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Games players have been salivating at the prospect of the videogame landscape taking its next, tremendous leap forward. The 32-Bit Era promised a great deal - the realization of technological innovation to finally allow realistic simulations of life and death, erm, or a stocky plumber kicking butt in full 3-D. These sky-high expectations have yet to be met, but with the Nintendo's prodigal son on the horizon and developers finally cracking the code on Saturn and PlayStation's full capabilities, we may be facing the dawn of a spectacle unseen since the unveiling of NES. Now, counting down some of those auspicious treasures on the way, we take a look at the most exciting games due out this year. Let's check out PPM Top Ten: Most Anticipated Games of 1996. |
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Terranigma by Quintet Creators behind the masterful Illusion of Gaia return with an exhilarating action-RPG filled with dazzling fx and a thrilling story. |
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Jumping Flash 2 by Exact Six huge worlds and platforming peril await your mechanical bunny tank in this sequel to our team's favorite PS-X game of '95. |
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Kirby Super Star by HAL Experience a whopping nine diverse games in one gamepak with this super-stuffed Kirby offering coming to SNES later this year. |
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The Elder Scrolls II by Bethesda See next-gen role-playing in the engaging 3-D world of Tamriel. You will not want to miss this follow-up to Elder Scrolls: Arena. |
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Pilotwings 64 by Nintendo Prepare to soar high above in a true, 3-D environment with Nintendo and Paradigm's premier flight sim on the Nintendo 64. |
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Tomb Raider by Core Design Follow Lara Croft in a realistic, 360-degree archeologist journey rife with mystery, adventure, gunplay, and a bear! |
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Quake by idSoftware Doom taken to the extreme! Conquer labrynthian levels with real-time 3-D rendering with this PC game due out soon - plus a likely PS port! |
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Mario Kart R by Nintendo Capitalizing on the innovative control stick, this long-awaited Kart sequel with four-player simultaneous racing will play like nothing before. |
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Final Fantasy 7 by Squaresoft The reigning RPG series champion is set to revolutionize the genre upon the release of this seventh entry exclusively on the PlayStation. |
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The world premier of Super Mario 64 generated a seismic shock throughout the gaming sphere and across the globe, all taken aback by the gorgeous scenes of the mustachioed hero dashing around a stunning 3-D environment. Mario breaks free from the confines of yesteryear and embarks on a kingdom-sized adventure from within a totally three-dimensional world. Through the use of the Nintendo 64 control stick, he can run in all 360-degrees of directional movement at any speed from a sprint to a crawl. Leap into level portraits to awaken in various stages containing realistic obstacles and treacherous platforms, like a moonlit fortress haunted by a tribe of scary Boos or a watery labyrinth stocked with traps. Of all the upcoming titles headed our way in '96, none capture the spirit and imagination of next-generation gaming quite like SM64. | |||
 [Article from the June 1996 Issue of PPM] | |||
