The mascot cradles a Playstation on the cover of the current issue of Famitsu. The lead article looks at the recent price drop of the N64 and its ramifications on the market. The viability of a cartridge based system and the release of the 64DD disk system is also delved into. A three page article on Tamogotchi looks at the upcoming Gameboy version which shows a mature chicken in various modes of displeasure and happiness. A 'care for your gear' article shows the different ways that one can keep software and hardware in clean and fault-free condition. It also states that if you care for your stuff then there should be no need for 'back-ups' of your original software, barring natural disasters and random acts of God. A small picture of an old SNES copier called the Super UFO is shown on top of a SFC in relation to the story about backups.
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