_{Cover of the January 1997 issue of Tips & Tricks}

Though descended from my favorite magazine, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, Tips & Tricks was never a magazine I paid much attention to. Many loved the hints, strategy guides and cheats it provided but I was always more interested in news, reviews and that sort of thing. The January 1997 issue includes:

Departments

• Power Up! - An introduction to the staff which includes Chris Bieniek, Wataru Maruyama, Ione Flores, Nikos Constant, Bett Hallock, Tyrone Rodriguez and Deborah Lockhart.


• Readers' Tips - Readers write in with tips on Daytona USA as well as various questions and comments.


• T&T Select Games - Overviews and previews of recent and upcoming games including:
• Jet Moto (PlayStation) - A racing game featuring a vehicle something like a Jet Ski.
• Crime Wave (Sega Saturn) - A vehicle combat game featuring a top-down point of view.
• Ten Pin Alley (PlayStation) - A bowling game of course.
• Suikoden (PlayStation) - An RPG that allows not only individual and group combat but full scale wars.
• Powerslave - A Doom-like game in which you wield magic as well as weapons.
• NFL '97 (Sega Saturn) - A football game featuring licensed teams, stadiums and players.
• NBA Live '97 (PlayStation) - Because we need a new basketball game every years...
• FIFA Soccer '97 (PlayStation) - ...and soccer too of course.
• FIFA Soccer Gold Edition (Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo) - A soccer game for the 16-bit systems.
Tips & Tricks provides a little of that also but it's emphasis is, as the name would imply, on tips and tricks.
• FIFA Soccer '97 (Game Boy) - Blurry soccer...
• Madden '97 (Game Boy) - Blurry football...
• Burning Road (PlayStation) - A racing game out of France that is somewhat similar to the likes of Daytona USA and Ridge Racer.
• Toshinden URA (Sega Saturn) - Another tweek to the Toshinden 3D fighting game franchise.
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo) - The pinnacle of Mortal Kombat on 16-bit systems.



_{Table of Contents from the January 1997 issue of Tips & Tricks}
• Game Genie/Game Shark Codes - Game Genie codes for the Genesis games Toy Story, Vectorman and Garfield: Caught in the Act; Game Genie codes for the Super NES games Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (I swear I've never heard of that one); Game Shark codes for the PlayStation games Bubble Bobble, Crash Bandicoot, Olympic Soccer, Project Horned Owl and Robo-Pit; and Game Shark codes for Sega Saturn games Bubble Bobble, Iron Storm and Shining Wisdom.

Strategy

• X-Men vs. Street Fighter - A detailed strategy guide for this arcade game featuring general moves and how to use them as well as details for each character. Also, how to play as a couple of hidden characters.


• Kizuna Encounter - Another fighting game strategy guide, this one for the Neo Geo.


• Wave Race 64 - A detailed guide for this Nintendo 64 racing game featuring Jet Skis. It was a pretty outstanding racer for the time.

The last half of the magazine features tips on dozens if not hundreds of games for the Super NES, Genesis, PlayStation, Saturn, Game Boy, Game Gear, 3DO and arcade.

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