Play Issue 5

Play Issue 5
Editor	Nick Roberts
Managing Editor	Dave Perry
Publisher	Paragon Publishing
Pages	100
Cover Date	March 1996
Release Date	21st February 1996
Previous issue	Issue 4
Next issue	Issue 6

This magazine was cover-dated March 1996 and priced at £2.95.

Playstation Wired (News)

Top trio to tear into 199PSiX - 2 pages (6-7)

Quake, WipEout 2048, Destruction Derby 2

Sega sheds staff - (8)

Company Vitae: Gremlin Interactive - (13)

Game News:-

Dungeon Keeper, Time Commando - (8)

Magic Carpet, BLAM! Machinehead, Slam 'n Jam '96 featuring Magic & Kareem - (10)

Adidas Power Soccer, Shock Wave 2, MegaRace 2 - (12)

The Chessmaster 3-D - (13)

Fade to Black, NBA Live '96, Pro Pinball: The Web - (14)

Features

Tekken 2 - Nick Roberts - 6 pages (18-23)

The Ultimate Arcade Adventure - 3 pages (52-53)

Report from the arcade industry's show ATEI

Arena (Letters) - 2 pages (92-93)

Buyer's Guide - 2 pages (94-95)

In the Indian with... Andy Davidson - 1 page (96)

Wired Up/Workstation (Previews)

Formula 1 - 2 pages (24-25)

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat - 2 pages (26-27)

Casper - 2 pages (28-29)

Braindead 13 - 2 pages (30-31)

Gender Wars - Steve Hardy - 3 pages (36-38)

Space Hulk - Nick Roberts - 2 pages (42-43)

The Need for Speed - Damian Butt - 4 pages (44-47)

Olympic Soccer: Atlanta 1996 - Ian Lynch - 4 pages (58-61)

Reviews

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pgs	Pg No(s)	Rating (%)
Street Fighter Zero	Capcom	Ryan Butt	3	32-34	93
Impact Racing	Virgin	Steve Hardy	2	40-41	87
Battle Arena Toshinden 2	Takara	Ryan Butt	2	56-57	74
The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny	Human	Nick Roberts	2	62-63	78
True Pinball	Ocean	Uncredited	1	64	85
Mickey's Wild Adventure	Sony	Steve Hardy	1	65	79
Total NBA '96	Sony	Ian Lynch	4	66-69	94
NBA in the Zone	Konami	Ian Lynch	4	66-69	79
World Cup Golf	US Gold	Uncredited	1	71	71
Road Rash	Electronic Arts	Steve Hardy	2	72-73	75
Horned Owl	Sony	Uncredited	1	74	73
Rise 2: Resurrection	Acclaim	Ryan Butt	3	76-78	88
Kileak: The Blood 2: Reason in Madness	Sony	Uncredited	0.5	79	65
Panzer General	Mindscape	Uncredited	0.5	79	73

Tips

Wall of Game - Doom - 3 pages (49-51)

Station Master - 2 pages (80-81)

Viewpoint, Gunners Heaven, DefCon 5, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Criticom, Loaded

Q&A - 1 page (82)

Lone Soldier - Guide - 4 pages (84-87)

Rayman - Guide: Part 3 - 4 pages (88-91)

Other Credits

Deputy Editor

Ian Lynch

Games Editor

Asam Ahmad

The Ultimate Player

Ryan Butt

Staff Writer

Steve Hardy

Designer

Ian Feeney

Art Editor

Dougal Matthews

Contributor

Damian Butt (Editorial)

Art Director

Mark Kendrick

Publisher

Ian Kenyon

Issue Index

Play Index

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Xmas
1995											1	2
1996	3	4	5	6	7	Cover missing 8	9	10	Cover missing 11	Cover missing 12	Cover missing 13	Cover missing 14	Cover missing 15
1997		Cover missing 16	Cover missing 17	18/19	Cover missing 20	Cover missing 21	Cover missing 22	Cover missing 23	24	Cover missing 25	Cover missing 26	Cover missing 27	28
1998	Cover missing 29	Cover missing 30/31	Cover missing 32	33	Cover missing 34	35	Cover missing 36	Cover missing 37	Cover missing 38	39	Cover missing 40	41	42
1999	43	Cover missing 44/45	Cover missing 46	47	Cover missing 48	Cover missing 49	50	Cover missing 51	Cover missing 52	53	Cover missing 54	55	Cover missing 56
2000	Cover missing 57	Cover missing 58/59	Cover missing 60	Cover missing 61	Cover missing 62	Cover missing 63	Cover missing 64	Cover missing 65	Cover missing 66	Cover missing 67	Cover missing 68	Cover missing 69	Cover missing 70
2001	Cover missing 71	Cover missing 72/73	Cover missing 74	Cover missing 75	Cover missing 76	Cover missing 77	Cover missing 78	Cover missing 79	Cover missing 80	Cover missing 81	Cover missing 82	Cover missing 83	Cover missing 84
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2003	Cover missing 98	Cover missing 99	Cover missing 100	101	Cover missing 102	Cover missing 103	Cover missing 104	Cover missing 105	Cover missing 106	Cover missing 107	Cover missing 108	Cover missing 109	Cover missing 110
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2008	Cover missing 161	Cover missing 162	Cover missing 163	Cover missing 164	Cover missing 165	Cover missing 166	Cover missing 167	Cover missing 168	Cover missing 169	Cover missing 170	Cover missing 171	Cover missing 172	Cover missing 173
2009	Cover missing 174	Cover missing 175	Cover missing 176	Cover missing 177	Cover missing 178	Cover missing 179	180	Cover missing 181	182	Cover missing 183	Cover missing 184	Cover missing 185	Cover missing 186
2010	187	Cover missing 188	189	190	191	192	193	194	Cover missing 195	196	197	198	199
2011	200	201	202	203	204	205	206	207	208	209	210	211	212
2012	213	214	215	216	217	218	219	220	221	222	223	224	225
2013	226	227	228	229	230	231	232	233	234	235	236	237	238
2014	239	240	241	242	243	244	245	246	247	248	249	250	251
2015	252	253	254	255	256	257	258	259	260	261	262	263	264
2016	265	266	267	268	269	270	271	272	273	274	275	276
2017	277	278	279	280	281	282	283	284	285	286	287	Cover missing 288