_{Cover of the November 1996 issue of Next Generation}

Next Generation, as the title suggest, covered next gen video games. It covered the latest and greatest systems at the time. It also was targeted towards older readers than most other video game magazines. The November 1996 issue includes:

Talking

• Will Sony's Real Boss Stand Up? - An interview with Teruhisa Tokunaka, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Enterprises.

Breaking

• Arcadia - A look at some of the latest and upcoming arcade games including Street Fighter 3 and Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee 3D Golf plus news about other mode based games, a Stephen Spielberg arcade, and more.








_{Table of Contents from the November 1996 issue of Next Generation}


• Generator - The future of haptic feedback.


• Movers 'n' Shakers - Sony to sell Psygnosis; Nolan Bushnell to launch new line of net-based arcade machines (TeamNet); Don Thomas leaves Atari; and more.


• Joyriding - New online game services including Mpath's Mplayer and AOL's ImagiNation Network, Diablo and StarCraft are due later in the year, Mechearrior 2: Mercenaries and Interstate '76 coming from Activision, and more.

NG Hardware

• Total Recall - An interesting look at the amounts and type of RAM in conoles such as the PlayStation, Saturn and Nintendo 64 as well as a history and future of memory technology.

_{Table of Contents from the November 1996 issue of Next Generation (continued)}

NG Special

• Artificial Life - Simulating life in a computer.

Reporting

• The Great Videogame Swindle - A look at the beginning of the video game industry.

NG Software

• Alphas - An early look at upcoming games including Gundam Gaiden (Saturn), Resident Evil 2 (PlayStation), Rev Limit (Nintendo 64), Toshinden URA (SAturn), GAme Day '97 (PlayStation), Pro-Yakkyu (Nintendo 64), Virtual On (Saturn), Steel Legions (PC CD-ROM), Meridian 59 (PC CD-ROM), Crimewave (Saturn), Dark Saviour (Saturn), Shadows' (Nintendo 64), Killer Instinct Gold (Nintendo 64), StarCraft (PC CD-ROM), Interstate 76 (PC CD-ROM), Wave Race (Nintendo 64), Army Men (PC CD-ROM), Crusader (Saturn, PSX), Mass Destruction, Herc's Adventure (Saturn), NBA Live '97 (PlayStation), Titanic (PC CD-ROM), Pod (PC CD-ROM), Treasures (Saturn, PSX), Jet Ski Sports (Arcade), Comanche 3 (PC CD-ROM). Mechwarrior (Saturn, PSX), and more.

Rating

• Finals - Reviews of the latest releases including Beyond the Beyond (PlayStation), Black Dawn (PlayStation), Crash Bandicoot (PlayStation), Gridrunner (PlayStation), Die Hard Trilogy (PlayStation), SimCity 2000 (PlayStation), Alien Trilogy (Saturn), Robo-Pit (Saturn), Bomberman (Saturn), Tetris Plus (Saturn), Three Dirty Dwarves (Saturn), Virtua Fighter Kids (Saturn), Olympic Soccer (3DO), Olympic Summer Games (3DO), Afterlife (PC), Mormalty (PC), Albion (PC), Z (PC), Shell Shock (PC), Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventure (Macintosh), NHL '97 (Genesis), and more.

_{Back cover of the November 1996 issue of Next Generation}

...and more!

Check out some of my other recent posts:

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https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-166

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https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-october-1986

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https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-dell-latitude-d430

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Books I am reading or have recently read:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.

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