Page 3: Special Feature
A new world fascinated by PS2
Page 10: Exploring the roots of new products Namco Chishin
5th Drive Game Edition
Page 12: AOU Breaking News Players Talk
Page 16: NEW MACHINE FLASH Aim for new products!
● Don and Up ● Cooking Master ● Batting King ● Nice Table Tennis
Page 22: Nationwide Namco Store Guide
The 4th Kita-Kantou edition
Page 25: Snipe Shooting Game
"Golgo 13"
Page 28: ~ The rough waves of love that I want to be swallowed ~
"Truck Kyousoukyoku"
Page 31: Series "Playing Japan"
● in KOKURA ● in KYOTOMINAMI ● in INAZAWA
Page 35: Nours mail order corner
Page 36: Namja Circulation Board
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Special feature
Page 3: I want to fly in the sky (Prop Cycle)
Page 13: WE ARE SUPPORTING AOKI BROS.
Page 14: Nostalgic 1955's Sanshin Nanja Town suddenly appears in urban space
Page 16: Serialization "Playing Japan"
● in BEPPU ● in HIKONE
Page 18: Namco boasts 420 stores nationwide in the United States
Page 20: PS Galaxian 3 Evolutionary Genealogy
PS smash Court
PS World Stadium
Page 23: Golly Ghost Goal!
Page 24: Namco Wonder Page
Page 25: LET'S ENJOY EATING & SINGING IN MATSUMOTO
Page 26: Reiko Shiraishi
Page 27: Soul Edge Tournament
・ Area championship
Page 28: ELEMECHA FLASH Aim for new products! ● Sweetland mini ● Pac cap
Page 30: Reader participation plan "Readers talk a lot"
Page 32: NOURS INFORMATION
Page 34: Reader PRESENT
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Page 3: Special Feature
OUR FUTURE
Countdown to the 21st century
Page 12: Namja Circulation Board
Page 14: Exploring the roots of new products Namco Chishin
3rd medal game edition
Page 16: NEW MACHINE FLASH Aim for new products!
● Jumping Groove ● Merry Bomber
● Super World Stadium 1999
Page 18: NOURS INFORMATION
Page 20: Reader participation plan "Readers talk a lot"
Page 22: Nationwide Namco Store Guide
1st Hokkaido edition
Page 24: Radio Room
Noriko Hidaka's Tokyo Wonder Jam Uri! Uri! Uriho!
NAMCO WONDER TIME Teruko Ohashi's Talking Baby Dev
Page 25: Series "Playing Japan"
● in CHOFU ● in FUKUOKA
Page 28: Super beginner purveyor
A game manual that I can't listen to anymore
● The 6th Fighting Game Edition
Page 30: Final Furlong 2 Racetrack / Held Race Great Strategy
Page 32: New Check / Developer Explosion Talk
PS Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere / DC Soul Caliber /
PS Dragon Valor / PS Star Ixiom /
WS Child Care Quiz Anywhere My Angel /
WS-style Klonoa Moonlight Museum /
WS Tekken Card Challenge
Page 36: Voice actor is homoludens
● The 13th Tomokazu Seki & Yuka Imai
Page 38: Nours mail order corner
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Page 3: Special Feature 1
Urgent report: New products are pushing hard !!
AOU 1999
Amusement Expo
Page 8: Super beginner purveyor
A game manual that I can't listen to anymore
● The 5th prize game part 2
Page 10: Series "Playing Japan"
● in TOYAMA ● in KOTONI ● in YONO ● in CHIKUSINO
Page 14: Entertainment Goods Store
Page 15: Ninety-nine appearance
CM shooting site report
Page 16: NEW SOFT INFORMATION
PS Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere / DC Soul Caliber /
PS Child-rearing Quiz More My Angel / PS World Stadium 3 /
WS Wonder Stadium / PC Namco Collection Vol 1 ・ 2 /
PC Pac-Man's Desktop Daisakusen / X-DAY2 / PC Legend
Page 19: Knowers mail order corner
Page 20: Special Feature 2
"500GP" pursuing realism
Page 26: Namja Circulation Board
Page 28: NOURS INFORMATION
Page 30: Reader participation plan "Readers talk a lot"
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I’m partial to say that this volume goes a bit off the rails, and in multiple directions. There is a seven (7!) page spread about Wonder Bowl and a bowler that must have some sort of familiarity to readers of this time.
We have an interview with the staff of Ace Combat 4. In addition to some coverage of the Klonoa game for the Gameboy Advance, World Stadium 5 for PSX, the PlayStation 2 port of Time Crisis II, along with PS2’s Vampire Night, and Xenosaga Episode I. We’re starting to see more and more coverage of mobile games, also.
There’s actually a really nice section covering all the employees of Namco’s arcades at this time. It’s super cool to see these people, because I was one of them! but I guess this level of Namco passion didn’t seem to fully make it to the states.
There’s nice Tekken 4 coverage (for those that liked Tekken 4), Also a very Capcom game with a very Namco logo on it, I am puzzled. There’s a Golgo 13 game I’ve never seen before here, and some other elemecha darlings like the incredible-looking Knife Master game on page 24, and some wild, wild looking games on page 26.
We see an early look at Taiko no Tatsujin! Which is still a popular franchise today.
Where Nours goes next? Nobody can ever really tell.
We are back with another early-side NOURS magazine, this time from Winter 1997. Not sure I have formally mentioned this, but I worked at a Namco arcade in the Boston area from June 1997 to November 1998, and anything Namco-adjacent during this time is always of interest to me.
We have lots of coverage of Tales of Destiny for PSX, which of course went on to create a large and popular franchise. We have early looks at Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Famista 64, and Namco Anthology.
Amazing coverage of Rapid River and Motocross Go! for arcades. Both amazing games. I wish I played them more when I had access to them, for sure.
We’ve got some other new and interesting arcade titles such as Libero Grande and World Stadium ’97. And finally, check out this insane horse racing game, “Prospective Winner.” Imagine finding one of these in the wild in 2022?
Page 3 ... Special feature
Immediately before release urgent special feature
Tales of Destiny
Page 10 ... PSX Micro Machines / PSX Child-rearing Quiz My Angel /
Namco History VOL.2 / for Windows 95 only
PSX Klonoa / N64 Famista 64 / PSX Namco Anthology 1
Page 12… Rapid River
Page 15 ... Motocross Go!
Page 18 ... Serialization "Playing Japan"
● In TOTTORI ● In SAIJO ● In YURAKUCHO
Page 22 ... Tamakimi Communication VOL.3
Perfect adhesion! Until this is "Tamakimi"
Page 24 ... Namja Circulation Board
"Mononoke Expedition"
Page 26 ... Real Horse Racing Game Prospect Winner
Page 28 ... Hanashi only here
Star audition tricks are released at once
Page 30 ... MEDIA WAVE CINEMA / VIDEO / CD / BOOK
Page 32 ... NEW MACHINE FLASH Aim for new products!
● LiberoGrande ● World Stadium '97
● Crocodile crocodile paradise ● Beauty club
Page 34 ... Reader participation plan "Readers talk a lot"
Page 36… NOURS INFORMATION
Page 38… Reader PRESENT
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A nice cross-section of news from Spring 1998 this week. I’m pretty pleased to see hoe much love that Namco was giving their universe during this time.
This issue was released in Japan while I was working at a Namco arcade in the United States, and I’ll tell you, the US side of the arcade business wished they were this passionate. (But, what are you gonna do?)
Page 3… 特集
なむこ屋総本舗にいらっしゃい！
Page 10… 第１回超ビッグオーディション合格者
妻夫木くんとINTI渋谷で遊ぶ
Page 13… ’98 AOUアミューズメント・エキスポ
対談「ビデオゲームの将来像は見えたか？」
Page 17… 『ダウンヒルバイカーズ』攻略マップ
Page 20… 連載『日本を遊ぶ』
●in HIGASHIHIROSHIMA
Page 22… 超ビギナー御用達
今さら聞けないゲームマニュアル
●第1回 ドライブゲーム編
Page 24… ナンジャ回覧板
Page 26… WE2 祝6周年記念
NEW SPACE OPEN『ワンダーチャペル』
Page 27… PS ワールドスタジアム2／PS 鉄拳3／PSナムコアンソロジー1
／Windows 95専用 ナムコヒストリーVOL.3／
Page 30… MEDIA WAVE CINEMA / VIDEO / CD / BOOK
Page 32… NEW MACHINE FLASH 新製品を狙え！
●ハンマーチャンプ ●鉄拳バトルスクラッチ
●ファミリーボウル ●ポップンドライブ
Page 34… 読者参加企画 『読者大いに語る』
Page 36… NOURS INFORMATION
Page 3: Special Feature: Welcome to Namukoya Sohonpo!
Page 12: '98 AOU Amusement Expo!
Page 17: Downhill Bikers
Page 20: A trip to arcades in Higashi Hiroshima
Page 26: Wonder Eggs 2 celebrates its 6th Anniversary, and opens a wedding chapel!
Page 27: Coverage of new home games: World Stadium 2, Tekken 3 and Namco Anthology 1 for PSX, Namco History for Windows 95 VOL.3
Page 32: New electromechanical games! Tekken Battle Scratch, Hammer Champ, Family Bowl and Pop'n Drive
Page 36: Nours Information
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