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CONSOLE RELEASES 
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Revision 5.0 (September 1994) 

THIS section of Frontier has been altered slightly. Now only future 
releases will be listed, as is hard for me to keep up with all the games 
that have been released by a month-by-month basis. So far, the "released 
recently" and "to be released soon" categories have been fairly 
inaccurate, and far from comprehensive anyway. If somebody who works for 
a console retailer/distribution and regularly gets release lists can 
help out, then please contact me. 

Releases listed are based on US release, you may have to wait a few 
weeks in other countries such as the UK/Europe and Australia. This list 
is included separately (not as part of the main text) because it is 
likely to grow much larger in the future. I'd prefer that it was kept in 
this archive and not posted or distributed separately without my 
permission. 

These are titles that will be appearing in the next month-six months 
time. This list does not list all new titles, as most likely other 
titles will be announced, and some titles may change. A list such as 
this could cover many hundreds of games in production, though only the 
main (promising) ones and titles that *appear* to be the closest to 
release will be listed here :- 

Shadow Caster    : RPG                 : Origin  : 3DO 
Out of this world: Action/platform     : INTER^  : 3DO 
Red Baron        : Action/flight sim   : Dynamix : 3DO 
Seawolf          : Strategy/simulation : EA^     : 3DO 
Super SF2 Turbo  : Arcade/beat 'em up  : Capcom  : 3DO 
Magic Carpet     : Action/????         : Bullfrog: 3DO 
Themepark        : Strategy            : Bullfrog: 3DO, Jaguar 
Syndicate        : Action/Strategy     : Bullfrog: 3DO, Jaguar 
Scavenger 4      : Action/shoot 'em up : PSYG^   : SegaCD 
Rebel Assault    : Action/simulation   : LUCAS^  : SegaCD, 3DO later? 
MegaRace         : Driving/simulation  : Cryo    : SegaCD, 3DO (2nd h.94) 
Guiness Book 2   : Education/reference : ????    : CD32, 3DO (later) 
Syndicate        : Action/strategy     : Bullfrog: CD32, 3DO 
Day/the tentacle : Adventure           : LUCAS^  : CD32 
F1 Grand Prix    : Driving/simulation  : MP^     : CD32 
Kick off 3       : Sports/simulation   : Anco    : CD32, Jaguar 
Monkey Island 2  : Adventure           : LUCAS^  : CD32 
Kings Quest 6    : Adventure           : Sierra  : CD32 
Zool 2           : Action/platform     : Gremlin : Jaguar 
Flashback        : Action/platform     : INTER^  : Jaguar, 3DO 
TFX              : Flight/simulation   : Ocean   : Jaguar? CD32 
Club Drive       : Driving/simulation  : Atari   : Jaguar 
Double Dragon 5  : Action/beat 'em up  : Atari   : Jaguar 
Checkered Flag 2 : Driving/simulation  : REBEL^  : Jaguar 
Alien Vs Predator: Action/shoot 'em up : REBEL^  : Jaguar (October) 
Gunship 2000     : Flying/simulation   : MP^     : Jaguar 
Doom             : Action/shoot 'em up : ID soft : Jaguar (October), 32X 
Elite 2          : Action/simulation   : GameTek : Jaguar? 
Tiny Toons       : Action/platform     : Atari   : Jaguar 
Bubsy            : Action/platform     : Accolade: Jaguar 
Battlemorph      : Action/shoot 'em up : REBEL^  : JaguarCD 
StarWing 2       : Action/shoot 'em up : Nintendo: SNES 
Rise of/Robots   : Action/beat 'em up  : Mirage  : SNES, 3DO 
Super Donkey Kong: Action/platform     : Nintendo: SNES 
Earthworm Jim    : Action/platform     : ?????   : SNES 
Doom 2           : Action/shoot 'em up : ID soft : 32X 
Daytona USA      : Driving/simulation  : Sega    : Saturn, 32X 
Nascar           : Driving/simulation  : Nintendo: Ultra64 
Killer Instinct  : Action/???          : Midway  : Ultra64 
Virtua Fighter   : Arcade/beat 'em up  : Sega    : Saturn 
Virtua Racing    : Driving/simulation  : Sega    : Saturn, 32X 
Ridge Racer 2    : Driving/simulation  : Namco   : PS-X, 3DO? 
Super SF2        : Arcade/beat 'em up  : Capcom  : PS-X, Saturn 

RELEASE PREDICTIONS :- I have decided rather than to repeat predictions, 
each issue will be a new list, or only revised predictions. Check back 
through previous issues for older predictions. 
   The important thing to remember is that they are only personal 
*predictions* or games that I would like to see and nothing else. 
Somebody asked how I chose which system they appeared on - well the 
answer is that I checked which developers are signed up for what 
consoles and if they were, added them to that system. 

Nascar Racing    : Driving/simulation  : Papyrus : 3DO, Saturn 
Alone in/Dark 3  : Adventure           : Icarus  : 3DO 

* These are only pure speculation, so take them as they are. 

^ BETH = Bethesda software     BRD = Br0derbund     CRYST = Crystal Dynamics 
  EA  = Electronic arts        IG  = Infogrames     INTER = Interplay 
  LUCAS = LucasArts            MIND = Mindscape International 
  MP = Microprose              PSYG = Psygnosis     REBEL = Rebellion 
  SQUARE = SquareSoft          CYBR = Cyber Dreams  ???? = unsure 

       -- This list is compiled by FRONTIER magazine (c) 1994 -- 
                        pred@zikzak.apana.org.au