Issue #45 May 1996Westwood Studios: Creating an Oasis by the Mirage Founded by a couple of commando[programmer artist types, Louis Castle and Brett W. Sperry, Las Vegas based Westwood's mission is much akin to that of its home town competition give the people what they want. A 64 Bit World Lies in Wait: What do you get when you cross a $99 Nintendo game console with a half million dollar SGI graphics supercomputer? The results may surprise you. Digital Effects Houses:

International Animation - Guido Manuli and Maurizio Nichetti's VOLERE/VOLARE is a charming mixture of animation with live action

you may not recognize their name

The Weird and Wacky World of Nick: Nickelodeon proves it's a global winner with innovative programming

Product of the Month: Mirai

Story #1: Film Roman Steps Out with Felix the Cat

Gaming - Traveller's Tales casts a spell with Buena Vista Games' "Chronicles of Narnia"

as both the characters - and the technology that created them - grow up

Monstrous Assignment

Studio B's hip new action show centers on seven teen descendants of classic mythological heroes

More Stars

Interactive unloads "Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal"

We look back at the industry as well as feature the 1998 animation timeline (running throughout the magazine this year) and The Annual Year in Review