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The Army Men® franchise

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three friends, choosing from nine different characters.

Only you can bring peace to the Plastic World again.

Good

luck, soldier!

Oh, and watch your step.

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cult of

into its

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entry

pantheon on Dreamcast, as a

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and

is really

pissed

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Veronica not enough? Capcom's got plenty

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goodness

for us,

starting with this prequel. Prepare to

scared out of your

Like chicken pot pie? Don’t play this: your is to help the beautifully animated chickens escape from the death camp

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they’ve been born into.

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in,

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practically didn’t

have the score

budget to even give that

many

high scores.

many sweet games out it’s tough to know

With so this

time of year,

just

what

face for

it,

ask

Why

season.

it’s

$500

for during this holiday

so tough? Because,

little

embarassing

$600 worth

ask

of software,

what you’re going to need to get every good DC game that’ll be out before the end of the year. We feel your which

pain (and your greed for games).

make

things a

little

easier,

we’ve

picked the best of the best, chosen a

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fossil fish?

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real cartoon. Solid.

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issue should have stickers

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is finally

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most cash-infused loved one). Oh, and since you’ll probably have

some time

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amazing

to love.

and Skies of Arcadia. Check

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most

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Wacky Races, Fur Fighters, ESPN: Track and Field, Sega Bass

TEST DRIVE LEMANS 98 racing that feels

A CODE

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that a word?), gliding. In a tossed-salad (is

we mention

LOONEY TUNES SPACE RACE 87 Awesome toon-shaded

IT'S

Online futuristic racing from Ubi Soft. Did it’s online?

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re extinct Coelacanth fishing games.

III

The ultimate 3D shootfest comes home. And goes online.

Real racing on real streets. Really.

What other game

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few other goodies small enough to fit in a stocking, and cited some nuggets of

SpaceWar!

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multiplayer, of course.

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goodness to boot.

Okay, that’s

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PlayStation.

101 Good on Dreamcast?

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DC game

now!

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rated! Right here,

loves ya, baby?

it.

Happy Holidays!

—Chris

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don’t say

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We’ve teased you throughout the past year with the hazy outlines of two of the biggest RPGs ever to

come to Dreamcast-Phantasy Star Online and Grandia

this disc will finally give

you a chance to see them

—and the exclusive movies on

action! You’ll also find goodies like the

Toy

Commander Christmas Surprise, plus demos of some of the coolest (and hardest) racing games around. And don’t forget Kao the Kangaroo, of course. He's itching for some action: just like you, we suspect. Now, here’s the part where we would normally say, “Less reading! More demo-ing!’’ But since we’re retail

the holiday

spirit

(and since you’re probably standing

or near a Dreamcast-stocked

store right now), we’re going to direct you instead to a) buy this magazine; b) tear

the shrinkwrap; d) start

shopping

check out our

(in

definitive

Dreamcast Holiday Buying Guide

that order). Our advice to you this

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different the quasi-sequel

either of

demo

The follow-up to the hugely popular action strategy Rainbow Six, Rogue Spear promises the same exciting stealth gameplay coupled with more missions and more options. Play through the single mission on the

only

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to get a feel for the in

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out along with the character creation mode.

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able to get a good look at the gameplay, battle systems and tear-inducing

different worlds

how

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with

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and

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LETTER OF THE MONTH

Team ODCM IF LIFE

WERE A VIDEOGAME (and we often

mistake

for

one

ODCM) we’d

evil in

heard through the grapevine that this rumor always strikes

ourselves as a lone band of fighters, dueling

against

100% Independent?

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know what a fantastic magazine you have. bought ODCM Issue 07 for the web browser and the Sonic Adventure 2 preview and was so

to think of

a world gone horribly wrong. And

impressed that

forms of the final boss.. .only one. And we’d make tons of gold in order to buy the best equipment, like super cool healing herbs, the latest mythril swords, and super speedy G4’s. But then again, we have a magazine to do.. .dragon slaying can wait. this crazy virtual world, there aren’t three

sent a subscription card out that day.

What want to know is, why is Sonic Team independent from Sega? What does this mean? Does it mean that they will develop games for *gasp* Nintendo or *GASP* Sony? Thanks for your time. Again, awesome mag, guys! Keep I

who

fear into the hearts of third party publishers

release

games on competing systems, simply because Sega such a revered game developer in Japan! No third party wants to compete with games like Jet Grind Radio or Shenmue. But for now, it looks like they have nothing to worry about; Sonic

Sega

Team

et al are

still

So relax, Chris— Dreamcast is still the

acolytes.

up the good work. Chris

sinko25@msn.

next-

generation

CHRIS CHARLA

Hey

Editor-in-Chief/Swordsman The fearless leader of our motley crew, Chris

Well, that would

skills.

seems

will

be a

happen

lot

of confusion

Sega since teams

Sonic.

its

were split off into independent companies. For now, all of these teams

swordsman with more raw power than magic

Chris, there

regarding what

formerly internal development

inevitably, the

is,

are only involved with making

be true if his strength wasn't based on developing Internet text

games for

Dreamcast, NAOMI and NAOMI 2 arcade boards PC and handheld port). There have been rampant rumors about some of to other platforms, but Sega has remained very firm in its proclamations that

adventures

in his spare time. Enemies, beware of his super secret Baby Oscar Special! It's a doozy.

(as well as the occasional

them taking their acts

DAN FITZPATRICK

this is untrue.

We here at ODCM have heard it all (both the rumors and the denials), and we doubt that any of will be developing for other systems under the Sega brand for a long, long time. On a side note, we've also

Art Director/Priest Quiet and subdued, Dan

the

mediator of the group. Wise beyond

the teams

and willing to design covers in dangerous situations, he leaves the gang early to follow his destiny on the beaches of Hawaii. Despite his strong faith, he's chosen to chase after a waif named Linda, his years

capturing her with a golden band.

may

not cast big

it had too big of a competitor: the Game Boy Color (which, might add, Nintendo tricked my mother into buying me as a Christmas gift). So until something happens with SNK’s games, I’m gonna keep on playing Card Fighter’s Clash. You might even see me sneak over to my Dreamcast to play King of Fighters: Dream Match '99.

spells that use stuff like Thunder, Fire or

Water

but

it,

great system, but

you

equip her with the Platform

Shoes accessory and a copy of Quark 4, she’s practically invulnerable to damaging sushi attacks and bad edit. Can turn dark

into

mage around

Ben Lorman

deadline.

SNKoudelkaFan@aol.com FRANCESCA REYES Senior Editor/Sidekick Mascot Strong in Assist magic, you may not get

many

healing herb or

Right now, Ben, it’s all rumor and innuendo about who might take over of SNK’s classic franchises. It’s been written that Capcom would take over, but it’s still only a rumor even if it seems like a perfect fit. But, until the end of the year, SNK is still producing games for Dreamcast in Japan (Last Blade 2:

some

physical attacks out of

Francesca, but you can be assured that she'll be there

them

a pinch with a

maybe even

something nice and devastating like a summon spell. Just ask Evan. He's had Bahamut summoned on his ass more than once by her.

Ranke and her

Will

Cool Cool Toon chums

Final Edition being

its last;

releases

on December 7 in Japan). After that, it’s rumored that the company will on Pachinko games under its parent company, Aruze. It's a shame, especially since King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown are still much beloved among us more hardcore gamers, but we’ll simply have to wait and see if another third party will pick up the pieces and make a run at some of the profit to be had from us finicky fighting otaku in Japan and the US.

come to the US?

DAVE CORDON Associate Art Director/Bard Armed with a mouse and some serious Photoshop skills, Dave was

one of the quickest party members to the punch...until recently. After

being hit with a Charm spell by a maiden, Dave's class has changed from Fighter to spoony Bard. Thankfully, he retained his fair

focus

its

Emulation,

usual)

would be

complete without the hot-headed, eager young warrior? The quickest to the punch, but slow to gain in

Willpower, Evan

gets the

gang

often the guy into trouble by

skirt into the village

tavern. Recently leveled

up with an

$150

this

Affordable Housing potion.

Official

Holiday

2000

my question

Answer: NO. Therefore,

have never pirated a

game

is:

dead systems?

life,

challenge you with this question because

# Dreamcast Magazine

dollar sale?

unethical to pirate software from

it I

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even

for

harder, of course, to say that you’re taking cash out of

someone’s pocket if you pirate an ‘orphaned’ game, but while that moral argument may no longer apply, the legal one definitely still does.

Hikaru or Naomi?

of ODCM Issue 08, you say that Planet Harriers based on Sega's NAOMI board. read online that this title is to use the Hikaru board. You might want to look into it, because believe Hikaru isn’t quite as easy to port to DC, but the chances of a port are still pretty good anyway. Love your magazine: your outlook on things matches mine. think you’ve found yourself a lifetime subscriber. Keep up

On page 17 is

the great work.

Aaron

APHammer@aol.com Aaron, as far as for the

NAOMI

but it

would

seems

like to

not nearly

we know

right

now, Planet Harriers

is built

board, as Hikaru (according to our sources)

dead in the wake of NAOMI 2’s announcement. We could be wrong about this, so still

it— but

fighting party

legally,

checking

Ahoy

just got the November issue of ODCM (it was excellent as and was interested in the topic of the letter of the month regarding piracy. agree 100% with your response about Dreamcast pirating, but I'm wondering what your opinion is on ‘dead’ systems. For instance, Radiant Silvergun for Sega Saturn routinely sells for $150 or so on eBay and there are no stores left that carry new Saturn software. Is Sega reaping any benefits from

EVAN SHAMOON

chasing a

Kent

news for EMU freaks, but dead systems and unsupported software, the issue is still black and white: whether the game or system is being actively marketed or not, the rights still belong to someone, and it’s still an infringement to pirate them. It’s Sorry to be the bearer of bad

we’re

Associate Editor/Warrior

who

could be

Gameofyou@aol.com

efforts

crazy lethal Layering technique.

What

Managing Editor/Mage Okay, so she

as ‘black and white’ as your previous answer. wrong. What do you think?

Fighters’ Destiny

was wondering if somebody like Capcom might pick up some of SNK’s licences for games like King of Fighters 2000, Koudelka, or Cool Cool Toon. Neo Geo Pocket Color was a

DINA FAYER

into

confirmation as of press time

has been heard. The importance is crucial, as NAOMI-based games can be DC ports in no time at all! We'll be running more previews of Planet Harriers as we hear more news on the game, so keep an eye on future issues, Aaron.

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intense and disturbing

Issue 07, you promised me.. .er... everybody.. .a Sonic

Adventure 2 interview and tell-all report! When my ODCM came, headed straight for my Dreamcast, slapped the demo in, ran toward the nearest table and started scanning the pages for Sonic, Tails, etc. about threw it out the window I

didn’t find anything (of course, first!)

read the

Shenmue

(albeit long) sitting, but

hunting, you just

you go

may end up

Daniel Goodman danielgoodman@hotmail.com

Tristan Fleming

JFlemi2@bellsouth.net

that Sonic Adventure

went

2 would have

a ship date far earlier than the one

turned out to have.

When

We’re going to blame the blue

hedgehog for

this one,

guys. But he’s looking sharp,

promised that we could have complete coverage of the title, complete with interviews. But the game turned out to be more on target for a Christmas 2001 release, instead-so there just wasn’t any new information

game wide open

reiease...whenever Yuji to talk

more openly about

blow the

gets closer to

Naka and Sonic Team

willing

it.

Dreamcast sport

games since some of the other games are kinda weird (Typing of the Dead?? mean, come I

most of the sport

games

the right ones. Anyways I’m into

are pretty fun

you get

BMX games and

forward to both Mat Hoffman

and Dave fact that

is getting readied to show off its latest arcade board, NAOMI 2: simply called Virtua Fighter X. Sadly, that's all we know as of press time about the project, but by the time you read this, more info will be available. We'll be sure to cover the fullest extent of gaming law in a future issue.

No news

making a splash on DC,

of Last Bronx

Capcom

of the other

and see

if it

greats (sans

Megaman), but

we’li

have

gets announced for Stateside release.

4. Though it was a little on the short side, we agree 100% with you about D2. Atmospheric and strange, we're hoping that

on what Laura

may be

game fanatic) MattymatlO@aol.com

Matt (DC sports

to give us

an update

Hey Matt, you might not have to choose between the two! Mat Hoffman Pro BMX has been delayed until spring next because Activision wanted to make sure that it was up extreme sports franchise, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. And with Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX coming out this holiday season, you can buy it freely since it will be the only BMX game on the roster for this year. As for Tony Hawk 2, make sure to check out our full review of the game in TestZone! year,

to snuff with its other

planning to do for her next adventure.

MP3

every skater!

But don't hold your breath for a sequel.

I’d

Daniel.

Vampire Saviors (Dark Stalkers in the US) would be a great coup for DC, seeing as we've had pretty much all

Mirra. But since

3. Bizarre, for real.

to wait

I'm looking

rather not get both, I’d like to Mat Hoffman: due in Spring, know from your point of view which one is better? Does Tony Hawk 2 have more levels and stuff then the first? got so into the game that beat it with

a mysterious

game

Sky Strobe Patrol

The most recent

Player

demo

am a hardcore Dreamcast gamer and enjoy your mag 100%. plan on buying/renting such quality games as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Jet Grind Radio, and Shenmue. Being the gamer that am, have practically no space (nine blocks to be exact) left in my VMU, and plan on I

ODCM

Issue

disc by far...However,

09 was dynamite. It had the best of my most anticipated games,

one

Skies of Arcadia, had a warning about flash/strobe effects cases) and

also get seizures.

really, really

are the flashes/strobing of white light?

what? Could someone

When does it come out in the US? seem to find news about it your mag, but

when

comes

just the

We can all sympathize with your

we don’t have any

helpful advice

beyond recommending that you consult with your doctor regarding the situation. After playing Skies of Arcadia,

can’t

me play this game? PDR Philipdr@hotmail.com

for the support, Philip!

situation, but unfortunately

the

want the game but

how bad spells or

Thanks

beginning. I’m a chronic migraine sufferer (one of the worst

purchasing the MP3 player VMU rather than a memory card. This brings me to the inevitable questions must ask:

anywhere but very vague as

Ticket to Ride

on!); plus

you don’t want to simply carve up a turkey and serve some cranberry sauce all around to give so. So, instead, we’re giving thanks

could give you.

We do promise to cover on the

back by answering your questions:

Sega Japan has just unveiled the

MDK2

to work, here!

Daniel, are you sure

actually

Sega told us that it was going to be a holiday 2000 or early 2001 game, the company also

tryin’

thanks? Ah, didn’t think

Warp comes back to gaming in the future

we were informed

Huh? We’re

for us

Power Stone,

Tony Hawk ProSkater 1&2, Test Drive LeMans, NFL2K1

I’m mostly into

it.

But anyway, what gives?

Unfortunately, at the time that this particular issue press,

the office goes a

Francesca: Jet Grind Radio, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Grandia

all

0 Whatever Happened To...

section

DC games around

like this:

game on

thing that might be a negative about using these ISPs for

poll of favorite

something

Chris:

Where should we

free ISPs available

when

A quick

little

Art Dept: I’d like

Via email

ODCM

the States.

the

give Soul Calibura run

bizarre.

4. Lastly,

away

for

Sean.

money.

don’t I

call,

Evan: Tony Hawk ProSkater 2, Jet Grind Radio,

want to go online though—quite the opposite! So what am trying to ask is, could you guys PLEASE put a list of any FREE ISPs that are compatible with the PlanetWeb browser in your next mag? Pretty please? Thanks a million! J ‘Rome

online

Hmmm...you make the

2. Though nothing is currently known about a possible "MP3 ‘solution’" VMU according to Sega, we do know that Sega Japan is planning on releasing a 4X memory unit with the launch of Phantasy Star Online. We’re hoping that the same unit will

instead:

Any news on Virtua Fighter 4?

2. Is

for its

This

that

Japan and the US.” odcm

such a great system with great games at a

for

version of this

me) get

this.

mean

Thanksgiving, but just couldn’t think of a way to

questions and

player

answer from Sega is: “An MP3 ‘solution’ is being developed Dreamcast, but a time frame for its release has not been

pay $21 a month for Sega Net or any other

doesn’t

it’s

MP3

whether or not to bring out the

great price without sounding corny, so here are

whatever online. But some people who are just too darn lazy to

service

know

thank Sega

guys. Recently,

‘evaluating’

is still

Bronx Cheer

safely say that the strobe effects are

it’s

all

we can

contained within the

depending on your condition, it's hard to say if they be severe enough to trigger a seizure. We’d hate to make a call on this one; our lawyer would have a seizure, too. Philip, we sincerely hope that you will find a safe way to play the

spells, but

out.

will

How much game saving memory does it have? The usual 200 block standard, 400 blocks, or (dare say it) a whopping 800 blocks of game saving power?

wrong

H Second Coming I’m a big fan of the Resident Evil series

and absolutely played on Dreamcast. been hearing talk that there is a version of 2 for the Dreamcast, but haven’t seen it on store shelves. Is there any truth to this rumor? loved

how Code: Veronica looked and

game, but please ask your doctor before attempting

Evil

» MIGHT Who was

What are your favorite DC games? 3.

Milford Kane Oblivion82834@Juno.com

its

this, Milford,

Resident

survival horror brethren ( Resident Evil:

along with Nemesis and D/no Evil 2,

should be hitting or just about to hit store shelves. As upgraded ports of the PC versions, all of these games will some new features (although they're mostly cosmetic, not gameplay-related) to set them apart from their

Somebody

anxious to get their hands on an

Mullins

MP3 DC

peripheral, right? Well, then read on, Sean:

Crisis)

sport

PlayStation counterparts. Start scouring those stores!

Official

S Dreamcast Magazine

Holiday

2000

1. Right

out the

now, Sega

MP3

is still ‘evaluating whether or not to bring and the US. We've heard on our end that point to the MP3 player not here in the States! Gasp! But the official

player in Japan

conflicting reports

being released at

so.

HflhES URITE

that once said that the holiday season

of the loneliest times of year? Well,

Sean

GASGANOSCM@aol.com

have to be.

In fact,

since we’re

all

one

certainly doesn’t

stuck here

the office

known as magazine publishing and wee hours of Christmas Eve and beyond, woe from the great abyss

turning the giant cogs

ODCM By the time you read

Lately I’ve

Resident

during the

we’d love to hear similar tales of

known as ‘the outside world’. Write us with your gaming queries and we can all share the experience. We promise. Snail mail: ODCM, c/o Imagine Media, 150 N. Hill Drive, Brisbane, CA 94005. And we dig email, especially at: dcmag@imaginemedia.com. Happy holidays!

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chums

by the Bay,

ODCM were

Responding

downtown San

there to soak

it all

Francisco.

And your

up.

San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's dastardly

attempt to foil the event (see sidebar), Sega Prez Peter Moore delivered the following statement: "While a portion of the game's storyline does involve graffiti art,

it is

portrayed within the context of

condone an act of vandalism with the release of Jet Grind Radio.

creative self-expression, not vandalism. Sega does not graffiti as

“We have to drawing the game

give Sega street cred for

line in the sand,

so to speak.”

appropriately rated 'T' [Teen] according to ESRB it contains a warning screen at the beginning of the game, so that parents and teens together can decide if the content is appropriate." He also noted that Sega would donate a percentage of Jet Grind Radio's profits to the San Francisco Neighborhood Beautification program, which goes toward eradicating graffiti vandalism. We hate tagging, but we love graffiti art, so we have to give Sega some street cred just for drawing the line in the sand, so to speak. And the winner is...? San Diego artist Sake (pictured with gas mask) took home first place (and a nice $5,000 cash prize), Christopher Kinney came in second, and Paul Giannini placed third.

This

guidelines,

and

Mobile Assault Tour THIS

MONTH

WHAT WE RE TALKING ABOUT

Riding herd on this grafitti-dotted event was the Sega Mobile Assault Vehicle, which routinely tours the country spreading the Dreamcast love. The Vehicle packs a variety of games to play (in addition to Jet Grind Radio), and provides snacks, goodies and Jet Grind T-shirts to those intrepid players

who ventured

into its

cop-guarded

One guy walked out of the trailer, looked at his friend, and said, “Jesus—that just

innards. (Is the look inside worth it? Roll

out the artwork

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birth

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conclusions). Don’t

indoors? Try your hand at the kid-

and adult-sized

jeep/kiosks outside.

Dreamcast News Network

The

City

spends

more than $10 million a year removing grafitti tags."

The police presence at Sega’s Graffiti is Art event was huge— and a little confused. Most of these guys think of spray paint as an off-the-shelf version of cocaine.

Mayor Battles Good, Clean Fun art before,

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The State of Dreamcast in the As the year draws to a close, we sat down with Sega of America head honcho Peter Moore to set the

Sega

record straight on Dreamcast’s past,

No, not at

present and prospects...

when you have

So: How's Dreamcast?

We’ve been doing very well since the price drop to $149. PC Data is showing a 156% increase in sales, and we’ve got anecdotal reports in from retailers that we had Fantastic!

very strong sales yesterday [October

26, the day of the sibly

PS2

launch]. Pos-

people disapointed by the lack

PS2s saw that it wasn’t such a big deal anyway, and picked up a DC and some games. of available

new millennium

Japan just announced

earth:

and we’re always looking

pretty signifigant loss. Should

other ways to

gamers be worried?

obviously the next

all.

That’s what happens to install a base,

and

it’s

for

PDAs are wave— Handspring

utilize

it.

has a 16bit color screen getting to the point

now— and

where we

dropping the price here and

could see getting our Genesis con-

Europe didn’t help. [A console’s span goes in] a 5 year cycle, and the first two years are pretty ugly— but then the tie ratio of software to

tent on there. Yuji

life

yesterday showing Phantasy Star

hardware

we’re focusing on.

start

starts going up, and you making more money. Also, this result, remember, com-

a half-year

ing out before the holiday sales

season—which

when we expect

significant software sales. This

where the margin

is,

and

[the loss

statement] also includes signifcant

Online,

and

Naka was here

that’s going to

be great:

a global, online RPG. That’s what

"We’re confident on hardware, and on software, we’re even more confident... just look at our lineup. At this point, it’s in the hands of god

and the consumer How confident are you about

DC’s

— and the consumer

capital expenditures:

future going into 2001?

n’t

On a hardware

we’re investing the

of having

America

we’re incredi-

front,

bly confident we’ll

meet our target

installed

base

of 4.5 million to

units by the

end

happen

SegaNet does-

for free. Really, though,

money to posi2001 and

tion ourselves well for

North

beyond.

software coming out in the next three weeks—Shenmue, Jet Grind,

NBA 2K1 and Quake— and

No, no. The other platforms the

you look at the

the obvious lack of any real supply of PS2s going forward, the opportunity to hit that

number

very high. The sell-in

and demand from stores

excep-

blockbuster lineup

we have it’s in

point,

release talked about were things

PDAs, and the Motorola

MAP phone in

So yes, we’re confident on hardware: but on software, we’re even more confident. Look at the tional.

now— at this

talking about

Europe.

and

WAP

Internet itself as a plat-

form. But look, Sega has

out

god and the consumer— and the consumer is god! of

(according to reports) used to like to party pretty hearty ( you said "tequila shots," not

how can you

notice the difference

tell

the difference?

—until, that

is,

broke out the maracas and started shouting "Samba! Samba! Samba!"

be disappointed if there aren’t 4 to 5 hundred thousand people play online with Dreamcast by the end of March. experience.

I’ll

Bottom line? Once this PS2 launch nonsense blows over, it come back down important—

will all

one of the

to what’s

which

content

same

in the NFL 2K1 chat rooms who are signing on with

number again

another ISP and having a great

greatest

libraries

display

Amigo could take George's place at a press conference and no one would even

was made prior to the release of Quake 3, which we expect will draw an entirely different gamer to online play. Also, that 100,000 number is

phones

Japan, of

course, they refer to the

the hands

winsome

was designed by a crack team of Tenderers and consultants, and implemented by an even larger team of image coordinators. Samba de Amig o's delightful little monkey was produced by Sonic Team in exactly the same fashion: an odd coinkidink. no? They both speak Spanish, and they both

us). So,

is god!’’

SegaNet. We’re seeing that

A press release came

out of Japan Sega developing for other platforms. Are we going to see Sonic on PS2?

Curious George

can't you? George W. Bush's

of teeth (as pictured here)

only the people who’ve signed up to

million

of our fiscal year [at

the end of March].

Amigo The Monkey

YOU CAN SEE THE resemblance in the smile, Speaking on online, how’s SegaNet doing? You just announced that you’d signed up 100,000 members already. It’s a little ahead of our projections, actually. And that announcement

great games.

We’ve got them, and they on

don’t.

Still Rumors

Bleeding Bleed 's death have

111

been greatly exaggerated, say sources. Climax Graphics' shooter, published in Japan by Sega, was turned down by Sega of America and rumors began to surface (in the lunch line, in rest-rooms, on elevators, in the corridors and in NextGen 's digs) that the game's fate in

—

the

USA was

dire.

But not so, say our deepcover sources, speaking strictly on condition of anonymity. "The game is coming out in the US, for sure!" says said oracle. Unfortunately, the ink has yet to dry on the contract, so we can't reveal who the publisher is. Look for it next spring.

DREAM ON Mindfire Entertainment and

Sega are

talks to bring Sega’s House of the Dead series to life on the big screen, while

German

film production

company

Constantin Film is working on a bigscreen version of the Resident Evil franchise.

It’s

been

confirmed that Paul Anderson has been signed to direct the movie, and that production on the film has already

been started. Anderson’s previous films include

Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers. The has a $40 million budget and will arrive in theatres Soldier for

film currently

internationally in

November

Pass the popcorn.

’01.

GAMES WE WISH WERE ON DC

WONDER BOY SEGA 1986 (MASTER SYSTEM) Sidescrolling action

RPG

antics with princesses,

super-deformed heroes and an annoyingly tough boss (don’t even get us started on the tenheaded last boss in WB in Monster World on Genesis) add magic to the wondrous Wonder Boy series that showed up first in 1986 on the Sega Master System and continued in 14 different forms produced until 1994. Bring it back, please!

Your

Rocfr

Gaming World with Explosive

Sound! Radical Sound

Enhancement Any Video

for

Game Console You thought your games

sounded great before, wait

until

Let there be 'Mue 2! |Yu

will

QUESTION: WHAT'S COOLER THAN ANYTHING and

sailing Stateside very, very soon?

Shenmue 2...

Really. Yes way.

Yu Suzuki and

team have fired up their fantastic RPG machine, and they're steaming ahead on the

source told us that

is true:

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We want

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Safari

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2 2 Panzer Dragoon Saga 2 Chakan the Foreverman Eternal Champions

3. 4.

More Dragonball Z

Shenmue 2

Bleem!

Phantasy Star Online Dragonball Z

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for superi-

play!

capabilities to video

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experience to a whole

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game consoles

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game console system. So turn on the Consoles and take your gaming

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continuation of Ryu's quest to discover his father. What we and probably won't game is out, is just how come to solving

who murdered

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the mystery in Shenmue 2. Not only does the game have 16 chapters, but a single

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badly:

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Shenmue

Plot-wise, the

—

"If

Shenmue 2 is terms of graphics." One word,

—

badly:

that's possible,

Fighter,

next chapter of your favorite epic story. Here's what we already know: First, as Yu Suzuki has said, the sequel will come out much sooner than 3+ years from now (which is comparable to how long Shenmue was in development). In fact, the game will this was the definitely be out in 2001 number one item on the agenda when Sega of America boss Peter Moore went to Japan to discuss the 2001 release schedule, according to our sources. Second, the new chapter is actually located in China, rather than Japan y'see, the entire four-disc first game (see our 10/10 review in ODCM #08) was just the prolog.

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Conspiracy Entertainment's upcoming Lodoss War RPG should appease US anime fans who adored the classic series in video form.

NEUS FEED

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> DELAV: Unreal delayed

until Jan.

> NARhET UATCH: Following

price

its

cut to $149 and $150 ISP rebate, Sega Dreamcast sales increased

156.5 percent between July 23 and Sept. 23, PC Data revealed. the five

weeks since the

price

Sega’s share of the market has increased to 29.9 percent of all unit sales and 39.7 percent of revenue. Sony's share has also increased to 49.0 percent in unit sales and 42.3 percent in revenue. The Nintendo 64 saw its share decline to 20.8 percent and 17.9 percent for unit sales and revenue respectively. Through the first three weeks of September, Sega moved up to claim the top position reduction,

among sports

publishers, while

placing second overall behind to PC Data, NFL 2K1 for Dreamcast is the topmonth so far.

Nintendo. According selling title of the

Sammy has announced that December 7th

> RELEASE UPDATE:

mark the official release date Dreamcast version of Gear X.

will

of the

Guilty

JAPANESE IMPORT UATCH

> RUMOR:

Sega

plans to release a

3D Expansion Card

for DC, which would upgrade the system to the

Dreamcast East

Naomi 2 board, so Naomi 2 arcade titles can perfectly. The Naomi 2

equivalent of a that the

be ported is

reported to have four times the

power of the

As one of the last bastions of Japanese gaming to consistently elude the US market (besides girlfriend sims, of course),

anime

licenses rarely

manage

titles

Cardice

based on

following

of newly

all

formed DC

the footsteps of

the

way

the quirky photo-sim Card Captor Sakura and

existing

Naomi/Dreamcast hardware. Sega HQ denies these rumblings.

Gundam:

to the US: courtesy

Media Factory announced a new DC real-time war sim called Alexander: The Road to Persia, to be released in spring > RELEASE UPDATE:

publisher, Conspiracy Enter-

tainment. Scheduled for a

to survive the trip

across the pond to the West. Blue Submarine No. 6,

Side Story 0079' s

December

release, the

game remains fairly faithful to the

original

War anime series—with

swordsman

the heroic

Lodoss

2001

Japan. Players control King

Alexander and

gives us great pleasure to announce that the Diablo-esque action

RPG, Record of Lodoss War Wow’s

quiz-tastic

Ahh Megamisama! are just a few

that will likely give us a miss.

But

don’t lose hope!

the US:

Parn, as well as his love interest (the forest

gives us great pleasure to

on the character

roster.

The game,

elf,

the

first

this winter.

II in

A sequel to

the

popular PlayStation card battle/table

and various beasts and monsters, and massive dungeons just ripe for the crawling. We hope that this

Culdcept

also release

Japan

itself, (]

features realtime battles between up to four players

announce that ESP and Neverland’s Diablo-e sque action RPG, Record of Lodoss War: Advent of

his troops, and batexpand the kingdom.

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Deedlit)

we have this to say to anime fans

tle rivals to

actually coming to America...

roll

game,

dice to

pick cards to

move

requires you

characters and

summon

monsters.

indication of a trend in the making!

ISE UPDATE: Sega says that new Dreamcast 4X Memory ard will have 800 blocks/4MB >f memory (four times the current

VMU), separated

200

into four

banks

blocks each.

> RELEASE UPDATE:

Generation X

be porting Nine Lives/ Gainax's popular Princess Maker series to Dreamcast/Japan. The will

version,

Collection, of

Oh will

My Goddess! fans

successful on US TV, but chances for a US conversion of Card Captor Sakura’s game are slim.

(who can read Japanese) want to keep an eye on Aah Megamisama!

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Holiday

It’s

2000

Macro ss: another anime title stuck in

Japan

Princess Maker will

be a compilation

PM 1 and 2, and

release

will

scheduled to

Japan on Jan. 25. A

demo of PM IV be included with the game.

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show on the mad with the hand

“If you get your ass kicked, it’s probably on the other end of the line,” says SegaNet

member

band

strutting

frontman of Limp staking out

new

domain as one

Bizkit,

if you don’t get to go head-tohead with Fred Durst, you can visit Sega’s

on-site Mobile Assault Tour

to be held at

Limp

nationwide. These part of the band’s

games like NFL2K1, WSB2K1, Space Channel 5 and Metropolis Street Racer.

online tournaments

Bizkit concerts in

cities

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combat zones are an integral Sega Net-sponsored tour for its

says SegaNet new album, Chocolate

Starfish

your way,

member

ticket

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November 21 were

and the Hotdog-

confirmed. Just log

Flavored Water.

One

(MAT) trucks,

which are guaranteed to be stocked with

you

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you suck— is that these

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premier online hellraisers. As if.' you say? Well, Durst and all

“Rumbles with a Rockstar” will be projected on the giant stage screen, in front of thousands of screaming concert-goers.

and now he’s

the band are ready to prove their to

Ultimate Fighting Champi-

part—or the worst,

Dreamcast’s

Dreamcast prowess

proverbial stuff, but will get to throw

onship against one of the musicians. The best

territory in the public

its

down on Dreamcast’s

Fred Durst. Durst originally

gained notoriety (and adulation) as the

buys two joys: lucky fans (picked by

local

radio stations) will not only get to see their favorite

onto SegaNet for

updated tour

details.

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we enjoy consists of handing out lists of presents we want to

itemized

receive for the holidays. These are the

games you absolutely, positively, without a doubt must have. So stop being naughty and start being nice, lest you end up with a stocking stuffed with coal and seven copies of Soul Fighter ...

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Fighting (hawcs. spectacular

Soul Calibur Soul Calibur, with

flawless graphics

spectacular ballet of

every tussle.

supports up to four players, and

a superb party game.

move

arguably—ever created (we believe

this

or a thousand.

you must own a

Dead or Alive 2

Ultimate Fighting Championship

said

or Alive

it)

Arcade-perfect

as Soul

Calibur,

every way,

it’s

Fist

Dead

of the

day’).

as good

gets for Street Fighter-fans. This

whole new breed of polygonal

not as deep (there,

2 features some

steel

cage called the

pet philosopher John Hobbes,

and short”—fighters can knock each other out with fierce

attacks, or perform a tortuous hold

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it’s

an eight-sided

“nasty, brutish, try to

and countermove that can only end with hurt feelings and the desire to play one more round—

Although

ODCM

and sharp fighting engine, stands as the Queen Mum of all 3D brawlers. Combat pits two gorgeous weapon-wielding warriors against each other in a

ever to grace a

Octagon. Battles are, to steal from

DOA 2 its

3D fighters

videogame, plus gorgeous environments that play an active part

fighting:

2D fighting game.

meets face repeatedly

this no-

holds-barred fighter. Players step into

most

the role of a

UFC

brawler and compete

enough to make opponents “Uncle!” and “Mommy!”

painful

cry

NAUGHTY

UST

•

Mortal

Kombat Gold Rehashed gore from the days of yore,

MK Gold

Power Stone

doesn’t hold a candle to

one of the most overlooked videogames of all time, the original Power Stone stands alone for its capacity to plumb the depths of 3D play. Fighters can go virtually anywhere and pick up virtually anything—and then throw it at

the fine fighting lineup on Dreamcast.

Easily

Until

the

MK franchise does some reinventing, only hardcore

fans

paced action:

find

any

inflamed areas with

warm

you’ve beaten the

big boys, try beating this

will

goodness here. Keep away from eyes: in case of contact, flush

opponents. Crazy-non-stop-intense

water.

game.

Weird and Wacky baiMes Tired of the same ol’-same oP fighters or sports games? Need to add a little weirdness to your

gaming

life?

SAMBA PE PMGO The premier Dreamcast party game,

it's

frantic

action coupled with an excellent soundtrack:

videogame crack. Bouncing blue dots show a player what height and what time to shake the maracas. Rattle well, and you’re rewarded. Rattle poorly, and you will make the monkey cry. Do not make

..z&A

the monkey

cry.

COASTER WORKS Build a coaster and the joyriders will come. A modest hit in its homeland of Japan, Xicat hopes that gamers on the global scale will get an even bigger rush from this chance to build

Official

Dreamcast Magazine Holiday 2006

a better coaster from scratch...and to ride out the kinks, all the way to glory. You’ll have to work out the physics and the construction, but it’s cool, addictive and padded with a no-vomit policy.

PRINCESS

MAKER COLLECTION Okay, technically this game has about a snowball's chance in hell of releasing in the US, but it still makes our list. It's one of those creepy sim games in which you're a Daddy who adopts the daughter he’s always longed for: and now he’s set with the task of raising her to legal age. Mold her into a princess— or the leading lady of evil. ,

SEAMAN Coupled with a microphone for voice

Seaman the misanthropic fishman a niche gamer’s dream. Raise him from egghood; teach him life, love and sundry things while he insults you and probes your personal life. A disturbing gem, but a gem nonetheless. If Woody Allen was reading this feature—and we assume he is— Woody, you’ll LOVE it. interaction, is

SEVENTH CROSS: EVOLUTION Level up from a

mere amoeba to an evolved

killing machine... It’s either

the strangest

game ever or life as we know it. Simple, odd and somewhat engrossing, sim fans may want to give Seventh Cross a second look. Warning: >

don’t look too closely.

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Crazy Taxi

Soul Fighter

and genius

hand in hand. This certainly true for the comic hack sim Crazy

Insanity

Taxi.

often go

Players step into the role of a devil-may-care

What

could’ve happened to what

could’ve been a rather cool arcadestyle

beat ’em up? Bad cameras,

lousy controls and

some

San Francisco cabbie and ferry a zoo of colorful passengers to and fro. Taxi is the perfect game for those who want to be solidly entertained for short

turned Soul Fighter into a bland

periods of time. Like us. Or a kitten with thumbs.

exercise

ideas got

half-baked

the way of our fun, and

mediocrity.

What a shame.

MDK2 A third-person

perspective

3D shooter, MDK2 serves

up plenty of murder, death, and

killing (a.k.a.,

murder). Players control janitor-turned-hero Kurt Hectic, the eccentric Dr. Hawkins,

and the

I *5

gruff

Something i op

mech mutt Max as they plow their way through eye-pleasing worlds, shooting endless hordes of

scumsucking alien

types.

Tough love at

its

Jet Grind Radio Ultra-hip graf kids paint the

on the roof

I >-

best.

town technicolor,

Ton to the and

while outsmarting local authorities. Like

Scooby Doo

for

the

” I

said in surprise;

new generation

peered up

inside,

without the supernatural hi-jinks and with

jet-powered inline skates rather than a

Mystery

<1 *5

that

responsive controls and incredibly cool premise.

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learn, kids,

then watch again as

companies

rip off

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And

arrived...

has

finally

turns out that Bizarre Creations did

indeed create one of the most spectacular racers

They were telling the truth! Using an innovative "Kudos" points system and shifting your beloved

ever.

gray box into overdrive to handle the

MSR tries

out.

LeMans

Test Drive

Got a few hours to spare? Got,

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incorporates intriguing tire-dependent

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mode

for real.

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Arcade conversion done right, Midway’s outrageously over-the-top

rafSlHK

racer proves that sequels don’t

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Selector ($20)

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futuristic

now, add

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Race), Test Drive Le

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shockingly good. From the

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same development team— Melbourne House—that created the fourth entry on this

create the perfect gaming biosphere and listed them below—so go to it, you yaks who went public this year and have money to burn!

new demands,

plenty of cool things that other racers

haven’t dared. Arcade fans—check

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SALES LEVEL EUPS-ET

a crazy tricked-out hovercar

great-

loads of shortcuts and other

goodies that are fast-becoming staples

and you have something quite

the series, 2.

special.

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for

in real

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games worse than Test Drive 6. However, you come across a racing game as and—dare we say it— blase as this

atT^

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unlikely to ever

uninspired, flat

dud. Stay

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far away.

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of turf

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right lute

This oldie proved to be the furthest thing from a

the only thing less interesting than real

— but VT

tennis would be Virtua Tennis

ODCM’s nod as Most Addictive Game

Ever.

With these superb graphics and an equally excellent control system,

-Finally

2K,

NFL Quarterback Club 2000

r\ Virtua Tennis Under normal circumstances,

gets

NBA

takes the basketball franchise

compatible. Boo-yah.

for

sentence. Videogame nirvana.

uahen

Michael Jordan,

Park franks and everything else.

Ball

Franchise

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 Send skateboarder Tony Hawk straight up a ramp and into a series of beautiful spins, twists, grinds and grabs, defying gravity what seems a breathless eternity...the 8

the face of now-

hawking

team). And

with additional character

life.

modern basketball not

online and improves

the

has been resculpted

to allow the video fullbacks

real

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game that dominated yi'V

retired basketball star

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characters

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delicious indeed.

potent football license

goodie, with

stiff

plays

you're begging for

and poor animations.

some good

action, skip the bargain bin

head

for the

new

releases.

ol’

QBC

and

up to four people can

storm the court and lose hours, days and weeks.

SONIC APVENTURE ACTION FIOURE COMPANY: RESAURUS PRICE: $18.00/or $6.99 each Petite and sweet, these are the mini-action figures to beat for

Sonic Adventure. Equipped with rings and other tiny goodies, not only are these guys fully poseable, but they’re incredibly affordable as well.

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So here

toe were, berth of us, caught

act

with my Dream cast and he with his sack-

NICE LIST Resident Evil The

— Code: Veronica

hero/family guy on a quest to avenge his

dead have returned yet again been

ungrateful

father’s death. But he’s also a Jet Cola addict.

to plague heroine Claire Redfield. She’s

And he

captured and taken to a secret island where,

at times, he’s even sensitive. Jeez, this

of course, the

Capcom epic;

is truly

Rayman Rayman 2

titanic in

to date,

scope.

NAUGHTY

The Great Escape

game been so simply a great

collects toys and plays daddy to a kitten. And guy must be human! And this must be one of the top adventures on any system. •

of horror ensues.

note yet with this zombie

gorgeous and

Never has a

little

most perfect sort

hits its highest

aptly subtitled.

escape—a

LIST

fantastical

platformer that never forgets that

games should

be immersive and enjoyable. Ubi Soft has created a stunning world complete with vibrant colors, dancing

dank swamps, and bubbling little moppet Rayman

clouds,

The Ring: Terror’s Realm Or The Ring: terror’s realm.

lava for

It’s like,

scary

games in Japan made it across the pond to the why did Infogrames pick up this little monster for Stateside release? Poor presentation, bland graphics and incredibly repetitive gameplay.Jt’s a real conundrum. Skip it unless you

the lovable

bad. With

to explore.

all

of the cool

that never

US,

Shenmue Chapter

— Yokosuka :

Yes, the

man

of the hour,

Ryo

Hazuk, can kick ass and take

names.

Yes,

the smell of burning dollars.

he has a repertoire

of face-banging, bone-crunching martial arts techniques that would stress out even

the master Bruce Lee. Yes, he’s a responsible

don't fill your stocking if you don't count sheep?

PC Y2K: ALL PRBAMCAST, ALL THE TIME January is

Marine Fishing and other titles released at the arcade show (AOU2000) in Tokyo get an overwhelming response from fans. One guy turns into a fish

a walkin’, talkin’ genius!

Shenmue

releases "

Japan; saliva

*0*

releases in the US.

show

Sit! Sitting

enough

the booth babes. Almost.

Jet Set Radio.

Evan plays NFL 2K1 and 1 and 41 one victory was a “mercy game" thrown by an eight-year-old in

While the PS2 fanboys wait

last!

Scranton, PA.

Official

# Dreamcast Magazine

Holiday

ifik

/up

Grandia

releases

Japan and

tops the charts. Hype heats up ^

were

there.)

tell

Tony Hawk 2 appears. Evan disappears. you see him (or our copy of the game), him to send a postcard. And we want

our

GDROM

>2/

for the is

so hot

release; our preview

burns our fingers

f what do we do with these oven mitts? Yeeeow! Oh.”) (“Fran,

December Dreamcast’s Santa-san gives up the goods for

all

of us!

Catch

back.

the office.

bring us stuff.

,, ^

November in line,

we try to teach him to Then we go back to using Evan to

For three weeks,

was a genre-

didn’t forget you

ffl/M

Poo-CHI arrives fetch.

Canada, too! (See, we

owners relax online with Quake III, NBA 2K1 and Metropolis Street Racer. Chris has a one (whole) night stand with Test Drive Le Mans and falls in love.

2000

Sega blows past the two million system sales mark in North America—that means

long

to pick

October

record. Ouch! His

and did we

DOA 2 and

smashing dream.

September quickly racks up an unbelievable

MDK 2,

Right-Left-Right Sit!

announced. The games are so good, we almost forget to watch

love,

of Code: Veronica.

his support.

springtime a young gamer's

ever love March! With the debuts

dances her way into our hearts. Japan, gamers stop Left-

shown, with another 100+

SegaNet! At

fancy turns to

Ulala, fresh from taking over E3,

DESTROY the 100 new games are

Sega’s line-up and booth competition. Over

March

February

The three-month-old Dreamcast

y’all in

2001...we’H be the

smug ones

playing

/ ML

Phantasy Star Online.

www.Daiiykaaar.com

—

Santa's Bag

of Swag

some THE HEP£EH00 TAIL

11"

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said-

COMPANY: RESAUROS PRICE: $19.99

Remember this guy from way back In ODCM Issue 067 While we have yet to find this poseable, hard plastic doll In any horror movies, we are currently shopping the Idea around to Him studios. A cool gift, nonetheless.

Sonic

) had to think fast. I had to be clc/er-A had to keep Santa front leaving forever.*

Skies of Arcadia The

sky, thankfully, is not the limit here.

Sega’s new

RPG

named

Vyse,

whose heart

Well. ..no.

of gold

gamer—even

yours. Set

a series of floating islands, is epic in scope and packed with scads of things to do and

Skies

discover.

any

bigger,

get

its

own

this it

game was

joysticks and

” !

loot

light guns

RPG on Dreamcast? really. A dearth of games developed for the system has

Not

roleplaying left

eyed

x shouted- * Hand over -the

Dreamcast games,

there a bad

pirate

melt the hearts of every steely-

will

Vou're Santa!"

Neu>

to boot

UST

strikes a roguish

pose with a swashbuckling

NAUGHTY

Nice LIST

us panting for new

titles

and whenever they appear, they’re a

welcome

whatever guise,

oasis. Really, though, the very

worst

DC RPGs

EGG)

or simplistic ( Evolution ) rather than truly

tragic.

are only mediocre (Time Stalkers,

Heck, bring ’em

all

on. Please,

Sega?

would have to

zipcode. Only

drawback? You might forget to eat. Or sleep...

Grandia

When asked It’s

sum up Grandia

great appeal, an Ubi Soft

representative stated simply that

“200 people + 2.5 years of total dedication = awesome gaming experience.” Every facet of this

game seems to

reek

But Santa- san Shook Regrettably,

sir,

someone’s hard work,

from the exhibit

characters

who

facial

expressions than most

Vou're

still

asleepX doryt fill

playing

his

head

Calbeit sadly).

you're behaving quite badly-

Dreamcast; you should be

your stocking if you don’t count sheep.”

Hollywood actors to the

game’s

lovely,

crackling

campfire flames. word: Swee-eet!

deserving sequel to the classic original

on Saturn.

x had to

think

X had to be cieuer-- x had to keep Safitn

from leaving

Porever “www^reamcastrnagazlne.com

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Sflftta-san

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Whether

k i'» denied

While the US does get some neat Sega goodies, \‘\)r there’s no question that if the US and Japan had an who got the coolest swag, the US would be its sprained wrist to the ER in about two seconds flat. Shenmue cell phone straps and hot pink Sakura Taisen Dreamcasts—ouch! And our pissant stuffed animals are nothing compared to the horrifically cute totems produced by the Japanese videogame merchandising machine. Oh, how we wish these little guys would

\JI

armwrestling match over

toting

x A you leave

cuia / all

^Dneamcas+s fop games plus

—

creep beneath the

ODCM tree this year!

Kyaro Inflatable Toy

every peripheral

Ours was a freebie handed out at the Spring

used

Tokyo

wi-tfi -fte

same'

Game Show,

but Japanese gamers

can buy and cuddle up with Grandia II’ mascot, Kyaro (Carro in

sadistically cute

the US).

xf you Win uueil

-that

I'm

just

luck i'll live

•

wearable, as well! Kawaii!

^ Sonic Jelly Keychains

means

new

Color-coordinated for the

out of find

generation, these keychains are

not only cheap but hip (come

leam to wi+h a

S+ockihy of

It’s

J on, aren't they?). We stumbled

across these goodies on a trip to Japanese superstore Tokyo Joypolis (known to gamers as Buy-opolis).

sock

Sakura Taisen Art Books Who said that all of those wacky Sakura Taisen fans loved the games gameplay? Well, actually a lot of them do, but an equal amount

for their

artwork of the numerous lovely ladies.

And where

than the

He grabbed a

official art

games

you

dll

of VredwCdsfs top games.

books?

Eternal Arcadia Limited Box-set

Control ter

love the

fightin’

better to check out

the gals of the Sakura

„

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The term “jackpot" only bigger

\rnli would describe the Special Edition -

and pu lied up a.

boxed set of Sega’s uber-RPG, Eternal

chair-

Arcadia (Skies of Arcadia

Who

nifty art

(signed) box with our

X •

the US).

Sniff.

wants to bet we won’t see Cupil

keychains or a

book

arriving in a

US version?

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Record Of Lodoss

“Record OfLodoss War.

War...

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and sounds brilliant on the Dreamcast”

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www.igndc.com

Mil definitely satisfy '

looks

ENTERTAINMENT

Experience the world of Record of Lodoss War up close and personal in an epic 3D action/RPG only for Sega Dreamcast. Take control of a mysterious warrior from the past, resurrected to save the future, on a colossal quest filled with pulse pounding action and high adventure. Join forces with popular characters from the Lodoss universe and combat hundreds of vicious enemies with dozens of spectacular spells and customizable weapons.

Animated Blood Animated Violence

© 1998 RYO MIZUNO, GROUP SNE, MASATO NATSUMOTO/"RECORD OF LODOSS WAR"PROJECT/ TV TOKYO © 2000 Kadokawa Shoten Publishing/ESP. © 2000 Conspiracy Entertainment. Sega, Dreamcast and the Dreamcast logo are either registered Sega

Enterprises, LTD.

All rights

reserved.

All

other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

trademarks or trademarks

(for really big socks)

love our games, but

love

TopMax Enforcer TopMax ($29.99)

them more

when we

get to play ’em as well as they can possibly be played—on great peripherals that go the distance to enhance

our collective gaming experience. Dreamcast has serious keepers third parties.

in its library,

Check ’em

out,

Cheaper, but design

top quality.

lighter in its base.

and

you won’t be disappointed.

the pertinent people with

good

it’s

little

you’re not looking for

the steel-heavy feel

tell

It’s

alternative to the pricey AgeTec, but

courtesy of Sega and various

how you’d

pockets just exactly

some

your

then

stick,

your stocking stuffed.

VMUS ANP

MEMORY CARPS

The Dream Pad

MadCatz ($29.99) gameplay buttons on its face and two analog triggers underneath. It’s built for comfort with rubberized palm grips—and its

This sharp controller sports six

reasonable price

Sega

Official

Available

in all

seductive.

VMU Sega ($24.99)

flavors of the rainbow (except for pina colada), Sega’s

own VMU

is still

only

Agetec Arcade Stick

The

official

arcade stick of choice.

solid base, quality buttons

asking price— but

most out

didn’t

them

all

has a

Dreamcast

and a high

Tremor Pak Plus

Cv.

who

to repeat it. So we’re going to remind you of a couple of system stinkers that we NEVER want to see again, in any guise, in any format. Even cel-

•

PC, 1996,

shoots

his beak. Okay, sure. This

ill-

defined shooter defined the target

market

to turn Sonic

for

32X.

I.e.,

none at

all.

into “America’s favorite family

MAKE YOUR OWN MUSIC VIVBO W/ C&C MUSIC FACTOR/

character” by making him teach math to kids? We don’t know, but fairly sure they no longer in games. Or math.

shaded. These are the games we’d wish on our worst enemies, if we had any enemies

we’re

bad enough to

work

call ‘worst’.

from

SEGA it

KOLIBRI •SEGA 32X, SEGA A hummingbird. Who

SONIC SCH0OLH0USE Who’s idea was

jBm/ab

All the rumbling and saving (with 200 blocks) you need in one handy package. That's a whole lotta goodness, but you won't have a LCD screen for VMU mini-games. Keep in mind that it’s an unofficial peripheral, and might not work with all DC games.

even get

doomed

Interact ($19.99)

for free.

cookie once said that those

forget the past are

DC gamers. The

the fact that the battery

up with regular use. But

have one at home, and

Coal or Two? A fortune

at least you’ll never have to deal with

corrupted data again.

you want to get the

of your arcade fighters, this

your answer.

the best choice for

drawback

quickly eaten

Agetec ($49.99)

•SEGA CD, 1992 “Gonna make you sweat.” Gonna wear deoderant.

•SATURN, 1996, ZONO, INC

NICWT TRAP

press. This is the equivalent of Mom not sending your

•SEGA CD, 1992, DIGITAL PICTURES

# Dreamcast Magazine

Holiday

2000

jerky

This

title

send out review copies to the ******

Sears portraits

160 x 120, 52-color video. wasn’t just senators who found this offensive. FMV. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Official

WATER

One of the last nails in Genesis’s coffin. was so insipid that Sega didn’t even

Dana Plato

•GENESIS, 1995, DEEP

Zono, Inc.’s secret recipe for Mr. Bones was simple: one steam engine with cowcatcher and one cow. This trainwreck featured the music of the Bygone Dogs played by skeletons. Noooo...

Grandma.

Poor, fuggly little

game.

lar.com

•He

was

I was

of Swag

Santa's Bag

prfL++y -pre.-r+y

damn qooi, damn better-

SPACE CHANNEL 5 MINI-LUNCHBOX COMPANY: PALISADES MKTG PRICE: $5-6 Just the right size far packing away DC games or system cables, these mlnfcollectlbles are tiny, but they’re simply must-haves at their very low asking price. Look for 'em In a videogame store near you.

Dream Connection

Panther DC

3-in-1

[MadCatz] ($39.99)

Level Six ($27.95)

PC gamer in every Dreamcast FPS fan comes one

Imagine being able to toot around on your Dreamcast with any sort of peripheral, from

For the

IjKgx PlayStation controllers to PC keyboards to Saturn steering wheels. It’s a dream

Js$

of the coolest accessories for

tsF

KjjPL Sega

the system: the Panther DC.

EPrafcscome true, and it’s readily available from Level Six. A mini-device with a separate

With a trackball for movement and

a stick (complete with

power supply, you simply hook it to your DC, then hook in your peripheral of choice through the Dream Connection. Voila!

Rumble Rod If

MadCatz ($29.99)

you can’t get your hands on the

reel controller

alternative in

official fishing

authentically

necessary buttons) for shooting,

and general havoc-wreaking, this is your one stop shop/armory for upcoming games like Half-Life and Soldier of Fortune. With smooth controls, it’s a great alternative to the mouse and keyboard.

The one and only mouse for Dreamcast, this is a must have for net cruisers and Quake III fans. If you already

hot.

Cha Cha Amigo Maracas

have a keyboard, so much the

Level Six ($57.95)

better—the

The

on those

price

official

for your bargain-hunting

maracas a

all

of your

Samba

but

we have

yet to see

bad

it’s

•

himself

the root

cool, indeed.

haven’t had any far.

Eight

MadCatz MC2

hedghags leaped

MadCatz ($59.99)

ift+o -the night",

lord and savior. The wheel and pedal combination allow some of the most realistic racing around, and MadCatz has spared no expense with a molded wheel, prostyle shifter, and ultra-

Drauiy up,

(

balanced, optionsis

the best choice.

for

m jla |§ajf

/ l

blue

-**»)

Racing Wheel We accept the MadCatz MC2 Racing Wheel as our

HL_, _

Interacts well-

heavy periph

problems with ours thus

'^7

sucks without a

and

games— tres

question, but

well

H0TD2

lightgun,

ba9

code junkies is now available to and a weird ability to

you own the game. it,

for

game on Dreamcast

or any other lightgun (House of

Dead 2), but

Compatibility issues are always a

that uses the Starfire Lightblaster

Face

Stuff in his

Then hoisted

and parcel

Plenty of options

play import

Interact ($29.99)

worth the investment

He qav/e roe+he. best Dreamcast

Gameshark CDX DC owners.

Starfire Lightblaster

the

the Internet experience. With two-button control

The standard

of a

thing.

There’s only one

part

the. shirt <opf his back, plus that

natty red sweater-

Interact ($49.99)

ones,

much

mouse

Took

w WZ

^*0

along with a wheel and side button to boot, what are you waiting for? Get squeaking!

for

official

difference. Of course, that’s not

too rich

needs. Level

Six claims that they’re

accurate than the

little

blood? Then look

no further than Level Six’s unofficial maraca controller

firing

Sega ($19.99)

modeled Rumble

Rod. It conveys all of the vibrational oddities of Sega’s two stellar fishing titles— if you can find it. It’s

IjJ

JBpP

the

DC Mouse

from Sega, MadCatz has a grand

its

all

responsive foot pedals.

his Sleigh

up UP

ou-t-

of Sight.

watched

from the

window, then

up in bed

curled •

-ijhile. visions

Dreamcast qameS dafiOzd. in

headrreamcastmagazine.com

GRANDIA

AND SKIES OF ARCADIA custom Illustrations

Original

GRANDIA

done by Naska

AND SKIES OF ARCADIA

character art

are copyrighted to their respective comapanles

TWO It

was the best of

times...

time ever.

was the best

ODCM’s

Prancesca Reyes

weathers epic battles of Good versus

Evil

and

gnome

pixie versus

GameArts Grandia 5

and Sega’s Sides of Arcadia, only to find that both of these

groundbreaking new

RPGs are fighting to win.

PA-'

Environments show amazing attention to Designs for all of the various towns-

Fmding a Voice

detail.

people, for instance, are heavily textured.

One of the most praiseworthy choices made during the US localization of Grandia II was UbiSoft’s decision to go with a proven,

name

brand quality voice record-

ing team. Rather than employing testers

from an internal

QA department or

draft-

ing handy friends to do the job (like other

companies tend to do, more often than not), the

Kris

company

called in dialog diva

Zimmerman to add real talent to the Known for her work on Metal Gear

task.

Solid (PS), she contributes a difference

you can taste. Spot-on acting

the key to

creating a cast of distinct personalities,

and

often culls the good

games from

the great ones.

someone

Thankfully,

has been listening. With the release

Overworks'

Skies of Arcadia and the impending launch of

Game Arts’

awaited Grandia

II,

PlayStation version

Wine,

earnest.

horrid voice acting couldn’t

Grandia II takes place in a brand new world, far different from that

keep

enthralled for the length of it

was a very

of the original.

of the

RPGs. How different? Just read

engrossing storyline.

played,

labored over titles is

the better (mythical) beast. And

came

to the conclusion that

was impossible

to find

two more on...

'-'•v

Grandia I

(Little

was

actu-

revealed about the game’s plot

its PR machine was churning out images of a legend

that

and

say,

after being disappointed,

played

summoned

to a small

town

deep

the orders for their next job: they

chumps who never finished the remember waiting patiently for its US release on Saturn, I

Skye are

during the time that

can truthfully admit that I’m one

original Grandia.

Geohound called Ryudo. At the start game, he and his avian partner

the

ally

of the

begins with the

introduction of a mercenary-type

wiped the slate clean once heard about Grandia II on Dreamcast. After all, Game Arts— But

drastically different—yet traditional—

long journey.

company responsible for two Sega CD’s finest moments, Lunar: The Silver Star and Lunar: Eternal Blue— had big plans, and looked ready to take its know-how into the third dimension, complete with “mature” character designs and an

While

deciding which of the two

Women

and Song

But the weird translation and

the journey—and

anxiously

we’re entering

what can only be called an enchanted season for Dreamcast owners who like their coffee black and their games long—as in, 40-plus hours long.

through more than half of the

the making, other than the fact

would be “engrossing." But

filled in I

the blanks.) Needless to

was hooked from the word

go.

the Black Forest, to receive

must escort a young, songstress

named

spiritual

Elena to a

mysterious ceremony

nearby tower.

From the first moment, Ryudo and Elena clash. Elena’s naive, pious nature rubs

Ryudo— a

tough-talking,

materialistic young rake—the wrong way. But after Ryudo fulfills his duty and takes Elena to the tower for her ceremony, something goes horribly wrong and the two are thrown together on the same side of a divine

www

OailyRadar.com

Friend or Foe Meet your fellow travellers! You're going to be together, hand in glove, for more than 40 hours: so you might as well start getting to

know each

other.

Ryudo Jurplc lightning

The motor-mouth hero with a chip on his shoulder bigger than the Shirusen Continent (you’ll find out why). He’s stuck on Elena,

but he’d die before admitting

Note: Great abs.

it.

Elena A

beautiful but naive

Songstress of Granas. Her piety often gets in the way of

good

relations with

Ryudo, but she can’t help finding herself attracted to his strong persona.

Note: Nice singing voice.

Millennia A

portal of

Darkness and

servant of Valmar, she’s not nearly as

When you have more than one person your traveling party, they’ll trail behind

evil

like to be. In fact,

as she’d she’s

fallen deeply in love with

the lead character in a cool conga line. But they don't shout “Conga! Conga! So stop looking for the monkey.

Ryudo

do anything

and’ll

to help him. Note: Bra

suspended by

disbelief.

Mareg

GameArts' self-proclaimed "labor of love' arrives at last on US shores, to put a new Dreamcast star on the roleplaying map rtr*

Beastman of honor who up with Ryudo to down the man who

joins

track

nearly destroyed his entire

He hides a heart

village.

of gold under that pelt.

Note: Speaks like a Hint

Stone reads

Ecco: DOTF.

Roan A young, perky blond between the people of Light Elena and fellow followers of Lord

struggle: (like

Granas, the holy deity

Grandia (those

Valmar,

the world of

and the people

II)

who

worship the

whom

“evil"

and

god,

as destroyer supreme). The conflict stems from an ancient holy war, which scarred the landscape and created the Great Rift—a gaping crevice that It’s

bottomless void, from which no one

are never cast

white; they’re merely

But

know

all

RPG fans worth

seem

blush,

it’s

a By-the-Book

first

really

make

And

does many

for the

most

part,

these things

Grandia

But for

From here on

some

out,

Grandia

adheres

and true RPG know

storytelling that fans

The Text is Mightier than the Sword become ever more important

and love. Therefore, A) Every character must come to terms with something

It’s

mysteriously dreadful or painful

get the localization of text just

in his

the

RPG genre for US

or her past while developing into a

this end, UbiSoft

much more

effort.

The

well-rounded person; B)

‘e’) is in fact,

evil

(small

just a small manifestation

of Evil (capital

‘E’);

C) Big issues

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deserves an

right.

for

‘A’

personality,

each with

his or her

own

speech patterns, mannerisms and even

dialect. For instance,

Mareg, a

into

Grandia

Why? Well.. .we could tell you, but then we’d have to kill you. Note: Lollipop Lane.

something was very

amiss. Conversations between

which pulled

felt disjointed

arrangements,

of text that aren’t

any sort of

order. Your

simply to rewrite whatever’s

on the page

front of you as

someone

and arrange

She yearns to have emotions and memories

humans

Note:

do.

Awesome

hair.

else

will

come

sequence

Melfice A

mysterious figure from Ryudo’s and Mareg’s past, Melfice is out

for destruction at all

costs. it

appears, knowing that after you’re

done,

kindness by Mareg and Co.

out of the world and

100 pages

arranged

become

sentient through an act of

like in their

a critiquing sort of mood.

Imagine you’re a writer who’s given

Tio An automaton who has only recently

II’

couldn’t help but feel that awhile,

and awkward put

his point.

the effort and care

characters occasionally

job

Every character, including

Ryudo, has been given a distinct

entity that the party initially

believes to be the “root" of

publishers to

much

of the best tried

standards

dialog,

once

right.

all

been put

that’s

has ever emerged. to

Valmar.

language to demonstrate

something special. After all, all books look the same; it’s what’s inside that counts.

actual dialog.

and, at times, using pretty harsh

the way the subjects are

presented that can

which

on a journey to learn more about the war between Granas and

nature,

their salt

RPG™

with a strong affinity for

speaks in elaborate phrases seem more like parables than And Ryudo speaks his mind in the most straightforward speech possible, never mincing words

shades

game may

that even though a

man

beast

black

of pixel-pixie gray.

Darkness

ancient legends peg

runs the length of the globe.

(virtual) life

spoil

Why? We won’t But we can say

it.

he’s one cool villain. Note: Great voice.

The Rift-off:

to RPG convention #172: The handy abyss “from which no one has ever returned." In Grandia II, this

Welcome

mythical no-man’ s-land

the Grana Rift.

Cliffs,

Billowing fog

and fills

hiding out near

called

it’s

The Great

a bottomless canyon

that every soul avoids—except for the

few

who had to go in and disappear in order to make the point that no one gets out. But look out, here comes Skies of Arcadia with a

left

rift

of its

own— refusing to

out of this battle of crevasses.

This one isn’t great so

the Dark

much as

it’s

dark:

marked as a forbidding blotch on the map. It, too, is a menace from which no one has ever returned. [Yawn, cue ominous laugh.] it’s

Rift,

Is this similarity

Actually, this

whole

an oddity or a given? Rift thing is a con-

vention that tears up the

RPGs

map

at around hour No. 30.

these fine specimens of

in most Which of more

Rift is

dread in gamers? ODCM would put money on The Dark Rift. We admit that we’re still afraid of the dark. likely to inspire

Gameplay variety

Grandia

might not

include tons of mini-games or side quests, but there’s definitely a good

amount

of flexibility in its customization

features for spells and

skills.

Hh Grandia

II 's

combat engine something’s cooking.

title heading all these pages is II. The end result is thorough and concise, but the lack of any real

and

cohesion or

underlying current of tension has

and

grown so thick by hour No. 30 that you

you wondering why Elena would be

Between Ryudo’s sharp tongue,

that the

Grandia

‘flow’ in

the text often

seem

causes the context

whack...if only ever

out of

slightly.

ultimately, the characters

from these

And

do suffer

omissions and

visible

Elena’s goodie-two-shoes schoolgirl act

could cut

line to

Ain't Love Grandia? As surprising as

may seem

Grandia

isn’t

real crux of

about the trouncing of

devils by angels or dark by

light.

be a

bit

on the slow and steady

side: but the rising heat

Ryudo and the

girls

cooking the pace

between

succeeds

nodes

Grandia

that

bill

perfectly...

is.

And

no squeaky clean Ryo

Hazuki (Shenmue), he does develop into

a kinder, gentler hero

a trucker’s mouth)

(albeit with

the end.

It’s

the end, Grandia

machine of the

II’

s storytelling

strong enough to take you

through this change of heart without

embarrassing you or forcing you to

clumsily delivered,

complicated by the intrusion of

almost do without

questions

Ryudo’s second love

subplots. Almost.

hopelessly

interest, Millennia.

who forcibly enters Ryudo’s near the start of the game.

life

All

three

In this

of the secondary

sense, Grandia

path of similar VIII.

all

RPGs

follows the

like Final

make those

turn-around bound to

RPG-playing ladies swoon.

felt

this

as attracted to him as she

though Ryudo

a brisk

into

simmer almost immediately. This ‘love’ triangle was one plot

story-

fits

“Aaaggghhhh." The

She’s a big-busted vassal of Valmar,

2000

found the pacing of the

Ryudo

his brutish behavior often leaves

smack your forehead and moan

the relationship between Ryudo

and Elena—which

Dreamcast Magazine Holiday

where

until this

Well,

onwards sometimes simply to discover what happened next. In fact, could

Official

with a dull broadsword.

all

moral and nice.

genuine that found myself blazing

Instead, the heart of the storyline

And, strangely enough, this

point,

the start of the game, the

who comes off like a jerk until the bitter end, when he suddenly gets

Millennia’s brazen sassiness, the

the getting gets good. Up

sleights of hand.

Skies of Arcadia' s’Dark Rift

gamer to

forces

» by page number. Now, imagine

Fantasy

Remember that one? Romance,

text is sometimes and it may provoke like “Why is he saying that?’’ “What made her/him do that?” or

simply “Huh?”, but

enough Fans

will

it’s

generally clever

convey emotional realism.

be enthralled— if not for the

characters are so drastically different

relationships

from one another that by the tenth

character ( FFVIII’s Squall wasn’t the

Oh, and a kick-ass battle system

hour of the game, you just know

most considerate guy on the block)

doesn’t hurt, either.

and a rather salty lead

love story then for the divine conflict.

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iM§i wipg! Spell Trouble With Grandia

II ’

s unique battle

you’ll need to get to know your and skills—they will usually dictate

system, spells

the tide of every fight.

Some

of the

effects are amazingly crisp; just try highlighting Ryudo’s plethora of

moves

sword-sawy

(Purple Lightning) or Elena’s holy

destruction (White Apocalypse). But the

use of pre-rendered effects for big spells can off-kilter

some

sometimes seem a

when

of the

little

set against a fully

polygonal set of characters and enemies. In

the end, the visual result

squarely into the Love category.

unique

falls

or Hate

thought that there was

flair

added to the look

some

of battles;

giving an oldskool flavor to a next generation

game. But

that

some

at times,

of the effects

have to admit

were a

little

strange—they seemed to suffer from an odd lapse in design logic. When Millennia uses her Fallen Wings

she

skill, for

replaced by a quick

example,

2D animated

simulcrum that casts the actual blow. Why? We don’t know. But it’s cool.

Dungeon designs in this sequel are vastly improved over the original's raightforward layouts. Mazes feature interactive elements like simple puzzles, which must be solved in order to progress. There are also traps and secret passages, which combine to give a rich feel todungeons.

use real strategy and innovation in battle. casting a difficult spell or hacking

Battle Royale Beyond

its

away), your character’s speed on the

meter

characters, the

original

Grandia was lauded for

superb

battle system.

was so unlike any other traditional RPG’s combat engine: it forced gamers to use real strategy, planning and preparation. And while because

some the

of the conventions introduced in

first

game have been

the sequel,

it’s still

modified for

as fresh and fun

ever. Really.

random Random. Battles. Instead, your enemies are visible onscreen, and you’ll have to sneak up on them or prevent them from sneaking up on you in order to First off, there

battles.

I’ll

say

gain advantage

are no

again: No.

in battle,

much as

Second, combat

itself is

a finely

tuned machine, which uses a combination of ‘realtime’

use the

term loosely) and turnbased action, in

that

battle

ing

movement

dictated by a

meter on the screen. Depend-

on your action (whether you’re

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same

clock.

The meter also

tells

you

which character an enemy plans to

when he

attacks once

its

hit

action has

been entered by the game—as well as its hit points and chances of dropping an item. The level of interaction and information

so amazingly thorough

and complete that it gives you a great base for plotting effective counterattacks and commands. And this brings us to the different options available in combat. You can choose to cast spells, perform combo attacks (for higher damage) or Critical hits,

which

will

effectively cancel or

enemy moves. The

Have You Ever Been Experienced? At the end of a battle well fought,

executed. Meanwhile,

your enemies are constrained by the

counter

the Evolution series.

the

zip or crawl before

will

command

its

Why? Simply

result is

an addictive battle system that makes

your reward

lies

not only

gold or

items, but in Special Coins or

Coins. Distributed

characters different to

skill

Magic

amongst any

your party members,

they’ll

abilities,

execute. This

massive improvement

them can be equipped, up to you as to who would be the

majority of

better healer or spell caster in your party.

And it’s

you think

this

even sweeter

you’re like

collector. You’ll

sounds action.

me, you’re a compulsive

more than

likely find

yourself scrambling around forests

and dungeons

trying to

beef up your Special and Magic

monsters an enjoyable

Coins

treat.

system suit,

can state II '

s battle

not only the game’s strongest

but one of the strongest and most

inventive ever designed for

an RPG.

customization

over the original Grandia. Because the

sweet,

Grandia)

plus the

power them up and make

them quicker to

it’s

(Original

give

the repetitive task of fighting strange

with confidence that Grandia

Hfe*

order to unlock each

and every spell and skill in order to see what they look like and

how much damage they

deal

FYI: when the original Grandia debuted in Japan in '97, it met with overwhelming success and spawned fan discs and other related media. Encompassing the adventures of a young wannabe adventurer named Justin and his childhood friend Sue, the game spanned two

on Saturn

discs and

was subsequently ported in the US and Japan.

PlayStation

Grandia II does so many things right that it’s easy to overlook any minor errors. Interesting dungeon designs, good voice acting and an involving storyline will more than make up for an oft-slow-paced plot and some overly basic gameplay elements. Visually, it’s impressive to say the least; Ryudo

None of my talents are appropriate >r

tongues of fire, shadows and fabrics in costumes are realistic enough to inspire awe. This truly is one of the grandest RPGs of the season on any system.

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Maybe you should clue the rest of us in here. Captain. What the hell are you talking about?

dinner-theatre.

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in battle.

after battle

RPG

Keeping the gamer's interest

#2240

to accomplish,

does

quite a feat for any

and Grandia

eyelet in Millennia’s lacy skirt. Visually,

Grandia

was

So, should you spend the

whose

or not?

multi-layered creation could never be

power of Dreamcast. The most amazing thing about Grandia II s graphics and character realized without the

Good Looks So what about the way

it looks? Take a gander at these screens, and you’ll see one of the best-looking new games out

there—with polygonal characters through completely

and

tiny details in

strolling

3D environments

every nook and cranny

rendered with complicated textures and vibrant colors. This

that

one of those

makes you wonder how

long

titles

it’s

going to take the world at large to realize that into

videogames have clearly turned an art form. The superdeformed

designs

how much

they look

representations of their cute,

brethren.

The

superdeformed figures trotting across

lush, colorful fields are the closest things

to angels in pixie

RPG fans will

heaven that oldskool

ever see.

And

it’s

impressive

that the highly detailed character models still

retain

as many animations

3D forms as drawn

may

in their

2D hand So dreamy! While some

they would have as

sprites.

players

not take to Grandia

II’

characters are wonderfully drawn, right

cutesy visuals, there’s no denying that

down

this is

to Ryudo’s boot buckles

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and the

Dreamcast Magazine Holiday 2000

The Last Word?

one very

beautiful

game.

line

and the too

overly straightforward

game

layout of the

linear,

Grandia

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You’d think that with a lineup

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powerful beastman,

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numbers

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As demonstrated in the screenshots below, the variety in environments is astounding in Skies of Arcadia. Every single new land that Vyse and his crew discover is staggeringly different from the last; it’s always surprising that a whole GD-ROM isn’t dedicated to all the different towns and dungeons. From the Western flavor of some of the smaller continents to the European accents of the Valua capital to the Arabian-esque mystique of the desert cities, it’s obvious that a historic amount of care went into every single detail.

Setting Sail With

its

unique character designs,

refreshingly different premise and

imaginative gameplay elements, Skies of Arcadia takes roleplaying into a whole different era.

Freedom to roam, along

with the constant sense of discovery

reinforced by Old World nuances, giving

the

game

a wonderful feel of departure

from the norm.

I live apart from the rest of the world quiet place, making my home with the fli and the insects.

Heralded as the

RPG to best Panzer Dragoon

Saga.

/ In the beginning... As one

of the long running

projects being developed by Over-

be great to invite over for dinner: these folks love games. From the character designs to the dungeon layouts to the

works, one of the Sega’s inhouse

level of detail in

development teams, Skies of Arcadia has perpetually played the underdog to GameArts’ Grandia II. Why? Well, it

of the

most

seems that Japanese gamers love their sequels—and when that sequel

doesn’t

happens

and

be the follow up to one of

it’s

But having a precedent-setting title

mean

that

it’s all

somebody’s got

somewhere down the

This

fiddle.

especially true for Dreamcast,

which has received very

little in

way

RPGs go.

of support as far as

the

Yet despite the looming presence of

Grandia, Skies of Arcadia

come

manages to

out swinging with such a fresh

and unique

feel that

can’t help but

suspect that the team behind

would

does have

was going

made

line.. .and

some

Captain

to start off this

quasi-futuristic

world...”,

but

RPG

world, dotted by islands of

oceans of water, but

massive

seas of wind,

The only way you can travel between islands is to sail in fantastic ships that resemble the Santa Maria

more than the Starship placing the characters

the

Enterprise.

and the

game squarely

Discovery, rather than

entire

the Age of

the usual

generic far-past/far-future era.

Enter Vyse, a young, adventurous “If

RPG took

had

place

medieval-esque

won’t. Instead,

other

fog and clouds.

feel of

paragraph with the statement: a dime for everytime a

a world completly different from any

varying size that float not

This detail gives Skies an original twist,

Skies

share of flaws.

its

Captain, I

punch

fruit

pixie-pink roses. Instead, there’s

always a compromise to be

second

one

strik-

a Dreamcast exclusive.

the most beloved RPGs, well then, to play

and

RPGs for the traditional

ingly original

set—and

gameplay, Skies

well thought out

begin by introducing you to Arcadia:

I’ll

simply

Blue Pirate

who travels the

skies with

his father’s crew, the Blue Rogues,

and dreams of one day having his own ship. But don’t be fooled by the

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Arcadia's

Most Wanted Meet the mugs behind the flag, lest you end up on the wrong end of the...um, eyepatch. Okay, scratch that.

Vyse Young, feisty and packing

enough courage to save the world from doom, Vyse

dreams of one day having a ship and crew to call his own. Nicknamed “Handsome,” he’s brave,

and

still

loyal

single.

Aika Quick to the punch and constantly thinking about

money, Aika does have a caring soul that

may be

hard to notice at

first

beneath her wacky exte-

Count on her to be fast on the draw and loyal rior.

to the end.

Fina The mysterious stranger with an even more mysterious mission, Fina

reserved than Aika, but

she yearns to learn more about the world. With Cupil as her companion, she’s the party’s most powerful

magic

user.

Drachma A

salty

man

of the skies,

Drachma hides a deep wound that forces him to forever chase down the dangerous arcwhale

home to the US

Sega's Skies of Arcadia finally flies

named Rhankam.

He’s a

powerful ally along with his ship, the Little Jack.

eye-patches and skull and crossbones;

those

who

themselves Blue Pirates

call

aren’t the sort of swashbuckling air

and deckhands scurrying belowdecks the moment they appear on the horizon.

her attackers. After the fight

make women padlock

their pantaloons in panic

and send

children

Instead, the Blue Pirates play the role of airborn

their

Robin Hoods, spending

days seeking out unclaimed treas-

ure, exploring

everyone

who

new

lands,

and beating

preys upon the innocent

or exploits the less fortunate to a snotslinging pulp.

And Vyse, along with

his

childhood friend, Aika, are shining

examples of this their

ideal; willing to stick

necks out to help someone

need, while robbing the

enemy

teach them a lesson.

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blind to

Gilder

(kudos to Sega for not cheaping out)

During a routine trip for the Blue Rogues, Vyse and his father Dyne stumble across an Empire ship firing

upon a smaller, unarmed vessel carrying an unconscious young woman. In a particularly intrepid mood, the Rogues close in to rescue the girl and fight off

raiders that

The free spirited ladies' man, Gilder cruises the

and to the amazingly expressive facial expressions of each and every single character. After playing through so

many

badly translated

games

open skies looking for “the good life”, which roughly

across

women, women, and more women.

translates into:

every gaming system (N64 and

the crew lands back at their base of

PlayStation included), it was a singular wonder to be reading such descriptive and concise text outlining everything

One

operations with the mysterious young

from a simple signpost to how Aika

Valua Admirals, Belleza’s

woman

And soon

feels

begin to

safely in their care.

Vyse and Aika’s

after,

lives

through,

about the weather. And

getting excessively wordy, surprisingly.

Character Study

characters has a singular

One

The dialog between

never

seems to wear thin

the amazing strength of

its

Arcadia

equal credit must go to the superb localization of the

characters;

game’s dialog

incredible

amount

all

may

much

lies in

feared

her cun-

She uses tricks and schemes to get the upper hand in a fight, but she’s force.

of the feel, with

not

of attention

evil.

but

not win any

will

before

Instead, she's

the wrong master,

loyal to

being given to the natural flow of conversation.

of the

ning more than physical

convey tons of emotion without ever

change dramatically.

of the striking features that

Belleza strength

manages

she

it's

realize this

too late?

prizes for literary merit the way, say,

Vagrant Story would have,

Holiday

2000

Official

Dreamcast Magazine

Map

Treasure When you

begin your adventure,

you can access an old fashioned pirate's world

map

via the Start Button

when

As you reach map, not only does it

traveling through the skies.

new areas

of the

get bigger, but more of

it is

revealed to

you. Therefore, at the start, you’ll have

nothing but one marked island and sky,

and at the end of the game,

have a

fully illustrated

location marked. This

map with

some

you’ll

every

keep track of where you’ve been and what is

crucial to

areas of the world you have yet to explore. So,

some more (oh,

make

Columbus

politically correct explorer

wait—there are none) and get

discoverin’, pirate!

Cairo (Grandia

II) It’s

Vs ,/

(Skies of Arcadia)

•

jpOTr J

LfjwJbJ There are two different types of RPG pets: the ones that simply look cute

lurks in dark caves

Poff Nuts.

Ryudo

make

who

But not much else. on the other hand,

Cupil,

Fina’s

weird PacMan-like morphing sidekick

Though Cupil starts

off

as nothing

but a weakling, depending on

how many

Chams you

feed

it,

The sense of freedom while

Carro,

can transform

into

more destructive forms ranging from a Star to a Claymore

» deepens the involvement

had with each of the characters and their independent struggles throughout the game. Only occasionally did notice a I

hiccup during an interaction.

And

acters (Aika, Vyse, Fina)

the

from the

moment she’s

horribly wrong.

The

lives of

on the

And what's a

line.

find a

way

sail into

to stop the

badness!

meet up

sounds,

loved every

the

not so friendly.

the

game

dimensional, and this concern shows in

twists

political is

of the characters one-

the storyline with

its

and intertwined

And while many

RPG

the

after Fina for

she simply loves her

they might not satisfy or scratch

all

your cravings

your itches. Seasoned

all

roleplayers

know how

postively great

sword or a blade as a bad-assed mercenary stranger who to wield a

blows into town and kicks heiney without adhering to any sort of honor code

Ryudo

Grandia

II).

It’s

equally

fun to watch this kind of guy grow into

he believes

Skies, Vyse

of the cast

stereotypes

but powerful brute) each rich personalities

blind zealousness;

country—along with the handsome genwho’s commanding the troops. eral

ters remain Skies’ strongest features,

(a la

fall

into

hero, the wispy spell caster, the slow,

so with honor and with complete faith in her queen. Her motivation is not

interactions.

certain

MidOcean. Valua

impressed with

opposing side, she does

a respectable warrior, fighting for what

nearby country along the northern bor-

undisclosed reason, therefore Vyse and

particularly

various plot

going on within the skies of Valua, a der of the Blue Rogues’ base

was

Valua Armada Generals. Though she’s fighting for the

can be

given a well-rounded

making any

atmosphere—something dark

sorts of curious folk,

Arcadia. Things are swiftly in

all

bit

of their cameraderie.

changing

with

But be they friend or foe, every single recurring character

the character of Belleza, one of the

But while the storyline and charac-

and somewhat complex personality. Overworks, the development team, wasn’t content with

they stick together no matter what.

But not everything’s cheery

the sky and

Along the way, Vyse, Fina and Aika

a pinch.

some friendly and some

the

these circumstances? There’s no

choice but to set

both the spunky Aika and the quiet, demure Fina feels genuine and never And through all the troubles and tangles that they inevitably get into

As hokey as

many

self-respecting pirate with integrity to

Strong, noble and caring, his bond with

to,

safely

Blue Rogues’ hands, things begin to

teriously

game

so darned likeable, even to a fault. Vyse, the heroic young warrior, really

falters.

Dreamcast

Aika pledge to keep her from harm: but

innocent people are suddenly and mys-

certainly doesn’t hurt that

each and every one of the main char-

the kind of guy you’d turn to

Official

sailing the

and loves to feed on enough Poff

acting like a light to illuminate dark cor-

Skies that

finds

Nuts and feeds them to Carro, it will do a little dance, then attach itself to him,

Skies.

things

ones that look cute and kick ass.

Perfect example of the former

the squeaky squirrel-type creature

ridors.

little

ular special skills that

Cupil

or the

the

seem so amazing. From the spectaccan be performed in battle (above left) to the fact that you can see Vyse’s breath In the Ice Ruins (above), there are so many little touches that it’s easy to become immersed in the world of Arcadia. The Overworks team has also taken great pains to vary up what the townspeople say and how often they change their lines. The result is an incredibly interesting world. all

(i.e.,

and back

the noble

endearing

and

for

what

Good.

so incredibly likeable and

right off

the bat, that

it’s dif-

ficult to truly identify with

him

given such

other context.

merely a very

stories that

teensy,

Skies' other-

you almost don’t even notice.

Still,

this

weensy quibble

any

wise amazingly assembled cast.

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Discovery

Channel Remember that you're flying in

around

the Age of Discovery. With this

mind, to

you’ll

make

all

no doubt thrill at the chance sorts of

wacky discoveries

throughout your adventure. These

“dis-

made anywhere on the game map and pop up if you’re in the coveries” can be

Iron Star

A strange object said to be launched by the ancienf civi ization of the Red Moon. Its purpose has beer| long forgotten, but legends say that its Eye could see the entire world. Even now, sailors navigate by its rhythmic flashing light,

•

right place by pressing

Your discoveries

the

button.

be logged

will

your

Journal under Discoveries and with over

40 entries to

fill,

you can get 'em

you’ll

be busy seeing

You should also be warned that a low treasure hunter by the

Domingo

name

be able to

sell

fel-

new

also on the lookout for

things to discover and out, you’ll

all.

you beat him your Discovery

information for a pretty profit.

you get

beat to the punch, expect only pocket

skies

change.

overwhelming and exhilarating

How

clever

and cool

Rank and game map

Freedom If

the open

you've ever played an

before, you

the world

know the

RPG

also leads to

random

not so

walk around

drill:

map and cruise around for game and you’ll eventually

(see boxout). But wandering

air

battles against weird

creatures, as well Pirates. Yes,

random and

as the dreaded Black

Black Pirates. Y’see, not Arcadia feels obliged to

half of the

every pirate

receive a ship. Then,

devote his energies to good. And

the

dungeon,

final

when you near be granted an

you’ll

upgrade: an airship. Now, imagine starting off with

airship! Cool,

huh?

slogging through dungeons and

fighting with

bosses just so you can

bop around the

map

with ease.

Vyse runs

into

sure. While

fought

them,

it’s

a fight for

random stock

battles are

character on the deck of your

place to ensure that you can’t

access the entire world

map

(like air

and stone reefs) at once, as well as random battles to be fought ship-toship and hand-to-hand on your ship’s deck. Nevertheless, the sense of immediate freedom is simultaneously overwhelming and exhilarating. rifts

With a massive world explore and so

map to

many things to see and

do, you’ll find yourself spending just as

much time storyline

progressing through the in

seeking out new Discov-

eries (see boxout)

and

filling in

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the

good

that you

fight with

the

may

your

fists.

But

run into another ship or a

One

swords nor Aika’s boomerangs can

of Arcadia undoubtedly has to be Vyse’s

When this

happens,

you’ll

open a

new screen which allows you to enter specific commands, for using magic (altered spells to suit the situations),

or different

healing (with repair

pull off

some

of the

kits)

order to

more spectacular

attacks with equip-able cannons or

your stationary main cannon,

need the

always been a bit up in the as to how the ship battles in Skies

air

would be handled. Would they be turn-

based? Would they happen

when

regularly

you’re steering your ship? Or are

they relegated to special events? turns out that the answer

some

is all

of the

depends on where you and your enemies are, and what you’re doing. If you’re strolling around a dungeon above, to

foot,

it’s

degree.

a given that

all

you’ll

fight-

(SP)

and

of the coolest features in

upgradeable ranking. On the

help you.

types of cannon attacks.

It’s

File

creature so big that neither Vyse’s

means pulling out the big cannons for some serious air combat.

Fight, Fight, Fight

that?

there’s a chance

air,

ship, fighting against rival pirates

Instead, there are other conven-

tions

ing the

you’re up

right

amount

“title”

Skies

that changes

from time to time, depending on how you handle yourself in battle and when making tough decisions during your journey. See, a man of honor and integrity is measured by the choices he makes, right? Listen for a chime when choosing from multiple choices

A chime means

you’ll

decision.

of Spirit Points

to find the option to

screen, Vyse has a

you’ve

a conversation.

made the

right

Any other sound means you’re

demoted, peasant.

do so

grid. The command way to gauge the most opportune times to do the most

on the command grid is your best

damage to your enemy in a given round, or when it’s best to guard against an impending special counterattack.

Though

nth degree, the

it’s

turnbased to the

command

grid forces

you to plan your attacks accordingly

and employ some good strategic thinking.

old fashioned

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Holiday

2000

Official

Dreamcast Magazine

The extremes between the different locales in Skies shows that plenty of thought went into each of the games' different lands. From the leafy tree tops of Horteku (top left) to the dusty sands in Maramba (top right), the level of design in each village is stunning enough to forgive how small each town actually Is. The cool thing is that there so much to see and do on your first run through each new land that you’ll be well occupied.

Eternal Otaku 10/05/00: and

It is

Thursday morning,

you a student?

OCDM are standing outside the LAOX

game

store here

Eternal Arcadia's

A. No.

got the morning off work!

have to go back

Akihabara to witness

first

few moments on the

don't

in until after lunch.

Q. Did you reserve your copy?

10:45am (15 minutes before three members of the game's creative team turn up to greet the anxious

A. Yes,

about a week ago. although I see

they’re

still

RPG

A. Really? Yokatta! (this

world stage.

It’s

LAOX bag

clutching a

game

but we've

had to make do with the @barai (Internet version which looks sadly pathetic in

trial)

DVD-like casing alongside

its

ably

its

illustrious big brother.

Best of our

all,

(for

II.

I’ve finished

Q. Are you going to talk to

mascots.

though, and the reason for

outing this morning,

little

love their games. Sega

it.

games

though.

are

love

RPGs.

an art book, a skull bracelet, a blue

game

Any recent favorites?

A. Grandia

some dusty ancient is the game itself (on two

little

What, to go and get your game signed?

printed to look like

cellphone) and three

he's

copy).

great.

an ornate-looking brown box that opens up like an old book and is

discs),

this morning.

means

the reservation and

What’s up?

A. Yes!

sky pirate bandana, a ‘mascot strap'

them

A. I'm really nervous!

Under the

tome. Inside,

made

Q. (Sugawara-san looks a bit worried)

consider-

card slipcover, the limited edition

housed

delighted he

managed to get a

containing the lim-

ited edition box set of the

selling

Q. Yeah, but they’ve just sold out.

otaku) and there’s already a line of

fans forming outside the store. Everyone's

them

(the Eter-

nal Arcadia team)? A.

don’t think so! I'm too nervous!

(He did though, and they were very friendly to him!)

the

opportunity to have your limited editon

signed by the people

who made the

game. By 10:50, the store has sold its supply of 50 boxes and a quick count confirms that everyone

standing

in line

who bought it meet their

waiting to

AT 11am, producer Kodama-san,

idols.

Hoshi-san and Ohba-san duly troop up to

CValuan Spectre Spellship) Impudent Air Pirate, you dare challenge the Armada/? You will learn to fear the Magic Cannons aboard these these new Spell ships/

a table set outside the store entrance

and prepare

their writing quills.

well

as having the team write ‘thank you!' on their

game

Once

boxes, the lucky few also get

a bonus Eternal Arcadia poster and com-

I fell

head over heels

memorative bag. Skipping off work to collect his copy

and get

signed

standing next to us

»The sense of scale

Sugawara-san, in

now

the line and

battles

certain ship

amazing to The moment you enter a

also incredibly

see

tioning. Serves

fight with a creature that also serves

the

as a weapon of mass destruction (we

ton.

him

right for

being ahead

of us:

in action.

can’t give Q.

How come you’re

morning to get your

all

away, now, can we?),

here on a Thursday

then you know you’re

game

hard battle. While

signed? Are

some way to

for

a long,

wish that there was

control the actual

move-

chess matches with

fire-

Panzer Dragoon

is something very between the two.

Apart from the ship battles, based, but using a

For example, you have a Green

simi-

you’ll

somewhat clever

Purple

Moon

Stone. in

combat possessing Red Moon Stone elements. If your weapon is green, then you can press the Y button to switch it to purple which will do more damage to red creatures. At the end of the

battle, you’ll gain points

your Purple

Moon

towards

Stone, thus giving

you a chance to gain more Ice Elemental spells.

replace the need for magic points, the

and eager to learn. You can also learn unique skills for each character by collecting smaller

combat All

Dreamcast Magazine Holiday 2000

but-

magic system and SP meter to nearly

same

Official

not only affect your

Stone’s magic category.

Moon Stone and a

lar in feel

full

will

You stumble across some creatures

also have to fight hand-to-hand. Turn-

load

Moon

of ships on the screen during a

Saga, but there

anda

Doing so

specific

the ship battles often almost

glorious airfights

i-san (above)

battle by pressing the

fly in

enemy differently, depending on its weakness, but you’ll also beef up that

ment

power. They aren’t as grandiose as the

Pans get happy with Skies

your weapon to that specific color on

fight,

seemed

stumble across one of the colored Moon Stones, you’ll be able to change

the victim of a quick Gestapo-like ques-

Arcadia

very basic.

characters are able to learn the basic spells, such as healing and

The system keeps you sharp

Moonstones. You can distribute these

various elemental attacks through a

items to whichever character you

system of Moon Stones. Once you

choose,

order to access

some

very

www.DailyRadar.com

M As you near the

final confrontation in Skies,

you’d be missing out if you didn’t spend enough time cruising through the world to pick up on the many secrets and whatnot hidden through the game.

Ship battles are impressive both visually, and from a gameplay standpoint. While they aren’t as flexible or interactive as the ones in Panzer Dragoon Saga are, the sense of scale is equally amazing.

CTavernkeep) Remember,

it's "Gentum,

Please bring them to me all/

into Skies ' plot,

never looked back even for a minute

aUMHMife cool specials which are crucial for tough

fights later

the game.

rate

skills interesting,

when

flying

dungeons

that you’ll find yourself tiring of quickly.

of battle

This

is it

so high

rather

also doesn’t help that the pace

can sometimes

feel very slow.

probably Skies' weakest aspect,

especially

when compared

ing battle system

nonetheless,

wasn’t

look the problems.

Still,

but wish for something a inspired. Battle will

to the

Grandia

II.

amaz-

But

is,

after

spend the bulk

couldn’t help

more where most

bit

would be doing a disservice

readers

failed to

pace of Skies. Up I

found

mention the

until it

www.dreamcastmagazine.com

wasn’t

guaranteed that

you’re

leave

in it

power

want to

for

ruin the surprises that

thanks to this option, so

I’ll

at this: never underestimate the

Graphics 10 Filled with

The Final Chapter I

PlayStation, these characters are in

various places

expressions

all

Everything simply screams high producand it does nothing but enhance an already strong story played

tion value,

and occupations.

the effect these character

your ship, as well as on your

will

fort.

have on I

cer-

(besides Grandia

II,

no other RPG

of course)

released for Dreamcast, still

its

was

legacy would

be complete with Skies of Arcadia.

Go out and experience criminal to miss out

BGM

CONTROL 9 :

Ships feel a

little

slow;

some

delayed resp

serve to impress.

out by great characters.

terms of depth.

But what separates Skies from Suikoden is

facial

to the

M—

Minimal vocal tracks and unique I

models

effects to the character

yummy textures and expressive characters

Sound 10

haven’t even touched on the in Skies! But rest

marvelous graphics

fast.

assured that everything from the special

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of sub-quests to involve you in a

game-and

And this is what impressed me about Once fell head over heels into the plot, never quite looked back. wanted to play nonstop and discover everything that the game had to offer. And what it has to offer is nothing short of amazing

found

to overall

there’ll

player,

be an event

tainly don’t

the duration of Skies.

bit slow.

from player to

that grabs you, keeping you enthralled for

& on

a certain point

be a

As the game goes on, Vyse will be charged with assembling a whole new crew of characters to help build a fort and base. And much like Konami’s Suikoden I

of their time.

Building Castles in the Air

the game,

it’s

will differ

difficult to over-

all,

that point

Skies.

found the adventure so

compelling that

fans

clever

the encounter

through the open skies

or tooling around the

se— but

wham-bam-thank you-ma'am, either. But (and it’s a big “but”) something happened several hours into playing that changed the whole game and drew me in for the long run. Though exactly

While the elemental system

and the

never quite plodded, per

now.

on the

It’d

ride.

GAMEPLAY 10 Classic

gameplay with new, innovative twists

Score: 10

Animated Violence Animated Blood and Gore

PlayStation^

Get up close and personal

the first-person

perspective with over 10 weapons of destruction!

Screenshots are from the PlayStation®2 system.

to 8 players on your Sega play 2- or 4-player split screen, or

Go online with up

reamcast™,

network 2 PlayStation®2’s systems with i.LINK™.

Experience dazzling graphics and a multitude of

maps and weapons it’s

Unreal™ Tournament's single

fast

and furious,

and multiplayer experience comes

to life on

PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Sega Dreamcast™

Lead your team

of virtual

teammates against the

the galaxy. Mind-blowing realistic

deadliest gladiators

3D graphics. High-octane gameplay. Totally Unreal

combat

action.

Just be sure not to lose your head.

mfw.

Unreal.

all in

frame rate so

fast

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-Compete

the

four-player

simultaneous Battle Royal mode

-Includes the original Arcade

-All your favorite characters from the

Mode and tournament Dreamcast Mode

Spawn

style

series are faithfully recreated

the ultimate death match challenge

Arc Systems' only real (albeit

amazing) 2D

fighter

— Guilty Gear on

PlayStation— might not be fighting fans'

pops heads as

fantastic.. .but

hardcore

title

that readily

virtual for

its

into

scrappers revere innovative

gameplay

and charismatic characters. If you have a PlayStation (or check

Guilty Gear games were humans, we do dare say Guilty GearX would be a god among men If

fighting

the fray— and believe

ince its inception,

Sega’s system has

been a sanctuary for

oh-so-high bar

2D fighting games.

With

2D fighting.

One

prowess, the Dreamcast has

under-appreciated videogames

finally

allowed developers to

deliver filled

their previously unful-

promise of pixel-perfect

arcade conversions—with

all

of their coin-op

counterparts. Unsurprisingly,

most beloved-yet-

recent memory, the original

Guilty

Gear (which came home

on PlayStation) defined of

the extraordinary speed, color

and animation

of the

with

its

itself

well-balanced game-

wonderful art design and

play,

extremely tight control. This sequel takes this solid founda-

does rock.

X simply screams next millennium.

Lickety slick REGARD THE TONGUE

sticking out

in this picture: this is exactly

Herculean pixel-pushing

out.

that

or not,

might just raise the already

its

what

our tongues look like right now, as we wait for the debut of these 640x480 pixel beauties. Trust us, the 2D folks in this game are prettier than your 3D girlfriend (don't tell her that, if you want to keep her). We predict that you'll be hard-pressed to find a fighter to equal

GGX when it

And not only does GGX

make

beautiful use of the

characters-atop-3D back-

grounds technique first employed in Marvel vs.

Capcom

2, but

actually

does something that no 2D fighting game has ever managed to do before— it uses

releases.

high-resolution

640x480

characters. While this might

not sound

like a big deal,

has been Capcom who has

tion

spearheaded this effort, with more than a half-dozen such

spectacular gameplay and

you’re a fan of hand-illustrated,

combining

and

manga-style characters, you

which

simply must see these massive,

titles

gracing the console. Now,

new contender

set to enter

and brings

level,

to the next

retaining the original’s

with a look

feel entirely its

own—one

trust

us— it makes

difference

all

the

the world.

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Read

on,

and

DC games could be even sweeter. what you’ll be playing in months to come!

sweet, and these find out

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Fighting fans everywh e re rejo ce i

COASTER WORKS/62

Ifyoub uild

RE3: NEMESIS/63 The

Master of Unlocking™ returns!

it,

they

come

will

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mascot

BANG!: GUNSHIP ELITE/ 74

CHARGE'N BLAST/76 BANGAI-O/77 Treasure

IRON ACES/77 How

m a dn essf om

Sega

space, noone can hear

Arc ade shooters reUirn to Drea mcast

gears up for another shootin' classic

blue

the wild blue yonder? At least apples and oranges are both fruit: The world doesn't get any more diverse than Sonic Shuffle (page 74) and

This is a towering inferno of spine-tingling, lip-smacking, eye-gouging 2D goodness. Especially if you've got a VGA monitor, it’s like having an honest-to-goodness arcade machine in your home. Dropdeadline Newsflash: Dina just announced that she has sprained her lifestyle.

Chicken Run (page 66).

INCOMING! All

Dreamcast,

all

the time: planned releases for Nov

Test Drive

Nov

Xtreme Sports Sports

Bang! Gunship

Nov

Capcom

Vs.

Elite

SNK

Shooter

World's Deadl. Pol. Chases

Deer Avenger Shooter

Nov

Star

Dino Crisis Action

Nov Nov

Urban Chaos Action

ECW Anarchy

& Magic 3

Hoyle Casino

Games

RPG

Casino

Project Justice Fighting

well-animated sprites (14 of

of powerful attacks. This serves

which are available at the game’s start) dash around the screen at lightspeed. And no more rough edges or blocky pixelation—these highres fighters will impress even

as a clear incentive for players

count

be aggressive in their fighting styles, and prevents matches from settling into defensive blockfests. It’s a novel idea, and one which will have a huge

spectacular game.

the most jaded gamers.

effect

on the

each

style

systems—of which

the most notable

Gauge.

the Tension

Essentially, this is

this Fall’s Tokyo

Guilty

meter at the bottom of the

selling

screen which

is filled

by the

meter

is full,

When

the character

the will

have access to an assortment www.dreamcastmagazine.com

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Pluses

Game Show,

game

as a system-

Japan. While

[+]

Evil

Shenmue

2 Action

Adventure

entering into an extremely

crowded niche genre—which

Bottom Line

on Dreamcast— Guilty GearX promises to stand on its own

We’d put

Jan

Daytona: Network Racing Racing

Jan

Gunbird 2 Shooter

Jan

Phantasy Star Online Online RPG

Jan

Alien Front OnlineShooter/Action

Nov Nov Nov Nov

Q1 Q1

18 Wheeler Ampro Trucker

Dri ving

Out Trigger Shooter/Action Alone

the Dark IV Adventure

Dragon Riders Adventure

Matt Hoffman’s ProBMX Sports

Star Wars: Demolition Racer Racing

Nov

Agartha Adventure

Speed

III

Bleed Action

Q2 '01 ’01

Nov

Black And White

The Next Tetris Online Puzzle

Nov

Buffy the Vamp. Slayer Action

'01

Tomb

Nov

Floigan Brothers Action

*01

Devils Online Racing

Raider Chronicles Adventure

Worms World

Party Multiplayer

Nov

Strategy

Gorka Morka Racing

‘01

Galleon Adventure

’01

Nov Nov

Bangai-0 Shooter

Dec

Headhunter Adventure

'01

Charge'N Blast Action

Dec

Heavy Metal FAKK Shooter

’01

Dec

Legend of the Blademasters RPG

'01

Dec

MOUT 2025: Shrapnel Action

‘01

NBA Hoopz Sports

'01

Ducati World Racing

Dead: Hail to the King Action

Dec Dec

FPS

Aces

Flight

Sim

Prince of Persia

any 2D fighter we’ve seen. a pipe and smoke it

Cannon Spike Action/Shooter

Nov

Iron

Jan

Shooter/RPG

StarLancer Online S hooter

Max Steel Action

Bigger, better, faster, prettier and

Nov

Half-Life

[_]

Q4 Jan

Nov

Dec

even more extremely crowded

original than

Nov

Armada

Nov

[-]

you don’t dig on 2D fighters, you probably won’t dig on this

Unreal Tournament FPS

Sonic Shuffle Multiplayer Puzzle

Evil

Minuses

Wars Super Bombad Racing

Skies of Arcadia RPG

Coaster Works

Best high-res 2D graphics we’ve ever seen: with intriguing new fighting systems

character moving forward or

performing attacks.

EVAN SHAMOON

crowd at

GearX has already

solidified its place

about drooling.

Resident

Vanishing Point Racing

front of a ravenous

ful fighting

all

Ready 2 Rumble 2nd Rnd Sports Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Action

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Sports

Recently demonstrated

pack with

purpose-

until

battle.

to distinguish itself from the its original,

hands on the import,

get our

we’re

the characters) as a

and pacing

Gear X also manages

Guilty

all

Nc"

Kao the Kangaroo Platformer Nov Looney Toons Space Race Racing Nov Ms Pacman’s Maze Madness Arcade Nov Nov Peacemakers Strategy

you

Q4 Driving

Nov

Ruiz Wrestling

Heroes of Might

Nov

BMX Sports

E.O.S. Action

that,

IHRA Drag Racing Racing

Dave Mirra Freestyle

two feet (more than

Dec

Dark Angel Action

Nov Nov

Chicken Run Action

can’t be seen in these captures are the gobs of animation being thrown around the screen. Dropdeadline Newsflash: “I think we’re doin’ a magazine, now!" says Dave, three days before our Someone Gets Fired deadline.

Dec

Austin Powers: Mojo Rally Racing

Nov

Fighting

Championship Surfer Sports

What

2000 and beyond

LeMans Racing

102 Dalmations Rescue Adventure Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes Strategy

3D Action

Record of Lodoss War RPG

Roswell Conspiracy Action

Dec

Soldier of Fortune Action/Shooter

‘01

Dec

Sonic Adv.

'01

Dec Dec

Surf Rocket Racers Racing

Dec

'01

Spec Ops: Omega Squad

'01

Action

Dec

Picassio

Champ. Racing

Dec

Quark RPG

Int.

Platformer

Soul Reaver 2 Adventure

System Shock 2 Shooter/RPG

Sno Cross

'01

Dec

Racing

Stunt

’01

Planet of the Apes Action

Strategy

TBA TBA

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»...

Raziel shows gamers everywhere, once again, that size does indeed matter.. .especially when it comes to the girth of your selected weapon. The bigger the blade, the bigger the kill.

Whoever says that Dreamcast lags behind PS2 in terms of graphics quality certainly hasn’t seen what Crystal Dynamics has done with Soul Reaver 2. Every environment, character and object is modeled with high polygon counts In mind.

Have Reaver, Will here

may be no

haven’t played the

first

the superiority of Dreamcast

And

clearly, right

from cost-effectiveness

start,

than the “port” of Legacy

from the

in a

cessors, Soul Reaver to

brothers, the corruption of

•

company

hasn’t used anything from the that ended up on the

the be;

floor: it’s all

game (as well they should we don’t want the story

wrecked anymore than they do!), it’s clear that you’ll

the

pillars,

someone

over at Crystal

has been listening to a Sisters of Mercy. Like

lot of

its

prede-

better than that of

Until

you got

to the cliffhanger ending, that

is.

Soul Reaver 2 finally completes the story of top

demon

Raziel’s quest to destroy

top top

demon

Kain (who was

Alucard: Reaver by Design

keen to make clear that Soul Reaver 2 is a in and of itself, and that you can figure out it

complete game

Official

(^Prpamrast Magazine Holiday 2000

through

gothic

the architecture of

the levels. Thanks to

lost,

WHILE ITS ARGUABLE THAT RAZIEL may be the tougher of the two vampires, what if the question came down to who’s the cooler blood and soul sucker? Well, unfortunately for Raziel, we'd have to go with Alucard (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night). But the two vamps do have plenty in common.

bleak, yet

some

killer

demons with a score to settle. Raziel has been cast Underworld by his former master, while Alucard wants to free the non-vamp world from his Dad's—the Count's—evil clutches.

Pathos. Both are reluctant

eerily

beautful environments—and not

halls with

game

wood

POINT #1:

still

just wandering

(the

wings, anyway)—although the folks at Eidos are

fixation

sound track. As in the last game, design really comes

level design, you really feel as though you’re exploring dark,

into the

always just jealous of Raziel’s

goes beyond a

the color black and a bleak

Style-wise, well, let’s just say

that

dark, lonely core. But this

its

‘style’

and more.

the PlayStation version, and the

gameplay soared.

demon death

genocide of your vampire

Dynamics and Eidos are being coy about revealing details of

first

game

of instant

solving the mysteries of the

material. Although Crystal

of Kain: Soul Reaver. The

was

new

cutting

brave leap forward

creative integrity, the

room

you one.

graphics were unbelievable, control

up a dose

Travel: Raziel returns to dish

what’s going on even

other

game—other than NFL 2K— that demonstrated

down generic

pentagram textures design equivalent of

panelling) on the walls

Even if there were no gameplay here— and there is—simply exploring the levels would be a

POINT #2: Morphing. Women love guys who can morph, and both Raziel and Alucard do Alucard transforms, while Raziel shape-shifts through time. Ooooh, baby.

wonderful visual experience. it.

And even the

title

better: because was designed

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its

predecessors, Soul Reaver

gothic to

its

dark, lonely core.

CHARLA

Raziel will be able to tranport items from place to

place

in order to solve puzzles.

The variety

environments

was already impressive in the original, but Crystal Dynamics ensures that there will be even more depth and detail in every inch of the sequel's terrain.

You’ll

have to sharpen your

weapon

order to duel with

all

sorts of new enemies. The list is impressive, and it includes human vampire hunters as well

as foes that Eidos terms “extradimensional demons.” These enemies may indeed add an extra dimension to combat, in that you cannot escape them as easily as you could in prior titles in the series. You’ll have to outwit them, instead of simply heading into battle swinging.

Though the levels look a little lonely at this point in the game’s development cycle, you can expect that there will be plenty for Raziel to see and do on his new adventure.

things down, the graphics are

simply breathtaking. The detail is

Sister Act ONE OF THE SEMINAL bands movement

exactly

what you’ve always

Crystal

game’s

double the polygons that you saw in the first game. Texture

maps are also immense, and game runs at a rock solid 60 fps. Oh, and of course,

keen to point out that

“This won’t be a cheesy time travel story,”

expected from Dreamcast, and polygon counts are immense: every character has at least

Let the blood-letting begin!

around, to facilitate his explo-

stepped up sign ifigantly, with fewer ‘push-the-block-flip-the-

gain seven

today

—in spirit—in

available at any

one time. PUBLISHER EIDOS DEV CRYSTAL DYNAMICS GENRE VAMPIRE ACTION ADVENTURE ORIGIN US PLAYERS ONLINE NOPE RELEASE DATE SPRING

Puzzles have also been

he’ll

new

rediscover characters and areas

summon—one for each

Dynamics' dark and lovely Soul Reaver games.

both from Soul Reaver 1 and

elemental reaver forges

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain,

discover at various places

simultaneously for Dreamcast

the

and PlayStation2, without the laggard PlayStation 1 dragging

whole blood-sucking series the

game first

that started the

place. But again,

and

switch’ puzzles

Pluses

[+]

Great design, great wear black

and more

style,

makes us want

in-depth challenges that tie

reavers to

the design ethos of Crystal

dreamcastmagazine.com

CHRIS CHARLA

as nonlinear as possible by ensuring that two or three quests or options are always

world of Nosgoth’s past:

lives

about to make a great game, more power to ’em. Raziel will have a lot more tools at his disposal, this time

to think

group stayed cool throughout the

and

What can we say?

level.

abilities (inlcuding spells),

'90s

entire experience to the next

boss monsters—the team

ration: he’ll learn nine

effects are fantastic.

game that had great game mechanics. Now Soul Reaver 2 looks to take the a beautiful

attempting to keep gameplay

will and Sounds a little literary, for our tastes, but hey— if that’s what these folks need

exploring various epochs of the

the lighting and special

good-versus-evil.

explore deeper questions of

The storyline has Raziel

—

game—

more enemies, and

destiny-versus-free

Eldritch (note the Dr. Evil pose), the

—

far

great variety of enemies and

the

(the

will

essential to solving the

now

attempt to

one in this century), the Sisters of Mercy helped to turn the color black into the moody pout of the visible spectrum. Their somber lyrics and music you could call it dirge-metal made us happy to be sad and mad. Fronted by Bowie-boy Andrew the gothic

earning these powers

especially since there are

and that the

plot will

of the he’ll in

directly into the plot

organic within the Raziel’s

new

and

game

feel

world.

abilities will also

Nosgoth. Each of the seven

enable deeper and more

reavers can also be powered up and enhanced. Although

complex puzzle mechanics. Soul Reaver 1 was a triumph: Holiday

Minuses [-] The puzzles were tough

last time.

they're tougher this time wicked frustrating

may be

Bottom Line

[_] We love a good vamp game, especially when it actually has a compelling story

2000 Official

# Dreamcast Ma gazine 63. .

COMINGSOON

Previews

CW,

at least

you don’t lose points

for regurgitation.” brandon justice

Use the Force ACCORDING TO THE website "World of Coasters," the top gun amusement park coasters

of all

worldwide

wee machine

is a

Millennium Force (this determination was based on a the members). called the poll of

Built

site's

speed with a max drop point at a dizzying 300 feet and nearly 6000 feet of rollercoaster action, the Millennium Force has been for

—and spilling

thrilling riders

their cookies—at Cedar Point in Ohio since earlier this year. Now, just imagine building this behemoth yourself in Coas ter Wo rks

and

why

you'll begin to get the idea of

could be one heck of an

addictive ride.

It’ll

take a while for you to get the hang of constructing your own rollercoaster, but once you complete one, it’s a joy from there on out. But if you mess up in guesstimating the coaster’s angles, you may have to start over from in order to create a successful ride. Our angles were a little on the sharp side (above).

ride

scratch

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have a set amount of space to work with and some of the special components must be earned before they can be used, but otherwise,

You’ll

getting your coaster just right

a completely freeform experience.

Coaster Works If

wasn’t a ga m e,

this

musement parks

are

all of

Coaster Works,

a perplexing schtick.

thes e ups and downs would put you

will

be able

give the virtual park-goer a simi-

perhaps the only

lar satisfaction,

sans nausea.

industry outside pharmaceutical testing for

where people

someone

through

willingly

else to put

rituals

pay

them

that are almost

Known as Jet Coaster Dream in Japan, the entire game was single software engineer.

manage to charge you a good $20 bucks

fitting

for

a hot dog and a Coke and

leave you walking

away

smile—and sometimes, eat and ride

with a if

you

the wrong order,

you might even lose the hot dog and the Coke.

Now, Xicat Interactive thinks that

has a handle on the

causes of true

thrill

ride addic-

And it’s hoping that this upcoming rollercoaster sim,

tion.

,64 Officia

# Dreamcast Magazine

ropes, you’ll try your

hand at

that you,

all

monsters,

stats such as

until you are the master of whiplash-inducing,

free-falling loopty-loops of

doom.

some, are about to pick up where he left off as a coaster designer.

The

rules are simple:

follow the instructions of a

handy-dandy in-game tutor

and

build a coaster that fits the

specifications of the park.

Each course/park has set of limitations,

keep you

in line,

and

its

own

to help

CW starts you

off with

a pretty lengthy learning

session.

Once you’ve completed

Holiday

2000

Niche marketing WITH COASTER WORKS on its way to the US, we can only hope it'll lead the way for other weird and wonderful games, like the underrated Tokyo Bus Guide

that

is fully

you go.

it’s

by your lone-

The editor

therapy

3-D, and

second time around.

you can test everything out as

increasingly impressive metal

designed and programmed by a

guaranteed to make them queasy, they also

a kiddy coaster to learn the

even keeps track of

level.

regurgitation,

a good

brandon justice

mind, however, that “the figures indicating the

number

who’ve either

lost

or suffered

of people

consciousness

memory

loss are only

estimates.’’ Oh, my. If

for you, or

you can’t spare the

time or money for a

amusement

PUBLISHER XICAT DEVELOPER BIMB00S0FT GENRE SIM ORIGIN JAPAN PLAYERS 1 ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE DECEMBER

Pluses

Dramamine doesn’t work

[+]

Sim games couldn't be further from a dime a dozen on DC, and Coaster Works should

trip to

fill

the gap very nicely

your

Minuses

from Team

favorite

Fortyfive.

Coaster Works could be the answer to your prayers. But be

It's a heartstopping

It’s

thing you don’t lose points for

and Keep in

levels

thrill

the ride’s safety

park,

title.

realistic.

may look too If 3D games make your

Truly.

stomach

turn, you’ll

Could

t-1

be too niche-y for the mass

market? Ah. who cares when a game has this much promise!

forewarned: things

soon be

re-

evaluating your love for orange

food as

passes your

lips for

the

Bottom Line One

of the

successful finally

[_]

intriguing

and modestly

games on DC in Japan is its way to the US. Sim

winging

fans and niche gamers take note!

www.DailvRadar.com

“You’ll

need more than firearms

to battle against the

undead that

litter

Raccoon

City’s streets.” francesca reyes

One of the new features that Capcom has added in for the PC and DC versions in RE3: Nemesis is the option to choose any of Jill’s eight different outfits at the start of the game. We particularly like the Saturday Night Fever-e sque flavor of the top right outfit (right). Ah, ah, ah, ah stayin’ alive.

Nemesis Three times

[“ H

was just a matter

not only the charm,

time before Capcom brought some of the

earlier chapters in

its

flagship

horror series to DC. After porting Resident Evil in

Japan

2 and 3 to PC it seemed

this year,

like a

waiting

anything else

until

announced that would make

and now, just holidays, the

game than Capcom

either

as RE2,

first title in

RE series, Nemesis

the

up where the with

Jill

picks

original left off

Valentine back

zom-

bie-shooting form. Players

assume her

City,

come

on the way.

But it’s Nemesis that most DC owners may not be so because its

familiar with,

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charming

mutated and undead walk the

while the

survival horror,

n.:

a genre

of videogame or movie in which a protagonist must negotiate situations of sensationalist violence,

usually having supernatural elements, [source: Oxford English Dictionary, North American edition, 2000]

We've arrived!

its

PlayStation counterpart

Fans

this holiday season.

by making several goodies

should definitely take

machine gun from the start, need more than a mere

available from the very start of

up on

you’ll

the game. Treats such as eight different

monsters that

litter

your path.

costumes

initially

for

Jill

its offer,

Capcom

francesca reyes

will

available, rather

than having to be unlocked, as Like the omnipotent Tyrant in

Code Veronica,

there’s also a

enemy who will dog move in the form of Nemesis. But where the game

horrifying

Horror Defined!

from

streets freely. Equipped with a

firearm to battle the hordes of

will

identity in order to

escape Raccoon

time for the

company who

finally

through. RE3: Nemesis, as well

who’ve played the

title

to the US;

invented the art of zombie

hunting has

release coincided with the early

days of Dreamcast. For those

oh, so

Lt ’s

Jill’s

every

really distinguishes itself

from

the rest of the survival horror

pack

is in its

branching paths.

well

as the bonus game, Merce-

naries, in

which you control one

of three different Umbrella mili-

tary

members

own

specific

(each with his

equipment and

characteristics)

Minuses

a survival

type mini-game that mimics the Battle

Mode

Code Veronica.

game will affect the outcome of Jill’s plight and the

With Nemesis joining the

game’s ending. Capcom has made sure

along with D/no

the

port of

The quality well

RE3

[-] of the port is

will

RE3

action adventure fray on

While

how

[_]

not exactly a reinvention of

the survival horror wheel, fans will

definitely appreciate the zombified

Crisis and RE2, gamers won’t be left high and dry in the zombie department

Holiday

it's

key to

be ultimately received

Bottom Line

Your decisions throughout

differentiate the

PUBLISHER CAPCOM DEVELOPER CAPCOM GENRE SURVIVAL HORROR ORIGIN JAPAN PLAYERS 1 ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE NOV

Pluses [+] Another RE title for Dreamcast can't be a bad thing at all, can it?

2000

effort

from Capcom. And you certainly

can't beat the asking price: $19.99.

Official

Dreari-icast

Magazine 65

COMINGSO0

‘Chicken Run: You’ll build a catapult to launch chickens over the fence.” evanshamoon

Lighting played a

huge

Our entire staff except for Dave absolutely loved Chicken Run, and that those who haven't yet seen it promptly do so. Dave never made it out to the movie, but apparently likes to cook chicken 365 different ways, as per the cookbook we found suspiciously stashed behind the microwave

role in the

film— and

it’s

we recommend

equally significarrf in

the game.

in his

kitchen.

-A

von f of

Chicken (Brave) Heart HE'S PLAYED THE ANGUISHED Prince Hamlet, a killer Celt, and a plucky fowl: Mel Gibson has nibbled on both the dark meat and the light

The

meat

of acting fare. Factoid:

critics at

ODCM tout Australian

WWI drama Gallipoli a s one of his best films ever. See

with Kleenex.

Chicken Run It's

what's for Dreamcast. espite Dreamworks’

cross-promotional

Tweedy along the way.

Alternating control between

spectacularly obnoxious tie-in

Ginger and Rocky, players must

have to find various objects scat-

Players will be able to explore environments and complete

use their tactical-espionage-

tered about the farm, and then

different tasks in

use that resourceful brain of

like,

You’ll

with meat-mogul Burger King,

action skills to navigate their

Chicken Run was easily one of

through 14 levels of Tweedy

yours to figure out

how to

the finest movies of 2000. An

Farm, outwitting dogs, search-

the items together

ingenious

homage

Sturges’ The Great

John

and the nasty

Mr.

and Mrs.

Escape (and

a slew of other great World

POW camp

lights

War

escape movies), is an epic battle

Chicken Run

between man and bird, containment and freedom— poultry and

so to speak.

any order they

folks at Blitzgames

provides gorgeous cinematic

views throughout the game. A

combination of actual movie clips

where you shoot them over the

scenes adds to the excitement of the proceedings as well; oddly, the main engine looks

list

of factoids:

fence into various parts of the farmyard).

such impossibly

meticulous work that on a typical day,

individual sets

would be operin

into

and

specially-scripted cut-

the animation style

nothing

used

the game.

McNuggets. Eidos has licensed the original

under a wire fence with a spoon.

While the storyline to

going

remain consistent with the

plot of the movie,

gameplay

will

be as non-linear as possible.

there—and we can’t

EVAN SHAMOON

|—^yOfficiali-S'Magazine

Dreamcast PUBLISHER EIDOS DEVELEPOER BLITZGAMES GENRE ADVENTURE ORIGIN UK PLAYERS ONLINE TBA RELEASE DATE DECEMBER 1

PLUSES

[+]

Great concept, great movie, great potential— we’ve thoroughly enjoyed

what we’ve played so

ten

direc-

made

simple sketch of a chicken digging

2000

short: figure out

get the heck out of Dodge before you’re turned

film.

Chicken Run was born when tor/producer Nick Park

Official# Dreamcast Magazine Holiday

how to

to go, the potential

simultaneously

backs of your feathered friends

40 animators worked on the film, which took three years to make.

ways

final build.

catapult to launch chickens over

b) Claymation requires

definitely

wait to get out hands on a

action—while

(placing you into a mini-game

compiled a small

While the early build we’ve been playing certainly has

the player the best view of the

the fence. Strap fireworks to the

ating simultaneously— resulting

order to

expedite your escape. Build a

and the

have scripted the camera to give

Tastes like Chicken?

seconds of completed

Think Metal Gear Solid ... with chickens. Gameplay is focused on finding a way for the chickens

put

The production of Chicken Run was nothing short of a technical and creative marvel, and we've a)

liberty. And apparently, someone over at Blitzgames thought it was a great idea for a videogame. So do we.

to fly the coop,

way

Minuses

far

[-]

Nine out of ten licensed

games suck

cinematic voice actors (except

Mel Gibson, who’s waffling on the project) to bring

for

Chicken Run’s world to

Bottom Line The more

[_]

see, the

we want

life.

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built-in

modem and

its

Sega Gaming Network, gamers can play Phantasy Star Online with players

ail

across the world. Communication

will

be handled

realtime, and

combat language differences by allowing characters

symbols. Open-ended play

Network

to play the

fantastical world.

people

will

Sega

to talk via

ensure that a person can log on to the

game and move

freely throughout Phantasy Star’s

Gameplay takes place on an

alien world,

and

be reguired to battle strange monsters, solve

puzzles, and share both information and items.

simultaneous release for the game

Sega plans

the United

States, Japan, and Europe. Don’t miss this one.” Machine: Dreamcast Genre:

of Players:

Netplay

Online

RPG Publisher: Sega

Huge animated characters

make

f tr

for

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The

rich, vibrant colors are in stark

contrast to the

muddy hues

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typical of Sega.

York and eventually wind-

San Francisco— players must carry cargo from one location

to another.

make

The idea

not to lose too

much

of the load

to the destination on time. Players don’t

compete

against the clock, however. Instead, there

and to solely

a rival truck

(with an aggressive trucker inside) that wreaks

havoc, tries to get to the destination before the player and attempts to force the player off the road at every turn,”

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first-

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shooters. Originally an arcade

realistic. In

execution

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the aforementioned blasters, even standing up to

the mighty, albeit dated, GoldenEye.”

for a while now.

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Gunship Elite What's silver, fully armed and goes “bang, bang?” n a nice

move to

Dreamcast’s games

Red Storm

Entertain-

ment (mainly known

for its

hallmark achievements

under survival horror comedy am

Dead

Raimi’s Evil

films— in

all

of their

relatively rare

for

some

technique allows

impressive effects

comedic and cinematic genius— have

(shadows, skies, etc) which

become

other methods. And the

technical,

for

essential viewing

any self-respecting gamer

(ProTip:

when a

pop-cultured

gamer-type asks you whether or not you have seen Evil Dead 2,

simply can’t be achieved with

environments themselves mix

Dead settings some neat new locales.

with

popular Evil

promptly snatched up the

The combat system allows players to move and attack with multiple weapons simultaneously, but the control was a

videogame

bit stiff

and awkward

version

do yourself a favor and answer yes, regardless).

recognized this

THQ

clearly

and

reality,

rights to the series.

Enter Evil Dead: Hail to the King. A survival horror game in

the vein of Resident

Evil

and Silent Hill, HTTK attempts to combine those games’

the

upgradable weapons— including Evil

Dead staples

the

final version. Plus,

to collect objects

them together to solve problems (we saw a scene in which

humor found

the films. The

makes use

game

also

of streaming video

environments, similar to those

Co.

theory

employed by Mizuguchi Space Channel 5.

While the graininess of the

and piece

Ash ripped a starter rope from an broken lawnmower and then used it to— well, we won’t spoil

background video footage somewhat from the

cut-scenes as well as pre-ren-

dered sequences enabling the story to unfold.

The developers

quite found

November release

gamers shied away from

tioned

niche, as

PC its

has a ways to can even be mensame breath as

But now, with its debut on console gearing up, we’re

the

classics like Resident for the

its

but never

action-oriented gameplay.

certainly

go before

warm welcome,

some promise—

the King has but

date, Hail to

in July,

Bang!: Gunship Elite received

full

for ourselves

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to test out

this action-flavored shooter

Evil.

review next

that

on the format to be

was meant

Pluses The

young

pilot

named Xaha, you

find yourself

ensconced

the cockpit of a spacecraft

cult following of the Evil

stream

of rich, graphically

impressive attacks that serve to separate this

shooter from other similar

on Dreamcast (like StarLancer or Armada)— you can actually see and feel the difference between

weapons

while you’re zipping through asteroid fields or dogfighting

around enemy bases. Easy on the eyes and showing off some flair for

weapons physics in one fell swoop, Bang!’ s 19 different missions aim to satisfy virtually

any space shooter

who owns a Dreamcast. And the action-packed gameplay promises to deliver when the game releases this winter.

[+]

Dead

series will certainly dig the dark

humor and gameplay

Minuses

simple revolving around a

a refreshingly

storyline PUBLISHER THQ DEVELOPER HEAVY IRON STUDIOS GENRE ACTION ORIGIN US PLAYERS ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE DECEMBER

mented weapons, with which you can deliver a steady

fan

played on. Console.

With

With this in mind, you’ll have only the comfort of up to nine wonderfully imple-

titles

First

at a steady clip. Set for a

with nothing but your can-

nons, guns and other various

FRANCESCA REYES PUBLISHER RED STORM DEVELOPER RAYLAND INTERACTIVE GENRE SHOOTER PLAYERS 1 ONLINE NO ORIGIN US RELEASE NOVEMBER

weaponry to do the talking Which turns out to

[-]

for you.

weren't looking

as sharp as they could've, but we'll

experience as a whole, this

ammo.

released for

Early versions for

for you).

The plot continues the ongoing saga of Ash and the Necronomicon, with in-game

detracts

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loads of

absence of any and all loadtimes during gameplay should help keep things moving along

full

inventory screen allows players

pense, action and puzzle-

over-the-top

esque" cinematic camera movements and angles to heighten the drama, and the

the axe,

solving with the signature

brand of bloodstained,

on Earth) is planning to boldly go where only a small handful of developers for DC have gone: into outer space with

rifle, shotgun, and legendary chainsaw— will be available in

successful formula of sus-

strategic shooters

are incorporating “Raimi-

Look

played. Fully

done on a solo basis. Like that would really happen.

further diversify

i library,

wait until the final product

be the only thing that detracts from the storylineof the fighting you’ll do

all

Bottom Line

[_]

With a great license and Bruce Campbell at the plate, if

the

final

we're anxious to see

product lives up to our high

expectations...stay tuned

(against a formidable fleet in the outer

enemy

reaches of

wonderfully high-res starry

space)

will

most often be Holiday

2000 Official # Dreamcast Magazine 73

COMINGSOON While Void

Previews

the main enemy of the you’ll still have to Robotnik throughout

Maginary Whirl,

deal with Dr. the game’s mini-games and miscellaneous events.

Sonic Shuffle You ve been

invited to the wildest,

omebody out there finally kicking

down

with

a bag of noisemakers

and some funny little paper hats, and throwing Sega’s lil’ blue mascot, Sonic and his furry friends

(Amy Rose,

Tails,

Knuckles and three others)

Story.

Both feature the

wackiest party

same Mode

the

into several different pieces,

game world with His Voiditude

the end.

which include Nature Zone and Emerald Coast. Your job

game

to flip through a set of cards;

gameplay, but the Story

and now

introduces players to a handful

friends to put things back

The main crux

of characters that are brand-

together and to restore order—

takes place on any of

new to the Sonic universe-

and of course,

different

including

evil

it’s

up to Sonic and

to face off

his

game

of the

five

boards,

and mysterious

Void, and a beautiful Guardian Angel named lllumina. villain,

a proper multiplayer party send-up.

much the same games like

vein as other party

Play happens currently

from

certainly isn’t the

normal

hedgehog fare that most Sega fans are used to— instead, it takes place

the retroland of

card and board games.

in a

world

while others remove rings from

called Maginary Whirl, which

Crash Bash (PlayStation) and Mario Party (N64), Sonic Shuffle

its

is split into

something that is altogether darker and much less arrival of Void,

stranger

two

modes: Versus and

Official

plenty of other types of slots

that you can land on, as well, including ones which

self into

is all

due

who has

destroyed

Maginary Whirl together. Void (drat him!)

has

Dreamrast Maga7ine Holiday 2000

split

the

gem

will

lead

you to Mini-Events.

When

to the

a bug-eyed

the Precioustone that holds

The game different

your inventory. And there are

danger of changing

pleasant, pastel-colored

welcoming. This

one will determine how many ‘spaces’ you’ll get to move when your turn comes up. The slots on the game board differ—some give you a set amount of gold rings, picking

IT ALL STARTED way back in 1990, when Sega Japan’s president, Hayao Nakayama, was looking for a mascot to define Sega’s new attitude in the videogames marketplace. The winner was none other than Naoto Oshimo and his design of a deceptively small, dynamic blue hedgehog. Oshimo was subsequently asked to work with Yuji Naka and his team in order to bring his creation to 16bit life on Sega’s embryonic MegaDrive/Genesis. The rest, of course, is history.

you’re transported

be faced with meeting spontaneous challenges in a whole mess of into Mini-Events, you'll

wacky sub-games. You might, example, end up playing hot

for

www.DailyRadar.com

The gameboard

Sonic Shuffle

packed with surprises as well as

pitfalls.” francesca reyes

If you land on an Event Square, you’ll be transported

to a new area where you can participate in all sorts of

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This

wackiness ranging from all-out tank warfare (far left)

game’s imaginary

to a strange Robotnik-induced of tag (left). There are

world, Maginary

game

Whirl, contains a guardian angel of the pixie-ish ilk called lllumina. She asks Sonic and his pals to save her universe from the enemy called Void, and the ball starts rolling and never stops.

even more

games

players, including

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waiting for non-

some

interactive events and bouts and wonderful trivia segments. Sonic aficianados will have a blast.

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Like any other Sonic game worth its spiky blue salt, Shuffle places an emphasis on collecting rings, as well as Precioustones. You can win rings by landing on specific squares of the gameboard or by winning different mini-games. Pull a

combo on the game-

®/i

board, and you’ll double your rings. But be careful—you can lose rings just as easily if you’re defeated in battle (above) or if you land on a red

square

(top).

potato with a

live

bomb, or tag

with three other players—or with

the CPU,

you’re by yourself.

You might also be called upon to

answer quick

naires.

trivia

which

you’ll fight is vastly

from the way

battles play out

which

a standard

game.

question-

matter the context,

these Mini-Events

different

action or adventure

will definitely

choose a card. Depending on the number on First, you'll

keep players engrossed through

the card, you’ll have a distinct

the long race for the Precious-

advantage or disadvantage against the monster you’re

specialized attack, which

customized

for

whichever

character you are using. Therefore,

Of course, whether you’ll land closer or further from the goal is

some

just waiting for

play time. Look for a

serious full

review

francesca reyes

next issue,

purely a matter of luck.

you pick the S

card as Sonic, prepare for

Visually, Sonic Shuffle looks

some

drastically different

serious spin-dashing

to destroy your opponent.

its

sors,

from any

lightning-paced predeces-

due

to a

little

trick called

PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER HUDSONSOFT GENRE MULTIPLAYER ORIGIN US PLAYERS -4 ONLINE NO (SOB...] RELEASE DATE NOVEMBER 1

tone—which has been expertly placed somewhere on the game board map.

facing. Your foe will also

a card:

and

number you’ll

and playing through Mini-Events isn’t all there is to do in Sonic Shuffle. If you happen to land

bigger punch.

on a Battle Square, for instance, you’ll have to duke it

out with any

number

strange beasts—and the way www.dreamcastmagazine.com

your card's

is greater than be able to pack a

Of course, collecting rings

Once

have

his,

awhile, you might

The game board and

pitfalls.

Some

cel-shading. Like Jet Grind Radio, Sonic

will

Shuffle sports a

look that works well

cartoony in

game’s 3D universe. The result is something that is quite fresh, and incredibly hipper than the look of a straightforward

has

level,

but only Knuck-

this ability—so you’ll

ing through as Tails.

which, predictably, stands for

the

“Special.” Your character

transports,

you’re play-

someone

There are also slots on

map that work

as random moving you to

other parts of the

game

board.

game. Fans everywhere seeing Sonic light,

a whole

mini-game

will

Minuses

[-]

Load times could use

some work;

Bottom Line

not

[_]

Four-player fun no matter

new a

whole new way. As we speak, game is sitting on shelves

the

Holiday

goodness with Sonic

Sonic's usual fast-paced fare

and playing with him

[+]

lookin', long playin',

packin', multiplayer supportin'

have to figure out another way

les

Pluses Good

the

to reach the goal

the next

imprinted with the letter “S”—

then be able to unleash a

areas

require you to climb to reach

find yourself picking a card

will

itself is

also packed with surprises

2QQQ

slice

it,

but will

how you

appeal to fans

Sonic and find a party-game following

on Dreamcast? We'll have

see

how it

Official

to wait

and

turns out

# Dreamcast MagaziaeTS

EH COMING

“C'NB

Previews

darned easy on the eyes so

far.” brandon justice

once, twice, three times a bloodfest

It’s

FIGHTING GIANT BUGS, KILLING GIANT BUGS and

flooding the

with the oozing green guts of giant bugs

city streets

Thankfully, this game gives you a unique reward for all of this slog (to make up for the fact that Uncle Sam cuts Squad

hard work.

members out of full medical

—

and dental programs) you'll get to see your handiwork replayed at the end of each level, from a camera angle that appropriately represents the game's cinematic influences.

Low-budge monster

nHKflu

J is.

flicks

ain't dead: they just

moved onto '

Dreamcast and

started costing a lot. more to make.

9"^.

B B

-gj*

Change ’N Blast This just

Outer space

in:

is still full

hose pesky aliens.

of alien invasions. At first

Always dropping

glance, you’d think this

uninvited.

What’s a

self-

was the

perfect candidate for

respecting earthling supposed

lightgun compatibility— but

to do, except.. .blast ’em!

Yeah, the premise that drives Xicat Interactive’s

upcoming

arcade shooter, Charge 'N Blast is

about as

original

as the

erty.

fits this

item at Taco Bell— but like

the Super Cheezy (or

Chili Enchirito

whatever handy

pimping

this week),

-ito it

even pretend to be a

they’re

may

figure out

when

aim

make

of three sharp-shooting

mech

pilots with

an extreme

distaste for extraterrestrials,

sent

by the government to

stop the latest attack

Z6_Qfficia

Dream

a wave

‘time

limit’) hits

tell

that this

much more

than attempt to cash

the seemingly endless craze

surrounding giant robots and Holiday

20QQ

mess

of ugly

jf&jt

rail

gun where

Kill all

the bad guys,

move to

the next area, lather, rinse, A

Love thy neighbor WITH THE KINDER, gentler attitude of the new Millennium, the mindset of "Us Versus Them" with regard to extraterrestrials has now become as extinct as TV shows about extraterrestrials.

here at OOCM credit the mind-blowing '80s TV show ALF for breaking down the barriers.

releases and

And when you take out the end boss, be sure to get your camera ready for the delightfully messy (as opposed repeat.

to spectacularly subtle) action replay.

It’s

slap a score

BRANDON JUSTICE

—

^Official©Magazine

Dreamcast. PUBLISHER XICAT DEVELOPER SIMS GENRE ARCADE SHOOTER ORIGIN JAPAN PLAYERS ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE DECEMBER

the sun don’t shine.

all

rock bottom.

and space

better than the plot,

sticking your

cell’

The premise is simple, to be sure— but the action is anything but. After a few rounds of singleplayer experience, you’ll be able to

a whole

what weapon to use, it, and how on

look even better by the time

on it. Check back next issue to see if our prediction holds true.

environment that hopes your

‘sim’.

to unload

earth you’re going to

of which can

for increased

power), a fully destructible

freaks who’ re pretty set on

Basically, you’ve just got to

(i.e.,

new to Dreamcast.

C’NB, you’ll take the role of

one

be ‘charged’

a deceptively intense

that could be called totally new. least,

You’ve got three distinct

weapons (each

because doesn’t

a traditional arcade format.

happen before your ‘energy

blend of accuracy and timing

indeed provide an experience

Or at

this,

mold,

latest '

angry monsters hell-bent on destruction

can say

despite the fact that Charge ’N Blast

turns out, what we’ve got

here

of ugly,

the destruction of public prop-

game

Pluses

-2

[+]

Simple yet addictive action for one or two players; slick monster movie visuals and tons of biiiiiiig explosions!

Minuses Extremely

may be

[-]

linear, simplistic

too

much

gameplay

for short attention

spans

to die for.

The game the eyes so

far,

darned easy on and since we’re

Bottom Line

[_] Arcade-style shoot 'em ups are breed. Hopefully, this

cast will help to keep the

'N Blast to

way

of the

a dying

game on Dream-

them from going dodo altogether

looking at a pretty linear focus,

we expect Charge

im.DjiiyR.idnr.toi

“If

you’re not

pumping adrenaline

something wrong.”

B-0, you're doing

francesca reyes

Iron Aces War 2: when men were combat was sweet...

Ah, World

men and a

orget stories about

how

wpspki

why

take place over smoothly

to install a

card or

really is

BUS

air

depending on the mission, the

comes alive with head-tohead air combat over one of many numerous backdrops, Clouds race by and enemy sky

of the future. There’s simply

nothing quite

gamer to

sim

like a flight

average console

for putting the

tex-

tured backgrounds, and

Linux

the operating system

planes are dispatched by can-

sleep. Despite the

non

fact that the prospect of shoot-

ing

down the

air

forces of a

power-hungry country

tacular symphony.

far too intimidating

^ UFl

often

and unre-

replay

some

LA’s recent

finally

form of a multi-directional blast

was

convention, there

one lone banner for a

that

will

eliminate

most ene-

mies within a certain radius.

quirky shooter called Bangai-0

Bakuretumuteki Bangaioh

Japan), developed by

Emphasis

of play is If

pumping adrenaline through these 40+ stages, you’re doing

And that’s all we was announced Conspiracy Games was

that

etc.).

until

piloting

the

game through the

localization tunnel for a

December

tax your dexterity with the

fire

button,

and you might even

for

of you

all

FRANCESCA REYES

keep your plane

down

While this sort

way of finishing The more you blow up,

the higher your “explosion will rise,

your ultimate

powering up

weapon

the

www.drftamcastmagayinfT.com

the air

of action

may

not be for everyone, Iron Aces

and introduce

should offer up a ride worth

real, console-friendly

taking for flight buffs or any-

Set amidst the turmoil of

one who wants to zoom around in the great grey sky

World War

without paying for flight

as a

2, you’re cast

rookie pilot engaged

a small

school.

handful of islands

ODCM

plans to hop

soon for a full review—so be sure to check

but pivotal conflict over a

into the cockpit

the

Pacific—and of course, you

your radar for the final word

get caught up

the near future.

a larger plot

to save the free world

certain

doom.

BRANDON JUSTICE

from

You’ll

do everything from routine patrolling of friendly territory PUBLISHER CONSPIRACY GAMES DEVELOPER TREASURE GENRE SHOOTER ORIGIN JAPAN

PLAYERS

-2

ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE

DECEMBER

engaging

heated dogfights .

with the enemy.

mushy gray matter

Pluses

[+]

Treasure does what

spare. Your job

the perfect

have to reacquaint yourself with

make

When the game released Japan,

some US

[-] title

functional console

school junkies only

and the Dreamcast has

Bottom Line [_] A guaranteed homerun gamers with

and solid oldskool shooter mentality. It might even put some calluses on our trigger fingers again...

focus

We’ve been first

flying for quite a

took off from our

we've

finally

while since

aircraft carrier, but

arrived at our destination.

its

We’re betting that Baker’s onscreen message above will be pretty redundant: you’ll know you’ve reached your destina-

for niche

and action onscreen were too

on the visual overload of

Baker

interface,

small and hard to follow— but this simply puts the

for fans or old-

importers

complained that the characters

to us via a

simple yet

Could be a niche in

This in-air insanity

comes Minuses

always does

best: shooters

real progress.

with

that gets in the

meter”

fix

at the crux

It’s

level

will

called Your Brain in order to in

mech

destroy everything onscreen

the level.

something wrong. Every

that soft,

release.

Bangai-0 places gamers the cockpit of a giant

bombs to

holiday

on pure

[Gunstar Heroes, Guardian

knew,

lie

of the gameplay.

you’re not

school master, Treasure

Heroes,

explosions that

Treasure fans.

pure freneticism.

old-

heading West

the

the heat of battle,

airborne action.

A DC gem from Treasure

you

pilot extrava-

set to shoot

this stereotype

lets

have missed while trying to

somewhat

over-the-top (read: B-movie

ganza,

mode that

appreciate anything you might

flyboys to even bother trying.

cheesy) fighter

a spec-

first

sponsive for most armchair But Iron Aces, a

And

go ’round wasn’t enough, Iron Aces also offers up a

pretty tasty bait, the typical

interface of such titles

that explodes against

fire

the fading sunlight

wacky character cast

proven

itself

to be

quite capable of

handling the action with style. Missions

tion

when

all

kinds of enemies are

suddenly shooting at you.

Holiday

2000

Official

# Dreamcast Magazine 77

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Vi!

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 The Godfather i

f f

ith i

mmJ

of Roll

bated breath and

twitchy thumbs,

returns

been waiting for—a

all

game. It looks better, sounds better, it retains the

tacular

Activision-emblazoned FedEx

package. Inside, swaddled

best control

the

lone, defiant disc bearing letters “T-H-P-S”

Sharpie across

Was this the

its

etched

shiny face.

final build

the business,

packed full of more secrets and hidden features

and

alluring bubble-wrap, stood

one

brilliant

refinement of an already spec-

shredded open the

it's

than, well, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Yes, you

need

The face that launched a

thousand tricks...

Tony Hawk is one of the few celebrities who’s cool

enough to

retain the title ‘cool’

even after

becoming a

it.

celebrity.

we had

been so anxiously awaiting for the last six months, or just some sick prank dreamed up by Activision’s PR department? Yup, you guessed it. It was

Fear not though, Hawk veterans—the insanely great feel has been left intact. As in

a sick prank.

one

The next day, however, they really did send us the final build. And ladies and germs, this is exactly what we have

which your character does

the

first title,

control

absolutely bang-on—this of the

few games

what you want him to do, exactly when you want him to do it. There are now far exactly

“Let us put

this

way— when was the

last

time you played a

game

to get the high score?" evan shamoon

Welcome to JESTZONE

4849

SWITCH.

The Peanut Gallery Strikes Back

SPECIAL

With the wealth of Dreamcast titles that have been on gamers this holiday season, ers to respond

unleashed

we call upon our reviewwe choose to

only fitting that

it’s

kind with a flurry of words (and something

“wisdom") that

liken to

will

help you spend your cash wisely.

We also find

you see the clever chaps behind the scores. Don't be afraid.

fitting that

BLAKE FISCHER Reviewed:

Samba de Amigo

in the office as “He who shakes the Maracas” (transfrom Japanese), Blake would like to think that he’s as good is at Samba de Amigo. But the truth is that is much more adept with a maraca than with a tennis Of course, we could say that about a lot of people.

known

Also

lated

at Virtua Tennis as he Mr. Fischer racket.

JIM PRESTON Reviewed: Metropolis Street Racer, Pod: Speed Zone Far be

from us to separate Jim from his beloved racing games. might stem from something in his

We suspect that his fixation

COMPLY

/VO

BS 5-0

childhood, perhaps a family vacation gone horribly wrong-but don’t quote us on that Now, Jim likes to be in control of the wheel and had the enviable job of reviewing MSR. Lucky buck.

OLLIB NORTH

BRANDON JUSTICE Reviewed: StarLancer We're not sure how much trashtalking goes on when Brandon gets his game going online, but we do know that he’s not one to back down from a challenge. He took time from review writing to dogfight us to the death in an online match of Star Lancer. We called it quits when he brought out the frogs.

CHET BARBER Reviewed:

Capcom

Vs.

SNK

people love Capcom and SNK... and then there’s Chet mention his shrine to lori Yagami or Li in his kitchen at home, but we will say this: If there's anyone who could best the entire office in a trivia contest based on 2D fighters, Chet's the man. Hadoken.

Some

We won’t go so far as to Chun

GREGORY ORLANDO Reviewed: Star Wars: Demolition Racer, Buzz Lightyear Yes, fair readers, the Orlando

Magic

back again

for

even

more Dreamcast reviewing goodness. But that’s not all, he’s privy to yet another Star Wars title. FYI: Greg also tried to pass off yet another “Why Boba Fett Must Die" boxout before we filed suit to make the insanity stop. It did.

Our Scoring System It's as addictive as action games used to be— like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Xcept it’s more with xtreme sportage and the what-not.

No,

pal,

system.

not that kind of scoring

If it

were,

sure wouldn’t give

away for free—we’d be selling it in the back of Maxim for $29.99. And Evan would have a date this weekend. We score games on a scale of 1 to 10. When we believe a game is just averit

more tricks to pull off, and the manual is a huge addition as well. (For

those who don’t

know, a manual

essentially

a wheelie on a skateboard.) By

manual between ramp and rail, you can

pulling off a

every

now

theoretically link every

trick in

your entire session into

one glorious combo. Madness.

Perhaps the largest addition THPS2 is the enhanced career mode, which provides a thick dose of extended gameplay. In the first game, players to

earned videotapes in order to progress through the game, unlocking secrets and opening up new levels along the way.

goals

(like collecting S-K-A-T-E

up level-related goodies), each of these accomplishments is now or picking

worth hard currency. With the cash you earn, you’ll be able

purchase everything from new tricks to improved skater

stats,

and with enough bank

you’ll

even be able to unlock

new

levels. This year,

there are

ten objectives per park (double

age, is

we give

aimed

genre or

5 out

directly at its

of 10.

If its

appeal

fans of either

series but is not

6 out spiffy

its

something

that will be enjoyed by everyone,

instant classic

phenomenal excellent

good

6 5 4 3 2 1

for fans

gets

And we’ve even added a new scoring system for graphics,

of 10.

sound, control and gameplay!! Peripherals are another story. Since it doesn’t make much sense to score a VMU or an extension cord on a 1-10

an incredibly clever and cute smiley-face score system. We hope you'll find it self-explanatory. scale, we’ve created

Dream Game Award* With Dreamcast’s promising software lineup, we won’t be hard-pressed to pick a game every issue that goes above and beyond the call of greatness. For this singular type of game, we’ve concocted our special award: the

10 9 8

average

mediocre flawed its

mom

loves

coaster

Dream Game

Award. The title that is so duly honored is guaranteed to be good, no matter who you are or what type of games you like to play.

essential purchase!

This time, we’ve graduated to

cash rewards— which means that while you

achieve the

must

same

www.dreamcastmaga;

still

* Small print somewhere in this mag secures your legal agreement to buy all Dream Game Award titles immediately.

strange Holiday

2000

Official

Drea mcast. Magazine 79.

You know a game's good-looking when you can actually see the grooves in the character’s sneaker. Okay, no you don’t— but dammit, it doesn't hurt. PS: There’s actually a way to play as the Amazing Spidey in THPS 2.

Tony

Hawk

2's

sound effects

are outstanding, with a great blend of ambient noise (nearby cars, trains, skate competition announcers, etc) and high-quality sound samples. The clink of your trucks hitting a metal rail is superb— and the sounds vary with varying surfaces. We bet that the guy who produced the sound of human flesh being scraped across pavement based his effect on some pretty painful memories.

See? You can make something good out of just about anything.

number in the original)—and some are tougher than week-old the

Sit? Mie'ee

sourdough. Rest assured, take you quite a

bit of

will

time and

dedication to clean this baby dry (the only complaint that

could make, of the bit

MULLETS GALORE THE LIST OF PROS KNOCKIN' THPS2’s boots is impressive, featuring returning Hawk rets

such as Bueky Lasek. Jamie Thomas, Elissa Steamer, and the indomitable Bob Bnm-

in fact, is

that

some

game’s challenges are a

THPS2’s most-bally-

hooed features

editor.

pools, funboxes

endless.

can save it to a VMU and tote on over to a friend’s house to

created the ultimate park, you

skate

it,

trade

board, tricks and skating style.

the .Princess Make r you

don’t feel ashamed to love.

clearly a

forefather

more like a hop, skip and a jump). Treyarch has gone (actually,

Official

even

the wind, which

directed challenges.

makes

balance between arcade-

or simply stick

ing polygon or uncleaned

and

simulation-style gameplay,

demands—and

skateboarding

streetlamp and stopsign

the fantasy that videogames

now a

spirit of

entrenched

a free-roaming

adventure, and the unparalleled level of

freedom—combined

with the best control

the biz-

means that this

baby

you’ll be all over a cheap suit. EVANSHAMOON

Enjoy.

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Graphics 9 Excellent textures, skater models, real

grafitti.

Sound 10 Rage Against the Machine. Oh, and

lots rr

allowing for the realism that

texture to be found. Every tree,

environment

The gameplay the

PRICE $44.99

Environments are now far more

the

fully three-

rightfully facilitate.

There

dimensional model, and skater

racing involved— rather than

models are

going from point

far superior to

A loaded soundtrack floats tracks from Bad

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all warm and tingly inside. And let us not forget about the game’s stellar soundtrack, which features tracks from 15 bands including Bad Religion (“You”), Chuck D with Anthrax ("Bring the Noise”), and — May their legacy live on forever— Rage Against the Machine (“Guerilla Radio”). It’s easily one of the best videogame soundtracks you’ll find, and it fits like a glove.

Like the original Tony Hawk, THPS2 maintains a perfect

those

A to

Control 10 The best around. And then

Gameplay 10 More, more and more of what you love

point B,

you can go anywhere you

Religion,

Chuck D with Anthrax, and Rage Against the Machine 80

blows

that has defined the series.

consistent, with nary a protrud-

virtu-

And once you’ve

absolutely everything about his hairstyle to clothing,

its

preserve the essential grittiness

and quarter

pipes—the possibilites are

a createally

It's

THPS2

step ahead of

polishing the graphics to a

With more

a-skater feature, which enables you to customize

your prince of suburbia—from

of their elders. Fabric

we would

glossy sheen while managing to

is its built-in

skatepark

than 100 parts at your disposal-including ramps, rails,

Steve Caballero. In addition to

ear— whatever your

the extra mile this time around,

One

newcomers, Eric Koston, Rodney Mullen and old-schooler a slew of hidden characters,

his

Visually,

vague level goals is often more frustrating than we would have liked.) of the relatively

quist, as we.ll as three

THPS2 also includes

heart desires. While

with endless replayability.

too difficult—deciphering

some

have liked to see some expanded features in the DC more memory/bigger levels), it’ll still steal your hours and provide you version of the editor (read:

choose, pulling off tricks and flexing your skills in a series of

Score: 10 www.DallyRadar.com

Its 9:00

am.

December 7, Do you know where

1941.

your Sega Dreamcast is?

Fly over 20 authentic

WW II airplanes.

Challenge your dogfighting unique missions.

skills

Realistic instrumentation control of your craft 24/7.

in 17

puts you in

you know what's good for you, soldier, you're hooked into that Sega Dreamcast defending the good ol‘ American Navy from the enemy's surprise attack. And if you can stop 'em there, you'll have to escort those B-29's in their definitive attack on the largest naval fleet in the Pacific. I ain't talkin' "bout no walk in the park here, soldier; II style. Just this is an all out adrenaline rush of aerial combat. an Ace and his machine. Two creatures forged from burning metal, moving as one. So strap into that Sega Dreamcast, soldier, and get ready to become one of the boys; one of the Iron Aces. If

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Inc.

Enterprises, Sega. Oreamcast and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks ol Sega

Ltd. All other

logos or trademarks are property of their respective owners

Away

Slip Slidin'

To grab those big kudos, you'll need plenty of style. One of the easiest ways to impress the judges is to take a sharp turn with a perfect power-

you have to do: Tap the footbrake (L trigger) just before you start to turn to put

slide. Here's all 1

weight onto the front wheels. 2.

Hit the handbrake (A button) as

When you

you turn. begin to skid, wait for the car's tail to swing out from

behind you. 4.

Then, let go of the handbrake and apply the footbrake while turning into the skid.

5. Practice.

SUJGtChQ TIMING

Don't believe the hype:

doesn't

ome

three major cities— London,

live

Tokyo, and

things just never up to the hype— like Star Wars Episode 1,

come

San Francisco—

close to describing this game's goodness

Even

better,

closer to real

MSR

life

streets that look almost exactly

gets

by modeling

as well as to the internal clock on the Dreamcast. So, if you

Since

PlayStation2. But occasionally,

are playing at noon

Francisco, you can take our

something ramps up our expec-

Toronto,

the last Tyson

tations

fight,

or the

and then completely

Francisco,

will

5pm

in,

9am

and lam the next day

Street Racer has been idling up

Tokyo, exactly like life.

cool

San

London,

soars over them. Metropolis the Dreamcast’s onramp since

How

say,

in real

that?

its

respective cities perfectly.

word

we happen for

to live in

that the

San

game has

recreated our fair town superbly.

While

doesn’t model

cities entirely,

more than 250

all

three

does feature circuits

that

it’s

finally here,

safely say that

it’s

Whip

we can

it! WANT TO TAKE MSR’S SHOW ON

the kind of

masterpiece that leaves the

hype squatting

There in

are certain that

some of its features to become standard noticed

sponds

—

so much fresh thinking

MSR that we

driving

the road? Don't. Even little fenderbenders can cause whiplash the condition where the cervical vertebrae in your neck are sprained, dislocated or even fractured. Even minor whiplash can result in horribly pinched nerves that require weights added to the head or legs to stretch the muscles and ease the pain. Ugh! So keep the speeding confined to your Dreamcast, smart guy.

the dust.

ms. The

are going for future

first

that the

to the time of

Official

thing

game

corre-

day

in all

# Dreamcast Magazine

Holiday

2000

same on

they do

about

your Dreamcast as

in real life.

London’s

make a St.

trip

Every possible attention

has been made,

to detail

you

you’re

including the fact that

through

drive through a tunnel, your

James’ park, San

radio

Tokyo’s Shibuya, you’d be better off playing this

game

than buying a map.

all

of this exacting

comes

realism

lose reception.

will

But

Francisco’s Pacific Heights or

without a good

to nothing

game behind

it.

Fortunately, the driving system

through

before the launch in ’99. ..and

now

the

MSR

a wonderful blend of

Your car's radio will push you even deeper into the experience. As you drive through the cities,

from 13 different manufacturers

several fictitious radio stations

give you accurate traffic

and

realism and fun. There are

more than 40

real-world cars

choose from, including the

Ford Mustang, Mercedes

Romero

weather updates, and play the latest hits from MSR s playlist

and

more than 25 eclectic rock, pop, and country tunes. Don’t like all the songs on the radio? Switch to the “make your own CD" mode, and select only those songs you want to hear.

tinkering with the suspension or

’

Alfa

Spider. While

you won’t have to worry about chassis, you

how to tap

will

have to know

the brakes to avoid

understeer, and work the wheel to get out of oversteer.

There are more than 25 www.PajlyRgdar.com

Buzz Lightyear

Command

of Star Buzz

The emphasis

car? You do a lot of sitting in an office, saying “Yes” to questions like “Leather upholstery?” And then someone hits some buttons on a calculator and shows you the number, and your entire lifestyle disappears suddenly into the abyss known as Your New Car.

MSR

Command

purely physi-

has taken the

cal. Activision

popular space hero, stolen his

and

soul

and jammed

wit,

likeness onto a

former that’s

$49.99. You do the math.

solving to flat-out sprinting

and the Buzz Lightyear from Disney’s excellent animated Toy Story films

much

Story sans toys. ,

his

action plat-

pretty

it’s

much sans story, too, if by ‘story’ you mean something you’re actually interested

finding out

more about.

players a certain

number

kudos after each race for performance in three categories: skill, style and

open up new tracks and cars is dependent upon your number of kudos, and not your

Metropolis

Speed Racer

position

Jensen S-V8

in a

cool enough, but

when

are games going to start including the coolest car of all Mach 5? We can do time: the

without Sprittle and Chim-Chim, but what better way is there to impress a hip chick like Trixie than to use those jumping stilts and spinning saw blades to cut through courses in Shinjuku!? Go, Speed Racer, Go!

chapters

MSR, each

containing ten challenges.

But winning

isn’t

as easy as

simply finishing with as fast a

time as possible. The

game

lot.

Amazing

realism,

an ingenious points system, and good old fashioned fun adds up to one of the best games we have played on the

all

year,

jim preston

the previous race:

and players can get beaucoup kudos for stylishly skidding

p—^Officialil'Magazine

finishing the race quickly.

Dreamcast,

Unfortunately, too the

game

ers

will

much

Control 8

mode. And the online component only consists of playing

Sound 10 Awesome mix of rock,

the single-player

cars.

But

MSR

does a

310

difficulty,

so even novices can

going to

iBtstefcEia-l

1113

Gameplay 10 Cool points system,

lots of options, tons o' fun

you off

his loot to “buy"

iron-

and the

like.

weapon

A neat idea-

martyred by poor execution, in

that

(in

a nutshell) what-

represented by an icon

worlds collecting

encased

vile,

flouting no-goodniks.

law-

polite

sort of spacecop, our hero actually

will

chase

his foes to

a bubble that’s

imprinted with big fat

num-

bers, which cover the icon

inside completely—so you’re

their get-away destination

never exactly sure of what

before extending (by which

you’re buying until you’ve

we mean zapping them

until

they collapse) his long, lawful

worlds,

some

of which require

new

bought prises.

it. Hope you like surBonus levels=more and item collec-

A thinner-than-a-postcard plot

strung together by

Command

cartoon. Each level presents

an animated supervillain to

limit to beat;

Lightyear doesn’t reach the

course’s end

span,

it’s

game

the allotted over, baby.

Holiday

begins to read

a dyslexic’s master’s

thesis. Infinity

has never

seemed so close (and yet so far). Recommended only for

meaning to been there and done that.

Lightyear of Star

it.

powerups, shields, jet packs,

ever item you’re buying

bust and a time

Score: 9

let

through a series of alien

snippets from the Buzz

Mastering a kudos-earning slide can be tough

brilliant

job of slowly ramping up the

jawed Lightyear must race

dance, country and p

against other fans via ghost

uses a novel points system

game

Lightyear can collect credits in gameplay and then use

multiple visits—giving

and cars

easy, so you’d better enjoy

Graphics 9

and you can only play a quick race against friends on tracks in

this

sprinting

just to begin the first chapter,

unlocked

just

It’s

tion. ..the story

of real cities

is a blessing. about the only time

this constraint

over 14 missions and nine

Stunning recreation

no time to

staggeringly unimpressive,

arm. Gameplay takes place

locked away. Play-

have to earn three cars

Command, the

And since scenery

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through a turn, as well as for

called “kudos," awarding

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Star

all

has to offer—and

offers a

handling. Your capacity to

FLYING THROUGH Tokyo

enjoy

blasting, with

hoverboards, flying bikes,

As the star of the celshaded Buzz Lightyear of

their

and

stop and enjoy the scenery.

Toy

And

shifts, then,

from exploration and puzzle-

Lightyear of Buzz

Lightyear of Star

new

Ever bought a

dismount

just can't stick the

v any resemblance A v between the Buzz J

guppies or the very young. GREG ORLANDO »—^OfficialS'Magazine

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Score: 5

2000 Official

@ Dreamcast Magaz n e 85 i

—

TESfZONE

In-Depth Reviews

“Sega Marine Fishing: Best of

all,

these monsters really

fight!” eric bratcher

GIANT TREVALLY

GOTTA CATCH A COELACANTH THE COELACANTH WAS thought to have died out at the end of the Cretaceous Era, 65 million years ago, until a fisherman caught one off the tip of South Africa in 1938. It was five feet long, weighed 1 26 pounds, had bulging blue eyes and tasted horrible. Turns out, the coelacanth's nasty flavor was the reason why scientists had thought it was extinct: fishermen just left it alone when they saw it. And now, it's one of the star catches of SMF.

In this

eleventh hour of deadline madness, we’d really Rather Be We’d even bait our own hooks, dammit.

Fishing.

Want

Marine Fishing

to test the waters Sega Marine Fishing? an exclusive on this month's ODCM Demo Check out the Disc Guide on page 6 (or disc packaging) for

It's

Disc.

Screw those guppies

a Bass a

bit

omebody at Sega knows fishing.

First

they

churn out 1999’s Sega

Fishing, a

game that,

while

shallow (ha, ha), perfectly

captured the near-therapeutic feel of

freshwater bass angling.

Now they’ve thrown Sega Marine Fishing into the water, an arcadestyle fishfest that perfectly

the

saltier,

captures

more adrenalized,

man-versus-Moby Dick action that

ocean

fishing.

Get the

Dramamine. We’re heading out. While the

first

game focused

You think landing

was too easy?

a 15-pound bass Try dragging a fin

220-pound Short-

Mako on board. Then maybe be macho enough to get

86 .

Official

all,

these

mode

five

is fully

mini-games

comes the

down

This actually leads to

one

sucks that you can’t adjust your pole’s drag or earn stronger fishing line, as bigger fish (partic-

line

the bit

sailfin)

can snap your

too easily just by turning

challenge (or

who

to shell out for

boys

much

a standard

a greater

are too cheap

Sega’s will

to-die-for

find the big

easier to reel controller.

# Dreamcast Magazine Holiday 2QQQ

self-explanatory Free

Fishing mode. Success

exercises items,

which

will

using

A reel big fish story FISH AIN'T HELPLESS. Consider the story of Jose Rojas Mayarita, a 39 year-old fisherman who was speared by a 10 foot-long marlin. Once hooked, it leaped into his boat and drove its 'enhanced' nose directly through the poor guy's abdomen. Jose then drifted for two days before being rescued by a passing vessel. Kids, regard this as a lesson:

these

unlock bonus

competitions),

new

different music,

(every

aquarium

lures, clothes,

and even a could use a

game

Graphics 8 I

stuff replaces the first

doesn’t assuage that com-

petitive urge. Thus,

it's still

damn I

reel

pretty

l~l

and although Sega plans to

Control 8 Easier with the pad, but realistic with the pole.

support for the

Gameplay 8 Incredibly fun. but smelly in the long run.

offer

game

(items can be downloaded; you

can enter catches

sounds

the game’s

arcade roots are severely exposed,

fish play for keeps. limited online

not quite Ecco, but

Sound 6 Good music, bad splashes and

game’s tournament-style Original mode. Earning new items is fun, but

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It’s

Here’s the only problem: this

^Offcial@Magazine

Dreamcast

260 bonus

with a dog).

good

ultimate

ERIC BRATCHER

—

a gigantic aquar-

items, including fish,

bit

its

longevity suffers accordingly.

Aquarium mode...

is literally

ium. There are over

dog

many of which are then

displayed

decorations,

of our only complaints— it really

ularly

casting and lure action. Then

this honor).

fishing controller)

even sharks. Best of

and

chest (Fran has repeatedly

sea

sailfin

Arcade

with newly adjustable

who’re uninterested

including bluefin tuna,

intact,

difficulty,

that anchor tattooed on your

on the afterburners. Players

life,

a-plenty.

enable you to practice techniques

mouth Bass, the five fishable in Sega Marine Fishing boast all manner of hook-able barracuda, stingray,

There are game modes

you’ll

turned

details.

freshwater. Baby, we’re going after Jaws.

fight.

on the admittedly tasty Largeareas

monsters

month-long

www.DailyRadai

In-Depth Reviews

the classic characters are present

All

and accounted

for In

Infogrames' shockingly

good licensed kart racer. Real voices back up every anvil-dropping moment of every race, so do yourself a favor

and check

out.

With Its super savvy presentation and authentic visual feel, Looney Tunes will have you getting in touch with your inner Saturday morning cartoon child fast.

NewsFlash: Licensed cart racer stuns world llow us to be frank for a moment: kart racing into

When a new game rolls

the office—especially one of

the cutesy-licensed persuasion—

we tend and go

to hide

spasms. These are

most

games

derivative

the

world, right? But not this time. In

can like

racing terms with which

Space Race is a cross between two of the all identify,

genre’s finest— namely, Mario

Kart and WipEout. Vehicles are of the hovercraft(ian) variety,

courses are

filled

and

with steep

huge jumps and mammoth, elevated arching turns— inclines,

all

distinctly

remote controls, which

provide something to

do while

speeding around the track.

reminiscent of

Psycnosis' classic. These tracks

are littered with an assortment of

Graphically, the

should have been, evan shamoon

Race a perfect lap and everybody’s right on your

literally

This fortuitousness

which

of frustration:

illustration, ani-

mation and pastel color palette

come together to real

create what

a perfect match for the

thing—frame-for-frame, this

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BOURNE HOUSE GENRE RACING 1

off of the track five still in

times

the thick of

it.

may frustrate.

Chuck Jones, HannaBarbera goodness. The interface is polished, and the loading is

classic

screens look

game

a thousand times better than

and you’re

)

gets kudos for making this

Grind Radio. The

puter assitance’, every racer

From the land that brought us Yahoo Serious, the Crocodile Hunter (and Crocodile Dundee and vegemite sandwiches comes developer Melbourne House and two rather stellar games: Test Drive Le Mans and Looney Tunes: Space Race One of Infogrames' latest acquisitions, MH's potential is pretty stellar if these two games are any measure of it. We can't wait to see what else they cook up.

technique popularized by Jet

especially hefty helping of ‘com-

What's Down Under, Doc?

game uses

clever derivative of the cel-shaded

on almost every run. While this certainly keeps things interesting, it also induces a great deal

tail; fall

good game shocker!

allows for extremely tight races

One aspect of Space Race may bother some gamers is its built-in equalizer. Due to an

which

always within striking distance of his or her opponents,

action boxing gloves to falling anvil

under our desks

into uncontrollable,

Exorcist-style

the

weapons, ranging from spring-

wonderful ani-

Graphics 8 Wonderful '50s-style cel shading

Sound 8 Great Looney Tunes samples.. .we wanted more

mation

cells (although they

remain onscreen a

bit

too long).

Space Race is irresistably and the nostalgia it induces makes us grin like the idiots we are. Numerous extras and special challenges give the game plenty of replay value, and

Control 8 Near

perfect;

we don't

like falling off

the track

addictive,

the split-screen, four-way racing is

hella fun.

Melbourne House Holiday

Gameplay 8 Very fun, but very frustrating at times.

Score:

2000 Official

Dreamrast Magazine

— In-Depth Reviews

“The fighting interface

very basic, even a step back from Alpha 3." chet barber t

As if to make for the untimely demise of SNK in the US,

« .llll«fTO J

Capcom has come

out swinging with the ultimate crossover dream for fighitn’ fans.

.PK &SSaSitiH RiMBU-KTONi

Fight to the Top AT THE START OF Capcom

vs.

SNK, characters are lined up in three tiers for your perusal with strong fighters on the bottom, and weak ones on top. The tier that you select your first fighter from will determine (and limit) your options for further selections. Cool idea.

Capcom vs. SNK It’s

the Mets vs. Yankees

SNK

over again, only without the hot dogs

all

he ultimate fighting

constructed

game that all hardcore fans of Capcom and

in a very unique manner. Characters are divided

of simple two-in-ones; air block-

into three tiers:

bosses, strong

ing

characters and

weak

have prayed for

Capcom’s

fighters

And

here.

made

everything that has always

been used to

its

character.

weak

you go with a

fair to

middling character, then you can

and

either

combo-tasticness— has

advantage. Sort

characters.

players choose a boss, then

they must also pick a

successful-great control, pretty graphics, personality,

add one more average weak

character or two more

best

unique fighting strategies

Characters come equipped

without sacrificing the game’s

an average amount of

overall balance.

moves, a couple of supers, and

perfect, the idea

a decent number of combos. However, Capcom has further enhanced gameplay with a few

and

minor innovative features.

Unfortunately, these are

with

players can choose

First,

between a

SNK or Capcom style super; SNK supers are powered up holding

down three

Official t®

buttons.

little

it’s

not

interesting

would be cool

taken even a

if it

seem air

to consist mostly

was

have a friend to play with, you

over the idea of pitting their

may get bored

favorites

too quickly.

SNK characters

One cure

for

boredom

moves list has been reduced and their chain combos are

this

game

says, “Nah.

Boredom makes you

Be a man.

missing. Since the fighting sys-

Even some attempt at a cohesive

tem

story would have

bit

shallow,

you don’t

If you look in the top corners of your screen, you'll note that matches can have three players against two, or even four against two. Balance them well.

Capcom

been

nice;

could’ve created a plot

based on several teams, the

KOF series. But

On the

pretty

much

the only shiny

similar to the 2,

fighting interface

very

to secret

one

characters

sound 7

Marvel vs

dif-

characters—as long as is still

Good soundtrack with loads

of ni

own

plenty of fans who’ll surely drool

it’s

solid

layout, clever stages,

bit

too shallow

GAMEPLAY 7 Too pared down

terms

moves and depth

Capcom

Vs.

countermoves; combos, while

SNK is a

CONTROL 6 Simple

being held.

basic, a step back from even Alpha 3. There aren’t any

Preamrast Maga7inp Holiday POOD

art;

have apparently

your interest Within

GRAPHICS 7 Hand-drawn

cool side, stuff like a

buy everything from extra stages bits.

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JAPAN PLAYERS

like in

no.

secrets purchasing system,

Capcom

some

radical innovation, chet barber

stronger.”

been added to make up the

further.

time, we’re hoping to see

great storyline. But unfortunately,

from both publishers

against each other. But, next

throws are gone.

ference. You’ll love being able to

The

Second, character teams are

Although

and

Also, the

have been simplified—their

Team Match-ups

ones. This system promotes

of.

present,

limits, title.

There are

Score: 7 www.DailyRadar.com

‘Score: 9 out of 10

For a truly realistic martial arts

game, ODM

this one’s a

knockout.”

“5 out of 5 stars

Revolutionary!

Next Generation

DC UFC Ranked #1 -

Title at

Launch

NPD TRST Weekly Data

Crave scores a knock-out: ‘Direct Hit’ Rating Easily the most realistic, and definitely one of the most fun fighting games to ever come along.” -

DailyRadar.com

UFC own -

a great

game

that could easily stand on

Game Fan

UFC -

it’s

merits without this fantastic license.”

is poised to set the next standard GamePro

the fighting genre

IjR s I

"The ebb and flow of ground grappling makes for something

'90 out of 100: The best American-published fighting

game

years."

Game Fan

like a brutal

chess match..."

"We might be

looking at Fighting

the Year here."

-DailyRadar.com

Game

Gamelndustry.com

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S tarLancer really does look that good. StarLancer

one of the finest PC ports we have ever seen— by

far.

Playing StarLancer is just about the closest we’ve ever come to piloting an X-wing fighter and saving the universe from the evil empire. Aside from that time that Fran hijacked an X-wing fighter and saved the universe from the evil empire.

many enemies on

Like so

after

the wrong end of a laser gun, this

s you jump into hyper space on your way back

appreciated shooter, StarLancer.

Never mind that the presentation

to mission control,

As we have

one

of the

most intense

dogfights of your young career,

you can’t help but

feel

little

embarrassed about letting out an emphatic “yeeeeehaw!” as you wave bye-bye to the

under-

Digital Anvil’s highly

all

(sadly)

witnessed

in the past, many things can go wrong when a game makes the transition from PC to Sega’s little white box, and with a

visually loaded, input-heavy title like

this—which also features

wreckage of countless foes and

online play—you’d be crazy not

anything else that’s slower than

the speed of rookie.

light.

But ease up,

you’re going to stick

be a little skeptical as to whether or not Warthog could make it happen.

Well,

universe, you’re going have to

where we’re

do much more than

not only

ODCM

After stumbling onto a stage

one set

above, one would hope that

Crave was as wise

sitting,

managed in

Crave has

move up

the Sega army, but

absolutely gorgeous.

really

hard to put

And

out of your

head that this game controls a dream. What

will really

knock

game

blowin' up!

game

convincingly brilliant fashion

of those things, and let’s talk about the game’s look. If you thought Psygnosis made a name

AND

for itself during

you for a loop

try

does

all

that the

of these things in a

does them

online!

Pretty incredible,

forget

eh? Now,

with a flashy shooter called Colony

A no

frills

arena set

comes

PLAYERI

Callsign

survival of the

PREOATOR

Ship

fittest.

when

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a dense pocket of

asteroids, the only rule

starfighters, StarLancer doesn't

play around

the early years of

that ‘other console’s’ lifecycle

we told you to forget all

has singlehandedly raised the bar for console space shooters

like a

standard dogfight?

Game Type

How

'bout a blast session in a crowded asteroid field? Or

maybe a

pilot

destroy every other ship? Or perlittle

Piayers

Ping

Players

Ping

On Off

Start

Chat

Game

Hunt the Shadow

missiles are your high tech slap

What

more where that came from.

show. For just a few

Teamplay

a cloaked version of "tag" where

the back. Just naming a few games here, folks. StarLancer has plenty

Off

Targeting

of Nuclear Threat, where any can trigger a blast that will

haps a

Asteroid Arena

Turrets

little

game

on the whole.

their

Dreamcast translation as they were in the acquisition of

has hopped

behind the cockpit. And from

the ranks

that’s as inviting as the

incredibly engrossing.

Internet action. Not really feeling

45th division in one of the most turbulent wars ever waged in the known with the Fighting

yell.

game

When OK.

turrets

will fire

on the players

minutes, try to forget that the

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2000

www.DailvRadar.com

"With StarLancer, Crave has singlehandedly raised the bar for console space shooters at large.” BRANDON

JUSTICE

As the saying goes, In space, no one can hear you scream. Apparently, no one in space can take a decent screenshot either, as the black, starry skies of outer space do look amazing onscreen but turn out to be quite boring on the printed page. So don’t be fooled. StarLancer is actually a great-looking game—whether you’re cruising through empty hangars to dodging lasers near a flaming sun, you can see that a lot of thought and time went into the DC conversion.

occasionally eclipses even

its

comparably more powerful PC and what you’ve

forefathers,

got here really

game that will

knock your socks

While

it’s

all

off.

well and good

that your ship looks nice, I’m

Rank Has SEE THAT

Privileges

Its

SHIP,

RECRUIT? Well,

don't stare too long, because you

won't see the cockpit of a vessel like that until you've logged some serious hours in the line of duty. As you progress through the game, you can earn better ships by moving up in the ranks via proving your worth to the Alliance in battle. Fail to perform,

however, and watch the game take one of its many paths to

your dismissal,

Wars, just wait

i.e.,

till

doom.

you see

sure you’re wondering handles. Well, for a

how

game

phenomenal set options. Not only

online

of you

lock-on,

roll,

barrel

and reverse

’em. StarLancer controls a dream, and

when you launch

your countermeasures, slam the breaks and blow that bogey into

kingdom come, be sure crew at Warthog

to salute the for

making

all

possible,

definitely

incredible

because

effects,

small accomplishment.

this

title

up to

that

this the first

support

than the PC version, for those but

who

are keeping score),

does so

a wide variety

team and

that this shooter has

fps masterpiece and

id’s

niche

titles in is

the space shooter

that the single-player

experience

an equally

briefings

sci-fi

plot that

make any Trekkie

would

this title could

Quake 3 money

Now, that would be something.

Graphics 8 Some

sluggish moments, but

still

striking

melt.

Sound 9 just the kind of experience

why console shooters

for its

1-8

you through

will pull

the kind of

once again, as play is extremely smooth. And thanks to tons

game types,

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missions, over 6,000 lines

that

very well give even

on the system to date, picking one up is a no-brainer. BRANDON JUSTICE

angle. Challenging, tense

friends and foes, and cool

connection shines through

excellent single-player action

and the most robust online multiplayer experience we’ve seen this

compelling black hole of productivity from nearly every

modes. The underestimated power of the Dreamcast’s 56k

Arena a run no

of Internet

will offer

six pilots (two

of creative

thrusters with the best of

a sturdy 30fps framerate,

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other

eleven total buttons, we’re still

One edge over

for

shock that we can

undoubtedly become a showpiece for Sega Net faster than you can unleash a Panther missile on a locked target, thanks to the game’s will

had to drop down from a keyboard to the Dreamcast’s

StarLancer in motion. Sporting

models and lighting and texture work that

that

But even more impressive the fact that StarLancer

It’s

makes you If

thrilled to

own a

you’re wondering can’t be

as good as Wing Commander was on your PC, then prepare to

“I

will

be aveng...ARRRGHH!"

they do

it?

Holiday

Challenging, deep, and addictive

Score: 2000

Controls like a dream!

Gameplay 9

swap out such notions with questions as to why more

games like StarLancer don’t come our way. Between

Control 9 How did

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Dreamcast Magazine 91

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“When

In-Depth Reviews

playing

Samba, gamers look way cooler than doctors

or lawyers.” blake fischer

Sonic

Team couldn

be further from Sonic, but they still

manage

to hit the

mark with one

of the

freshest, funniest

DC games

yet.

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Samba de Amigo Two men. Four maracas. One legendary game

a play,

amba de Amigo

unique. While

easy

to quantify the

game

the

it’s

almost defies description.

down

(yes,

game-

experience

itself It

boils

one or two guys standing on a rubber mat and shaking a pair of maracas at an to this:

animated monkey on TV. While it

sounds rather strange (and

honestly,

looks that way too),

Samba de Amigo is one of the freshest game experiences you’ll find

on your Dreamcast this

winter—and of the

it’s

most

certainly

one

fun.

even you) can figure out in just a minute

how to use them or two.

All

big

key to this game’s

rattling with

both musical and onscreen cues: shaking to the right or left

down some

at the up, middle or

positions

time with

mode, there

is its

very low

combined with amount of gameThe maracas are a great equalizer, and everybody barrier of entry its

substantial

play depth.

Official

m Dreamcast Magazine

a challenge

mode

This

one

those rare

that’s very nearly

watch as

game

games

as much fun to

to play.

set up

When

the

the office,

not only do gamers get

involved, but everybody that

passes by stops to watch and usually takes a turn.

blue dots on the screen

purposes, ignore

monkey— he’s

really just

psychedelic window dressing).

Samba

Now, once you’ve caught the

Samba bug (which

usually hap-

pens

after only one game), you’ll no doubt want to see all it’s got

And

surprisingly, despite

the simplicity of the premise,

also (clearly) the ultimate party

there’s quite a lot there. Besides

an arcade mode, an

mode

original

(the difference being in

amount

songs you have available to select) and a versus the

Holiday

2000

game-enabling you to prove not only that videogames are awesome, but that gamers (thanks to practice) look way cooler than stock brokers, doctors and lawyers do when they’re shaking maracas in time with Chumbawumba’s “Tub Thumping.”

Shake your money maker! WITH ONLY

10,000 MAR AC AS on

the market, gamers may be hard pressed to find a pair to shake with any of the 50,000 copies of Samba being released. But maraca-less amigos should fear not; after playtesting

the game with the controller,

ultimate success

which you compete in ever more difficult fracases to unlock more songs (there are only six initially). And if this still isn't enough music to float your boat, an Internet mode enables you to download even more songs. in

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little

(for all practical

the

to offer.

A great

you have to do

synch up your

conclude that the controller may not be as cool, but it's still

good.

r ^ ^

you’re

still

an easy trip with a cheeky monkey

Sound 9 Music i

more i

infectious than that i

good of Ebola i

Control 10 Maracas! Maracas! Maracas!

skeptical after

reading this review,

mend

Graphics 9 It's

we recom-

that you try the

Gameplay 9 It's

unique: as addictive as

game

yourself. We’ll save you a seat f on the bandwagon.

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Visually,

Red Dog

reminded us of Dreamcast classic /VTDK2—which

high

praise, indeed. Crazy,

otherworldly landscapes and insanely cool visual effects make this game far prettier than your

average mutt.

Attempt to shoot the bad guys who are firing heat-seeking missiles directly at your tank.

ProTip:

Red Dog Give that puppy a bone: but does it have the High Pro glow? thorough, and massive weaponry. with a smooth lire really wanted to love and suffer from the But while the game understatframerate and You liJ Dog.

(for a futuristic tank game) explosions and effects. Levels

gorgeous at

are enormous, featuring lots of

too many make for a hectic

rest,

small glitches

D-pad.

and confusing experience. The camera is skittish and frequently confused, and lengthy networks

this

hangers and craggy outdoor

of underground terrain—with

to get.

a rapid-fire cannon, homing

plateaus. Missions are linear

plenty of rocky outposts—don’t

but

missiles, a bevy of power-ups,

without being repetitious, and

help.

and a really nifty shield grid that can be moved around by

good

into

using the analog stick. You’ll cling to rocky terrain, strafe,

and boost along—and for most gamers (ourselves included), that’s a pretty solid start. But

Red Dog's bark

ultimately

proves to be bigger than bite,

it’s

only by a narrow margin.

While this

any awards

game

for

won’t win

groundbreaking

design, the graphics are crisp

intertwined with cool

level

sci-fi

design results

min-

Bosses—cool and retro-PC stylish in a manner that reminds us of Descent— are suitably large and suitably imal backtracking.

protected by teeming minions

Many of the enemy shock-

troops blend

far too well with

the environment, and they rarely

easy

for

them

original

name

of a

just

It’s

you’ll

one

and

still

don’t

Polish

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concentrate more on the cool

Graphics 8

scenery and effects than on

Looks great with some sweet effects

maintaining your bearing.

Sound 5

unfulfilling

it’s

Cool Japanese heavy metal,

you're into that

a strangely

experience. Considering

Control 7 Integrated puzzles, simplified, responsive controls

some of the game’s finer points, we wish Crave could have done banking game. Also known as High Card

Still,

pieces,

of those no-no’s

from Red Dog, but

on you.

live

its

a dud. dave chen

not unbearable,

wish that you could

We got more than we expected

to get the

Controls, while logical

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that developers

make a sound—which makes frustrating drop

DOGHOUSE RULES Red Dog was also the

means

impossible to

adjust analog sensitivity—and

convincing tunnels and caverns

roll

plenty of teeth to bare:

It’s

not

promise of

Dreamcast’s limited

Dog has

Red Dog. You

may

nice,

slide into the driver’s

battle against scores of alien turncoats called the Haak. Your

called

premise.

stylish,

Really.

this

seat of an ultra-tough tank

little more with it—the net result is that this title may end up appealing more to the casual gamer than to intrepid players who were intrigued by its

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Score: 7

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Xtreme

are even pretty fun. Unfortunately, like in the sun, it

but more are unlocked

Perhaps one of the problems is that the game attempts to cover a bit too

Estefan, something is simply missing from Infogrames’ Xtreme Games (besides the E). If one looks at the individual elements here— pretty

spreads

graphics, varied styles of

on walls, stuck on

much ground, and thereby control

too thin. The uneven at best, and

itself

easy to get hung up

far to

it’s

hills, etc,

And while the graphics whole-

gameplay, an excellent sound-

etc.

track and very passable

are quite nice on the

excellent

title.

seem

Unfortunately,

that entirely overused

adage

about “the whole” and the ative deficiency of “the its

parts”

is all

even stunning at times—they suffer from some ugly polygon

due mostly

glitching,

rel-

sum

too applicable.

t’s

excited about

cuts, with

Amon

DJ Food, Mr. Scruff, Cold Cut

including mountain biking, sky

and others providing audio accmopaniment. Xtreme Sports looks nice, sounds nice, plays nice— hell,

ATV

riding,

hang

glid-

snowboarding and bungee jumping. Each course is laced ing,

with three distinct events,

all

its

packaging even smells

nice— but

can neither climb, skate, bike or hang glide above the level

On one

course, for example,

players head

down the slopes

snowboard (passing time checkpoints and pulling tricks along the way), and then at the end of the run break on

their

a hang

glider,

and take

into

the

When

you

air.

Uneven gameand sometimes clunky control mar what could have been an ‘xtremely’ solid title. EVAN SHAMOON

off

finally

land the thing, you’re back on

of the course. Only three

courses are available at the

# Dreamcast Magazine

is,

first-

and

also the first to arrive on Dreamcast. Ported over to the id

software’s choice

developer, Raster,

first for online,

represents

despite

all

console

the hype that was

generated about Quake

Arena

for

III:

Dreamcast— and the disappointment

despite

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all

breeds—we’re pleased that this

game

The

first

to say

delivers

nearly everything

Repeat

in Qlll

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just

how

incredible

looks.

Raster has done a spectacular thing from the sharp character

models

to the

abundant

a monitor,

necessary.

play

Quake

make

your friends.

And so

was with some

apprehension that we

between a Dreamcast and a comparable 3D-accelerated PC

the online play might

{read:

$150

vs $1500).

In single-player mode, gamers choose between and must

five difficulty levels,

battle in a series of

arenas

online with

of the this to

one

to shine.

inevitable that you’ll

playing against bots,

when the temptation

We were

able

Qlll

less than three minutes,

and

with over

It’s

went

go from a cold Dreamcast to

opponents who get increasingly more difficult as the

however,

first

We knew that

the bullet-riddled arenas of in

player progresses.

Qlll.

make or game and, being fans genre, we really wanted

break the

against single and multiple

tire of

and

to hear stories

believe—you play to frag

considers the price difference

promised.

thing evident

Dreamcast

2000

Kill.

game on

one would be seriously hardpressed to tell the game from its PC counterpart. No small feat, that, especially when one

Holiday

III

it’s

console by

that huge hype normally

onto your ATV for the final leg

Official

time,

all

play

the ground—where you hop

Dreamcast. This

arguably the best

person shooter of

of mediocrity.

free from their board, strap into

the end, the

all,

Playing the

Quake

deathmatch-style warfare. And

game

of which are strung together in triathalon-style progression.

hard not to get

for

after

Tobin,

distinctly different events,

surfing,

Directions: Run, Shoot,

buggy

ment warping. The soundtrack is excellent, fortunately, and Tune

in six

Quake III: Arena

texture-swapping and environ-

includes exclusively Ninja

Players compete

entirely different

experience, and you’ll be able it with plenty of upcoming Don’t make us have to tell

to use

as you play the game.

butter,

control— it might

game an

fails to

gameplaywise

titles.

start,

chow fun sans MSG, or the Miami Sound Machine without Gloria

GAMi

French)

(that’s

ike bread without

somehow

jell,

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of the events

pudding all

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In order to fully enjoy Quake III: Arena, ODCM strongly suggests that gamers run out and purchase a DC mouse and keyboard. While the extra hardware will cost you a few extra bucks, please do yourselves the favor and take the plunge. It makes playing the

Looks good, huh?

Some

ENTERED

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In-Depth Reviews

500

Qlll

servers on

Sega Net, there’s no lack of competition. So how was it? Bloody great.

Most

significantly, Qlll

delivers the intense action

of fragging living, breathing

that has addicted an entire

opponents from

population of gamers. Those

world

all

over the

but a click away. Let’s

not kid ourselves, folks: while it

has received wide acclaim

special effects wizardry has

for its innovative

been translated with gusto.

its

engine and

breakneck pace, you don’t

well-versed

shooters

first-person

will testify

ping into a

that step-

Quake arena

step into the most intense, fast-paced deathmatches

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Dreamcast. If this had come would be have been okay, but now it’s just so-so.

ain’t awful, it's Just so...first-generation

out last year

POD:

Speedzone

Ho-humming down |

acing

story

games need

about as much as a hedgehog needs

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though, combat

make a

lot

sense—

inspiration it

not as

went

gaming. And armed with

now

see what all the fuss is about. We can honestly say that playing multiplayer Qlll on Dreamcast is one of the most intense, addictive and exhilarating experiences one can have on a videogame console.

Which things are

sunshine and

enemy has vacated some

servers are better than others,

those conditioned to playing Quake over all connection notice the lag. For those

will

who

however, this

ice

cream. Aside from the fact that

owners are able to join the Once more unto the breach, dear friends. You won’t be sorry, evan shamoon

fray.

game.

Pod: Speed-

zone does anything wrong it just doesn't do anything particularly right either. As in most arcade racers, you choose from a handful of cars, a few of which have to be unlocked. You then select your course and game mode. The problem

simply the

—

bomb.

(Note:

we had

press time— it might

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Graphics 9 Impeccably translated. Well done.Raster.

all

players, the biggest fault of Qlll

Despite the lag,

Dreamcast actually has

Dreamcast Arena tremendous achievement—and more importantly, it’s fun as

do with the game rather with the

itself,

little

but

somewhat

unpredictable performance of

SegaNet. Bullets and rockets

can sometimes

fly

out of the

end of your weapon long you

pull

after

the trigger (and long

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for

Sound 8 High-quality, frenetic effects.

Wanky music.

online arenas are limited to four

Quake

III:

is still

Being able to reach out and touch someone from across the country with a shothell.

gun blast is a beautiful thing, and now— finally—console

that there isn’t a

lot to

cars are

all

choose from. The blandly the same,

n—

Control 9 Mouse & keyboard=only way to

play.

Get yours.

games

schmag. Multiplayer gaming has

arrived.

pits

you

against a ghost car that repre-

sents either your best lap on a track.

Two

players can

compete

via split screen. But the

strongest feature

Pod

the

online play that allows you to

race against other players without the hassle of a split screen.

The addition of a thriller mode adds some variety by slowly draining the shield of the car last place, but the

excitement

can only redeem an otherwise ho-hum affair so much. of online play

Want

to test the

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whales or secret volcanoes, maps and details in Pod

out the Disc Guide

the

on page 6

are positively boring. There’ re

details.

a few brief jumps and some hidden short cuts, but once

Disc.

for

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them

all

the

thrill

wears thin. And the mediocre graphics won’t hold

your attention for long either.

Score: 9

much

racing.

Hydro

Thunder, for instance, where

of racing

Gameplay 9

isn’t

JIM PRESTON

Unlike

you’ve found

Lag,

colorful but

we were constantly surprised by little touches like killer

not yet

make

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whole

rather unimaginative.

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and the tracks are

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have never had the opportunity to play multiplayer deathmatch,

received an ethernet adapter at

not to say that

all

after your

that exact location). While

keyboard, con-

power-ups,

The ghost mode

into

did into the

;

five

more fun than the

clear that about as

it’s

It’s

mouse and

wave

With only

but

sole owners can officially

boosts, mines, and a

attack that slows opponents.

colony and mutant cars.

much

you can also grab super-

a bicycle, but Pod: Speedzone has got one, anyway—some-

Doesn’t

all

the shields and nitro-boosts,

thing about viruses, a mining

that plot as

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details

Sometimes

it's the details that put a game over the top, and here's a good example from Le Mans. At one point we

kept hearing multiple engine noises,

when we were alone on the track. It was always but inconsisThen it hit us: when we went under an overpass, we could actually hear (but not see, of course) the engine noises of the cars that happened to be above us. Now, that's attention to detail. even

"That blows!" we thought. at one point in the track, tant.

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some

classic

cars).

Tony

Hawk 2,

that you’ll wait for—des-

perately—for months. But once

game sneaks up on you with no fanfare at all. That’s Le Mans. The game features the a while, a great

cars and track from the

famous

game

you’ve seen under the Now,

You can traverse the

Mans track

several time-

compressed versions of the race (10 and 30 minutes, or one and six hours),

but obviously the

challenge—and reward— is

racing through the whole

real

hours (don’t worry, you can save

24-hour long race at Le Mans,

during

40 cars in two classes— GT (Porches and Vipers) and

the hardcore cajones to race the

prototype (cool-looking super-

marathon

with

first

entire

pit

stops

you don’t have

to the last screens, the lighting effects, and the longer is a nearly full moon. The gradual change is amazing

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one

2000

shadows in

franchise. This

the real deal.

breathta kingly beautiful. Cars are

The track textures

rendered

brilliantly

deserve special mention: they’re

games

reflection

mapping may be too

this

the past.

one special?

everything.

number only

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there are a huge

modes: not

there the Le

but you can race

championship

amateur GT

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of racing

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series,

all

from

the way up to

prototypes, across ten tracks.

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24 hour race

that’s all cool, but there

have been plenty of Le

game

simply

at dusk. Of course, the shadows go the other realtime mode.

reflective for

some

(although the

people), the

tracks are incredibly detailed, with tons of

3D trackside

in particular

superb, as are the rain and ing effects.

And even

with

light-

cars onscreen at once, there’s absolutely no slowdown.

features (from grandstands to

houses

to cranes)

backed by

seamless 2D backdrops. The

one of the most consisand immersive visual effects

result:

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we’ve ever seen

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a racing game.

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it’s

instinctual— but

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often see two Al cars jockeying

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particularly egregious example.)

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cues—sounds, the back

Mans

barely perceptible decrease

control— let you

the edge

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after a it

few laps

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Add the fact that if you mess up a turn in Le Mans, with its it’ll be about three and a half minutes before you even get to see it again, and 8.5 mile track,

know just where

is.

this is

and

turn.

up.

of your car slipping slightly, a

gas and

feels just like you’re

supports up to four

feel.

where the game

you’ve got a

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gets

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edge changes with every lap. As new tires warm, they grip better. As they

to take a road

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got to think at nearly

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every turn. isn’t

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on Dreamcast. CHRIS CHARLA

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of being

required,

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interesting.

time the clock

reads 4am.

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to cause him heavy damage. It’s even possible to recreate Boba

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him a

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Players of Demolition Racer can and their various perils to great effect—on Naboo, for instance, ships can push huge statues into a foe’s path in order utilize terrains

Fett’s grisly

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the mix, further juicing the

the game’s

needed

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beauty and plenty of surprises.

consists of balls-to-the-wall

shoot-’em-ups on settings

vicious boulder-hurling

some

dreck.

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of Vigilante

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was I

you’re

all

2 won’t

design aren’t enough to hold

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that

all.

little

disc

was talking to us (and it seemed like it was at the

time,

but we’d been drinking a

lot of

is,

much

the arcade classic was prime, there’s only so

some more. And oh

There’s a good chance that, even if that occurs, the game’s four-player mini-games and unlockable arcade levels will

right.

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yeah, look

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folks.

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to things

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the end, Frogger 2 remains one of the year’s

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almost soars above

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is still

heaven’s sake,

like the disc

not-so-mean green machine

zones with the enigmatic

bounty hunter Boba

game affords an

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a strange combination that its failings.

draw-in,

game

itself was looking up at us as we got ready to close

wasn’t so bad, after

stack up against touchy control,

new obstacles

lawn mowers, the basic thrust

the Dreamcast’s pleading

Dagobah

enough

crazy giant beetles and

of the

time around.

was almost

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game green

Granted, one of Frogger 2’ biggest problems is that,

Hop It

first

with envy. (Sorry.)

are,

make the

popped in Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, hoping and hoping that the hopping and hopping wouldn’t be quite

this

would be just another attempt

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demolition

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this

evident that a great deal of

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incredible level design that

shows some

of the best

environments 2.5D platforming has ever seen.

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see and

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Best bass fishing ever! Arcade port

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wondrous

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WWF engine with some very poor graphics

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could be fun for two players— but

Lightgun shooter sans lightgun hurts this arcade classic only slightly

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SILENT SCOPE Konami

Arcade conversion that could’ve used a special peripheral

Issue 2:

Nov/Dec 99

AEROWINGS

Right sim gets loopy with cool play, but tough controls and concept

Issue 5: May/Jun Issue 2:

Crave

shooter for diehard fens of the arcade genre

down

scroller that’s too hard

Nov/Dec 99

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Consbpct a

railroad,

for

and too

short;

a bad combo

the best football videogaming sim to...yadda, yadda...

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An adequate soccer sim with some severe gameplay problems

SYDNEY 2000

Track

’n’

field

suffers from only

minor flaws

ALLOY ARCADE STICK

CONCEPT 4 WHEEL

golfers ’tee-off to charm, but not to

Hands down the best skater A deeply flawed track ’n’

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DREAM STATION

A must

One Nyko

for

any fighting

game fen. Fun

of the better steering wheel

with lots of other games, too.

and pedal combos

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Solid, precise lightgun with auto-fire

Lets you use

Sony Dual Shock

and

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Delicous and sturdy lime gree arcade stick, one of the best

ENTERTAINMENT MACHINE Zenith

This TV is marketed as a gamer’s set, but actually,

it’s

just a IV.

like four

memoiy cards

Actually

sit

one! This

the one to get for sure.

with twice the memoiy!

Pricey but very cool.

And has

tight screws!

on your sofa while playing, rather than on the

floor.

MEMORY CARD

PERFORMANCE EXTENSION CABLE

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5 5 9

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Nov 00

Issue 5:

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not too reliable. Tends to lose your data. This

Urn...

see the above note on the

At only

Nyko

$10

this card can't

Allows you to connect two Interact

RALLY WHEEL AGETEC

STAR FIRE UGHTBLASTER

Issue 8:

It's

Mad

Catz cable.

bad.

Same

deal.

be beat. But no screen-no minigames.

Neo Geos

Programmable and cool-looking, but

together for multiplayer action. its

cumbersome shape

blows.

Lacks weight, balance and sturdiness, but has force feedback. Interact

Excellent lightgun but not quite as

‘ng

complete crap. Do

good as the Mad T

Catz.

May/Jun 00

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Mar/Apr 00

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Nov 00

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More butt-rumbling power than you can handle.

Good memoiy card

MAD CATZ EXTENSION CABLE

POWERUNK

Interact

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JUMBO MEMORY PAK X2 Nyko

PELICAN 4X

| ©

and other stuff, on your DC.

THE ENFORCER Topmax

Issue 4: Mar/Apr

Issue 5:

good.

-reload; the best lightgun.

controllers,

available.

Six-button controller has lots of problems, but the D-pad

Catz

JUANTUM FIGHTER PAD

NOW!

that looks great but plays terribly

2000

Cool looking chrome arcade stick with eight programmable buttons.

Interact

DREAM MASTER CONTROLLER

Nov/Dec 99

gameplay

button masher, Olympics events that could’ve used tweakinj

Super deformed

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Sep/Oct 00

Issue 4: Mar/Apr

Weird, omeiy fishman-raising sim...expect

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Nov/Dec 99

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4 8

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Great looking vehicle for virtual superstar, Ulala...but just too short

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GAMESHARKCDX Issue 3: Jan/Feb

game that

Nov/Dec 99

Issue 2:

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5 3

manege it, in a game that’s addictive, but not onlim

SPACE CHANNEL 5 Sega

ARCADE FIGHTER STICK AGETEC

Issue 8:

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8 9 8

isn't

Old-school

Old-school top

HOUSE OFTHE DEAD 2 Sega

Great presentation of arcade boxing, but not deep enough to satisfy

RIDERS Sega

Official

online endeavor

GIGAWINGTommo

One

104

first

GUNBIRD 2 Capcom

4HL2K Sega

Eidos

crazy in Sega's

2 football

Issue 2:

bubble-busting fun. Perfect for two players

Nov/Dec 99

Issue 3: Jan/Feb

READY 2 RUMBLE BOXING Midway RIPPIN’

m/t

empire

evil

intentions but no follow-through

good

with

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Sep/Oct 00

Issue 6: Jul/Aug

RPG

gameplay

with simplistic graphics but complex

Action

TIME STALKERS Sega

Issue 7:

storyline

whole jptfriM. / 1

?6iftffse(i0giSft7ri^^^

SILVER Infogrames

Sep/Oct 00

DREAMBLASTER Performance BASS FISHING Sega

ECW Acclaim JEREMY MCGRATH SUP'CROSS 2000 Acclaim

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December 00

FAR OFF PROMISE UbiSoft

SEVENTH CROSS: EVOLUTION UFO

May/Jun 00

Issue 7:

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NBA2KSega

May/Jun 00

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Great looking, great playing, but missing the classic characters!

TECH ROMANCER Capcom

V1RTUA FIGHTER 3TB Sega

May/Jun 00

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Issue 3: Jan/Feb

great arcade port that only suffers from repetitive nature

Issue 5:

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done Namco’s usual way: stunningly

Fighter

practice

Nov/Dec 99

original

aninfo fighter with questionable controls

weapons

chances.

Issue 2:

5 8

punch but a good lineage

willing to

four-player fighting with

Gravity-free

Glorious

STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 3 Capcom

racer the real thing

its

WACKY RACES

South Park license abused

PSYCHIC FORCE 2012 Taito

SOULCAUBUR Namco

rally

little flat in

Issue 1: Sep/Oct

console treatment and comes out kicking

Uninspiring fighter-by-numbers in the

PLASMA SWORD Capcom

make this

Smooth, ambitious hoverboard racing fells a

Mar/Apr 00

7 5

some odd places

Arcade

2D fighter aimed

handling and crisp framerate

December 00

Issue 5:

Crave

TRICKSTYLE Acclaim

Issue 4:

alone adults

fighting with the best looking characters

KING O' FIGHTERS DREAM MATCH 1999 SNK

2D fighter gets the

Bad design and an outdated engine do not a good racer make

TNN HARDCORE HEAT ASC Games TOKYO XTREME RACER

us forget

let

Deeply flawed arcade motorcycler that ends up being kinda fun

TEST DRIVE V-RALLY 2 Infogrames

WETRIX+

JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE

UbiSoft

Issue 9:

Rush fens worldwide

instant classic

bland at times

little

Outdated engine does nothing new on Dreamcast; what a shame Crappy cameras make this a

Mar/ Apr 00

Issue 4:

sequel to the classic survival horror series

SUPER MAGNETIC NEO

Crave

Issue 4:

gameplay

tight

adventure hampered by dullness and gameplay problems

UbiSoft

RESIDENT EVIL CODE: VERONICA Capcom THE RING: TERROR’S REALM Infogrames

fitting

romp through mutated Canadian wildeme is7 tough and unforgiving, for hardcore

Beautiful, immersive, incredibly Interactive

terrain

beat ’em up with zombies and no real depth

Wonderfully atmospheric, short,

ECCO THE DOLPHIN: DOTF Sega OPERATION ESPIONAGE UFO

menus...sob!

exit

through childhood. Toys, guns and dinosaurs!

for

Tank shooter with bland graphics, but some intense

style

barrel

slash with pretty intentions but repetitive gameplay

Car combat meant

ZOMBIE REVENGE Sega

l-SPY:

bottom of the DC

’n slash...the

dream

and framerate problems

difficulty

Nov 00

whole family

Glorious looking, excellent handling

Great handling

SF RUSH 2049 Midway

Nov 00

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looks

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for the

SEGA GT Sega SEGA RALLY 2 Sega

rally racer;

need not apply

purist; all others

The bane of our existence, reviews-wise. You'll never

3D weapons-based

SOUL FIGHTER Mindscape

detail

HYDRO THUNDER Midway

Wacky penguin racer too goofy and short

come out in a

JET GRIND RADIO Sega

tough sim nuts

that’s reseived for

and simulation make

Issue 3: Jan/Feb

Hydro Thunder sensibilities

this

Racer that uses the force for good and doesn't end up sucking

PRIX Sega

May/Jun 00

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4 6

racer that encourages vehicular carnage

Bad physics and bland visuals crash

RACER Lucas Arts

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make this an arcade experiences sham Rumble

A dam good arcade derby

EPISODE

out intact

game-run, don’t walk!

tribute to the Royal

DEMOLITION RACER: NO EXIT Infogrames

DREAM ROADSTERS Titus

make

that doesn't

title

Any questions?

poor player controls

4WHER THUNDER Midway

FLAG TO FLAG Sega

Nov 00

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port of popular arcade soccer

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THUNDER PAK Nyko Nov 00

NNOVATION 4 MEGABYTE MEMORY CARD

This rumble

pack accessory works, and

that's all

has to do.

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one to get

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Cheat Menu

remain locked. Here’s how you get the Cheat Menu to appear: While on the Main +

^+©

ALL PARTS RESURRECT IN PLACE FRAME SCALE TIRE SCALING

FOG COLOR CAR COLLISIONS

CONG MINGS

several tries to get the

TRACK ORIENTATION AUTO-ABORT SUPER SPEED

Off

INVINCIBLE INVISIBLE CAR

Off

Highlight Track Orientation on the cheat

^+0 and then press ©. Release the buttons, then press ©, ©, © Press and hold ^ + 0 again and then press © again. menu and then

CARMINES

it.

Track Orientation

and then press + O- The Cheat Menu option will

highlight Options

may take you

cheats to work, but keep at

still

Menu,

CHEATS

cheat, you need to have the Cheat Menu open and highlight the cheat you want to enter. Then enter the proper button sequence from the list below. The cheat will become active if done correctly, and you’ll be able to turn the cheat on and off.

Man, is there a lot of hidden stuff in this game! There are so many cheats, in fact, Midway has created a whole Cheat Menu to list them. Getting to the Cheat Menu itself also takes a cheat code, and once it’s opened, all the cheats listed will

that

press and hold

Off-

Once you get the Cheat Menu open, you’ll find that none of the cheats are active. You’ll

need individual codes to

enter on this screen to unlock the different cheats.

Super Tires Highlight

Super

Tires on the cheat

CHEATS

and then press hold

©- ©, ©.

Release

SUPER SPEED INVINCIBLE INVISIBLE CAR INVISIBLE TRACK

Brakes

BRAKES

Highlight Brakes on the cheat

then press

©,

*©©

appear

at the

bottom of the screen, and it like any other menu item. Once inside the Cheat Menu, you'll see a huge list of cheats for the game, but none will be active. This code just unlocks the Cheat Menu; it does not unlock any of the cheats— but at least now you know what cheats there are in the game. you can then select

them

all for you (check future issues for more) but we do have some—all of which

quickly, or else they won’t work.

To enter a

SUICIDE

MODE

BATTLE PAINTSHOP DEMOLITION BATTLE

RANDOM WEAPONS ALLCARS

Increase Car Mass Mass on the cheat menu and

ALL TRACKS

OFF OFF OFF-

OFF ON ON

MASSIVE OFF OFF OFF

OFPw/

OFF

Highlight

After cheats are activated, you can turn

them on and off at will— and some of them will even allow you to change the cheat’s actual value.

Invisible

Track

Toggle Demolition Battle Mode

Highlight Invisible Track on the cheat

are really tricky to enter. You have to press the button inputs smoothly and very

MASS

Highlight Demolition Battle on the cheat

000 ^++

Unlock Some Cheats Now that you have the Cheat Menu screen, you’re prob’ly anxious to try out of the cheats listed. We don’t have

some

SUPER TIRES

menu and

press and hold

Random Battle Mode Weapons Highlight Random Weapons on the cheat menu and then press and hold 4i + and then press ©, ©. Release the buttons and then press and hold + and quickly tap

©, ©. When Demolition Battle Mode is active the Random Battle Mode will be over-ridden and every pick will be the battering ram so to defeat an opponent you have to actually smash them with your

own

car. Cool!

\: Unlock

All! 1

THIS

MONTH

NOAH MASSEY

for the

people

you thought

cool, wait until

this

iHMMiEina

FREE FLIGHT

game was

you unlock

all

the planes! To do this without beating

HUSH 2049

the

Aerowings 2

Wacky Races Int’l

Track

the missions, press +

all

at exactly

up, so listen for the audio cue

that lets you

Sega Bass Fishing ESPN:

all

4J and ©

same time on the Main Menu. may take several tries to get it

the

Field

successful. find that

Fur Fighters

Place:

Base C Noon Weather:

Snowy ;

message;

M?-

3/high maneuver

4 missiles/512 rounds

know that you were

Once entered,

you’ll

two more environments

open up (both

the snow),

1ESS#GE| Northern fighter base.

Also used as

civil ian airport.

all

the planes are available and

Magforce Racing

that you can

NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC

Fighter Pilot Missions.

now

play

all

of the

The two bonus environments are located somewhere really cold, like Alaska, and in one of them, you get to fly in a snowstorm!

;

There are more planes hidden in the game than are in the game to begin with— and they are all killer, each with their own unique handling characteristics.

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The Wacky Codes You Were

Metallic Athletes

Looking For! When a game has

looking metallic character from the

Cheat Menu,

it’s

demo

metallic athletes

modes within Konami’s International Track And Field? Well, now you can, and

not a

you get to

assume

long stretch to

have hosted the Summer Olympic games, you can play as different cities that

Don't you wish you could play as the cool

try

By entering

metallic silver.

that there are cheats

colors than just the in

names

game

in Trial

any event. Just start

Mode and when

prompted to enter a name enter one of list below to get

the countries from the the desired metallic

color.

out there to enter into

the extra cars,

abilities,

HELSINKI

Copper

ROMA MOSCOW

Cream

tracks and

even a capacity to

Drive up to the sign post on the hill in the center of the main hub area once you’ve picked a car to find the

make the game more

Cheat Menu.

difficult

City Entered MONTREAL SYDNEY

Bronze

Gold

enable you to unlock all

Silver

Metallic Color

out there

somewhere. Well, here they are—and they

Blue

L.A

Aluminum

Grey

MUNICH MEXICO TOKYO ATHENS

Orange

ATLANTA

Purple

SEOUL

Green

without having

go through the entire thing. The Cheat Menu is found in the main hub area that you’re in right after you

choose your car, where all the different levels branch off from. Just drive up to

the sign on top of the green

hill in

the

you’ll open a menu, select the

middle of the area and

menu. From

this

names

of cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics into the name entry screen in Trial Mode to play as a metallic character.

Just enter

Cheats option from the bottom. Once

Red

there, enter any of the following codes:

WACKYSPOILERS All

Cars

WACKYGIVEAWAY All

As Extra Hard

As codes are entered, you can see them listed on the Code Collection screen and you can turn them on and off at will.

BARGAINBASEMENT

little

may

a game, Fur Fighters

Boss Cheats More cheats are unlocked by beating the various bosses

way you unlock

requirements within the Mini-Game, or getting

game

within a certain time

above a given amount of

points. Below, we’ve listed the cheat

AutO Aim

the

game

Boss: Gwynth

Locking on to enemies becomes

100%

accurate

Health Boost

Boss: Juanita

Have even more health the next time you play through

you

what the cheat does, which Mini-Game you unlock it in, and the requirements to meet to earn the secret. unlock,

on your

second time

actually to play through the

beating the

Earn 30,000 points

makes

game. Actually, you have to play the Mini-Games which are unlocked as you beat bosses. Once you open a MiniGame and start to play it you can unlock secrets by meeting specific

not have

# or

cheats

Mode

lure by pressing

the trend these days with hidden

things. Therefore, the

All Abilities

undocumented feature known about. When playing in the Original Mode, you can change the color of your Here’s a

that you

extras

you earn your cheats rather than including straight codes to unlock

Mode

Change Lure Color In Original

Bomber Bear

Mini-Game Cheats

Challenges And Tracks

CRACKEDNAILS

Ammo Boost

Boss: Claude

ammo each

Get the max amount of you pick up a weapon

time

controller while the lure is

Rotation

highlighted. Unfortunately, the color

of the lure doesn’t effect the

outcome of the game.

Wow, the same color

lure sporting a

new

scheme!

Paul's

Apparently,

eyes while this

graphics appear

make the

Well,

longer a man's

Tough Bears

player.

Boss: Winnie and Mai

Snake

Makes

all

the bears

the

game

twice as tough to

Classic Earn 5,000 Points

beat

Arcade, you’re

forced to play as the dude.

bummer!

you cross your mode is on the

Using a second

around

You can play as fisherwoman in the Original Mode, simply by selecting her when prompted to choose a in

Esmerelda

controller press

Arcade Mode

character— but

camera spin

Play As The Girl In

Cam

Balloon

What a

Invulnerable

Lift

Boss: Viggo

Earn 10,000

Arcade Mode is no game. Now you can

Never die again

points

play as the chick, by pressing the

buttons at the Arcade

Scrawners

Bear Attack

Mode

Complete the maze

Earn 10,000 points

Area Selection Screen.

Arcade Mode

game

no longer a man's

Sega Bass

Fishing!

Super Snake

the Temple Of

Doom Makes animals

Earn 10,000

game

points

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the

really thin

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Cheat Codes

Hidden Characters All

Magnetic Cheats

of the following are

hidden characters as which you can

play.

To get

appear, enter the

them

the cheats to this

unusual racer then

name and

number from the

you are looking for

all

come

you’ve

list

to the

right place. First of

below into he enter name and PIN screen.

we’ve got the code to unlock everything and then once you’ve gotten a chance to check all

out everything the

game

you'll

have

one of the gameplay codes which will add a twist to the game. to try

AU Tracks And Tripods man

Big alien

Kerri (female)

Old

Small alien

To unlock everything

BIGGY

KERRI

OLDMAN

SMALLS

go to the Main Menu and highlight the

0958

0220

2001

0856

Tripod Select Option.

hold

game just

press and

TIMK 7785

game and if you entered the code you should have the entire game

White horse

spread wide open before you.

Kerri in alt.

CHAD

uniform

PINTO

0628

KERRI

1966

1111

Pumpkin

JACKO

HORSE

Clown

the

Now

Tim Kitzrow

Chad Edmunds

Pinto Horse

O + O and then press Now just

enter the right

CRISPY

Lia (female)

1031

1966

Gameplay Cheats

2084

LIA 0712

Referee

Willy Morris

To enter the following cheats which will make your racing experience a bit

THEREF

WIL

Lia in alt. uniform

7777

0101

more interesting, you must first reach the High Score screen by earning a

LIA 1111

Retro Rob

Wizard

tripod.

RETRO

THEWIZ

Nikko dog

1970

1136

below to get the desired result. Getting a high score shouldn’t be too tough unless you’ve gone through and set

Greg Cutler

CUTLER 1111 Isiah

high score on any track using any

Thomas

THOMAS

NIKKO

1111

6666

Shawn

Then enter one

amazing scores

Liptak

for

LIPTAK

already.

0114

to get a high score.

all

Once the cheat

to get it all is entered, just enter the tripod selection screen or the track selection screen to check out all the cool stuff you’ve been missing since this game is so hard to play

of the cheats

ENTER YOUR NAME

the tracks

B C D E F GH

You don’t need to come in first The cheat will only

Not only are there

some

characters to play as but you can also

screen.

play

as any of the mascots from the NBA. To choose to play as one of your

the cheat

mascots just look up the team their from on the list below and enter the name and PIN listed next to it into

RETRO

favorite

the

name

Sound

came

Sound Effect will sound like they

effects

Auto

Whenever you

Pilot

Turbo

Denver Nuggets

Minnesota Timberwolves

HAWK

ROCKY

0322

0201

Charlotte Hornets

Houston Rockets

HORNET

TURBO

New Jersey

1105

1111

SLY

CRUNCH

SASOUA 7785

RAPTOR 1020

6765

Ram

tripod thingies

JOHNM

Become John Malkovich Renames menu items and weapons

Magforce Racing has some of the coolest cheats out there: our favorite Is the Be Joh Malkovich

GHOST Transparent Tripods Makes

all

tripods

and weapon pick-ups

transparent.

BOOMER

Phoenix Suns

BEAR

0604

GORILA

1228

0314

MISSI

cheat.

Triple Missile Pick-Ups

Every pick-up

a Triple Missile.

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and

Utah Jazz

BENNY

Official

finish a

wall.

Malkovich.

Indiana Pacers

finish last

take over and keep

Toronto Raptors

Nets

0503

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you have to do

Seattle Sonics

0503

Chicago Bulls

all

be able to enter a name into the High Score screen. When you do get GHOST as your name to get transparent there, enter

Ram

activate the Turbo will

you from running into the

Hawks

Basically

race—you can even still

out of an old 8bit game.

entry screen.

the computer Atlanta

you return to the Main Menu, will be reset.

8bit

AUTOM

MNG

sHu wx

Y Z DEL VyEND

if you select the race Restart option right after you enter the cheat into the high score

goofy hidden

J K L

affect your next race

Mascots

Holiday

2000

the

game becomes

TURBO Turbo Ram Every pick-up

the

Pick-Ups

game becomes

a Turbo Ram.

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