Introduction

The second issue of STATION magazine from November 1998. This issue is edited and published by Dave Perry and he continues to position the magazine as the only alternative PlayStation magazine to come with a demo disc every month. This month featured a world exclusive review of Gremlin's Actua Soccer 3. Gremlin would be one of the publishers most closely aligned with STATION and Rapide publishing and their games often appeared on covers and got multi page reviews. This month's demo disc included both PS1 Oddworld games along with B-Movie and Dead Ball Zone. This issue features a preview for Xenogears and a review of Brave Fencer Musashi, neither of which was ever released in Europe or the UK. Also the game Blood Lines was previewed under it's development name Tribal. 

Contents

Cover

World Exclusive Review - Ooh aah, Actua! We rate the latest version of Gremlin's soccer blockbuster first!

This Month's Demos - Abe's Exoddus, B-Movie, Abe's Oddysee, Dead Ball Zone

Played and Rated: - TF1 '98, Abe's Exoddus, The Fifth Element, O.D.T., unholy War, Spyro the Dragon, Bust-A-Groove, B-Movie and much more

Inside

Feature - Ooh Aah Actua! - An 8-page review and feature on Actua Soccer 3, including a history of the series, a rundown of features of the new game and an interview with the creative director Pat Phelan.

Industry Soapbox - Jon Hare - The founder of Sensible software pens an editorial lambasting the lack of originality in gaming and the curse of too many sequels. .

Previews and Reviews - Listed below.

The Edge (Cheats & Tips) - Small cheats section followed by a guide for Tenchu: Stealth Assassins.

Feature - Blood, Sweat and Split Lips - A short feature on fighting games and then short reviews of a large selection of PS1 racing games.

Feature - Discotamination - A feature on the the latest wave of music and rhythm games including Fluid, Baby universe, Bust-A-Groove, Parappa the Rapper, Spiceworld, Beatmania and Great Hits. Followed by a full page preview of Music and an interview with Jester interactive's Tim Wright (AKA Cold Storage)

Monitor (News) - New Tekken to launch with PlayStation 2 (incorrectly titled as Tekken 4), Croc 2 announced, Rainbow Six is coming to PS1, an update on Ridge Racer type 4, Rollcage announced, Tekken's Yoshimitsu to appear in sequel to Soul Blade titled Soul Calibur (which ironically never made it's way to a Sony console until the sequel).. 

Inside (Business News) - Psygnosis will not be taken over by Eidos, Tekken 3's PAL release has dissapointing sales figures, Hasbro restructures and Activision quash Infogrames buy out rumours. 

Contents, On the disc, Editorial, Subscriptions, Industry Directory, STATION A-Z (Review Index), Taking Control (Demo controls breakdown), Next Issue, Charts and Price Watch.