January, 1999 | Lollipop Magazine

The Leaving Trains – Favorite Mood Swings – Review

January 1, 1999

Unappreciated and unknown, they create usually short, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant rock’n’roll which veers from driving punk to drunken country blues.

Vigilante 8 – Review

January 1, 1999

What could be better than having 12 screaming, supercharged v8-powered vintage ’70s war wagons with enough firepower to level a small town at your control?

The La Donnas – Rock You All Night Long – Review

January 1, 1999

This Denver-based crew walk a mile high in their Converse All-Stars, constructin’ 2:30 punk rock epics.

The Fifth Element – Review

January 1, 1999

An enhanced Nightmare Creatures engine and the blockbuster movie combine to make one of the year’s best action-adventure games for the PlayStation.

Tenchu – Stealth Assassins – Review

January 1, 1999

Tenchu is in that elite class of video games, so unique and interesting it warrants purchasing an entire game system for the pleasure of being able to play it.

Pool Hustler – Review

January 1, 1999

Pool Hustler may be the ultimate achievement in video billiards: The balls shine and roll and click and bounce off of one another just like the real thing.

The Kidney Thieves – Review

January 1, 1999

The Kidney Thieves are following their influences into hilarious and self-parody like Whitesnake opening for the Crüe on the 1987 Girls, Girls, Girls tour.

Pitfall – Review

January 1, 1999

Armed with a geological hammer and smart-ass remarks to make Indiana Jones look complacent, Pitfall Harry has come quite a long way. Voiced by Bruce Campbell.

The Huntington Cads – Introducing the New Sound – Review

January 1, 1999

For all practical purposes, the casual instrumental surf/samba/spy/etc. fan really needs know only two bands: The Huntington Cads and The Bomboras.

Activision Classics – Review

January 1, 1999

30 of the original Atari 2600 games that got it all started. Perfect for late-night bouts of drunken boredom when all you can manage is to move and shoot.