Issue 41 (January 1997) Edge

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The future of interactive entertainment

UK edition January 1997 £3.50

Playstation • Saturn • Nintendo 64 • PC• Arcade• Net• Multimedia• CGI

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62 Gamcspottino Is there life after lemmings? Scotland's premiere codehouse, DMA Design, opens its doors to Edge and reveals exactly how to follow up one of the most addictive titles in gaming history

62 TU Gamt:s 1996 saw a dramatic culling of videogame television programmes with 'Bad Influence', 'T.I.G.5' and 'Total Reality' all kicking the proverbial bucket. Was this down to audience disinterest or were there darker forces at play? Edge investigates ..

68 no II Hoursclf Could Sony be on the verge of reanimating the lost art of bedroom programmin& or is Yaroze just an expensive gimmick?

Edge takes a comprehensive look at the 32bit system which has the promise to make a console game designer out of anyone

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