Wednesday, September 30th, 1998

• New TerraTec XLerate PCI Windows 95/98 and Windows NT4 1.12 drivers are available at TerraTec. News from Diego

• An interview with Marty O'Donnell about the sound in Myth II: Soulblighter at Bungie Software. News from AGN3D

• A review of the MIDI Land S2/4100 at AGN3D

• A review of Rainbow Six at 3DGAMING.NET. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An article about Soldier of Fortune at GamePro.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Myth II: Soulblighter at Gamers Central. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 5 new high resolution screenshots of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at sharky extreme. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Half Life: Day One at Voodoo Extreme. News from GA-Source

• 4 new screenshots of Populous: The Beginning at GA-Source

• A beta 217 patch for Unreal at Epic MegaGames. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• An interview with Matt Powers, the producer of Slave Zero at Next Generation

• A demo of Heretic II will be available on October 18th. The demo will include two single-player levels (The Silverspring Docks and the Canyon) and two deathmatch arenas. News from Games Domain

• A review of the Boston Acoustics MicroMedia at Gamecenter

• A demo of Populous: The Beginning is due out October 2nd. The demo will include one multiplayer, two single player levels and a detailed tutorial. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A demo of Heavy Gear II is due out November 2nd. The demo will incluide one specially crafted single-player demo only mission and two multiplayer missions. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 by Ubisoft will support DirectSound3D

• Extreme Audio Reality have removed the Battlezone 1.5 patch. An Interactive Around-Sound enchanced version of the 1.4 patch will be released as soon as it is cleared by Activision.

Tuesday, September 29th, 1998

• Powerslide by Ratbag Games will also support DirectSound3D. News from 3D-Game Graphic Sound Compatibility

• A review of the BSG Intensor Chair at Final Rest. News from AGN3D

• Labtec announced two high-end additions to its Audio F/X series, the APX-4620 and ATX-5820. The press release here. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Slave Zero at GamePro.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A 1.04 patch will be released for Descent Freespace: The Great War very soon and the Silent Threat expansion pack should be available this week in the USA. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Looking Glass Technologies announce their new Thief: The Dark Project WWW site. News from Voodoo Extreme

• BSG Laboratories announced the Intensor Chair is now available in the USA. News from Online Gaming Review

• A video clip trailer of Dungeon Keeper II at GameSpot

• Aureal Semiconductor announced the Diamond Sonic Impact S90 will use the Vortex 1 (8820) chipset. The press release here

Monday, September 28th, 1998

• New screenshots of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at sharky extreme. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Mark Rein from Epic MegaGames about Unreal at Planet RIVA. News from Voodoo Extreme

• DirectControl 2.0.5 (448KB) at bgr software. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Rainbow Six at PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine

• A preview of Interstate 82 at The Adrenaline Vault

• A beta 216 patch for Unreal at Epic MegaGames. News from Mark

Sunday, September 27th, 1998

• The update patch for the original SiN demo requires the original settings to be unaltered to work. The default settings files (6KB) are available at RITUALISTIC. News from 3DNews.Net

• A preview of Interstate 82 at Planet Review. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Greg LoPiccolo from Looking Glass Technologies about Thief: The Dark Project at Game-Interviews.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Sierra announced you can pre-roder Half-Life from Electronics Boutique and get a black baseball cap with the Half-Life lambda insignia emblazoned on the front. News from GA-Source

• A preview of Test Drive: Off Road 2 at Next Generation

• An update patch for the original SiN demo at The Adrenaline Vault

Saturday, September 26th, 1998

• The Diamond Monster Sound MX300 will use DVDSound from Zoran Corporation for Dolby AC-3 decoding. News from Skip

• An article by Toni Schneider from Aureal Semiconductor about the difference between Aureal A3D emulation and certified hardware support in now online.

• New screenshots of Dungeon Keeper II at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• New screenshots of Populous: The Beginning at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Rainbow Six at Computer Games Online. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Ratbag Games about Powerslide at Force One. News from Mark

• An interview with Marc Laidlaw, script writer for Half-Life at WarZone Online Gaming Network. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Civilization: Call to Power at Gamecenter

• An updated demo (35.4MB) of SiN with Aureal A3D support at The Adrenaline Vault

Friday, September 25th, 1998

• A review of Redline Racer at Gamesmania. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Black and White at Gamers Central. News from AGN3D

• An updated demo and patch will be released for SiN soon. New features are Aureal A3D support, a 16 bit software renderer, 2 new death match levels and bug fixes. News from Online Gaming Review

• A beta Direct3D patch for Unreal for Matrox Mystique G200, Millennium G200 and Marvel G200-TV boards users only at Matrox Graphics. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A 1.4 Enhaned Graphics Editon patch for Battlezone at Activision. More anti-cheating measures have been added in multi-player and DirectX 6.0 compatibility bugs have been fixed. News from The Adrenaline Vault

Thursday, September 24th, 1998

• A review of Half Life: Day One at Computer Games Online. News from AGN3D

• A review of Redline Racer at WarZone Online Gaming Network. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Corvus about Heretic II at GameSpot. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Gabe Newell about Half-Life at GameSpot UK. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 17 new screenshots of MechWarrior III at GA-Source

• A game guide for Rainbow Six at GameSpot

• Tonic Trouble will be released in January 1999. News from Games Domain

• Details about the music and vehicles used in Test Drive: Off Road 2 at Gamecenter

• Interactive Around-Sound 1.5 release candidate 2k drivers are available at Extreme Audio Reality

• An IAS 0.90 beta patch for Quake 2 at Extreme Audio Reality. Ambient and Looping sounds have been added, Helmet sounds are positioned and linked sounds now work

Wednesday, September 23rd, 1998

• A RealVideo trailer of Test Drive: Off Road 2 at AGN3D. Requires Realplayer to view it. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Alex Evans about Black and White at The bw wire. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Petri Jarvilehto and Sam Lake about Max Payne at Next Generation

• A preview of the Microsoft Digital Sound System 80 at Online Gaming Review

• A preview of Half-Life at Computer Games Online

• Microprose announced Startrek: Next Generation Klingon Honor Guard has gone gold and is due out soon. News from Online Gaming Review

• A preview of Half Life: Day One at GameSpot

• Aureal Semiconductor announced A3DPro technology is now available for Pro Tools by Digidesign. The press release here

Tuesday, September 22nd, 1998

• An interview with Harry Teasler, a level designer for Half-Life at Dark Portal Map Database. News from 3DNews.Net

• An application to beta test StarSiege Tribes. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Red Storm Entertainment announced a Mission Pack for Rainbow Six will be released in the 1st quarter of 1999. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A feature about Trespasser: Jurassic Park at 3DGAMING.NET. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 56 new screenshots of Half Life: Day One at AGN3D. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Max Payne by 3D Realms will supports AMD's 3DNOW. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of the Half Life: Day One at PC.IGN.COM. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Dave Davis, the producer of Moto Racer 2 at Next Generation

• 9 new screenshots of Half Life: Day One at GameSpot

• A preview of Startrek: Next Generation Klingon Honor Guard at Games Domain

• Bungie Software announced you can send in Age of Empires, StarCraft or Total Annihilation and get a $10 discount when pre-ordering Myth II: Soulblighter. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• Diamond Multimedia announced the Diamond Sonic Impact S90 which will use the Vortex 1 (8820) chipset.   Software included is Jedi Knight: Pathways to the Force by LucasArts, MediaWorks 98, Internet Sound Bar 2.0 & Studio Recording Session from Midisoft Corporation and The Jukebox from Music Match..The press release here. News from The Adrenaline Vault

Monday, September 21st, 1998

• A review of Plane Crazy - Uncivil Aviation at Gamezilla. News from Voodoo: Unlimited Power

• 4 new screenshots of StarSiege Tribes at Voodoo: Unlimited Power. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Tim Gift from Dynamix about StarSiege Tribes at Voodoo: Unlimited Power. News from 3DNews.Net

• A preview of Moto Racer 2 at Gamers Central. News from AGN3D

• Another preview of Half-Life at Half-Life@Far2Cool. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Half-Life at Half-Life@Far2Cool. News from AGN3D

• A Direct3D patch for Unreal might be released this week. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Heretic II has entered beta stage. News from Games Domain

• A preview of Test Drive 5 at The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Plane Crazy - Uncivil Aviation at The Adrenaline Vault

• Diamond Multimedia announced the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 will include The Jukebox from Music Match. The press release here

Sunday, September 20th, 1998

• An interview with Alex Stein about Interstate 82 at Planet Review. News from 3DNews.Net

• A preview of Startrek: Next Generation Klingon Honor Guard at Planet Unreal. News from Voodoo Extreme

• New screenshots of Half-Life at Halflife.net. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX200 at sharky extreme

• New screenshots of Heretic II at The Adrenaline Vault

Saturday, September 19th, 1998

• A review of the MIDI Land S2/4100 at 3D Audio Immersion

• A review of the Skywell Magic Sound at 3D Audio Immersion

• A review of the Skywell Magic Sound at Aureality

• New screenshots of Heretic II at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX200 at Gamerzedge. News from AGN3D

• New screenshots of Tonic Trouble at Intel Owner's Club. News from AGN3D

• A review of Rainbow Six at GamePower. News from AGN3D

• Another preview of Heavy Gear II at GameSpot. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Myth II: Soulblighter at Computer Games Online. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Dark Vengeance at Gamesmania. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Greg LoPiccolo about Thief: The Dark Project at GamePro.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A new OpenGL alpha patch (279KB) for Unreal at Rendition. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Infogrames announced Test Drive 5 and Test Drive: Off Road 2 will be released in November 1998, StarCon will be released in March 1999 and Redline will be released in the 1st quater of 1999. News from Online Gaming Review

• An interview with Cal "Foo" Ounapuu about an add-on pack for SiN called Urban Warfare at SiN Post. News from Gamecenter UnderGround

Friday, September 18th, 1998

• A review of Rainbow Six at Gamers Central. News from AGN3D

• A review of Rainbow Six at GameSpot UK. News from AGN3D

• An MPEG video clip (3.7MB) of Slave Zero at 3DFILES.COM. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A video clip (13MB) of Interstate 82 at I82 Media Mecca. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Bungie Software announced that Myth II: Soulblighter will include Fear and Loathing, a tag editor and map editor. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Redline Racer at Gamecenter

• An interview with Andy Semple from InnerWorkings about Plane Crazy - Uncivil Aviation at Next Generation

• Details about the game engine and editors in Max Payne at GameSpot

• Max Payne by 3D Realms will support DirectSound3D. News from GameSpot

• Logitech announced their SoundMan family of multimedia speakers for the PC. The SoundMan Extreme hi-fi speaker system, SoundMan Pro and SoundMan hi-fi compact satellite speaker sets and the SoundMan Bass add-on compact subwoofer. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• I/OMagic MagicWave PCI A3D Windows 95/98 1.16 drivers (6.36MB) are available at I/OMagic

• Interactive Around-Sound 1.5 release candidate 2i drivers are available at Extreme Audio Reality

Thursday, September 17th, 1998

• A review of Redline Racer at PC Sports Games. News from AGN3D

• A review of Redline Racer at Intelligamer. News from AGN3D

• New screenshots of Daikatana at GA-Source.  News from AGN3D

• An MPEG video clip (5.7MB) of Moto Racer 2 is available at 3DFILES.COM. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Interstate 82 at Computer Games Online. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Information about the weapons in Messiah at Messiah Press.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Information about the characters in Messiah at Messiah Press.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Scott Herrington from Shiny Entertainment about Messiah at Messiah Press.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A interview with Torgier Hagland from Shiny Entertainment about Messiah on Game Time. Requires Realplayer to view it. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Three new official multiplayer levels for Forsaken at The Gaming Krib. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Redline Racer at PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine

• A preview of StarSiege Tribes at Computer Games Online

• A special edition of Myth II: Soulblighter can be pre-ordered from Electronics Boutique, the special CD includes addition multiplayer game maps.  News from GameSpot

• A designers diary of Heavy Gear II at GameSpot

• A review of Redline Racer at GameSpot

• WarBirds 2.5 will be released in October. New features will be five new World War II aeroplanes and a new squadron scoring system. News from Games Domain

• A review of the MIDI Land S2/4100 at The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of the Cambridge SoundWorks MicroWorks at The Adrenaline Vault

• A sound upgrade patch for Battlezone at Extreme Audio Reality to upgrade the sound files to 22050Hz 16-bit.

• A 1.5 patch for Battlezone at Extreme Audio Reality. The patch adds support for Interactive Around-Sound.

• The Aureal A3D demos for the Vortex reference drivers are now available at Aureal Semiconductor

• The Diamond Monster Sound MX300 will include also include Recoil

• A chart comparing the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 and Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live is now online. Information from Aureal Semiconductor

• The Vortex 2 (8830) chipset will support up to 76 DirectSound3D streams. News from Skip

• My computer system is working again now, just needed a new power supply. So back to the news...

Wednesday, September 16th, 1998

• Aureal A3D Central will not be updated for awhile as my computer system died yesterday and I don't know how long it will take to be fixed...
  

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