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NOVEMBER 99

ongratulations on buying Issue 2 of the Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine. You’ve made the right choice. And if you’ve already bought your Dreamcast, you’ve made the right choice twice. Good call. You’re not alone. According to Sega, by the time you read this, there will be over 350,000 Dreamcasts in American homes. And by the time you finish reading this, there will be another few hundred more, and by the time you finish reading this magazine... well, you get the idea. This thing is going to be big. Every week, more exciting new games are announced, and the release list swells. This issue alone, we feature more than fifty new Dreamcast titles, and review over twenty more. Games like Namco’s incredible Soul Calibur (reviewed on page 92) and Sega’s own Shenmue raise a sly middle finger to the aging 32bit competition (and even their much-vaunted successors) and then poke them squarely in the eye with it. The Dreamcast bullet-train has left the station and is accelerating toward the millennium at a speed that would leave William Shatner fumbling to keep his rug within transporter range. Readers of this magazine are ensured a seat in First Class, so put your feet up and enjoy the ride. As you can see, there’s even a pool...

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TEST ZONE

Power Stone

In-depth Reviews

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Test:

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depth test of videogame brawling mettle.

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tell

you which fighter you simply must buy!

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for yourself, playing as either

series. In this issue's

demo, you can experience

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hitting [A)

CO, and

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want to

move

try

both characters' rather large repertoires.

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order to conduct a two-player match, two controllers must be plugged into your Dreamcast

when you

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full

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speakers...

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demos of Virtua Fighter 3tb, Dynamite Cop, Toy Commander, and TrickStyle. We've also got a hefty non- video montage from Sega Sports NFL 2K your viewing pleasure. You'll find a brief synopsis and control diagram for each game in the next two pages. So pop our GD-ROM into your Dreamcast, power up, and you'll see it will soon for

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around the Velodrome arena or challenge the

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games

give you a

will

which you can

the track under a time

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for

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can see

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minutes of

will

don't just

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on the GD-

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Y: Speed Luge

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entrance. Every time you complete

far

Analog Stick: Movement D-Pad: Not used A: Jump

abilities.

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first

into a

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Now's your chance.

CONTROLS

and land your

airplane,

bowl of chocolate, and track down a missing candy

one's simple enough - just touch

down and

they're highlighted.

again to drop them.

Finally,

Now

position yourself over the

drive your jeep

up the

hit

(B) to pick

bowl and

wall (there's a

the countertops to a jump, and then

bar.

stop on the table top

runway. Using the helicopter, approach the sugar cubes and

up when

the demo, you've been

instructed to perform three tasks within the kitchen: Take off

hit

them

A: Machine gun

(B)

ramp next

Analog Stick: Movement D-Pad: Change View

to the

make your way down onto

B: Missile

X: Change vehicle Y: Change/pick up

of the

weapon

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Brake/Release

Start off by landing your plane on

runway (left). You'll have to be directly over the bowl for the cubes to go in (center) Here's where the candy bar Is - getting this

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Official

Sega® Dreamcast

Magazine

NOVEMBER 99

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Letters

Introducing...

Team

DCM

lthough underpaid, overworked, and bordering on

DCM team prides itself on knowing more about Sega Dreamcast than is anyone to know. Should you have the

the psychotic, the

Every Day is Like Dear OSDM,

misfortune to run Into them on the street, do not

and changes our

approach them. They may try to

day

sell

you a subscription...

a rainy afternoon), but

friends and

how

Editor in Chief

lives

breaking Next Generation magazine and (in a former life) full-time Englishman.

RANDY NELSON

enjoy

life.

Catch a few

and

the Dreamcast.

and thought

lived, slept,

live life to

the

rings;'

Long

fullest.

realize that rent, the

bills,

life is

weather,

drivers. Stop, relax

score live

and

some touchdowns Sega and long

live

Thomas Kuster

have grown

many

tmkuster@hotmail.com

other

game stores for the past few years, come from kids' faces when they

video

seeing the smiles that see Sonic for the

time whether

first

CD, PC, you name

it,

their lives

be Sonic

2, 3,

have definitely beeif

You guys are important, so you can to ensure a Dreamcast version

P.S.

pull a

strings

Champions, huh? Pretty please?

almost died

few

Eternal

when

found out that the Saturn version was canned...

brightened.

To forget the other d ri yin g force in my life would be played wrong, so also have to mention that until I

Favorite Sega game: Arcade classic Out Run.

slow drivers, and even fast

being changed by one simple blue spiny guy. By

working Background: Previously Executive Editor

first

experienced Sonic the Hedgehog.

considerably, gotten married, and seen

with Imagine’s ground-

the

felt

way we

general. Since that day

made me

too short to worry about taxes,

someone comes along

lives forever. This is

revolutionized the

about the world

SIMON COX

Sunday

Every so often, something or

strictly healthy for

John Madden Football on the Genesis was a casual NFL fan. Now that many Maddens have passed us by, Sunday in my household is a religious holiday from Labor Dqy to Super Bowl Sunday. Not only has the Sega Genesis opened my eyes to the numerous wondejSnn life 0- e. professional football, playing Sonic on I

Quite a beautiful tom^ypu’ve compiled, Thomas.

It’s

some3heso sincere in their enthusiasm for gaming. It was a tougm^ecision to sort through always a

thrill

to hear

all

the cool letters and pick the Le&qr of the Month, but

the end, you grabbed the ’gold ringS>Not only do you full of goodies from Sega, but wktflso promise keep you updated on anything regardute Eternal

get a box to

Champions. Congrats!

Senior Editor

Back

Background: Previously seen working

Dear

tirelessly for Internet

games

IGN.com and life)

(in

Square One

a former

your

first

would

like to

say just bought I

love

it.

Keep up the good work. also have a question: am a love all of Square's games. Will huge RPG fan and Square make any future RPGs for the Dreamcast? Also, I've heard a rumor that Konami is making a I

Sega game:

Gunstar Heroes

sequel to Metal Gear Solid for the DC,

Thanks

this true?

for your help,

Glenn M. Sonnabend

gsonn@webtv.net

FRANCESCA REYES

Background: Star writer for Imagine’s

Game

Players,

PSM,

and Next Generation magazines and (in a former life) coffee shop slave. Favorite

Sega game:

Shining Force

was

son. The D-Day feature

really a

will

love Blitz

—

heads-up on the

games based on what we had seen at preview stage, and in hindsight we should have made that clearer. When we said that Armada, for example, ‘sucked’ that was based on an incomplete version we saw at E3, not on reviewable code. We just wanted to give you guys some direction for the launch, because we knew that we

—

couldn't be there with you with complete reviews, as only Sonic and

H0TD2 were

ready at the time of going

to press.

Reviews Editor

Ultra

understand that Blitz fans

stands to reason, but NFL 2K is just amazingly well done and leaves Blitz looking, well, blitzed, in compariit

magazine yesterday and I

sales guy.

Favorite

reserve.

DCM,

First off,

destination

We'll be the first to admit that a 128-bit Chocobo would be a dream come true, but Square has managed to keep mum about its intentions in any camp beyond Sony's. As far as the rumor regarding Konami's follow up to Metal Gear Solid, creator Hideo Kojima has declared that Dreamcast is an unlikely candidate for MGS 2. But since Konami is a proven publisher for the system, we may just have to wait and see.

Survival Guide Horror By the way - awesome mag, but

just

one

disappointment: The 'D-Day: Survival Guide'

was a little off, especially with the football NFL 2K goes, have a hard time believing that any gamer could pick that up and play As great as it looks, just don't know 'newbie' gamers who play these types of games. But then what really upset me was Rob's disappointment with Blitz. No doubt NFL 2K will probably games. As

far as

Dissed Content

Oh new mag.

What's that giant sucking sound? it's

the content of the your

me wrong; you've

get all

and

for the

most

enthusiasm

part,

yeah,

Don't

got a nice format and

believe your

over-abundance of

come

House of the 10? Even the arcade version is mind-

genuine, but

on!

Dead 2 an 8 out of less and repetitive to the nth degree. And I'm sure this will sound lame, but that game is being panned by about every other magazine but yours. cle?

Why

of the

'If

Thanks

And your 'Sonic Boom

Boy' arti-

not ask him a few interesting questions instead

you had a pony, what would you name

for letting

it?'

variety.

vent.

Thomas Wharton

it.

talwharton@earthlink.net

be the better game, but I'm a serious football fan, and cerno 'newbie' to videogames, but have Blitz 2000

tainly

reserved rather than NFL.

Hmm... that’s a with that. Otherwise,

little

picky,

but

didn't agree

loved the article and the entire

magazine. Hey, keep up the great work,

DCM! C.J.

Kulp

Webmaster www.dreamcastgamer.com

As C.J,

see from our reviews on pages 100 and 109, you may well have picked the wrong game to you'll

By the time you read

coming

this, FFVIII will

Dreamcast? Probably

not.

be out

for PlayStation. Is

Sorry to hear about your disappointment

Thomas.

magazine,

the

with

was

gracious of you to take the trouble to write to a magazine that sucks so much! House of the Dead 2 is a great little gun game that keeps us coming back for more time and time again, and that’s why it got an 8. We’d had it around the office since the Japanese version came out, and it was testament to the game’s appeal that we were still as into it when the US version arrived. We call ’em as we find ’em. You can’t

please

of the people,

all

people at

Oh, and

all.

of the time. Or even

all

Naka’s pony

Yuji

some

he had one)

(if

— and they've got to do some— no one can say just have on

do to boost the replay value thing

yet. We’ll

Howdy.

have two questions.

a Virtua

love the series

read

PSM before

sold the

PSX

that

realize

come

doesn't

up there with Jar Jar

the words

‘Jar Jar’

coming out

were never

in this letters page again. Secondly (and to answer your question), there’s no official news to report on

one

a long-standing rumor that Sega

yet, but there is

working on a new

series for

its

— possibly

four-player

Naomi arcade board. As

coin-op, rumors that this

game

have been circulating since

for

the

— game

the

new Star Wars

come

to Dreamcast arcades, but none have

will

hit

been substantiated. Given the admittedly limited replay value

presents (plus the fact that

game

long lasting)

really

sucks)

new mag

of your

fan,

There are no present plans for a Dreamcast mouse,

Sega

games

2. )

Thomas Hobbs

Do you need

of input,

love to see a 128bit

much as no

plans

make

and know-

ing the series' popularity,

long

bet

won't be

some-

before

thing's announced.

Despite

the

game

browse the web on

announcements made at Sega Gamer's Day held a couple of days before this issue went to press, there's still no word on whether VO:OT will be making the trip

you don't have one,

stateside. We're sure

Dustin, we'll get right to your questions.

but

arcade counterpart fared in US arcades (we've only

know

its

probably too early to

tell,

isn't required to

sure does help.

2. )

site's

URL, not to

friend.

You can go anywhere you want on the web, just as you

will

Seaman has been

officially

announced

exactly

seen

can with a personal computer. 3. ) You're in luck.

one

Evangelion

Japan report that there are

cited, however,

you've got to dink around with an on-screen keyboard that

which one

you, but our sources

can take you eons just to enter a

keyboard

for

we're sure that

release

one. Given the reasons you

3. )

mention bang out a whole e-mail to a

and

game

currently

the keyboard to surf the net? 2)

Can you go other places on the net than just the Sega web site? 3) When is the microphone coming out? And finally: is the game Seaman coming to the US? Thank you for your time and don't take any crap from those people who try to bring you guys down.

Dreamcast, but

made

are

light

We'd in

see the

will

posthaste.

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release just days before this issue went to press. Sega

into

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do you know if Crazy Taxi will still have the numerous licenses that were in the arcade like the fast food restaurants etc. Also what kinds of things will be added to increase the replay value? Thanks for listening and keep doing what you're doing! P.S. Any way can get a free Dreamcast T-shirt from

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just for being the first person to ask?

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like letters

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version of the a-freakin'-mazing Crazy Taxi. We're betting

that the licensed stuff

will stay,

but as for what Sega

and email are the only

real

connection

cramped room with nothing to do but play games

Mike Nalbone

Sega's

do you have any news on if the to the States? Thanks so much! Wynn

would be the ideal means

the Dreamcast and you guys are the people to answer

them,

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be coming

will

course

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for the Dreamcast, being a hard-

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figures,

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develops.

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and will be looking forward to reading your magazine each month for news and reviews! Can't wait for those demo GD-ROMs by the way, it seems like you'll have plenty of space to fill. loved seeing Crazy Taxi on the preview PC CD-Rom, and have some questions

model

even. So, do you

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home game. Who's to say that another, homegame won't show itself soon, though?

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only Star Wars

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it if

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sole, as well.

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thrilled that

mouse

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having net access,

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but a

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or the

— and

official license for

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people bearing gifts of crap!

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all

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publishers. This year

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little

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be finished by

different, with

emphasis being placed on pre-

of the

Developer Warp is currently wrapping up work on the game - which should launch in Japan by late December - and Sega expects that the US version

upped

its

commitment to our

favorite console.

launch fanfare for Dreamcast, but that doesn’t

check, the publisher had three

mean

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there wasn’t a surprise or two on hand.

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that

Team Battle is swimming his way toward US shores. The (as featured

bizarre aquatic

in this

issue's

simulation,

life

which makes use of the

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tentatively

2000

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first

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games

port of the game.

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Sega presented

arcade driver Crazy

v2000.

a videotape

Taxi and

soccer

showcasing Virtua Striker

title

Why? Because both games

for

on when

Dreamcast

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are

release, although

officially it

was mum

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can expect to see them Stateside. More

on both games as things develop.

and

(top)

(bottom) will both head Stateside early next year.

two more games

second stringers by any means. Shadow Man will be bringing its third-person

aren’t

action/adventure gameplay and downright blood-

atmosphere to the system as soon as January.

the tale of one man's quest to

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indeed one of the games

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keeping their identities under wraps. Unconfirmed reports from Japan

for release early next year.

anyone you heard

recently lots of

Acclaim might be toying with the idea of

releasing

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man has

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introduced dirt-bike racing series. Expect

games

as they’re announced.

Shadow Man steps the light

early

into

2000.

and that

will

receive the

attention to detail in

its

question,

same

conversion to

Dreamcast that Soul Calibur did. Speculation

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but

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on the prospects,

DCM has learned that a Dreamcast

version of

its

high-profile

PC shooter

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being strongly considered by higher-

company. Assuming it sees release, Half-Life would bring to three the ups

at the

number

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rampant as to the

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postings to an

2 the current

official

Namco

identity of

favorite.

Internet

however, hint that the company

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message board,

may be

sequel to action classic Splatterhouse as

planning a well.

of first-person shooters destined for

Dreamcast, joining Atlus’ Sega’s

the second game, with a port of arcade light-gun blaster

own

have more on

story as

breaks.

Maken X and

Take the Bullet, both due next

year. We’ll

this developing

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Sega

has announced that it will release a digital camera add-on Dreamcast in Japan sometime next year. The device will reportedly work in tandem with the upcoming Dreamcast Zip Drive, allowing you to save and edit images taken with the camera and send them to friends over the Internet. A video phone

to enter the dark netherworld that his prey

Oh, and an ungodly amount of firearms.

inhabits.

front,

for

serial killer

responsible for his brother’s death. Only this

all

should this rumor hold true.

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beginning early next year, and they certainly

chilling

arcade

details are

but guaranteed a few goodies

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release at

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for

arcade-to-home ports, we're

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least

mill: Sega Dreamcast

its stellar

lightgun blaster Lost World:

Jurassic Park.

improvements or additions to the game, but knowing Sega's penchant for sprucing up its

Shadow Man and more inbound from Acclaim cclaim has announced that

reportedly eyeing a

conversion of

available concerning proposed

OUT OF THE SHADOWS A

currently in develop-

Runabout will feature new cars, gameplay modes, weapons, and arenas located in different areas of San Francisco.

seventh heaven...

headed

ment. Scheduled for Japanese release early next year, Super

Metal Gear? International Superstar Soccei? Give us

Climax Landers developer Clirevealed that a sequel its 32bit auto-combat title

max has to

can speculate. Contref?

we’ll

utilizes trackball

last

at least four more.

game

control and allows up to four arcade cabinets to be linked up for multiplayer deathmatches. No word yet on a Dreamcast

( Castlevania

and Basketball)

now has

any of those three and

release.

Humorously-titled virtual pets aside, Sega proceeded to reveal that

the

early next year.

the third-party front, Konami has evidently

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against other console owners. Sega has revealed plans to include many of its upcoming arcade games as part of the Dreamcast multiplayer gaming network rolling out next year, meaning that thousands of home and arcade players will be able to participate in massive realtime melees at the same time.

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Hedgehog title December 1. the

Sonic Team

that Crystal

6bit look

down every

is working on a new adventureDreamcast entitled Cut Away. Taking place in San

Francisco, the

game sees

game

has revealed

as fast at

its

will faithfully

of the

apcom's penchant

games

for

home

for converting

arcade

its

play continues apace. Just

announced are Dreamcast

recently

and

ports of Giga

2D top-down

shooter,

Final Fight Revenge. Unlike the original beat-

'em-up

classic,

game -

however, this one

although

allows you to

still

first

should also move

without the

by the slow refresh of older

and

yet on

your

opponent.

Both

games are

tentatively

2000 release

Japan

head

should

Stateside

next year.

game

will

every

way

initial

would appear that the be

virtually identical in

to the original Genesis Sonic

game. We’ll

have an in-depth look

adventure as soon as

hits

at Sonic's smallest

the

DCM offices.

ALIVE AND KICKING

use

against

fighting

pick

reports,

games

scheduled for early

and

No word

prospects of additional

re-create the

three Sonic

Genesis forebears

weapons them

Game Gear and Nomad screens.

features, but, from

Thanks to the NGPC's high-

screen and zippy processor,

bit

CAPCOM GAMES Wing, the developer’s latest

the role of a special agent charged with defusing bombs placed around the city. Cut Away is currently scheduled players

the

itself,

and gameplay

[unintentional] blur created

it that Soul Reaver's sequel will appear on our favorite console as well.

thriller for

Sega’s mascot

SNK

Neo-Geo Pocket Color on

stages or gameplay

to the pixel level.

quality

same

rumor also has

Microsoft has formed a new console development group that

for

Reportedly under development by the legendary

Dynamics is considering a Dreamcast version of its latest adventure game. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. This

last of

adventures? Think again.

plans to release an all-new, side-scrolling Sonic

Rumor suggests

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Sega's blue boy returns for 16bit portable play

sometime

Giga Wing

action.

Tecmo's stunning fighting sequel finally arrives

for winter release.

Sega has a new Naomipowered arcade tennis game in the works entitled Power Smash:

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Sega Professional

Centipede and

game next

will

fall,

with a

The arcades

Tennis.

premiere

Dreamcast

release expected soon thereafter.

Genesis 3 distributor Majesco planning a year-end re-release Sega Game Gear handheld.

of the

Exact pricing, games, and ability

avail-

have yet to be announced. Sega Saturn and for the system is also

asbro Interactive revealed

Centipede

Developed by UK-based Team

Worms Armageddon

the latest

apanese arcade-goers were ecstatic as

J Tecmo’s stunning Naomi-based fighting game Dead or Alive 2 made

wiggle our way

Sega Gamers Day that it will release two games by the end of the year: Centipede and Worms Armageddon.

re-release of

games

Worms

just recently.

extremely popular

of the classic arcade

improves on

blaster, with

a polygonal play-alike of

the original coin-op along for the

Expect

this

ride.

one by mid-November.

move ahead

the

company’s side-view action/strategy

development

Running out of room on your is rumored to be developing a new version of its

series

which players control opposing armies of worms that are

a release date

VMU? Sega

enhanced memory card with several times the storage capacity, a

the

headphone

ability to store

and music

both

downloaded from the

really, really

visuals

as the

staff,

released,

Team

work on the

when

it’s

port should

hands of

Ninja. We’ll

its

have word on

announced.

cute and have access

to a massive stash of ballistic weaponry.

jack,

MP3

rather swiftly at the

planned.

not only

images below attest - but gameplay as well. Tecmo remains mum as to the status of a muchanticipated Dreamcast conversion of DOA 2, but now that the coin-op

17,

its debut in Tokyo The game’s progenitor was in Asia, and the sequel

a conversion of the recent

3D re-make

It’s

due

Arriving

December. under the

Atari brand

name,

Centipede

(left)

and Worms Armageddon.

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series,

notch.

to retaining the visual appeal of the Sonic The Hedgehog: The Movie proves top-

party’)

only wish that ADV Films (the ‘responsible had done a proper job of translating the - and dubbing the voices - on the little

dialogue blue guy’s

p— if

first

anime outing.

Poorly cast voice acting and a nearly indecipherable plot eventually bring the

fast "

mascot

than one of our officemates weeping

hearing Sonic’s voice for the

endlessly on our whiteboard

anime debut

of Sega’s lightning

to a screeching halt. In fact,

first

time,

we caught more

the corner after

and another scribbling

a futile attempt to

make sense

what was going

just

on. Give it a rent if you’re a true blue Sonic fan, be certain to keep the volume on mute and, whatever you do,

don’t attempt to

keep up with the

Stunning plot.

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reportedly

planning to release Dreamcast versions of Grand Theft

Auto

Max

Hidden

Paine, and

game

WWII-era action

Jta

Ij*

Dangerous

early next year.

new

Dreamcast games in the an RPG entitled

of the

side story'

released for Sega’s Naomi

3D beat-’em-up based

the

House of the Dead universe, heading to

US Dreamcasts

will

and action-platformer Stupid Invaders. Arcatera

fea-

will

ture turn-based play within

entirely

world; Stupid

Invaders promises trade-off i

platforming play between

to,

Both are expected next

team

of 'zany' aliens,

year.

two players

game

for

MIGHTY ONE

spring. Featuring a cast of three

characters, the

team responsible

pipeline:

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Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is rumored to be working on a wrestling game for Midway that will retain its sibling’s penchant for outrageous character designs and over-the-top personality. As it’s still a rumor, no release date is known. You can be sure that we'll have more on this most interesting bit of gossip iust as soon as we can.

shambles home

developed and

riginally

Dead

arcade hardware, Zombie Revenge, a

Ubi Soft has two

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House

drops one to

into the middle of a

RPG

Strategic

classic on tap

bustling metropolis overrun with

zombies and mutants. Gameplay takes two

of the

U RPG

game’s

that

spans the range from

alleyways to the top of a speeding freight train, with plenty of familiar

beasties and

weapons from the

game's light-gun cousin popping

up along the way. The game sibling's

3D0 to bring New World Computing strategic

has struck a deal with

Heroes of Might and Magic III to Dreamcast next summer. The game is already promised to include online play, making nation-wide medieval melees a reality. No word yet on whether the game will retain the crisp 2D graphics of its PC counterpart, or ditch them

three characters on a chill-packed

romp

bi Soft

the classic

for a fully polygonal presentation. Stay tuned.

also retains

its

branching paths, and,

thankfully,

downright campy

atmosphere.

Zombie Revenge can

Activi-

sion has two new Dreamcast titles in the works: Toy Story 2 and to Space Invaders. Toy Story 2 will be a platformer based on the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie, while Space Invaders is

Look

local arcade.

for

at your

more on the

Dreamcast version of the game

our next issue.

Gooey zombie beat-’em-uppery comes home.

treatment of the classic arcade game. Both are tentatively slated for release by year's end. a

currently

be seen devouring quarters

Orient Express Separated

at Birth

Reports out of Japan indicate that

Namco

planning a

release of Soul Calibur

— the Dreamcast version Calibur. that

is.

re-

Seaman

of Soul

Titus' first

will

Dreamcast release

new arcade from Southern California developer Player 1. Featuring a variety of exotic cars and is

to be Roadsters, a

game

locales, the

game

Boris Yeltsin (virtually gone)

ewly established

UFO

Interactive,

domestic publisher of

Black Matrix AD, has announced plans to release three

more Japanese titles from NEC Home Electronics (the same bunch that brought us Turbografx-16) Stateside within the next months. Leading the pack is Seventh Cross, a growth simulation/RPG, set to release in November. Slated to arrive sometime in December, Espionagents is an innovative action/adventure game in which players take control of secret agents. Rounding out the pack is Monster Breed, a raise-yourown-monster simulation due early next year.

You could easily replace the face of Seaman with Russian Premier Boris Yeltsin (though you would, of course, have to replace the water in the tank with vodka.

evidently occur by year's end.

racing

virtual pet)

arcades

running on Naomi

hardware. The re-debut

(

six

Hey, they’re both clear!)

is tentatively

slated for release next spring.

Pipe

Dream

working on title,

its

PRONEZ

is rumored to be second Dreamcast

a conversion of

—

Tom

Remember umping across

European developed RPG Silver will arrive on Dreamcast next fall. Similar in gameplay to its

Final Fantasy VII. the

game

energy discs at an opponent?

premise behind a

and pre-rendered

environments.

Sega president and

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from French developer Zetha Gamez. The two games could be

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Dead Again

apanese developer,

Ecole,

game

will

up to

gearing for

the lightgun

Death Crimson on

the sequel to

its

This time around, the

Dead 2

challenge House of the

throne with

Saturn.

include special attack

Star Gladiator

combos, hostages to be saved, and a multitude of

undead enemies

Capcom’s

precise and difficult;

cut you

mode

skillful,

which

difficulty ability.

slack.

hit

the side of a barn, the

But

game

will

the four-player cooperative

it's

gamers with

that’s sure to please

all

players

enemies on the same screen. The game

gunning

for

set for a

November

Kikaioh

you’re

release

fields

Star Gladiator

apcom

strikes again with a

regarding

and

are

among

Dreamcast announcments.

yet another fighting game, but gives you

out

mech

armor. With large

Capcom’s

collectible items,

arcade

colorful

port allows you to choose from 12 different mechs. Fights take place

double announcement

Dreamcast versions of both

Star

Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein, as well as Kikaioh:

Japan.

the chance to duke

Death Crimson 2 will become more

you can’t

some

2 and Tech Romancer

latest flurry of

to battle with your lightgun. Ecole has

implemented an adjustable

also

automatically reacts to your playing

on the ground or

the

opportunity to enact spectacular attacks

wear down your opponent’s defense a

fall

release

giving

air,

attempts to

shields. Slated for

Japan.

Tech Romancer. Both ports of arcade games, Star Gladiator players

2 should

bring back

memories

for

console

who tested out the original on PlayStation. For Capcom has introduced new characters to Among

anrio’s uber-cute mascot,

the complete lineup of 22 playable fighters.

them

Rai-On.

Kaede

female ninja) and the mysterious

In addition,

Capcom has improved the Plasma new types: Plasma Field

are

techniques by adding three

(freeze enemies), Plasma Reflect (repel opponent),

Plasma

Revenge

More lightgun fun with Death

owners

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time you read

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and

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to the

puzzle game,

set to appear

in their

Hanagumi Columns 2. A game releases this

sequel to the original on Saturn, the

December. With Internet

this winter.

capabilities, you’ll also

puzzle against other

online,

while

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gamers

downloading

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Eternal Arcadia Sega’s big RPG. Project Ares, renamed and revealed ith

the recent unveiling of

Project Ares under official

its

DCM

here at

what may be one

RPGs

easily pick

really bright, colorful

making

of the biggest

up and

worlds.

easy

that

play, with

have also

for players to really

with the main character.

of recent years.

Based on a world where travel is the

as a whole? RK: We're attempting to make an RPG

included innovative gameplay features

have learned more about the storyline to

not

airship

flexible

RPGs

and players have

connect

are usually In related

to follow a

two distinct camps: the Black Pirates and the Blue Pirates. While the Blue in

predetermined path. Eternal Arcadia

few set scenarios

will,

of course,

still

have a

for the player to follow,

Pirates loot the rich to give to the

but we're emphasizing the importance that

poor, the Black Pirates are not so

the player

discriminating and their spoils never

story as they

that they are creating the

will feel

along, without

reach the needy.

multi-scenario adventure. This in

RPG

Eternal

being a

the type of

we've always wanted to make.

woman who joins

RK: Regarding

exploring

new

hard

The

'fixed

dungeon

layouts' in

addition to the randomly

maps found in the Sting has also gone so far as to include realistic weather

generated first.

ability

game

events,

to escape from battle,

completely original

this

title.

continents.

With interest

about how long can we expect Arcadia to be? How big is the world within the game?

DCM: So

Eternal Arcadia

running high, we infiltrated Sega's Tokyo headquarters to seek out the

team responsible. Software R&D, Dept. #7 - also known as the 'Project Ares' team leaders - consist of producer Rieko Kodama, director Yosuke Okunari, and writer Shuntaro Tanaka.

ST: Since

it's

development, exactly

But

such an

it's

be quite

and players

that Project Ares has

will

been named as Eternal Arcadia, what can we expect of the officially

early stage in

difficult for

how many

will

hours

us to say

will

fly in

finish.

is in

space and the vast

world

boats while

The emphasis on the

feeling of will

take to

long. Everything

be able to

traveling the skies.

DCM: Now

features, but the

content, there's absolutely

no connection. We're considering

fight

against the Black Pirates while

same

company plans on implementing

the

in early illustrations is Fina,

on Vyse and Aika’s quest to

the

I as well as all new VMU miniI games. The game should hit I Japan before the new year. I Great news for us RPG nuts.

DCM:

is there any connection between Eternal Arcadia and the Phantasy Star series?

Pirates, along with his childhood friend,

Aika. The third character prominently

mysterious young

work on Evolution

sequel will feature the original cast of characters and many of

effects, variable

Arcadia, belongs of course to the Blue

featured

news. Sting, the

developers of Evolution,

norm, pirates rule the skies

Vyse, the main character

we're

this issue,

game

any gamer can

name, Eternal

Arcadia,

RPG news

pleased to report that Ubi Soft has picked up the rights to publish the uber-cute traditional RPG, Evolution, here in the States. Expect it to hit shelves very soon, if it hasn't already. You can expect a full review in the next issue of DCM.

size of the

A new publishing company, UFO Interactive, has emerged Stateside to publish many of NEC Japan's games. The both the redux of the Saturn strategy RPG Black Matrix AD and the illustrious list includes

sim-heavy Seventh Cross. Both games are slated to be out by year's end.

really strong.

RPG publisher Working Designs has gone on record to state

company president

Ireland's

renewed

Victor

interest in

publishing games, including

RPGs, titles

for Dreamcast. Though nc have been announced, it's

great news for fans everywhere.

of breathtaking depth from these early screens showcases Sega’s grand-scale attempt at an epic adventure. Stop drooling.

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Dreamcast RPG Scene

Though

combat in Eternal Arcadia will be turn-based or real-time, from be a competent mix of both, a la Grandia or Final Fantasy VIII.

to be seen whether

it’s still left

speculate the battle engine

DCM: And what

will

about online or

VMU

features?

RK:

YO: There

are

all

initial

types of different ships

impressions,

the game,

ranging from small to gigantic. Basically, the ships that

can't say right

would

now. but

to find a

way

to use

belong to in

villains will

World War

be modeled mostly

after

those used

We've also made sure to vary the ships

depending on what country

the modem...

comes

from, so you can

expect them to have different weaknesses and

DCM: Can you tell

system?

battle

us about the

real-time or

characteristics.

Some

will

be vulnerable to side

others to frontal assault. They'll also

move

depending on which characters are

piloting

attacks;

differently

them.

turn-based?

RK:

DCM: RK:

can't really

come

Oh,

Well.

how

with

wanted

it's

into specifics at this point.

on...

please?

can say that

turning out. For example, we've

to incorporate 'moving battle scenes,'

wherein characters can move directions

and

fights will

in different

be very dynamic

with lots of action going on at once. Of the

normal and special attacks, the special

ones

RPGs attacks attacks

will

DCM: So why

ships and pirates?

ST:

children are very familiar with Treasure

Japan,

all

Island-type stories

are pleased

be amazing! Compared to other

and legends with

deep impressions on the population and

it's

also a world that can

of course. With the it's

of stories

of children

easy for them to immerse themselves

like this. It's

time

stuff like big boats,

These types

pirates, treasure hunts, etc.

power

of Dreamcast, for the

possible to create a world

where ships

left

Japan

game

be enjoyed by

adults, first

fly

convincingly amongst the clouds on a console. For this reason,

we went with

this initial idea.

out there right now, even the normal Eternal Arcadia

will

best the special

DCM: What can you

reveal of the plot of Eternal

Arcadia?

those.

ST: The basis of the story revolves around the "Discovery

DCM: How

about battles involving the ships? RK: We would like to make boat battle scenes...

Era,’

or the "Columbus

Are there loads of different ships?

But

instead of regular boats to give character, Vyse, will

DCM:

Era."

we it

opted

for flying ships

a unique

be able to discover

countries while participating

some

feel.

The main

different

very cool battles.

Letter Perfect is concerning one of my favorite RPGs ever: SHINING FORCE 2\ was just wondering if a Shining Force game will be coming up for Dreamcast and there are

This question

going to be any LUNAR-re lated games coming out Dreamcast

for

Thanks Jason G. djbeatzzz@aol.com

As big fans of the Shining Force series, we can say that Sega would be stupid not to continue the tradition and produce either a compilation of previous titles in the SF series or create a completely new one for Dreamcast. But unfortunately, no word yet on whether anyone in the company is working on it. Our bet: Someone is, but we won't hear a peep until next year. As for Lunar, it's been whispered rather loudly that Game Arts is working on Lunar 3 for Dreamcast in Japan, but its fate here in the US is still undetermined. With Working Designs' recent interest in publishing games for Dreamcast, there's still hope for the series to return to its Sega roots. Wondering about RPGs 94005. Or email us

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Behind the

amazinq F355 Yu Suzuki created this 3monitor monster for your driving pleasure. Drive

simulation

mode

create a racing simulation without

face

- most

of us will probably never

get behind the wheel of a real Ferrari F355. Well,

you could, but the police would

eventually catch you

- afterall,

a bright red

while

was

still

to legendary

however,

you’ll at least get the

the next best thing

House

(a definite

Power

- and some

games ever Drift,

and

chance

to experience

with no time

the Big

bonus).

Responsible for driving

traffic.

arcade designer Yu Suzuki,

Virtua

of the best arcade-style

including Hang-On,

Racing

—

Out Run,

Suzuki set out to

gone

test,

we can

safely say

unrealized.

This realism begins with players being

Unbelievable yet true: Randy would rather spend all day playing F355 Challenge than behind the wheel of the real thing. (Actually, we think it has something to do with his driving record.)

surrounded by three 27-inch monitors, powered by three independent

supercar

doesn’t exactly blend in to the everyday mall

Thanks

F355

Challenge. Having had the opportunity to play the

game

that his goal hasn’t et’s

rival in

you can.

Naomi arcade boards

(basically,

three Dreamcasts). “For F355 to have a display that is

closer to the

human eye

angle, that

to say

massive monitors, but a true six-gear

shifter, a

clutch pedal, steering-mounted shifting paddles,

and an array

of four multi-colored buttons that

the biggest difference between F355 and other

camera angles - they toggle ABS brakes, Traction Control, Stability Control, and an Intelligent Braking System. It's upon seeing these that you begin to realize that this is not your

racing games.”

average arcade

50mm,

became extremely heavy. That is why we needed numerous Naomi boards to do it,” says Suzuki. “This feature may be

But

the processing required

it’s

definitely not.

Climbing into the game’s

Milano red cabinet, you’re faced not only by three

aren’t for shifting

and pressing

racer. Plunking in

start re-affirms this

your credits

beyond a doubt.

You’re presented with three difficulty levels:

Novice, Intermediate, and Simulator.

the most

basic mode, braking and shifting are handled for

you

it’s

the most

Intermediate

skill

like a traditional

arcade

racer.

has you shifting using the steering-

mounted paddles, and Simulator disables all computer assistance for control and utilizes the true six-gear shifter and clutch. Gameplay modes are broken down into Training (you’re alone on the course, and are

shown the best path around

it),

Driving (a free run around any course), and Race

(where the

real action begins).

The game's eight

circuits

Sugo, Suzuka, and Long Beach their real-world counterparts

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Motegi, Monza,

are modeled after

down

to individual tree

mom,

‘But

enough

good

I’m a

Don’t cross the streams!

borrow

driver to

your car tonight, really.’ Try that after printing out a spotless record from

F355 and you might

Brave Firefighters has the strangest peripheral ever..

stand a chance.

locations.

And thanks

Naomi’s power, every spectator,

to tree,

and aspect of

atest

Sega’s line of

‘real-life

racing on them) look

nearly photo-realistic.

outfits

One

garb of firefighters out to douse blazes and

the courses (and the cars

Naomi board

entire

pump

used to

game's equally

er,

Taxi,

Brave

Fire Fighters

smoke-stained

a friend in the

Not the most unusual of concepts, but the

realistic,

means

Van Halen tunes.

of control certainly

Rather than

is.

joysticks or lightguns, the arcade cabinet

Racing on Simulator setting

features two

the closest

thing you’re every likely to get to a real F355

our

Dan, has taken racing lessons, and he

art director,

incredible Crazy

rescue survivors from burning buildings.

out the

positional sound,

and,

occupation’ games, which includes the

you and

realistically

‘light

firehoses’

when water

The nozzles shake

sprayed, and twisting

them changes the water flow from

direct stream

wider dispersion.

Mind your water usage or

you’ll

see a drop

pressure, and you’ll then have to wait for

recharge. Dousing fires quickly

will

extend the

time you have for completing the level and saving survivors. And, just

Dead 2,

Fran and Randy live out their

dreams becoming

lifelong

House of the

there are oodles of branching paths.

firefighters. It’s like Backdraft,

Brave Fire Fighters should start setting

only without Kurt

arcades ablaze next month. Three Naomi boards running

game’s is

tandem produce the An entire fourth board

incredibly detailed visuals.

dedicated to surround sound effects and music.

attests that

feels every bit like the real deal,

especially the shifting

and handling. Opponent Al

also especially keen. “In fact, the Al

each

level.

For Novice

some adjustments Simulator

[to

Russell (right).

Everything but the girls Fasten your seatbelts -

game’s cabinet features a working (push

only the opponent’s driving

skill levels].

For

skills

are

for

set

number

up a custom framing desk on premise? you think your skills are up to snuff, F355

controller Flight

Shock

t’s

thought we’d compare the sticker

real Ferrari

F355 with Yu Suzuki’s

sterling simulation of the real thing.

real

F355 GT FI

$140,000

will

looks

and

Flight

maneuvers, such as takeoffs and

and

flying

through wire-frame

essentially a free-flight

‘guides.’

mode, offering

Expect Airline Pilots to appear on the radar

odd enough

The

results:

set you back roughly

while the coin-op costs about $22,000.

Don’t even ask about insurance...

later this

month.

to see a jet

combat simulator ust for fun,

the real thing.

into Training

daytime or nighttime excursions over Toyko.

some time

J price on a

landings, following the orders of an air traffic

will

arcades countrywide.

Sticker

yoke

In short,

modes. Training mode has you performing a

on an easy-to-read form.

Challenge can currently be found burning rubber

flight

out to climb), rudder pedals,

each of your plane’s engines.

and functions pretty much Gameplay is broken up

After the race, you can have your skills evaluated

by F35S s driving computer, and, for a few additional

Perhaps some entrepreneurial arcade operator

in to dive, pull

gear and flap switches, and independent throttles

different,’’

boasts Suzuki, proudly.

credits, printed out

Airline Pilots!

and Intermediate, we make

opponent

the car abilities stay the same, and

level,

it’s

different for

your local

arcade, but an airline sim? Egads!

Nutty as

may sound,

the closest you're ever

it’s

for real,

likely to

and

get to

the inside on an actual airline cockpit

unless you’re

five

—

years old and pester If you see this fellow greeting you at the door on your next flight, quickly turn and run (left). Airline Pilots’ threescreen version offers a stunning panoramic view (above).

Tip:

the stewardesses enough, that Available

is.

one- and three-screen

Official

flavors, the

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Greg Thomas

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that’s just

are a

lot

of things

there are a

lot of

be better next

will

NFL

have to

do,

But there

live with.

that I’m very

things that

happy

and

with,

could be better and

felt

year.

DCM: How did you create such a stunning game on your first try with Dreamcast? Did you guys all sit with every football game ever?

down

GT:

mean, every single

just football

games.

And

the time.

detail, all

not

mean, every single sports game.

Because they’re all different. we saw an interface or we saw something that we liked about you know, we cribbed we didn't like we said, well, that’s the last thing we want to do. We want to do different, so If

it,

it.

it,

let’s

like this.

DCM: And what do you will

think the competition

pick up on the most? GT: On-field play-calling. You’ll never see those

windows

of play-calling

diagrams again. Because

that

makes

a lot

little

can call my plays on the field, more sense to me because can

think people realize that

and

see where they’re cutting, at exactly the thirty-yard

line

or whatever. That’s one of them. There are really so

many.

mean,

just

collision system,

Technologically,

how we

did the catching, our whole

people are going to it’s

going to be

generation hardware. But they get

somewhere with

DCM: What percentage overhauled

copy that. on current-

try to

difficult

And

will try.

they

will

it.

of the

game

will

the sequel?

for

GT: There’s a

lot of

things that

will

be overhauled.

The things that won’t be overhauled and will be instead evolved will be the whole Al behavior system. A lot of our tools are changing because we’ve learned a lot about the Dreamcast and our graphics engine will be completely revamped. DCM: Do you have any expanded online ambitions for the game next year? GT: Well, sports game.

think that online

a key

component

see Sega Sports

think that

I’d like

played more online than

offline.

That being said,

nothing specific to say because

don’t

want

of a titles

have

to give

our

competitors a leg up on what we’re doing.

DCM: You’re VP of Product Development at Sega. Where are you going to be taking SOA development over the next year? GT: We’re not going to do anything that

we have going

a real solid

chance

to try to look at the

don’t feel

succeeding with. We’re

top two developers and

try to

we make sense, and we’re going to much as we can, to show them that

convince them that support them as

we want

to work with them. I’m not interested in trying out new, unproven developers. We’re also going to be working really closely with Japan, sharing technology as

well as

code and designs, even.

generate as many games as you’d

ones that we will generate my stamp of approval on.

will

may like

not be able to

to,

be games that

As President of Visual Concepts, he scored a touchdown with NFL 2K.

Now

he’s hoping to do the same for all of Sega’s first-party development. Meet

Greg Thomas

— the man with the

but the I

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put

DCM: Finally, how do you think Dreamcast’s is going to stack up to the competition toward the end of next year? GT: I’ve seen nothing of Dolphin. As far as the PlayStation 2 demos we’ve seen, we’ve seen what everyone’s seen. And, you know, some of our guys looked at them and said, “We can do that on the Dreamcast, no problem." That being said, they have newer technology. technology

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Official

Sega

Magazine

Sega stalwart [and you don’t need

you’re a

sleep under a Sonic and Knuckles comforter every

memo-

night to be one), you’ll probably have fond

the Sega consoles of yesteryear. The gold-

ries of

en days of the Master System were treasured times for fans of Sega’s mid-eighties coin-ops, and the Genesis’

was

glorious trouncing of the Super Nintendo

Sega won't forget

ry that

a victo-

a hurry. But success hasn’t

come so easily for this old timer. how did the company get so big?

always But

started a

all

long time ago... Sega

he’s also manufacturing jukeboxes.

Japanese company, found

ed by Americans, that

in its

David Rosen. Around

around

home

U.S. Air Force during the

the business of selling

gaming systems has always been

into

has consistently scored

tographs within two minutes. “Nifun

And

big.

Shashin"

the record numbers of pre-orders

Dreamcast are

photos’

But

just the latest

evidence of the public’s undying love with Sega and

You may be surprised to hear that the name Sega isn’t Japanese at all. It’s actually Swahili for ‘insert coin.’ No, of course not.

It is,

David Rosen helped found in the days of yore.

an abreviation of Games’ - a company set up

was

a time

when

the

Senate was worried about the addictive nature of \

machines.

When

amusement

they restrictions

are placed on the use of slot

machines

the States, a quick-

thinking Bromley spots the

chance

make some Yen and

starts exporting slot

from the

machines

to Japan.

‘two-minute

literally,

huge success. 1964 that Rosen and

By 1955,

this time,

Rosen

Enterprises has a strong hold on Japan’s

and jukeboxes

approximately

6,000 locations. Rosen then uses Sega’s manufactur-

games -

ing facilities to build electro-mechanical

remember,

Bromley. This

amusement market, and Service Games is a much larger company with its own manufacturing plant

the early 1950s by entrepreneur Marty

isn’t until

Enterprises, Ltd.

Sega

it’s

in fact,

‘Service

Bromley merge companies to form Sega

affair

games.

its

sets up

photo booths from America which

charge 200 Yen and dispense pho-

It’s

America where thelrompany

for

a land of opportunity.

a business importing automated

and

the battle for market share prohibitively tough.

Korean

but he also, sees Tokyo as

conflict,

homes

fierce,

this time, he’s

finishing his tour of duty with the

market of Japan, competition in

Enter another young American

virtually

rules the arcade industry

the world. But

it’s

going to be a few more years

before videogames His

first

Periscope

game

become

a reality.

arrives in hippy-infested 1967.

an attack-submarine sim

which

players scan a stretch of ocean through a

periscope, then

fire

cross the horizon.

torpedoes isn’t

but everyone else loves cess,

at ships as

a big hit with

it,

and

it’s

such

a big suc-

Sega begins designing new games every

Its first

proper videogame, Fonz

forgotten), arrives in 1976.

Official

game

best

year.

left

The seeds are sown.

Sega® Dreamcast

Magazine

The Fonz has nothing to do with Sega’s first real videogame of the same name, but, heyyyy...

NOVEMBER 99

THE GAMES THAT ROCKED

Qecumcbrearns ivhat a stylish decade. If you were old Ough you might have had a Flock of agulls poster on your bedroom wall

Miami

hasty pastel

closet, we’ll wager). Don’t

In fact,

a movie.

it.

so rapidly in

—

coin-op.

Sega's

SPACE HARRIER (1986) Harrier. How we in awe saw those ludi-

remember gasping

when we

first

crously fast zooming sprites.

ful

Zaxxon players

Monaco

SubRoc 3D,

- was

Ahhh, Space

wonder

dark amusement

dark arcades. There’s

bike

The Master System

conversion was memorable.

And

(the original up-screen racer),

playable.

The deluxe model - complete

such a

Sega provides some good reasons in

tilting

arcades. people to lurk

(1985) The sequel may have been better, but for its day Hang On

specially customized

people preferred to hide out 1981,

because

HANG ON

first

clothes really looked that bad, no

laid

but plays exactly That’s

was

with

it.

arcades

simply a LaserDisc

movie with sprites overon top. It looks incredible

never gues

decade perhaps explains off

1983

FMV

was tremendously

we’re doing our best to forget

why videogaming took

art in

Vice blazer in your

bolero jackets, mullets, and Well, actually they were, but

disastrously unhip

(1983)

The state of the

be embarrassed: the

all

dodgy De Loreans.

eighties weren’t

ASTRON BELT

over the country cursed the third dimension for so confusing

sampling

after

hydraulics

power-

its

we knew that

videogames were changed forever. Well, they were more loads more expensive anyway.

all

Tac

OUT RUN (1986) The legendary Out Run enters arcades.

summer -

appears at

the

same

time as

an expensive but novel Konami racer, WEC Le Mans. The

WEC

rotating cockpit of the

game was game well

impressive and the

designed, but

wasn't long before Sega’s superbly designed

and Space Fury

The De Lorean: Only worth buying if complete with time machine attachment.

attempts at

(early

not

until

wireframe vectors but it all

ally

it’s

Zaxxon appears

becomes the Master System

The

first

arrives in the

following year that the

two configurations

Sega name becomes one to watch. It’s the

Hang On

for

colorful graphics

viewpoint and

ultimately

all

first

a basic system with the

wipe the

(Nintendo has

over little

ity

high wall and

its

2600 and other machines, while work-

on its own hardware - the SG 1000 console and home computer equivalent, the SC 3000. But in

Japan, Nintendo has already cultivated a strong

all its

Star, Vs,

its

first

third parties locked into exclusiv-

and

Missile

step into a wider

world: The Sega Master System was never a huge hit,

for

but it paved the way the mighty Genesis.

fol-

8bit

party.

The SGI 000

fails to

gain a foothold and until

two years

isn’t

later that

Sega releases another machine - the Mark III console, which eventu-

While Sega brainstormed for the SG1000, Madonna continued to accessorize at frightening rate.

NOVEMBER 99

NES’ cruddy

SHINOBI (1987) A supremely playable

plat-

former that owes a debt to

Namco’s

Rolling Thunder.

Faster gameplay, a chal-

lenging structure, and

some

enormous boss

characters.

GOLDEN AXE

(1989)

Official

Command 3D. The

lat-

Essentially a fantasy version of Technos’ Double Dragon but

with better visuals and great

some

humorous touches. The mode was a bril-

two-player

The

Famicom.by 1984, and Sega hasn’t been invited to the

lowing with

floor with the

$149. The

agreements) some great games appear such as

Phantasy

The next few years sees Sega designing software ing

sells for

hampers the machine’s long-term success

curse the third dimension for being so confusing.

for the Atari

game

display and despite a lack of developer support that

looks

the country crash their ships into the

the west.

September 1987 and they come

$139 and a deluxe system with a Light

shoot- ’em-up to employ an isometric

amazing. Players

Phaser gun and Safari HuntXhaX

first

shipment of 40,000 Master Systems

the

Yu Suzuki’s game had a revolutionary forked route opened up 15 lovely-looking stages. It also had music, amazing powerslides (enabling you to shave seconds of your best times), and lots of punishing and turns. The most addictive driving game that

with great gaping holes through everything so looks like wireframe). But

past in the coin-taking stakes.

using

Sega® Dreamcast

Magaz

liant laugh (especially when you could battle it out with your fellow player for the possession of bonuses and forms of transport (like, er, dragons). The Genesis conversion was remarkably close, and a decent Master System version followed.

The Genesis it did what

e 90s;

Nintendidn’t.

Sonic the

Hedgehog

bom

on Genesis

1991

true that

le it’s

the Super Nintendo and Genesis out-

America has never

recovered from the eighties

illy

and Tubbs have a

rockett

much

time lurking

have a Genesis

dark arcades has to

Madden

and, perhaps most famously, EA’s John

8bit

However, 1990 actually sees the aging

Nintendo have

best year yet, and believ-

its

ing that Genesis sales should

be better

Tom

and pricing plan

sive marketing

and

a secret

Kalinske.

weapon

implemented

around a certain

translation of Sonic

iWithin three years, he proposes Sega’s

The 32X: Cool idea, hampered by the fact

question. his fee

game is out of the When Suzuki promises to pay back game does not pay for itself, he

Harrier, After Burner, Virtua Fighter,

Virtua Racing Daytona USA, and, most recently, F355 Challenge. When he gets bored of playing around with Ferraris, hopefully he’ll make

sure the impossibly beautiful translated too

the fact that people feel a

that

Shenmue

would be

THE GKMES THAT ROCKED MADDEN FOOTBALL

gets

This Electronics Art

nice.

Genesis

killer

uses Sega’s custom

Sega releases

glasses to great effect. a

new machine

Japan

app

title

until

SNES

CASTLE OF ILLUSION This surprise hit from

was one

games

good

re-

idea) with Altered Beast

the box (not such a good idea). Five other

are at launch and a "Sega does what

finally

Mega CD.

slow loading, limited

much

not

else really.

The

inter-

first titles

with several old Genesis games: the

FMV

Sewer Shark, and, er, Marky Mark. [How he ever got

Night

Video with

Trap,

stirs

music,

gameplay -

fighter offered

some

well as

our memories serve us

VIRTUA RACING - 1991 At a time when polygons were usually seen in clunky PC flight

1991

sims, Yu Suzuki's Virtua Racing

’N’

GHOSTS

was

truly out there.

The game was

designed on a new hardware

1989

board named Model

1...

VIRTUA FIGHTER

Naka was the lead programmer of this Genesis

Yuji

conversion of the

Capcom arcade

1993

release

the

first

to feature realtime it's

a blueprint that all 3D fighting games have borrowed ever since. Sarah Bryant was our favorite.

a game as so tough it aged gamers by ten years. And first

AM2 game

polygon characters. Effectively

game -

was just the

Suzuki's fighting

stage.

things up consider-

But with Nintendo controlling more than 90

percent of the market

what Sega’s

a nutshell.

rather splendid Yuzo Koshiro

Sega of the most dropdead gorgeous Genesis

that

Nintendon’t” ad campaign ably.

controversial

carpets.

CD-ROM

the guise of the

introduces Genesis owners to

CD games -

Final Fight with better

games around. It captured the Disney series with

GHOULS

the following year, the machine

Genesis

packed

include a

conversion of the great

Toaplan coin-op shooter).

titled

also the year that

ugly head

correctly.

superb backdrops and tunes.

Tatsujin (a.k.a. Truxton, a

was

its

activity and, well,

that’s

muster up a crude version by comparison.

Sega Mega Drive looks the business - like the control deck to a space ship - and arrives with a choice of games such as Altered Beast, Last Battle, and

the

what

STREETS OF RAGE- 1992

could only

with a weird frisbee-shaped cartridge port. The 16bit

exactly

wobbly’ after playing

1992

was the Sonic

Even the technologically

superior

1988,

new R360 hydraulic same year. That, plus

‘bit

Some arcades need new

1991

The following year

Make My

arrived.

the

light.

This approach also works for Out Run,

ter

was

poor and the hardware

life is

arcade owners say about Sega’s

the

gets the green

Space

completely crap.

say that such an expensive

never wrestles the market

the joys of

that

and

too expensive. Which, incidentally,

reared

excitement surrounding

most ambitious coin-operated game to date (projecting the cost of the hardware based on

Though

good games,

several other

G-Loc.

Italian

overshadow the huge

intended specifications) and Sega executives

1991, doesn’t have

run of luck.

a back-lit screen,

supported with a cool

plumber, Sonic manages to

keen young graduate, Yu Suzuki, joins Sega and starts designing coin-ops.

same

Gear,

coin-op that appears

unveiled: Sonic the

rings

ics,

because battery

An aggres-

Hedgehog. Designed to run gold

Game

away from Nintendo’s Game Boy

America, Nakayama replaces Katz with former Mattel Toys president

8bit

launched

the shape of Mickey Mouse's Castle of Illusion,

Football.

The

the system has color graph-

'n'

Ghosts and Golden Axe, an excellent platformer in

market. Sega has a big party.

the

that simple.

it’s

There are superb versions of Ghouls

the year with

a 55 percent share of the 16-bit

too

N ending

the big

sells

lot to

at least it was a good decade for Sega coin-ops. By 1990, any gamer that’s spent

the US, Genesis sales are

slow... to start with. Although perhaps that

had

something to do with the decision to release

Moonwalker starring Michael Jackson...

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG If

DAYTONA USA

1992

reps at the 1991

1994

Ushering in Sega's Model 2 technology - an amazing leap over

only you could have seen

the faces of the Nintendo

Summer

Virtua

CES when this game went head to head with Super Mario World...

Racing and the most

impressive driving

game

yet

released with incredible visuals

and some

Official

Sega

realistic

# Dreamcast

powerslides.

Magazine

NOVEMBER 99

perhaps in truth

power

did double the

was about as

but

Championship (words

Sega’s system. But there’s also

Virtua Fighter

being the only a

it's

game worth

Nintendo

huge success

back

Sega Saturn (1995) Despite having the 32bit market to

months

three

May

this year, the Saturn’s high

one or two disappointing titles Clockwork Knight, and a clunky conversion of Daytona USA ) undermines some confidence in Sega’s system. In an effort to bolster faith, Sega commits most of its marketing budget to the system. It works, and units fly off shelves. (

Boogie Nights line of

after this

shambles

sports simulations, adveri

and the only home version of Mortal ‘fatalities’, Sega outsells 1993, the most lucrative year of the 16bit era. And then some bright spark decides on something called 32X. How we laughed (and then cried). Here was a mushroom shaped peripheral that

ture games,

Kombat that includes the Nintendo

plugged

into the Genesis’ cartridge port, effectively

doubling the console’s processing power.

paper,

The Model 3 board provided the horsepower for this incredibly successful fighting

fact.

its

games

first

we had

watches than on the

digital

May 1995

Sega’s

Most

all

its

release of

acustomed

“I

pity

those suckers

who

paid

newbies. “Up yours,” say legions of

Saturn since day one.

superb tracks,

And the

much

just as

machine Virtua

too expensive. Not

Sega freaks who’ve been enjoying the

as they say, Or rather, the

rest,

is history.

future.

As Dreamcast

in the US and Europe, Sega is looking

launches

PANZER DRAGOON SAGA (1997)

healthier than

it sounds like a tank game, but it is in fact a weird fantasy RPG/shoot-'em-up. Team

Okay, so

has

years, and the prospects for this

Andromeda employed the minds behind

Jag).

32bit

$399 with

retails for half of its original

become

as the original.

creative

it’s

its

games

Sony) by surprise. at

400 bucks a year ago” say Saturn

(1998)

to the

to love

better

earnest, though, until the

impressed with Sega's Model 3

we grew

rival

high price

Fighter packed in the box,

$400 tag.

weren't that

coin-op. But once we'd

It’s a Genesis handheld box, and the

are better than anything

There's a pretty accurate

SEGA RALLY 2

new game system —

Nomad:

pace with new consoles promising untold power. The truth is, back then we‘re all still playing the

Saturn

game -

version of the Dreamcast, too.

its

amazing piece

of kit are nothing

it.

short of

Official

company

seconds. Doh!

where Sony drops the price of the PlayStation to $200. Sega immediately follows suit the following day, and the

VIRTUA FIGHTER 3 (1997)

to represent

batteries last about twenty

Electronic Entertainment Expo in 1996

kicking

the bejesus out of you. Crafty!

Japan's most successful ever,

come

code-named Katana. However, we don’t get to hear about it officially until Sega announces the system in

have been sold

begin

back. The arcade had machines

who was

prepares for the launch of

The 32bit hardware war doesn't

placed back to back so you

titles

Panzer Dragoon Saga, and

early

1998

Dreamcast,

November, we’re

told.

will

be released

Sega® Dreamcast

stellar.

Magazir

Japan

Over the next ten months

Dreamcast’s rapidly growing

library of

games

swells

House of the Dead 2, Get Bass, Power Stone, Man/el vs Capcom, and the awesome Soul Calibur. Sega announces that the console will launch in the US September 9 at $199, and -most important-

to include

The

with a rest,

modem

as standard. Big smiles

as they say,

the future.

EMI

surprisingly, sales are slow.

playing this in

Shinjuku, Tokyo, a few years

couldn't see

III,

mean

Japan,

takes everyone (including

in its

while, a staggering five million Saturns

on our

VIRTUA FIGHTER 2 (1995)

new N64)

playing host to quality

the final years of Saturn’s lifecycle as the

Two (much overused) words that sum up gaming much of the nineties - ‘next generation.’ Watch

on the 3-Doh! or Jag (actually

We remember

out Sega, because-3DPTand_Atari are setting the

Genesis because

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mystery to this day.)

With a strong

plugging the

way ahead

domestic market.

the game.

(itself

already

Burning Rangers. But sadly, these

itself for

price tag plus

the part

stuff like

Rally (boosted by the NetLink that also gets a

Stateside release). Sega

the 32bit Saturn console hits Japan. Despite

purchasing on day one,

game on

some good

Naka’s Nights and a great conversion of Sega

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immediately selling around 500,000 units. Sega

five million

some impressive thirdIt seems that

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apes be our masters?"

supposed

be that

drooling) over the prospect of a

short), then

Dreamcast

For those of you who haven't already seen the sci-fi classic Planet

on Charlton Heston s ‘60s loincloth-and-rifles

1968

why we flew down to LA in our private the seat was ours, anyway) to hook up with

i is

DCM jet (/ell.

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the gamers producers at Fox Interactive. Turns out there's

more tc/their Dreamcast line-up than meets the eye. The security guards at Fox Plaza eye our photographer's

bags suspiciously as the ride to the

spacious

struggle into the elevator to take

17'" floor.

office,

with

expect to find a plush and

movie stars wandering around

programmers and hanging out in the a rooftop pool and a martini bar. This is, after all. Fox Interactive - it's as close as you can get to Hollywood without wearing an Armani suit and having a

chatting to

kitchen

the

- perhaps

cell-phone surgically grafted

though,

squeezed

somewhat

your right

different.

Low

into eveiy available space,

ear.

The

ceilings,

reality,

people

and everyone looking

very busy. And, crushingly, no rooftop pool.

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e're

space

expanding so

you believe

fast, it’s

crazy>” chimes our host,

office

LA?”

this

getting kind of

boardroom where a panoramic view

into the

gleams from behind the But that’s not the view

ushered

of the city

maybe

Plexiglass. Okay, so

we came for. The game

the Dreamcast dev-kit

“Would

Priscilla.

the most expensive

Frankly, no, but then we’re

is.

running on

the corner holds an allure that

no amount of smog and skyscrapers can hope

match.

Hey, hey, we’re the monkeys! On-screen, the world of Planet of the Apes springs vividly to

The scene

life.

familiar

from the movie, a trapped human, a “This

where

the

wooden cages

gorilla guard.

producer Cos

says

starts,”

all

Lazouras. “You have to escape from the cage. With, erm, a

bowl of soup.”

bowl of soup?

“In

and a

the bowl of soup, which you have to drink, key.

It’s

harder than

a simple puzzle to get

that, obviously,

but

gameplay mix we’re aiming project

about

you

When we

was as much as seventy percent percent action. It’s changed a

impressive

some

since

convincingly.

alone are

there are over 2,000 lines of dialogue, 16,00

-a

quarter of which are dedicated to the

but more of that

15 distinctive levels, each subdivided into no less all

which are huge.

way

go yet - Planet of the Apes

than six play areas, There’s

scheduled all in

still

for a

place

mid-2000

- and

cue from the

its

little

statistics

hero [not Taylor from the original movie

are

puzzling and

movies have been along with a few surprises (it’s not all adobe huts and straw mats). The apes themselves look amazingly lifelike, and move equally faithfully re-created,

18 months ago, and since

has emerged. The

motion captures

later],

a note

started the

fifty-fifty.”

That work started a world

They get

started.

gives you an idea of the

thirty

we’re up to about

then,

for.

Much of your time will be spent avoiding guards and desperately trying to figure out a way to escape from the planet of the apes in one piece. The locations familiar to fans of the

(+) POINTS •

distinctive Technicolor look of the film,

relief.

Dreamcast.

Caves have an eerie green

glow, and the corridors of the ape

mixture of red and orange. The effect

the sterile-looking environments seen

•

compound are a is a long way from in

most

•

shadow -

it’s

example, to see the elongated shadow of a

guard

Dr Zaius turns slowly to face

us,

his

some strong

beady eyes

staring out from beneath furrowed orangutan brow. His

brown leather robes are patterned

excruciating detail,

legs rendered smoothly.

a lumbering gait, his

He begins

walk

hands almost brush the ground.

impressive

in-game model, but

nevertheless.

Using

softskin

it’s

animals, the French developers of Planet of the gorillas,

one

ripe for

properties,

ever there

was

a console

The

version,

it’s this.

world

huge, the

and the

pretty

plot straight

out of classic movie,

texturing

techniques which replicate the skin/bones model of

brought the

and

characters memorable,

He’s coming right for us! Luckily he’s only an

care?

LINE

Fox Interactive has

prepare an attack.

arms and

you haven’t

Will you

BOTTOM

before he rounds a corner, giving you time to hide, or

his

Apes ?

possible, for gorilla

What

seen Planet of the

thanks to Dreamcast’s superior graphics, every object and creature throws a realistic

Looks superb.

(-) POINTS

and

titles,

There are few action/adventures for

Visiware uses colored light sources throughout, throwing every location into sharp

BRIEF

IN is

release, but the building blocks

looking like a million dollars. Taking

it’s

real it

Apes have

not bulletproof, but

looks great from

where we’re standing.

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NOVEMBER 99 II

Man

is an ass with about as much chance of making through the next century as a turkey with a severe limp has of making it through Thanksgiving

PLANET OFTHEH

you haven’t seen the Planet of the Apes down to your Hollywood Video or Blockbuster Cor that independent with all those ‘educational’ French films) and rent it tonight. Why? Because we think it’s one of the best f

humans

movie, then you should run

alarming realism

I local

movies ever made. And

sci-fi

according

when

at the box-office that

eventually greenlight Star Wars,

because of the

similarity of

hyper-succesful

hairy

Planet of the Apes.

came

first

1968

movie to

the form of

life

on Dreamcast with

along with a couple of additions

convincing as these models are, the movie threw

some unusual problems awful

lot of

horses

into the mix.

There are an

the celluloid Planet of the Apes.

And the hprse you rode

in on...

Cos has been having nightmares about horses.

to the

the

also the

have half-decent special effects

did so partly

Chewbacca

inhabitants

was

Fox

movies

of the

the form of baboons and mandrill assassins.

Hollywood gossip, such was the impact of the

movie

As producer

for

doesn’t suck, and

to a

of the Apes,

Planet

ensure that when the

responsibility to

importantly

movie that has a huge

means

his

it's

game

that

it’s

cult following.

arrives, faithful

And

that

getting the details exactly right. Like horses.

You may have noticed that you don’t see a lot of horses in videogames, and there’s a reason for that: horses are really hard to do. Animating anything with

more than one

pair of legs presents

concept

used to have nightmares about

animal,

was

know what

a horror film

the horses

think about

was so insane it

—

an animal

mean? To me

- and

gorillas

me -

the

riding another

the whole movie

although they wanted to get

there, there

were

all

sorts of collision

detection problems - so the original solution

make-up either a) suits,

make

that didn’t

guys

big wigs, or b) guys

or c) just guys. But

nailed

the

giving

it,

the actors look

was the

Sixties

harmony’ vibe a swift kick

rubber

was

But you can’t have It’s

terms of the game.

gorilla infantry trundling

were

developers solved the problem, and the

have

gorillas

the movie.

pursuing you on horseback

And

about

just not right. Luckily, the crack

‘just like

the movie’

game - just

The basics remain the same. Apes are in charge, and you’re a captured human. Unlike the Planet of the Apes book and film, however, you do not play Taylor,

and acknowledge the whole horse

Charlton Heston, but a character called Ulysses

while

plot,

seems.

have horse paintings on the walls and sort of suggest thing,

will

the mantra for

every aspect of the game. Every aspect bar the

the

astronaut

portrayed

cynically

who

plot that really

and

love

‘peace,

the shorts with a

man was

timely reminder that

arguing back and forth for ages.”

on skateboards.

“We’ve been arguing for a year about the horse

horseback because

getting around

problems that

few dare face. Hence the nightmares. issue.

“Run, Forrest, run!" Ulysses has no time for monkeying around as he escapes the ape laboratories. The game is still early, but the colored lighting effects look great.

an ass with

basically

about as much chance of making

through the

one piece as a turkey with a severe limp has of making it through Thanksgiving. As Charlton Heston discovers at the end of the movie, next century

man

just can’t resist a nuclear catastrophe.

The is

plot of Fox Interactive’s

Dreamcast version

based around more of the mythos of the movies

than any one movie Thing.

In all,

they

in particular.

made

five

Apes

progressively worse than the

movement inspired

last.

This

humans

the East Coast. The question on

Hollywood these days

is ‘will

many

was

lips

there be a

remake?’ James Cameron, fresh from

Planet of the Apes and Deadly Pursuit producer Cos Lazouras, Croc 2 producer Dave Stalker and Planet of the Apes associate producer Bruce IVIaskin get ready for their close-up. (left)

Titanic

slated to direct, but recently pulled

out, leaving the project in

no-man’s land not

entirely dissimilar to the deserts of the movie.

alive

and drinking Coke beneath the flattened

well

at Fox in

success,

which astronaut hero Taylor

(Heston) discovers a race of smart

cities of

Good

game

part by the second film, Beneath the

Planet of the Apes,

and

each one The resistance

films,

that your character joins in the

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Deadly Pursuit t

takes ten minutes of constant driving

More impressive

(and knowing exactly where you’re

I the

final

version of the

game

will

be helped

Dreamcast gets

for

on Fox TV show America's Scariest Police Chases, this title

still

in its

‘studied.’ After

head again and resistance

escaping, you get knocked on the

meet the leader

movement, who then

inspires

knocked on the head yet again)

getting

dirty

society

Bruce

to include ‘omniplay’, Fox’s

own

player to drive while the other takes a pad

armed robbers

controls the ‘shooter,’

massive Heat- style

battles.

got our hands on a very early version here

at Fox Plaza,

empty

or,

you could just on your

streets in our impressively-rendered car.

realism,

Dunkin’ Donuts and

pull into a

couple of hours.

fat butt for a

and

they prefer, they can

play the robbers. Or for the ultimate

and had fun bombing around the

sit

the most detailed city ever committed to a console. It takes a solid 10 minutes of driving to get from one side to the next, unhindered. This

kind of crash-helmet.

As you progress,

Maskin wants

lot

two-player control technique which allows one

good

fight the

some

truth

call

giving speeding tickets to chasing carloads of

(after

about those damn

and reveal the

still

human

the

you to

apes. And, presumably, encourages you to buy

fight

command,

out, then there’s

shooting) seat, coping with everything from

We gets knocked on the head and dragged into a cage to

pan

that doesn’t

of innovation there. Associate Producer

the driving (and

to bring

back-up, and say other cop-stuff. If

very earliest stages of

development - puts you Ulysses contemplates his immediate future, which should, all being well, involve getting to the other side of this glass without getting knocked on the head by an ape.

be able

you’ll

a heli-cam view of the pursuit on

by the fact that

you’re a cop with sirens blaring, of course. Based

to pull

much-vaunted headset and

its

microphone peripheral,

manages

Fox

(if

still

be the voice-activated controls. Providing

off) will

going) to get from one side of the city

Deadly Pursuit to the other.

discover that the ape

you’ll

divided into strict hierarchies (a bit like

videogame magazines). The orangutans are the leaders, the chimpanzees the scientists, the gorillas the muscle, and the mandrills the pond scum. But the rag-tag human population has hierarchies too - and a great deal of shocks

and secrets

the

course,

All

while,

to reveal.

you’re

completing

stuff, killing and hiding the bodies and being chased by those freakylooking mandrill assassin types - all of which are equipped with enough Al to follow the sounds you make, call for back-up, and generally make things in the hero department very tough for Ulysses. Your war-chest consists of three action modes:

missions, stealing of your enemies,

Mode

Stealth

allows you to tip-toe about

shadows and generally

Mode

like a kid that

overly

specifically

hairy

missed his

“

Ritalin.

meet

characters you

will

You can bribe them, and

will

Not

all

instant

they’ll

little

leave you alone.

“Oh,

mean, you’ve had

knocked on the head a

lot

it.

to in

But

By the time Croc 2

just as shocking as the final twist of the movie.

day draws to a close, but he suggests

we try to

we make

our

now.

So here goes: Ulysses discovers he's really John Glenn, and part of a practical joke perpetuated on a massive scale. No? Make up your own, then. - Simon Cox

fans.

fully

was

intends for the sequel to

completed

for

PlayStation versions, which

“By the time

levels to play

Dreamcast,

Croc 2

cuter than a

racing.

good news

and

in total,”

will

there’ll

forty-

Dave assures

be mini-games that

us.

link

from hang-gliding to mine-cart

racing to snowball racing tiny cartoon dinosaur in

gets to you, we’re going to

tribe to save,

through

Spicing up the action the play areas

As the

for

PC and

for

add another Gobbo

pry the truth out of him,

own ending up

the

two

die.”

see the ending, his eye, will

very basic

as colorful and

developer Argonaut would have already finished both

You’re dead. You get

but you can also

you do, then you won’t get

which, promises Cos with a twinkle

is in

bit

predecessor. While the original Croc

its

too simplistic for anyone old enough to shave,

difficulty.

call

videogame?

for a

now, but looking every

producer Dave Stalker

Or the assassins might catch you, and first

of kids

right

take the next step and ramp up the exploration and

then you’re buggered.” Yikes. Another

everywhere next year. Like Planet of

lists

Apes and Deadly Pursuit, Croc 2

cute as

help you," confides

then again, they might just take the cash and

for the guards.

wish the

the

they turned up on the holiday

surprise no one

shape

designed for fighting and leaping

enemies, though. “Some apes

Or,

the

see no monkeys!”), and Athletic

about

Cos.

Normal

act creepy, while

hey look like Furbies, and they need saving. The ‘Gobbos,’ the cutesy stars of Fox’s 3D platformmer Croc 2, would

the

sees you walking around with not a care

world (“Monkeys?

Croc 2

(!),

boat racing, and cart

By spring 2000, Croc 2 may

just find itself the

platformer of choice for the kids and for those who’ve

a brightly-colored world with furry little creatures that need rescuing from monsters. Oh, wait a filled

played Sonic to destruction. Just as long as they don't

minute....

should mention that...”

make “

Official

talking

Well,

“

models

of those

Gobbos.

says Dave with a smile,

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Action

October

RPG

November

Extreme Boarders

Sports

November

Fighting Force 2

Action

November

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been almost a month amuc Dreamcast officially made its way soil, and the excitement surrounding Sega’s newest creation seems to be growing day by day amongst developers. No fewer than 16 t’s

Sega

Racing

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Sports

November

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November

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Resident

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Shadowman

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Centipede

Action

Climax Landers

RPG

Crazy Taxi

Driving

Supercross

games are scheduled to hit shelves in the next two months, and more are being announced each week. In fact, by the time New Year’s Day rolls

we should be well

around,

titles

Sega

promised by the dawn

originally

new millennium. Coming Soon is your

Racing

guide to every one of

Sports

Seaman

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these forthcoming releases, and

Take the Bullet

Shooter

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onto American

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games due

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looks

in this

edition

the

biggest

to hit shelves by year’s

early next. Headlining the

list

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are Planet of the

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for the subject of this issue’s Special

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looks at

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latest info

the next

MDK2,

pages, you’ll

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more. Plus, we’ve got

lots

all

the

and screens on Toy Commander and

Castlevania: Resurrection.

Don’t forget,

you’d

like to

have your say

in our bi-monthly Hot List of most wanted games, send your picks our way at hotlist@ dreamcastmaaazine.com We’ll tally them up and post the results next issue. This issue it .

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Series

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2000

Action/Adventure

2000

PREVIEWS INDEX THIS

MONTH'S FEATURED

GAMES AT A GLANCE

Batman: Animated

Castlevania:

Resurrection

Castlevania: Resurrection

Chakan the Forever

Man

Action/Adventure Platform

2000

Deadly Pursuit

Action

2000

Ecco the Dolphin

Adventure

2000

HOT LIST

Platform

2000

WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO

Konami Baseball

Sports

2000

Shenmue

Konami Basketball

Sports

2000

Resident

Floigan Brothers

Outcast

Adventure

2000

Planet of the Apes

Adventure

2000

Shenmue

Adventure

2000

Silver

RPG

2000

Boarder Zone

Sports

World Series Baseball

Sports

Baldur’s Gate

Online

RPG

TBA

RPG

Frontier

Online

Action/Platform

Sega Sports Soccer

Sports

TBA TBA TBA

Platform

TBA

4. Crazy Taxi

Shenmue

Phantasy Star 5

2. Nights

3. Streets of

1 1999

NBA Showtime 56 Red Dog

evading mile-long convoys of

getting axed from Titus' release

Sonic Adventure 2

Soul Fighter

police cruisers, but they couldn't

avoid their latest videogame outing

...

4. Shining Force 5.

Rage 4

MDK2 48

Jake and Elwood had no problem

NBA 2K

YOU'RE DREAMING OF

Fighting Force 2

...

3. Eternal Arcadia

Code Veronica

Wyrm 72

Extreme Boarders ...

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Brothers

YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 1. Resident Evil:

Cult of the

The Blues Brothers tatended Reteaee:

2000

Furballs

5. Floigan

SPACE MbMier Tttus

Seaman

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3. Eternal Arcadia Evil:

Code Veronica

2000

Toy Story 2

Draconus:

2000

Croc 2

Suzuki Alstare Racing Toy

Commander 62

schedule for reasons unknown. If

only Blues Brothers

2000

movie) had met a similar

(the

fate...

Wild Metal

WWF

Attitude

NOVEMBER 99

86 52

COMINGSOOK

MDK 2 From the country that brought you Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, and the trees in theX-F/7es, comes a weird, wonderful, wacky sequel... 1 A force field bars the way. Rats! 2 “Honey, did you let the dog back in?” Max faces the the orbiting spacealiens on their home turf station. 3 Kurt Hectic does a 2001 and heads for the light... 4 You can play as Doc this time, on the mad scientist’s good ship Jim Dandy.

—

5 “Sic ’em, boy!” Max uses all four of his arms

(+) POINTS •

interesting characters. • Variety of

and •

gameplay

Entertainment’s

you thought you’d heard the

a big leap from to

full-

on console action Bioware

up to the task?

It’s

it’s

works,

going to work

spectacularly well.

And

if it

fails...

making the sequel

most unique-looking videogames ever. He’s more than clear about his goals for making the second coming of Kurt, Doc, and Max the Dog as

memorable as the first. “What we’re going for with “We original

that

an ambitous if it

the friendly face of Bioware, and

Tofer, responsible for

of the

true sequel,” he explains.

LINE

sequel, and

along with co-producers Ray Muzkya and

is,

one

BOTTOM

and four-armed dogs with guns are in. last of the word

aliens,

Greg Zeschuk

Cameron

world

people and beardies are out; leather-clad heroes,

Max

Doc be as fun

gaming.

MDK

laid-back world

for the high-octane

game, courtesy of Shiny franchise. The ores, tree-

And

equipped Kurt?

RPG

the

ditching

space

as playing the sniper-

isometric

codeshop

Baldur's Gate. Canadian

‘wacky’, then think again...

Will playing either

It’s

PC adventuring

console action

levels.

or the

•

Bioware

the

Toast-launchers!

(— ) POINTS •

PC RPG

hit

isometric

Great-looking graphics,

(and Uzis) to remove ail traces of alien scum from the spacestation. 6 As with the original MDK, Kurt can glide using the world's worst-designed parachute...

a leap, but there you go. After producing the

t’s

game

felt

MDK 2

to create a

set out to

rather than try to re-invent

add

it.

could be improved include stuff

emphasis on the story

via

to the

The areas like more

cut scenes and

variety in the gameplay.”

Zeschuk and his team have blown the game wide open by allowing you to play not just as the helmet-headed Kurt Hectic, but also as mad professor Doc and Max the Dog. Kurt represents the

NOVEMBER 99

Official

Sega^Dreamcast

Magazine

All

the trademark

—

MDK gameplay tricks are

the gliding and the world-famous in there sniper mode are vrtalto Kurt’s success

2 ACTION

CANADA

stealth aspects of the

game, while Max

(sort of a super-hairy version of

Bruce

PERIPHERALS:

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pure action Willis

- oh

weapons at once in his Doc spends most of his time solving

wait...), able to carry four

Shiva-like arms.

puzzles and combining found objects to form weird

weapons (our favorite is the toast-launcher). There may also be a number of hidden characters, but despite Randy taking Greg into the parking lot and beating him around the head with a plush Sonic

they remain top secret. However you slice it’s

Doctor Beat Question What

did

Greg Zeschuk and

Bioware founders Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip do before they

Answer They

calling themselves doctors. of course. Bioware

was

Which they were,

originally

— this crew even

well-scrubbed hands at

working

for

Kurt’s adventures involve a lot of gliding about in brightly-colored psychedelic rooms. He really is the Austin Powers of videogames. Maybe. Erm... 2 Max, on

the other hand, just blows the crap out of everything it might move. Someday. 3 “I can see my house from here.” BOOM! “Oh god! That was my home, you b ” 4 Doc reflects on how the house has changed since the kids moved away... 5 Max takes a moment to blow the crap out of some more aliens.

that moves. Or looks like

—

an evolutionary sequel.

founded

animation,

television

before eventually deciding that real

videogames are more fun (Y’think?).

shows

make something to make an

Zeschuk. “We don’t intend

average game. With

MDK

we’re making a wacky,

we’re very confident

riveting,

and

totally

enjoyable

single-player action experience.”

tried their

some

two Canadian

doll,

though,

“Our goal from the very beginning of the gamegreat," boasts

to develop medical educational

software

make

development process has been

white coats

brandishing Family Medicine degrees and

1995

puzzling should

made games?

ran around

it,

not just business as usual.

The action takes place over four giant areas. Kurt takes the first and last levels - the Minecrawler (which fans of the original will remember), and the Imperial City - home to the invading aliens. The Doc takes Level 2 - his own ship, the Jim Dandy - and Max blasts his way through an orbiting alien spacestation in Level 3. Each of these four master levels are split into sub-sections, and all the trademark MDK gameplay tricks are in there - the gliding and the world-famous sniper-mode are vital to Kurt’s success, and the added spice of Doc’s

MDK

And from what we’ve seen

of the style,

just as (ulp!) ‘wacky’ as

Shiny prequel.

its

Greg Zeschuk would also opportunity, on the

will

take this

behalf of Canada, to publicly

apologize to the rest of the world for Bryan Adams.

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Rock gets ready to smack down on

lay the

Stone Cold, while Triple H heads for the ropes, courtesy of Mr. Austin.

3-4

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The wrestlers look and

move every

bit like

sweat •

sans

all

that icky

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game

to date.

becomes

you can’t

reality,

‘smell

cooking.'

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all

Austin,

game

before

real-

WWF superstar,

realistic-

videogame ever conceived, with a features

make even

likeness’ tures,

looking wrestling

list

—

the

space shuttle envious.

moves,

let

you customize your on-screen

size, clothing, individual facial fea-

and even theme music.

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even be able to

customize the text on your wrestler’s

on the real

customize specialty matches, and

WWF special

more than 20

superstars

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title

belts

up eight

you want to place

Sega® Dreamcast

Maga

this

mode

promised to be

include the Survivor

First

will

have several

Blood, Last

Man

also be able to tackle a complete

way up

to Wrestlemania.

easy to make a wrestling

than the

real thing

doesn’t factor

matches, decide which

- which

season, working their It's

will

line

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line

Standing, steel cage battles, and weapons. Aspiring

pay-per-view mode.

be able to

in all

match options, including

also planning the series’ first-ever create-your-own You’ll

events.

are a slew of other gameplay styles

shirt.

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line,

Series and King of the Ring. Each

reminds Triple H why you make fun of people who wear neckties and leather masks unless you weigh 280 pounds and don't

signature moves, sayings, fin-

developer Acclaim Studios

some 400 moves

based on countless motion captures peris

formed by actual league wrestlers. 6 Mankind

the likes of Stone Cold Steve

own

feature that will

LINE

the most

and video-wall montages. 5 WWF Attitude’s reper-

comprise the game’s

providing an especially in-depth create-a-wrestler

It’s

ing music, pyrotechnics,

The Rock, The Undertaker, and Sable their

trademark introduccomplete with boom-

toire of

it.

and lavish introductions. More than 400 moves can be expected in total, ensuring that you really will be able to whip your opponent six ways from Sunday and still have plenty of pizzazz left over. Of course, if you want to test your own mettle as

what The Rock

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and over-the-

ishes,

Unfortunately, until

forty wrestlers

roster, including

each with

Smell-o-vision

their

room, looking and sounding

living

better than any other wrestling

More than

(-) POINTS •

wrestling aims to bring

professional

personalities, signature moves,

tion into

of course.

other wrestling

addition to their sig-

and

treatment of the half-sport,

top performances of the World Wrestling Federa-

their real-world counter-

parts,

geous

own

half-soap opera that

nature moves, sayings, finishes, each wrestler struts out into the area to

ue out by mid-November, Dreamcast's very

better. Let’s just in

game more

realistic

Acclaim aims to actually make

hope that a ‘Sweat Pack’ peripheral

there somewhere...

- Randy Nelson

have 36-inch biceps, that is. 7 The Undertaker finally gets back at X-Pac for all those jokes about his complexion. 8 Each arena is modeled after actual WWF venues, but the real detail is lavished on the wrestlers themselves.

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eye black, and breathe strips

real-life faces,

NFL realism

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est

blaster

for the

Star Fox,

Argonaut Software

off rails

groundbreaking 16bit

The game

UK-based developer is headed back into

So keep an ear

expected to

roll

— and onto wheels home

decade absence. Most fully

00001

rails’.

Red Dog

relies

•-

movement to

Of course,

tank stands

the

alien horde. Yikes!

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GENRE:

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a generally

effectively placing

its

you

worlds, whether by

of simple forks in the road or completely

there'll

still

baddies to blow up, but

way of an

that

separate zones.

Only your souped-up monstertruck-like

- Randy Nelson

on the concept that you can

take alternate paths through

means

December.

Red Dog.

traditional shooters (even the

polygonal ones) restrict

forward-driving direction ‘on

this

to the ground, shooter fans

rumbling sound you hear

the shooter category after a nearly half-

1-4

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be the requisite droves of

this

time they’re promised to

be smarter and more diverse

order to send them packing,

you’ll

machine gun missiles

and a

become

increasingly

cavernous

have a standard

handy as you progress

into the

levels.

Red Dog should prowess

design than ever.

command, as well as swarming number of weapon power-ups that will

at your

nicely, with

also flaunt Dreamcast’s visual

hordes of enemies on-screen

simultaneously, real-time lighting effects, brilliant

weapon

trails,

No sightseeing allowed, as you’ve got a sizeable

1-4

and smooth-looking, high-polygon-

arms cache to unleash.

count vehicles.

NBA Showtime High-adrenaline arcade basketball

early a

has

decade

revived

after

NBA

its

makes

release,

Midway

trademark NBA Showtime

Jam's

gameplay and attitude in - and now, after a successful stint in arcades, the game is headed home to Dreamcast. Showtime features a roster that includes all of the NBA teams and 145 licensed players, including 1999 rookies. True to the

game’s

roots, you’ll also

to unlock a variety of hidden players

be able

and teams, such

home

the trip as

NBA team

Pitting

mascots and Universal movie monsters.

the Wolfman versus Frankenstein’s monster

dunk contest should

prove,

interesting, to say

er,

the least.

Midway has included in

mode

just

case you get tired of the real-world basketball stars or the outlandish hidden players, for that matter.

You’ll

be able to assign points to specific

choose from 25 a

a create-a-player

nickname

different heads,

that’ll

attributes,

and even give them

be called out by the announcer

during games. Familiar

becoming

gameplay features such as players fire,’ secret power-up codes, and

‘on

three-point free throws are making a comeback,

backed up by a broadcast-quality presentation courtesy of the NBA’s

NBC. You can

official

also expect

standard indoor 1-2 Performing especially

decidedly unusual

NOVEMBER 99

Official

Sega® Dreamcast

Magazine

addition to the

fare.

Rounded out by a full-season NBA Showtime will be

play

mode

with stat

impressive dunks initiates a replay mode. 3-4 Courts will

tracking,

include full-scale arenas and

charged take on basketball to DC’s court next month.

good

network,

television

some

courts (such as a desert island)

ol'

blacktop.

bringing

its

super-

- Randy Nelson

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PROGRAM

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PUBLISHER:

UEP SYSTEMS JAPAN

DEVELOPER:

Preview Zone

ORIGIN:

NO NOVEMBER

DATE:

Extreme Boarders You

‘did

the Dew,’ you’ve rocked the vote,’

and now

time

it’s

take to the slopes t&J Jiildl

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1 It’s snow, snow, and yes, more snow. But it’s the best-looking videogame snow yet. 2 Two outfits and three board types are available to each contestant. 3 Dynamic lighting livens up night courses with brilliant multi-colored

effects.

ust

available at the outset

armchair surfers the favor of bringing the

Frosty’s hidden.

snow and slopes home

Systems’

with the latest

snowboarding

longstanding

and born

njTHnM

32bit land, Extreme Boarders (working

features

everything that a

practically

(+) POINTS

virtual

•

boarder could possibly want.

snowboarders with varying

different

power and

things such as

you a chance to not only

record

amount

more secrets and

of air-time ensures that

games

vious

(-) POINTS • Will

the series

the leap

courtesy of Dreamcast, and the

textures,

and

taken to the next level?

powdery smooth

framerates are

slick

Maybe

string

combos

together enough

to grab the points

need-

records and unlock more courses.

Ride mode,

it’s

simply you against

the elements and a brutal

time

limit.

need

pull

avoid turns extra

NOVEMBER 99

Sega® Dreamcast 1

Official

natural character anima-

that

Sega includes some kind

for the title’s release

of option to

announcer’s cheesy chatter. With

‘cool

and

cease the hip’ (read:

feel

and

Ted's Excellent Adventure. Like, totally.

and

order to gain beat the

Meeting

Magazine

crash

breakneck

line.

far

The only thing we’re hoping

imaginitive

all

and

other counts with original

gameplay. Look for

its

lush graphics,

courses and

break the

ice in

must be destroyed!

BOTTOM

LINE

Virtual boarders

note:

It’s

take

time to take

your controller to the

mountains and get

fast-paced

time for the

holidays this November.

UEP Systems’

Francesca Reyes

latest.

With great graphics and

new set of courses, may be perfect for a a

fan's holiday wish

seri-

ous with your board

That notwithstanding, Extreme Boarders promises to deliver

The cheesy announcer

the

commentary throughout, early versions made us trapped in some straight-to-video rip-off of Bill

tricks,

time and

clock to the finish

environment and tions.

trite]

some

off

means no more annoying seams

You’ll

through obstacles,

amazing

ference

not.

dif•

the gameplay be

graphics.

Beautiful courses, all

smooth 60fps

Lots of tracks to unlock

and plenty of challenge.

But the most notable point of interest for those

the

•

ever tougher tracks.

savvy snowboarders who've braved the slopes of pre-

Catching

Silky

action looks beautiful.

of points or breaking the time

give you access to even

will

choose from),

mode.

Half-Pipe

the requisite

(each character has outfits to

test your agility at tricks in

the

—

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series.

fourth in the franchise originally titled Cool Boarders

title)

4 Do exceptionally

well and you’ll get a new board. 5-6 Six boarders are

time to precede the rush of snow-

boarders to the mountains, Sega has done us

list.

pits

the

game

will

that will turn

you

into a

proud owner

of the

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that

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ACTION/STRATEGY

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RELEASE DATE:

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Toy Commander Sega’s newest action-strategy offering is out to prove that size really doesn’t matter that much after all

1-3 This two-story house

is your playing field, and, as these miniature forts show, it's really a world within a world. 4-5 The game’s aerial missions offer strategy and racing.

few weeks tinkering

e’ve spent the past

with a playable version of Sega’s premier

6 Each room contains several tasks to complete set out by its boss. Beat his best time, and you'll go one-on-one against each other in a battle royale. 7 Even the most mundane household objects have their role in gameplay.

action-strategy effort on Dreamcast, Toy

lot

Commander, and it’s shaping up more than a glorified war game featuring

be a

plastic

vehicles instead of 10-ton tanks.

Rather than a tedious combat simulation that has

you commanding your units remotely, 7oy Commander

faster than the best time for the room,

puts you behind the controls of 35 unique miniature

against the boss character

RC cars to rescue helicopters. game world up into eight rooms of a fully-realized 3D house, the gameplay itself is mis-

vehicles, ranging from

Breaking the

sion-based, with each room having several varied tasks for you to complete.

specific abilities to get the job

sions,

One

of the earlier mis-

has you

for instance,

eggs using a WWII-era fighter

hard-boiling

miniature

plane to shoot the knobs on a range. That gets the water boiling,

after

which

you must care-

fully pilot a

Jeep

there’ll

itself

and

you’ll

one-on-one.

also be a

number

around a jump-laden bedroom circuit and aerial races through rings in the kitchen. Developer No Cliche has put

The idea of the game is to alternate between the toys available in each room, utilizing their done.

Of course,

action-oriented missions, such as driving toy cars

for

adventure games such as

Little

Big Adventure to

use to ensure that no two missions

same. They won’t look the same,

memory and render even

either,

details,

such as

clutter

promising more than 50 hours of

NOVEMBER 99

Official

Sega® Dreamcast

player

most

a videogame.

(-) POINTS The pace

its

missions might be a isn’t

replay value even further (though,

regrettably, this

mode

not

the previewable ver-

played].

you every

this issue’s

GD-ROM

decide for yourself. We’ll be back with a the

game

too laid-back for

action gamers' tastes.

BOTTOM

LINE

Sega hopes to turn the action-strategy genre

So, will these toys captivate

demo on

of earlier

play,

even planning a two- to four-

deathmatch mode with an eye toward

extending

sion

It’s

bit

much

playable

Maga zine

sented

little

stopping there.

a whirl

full

and

review of

next issue.

- Randy Nelson

of the

meticulously detailed

environments ever pre-

•

Sega

every mission and boss battle considered, but

push the eggs Perform these tasks

be treated to

patterned wallpaper.

along

pot.

some

thanks

finely-

differ-

which should help

increase replay value.

the tiniest of

on countertops and

Every mission’s ent,

• You’ll

feel exactly the

as the ones you played with as a child? Give the

the

•

largely to Dreamcast’s ability to hold loads of tex-

tures

the counter to

into

(+) POINTS

experience designing scenarios

its

ear with a

game

that’s faster, friendlier,

and less

linear

competition.

than

its

PUBLISHER:

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proof better.

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milestone

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atmosphere

relied

heavily on

for the

release next spring, and we’ll have

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on the game as soon as we can convince

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established

decided

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game - Japanese

the delightful

fish-man-thing.

it’s

Team some

Battle,

pretty

then stiff

this

solely

Fran:

really

And then you drop in the tank. Simon: Randy, how do you know all this stuff? (excitedly):

Fran: You talk to

Randy

guess

going to be

screen, the eggs have

spawned into odd-looking

really

before.

haven’t. Urn

don’t know.

float around.

think he

look!

with a blob for a

the tank!

What are

Simon: Sinking. Randy: Those are the eggs.

They

went out. Simon: So what now? Can you move them around? Fran: It looks as if when you use the hand to tap on the glass, they swim toward Fran:

Fran taps the hand on the tank. in

Six. actually.

of the tank.

And

head

floats

Simon: What’s wrong with

One of the

toward

stalks

but stops.

us,

it?

they doing?

Fran: I’m not sure.

have

...

mean,

should turn the heat up, and the oxygen levels

isn't it?

You have no idea. Fran and Simon throw Randy sideways glances. Simon: Randy, the way you said that was really

put the light on.

I’ll

try

again.

The stalk with a blob for a head twitches, and

suddenly a black eye appears blob, stares briefly

and

the middle of the

blankly out at us,

and then

(sinisterly):

There's something lurking

up your pant

There’s nothing

it.

(neivously):

What? Randy: There Simon: A blob. Fran:

slot.

it?

so. This

it.

Simon: Where’s Randy?

Fran:

strange,

forget

things!

...

stalks with blobs for heads.

Randy

Simon:

let’s

it.

Simon: Eggs. Uh-luih.

Randy

VMU

Right,

Fran: Look! Erm

screen with several white, translucent

looking blobs on /

thought you hadn’t played

the controller through this

for a

long time.

Simon: happ-

an empty tank.

(pushing buttons): You have to select

He pulls up a

competition.

Randy opens the box. Simon: What’s in there? It’s a huge box. Randy: There’s a little microphone that attaches to

happens -

the eggs.

for World's

And you read last month’s know that it's up against

you'll

It's

Randy

of this digital

contender

have less of your

Randy boots the game. After the initial loading screen, we're faced with an empty fish tank. Empty, that is. hut for a few rocks and a shell.

on one

sim Seaman. As you

account of our

company

game, and we

sinister-isms.

Battle,

break the rules we'd barely

a strong

Strangest Videogame.

second Team

and focus

artificial life

no doubt gather from

evening

creepy. Boot the

magazine team to argue over title each to promote

games, picking one

however,

will

behind Team Battle was

original idea

to get the

to the others. For this

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leg.

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Randy

turns

on the tank

light

and

closes again. settles

hack

into

his seat. Eveiyone stares at the screen. Nothing

the water.

to the

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And

subaquatic

Maga zine

it’s

Simon: Aargh!

slippery

Team

and cold and

just ran

Battle special (sploosh!).

Fran: Sh*#!

Simon: eyes!

eye in

Some

the hell

kill

was It

that?

has dead

it.

dunno. Randy had a weird look

in his

eggs

What

has dead eyes!

say

Fran:

when he was

putting those

the tank.

of the blobs

float

over toward the

shell,

which moves. Fran: Did the shell just

Simon

(panicked):

move?

Why would

move? What

did

you do? Fran: Nothing! Tentacles appear from within the shell,

begin pulling the blobs

Simon: Oh blobs.

crap.

and

inside.

eating the

It’s

little

Do something!

Fran (annoyed): You do something tapping on the glass doesn’t seem to

make

a lot of difference.

Simon: Fran

Try the

microphone.

(sarcastically):

Oh, and what should

say? Excuse me, Mr. Squid-thing, would

you mind not eating the baby Seaman things?

Simon:

It’s

eating

them

wait, that’s just dust

all.

There’s one

on the TV.

left!

Oh,

suppose

that's that.

they're

The point

dead.

all

Fran: Randy’s not going to be happy.

Seconds

water

later,

stomach and

small clouds.

Simon it

enjoyed

its

Fran:

it?

How am supposed I

know? Do

look like

Well, not in this light

End

I’m standing,

it’s

Simon: Very

•

dunno. but

funny.

Its

face looks familiar. I

Bill

can’t decide.

Randy:

shknow each other.

Fran: Randy! You scared the talk to

it.

get to

3Dpm

phone. The nearest

Randy makes

little

into the micro-

Seaman responds

Japanese.

goo-goo noises and speaks

low whisper.

Simon: Randy?

you.

00pm

think

should leave him alone with

he made a new

Simon: Yeah. Does The squid

its

Fran: Yeah, know what you mean. Simon: Now what? Randy: Now we bond.

Fran:

out of

Fran: Simon, meet Seaman. Or, rather, Seamen.

Randy begins speaking Japanese You’ve got the controller.

You’re holding the smoking gun, Fran.

when Randy gets back, lie’s going to want to know who killed his Seaman babies, and from where

fly

(startled): Jesus!

Simon and

Fran: Great. So now we killed the Seaman babies and the squid. Soon there’ll be no life in the tank at all. Remind me never to ask you to look after

my cats. Simon (accusingly):

eye goes

Jacques Cousteau?

Simon:

its

faces

dart toward the front of the tank.

Clinton or Boris Yeltsin?

meal.

Simon: Did they poison

and

human

black. Six tiny fishes with

squirts ink out into the

Simon: Oh god! What’s doing? Is dying? Fran: It’s squirting ink and twitching. don’t think it

everything’s dead.

is,

Just then, the squid shudders

The squid emerges from the shell and begins to twitch.

it.

friend.

know about

his wife

this?

is still twitching.

Should she be concerned? Fran:

It's still

dying. Really slowly.

Simon: Yeah,

it’s

something out

creeping

It’s

out.

of that alien movie.

Fran: Not unless

gross.

calls his

house.

looks like

What’s

called?

Fran and Simon exchange glances.

Fran: Alien.

Simon ...

(sheepishly):

other alien

knew

that.

meant

the,

erm

Simon: Look,

let’s just

Simon: No, Fran:

film.

forget the Alien

comment.

Official

It’s

surely not.

just a stupid

game,

right?

Simon (unconvincingly): Right. Seaman: (in a deep voice] Damn

Fran: Aliens.

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really

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games face off in the ultimate battle for your cash - but

Six fighting

there can be only one winner!

reamcast has become ground zero for fightingfans in only a few short weeks of life. Launching with no fewer than four fighting titles under its belt on day one, Sega’s newest creation will be graced by two more representatives of the genre this month. With so many choices staring you in the face, it can be hard to judge which are the real heavyweights. For this month’s Supertest Review, we're doing something special to honor the arrival of so many fighters. For our first-ever fighting for

game

‘battle royale,’ the

review

divided into categories

Gameplay, Graphics, Replay Value, and Character Appeal. Just

any real fighting tournament, there are winners, losers, runners-up, and the occasional draw match. like

The winners

will

be awarded special blue ribbons;

the losers get the green, and all those between receive special honors as

runners-up. Each game also has its own icon to help you decipher at a

glance which

game

got which award

every category. But when the dust clears, there can be only one true champion...

The Contenders SOUL CALIBUR

STREET FIGHTER

VIRTUA FIGHTER 3TB

MARVEL

NOVEMBER 99

VS.

CAPCOM

Official

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Magazine

ROUND 1: BEST GAMEPLAY SOUL CALIBUR n the weapons-based fighting game category, Soul Calibur stands without peer. It succeeds at I refining the concept of

weapon combat

to near

Soul Calibur’s greatest advance in gameplay comes in the multitude of attacks that it offers. Where most fighting games have limited moves that only calculate

your character

irtua Fighter

intricate

its

game

standing,

attacks depending on your distance from the

opponent, your character’s stance, and approaching angle. Soul Calibur uses an eight-way, true 30system that enables you not only to attacks, but maneuver around your foe catch them off guard. And the eight-way system guarantees a lot of creativity to had when coming up with your own combos, lightning-fast response time of your character and the fluidity of tying together attacks are nothing short of breathtaking. Even with unblockable attacks and power moves, there’s a

The true 3D movement puts Soul Calibur on

gameplay,

the

fighter.

Beyond the standard range of punches and kicks, game relies upon moves triggered by pre-determined

button and directional combinations. Where the game is not only in the nature of chaining these moves

together, but the system of reversals that

great fighting system

makes VF3tb

a classic.

Uh, We’ll Call You

•m

POWER STONE Power Stone

different from

of the other

being the

virtually every

can be argued that fighting game. You can move everywhere within the arenas with each stage composed of multiple levels that canjbe leapt onto. However, it’s

true

what you can do within these it makes the game. The

ivironmenj

Hjriost anything that’s not ^use

enemy.

But

"V,

fighting system lacks depth,

character’s basic

moves are

the big guys be unbafaHi|ed. Elsewhere, the ferriy^lt

becomes very

the game. You

can do everything from altering fighting styles to adjusting input times so special moves are easier to execute. You can even create customized characters then save them to a

VMU.

Control has always been a staple of

the

predictable even

on the hardest settings^Say gainst a friend, llwever, and the game is always x frantic/feb and seldom predictable

respond to commands and special moves can be pulled off with ease. The is

that the standard

designed with SF fans mind. Use the AGETEC Arcade Stick,

game is pure bliss. SF Alpha 3 doesn’t really push the boundaries, but Capcom has taken however, and this

wrapped

knows about

fighters

in this brilliant

and

package.

remains virtually

unchanged MK3,

sans new characters, weapons, and subtle tweaking. Attacks still adhere to the high punch, low punch, high

Characters jump higher; special moves

charge your opponent. Special

deal

way more damage; and combos

are

kick,

WRONG.

all

who can

moves are so down to

In fact,

game almost

boils

get the most Super

a round. Those

who

rely

Combos

off

on tried-and-

true Street Fighter strategies

quick fun against friends for awhile,

it’s

not the type of gameplay that classics

Official

similarly,

its

ability to

still

as well. Not

much has changed. So what does it have Not a whole more than endless

to offer? lot ‘I

hit

you, you hit me’

volleys. Instead of

keeping up with the

will find

themselves quickly defeated. Though

were ever born

and low kick formula as

predecessors, with the

attacks and fatalities are

would warrant more complex

controls;

since

performed

However, you would think that this

simple, the

controller isn’t

everything

system

longer and more outrageous.

the Street Fighter series, and Alpha 3

only downfall

first

Dreamcast game to be released by Capcom, Marvel vs. Capcom does very little to show off the power of the console. Gameplay is very similar to past Street Fighter games, but everything has been taken to the extreme.

doesn’t disappoint. Characters instantly

against the

an throw objects 'our

option you can think of

fighting

latest title in

the series and

all

Capcom

has included

MK Golds

Despite

Street

Fighter Alpha 3

appeal to fans,

fighters in this

round-up that

an attempt

make

so completely

own.

accompanies

them. With practice, you’re able to catch incoming attacks, then use your opponent’s momentum against them, making for incredibly realistic matches. Also unique to VF3tb over other 3D fighters is the ability to cancel moves in progress. You’re able to pull out of moves in order to block or counter. Combined with the ability to side-step and use uneven surfaces to your advantage, VF3tb mimics true fighting. With a steep learning curve, the rewards that come from taking the time to master VF3tb result in a fighting experience so deep it never feels like time wasted.

Runners-up

first

who

excels

movement and recovery depending on just how strong their attacks are. While not as deep as Virtua Fighter 3tb, Soul Calibur's innovations and refinements make it one of the most entertaining fighters in years.

its

it’s

that rewards players

than any other

top.

trade-off in

genre all nS is the

commit to learning its various nuances perhaps more so

crouching, or jumping, Soul Calibur presents

all

3tb

does for hand-to-hand fighting

fighting system

what Soul Calibur does for weapons-based combat. Unsurpassed in the elegance

perfection, but falls short of redefining the genre.

innovations happening

around

it,

MK Gold falls

back too hard on

its

roots.

of.

NOVEMBER 99

SUPERIES7

Featured Review

ROUND 2: BEST GRAPHICS Winner! Soul Calibur

Each one of the characters is modeled from thousands of polygons and unlike their 32bit predecessors, they show no visible tearing between polygons and not one clumsy looking joint. The characters are so detailed that you can see their eyes blink and move, their hair and clothing flutter in the breeze, and their mouths lip-synch end of match

SOUL CALIBUR -

ake no bones about it Soul Calibur is the most beautiful, technically I impressive videogame ever. There are a lot of things that make Namco’s prodigy exceed

in this

category, but chiefly

it’s

chatter perfectly. 1

Soul Calibur s stages also showcase unmatched From drifting leaves to gigantic Bhuddas. Pushing the game’s visuals over the top are various

the

characters themselves. Never before has a fighting

game which

featured characters that is

even more evident

move so

the game’s

mode

exhibition

detail.

naturally,

that

special effects, such as the brilliant trails that each

showcases

character’s

fighters strutting their stuff in

weapon

particle effects. In

real-time movies.

truly

leave when swung, and realistic terms of graphics, Soul Calibur

embodies the next generation of games.

Looking at these screens and playing the game for yourself the true testament to just how gorgeous Soul Calibur is. is

POWER STONE

1 1

like if Capcom somehow

created for the

Street Fighter

aging Model 3

Alpha 3 to 3D

managed

arcade system,

ones

one of Power

translate

fighters into 3D.

drop-dead gorgeous. Through a combination of anime-style character

the

designs and detailed textures, Capcom’s

amount

have managed to apply a cartoon-

still

personality to a polygonal world that

unlike anything you’ve seen before.

games

ever created.

NOVEMBER 99

Official

to hold

same in

flawless motion capture as

Soul

Calibur, or

of detail as

its

stages the

Power Stone’s,

will

put any 32bit fighter to shame. The characters themselves are just

shy of retaining almost the detail as their this will

pummeling an opponent, running around senseless, or being knocked off a pillar. The game’s stages are equally stunning, each containing dozens of minute, yet effective details. Power Stone is easily one of the most lavish looking fighting

paring a sprite-

based

While the characters don’t possess

those

Each of the characters convey emotions extremely well, whether they’re

manage

answer

was

the game’s up surprisingly

visuals well.

that VF3tb originally

Stone answers that question, and the

artists

When com-

Considering

wondered what it would look

J * their colorful

VIRTUA FIGHTER 3TB

janmuj!

| 3

same

level of

arcade counterparts but

largely unnoticed by

all

but

the most discerning arcade perfectionist.

The game also holds dozens of subtle details, such as the running streams of Aoi’s

snow stage

or the flying sparks of

it’s

very easy to see

less powerful CPSII

Capcom was in

The

game

over

frame of animation that

the arcade

is in

this version.

fighting stages are also

amazingly detailed with creative use of

shadow and

color for a real sense of

depth. Sure,

may

not look as

impressive as Soul Calibur, but

Maga

out

arcade technology,

able to port the

perfectly. Every

was

the best-looking

Sega® Dreamcast

who comes

ahead in graphics but it’s really comparing apples to oranges. SF Alpha 3 is a beautiful game with some of the most detailed and colorful characters. Though developed on the

each stage, lend a high sense of realism to each locale. in

Soul

Calibur or 3tb,

Jacky’s unfinished skyscraper that, like

the varying terrain

title like

2D game

by far

available on

the Dreamcast. That’s saying something.

Smooth motion captured movements, gorgeous visual effects and a team of the most beautifully detailed characters this side of real

life (in

a fantasy

world, of course), Soul Calibur

has

virtually

no compeition

the graphics department. It's leaps and bounds apart from the last generation of titles and an exciting peek at what lies ahead for Dreamcast and the new

breed of

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM

It’s

Despite the fact that

it’s

games

for

it.

the taking

part that counts

perfect

conversion of

LSi

the CPSII

arcade game, Marvel vs.

Mortal Kombat 4 on

Capcom still seems quite dated. If number of sprites onit

weren’t for the

screen and the instant tag-team feature,

any console would be able

handle

What’s to distinguish Mortal Kombat Gold from

PlayStation or Nintendo 64? Higher resolution graphics and 60 frames

with ease. Unfortunately, the only aspect

per second gameplay.

improved on Dreamcast

Midway used the same

makes the characters

the resolution

look worse than

arcade counterparts. Because the characters weren't meant to be displayed

their

such a high resolution,

their

edges

appear blocky and often look like they’ve been pasted onto backgrounds. If Capcom would have just spend a little bit

this

more time on the conversion,

game

could have looked a

lot better.

character models from the arcade version of M/C4

MKG, and even threw But,

it’s

character are

some animated stiffly

backgrounds nearly devoid of thing screams of a 32bit

elements.

animated, the

detail,

and the whole

game running at a higher little was done to game for Dreamcast’s

resolution. In short,

optimize the vastly it

more powerful hardware, and

shows.

Official

Sega

Dreamcast

Magazine

NOVEMBER 99

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Featured Review

ROUND 3: BEST REPLAY VALUE 1

Winner! Soul Calibur

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SOUL CALIBUR

Power Stone’s unique

amco

known

home-only extras in the console conversions of its fighting games. That said, its port of Soul Calibur ups the ante to an unprecedented level. There are is

well

for including oodles of

gameplay lends itself to

simply so many secrets to find, characters to unlock, alternate costumes, and stages to play on that all but the most dedicated players might

spend better than a week unlocking them

some

equally unique extras.

Foremost of for months. However,

all.

Central to Soul Calibur’s hefty replay value

is its Mission Mode, game within a game, where you earn points for completing dozens of individual missions. With these points, you then unlock in the game’s gallery. Behind certain images lie secrets that range from new character costumes to new stages to battle on to character katas for the exhibition mode. There’s even a intro edit mode that lets you customize the game’s opening. Heck, even the gallery images are extras which include original art, character renders, and even

included a variety of

Capcom have bonus modes and

these are numerous secret items and

weapons

can be added to matches

that

essentially a

features designed to lengthen the

to increase the

literally

game’s replay value even further. At the top of the list stands the World Tour mode. Reminiscent of Soul Calibur’s Mission Mode, the World Tour mode awards you points as you successfully overcome challenges of varying difficulty. You can then use the points to

things you can do to your opponent. For

customize different aspects of your

games

images

anime-style

portraits.

Rounding out the game’s various modes are a team battle mode wherein you can assemble teams of up to eight fighters to compete with, an endurance mode wherein you fight until you energy bar is depleted, a traditional two-player versus mode, and the best training mode ever seen

character’s fighting abilities.

Most

challenges are easy, while others

take every

bit

of the

to get

all,

bored with

[highly unlikely],

Street Fighter 3 packs

plenty of replay

continues, for instance] unlocks three

boss characters, various

VMU

[the points earned in

mini-

which can

also be used to unlock secrets], a

bonus

Alpha 3 also plays host to no less than seven other modes including Dramatic Battle among them. All in

style ray gun,

and more.

successive times

criteria [using

modes are a little on mode and versus

the short side [arcade

mode], however. But it’s the two-player game, that makes Power Stone shine so brightly in the replay category of this

Super

Test.

so intense, unique, and

It’s

engrossing that

punch and should be

all

able to keep most gamers very busy.

for fanatics.

While gameplay

Word Tour mode

the

game

Beating the

under certain

character ending theater, and artwork.

will

of your fighting skills to

you ever happen

of dastardly

B-movie

a super-long ‘poking stick,’

complete. If

number

instance, there’s a

it will be the top pick you get-togethers with friends for to come.

for

weeks

VIRTUA FIGHTER 3TB

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM It

seems

that

Capcom try too

when

ting this

to the

didn’t

hard

conver-

game

Dream-

cast There are

nook and cranny, and thankfully the game is so well

that are there are pretty basic.

crafted that you’ll enjoy every minute of

mode even worth mentioning

fighting system’s every

And the

Turtle

Wax goes to

...

Once you’ve mastered the game’s

and

outs, you’ll

still

play

ins

regularly

who the real Even two years down the

against friends to see

master you’ll In

ailing

an effort to shore up Mortal Kombat Gold’s gameplay, its designers included a number

Sega

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that lets

team

battle, a

mode

variant of

standard one-on-one

versus mode, and a training mode. That’s better than

what Japanese gamers got

upon the game’s release there last year, but Sega of America thankfully saw fit to include them for the

release.

The only is

‘Cross

which allows four players to team up against each other and see who comes out on top; a great addition that Fever’

adds

definite multiplayer value to the

title.

However, Aside from isn't

you assemble teams of up

to five fighters, a Versus

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call

VF3tb offers the now standard team mode (hence the ‘tb’ in the game’s

battle

There are also a couple of hidden characters, but they don’t serve much purpose in prolonging a game that gets stale within the first hour of play.

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is.

still

for a spin with friends.

gameplay modes, including a playalike of VF3tb’s team battle mode wherein you can select teams of multiple characters, a one and two-player endurance mode, two-on-two fighting, a traditional versus mode, and a practice mode - which, ironically, tells you how do perform fatalities, but doesn’t actually let you perform them. of additional

barely any additional modes, and those

much here

this mode, there keep gamers

interested. Unless you’re interested in

the Survival or Training modes, the

somewhat

large cast of characters might

keep most people entertained - but that’s about it.

for a

few

weeks

It’s

enhance

shame

real additions,

against

that

Capcom

didn’t

MVC further since without any it

won’t’ stand a

SF Alpha

3 or Soul

chance

Calibur.

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And though they may not possess the finely-tuned motion capture moves of those found in 3D fighters, the cast of Capcom’s Street Fighter Alpha 3 is far and away the most memorable in this round-up. Which

not surprising, considering the incredible

Capcom’s

lineage of the Street Fighter series, and of

games

general. For

SF Alpha

you can

find

representatives from nearly every Street Fighter

ever created, and, best of

all,

they’re

all

game

incredibly

and likeable. Sure, they’ve been around for seemingly eons, and the fact that they’re still around is a testament to the quality of their design - and it’s a sure bet that they’ll be around for a long time to come, whether in 2D or 3D. Honorable mention goes to Capcom’s other phenomenal fighter, Power Stone. distinct

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to rise with

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While nothing beats VF3tb’s fighting system, Soul amazing

Calibur’s combination of finely tuned gameplay,

technology, and unsurpassed replay value

made

the clear

choice for the number one fighter on Sega’s new machine. It’s one game that every Dreamcast owner should have in their library.

this

a first-generation

Elvis-lution:

Dreamcast game,

Maxi and

can’t wait to see what’s next. -

company take top honors for

Randy Nelson & Paul S. Mason

their

work

Soul Calibur; a

SOUL CALIBUR

The Dreamcast’s best fighting game, not to mention the best looking videogame of all time. Now all the others have to do is play catch-up..

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there ever one.

was

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the world’s most realistic fighting

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game

(well, there are

some

unrealistic

elements), and a great port of an arcade classic that takes ages to master.

The most unique fighting game

new

millennium, and

it’s

years drags the genre kicking and screaming into th

a blast with friends and

enemies

alike.

Dreamcast’s best 2D fighting game may be looking a little like a 32bit left-over, but hands-down the best Street Fighter conversion yet - and has great characters.

A competent for

Street Fighter Alpha 3 to arrive for the ultimate

Early ‘90s

yet certainly uninspired conversion. Players will be better off waiting

gameplay that should have stayed

doubt appeal to someone out there, but

action.

the early ‘90s. Mortal Kombat

deserves not

to.

A poor

will

effort.

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1 NFL2K’s

playcalling screen displays all player routes on an overlay that lets you know exactly just one of the many unprecedented animations you’ll enjoy watching in game. 3 For once, the ball lands exactly in your receiver’s hands 4-6 While the plays look great, the visuals after the play will blow your mind.

where to go. 2 Leg tackles are this

Segp Sports

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not adjust your set, this

kidding

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it’s

e’ve played just about every football

how many

game

you’ll

ever

made and have been

disap-

pointed by more pretty- loo king

than

saw

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skeptical.

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show in LA, And then we

we go any

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problems a

beyond any console Ever.

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all

not perfect

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football

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move.

ever played (and

into the

them all). gameplay

a fantastic leap

(Try this.

guarantee that anyone, even your

you’ve ever played.

impressed the ers running

will

This

time they see play-

first

back to the huddle.)

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many polygons all

that they

so accustomed to

sports games, and they look great without sacrific-

game

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moves).

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and

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time to

off,

because they took

include

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voice samples, which

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means

all

may

played a football

their

different

that the

game

against a friend

you want to stop them

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what

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call ‘ethically challenged’.

like to call their plays quickly

some VMU

in their

playcalling: it’s the only

level playing field.

‘wow’ factor carries over to

every aspect of the game. The play-by-

play

Really, really close

the

Also,

amaze everyone.

game. Visual Concepts decided against of so

don’t have that boxy look we’re

100

little

this

Guaranteed.

ing framerate (this

at least

replays will

For starters, the graphics are amazing.

models are made up

tackle

between-play cut scenes and instant

this

spandex-wearing Aunt Edna,

you

tell

of us, we’ve played

NFL 2K takes

great

all.

times you play the game,

be amazed

first

played the game.

further,

the best overall football

Although

titles

when we NFL 2K at we were more than a count. So

the jaw-dropping graphics

year’s E3

a videogame. No, really, we’re not

just close, that’s

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70 hours playing NFL 2K, agree with Dan 100%. 2K plays as well as but after

GameDay or Madden and looks way better. Too bad some bugs crept into the ,

release (try calling a timeout if you’re player 2), because after playing this there’s no going back to football on any other system. Still, even with a couple of bugs this is the best videogame football ever. final

And

year’s

express

who

how

beneficial this

displays

that covers the

field.

yards for the

first

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its

NFL 2K s in

play-

a tiny

little

patterns on an overlay

This way,

you need

down, you can be sure your deep enough. For expert players, VMU playcalling, which works

that

you have no control

simply don’t

about

this,

exist.

NFL 2K breaks down

a few

any

Football purists won’t care

but Blitz junkies

The lack of a

about your opponent cheating. Unfortunately,

of your players after the play,

so late hits and tension-releasing after-whistle tackles

includes

football title

will

tight running

down

much

be bummed.

game

enough

to drop

to an eight, but considering the

most important being the

amount

of revolutionary additions to the

videogame

running game. Even though an innovative control

football

genre on display here, NFL

deserves a

it’s

going to be

gameplay

lets

areas, the

you charge up moves, nothing

did

could generate a decent running game. Football purists will pull

Chris Charia

Everyone, even your Spandexwearing Aunt Edna, will be impressed

you know your plays and you’re worried

scheme

—

to get five

great

1-2 The weakest point of NFL 2K is the running game. Even though you have an array of moves at your disposal, wide open holes in the fray like this are a rarity. 3 In-game stats let you know which players are hot. 4 Even in traffic, the ball hits Its mark.

NFL 2K | !

Rather than showing plays

game

to people

game

play often.

Another great feature calling.

box, this

can’t wait for next

nine.

You should play this game now

copied for years to come.

- Dan

out their hair over this issue. Another problem

(+)

+ Mind-blowing graphics + Innovative

(-)

- Minimal running game - No

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Right now, NFL

playcalling screen

control after the play

2K is the game

just the start of a

monumental

+ Clever

control

- Game speed a

Egger

method and passing screen

little

slow

that no sports fan can live without. Here’s hoping that this

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franchise.

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you knock opponents off their boards and grab extra points. 4 Choose your destiny. 5 In the future, we’ll all be able to sky-

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gamers.

skilled

our hands and a

the system, and

how

to play

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titles

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and how

that

come

seem impossible, and really shake your your gaming prowess. Acclaim’s debut on

along that just faith

Dreamcast,

TrickStyle, is exactly that

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in TrickStyle

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supreme with multi-colored boarding

you must then beat a record

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goodbye. So,

how do you

like child’s play.

that’s

TrickStyle,

opened wide. superhuman racers, you must

structure,

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skim, jump, spin, and perform tricks past a series of

checkpoints to even dream of reaching

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order to pass the competition. Each track

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set of tracks

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then the time comes to play the is

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place? You must compete against the tutorial charac-

a challenge, you learn a

when Pandora’s box

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ter in a series of challenges that

afterburn and massive, detailed environments. But

game and

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quickly.

you do manage to complete a set of cours-

boards to race on. Without acquiring a

as take a turn at 40° rather than 50°. The

frustration factor

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since

first

seems more

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boards along with remarkable beauty. Packing five tracks apiece),

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gamers should

to say, merely

as a

an abu-

more masochistic or would

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apply. All others

be advised to tread very carefully with a rental card.

+ Smooth two-player mode + Loads

or grace period for novices

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1 Ready 2 Rumble’s colorful characters and novice-friendly gameplay is an easy hook all types of gamers. 2 Everytime you’re knocked out, you’ll need to tap your trigger buttons furiously in order to regain stamina. 2 Ring leader and shotcaller, Michael Buffer lends his talent. 4-5 Quick and beautiful, Selene Strike lives up to her name.

for

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Midway’s much-hyped boxer succeeds

breaking the

barrier of boring, but can’t quite go beyond virtual skin deep hen games simplistic

Punch

systems of

back on

boxing

old,

as a sport that could be taken from

an arcade

reality, albeit in

32bit incarnations, the fun

Out, with

style.

its

and exaggerated

controls

emerged

style,

was

the

finally

8bit

Familiarising*

seen

reality into virtual

Years

seemed

later, in their

to vanish, as the

genre moved towards simulation and away from the instant

appeal

knock-about Midway's remarkable-

classics.

Enter

looking

Ready 2

With

those

Rumble...

catchy

its

over-the-top

outrageous sense of humor

characters,

and stunning

visuals,

captured

immediately

Ready 2 Rumble the

attention

Dreamcast hopefuls (and press) when it debuted at this past E3 show and at gamestore system kiosks across the nation. With a string

comic boxers

to play as,

incredibly

streamlined high-resolution graphics, and pick-

up-and-play gameplay, eager gamers made beeline to try

these

it.

And

the

impressions;

initial

fluid

on much of

rounds. But, after

does

new

Official

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all

its

animations,

responsive to put

promise during a few quick

the flash and dazzle dies down,

have what

takes to establish

high benchmark for the genre?

Dreamcast Magaz

you perused the

DCM

#1, you’ll

notice the startling similarity

between rough-and-tumble kickboxer Rocket Samchay and R2R lead artist/lead

game

designer,

Emmanuel

Valdez.

Charles Barkley to shame. Ready 2 Rumble certainly delivers

Special Report

experience confirmed

and enough in-game trash-talking

controls,

Ready 2 Rumble's boxers share more than a passing resemblance to their clever creators at Midway.

itself

as a

Arcade Mode, you’re able

ring in order to fight

your

to take a boxer to the

way through

ten rounds.

The boxing system in place is simplistic and easy to manage, with a button allocated for dodging/blocking

punches depending on your distance from your opponent and how you handle the analog stick. You also have a string of basic

punches that vary

power

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If you and your opponent are both in Rumble Mode, it’s a smart idea to outstep them until its over. 2 Lulu’s... ahem... ‘attributes’ would put Tecmo’s buxom Dead or

Alive fighters to shame. Who knew ‘next generation' meant ‘chest generation’? 3 Using a quick fighter is usually tempered by countering with strength from a

bigger character

in fighting

games. Not so with

R2R

Second Opinion

eady 2 Rumble more than delivers

graphics and character

when

design, but

to gameplay,

whole

lot

it’s

come

not a

Involved

than the genre’s earliest

days on 8bit. What could

have been a deep

lost

with loads of

options. 5 Definitely a fan favorite, Afro

shallow one.

Thunder’s smack talking, hot footed charisma is one of the reasons R2R possesses so much initial appeal.

effort,

stamina and find your legs to go another bout.

But easy to manage controls do not a in

cases, and Ready

all

trap.

2 Rumble

when

quasi-unblockable attack (press

and speed.

you

land a particularly powerful

punch,

receive

you’ll

letter

‘RUMBLE.’

manage the

you

get

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the

and

it’s

down

for the count.

frantically

tap the trigger

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his or her

pay for the

strength

and

speed,

you’ll

find

game

placed well,

gets...

the

fights,

formulaic,

far

too

early

R2R's short lifespan.

Though

that

player mode,

it’s

wade

never dares to

gameplay

and more fun in twounfortunate that Ready 2 Rumble

visually inspired

pool.

It’s

into the

deeper end of the

a pity that this won’t be the

to set the standards for years to

come

makings

game

anything but

graphics and character design, because

has the

of a real contender.

Francesca Reyes

Ready 2 Rumble certainly delivers during a few quick rounds of play. But after all the flash and dazzle dies down, does it have what it takes?

buttons to regain a portion of your

(

to beef

which mainly consist of "Simon Says’’-type exercises. Championship Mode definitely has promise, but it still falters under the weight of an overly simplistic control system. With the beef of the

which is a crying shame. Championship Mode attempts to add a bit more title, but it still comes up a little short because of the inherent limitations of the boxing system. In this mode, you’re able to train your

you facedown on the mat, you

must

modes

Only then can you fight your way through the

rankings. You can fight to earn different lessons,

formula

replay value to the

your attacks even devastating.

RUMBLE mode

either depth or complexity,

the

make

other boxer’s stamina they’re

and B simultaneously), you won’t find it too shame your opponent on a consistent

but it could have been so much better. -Randy Nelson

a variety of

A good

once you get the hang of it. This is especially true if you use one of the more quick-footed boxers, like Lulu Valentine or Selene Strike. While each boxer quickness usually wins the day. This lack of balance manages to take the shine off R2R s promise of

all

letters

press

boxer stats.

out to be an extremely

difficult to

varies

‘RUMBLE,’ you can then

trigger buttons to

game make prey to this

basis

word

the

falls

With only a few basic combos and an insane,

game

moves and combos Instead turned

4 Parappa fans will no doubt appreciate the wacky button-pressing shenanigans found in Championship Mode’s training

Great looking models add

- Quasi-unblockable super

SUMMARY

humor to a

serious sport

+ Two-player gives you a chance

attacks knock gameplay out of balance - Depth?

Eye-catching, easy to play, and brilliant

takes

its

gameplay

in its

pummel

or promising concept to the next level

Official

loved ones

don’t need no stinkin’ depth!

character models, Ready 2 Rumble sadly never

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Dogs'

aquaphobia, Eliot takes the plunge.

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the middle of the ocean

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Eliot,

explore the countless tunnels and labs of the research facility that

has

made

its

subsequently discover

manner

of hideously

stumble across

home on

the island.

efforts to root out the

What you

is an outpost overrun with all deformed creatures. You also

a handful of survivors

cause of the

who join

your

disaster.

the game, you are able to switch characters

between

Eliot

and the super-grouchy weapons

expert ‘Dogs.’ Each character has his

techniques and

styles,

own

key’

conundrums

there are also to follow

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the

to save or side quests

martial

T-shirts

arts

Eliot’s

with Janine, the control tower

flirtation

may

not appeal

you’re after a

Unfortunately, however, Blue Stinger never quite

matches up of Resident

to the Evil.

improved from

atmosphere, gameplay, or polish

The camera system [though greatly Japanese counterpart) still has

its

some severe problems depth to

keep

tight spaces.

The lack of

attacks and truly intelligent puzzles conspire

from ever

really involving

good adventure game should. But

it’s

you the way a the absence of

characters that keeps Blue Stinger from

being truly memorable. You never do quite get around to really caring

Janine, and

spite of

its

about the

ifs

whys behind

Dogs. They simply feel

finishing the

game. Which

flaws,

you coming back

Eliot,

tools for

shame, because

somehow Blue

Stinger does keep

for more.

Adventure fans should find enough here to warrant a purchase, but the rest of you

save your dough for the

arrival of

Code

will

want

Veronica.

-Francesca Reyes

(+)

(-)

- Camera system

SUMMARY

5 Collect coins from corpses a la Mario 64. Weird. 6 What the hell going on here? Er...

Sega® Dreamcast 1

lengthy and fairly involved for adventure fans + Plenty of quirky sub-quests still

hits

Dramamine lows - Dialogue and lipsynching

Activision’s debut on

Dreamcast pays adequate homage

adventure genre, but never establishes

Official

a sound?

more serious adventure, there is some charm to the anime-influenced plot and hammy conversations.

the mood.

Quest

make

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‘find

more complex memory games;

human hostages

you’re

attack

as well as unique weapons.

Puzzles are plentiful, ranging from simple

various

operator. While this

involving

Blue Stinger offers a number of interesting features that are sure to please adventure lovers. At any

time

Blue Stinger also has a unique quirk factor that exposes the goofier side of survival horror, from

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likely

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it’s

don’t

have to explain much of the concept behind Blitz.

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routine: hardcore

football with crisp graphics, great sound,

and [heaven

help us for using this word] ‘extreme’ gameplay.

been proven successful

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for

both

diehard sports gamers and the casual player

alike.

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its

lack of finesse, Blitz offering

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and an equal soundtrack, Blitz

might have given us something worth get-

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better tackles,

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some fun gameplay and

four-player mode, but

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concept of ‘added

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extras that, say,

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to learn the

2000 offers Dreamcast owners is the chance to punch in some codes and a nominal play editor. And while most hardcore Blitz fans may not care in the end, if you compare that to the hundreds of little

great competition for you

Had the developers exerted more port, they

Namco HQ Blitz

friends

sadly offers almost nothing new, and that’s

make an

arcade port should be forced to spend a week

several years old,

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•

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PLAYERS 1-2

Midway’s push

art of

release of

home

its

for

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conversion of Hydro Thunder.

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make pher

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With a controller hand,

loses points

depths

com-

grinds to a

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fun, the polish to the

aspect of the

game

itself.

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laps),

and toward the end, you

screens, and other

the opponent Al in

their very best to

extremely

all

keep you from passing, and

some rough

it’s

feels

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you don’t mind

racing never played so well.

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about

literally

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flying.

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game

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control over flaps, landing gear, airbrakes,

and rudders; they

of the beautiful aircrafts in the

and include detailed landing

also

lights

and readouts.

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perfectly

the collection

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landing and

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and

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handles

8bit,

the videogame vet's

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first

Gun game

title,

Airforce

on current console technology

der the most exquisite combat aircraft yet seen

game.

prey

It's

to ren-

shame

that

the gameplay involving

them has remained unchanged.

feel of

brought

of environ-

conditions.

the Replay Mode, with

camera angles. AeroWings

challenge

lies.

Trial,

Practice,

and Two-Player

it’s

apparent, especially

have problems.

The

its

a sure

harder

levels.

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You’ll find yourself

spinning into uncon-

360s

for

no reason whatsoever

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constrictive nature of the tracks also

fans, these flaws

can be overlooked

(

—

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driving across a

for

intelligent

Expert Mode, that the controls

racers used to sniffing out shortcuts. But for true

rience quickly

to lose

the race

mercenary in

game

favor of the experi-

fans of 4x4 racing.

But once airborne,

obvious, and the expe-

a ‘by-the-book’

know-how and

shooter

strategic thinking

more pesky than

another sign of the game’s lack of innovation.

little

justice to the amazing-looking fighters with their

simple buildings and low-detail textures.

its

credit,

the

game

offers a great selection of

do little to aid the gameplay. If your combat is insatiable, Airforce Delta, while

planes, but they

appetite for jet it

won’t offer anything new,

(+) (

—

)

still

warrants a look.

Beautifully detailed aircraft.

Tired gameplay and by-the-book objectives. I

NOVEMBER 99

pilot

war-

to aid a

help are the game’s nondescript environments, which

mountain of mud.

Questionable controls and limited courses.

becomes

becomes more

than one where piloting

are called into play. Your adversaries are

hems

sions.

the absence of ingenuity real

order to really see the

because

trollable

(+) Perfect choice

incredible flight simulation on a console.

frustrate, then bore, over the long term.

where the

With only a handful of original courses,

you must clear each class

impressive weather effects available

physical counterparts even

Championship Mode. There are also Time

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ore than a decade since Konami's Top

of the

anywhere’

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formation.

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May

addicting,

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presents numerous mis-

ence only found

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lovers,

With eight different

doubt fade.

—

game

deserves a long

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(—

about bass, and nothing else beyond

ring military, the

favorite for flight fans, but over time, the glory will

(

all

fun... but not exactly deep.

4x4 racing.

diffi-

a problem, with the eight or so

3D underwater scenes

and extremely

racers to choose from,

stages that exist differing only slightly

hyper-realistic

award ceremonies

(but very gratifying)

each tourney.

beautiful

you can compete

and landing. But the lack

high point graphically

‘big

formation-flying level. In

The control makes AeroWings playable and fun even

down

many

top. Original

with tough competition

Sky Mission Attack

for hardcore flying buffs. Every plane differently,

it's at,

touchy controls

‘go

Mode, you are timed as

levels, cruising solo

all

and the lack

with the

limit. In

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Hardcore Heat provides fans with enough options and

trainer aircraft through

rolls,

really

Dreamcast should fit of any 4x4 racing fan’s

modes, but

silly

end

where

enthusiasts and niche

offering on

through rings for points. You earn

new

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isn’t

order to clear the weight

get the chance to do your thing

Unlocking lures and watching the whole thing take

without

more than a

the plain wrapper, Hydro Thunder cannot be beat

Mode

realistic.

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little

ones’ as you can

heated tug-

of-war matches to overtake the top three placeholders. They’ll

package of

you’ll

a long series of actual tournaments. Net as

excess of 20

find yourself in

away from the core game, the end product

solid

Mode,

Original

some-

catch enough bass

to overtake you.

new version. overall game

you

pits

against the clock to

but thankfully not long enough for too

halt,

many competitors

but

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three different modes.

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spots,

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all

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handles driving

you to

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large bass from

Hydro Thunder. And while none of these elements takes

it’s

reel in frighteningly

although

or scraping concrete

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it’s

true.

over grass and gravel,

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straight port to cash-in.

beat-’em-ups,

it’s

extremely responsive,

way

deci-

thing positive and negative to be said for this

games and

for the overly unrealistic

New York

fans with enough over-the-top turbo-

sheen from the otherwise

of action

gamers. But fascinatingly enough,

shortcuts that

charged arcade action to keep you playing to the end.

full

would captivate an audience of supposedly ‘hardcore’

an extremely exhilarating sense of speed and

offers

hard to imagine that something as simple as fishing

find in order to

difficult to

vital

win. But overall, Hydro Thunder takes leaps past the

lot

n a world I

game

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car.

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sensation of being behind the wheel of an actual FI

game

Dark courses

Sega Bass Fishing

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immersion. Control-

areas.

an extremely authentic

wise, Flag to Flag

you must

sorely lacking. Options,

• ORIGIN

ESRB

short in a few

falls

Venice or

away a

•

grueling water courses. Visually, the

is left

1-2

on a slew of incredibly

only

While the gameplay

SEGA

DEVELOPER PLAYERS

•

lag to Flag excels in delivering

the

instead places you at the wheel of a futuristic hoverboat

petition, providing

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at launch

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•

Dreamcast

San Francisco Rush, Hydro Thunder

Part Wipeout, part

Flag to Flag

Hydro Thunder

out of

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ACTION

•

Pen Pen Trilcelon

SEGA

DEVELOPER PLAYERS 1-2

traight from the arcade,

•

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•

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waddle, and swim their

bizarre,

way to is

victory

the gameplay

home

collect,

hidden

at the

ground without a wind.

it’s still

you unlock

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with tougher

level

tational pull

game

Dreamcast's lineup.

two

for

own dough

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reflections

stuff.

it’s

on the car

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onaco Grand Prix never really manages to produce the sense of immersion that's essento a good racing sim. Attention is squandered

on details

multi-point car tuning, while

readily perceptible

ones, such as envi-

ronmental realism, Al,

line,

and car handling to have

seem

but to outdistance

received too

many

little.

other it

carries

no license beyond the

ese highway. There are even cool bits like flashing your headlights at

Monaco name, meaning

opponents to challenge in addition to a full-blown Quest Mode as well as a Two-Player Battle Mode. You might say that Tokyo Xtreme Racer is one incredibly fun and incredibly unique racer in its own right. On the other hand, rather touchy controls (brak-

approximations of real locations and there are no

bump-

the other car and get points for sort of

ing into them.

lark,

Unlike

got another two laps to go. The fun

spired track design

sadly more forgettable than we'd

racing sims,

more great stuff. The tracks, for examlong, and it seems to take forever to drive

of the

variation,

navigating the twists

sarcasm-meter... -Ed.). But there’s no need to duck just yet,

little

and turns of a Japan-

ends). There’s even a Two-Player Battle

thanks

While all-out action fans

your opponents while

too,

around them. Just when you think you’re done, you

‘fight’

that

Expendable for a

across the finish

gameplay with

and a Quest Mode,

so that’s a nine. Wow.

you

game

to admit.

of the

there are

way

the

straight into a Continue or

to this repetitive

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a license from Import Car Tuner Magazine

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eight.

—

even with a ton of mission objectives, and you have a

save

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and some

but dark

determine where you are on

the graphics get

short-cuts on the tracks

there’s

sister

most drop-dead gorgeous graphics on Dreamcast, Tokyo Xtreme Racer is a hard game to really call. On one hand, it offers an unique racing experience, one in which your goal isn’t to race

wacky

packed with

and wait

at least,

the premise or the

at youngsters.

meter’ rating system,

(or,

it’s

difficult to

gameplay by leading you

Add

this inexplicable gravi-

your kid brother or

when

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models! Speed Devils

never ends

the eye would be

Tokyo Xtreme Racer

sure

realize that you’ve

deal, right? Well,

for this one.

)

cartoon-style characters to race, power-ups for your car,

are really

sometimes make

the screen (don't even think about Two-Player Mode). Big

on the

high-res graphics are mesmerizing.

(— Slow gameplay aimed

hirteen tracks, 13 cars, hulking dinosaurs, floating

and

their

(+) Gorgeous

players.

alien spaceships, giant condors, King Kong,

multiple two-player modes,

toward

graphics. But ultimately,

quick fun, don’t expect Dynamite

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ple,

poke

textures

landscapes, blinding pyrotechnics, and tiny characters

sensation of

of dust stirring

Even then, though, Pen Pen has

you’re really only playing

shallow as the kiddie pool with repetitive missions.

And

as propellers, or walk. While

bits provide a

speed

preferable. In addition, there are only four actual courses

Speed Devils

moves

plays exactly like

its

Imagine having to take corners as a tubby crea-

ture that

game

PC counterpart With clean, high-resolution and environments, the game is nice to look at

around

speed, the parts that force you to walk are complete torture.

some

fantastic explosions, the

to race, with variations being the only difference.

be the most engaging

)

fins

swimming

slide

levels,

gameplay, and

fast

Dynamite Cop never quite reaches the

+) Action-packed 3D arcade mayhem

(— As

which you must swim,

a long

of the Contra

With over 20

Pen Pen

a console game. Even

levels, you'll find that

enemies. While to

on your belly using your the slidey and

short rounds for

constant button mashing. But

through different sections of the same

(

segments

different

conversion, even with a load of secrets and

goodies to

Each race consists

true

Contra knock-

sequels, oddly enough).

can’t quite keep up.

vacuum cleaners to giant slabs of fish. In theory, the game is an action-game fan’s dream come true - but in practice, Dynamite Cop ends up feeling shallow, repetitive, and short. As an arcade game,

depth expected

many

visuals. Unfortunately,

you

see for

(which include

offs

some

predecessor, Die Hard

mies, from

as a

off

bringing

another dis-

appointment

impressive high-res

like its

was

we were eager to game would be a

line of

Arcade

this Contra-type

to action gorefests of yore or just

Dreamcast’s

showing

gameplay

Expendable Stateside,

homage

in actually

of three different char-

(Saturn),

hen Infogrames announced that

ourselves

Pen Pen

graphical muscle by

Much

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through a set of

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screen to destroy ene-

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succeeds

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this sort of

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ferent missions as any

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every quarter you plunk

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but strangely hypnotic, Pen Pen

fight

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you expect

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saccharine-coated wonderlands

straightforward

the strictest sense of the word, Dynamite

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games - and

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everything that’s bad about them.

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ing

useless,

it's

better to simply

and the fact that there’s to race (different

let off

really only

real drivers to

one true track

one

track.

downer

game

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falls

for purists. Thse it

shortest from the

respect to actual realism. Despite thorough

tuning options, control

courses are mere variations of

Retro Mode, but not for long, as

only allows you to race classic-era FI cars around

mark

the gas),

be found

may enjoy

purists

that the courses are

from

far

realistic,

presen-

convincing, the sense of

tation

glossier than

the one track), Tokyo Xtreme Racer's unique slant

speed

subdued, and opponent Al may as well be

on the genre

non-existent. Consequently,

will

only appeal to those

enamored with the sport

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for

of street racing.

little

enthusiasts and looks amazing.

Only one real track to race with touchy controls.

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will

hold

fans.

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mission!

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character of your choice.

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new

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5th, 1999.

This issue, sub-aquatic fish-thing Seaman squares up against the

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Last issue, we asked you who would win in a fight between Yuji Naka and his most creation, Sonic the Hedgehog. This answer from Corey Ressler seemed reasonable enough: think Sonic would definitely win by letting Naka get close enough and then charging up and taking his legs off. It’s just like Darth and Luke and Frankenstein and the doctor what they create always gets back at the creator “What have done? created a monster! Aaaaargh!" Oh, and plus, it's like, ‘duh,’ of course Sonic would win: III mutated hedgehog vs. ‘normal guy.' A

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