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Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 100 (November 1997)

Davis, Ziff. 1997. “Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 100 (November 1997).”

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EGM 100
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Notes
Issue 100 ranks Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 12th in its "Top 100 Games of All Time" and reviews it in the Review Crew (PDF p. 202 of the item's scan, "Featured In: EGM #99"). The OCR keeps one reviewer's text there, unsigned, and none of the panel's scores.

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GameSpot's history of the series says that after beating Dracula the player can go through a special version of the game as Richter, who can't turn into a bat or "poisonous fog"; EGM's reviewer says Richter is played with a code once the game is completed.Review Crew, Castlevania: SotN (PDF p. 202 of the item's scan)Web
In Electronic Gaming Monthly's November 1997 Review Crew, one reviewer called it "probably my favorite PlayStation game yet" and the best of the series, with two minor qualms, the first about the voice.Review Crew, Castlevania: SotN (PDF p. 202 of the item's scan)Review Crew, Castlevania: SotN (PDF p. 202 of the item's scan)Magazine
The same issue ranked Symphony of the Night 12th in Electronic Gaming Monthly's 100 best games of all time, calling it classic Castlevania with a few gameplay elements from Metroid and Castlevania II.Top 100 Games of All Time, no. 12Top 100 Games of All Time, no. 12Top 100 Games of All Time, no. 12Magazine
A remake for the Super NES came in Super Mario All-Stars in 1993, and the NES game is one of the games built into Nintendo's Classic Mini NES of 2016.no. 2Magazine
Electronic Gaming Monthly's 1997 list of the 100 best games ranked its All-Stars version no. 2 and called it the best platform game of all time, crediting among much else the map that spread the levels out. IGN's list of the 100 best NES games ranks it no. 1, as the greatest NES game.no. 2no. 2Magazine
Electronic Gaming Monthly's 1997 list of the 100 best games ranked it 37th, counting the Super NES All-Stars version, and said it brought the video game market back from the dead and set the standard for side-scrolling platform games after it.100 Best Games of All Time, no. 37100 Best Games of All Time, no. 37100 Best Games of All Time, no. 37Magazine