Critical Past


SPYRO THE DRAGON Spyro the Dragon was the closest thing Crash Bandicoot had to a mascot platformer rival on the PlayStation. It all started in September 1998 with Spyro’s first 3D platformer quest, in which he set out on a fantasy adventure to save the other dragons from the evil Gnasty Gnorc. It’s weird to think that Spyro and Crash are both likely to be a part of the Xbox roster now – pending CMA approval, of course.


These were the big events and releases to mark in your calendar when MCV first came out all the way back in September 1998.


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METAL GEAR SOLID The tactical espionage action game that put creator Hideo Kojima on the map internationally released in September 1998. MGS managed to be the best stealth game to that point, and brought video games up to a brand new cinematic standard while giving birth to a million terrible Solid Snake (David Hayter) impressions.


As well as a showcase for all the latest games, The European Computer Trade Show at London’s Olympia was where the very first issue of The Market for Home Computing and Video Games could be found – usually inside oversized promotional bags being carried by attendees eager for something to hold all the freebies they were collecting.


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