Thursday December 31st, 1998

• A list of bugs and problems on the Vortex 2 based sound cards is now available.

• Terminus by Vicarious Visions will support Aureal A3D & DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• A preview of Redline at GA-Source

• A preview of Drakan: Order of the Flame at sharky extreme

• A list of bugs in Half-Life at (Un)Official Half Life Bug List. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• A review of Myth II: Soulblighter at GameSpot

• A preview of Dungeon Keeper II at Gamecenter

• A new 1.53 Interactive Around-Sound driver (709KB) for the Diamond Monster Sound MX100 and Diamond Monster Sound MX200 at Extreme Audio Reality

• A new 1.53 Interactive Around-Sound driver (712KB) for the Diamond Monster Sound M80, Xitel Storm 3D and vortex 1/2 based sound cards at Extreme Audio Reality

Wednesday December 30th, 1998

• Outcast by Infogrames will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• A review of Thief: The Dark Project at CPR Extreme

• A review of SiN at CPR Extreme

• New screenshots of StarSiege Tribes at CPR Extreme. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Heretic II at cro's page. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Powerslide at sharky extreme

• A review of Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Gamers Depot

• A review of Populous: The Beginning at Computer Games Online

• A review of Half-Life at 3D Gaming World

• A review of Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at 3D Gaming World

• Another review of Thief: The Dark Project at Games Domain

• Another review of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at Games Domain

• Bungie Software has recalled Myth II: Soulblighter since the uninstaller can cause serious problems on some systems. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• I have removed the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 beta 1.01 Windows 9x/NT4 drivers as the filename and file size have changed.

• The Diamond Sonic Impact S90 beta 1.02.09 Windows 9x/NT4 drivers (14.69MB) are available again at Diamond Multimedia. They are based on the 4.05.1181/1.16 reference drivers.

• The Diamond Monster Sound MX300 beta 1.01 Windows 9x/NT4 drivers (15.01MB) are available again at Diamond Multimedia. They are based on the 4.06.2015.05/2.02 reference drivers.

Tuesday December 29th, 1998

• Added instructions to remove Sound Blaster Pro Emulation with the Windows 9x reference drivers on Vortex 1 & 2 based sound card

• The new Diamond Monster Sound MX300 beta 1.01 Windows9x/NT4 drivers (15.01MB) are now available here.

• A preview of Max Payne at Thresh's FiringSquad.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at WarZone Online Gaming Network

• A review comparing the Labtec APX-4620, Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 and MIDILand/S2 4030 speakers at Gamers Depot

• Wargasm by Digital Image Design will be released January 13th. News from Computer Games Online

• A preview of Dungeon Keeper II at Computer Games Online

• Aureal A3D support in Space Bunnies Must Die by Pulse Entertainment has been cancelled due to Time and Development Issues

• Aureal A3D support in Test Drive 5 and Test Drive: Off Road 2 by Accolade has been cancelled due to Time and Development Issues 

• Diamond Multimedia have removed the new Diamond Monster Sound MX300 and Diamond Sonic Impact S90 beta drivers from their FTP site.

• New Diamond Sonic Impact S90 beta 1.02.09 Windows 9x/NT4 drivers (14.69MB) are available at Diamond Multimedia. They are based on the 4.05.1181/1.16 reference drivers.

• New Diamond Monster Sound MX300 beta 1.01 Windows 9x/NT4 drivers (15.01MB) are available at Diamond Multimedia. They are based on the 4.06.2015.05/2.02 reference drivers.

Monday December 28th, 1998

• A preview of the Eagle Watch mission pack for Rainbow Six at Universal Gaming Network. News from AGN3D

• A review of Heretic II at Game Asylum.Com. News from AGN3D

• DirectControl 2.0.8b (113KB) at bgr software. News from 3DFILES.COM

Sunday December 27th, 1998

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at The Game of the Moment. News from Mark

• A review of Wargasm at Gamestream.Net. News from AGN3D

• 4 new screenshots of Messiah at MESSIAH PRESS. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 3 new screenshots of Homeworld at Voodoo Extreme

• 4 new screenshots of Rally Masters at sharky extreme

Saturday December 26th, 1998

• A review of Powerslide at The Sports Gaming Network. News from AGN3D

• Updated Turtle Beach Montego A3DXstream Windows 9x 4.05.1160 and NT4 1.16 drivers (7.97MB) are available at Voyetra Turtle Beach. Improved support for the Cyrix, AMD and Pentium Pro CPUs has been added. News from AGN3D

• A review of Dark Vengeance at Next Generation

• A review of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at Next Generation

• An interview with Alex Garden about Homeworld at Next Generation

• A review of Populous: The Beginning at Electric Games

Friday December 25th, 1998

• Homeworld by Relic Entertainment will support Aureal A3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at Evil Avatar. News from AGN3D

• A review of Wargasm at AGN3D

• 4 new screenshots of Messiah at MESSIAH PRESS. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with the Team EGO, the developers of Messiah with 21 new screenshots at Games On Line. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Mike Pearson and Pawel Kalinowski about Mortyr 2093 - 1944 with 7 new sceenshots at GA-Source

• Two reviews of Myth II: Soulblighter at Game Over Online Magazine

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at Game Over Online Magazine

• A review of Populous: The Beginning at XtremeNetwork.com

• A review comparing the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live and Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Multi-Player Online Gaming

• Have a Merry Christmas

Thursday December 24th, 1998

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at RIVA3D

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at Multi-Player Online Gaming. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at Game Post. News from AGN3D

• A review of Powerslide at The Techs Network. News from AGN3D

• The Mulitplayer Enchancememnt Pack for Heretic II has been delayed until next year. News from Voodoo Extreme

• The 221 patch for Unreal has been delayed until after Christmas. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Myth II: Soulblighter at Next Generation. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Alistair Nash, Richard Badger, Roger Godfrey and Dave Riley about Wargasm at Next Generation

• A review of Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy at Next Generation

• A review of Thief: The Dark Project at GamePower

• A review of Populous: The Beginning at Gamesmania

• A review of Populous: The Beginning at GamePen

• A review of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at GamePen

• A game guide for Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at GameSpot

• A review of SiN at Games Domain

• A feature comparing Half-Life and SiN at Gamecenter

• A review of Powerslide at The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of the Bedwin BW-2000 Flat Panel Speakers at PlanetHardware. News from ActiveWindows

Wednesday December 23rd, 1998

• A review of Heretic II at 3D Audio Immersion

• 26 new screenshots of Myth II: Soulblighter at AGN3D

• StarSiege Tribes by Dynamix is now available in shops. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Myth II: Soulblighter at Thresh's FiringSquad.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• QuakeWorld 2.33-0005 Test version at QuakeWorld.Net!. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 4 new screenshots of Messiah at MESSIAH PRESS. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Powerslide at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at GamePen

• The Eagle Watch mission pack for Rainbow Six has gone gold. News from Computer Games Online

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at Games Domain

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at Gamecenter

• A review of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at Gamecenter

• A movie trailer (18.3MB) of Battlecruiser 3020AD is available at 3DFILES.COM

• A beta multiplayer only demo (15.7MB) of Redline is available at 3DFILES.COM

• Dark Vengeance by Reality Bytes doesn't support Aureal A3D

Tuesday December 22nd, 1998

• A review of the Boston Acoustics MediaTheater at AGN Hardware. News from AGN3D

• A review of Heretic II at GamePower. News from AGN3D

• A game guide for Populous: The Beginning at 3DGaming.Net. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Thief: The Dark Project at XtremeNetwork.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Myth II: Soulblighter at AGN3D. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A open beta multi-player only version of Redline will be available tomorrow. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at sharky extreme

• 3 new screenshots of Descent 3 at GA-Source

• Wargasm by Digital Image Design has gone gold. News from Computer Games Online

• A review of Powerslide at 3D Gaming World

• An interview with Darren Chukitus about the Eagle Watch mission pack for Rainbow Six on Combat Reporter Live. Requires Realplayer. News from PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine

• A review of Half-Life at Games Domain

• A review of Half-Life at Planet RIVA. News from Gamecenter UnderGround

• A game guide for Half-Life at Gamecenter

• A demo (41.67MB) of Myth II: Soulblighter at The Adrenaline Vault

• A MPEG video clip (3.8MB) of Redline at 3DFILES.COM

• EAX 2 will be supported on sound cards using the vortex 2 chipset. News from Toni

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Thresh's FiringSquad.com. News from Toni

• A review of Half-Life at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

Monday December 21st, 1998

• The Xitel Storm Platinum will cost $99.95 US. News from Chris (iCeDrAgOn)

• Tim Sweeney has posted an information about the status of the 221 patch for Unreal at Epic MegaGames. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Populous: The Beginning at Zero Point. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A first look at Descent 3 at GA-Source

• A review of SiN at MeccaWorld

• A preview of Daikatana at Voodoo: Unlimited Power
  

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