Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (often abbreviated to OPM) was a monthly video game magazine published by Ziff Davis Media. It was a sister publication of Electronic Gaming Monthly. The magazine focused exclusively on PlayStation hardware, software, and culture, covering the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable. Each issue included a disc that contained playable demos and videos of PlayStation games. The magazine had a nearly ten-year run. The first issue, cover dated October 1997, was published September 23, 1997, while the final issue was cover dated January 2007.
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R you Ready 4: Feature on R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Previews:
Silent Hill
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Syphon Filter
Clock Tower II (released as Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within)
Street Sk8er
Shadow Madness
Guardian’s Crusade
MLB 2000
NBA Shootout 99
Rampage Universal Tour
3 Xtreme
NCAA Final Four 99
RushDown
Need for Speed 4
Sports Car GT
International Previews:
R-Type Delta
Ace Combat 3
Tron ni Kobun (released in NA as The Misadventures of Tron Bonne)
Capcom Generations Volume 4 (Japan only release, but did get a European release as a compilation with Capcom Generations 1-3)
Dance! Dance! Dance! (Japan only release)
Hard Edge (released in NA as T.R.A.G. – Tactical Rescue Assault Group: Mission of Mercy)
Reviews:
R-Types
WCW/nWo Thunder
Animaniacs Ten Pin Alley
Kensei Sacred Fist
FIFA 99
Nectaris
Bust-A-Move 4
Uprising X
Contender
Dead in the Water
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy!
1998 OPM Editor’s Choice Awards
Tomb Raider III Strategy part Two
Tricks of the Trade:
Bust A Groove
Tomb Raider III
Kagero: Deception II
Rally Cross 2
Circuit Breakers
Colony Wars: Vengeance
Twisted Metal III
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