Well, our web browsers are bulging, which can only mean that it's time for News Archive Five to be formed, taking the pressure away from those downloading blues. Any highlights from the past? Well, some classics are below, my favourites are the first appearance of Sonic Jam, the 'apology' joke, and the Lobotomy interview ripped from the pages of Saturn Mag. Which ones are your favourites, readers? R's whole: It's time for another 'anonymous-but-reliable' eyewitness report, this time of a very early version of Saturn stunner Sonic R. The E3 demo was a hastily constructed demo of just one track, but already Sonic R looks like it will out Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart 64, if you know what I mean. Very solid and colourful 'Sonic' worlds and amazing lighting effects, which all appear to be 'running' on a further enhanced verson of the Sonic Jam 3D engine, really give the game an incredible visual style. Whatever it's running on, it's hard to believe it's the Saturn. Knuckles: 30/6/97
The Real Football: Budding "Ronaldo's" out there will be pleased to find the 'tremendous' Virtua Striker 2 in their local arcades right now. The cool Model 3 visuals feature such attention to detail as, authentic South America haircuts and motion captured injury feigning. It plays pretty well too. Alan:25/6/97
Opinions please: Did you notice that the E3 show was a little bit thin on the ground when it came to third party games? But did you also notice that the hundreds of Playstation games all seemed pretty crap? Well, that's how it looked to us... but does it make a difference? Is it a 'good thing' or a 'bad thing'? Perhaps you don't give a toss? Sounds like it's time for a vote: