). WEC’s LMP1 cars are the fastest closed-wheel race cars in the world.
I would, but I actually have a bet going with a co-worker. When the injury first happened, she was convinced that the nail was going to fall off, so we bet on it. Times up in a little less than a month, so I don't want to do anything to jeopardize my chances.
besides, who wants to stab a hot needle through your thumb nail. Or any nail other than maybe a blister. Anyway, on with the chlorophyll!
I should add props to Adam Sandler for my last comment, billy Madison. Thanks
I’d be down to toss a dollar in the tip jar for each of these. Let me know if you go through with the Patereon.
Classic Gaming Quarterly What happened to your thumb? 🙃
I've finally found a channel that covers old videogame magazines in detail. I've got so much of your old stuff to go through. Please keep doing these.
I could watch these all day dude. I love flipping through old magazines and this reminds me of looking at magazines with friends when I was a kid. Thank you so much for doing this!
Used to read these on the bus going to school with my friends all the time 😄
The menus in Final Fantasy VII could be changed to whatever color you want. That's why those screenshots are green/blue.
Always enjoy these Chris. It's like traveling back in time.
Great read. I really enjoy these kind of videos, especially the 90s game magazines. I also liked the fact that you gave us a preview of some of the upcoming content for both channels.
Man you always come through when there's nothing to watch. Best timing ever. Gaming mags were fun to chase. I either got a Gamepro or EGM depending on the codes or reviews.
You know, about Net Yaroze, back then when I bought PS Magazines (where I live we got the european version of the magazine), they kinda did like a mini series on Yaroze in the demo discs that came bundled with the magazine. Don't know about US but the european editions around 1998 and 1999 all came with a neat, black finish demo CD with a bunch of trials, trailers and whatnot. Well one of the issues I have came with a sort of 'parting shot' for the Yaroze program. I believe the retail and support for those consoles were getting phased out by then, anyway one of the CDs I've got has like 20 or so full-flegded Yaroze games, mostly by japanese and british developers. I remember it came with a soccer game, a Wolfenstein-Doom clone, some JRPG, a couple of abstract racing games, a bunch of puzzle games, you get the idea. Pretty cool in my opinion, I kinda liked a couple of them so I popped that CD every once in a while. Might wanna look up Blitter Boy, that was maybe the best and most polished game I've played from the Yaroze program.
The hook that sold the GxTV is the sound. The fold in/fold out speakers sound good on their own- but when combined with the built-in subwoofer located in the rear, the sound really impresses. Even 22 years later, the speakers sound amazing. (But the picture tube is rough after thousands of hours of use.)
Madden 98 was received poorly because its primary competition, NFL GameDay 98, had upgraded to polygonal player models while Madden stayed with sprites. Back then, this was considered a massive step forward... even though the gameplay really hadn’t improved. Once EA Tiburon made the jump to polygons, though, GameDay’s fate was sealed and Madden blew past it.
I love revisiting this time period. Definitely takes me back- and shows how thirsty we were for news and gossip nuggets back then. There was a report in this very magazine issue that Xenogears wasn’t coming stateside (because of religious symbolism). I remember reading that and scowling- but, as we know, Squaresoft changed its mind (thankfully).
I really love how you just go through the games, page by page, and then cut to game footage. Very cathartic experience to go back in time like this. Great video.
Wow, this video brings back the feels. Somehow I received a free year initial subscription and fell in love with it. I remember being in 7th grade home room with my friends dissecting the first issues. It just felt so different from other magazines at the time. Thank you so much for the memories.
I always appreciate these videos Chris - Once again, great job.
I remember I was in 6th grade...my first year in middle school...it was early fall/autumn 97...I was going to my first class which happened to be my elective art class...it was still about 15-20 minutes before school started...I remember going through the courtyard of the school which led to art classes and music rooms...it was a quiet and rather empty area for a very over crowded school..it was foggy and kind of chilly out for that morning....I remember seeing this asian kid sitting on top one of the courtyard tables..he was wearing a big coat with a magazine in his hand while eating a poptart ..I didnt know many people or have many friends there yet but I was into games...I asked him about the mag he was reading and he told me it was a ps mag and let me look at it and showed me some cool stuff..I really liked RE1 at the time and we talked about it for a bit and my mind just about exploded when he showed me RE2 was on the way..we didnt have youtube then so hearing about that stuff without proof was pretty much a rumor lol...never seen him again but he was a cool dude...i dont know why i felt compelled to tell this story but seeing the mag cover sent me down a time warp to that morning lol..Crazy over 20 years later I get to see it again on here............i miss the 90s.good stuff bro
Popped some popcorn for this one, thanks for the magazine read through especially since I didn’t hold on to any of my old gaming magazines and these always makeup for that.
What kind of popcorn?
Brigandine totally came out. I bought it on release day...and HATED it. It's a running joke with a friend about how we were so disappointed.
@Mourning Star actually the devs said in a japanese magazine the game target audience was retarded people. Maybe you ... uh... got the right gens for that...
You're reading stuff again! I love these!
I still have my very first issue of PSM back in 1997! I had collected it up until around 2005. I really enjoyed the magazine from 1997-2000.
I know that these take a long time to put together, but I really appreciate what you do.
Intelligent Cube was AMAZING!! I played this for a whole summer & loved it! It was also my most anticipated title on the PS1 Classic.
I love this channel ❤ keep up the great content dude! Nostalgia overload lol
Your channel is awesome. Great video as always.
Appreciate your videos. Enjoy the way present your stuff. Takes me back to when i would just enjoy watching my cousins play, especially metal gear solid. Like your style, different from gaming historian, which I also enjoy.
Thanks! Gaming Historian is a great channel.
Love magazine read throughs, very chill and informative, thanks Chris!
i absolutely enjoy your retro mag read through's , its fun , enjoyable and its like going back in time with a bud ! thank you ma dude !!!!
Thanks!
Colony Wars brought back my nostalgia for the Playstation again recently. Nice to see it in it's hay-day in the PSM.
Wow, some of those ads flash my mind right back to jr high school, sitting in class passing the time! I miss that era of gaming!
Thanks so much for taking the time to read through our magazine. It's great to see people enjoying the issues decades after we wrote them.
STEPHEN!!! You made my day, man. I can't even tell you how much I looked forward to every issue of PSM showing up in my mailbox. Thanks for stopping by.
This makes me feel old,psm a magazine from a bygone era.Though in the 90's i was reading egm or gamefan more.Some times i would buy a issue of psm for a quick read.Speaking of MMX4 when it first came out i bought it for the saturn instead,still one of my favorites in the series.
Great stuff man, you always produce high quality content.
More readings from the mid/late 90's would be great, or even the early 00's if you have some.
I really miss those days.
Totally agree with your comment about Resident Evil 3! Something about that big guy stalking you the entire game just creeped me out!
Excellent! I love let's reads like this. They are my favorite episodes and exactly how I found your channel in the first place. Pretty good for off the cuff. Also, they did make a new 3D Bionic Commando in like 2009 for PC and the XBox360. But it was fairly bad lol
Great, great episode, thanks so much!
man I love PSM so much....their covers were always amazing. I used to have that fighting force lid sticker and I used it. xD
In the early years of PSM, if they recommended a game, I bought it. They never made me regret it. Thanks to them I got Poy Poy (and eventually Poy Poy 2), still one pf my fav PSX games.
Mags like these may have been anti-2D but for certain genres those games still sold very well up until the early 00s.
Fun read through! So weird that i talked to a friend about Lomax just yesterday and now you mention it in a video.
RayStorm was one of the first games i got for my PS1. Really good game.
Mega Man Neo was only the working title in the west for Mega Man Legends(was also named Mega Man Nova for a while). The Japanese title for the game is Rockman Dash.
Fighting Force was not only a spirital successer to Streets of Rage, it began it's developement as Streets of Rage 4.
And then we have the Net Yaroze. I guess it was kinda "big" here in Europe because with the montly PlayStation Magazines over here they used to put some of those homebrew games on the monthly demo discs.
Love these! Been watching al of them. Keep up the good work.
Glad you like them! I should have a new one coming out this week. Thanks!
thank you so much for these dude
Great video man! Keep doing more magazine videos.
NFL Gameday 98.... Wow I had the weirdest rush of memories after seeing that. I'm not a sports fan at all but I played this when I was a kid with my uncle. So cool to see games that you completely forgot about.
I love these videos so much. please continue making them!! Your limited number of views on this appreciate it.
I love the magazine reads. Keep them coming. :)
Thank you for all the content!
Had always been a fan of the Altezza and I remember playing Gran Turismo and wishing that I had an Altezza and seeing later in 2001 altezza pop its head as an IS300 blew me away and finally got a 2002 near mint condition stick shift black onyx IS300 in 2008 which I still have.. Gran Turismo open my eyes to a lot of great cars.. 😳😘
Nice video Chris! I know you didn't say too much about it; but NASCAR '98 certainly brought back some great memories. I was not really a NASCAR fan until that game came out and I met my first room mate in college who lived for it. I bought NASCAR '98 and we'd play that game to death, and lots of the other guys on the floor were NASCAR fans too so we'd race all of the time. Usually 'short' races like 25-30 laps. Since you mentioned cheat codes; one of the cheats we learned about was paintball mode on NASCAR '98, and this brought me back to a classic prank we played on one of our friends. We asked this kid if he'd like to race against one of us and he wasn't too sure since he didn't play a lot of games and was anxious about getting beat. So the game starts and just before the race starts, you hit pause and the code was triggered by I believe holding down R1 / L1 simultaneously and if you heard the engine growl you had activated paintball mode. Not making a big deal out of the strange pause...we started the 10-lap race. So I kind of intentionally raced poorly to keep this friend in the lead while I trailed fairly close behind. We'd tell him he was doing really really well and talk about how we just couldn't seem to catch him. So we get into the final turn of the race and I fired a paintball at him; which if it hits your car you lose control and probably crash into the wall and wrecking your car. So I hit him and he goes careening into the wall and I drive on by for the easy win while he earned a did not finish. He never even saw the paintball hit so he had no idea what happened. We told him it was just unlucky but he felt pretty good about how he did and he left. My room mate and I laughed as the look on his face when his car wiped out was priceless. Yes what we did was pretty mean, most definitely but I'll never forget it. Good to know about the many different light guns Playstation had; I actually looked into buying one at our local retro-gaming store and now I'm glad I didn't. The cost of that magazine doesn't surprise me. I remember PC Gamer magazines normally were close to $10, but you did get a demo disc with them. You were pretty polished for a blind read thru...looking forward to the next videos!
That's pretty funny. I should have hung on to the game long enough to check that out. I used to subscribe to PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World, but that wasn't until 2001.
Another great episode. Very entertaining to watch.
It might have been where you were shopping for games or something. I remember going to Best Buy to get games new games that were $40 quite often. If they costed more I probably would've had a lot more trouble getting my mom to buy them for me, so I loved that launch sale price or whatever it was. I would always be pretty excited for the Best Buy ad that came in our paper every Sunday.
My neighbors growing up had Cool Boarders and that announcer's voice is just ingrained in my head.
Way to make my day! I have a dark roast coffee and a Volcano bowl ready to roll. Thanks for uploading!
Philisoma plays from every angle even flying toward the screen and shooting from behind, it was great at the time but best left in the past.
Brigandine did release in America, its pretty rare. Underrated and awesome game.
I remember Intelligence Qube from the old Playstation Demo disc. I remember playing all of those demo's over and over.
"Now I've never been through this magazine before .."
Then he says he went through it to make sure the lid sticker was still present 😂
It's so cute when you pretend we can't just click to see what's at the end of the video!
G Police! The hardest damn game ever! Still have it complete in box with manual. Never beat it.
I used to subscribe to these, the custom covers and the chibi comics are a highlight.
Very cool man,can't wait for the next one.
This makes me so nostalgic! I think I have this issue...sadly it's 3000 miles away at my parents house. lol Nice to see it again!
I had this issue, it is still probably in a box somewhere, and I also bought things based on reviews. NFL Gameday '98 was one of them along with Street Fighter EX + Alpha. I had a demo disc with Ghost in the Shell on it and I wanted the game, but it disappeared quick and I never saw it in stores. I believe I had a subscription to PSM from issue 3 or 4 to 15 or 16. My favorite magazine of the time was GameFan. The GameFan review of FFVII where someone compared it to penicillin blew my mind. I loved reading Saturn game reviews in GameFan even though I didn't have a Saturn.
Gaming magazines were a big part of my youth/teen years since as a kid without much money I used to devour a magazine cover to cover including all the ads. I so badly wanted a Genesis in the 16 bit days based on reviews in GamePro.
Nice video. I still have a load of those magazines at home. They were like christmas every month. I lost all my PC gamer demo CDs though that is a bummer.
perfect way to end my long busy day.
thanks
I love Einhander. SquareSoft's only shooter and it's so well done. Another great episode, brother. Also, what the heck's going on with our Red Wings?? Help!! Lol
"Rebuilding". We'll see, I guess...
Indeed. It's just going to take some time. : )
There is Bionic Commando remake in HD on 360 and PS3. How nobody pointed that out in the comments is beyond me.
You mentioned Adam Warren when talking about the mega man designs. Adam is a pretty big indie comic guy. He’s famous for his Empowered series!
probably my favorite magazine cover art
14:30 San Francisco rush was such a great game on the consoles. Punching in the codes that just allowed you to drive around was 90 percent of the fun. Doing that with friends was hours of entertainment. Crashing, stunting... anything but racing.
I have all my old issues of Tips &Tricks, SwatPro, eXpertGamer, all from the year 2000, which I loved dearly. Plus a copy of the official dk64 strategy guide, and THE ULTIMATE CODE BOOK from Prima Games. If you have any of these you should totally do episodes on them, particularly T&T April & October 2000, and SwatPro spring 2000, I'd love to see them featured. :D
It's so weird to to think back to the days when you basically sat around waiting for cool Japanese games to launch in the West. That era of gaming is over, for the most part (typically now if a game isn't released globally, it isn't going to be released outside of that region), and in fact most region-locking in consoles is just dead and languages can be selected from the outset. That's one nice thing that PC gaming created.
Turbografx-16 reviews! Yes sir!!! I can't get enough TG-16. I think I'll break out the Turbo Express tonight, play some Neutopia, and knock down a few cool ones. 🍻
Another fantastic episode.
The music used in "Intelligent Qube" sounds like it belongs in a Star Wars movie.
"Playstation Value Grows"....I think they were referring to what would become the PlayStation Greatest Hits.
Intelligent Qube!!! I used to love that game back in the day.
I remember buying most new PS1 games for $39.99.
It always amazed me because, I also remember buying TMNT The Arcade Game on NES for $55. I'd buy a new game for $39, look at whoever was with me an say, "What the hell, TMNT cost me $55 10(?) years ago. I never imagined I'd be paying LESS for brand new games!"
51:30 You could specify which colors do you want for the menu, so the person just did it in gradient cause they liked it. :) I remember myself doing something like that.
Dude 2x PlayStations + link cable + 2x Doom = best playstation link partys ever
That is an incredible tragedy that you haven't played Duke Nukem, when you do try Duke Nukem 64 and give the multiplayer a good go with at least three to four friends
KennyKC Duke Nukem rocks
32-bit 2D games were totally my cup of tea. I remember staring at ads in the back of EGM because a lot of the imports were 2D games for PSX/Sat. Being a teen without a job yet, boy did I daydream hard about owning some of those.
Another great read-through! I never bought PSM back then, since I had an Ultra Game Player subscription, so this is all new to me. Some people have been going back and creating patches so that you can use any light gun with any game. You need to patch an ISO to get it to work, but it would be great to finally try Project Horned Owl without having to use the shitty Justifier. If you haven't checked the site out yet, you can grab a lot of magazines (as PDF, Kindle, and other formats) at Archive.org. They have (Ultra) Game Players, import magazines, and even those massive EGMs from the early to mid-90s.
Philosoma actually is pronounced "Phil-AW-soh-ma." I remember seeing its trailer in the demo CD that came with the PSX at launch, and that was how they pronounced it at the end; for some reason it left a lasting impression on me. I also ended up getting the game, which was great, but I don't actually remember them saying the title in the game. The ENDING, however, fucked up my middle-school brain for quite some time.
I remember Colony Wars, Intelligent Cube, some mech game, and Fighting force on one of the Jampaq demo discs I had. Good times, but I was so bad at intelligent cube.
love these vids! hope you do more :)
1.) I'm really loving your "Launch of" series. I love the depth, I love the careful research, and I love the discussion of your personal experiences.
2.) Are you considering doing these for more recent consoles? (i.e. Xbox, GCN, or PS2) I'd love to get a GameCube or Xbox addition to the series, but I suppose that depends on how you define "classic" and what experiences you had with them. For me it's anything 2 generations ago or more than 15 years, and I spent most of my time with the SNES, N64, and GCN as far as consoles go.
I was surprised to find out that Sony of America forbid 2D game releases for the PS One. We never had that 'control' here in the UK. I believe Sega of America also had the same policy for the Saturn. It seems odd to force such restrictions.
Mace the Dark Age is the first game I ever got for my Nintendo 64. It's not a good game, but I played it all the time with my friends, and still take it off the shelf once in a blue moon for the laughs.
Game magazines were beginning to evolve around this time, but some, like PSM, were still awkwardly trying to find their feet. Reviewers wanted to be minor celebrities, so you'd get their photos littering the magazines, and the contributors weren't sure if they wanted to write for kids or gamers who were increasingly becoming adults. Also, the tiny little boxes of information in this issue are laughably dwarfed by the huge full-page advertisements on the pages opposite them. Things improved when publications like Edge arrived, who took a serious approach to games. Hyperbole would at last be ditched in favour of in-depth analysis. In these days of so much choice, it's easy to forget that games' magazines, in the days before gaming websites, were thin on information, and regularly just churned out marketing propaganda as fact. Also, the tiny amount of space given to some really deep and complex games (for their time) is maybe an indication that PSM only had cursory plays of games and probably only played small portions of them. That review of G-Police is farcically tiny. To have so many pages filled with adverts, guesswork and hype, having a third of a page for a review is pathetic.
I think your opinion of the Namco Guncon is fairly universal. There are few who would disagree with you.
Tip for a very rare PS1 game to purchase. Bishi Bashi Special. Japanese crazy game built up of many random mini games.
47:55
Here in Europe we used to use RGB cables so we had color when we were pirating NTSC region games. With the normal cable you could only see Black & white. Was also pretty expensive when i bought it with my first ps1 in early 99 - cost something like $60
I remember when you used to make beautiful console launch videos instead of just reading magazines. Those were the days...
There will be more launch-type episodes. I have a very busy life outside of RUclips, and these magazines have a healthy fan base and are easier for me to produce and upload in a more timely manner.
love these keep it up!
I remember that ad for Colony Wars, pretty sure I cut one out of a magazine. I own the Dual Analog Joystick, it's awesome for games like Descent, Formula One and Steel Reign. You can force games to have simulated analog movement even if it was made before the Dualshock.
I also own that "Control Glove", total piece of crap...luckily I got it heavily discounted at an EB that was transitioning to a GameStop.
There were 2d style rendered Bionic Commando games, but there was also a 3d game.
The FF7 hype was REAL back then!
Awesome times!!!
CGQ I know you are really trying to produce original content, but you don' t realize it's the QUALITY of your content we love not the originality. Anything you do as long as you maintain your high standards we will love! So don't be afraid to pump out that content!
i have this issue and with #1 #2 and many more and just like you i picked PSM when they first came out
Mega man’s open hand on the cover looks super creepy
FF7 one of my favorite games ever!!! Great job on these videos keep it going!!