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would, wouldn’t you? Travel halfway around the globe to play a state-of-the-art videogame, that When Capcom
called to say that
Code Veronica would be released not
in
February but
in
is.
March, you could've heard a pin drop
much for our promised cover story. So when Tecmo called five minutes later to say that they’d happily fly us out to Tokyo to play Dead or Alive 2 for Dreamcast, you’d have been lucky to hear a truck full of pins (plus the truck) dropping off a cliff, the cheer was so loud. Hence the girls. Stunning, aren’t they? You should see the game. Our hands-on in
the office. So
Special Report begins on page 46. So, no zombie appeal on the cover. Code Veronica returns from the grave to grace the pages of Coming Soon, instead. Starting on page 54, we give you a play-by-play account of the first 30 minutes of Capcom’s screamer. It will scare the living (room) s#@! out of you. And here’s another living room nightmare: Christmas is on the way. If you want to survive that most harrowing of holidays, we strongly recommend that you take heed of our Christmas feature, which you assembled on page 34.
will find
unwrapped and
fully
Which leaves that damn Millennium. you haven’t planned your New Year’s Eve by now, then it’s probably too late. The biggest party, rest assured, will be at Sega America HQ here in sunny (on Tuesdays) San Francisco. A lot of very smart people with very big smiles on their faces, If
celebrating the fact that Year
2000
will
begin with Dreamcast consoles sitting snugly under the TVs of
some 1
million-plus
US
households. So if you’re at a loss, you can always crash it. Tell the guy at the door with the list that we sent you. And we’re doing rather well ourselves. Thanks to you, this magazine is flying off shelves across the country. So a happy and
merry everything to you
all,
and be sure to stick with us. Like Kasumi here, we’ve got
it
— mm
(ahem) ‘covered’.
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Console Yourself! Avoid disaster with our essential holiday buyers' guide!
We separate the gifts you want from the duds you in
don't
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Dreamcast News
From Tokyo with Love We jet off to the the
full
Land
of the Rising
Sun
to bring
report from the country's biggest
event: Tokyo
Holiday Buyer's Guide
Game Show Fall
'99!
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of
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troubled heart and sore thumbs.
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One
or
two players can take
their
it
wisely. Activating
it
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superbikes for a spin through the docks in Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racings seaside course.
make your way through the grimy streets and back alleys of Woodside City that comprise the bulk of the game's first level. Tip: If you want to inflict the most damage on a zombie when
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extremely speedy
still
nitro
but be sure to use
some zombie
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collection.
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back,
can
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and looking better than
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why
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than-lightning Air Force officer Guile.
Each edition of our GD-ROM contains exclusive demo versions of upcoming Sega Dreamcast games that you can actually play on your system — this isn't a disc for your home computer, or for listening CD player (do that and you might blow your speakers). This month’s disc includes playable demos of Zombie to on a
exclusive video
is finally
players can go head-to-head
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latest installment
series
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using a gun,
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If
the lock-on
fire until
you shoot before
that, you'll just
slow
them down a bit. You'll find all sorts of items and weapon powerups along the way that'll help you out as well, but use them wisely. You can find a full preview of Zombie Revenge on page 74.
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off-road action? This issue's fit
the
bill
demo
nicely.
of
TNN
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the sandy and very
bumpy
beach-front course from the
full
version.
You can race your dune buggy from three perspectives (two external,
one
internal)
and select from either automatic or manual
transmission types depending on your driving Tip: Drive straight
dunes.
If
likely to
valuable time to your opponents
paved road, go
The sunny USA course
demo
all
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you
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to work properly? Contact our
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when heading onto the course's many sand
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and get a good idea of the
also handy for getting yourself out
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in
disc. In the movie, you'll see the game's weapon-laden roadsters
alive,
ability
in
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your way, so
use your robot’s jump jets, rockets, and heavy
order to
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The Incredible Hulk
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A
LETTER OF THE MONTH
lthough underpaid, overworked, and bordering on
DCM team prides itself on knowing more about Sega Dreamcast than is Should you have the misfortune to run into them on the street, do not approach them. They are highly trained and may try to sell you a subscription... the psychotic, the
strictly healthy.
Christmas Past 1 so well. It was a cold Christmas day back in 1988. % ^ ’% had just finished going through $ my stocking stuffers and was li | ready to unwrap my other gifts. As ** j opened what considered to be % my only important gift that morning Fans have seen more than a my only hope was that it was what few incarnations of their had asked for. ripped apart the I
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with Imagine’s ground-
life)
(in
an unbelievable final fight (Darkfalz you bastard!), and an incredible story to tie it all together. still have the game in my possession today and it I
is
the only
game
that
I
will
never get
can only hope that Sega will make a Phantasy Star for the favorite ps characters through Dreamcast but as for now the wrapping to find exactly what had the years, including Myau. system and games look incredible asked for and, although didn’t and will be waiting for Project Ares. Keep up the realize it at the time, what would turn out to be the excellent work and let's go Sega! greatest game that would ever play... Phantasy Gamefanl28@aol.com Star. was so excited that ran over to my Master System and didn’t get up for two days (It took me Some of us here remember that day just as well, that long to find the dungeon key in the original give or take a few details (like being at your house maze! Ha-ha...). I'm sure that the ecstatic smile on Christmas day, and all...) and your letter really that wrapped around my face while playing made rid of.
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Inflatable Frisnds
Well,
Gunstar Heroes
besides the fact that your
magazine kicks total ass, was wondering where you got that blowup furniture on the first page of Issue 01? If you could supply me the information on how could get I
that
same
chair,
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Players,
PSM,
and /Vext Generation magazines and (in a former life) coffee shop slave.
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GAME
II
in
the mail!
whenever you have it in your controller and you turn on your system. The only thing you cannot do
when the
battery dies
play stand-alone
is
games, like Chao Adventure. But the have on the VMU will not be erased.
VMU
mini-
you
files that
They'll
stay put
you replace the battery.
Garrett Lubertine
stagar98@borg.com props for a photo shoot, we picked up a pair of those inflatable chairs from a & Beyond store here in San Francisco.
On a whim
Star writer for Imagine’s Ultra
practically
would be greatly appreciated.
it
Reviews Editor
BACKGROUND
who
Phantasy Star IV for Christmas several as well. For the memories, you win from
loudly
until
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FRANCESCA REYES
for
later,
Sega
4
EB sales guy.
years
Letter of the Month. Expect a box of cool loot
close. Four characters
(you gotta love Myau), three worlds,
Previously seen working
a former
than doing anything else. Nothing
else at that time even
BACKGROUND
to find
Lara on DC? Will
silly
a Tomb Raider
$30 a piece. Though we can’t actual name of the company that
They ran us around
so
remember the makes them, you can probably
footsteps.
find
them
department store like Target or WalMart furniture" department.
at in
I’m
VMU
When was I
DC,
Will Willson
wwillson@lcc.net
the "disco
Never Dies reading the instructions for the
128-bit glory,
VMU
So my question is: Will the VMU save files even when the battery is dead or do need to buy two VMUs so when need to change the battery
is
for the
any
in
Will.
wanting to see Miss Croft in full But as much as we’d love to join
Lara on yet another lever-pulling, key carrying, tiger-
it was stated that the unit’s battery life is about 100 - 140 hours. In Sonic Adventure you use the VMU to train your Chao and that could easily take up quite a
bit of
2
hoping Lara follows Hawk's
You aren't alone
The
game be
released for Dreamcast? Eidos releasing Fighting Force
8ed, Bath
killing
expedition into the jungle,
Eidos
still
Sony
for
hope
that there’s a glimmer of
life.
it
might be awhile.
has an exclusivity agreement in place with PlayStation, but it ends soon. This means for Lara to land
on DC.
I
I
we eempatibli?
copy files to the other one? If you could answer this one question would be very
Are
appreciative.
compatible with Japanese
batteries
I
just
I
Thanx, Joshua Boensch
Good
question, Joshua. The
pretty cool
in
that
it
VMU
What’s the word on the
mahjong players want
Mike MiKey0123@aol.com
is
allows you to
save and upload files to Dreamcast games, even when the battery is completely dead. You can tell that the battery is dying if the VMU beeps
Future compatibility between
Official
Sega# Dreamcast Magazine 01/00
US and Japanese we
Dreamcasts seems
highly unlikely. But, while
cannot recommend
it,
there probably are
ways
of either modifying your system or using peripherals
in
order to get
games. But you
8
US Dreamcast being games? All us die-hard
to know.
it
to play import
didn’t hear that
from us,
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think Turb stands for "Tiny Urban Roller Bladers." That means the King is just the best in-line skater...
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Gaming
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like hell), which the Doc says will be about 12 weeks healing. So now I’m going to miss at least a month of snowboarding season, my bike is wrecked
bone, hurts
a Turb?
is
think Turb stands for "Tiny
I
Urban
Roller Bladers." That explains the
the king Turb,
why he
is
is
repair, and b*!@ch sometimes.
just the best in-line skater, that
Do you
king.
beyond
means
rollerblading thing. That
So as
is
Snowboarding on
think I’m right?
Brian
GageJPl@aol.com
Couch Boarding Hello there really looking
LOVE in
to
Sega
in
land.
like this.
it’s
was
forward to the winter months because
summer months
are
I
me living my motorcycle and was riding my Us to reserve my
is
way
Dreamcast,
enough) when a Suburban
ironically
lane.
compact car
to Toys R’
With a curb on
to
my
said Suburban.
I
left
I
broke
was
my
my
left
right
pulls
out
and some small
with no option but to
right
femur
DC!
my N64,
Life’s
a
a question occurred to me:
1080 killer coming out for DC? You see, 1080 to be the greatest looking, best playing
the
consider
someone
(that’s
hit
the big
some
soon.
a ways
planning
you have any
dirt
on
any system.
I’m sure
THE snowboard sim
for DC,
so do
Props to getting the
transfer, ie,
that
fear, Prescott, help is
US name is pretty lame, but it's a whole some of the working titles that Sega’s
better than
definitely
for
want
it
to
before release. Or not... But you’ll check out our review of the game
on page 106. Good luck mastering the
DCM
first
and
this topic
in
I
was wondering
if
you guys could answer
some
questions.
there be a World Series baseball
game coming
out for Dreamcast? Prescott Oelke won’t have to leave his living room to hit the slopes, thanks to
Sega’s own Rippin’ Riders.
Since the Dreamcast has Windows CE,
wondering
if
there
was
a possibility that
it
Is
is:
will
Cable or Tl. So the long and the short of Sega planning to come out with a peripheral accommodate users with high bandwidth we more or less SOL and expected to
ISP’s or are shell out
an extra $20 a mo.
heard rumors about a second Sonic
I
in
Japan
couldn’t wait for
my
was
Todd Curth
rcurth@home.com
news
is
that
if
you want to
go online with your Dreamcast anytime soon, you’ll have to sign up with a ‘traditional’ ISP such as AT&T WorldNet. Sega does have plans for a cable modem and/or DSL adapter for high-speed Internet access on Dreamcast, but don’t expect it to be available until the end of next year at least.
for
Mecha Sonic
game
Dreamcast. Is it true? Saturn and can’t wait for
for
a slower ISP?
for
Command
and Conquer: Tiberian Sun could be made Dreamcast? developed
I
DC
the position of already
having an ISP that doesn’t use phone lines for data
virtual slopes.
Can't Hardly Wait Hi,
Imagine gaming
of course about Sega’s
Well, Todd, the unfortunate
Will
issue together and
its sister
is
am, but are stuck
I
we know
dreamed up
anytime
modem. The problem lies in the fact that there are many gamers out there that are as excited about DC as
the
it
off.
Life
neglected by
on the way in the form of Sega and UEP Systems’ ode to the slopes, Rippin’ Riders, or Cool Boarders Burrm in Japan. Yes, lot
to Sonic
time. But don’t expect
looking good. But now it's time to get down to business and cover an important topic much
magazines;
it?
Prescott Oelke Fort Collins, CO 80526
Ouch. Never
It’s still
Modem
I
title ever, for
is
though unconfirmed by Sega, one branch of the Sonic
Team has been working on a sequel /Adventure for
1080
I
motorcycle (on the
my
I
my
even get
snowboard. The only things that keep
the spring and
video games. Well about three days back
into
When
snowboard You see,
didn’t
here, leg propped up, playing
sit
I
I
While playing both the JP and
being
I
my
Dreamcast! hope you print this because I’m a big fan of Sega and can’t wait for your next issue! I
US
.Adventure, during E-102’s adventure
versions of Sonic I
saw Mecha and
Metal Sonics (when E-102 awakens at the start of his adventure). Fully poseable!
Why
are they there? Could
they be secret characters?
Marisa
I
Nick Narum Sonic9999@netzero.net
V. Cotilletta
mvcotil@banet.net
Hate to disappoint
Hey Nick, yes, indeed, there is a World Series game headed for Dreamcast sometime next year. While the details are sketchy, it should be called World Series Baseball 2001. Bad news, Nick. The C&C franchise is developed by Westwood Studios, which right?
in
turn
is
owned by
- and we all know the story with EA, They haven’t signed on to do any Dreamcast yet. Our sources have whispered that,
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titles
as of
you, Marisa, but
those versions of Sonic were strictly show. The only
for
secret character
in
Sonic /Adventure
is
Super Sonic. Don’t rule
it
out for the
sequel, though. His Super-ness
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fter a long trip to
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Sega GT exposed
12
Spawn comes home
13
Rage's next
names
13
Sonic back for good
13
Dream On
13
Capcom
14
Fighters
B
ehind closed doors, inside Sega’s clandestine Japanese development HQ, programmers and designers work in
hushed tones on top secret projects. The latest to inch ops titles such as Space Channel 5 and Phantasy Star Online, is Sega GT - marking the company's official entry into the nextinto public view, alongside other previously black
generation driving simulation arena. Still very much shrouded in secrecy, Sega GT
make up a good of wheels
Panzer Dragoon returns
14
Separated at Birth
14
Charts
16
Gear
16
is
a simulation of high-
performance production car racing featuring at least 100 licensed vehicles from several Japanese manufacturers, including Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Suzuki, Isuzu, and Daihatsu. Model year 2000 cars will deal of the roster, and
will
include
such sought-after sets
as the stunning new Toyota MR2 Spyder. is to be the key to the game, and Sega's development team
Realism
is
obviously making every effort not only to recreate the real-world likeness
as evident in these jaw-dropping screens — but to replicate their handling as well. Proper car tuning will be of utmost importance, and early indications even suggest that players will be able to trade their cars and settings via Dreamcast's built in modem. Sega's still tight-lipped as to whether you'll actually be able to race opponents
of
its
vehicles
—
Sega has scheduled
GT s
release to coincide with the PlayStation 2 launch.
Go
figure.
via the Internet in the final version, however.
DCM
has learned that the game's primary play mode, Championship, will reward players with cash winnings from races that can later be used to buy new cars and upgrade existing ones. Single race, time attack, and split-screen competitive modes will also be offered. Further details have
one thing is already evident: it's looking absolutely its gameplay can hold up to these already impressive visuals, be looking at one of the biggest games of 2000. Sega GT to make its Japanese debut next spring. DCM will
yet to be divulged, but
stunning.
you
may
Look
If
well
for
have more details on the game, and word on a possible
US
release, soon.
Sega GT will feature 100-plus licensed car models, such as the
new Toyota
Celica.
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Interplay
enraged
HeM Sent
Incoming! Four new titles from UK developer Rage
head stateside
M
ost recently responsible for arcade-style blaster
Incoming and soccer
title
0 Sega has confirmed acclaimed
that Valve’s
PC first-person
Half-Life will
be released
shooter
for
Todd McFarlane confirms that Capcom's stunning Spawn arcade game is coming home
Striker
Pro 2000 (page 80). UK-based developer Rage Games has reached an agreement with Interplay that will see its next
projects released
in
the
Dreamcast
US next
Dreamcast sometime during 2000.
year.
It will
The first three games out of the gate will be Midnight GT. Hostile Waters, and Off Road. Midnight GT promises souped-up licensed production cars and some slightly
feature support for massively
multiplayer
combat via the
Dreamcast Network online gaming service, set to go live sometime next summer.
^ Fans of arcade adventure Gauntlet Legends (shown) have
reason to be happy, as Midway has
confirmed that
it will
bring the
game
to our favorite console next spring.
But wait, there's more! The game
fliS?
feature a number of not-yetunannounced gameplay enhancements that are planned for
will
^
|
Hostile Waters - one of four
new Rage DC games.
the game's forthcoming arcade sequel.
less than legal racing on
Japanese
city streets
other globe-spanning locations. Hostile Waters players
and
fighters,
as will
well
as
put
the pilot's seat of helicopters, attack boats, jet
in
all
sorts of heavy
artillery for
an action-
for its part, is to be a roughand-tumble racer featuring a multitude of environments and what promises to be one of the most realistic physics models yet. All three games should ship during the first
heavy wargame. Off Road,
half of
Due
the second half of next year, /ncoming Forces
is
the sequel to the recently released blaster /ncoming. and will
new 3D engine, more varied missions, new futuristic attack vehicles to pilot.
feature a
of course,
W was
In
the Demon’s
Hand
relies
on simplistic controls, but boasts stunning visuals.
revealed that
and various videogames is now due on Dreamcast, courtesy of Capcom.
of cartoons, film, toys,
that afterlife ?)
Created by renowned comic
artist
Todd McFarlane, Spawn was transformed
for
into
life
a
and.
Dream OnETjl i S
Gunstar Heroes
earlier this year, and should be hitting coin-op halls by the this. Running on Sega’s Dreamcast-compatible Naomi hardware, Spawn: In the Demon's Hand sees players donning the midnight-black duds and blood-red cape of (or one of 13 other characters from the comic's universe) and enemies from a third-person viewpoint. Better yet, the game allows
person shooter KISS: Psycho Circus
multiple coin-ops to be networked so that up to four players can deathmatch.
will
a recent status report on the Spawn franchise, Todd McFarlane himself confirmed that
be coming to the Dreamcast consoles in 2000. Capcom, who likes to keep things close to its chest, has yet to officially announce the conversion. Consequently, there's no word on what extras are being planned for the home version — or if the adrenaline-pumping multiplayer combat will remain intact. Dreamcast's built-in modem
Treasure <1994)
5
ideal for
pages of
DCM
for the latest
word on Spawn:
In
the Demon's Hand.
Back and Blue S
onic the
Hedgehog
back
is
for
good. Not only that,
but the hyperactive blue hero (and
again before
is
to
2000
confirmed that
show
his grinning
maybe even
a few
mug on Dreamcast
Sega of America has finally the Sonic the Hedgehog brand will continue to is
out.
be expanded on Dreamcast, with a new game starring His Hedgehogness (and possibly at least one Sonic Adventure Side-scrolling shoot-'em-ups didn’t get
when
this
any better than
2D masterpiece was
released for Sega Genesis, with two player simultaneous
it'll
weapon
types, and hours of mindless fun. keen on producing sequels, but let’s hope have a change of heart - and soon.
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spin-off featuring his co-stars) set be released
year's holiday season. Sonic Adventure else
2
is
in
time for next
exciting news, but
what
can we expect? Past Sonic projects point to any number of
possibilities,
be released on Dreamcast next
year.
The game features shock
rocker
will
making the latter a reality via the Internet. Due to the similarities between the Naomi arcade board and Dreamcast, we should expect the rest of the conversion to be nearly (if not entirely) pixel-exact. And we’ll be upset if it’s not. would prove
of his friends)
isn't
upcoming first-
McFarlane's dark anti-hero
Stick to the
action, four
its
3D
taking on throngs of
In
Treasure
hoo!
(or
arcade blast- 'em-up by Capcom
the yet-unreleased coin-op
this in the 16bit days,
Woo
0 Gathering of Developers recently
hat began as a cult comic and soon exploded into a multimedia frenzy
time you read
2000. in
Spawn:
from puzzle games
to, uh,
running
(/
think you
mean
racing. -Ed).
of the
Gene Simmons and the rest KISS crew taking on hordes in a
of motley mutant enemies
twisted circus environment.
Dreamcast News Network
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Still
Round Two...
without a release for the
US, Sega's Dreamcast Zip Drive getting closer to reality
in
is
Japan.
FIGHT! new Street Fighter
Not one, but two
games Seen
for the first time in prototype
form at a pre-Tokyo
Game Show
press conference, the drive uses
100 Megabyte
standard
and
Zip disks
USB
to feature a standard
is
port for the connection of printers,
cameras, and other devices. Stay tuned, as
DCM will
have the
latest
news concerning this anticipated add-on as soon as
it's
announced.
^ THQ has announced Dreamcast
title,
its first
Felony Pursuit. Set
a sprawling cityscape, the
within
get set to square off next year
apcom's premiere fighting series still has a lot of, well, fight left in it. Not only has the developer finally confirmed that Street Fighter III will appear on Dreamcast, but that SNK vs. Capcom, a new crossover fighter starring characters from both Capcom and rival fighter maker SNK, is coming exclusively to the system.
C
Due
for
Japanese release by year's end, and an
inevitable stateside arrival next year,
W
Capcom's home conversion of Street Fighter III will be re-titled Street Fighter III: /mpact on Dreamcast. Combining both Street Fighter III and Street Fighter III: 2nd /mpact on one disc, the game will also include several home-only features - such as a training mode and a new skill
evaluation 'computer'
version. That fluid
- and
promised to be
is
means we can expect
the
same
pixel-for-pixel identical to the
high-color backgrounds
and characters,
eerily
CPSill system any home system to
has proven too technologically advanced for handle in terms of its enhanced color palette and sprite animation capabilities. Spawned by years of requests from fighting fans, SNK vs. Capcom (currently under development for the Naomi arcade hardware and Dreamcast) will, when complete, bring together dozens of contestants from both companies' character rosters and pit
players controlling either
or robber
in
a break-neck
race to either escape the law or
capture offenders. Boasting more than
100 square
miles of streets
and alleyways and
game
38
missions, the
chapter
in
dubbed ToeJam
home
robot dog that
Earl
&
&
Earl
on the cards.
is
Latisha, the third
is
a friend of the rapping duo
planet of Funkotron, while Neon
will
both aid and annoy the
trio
is
a
over the
course of their now entirely polygonal adventure. in
the original, abilities
about the landscape, and
will
together to accomplish goals.
game
&
3D, introducing two new characters,
in full
and Neon. Latisha
their
down - and using the
on a
Innerloop are currently working
of fan
the endearingly bizarre action-adventure series
take place
Latisha
from
Gameplay, as
^ Norwegian 3D supremos extreme sports
Tentatively
will
games, and another that should prove more familiar to fans of SNK's King of Fighters series. Confirmed fighters on the roaster include Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Zangief, and Blanka from the Street Fighter universe and Terry, Raiden, Mai, /ori, Kyo, and Benimaru from King of Fighters. More will be announced in the coming weeks, and the game is scheduled to hit Japanese arcades shortly before heading to Dreamcast next spring.
headed for release this possibly as early as March.
still-untitled
step closer to a well-deserved
Productions, a Dreamcast debut
them against
is
spring,
Earl are a
comeback. Thanks to an outpouring
sentiment and a resulting change of heart on the part of the series creators at Toejam
each other using a familiar 2D fighting system. Details at present suggest that the game will enable players to choose from two fighting styles; One that resembles that of most Capcom a cop
Genesis, whacked-out alien rapper duo Toejam
animations, and staggering special effects of the processing intensive
brawler, which, to date,
game sees
Cult favorites from the 16bit days of Sega
and
arcade
sometimes
he’ll
will
revolve around tracking
of - presents scattered require the three to
Neon
will
players to interact with display
work
play a split role;
be good dog and bring you presents, while
other times he might bury them. Plans
one another
via
call for
the three
a split-screen
and possibly the Dreamcast Network.
We'll
have a
release date and publisher as soon as they’re known.
for
Dreamcast that
mountain
biking,
feature
will
snowboarding,
and hang gliding. No been announced, but
paragliding,
publisher has
the
game
is
expected to arrive
stateside by next April.
0 UK-based developer Team 17
is
hard at work on Alien Breed Conflict,
a
fully
3D
sequel to
its
top-
An Unfinished Saga? A
while ago
it
was rumored
series from the 16bit
era that achieved notoriety on Commodore's Amiga home computers. The game promises deeper gameplay than its purely action-driven predecessors and is
expected to get released by the
end of
14
2000
in
Official
the US.
Team Andromeda -
inevitable sadness.
of the office Saturn,
down shooter
that
the development group
behind Sega's revered Panzer Dragoon series - had disbanded. Along with this
news came our
and the
Randy
rest of the
cried, Fran put
DCM
(What? By taking a three hour lunchbreak?
-Ed). In recent
rumors have begun to
It’s
tell
a different story.
once again a ‘team’ (and not just
lonely, uh,
a
flower on the
little
team dealt with
lid
their grief privately
weeks, however, new
now thought
that the developer
Andromedans) and
is
is
hard at work on a
secret Panzer project for Dreamcast. Sega, the spoilsports, won't lend credence to
the rumors, but this could be anything from a re-make of Panzer Dragoon Saga to
a new, wholly unrelated game. A
DCM team
of reconnaissance scouts
is
already on
Tecmo's Team Ninja
is
best known for creating one of the
game series ever — but did you know they're also wrestling fans? Or so it would seem. How else would you explain the unmistakable coolest traditional fighting
between Dead or Alive 2's mammoth brute Bass and the tights-wearing WCW grappler Hulk Hogan?
similarity its
way
to Tokyo to sniff out
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hideout. Stay tuned.
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House of the Dead 2
How wrong we
King of Fighters
were.
For the past few months we’ve been inundated with entries,
and each day at
DCM
brighter for the arrival of a
Towers has been a
new
Tokyo Extreme Racer
from our (increasingly disgruntled) mailman. Entries were judged
on design,
Air Force Delta
and
originality
detailing,
and the eventual winner - Riptide from Thomas Bryson in
South Carolina - scored very highly on the
counts.
Thomas
will
soon be receiving
first
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OCTOBER 1999
delivery of a
Midway Hydro Thunder arcade machine.
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Bryson’s Riptide
only boat
we
exquisite aerofoil.
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an amazing
interior.
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all,
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start,
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hope
it
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Black Matrix Advanced (RPG)
Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen
4
Marionet Handler (Strategy)
5
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Ed.)
This highly imaginitive Sonic boat from Lee
Minnesota takes a prize
us chuckle with
We can
hidden bonus
its
see
for
Pro-Soccer Club! (Sports)
3
Let’s
design.
Make
‘tri-thrusters’
a retractable engine hood protects the boat’s
source of power - a Dreamcast! Microsoft's
effort. For
J-League Let’s
received that’d been ‘engineered’ with moving parts
boasting incredible detail: 1
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popping up
in
a
Sonic Adventure 2.
Words
fail
us when we consider
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VIRTUAL ON: OROTARIO TANGRAM
(SEGA)
DECEMBER Genre: ACTION Game? Robot-tastic 3D combat for mech
Release (Japan):
|
What's the
with DreamcastTwin Stick
US
and
Packed
fans.
in
Fighting Cable for two players.
prospects? TBA
"ETERNAL ARCADIA
(SEGA)
2000 Genre: RPG Game? Play the good pirate
Release (Japan):
|
what's
tiie
flying galleons,
ode
in this
to fantasy replete with
saucy wenches (okay, maybe not that
last one),
and very
well-dressed bad guys. Vyse, the lead character, plays the honorable
bandit with the Blue Pirates classic
an adventure being touted as the next
in
on the Sega's role-playing resume. With some of the
Phantasy Star team members
at the
original
helm, expect nothing short of
incredible or innovative.
US as
"SUPER RUNABOUT Release (Japan): TBA
We
prospei ts? Very, very good. its
expect Sega to confirm a
US
release
Japanese ship date nears.
(CLIMAX)
Genre: DRIVING |
What's the
was
Game? The
sequel to the PlayStation
hit
1179
Felony
(as
it
called here in the States, published by ASCII). Climax's latest gives
you a chance to play the getaway
man
stage harbors special missions, and
through various towns and cities
away from the cops. The one looks
original
in
with a multitude of cars. Each
have
you’ll
blaze your
to
way
order to pick up hot goods or speed
was a
fun but half-baked romp,
hope the gameplay
great: but let's
lives
up
to the
and
this
Dreamcast's
superior graphics.
US
prospects? Good, but no takers just
yet.
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"JET SET
(SEGA)
Release (Japan): SPRING
Genre:
MUSIC/ ACTION
|
What’s the
Game ?
We’ll
come
connections deep within Sega,
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DECEMBER
IMPACT
Game? Check
DC
SF
Direct for the
US prospects?
V
Release (Japan):
DECEMBER
US
title
titles.
for
its
controls
We’re hoping to get a closer a look at this
the next issue of
DCM.
Stay tuned.
prospects.? Good, but no date confirmed.
(SEGA) |
Genre:
Game? Groove around
What's the
music
promising
yet.
Excellent, but nothing firm.
"SPACE CHANNEL 5
jjjte?*:
probably end up being more of an action game, with only similar to
title. It's
promising to be the best Street Fighter
.
close to nothing about Jet Set
visually impressive
it'll
out
latest
and
imaginative
Genre: FIGHTING
lowdown on Capcom’s *
we know
may very well be the most game that's come from Sega since NiGHTs. Though rumored as a music-type game similar to PaRappa,
(CAPCOM)
|
Winn's the
clean and admit that even with our
Radio. But from what we’ve seen, this
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III
MUSIC
the 25th
century as the uber-sexy news reporter Ulala. as
she
fights for the future of
mankind
in
outer space
against a horde of Skittles-colored aliens called
do
Moroliens. To
so.
she must gather humans to
join the
cause with fancy dance moves and a laser-powered microphone. The with
game
segments
too.
down
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Space Channel 5
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which you must not only keep the
in
beat, but take fag:
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US
in
Seaman, meaning
that
able to highstep into the
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US
(MASAYA)
Genre: STRATEGY/RPS
|
Game? Lead
any of several different characters through a
realtime strategy RPG, in
much
than the previous Langrisser
the
same vein
as Dragon Force, rather
titles.
prospects? Working designs,
maybe? Stay
tuned.
and then shout commands or
order to save the world from
intruders (see page
30
for
more).
prospects? Good, but no
confirmation
yet.
"PHANTASY STAR ONLINE
(SEGA)
2000 Genre: ONLINE/RPS Game? Playable on or offline, the premise is simple. PSO is in its earliest
Release (Japan):
|
What's the
Mimicking Diablo, rather than Ultima Online,
stages, but promises to be a groundbreaking
US prospects?
www.DailyRadar.com
01/00
title
when
released.
Very good for late 2000.
Official
Sega
Dreamcast Magazine
19
> DCWORLD
Dreamcast Global News Network
f
AND THOSE THAT HAD A BITE...
0
*‘ ^ 7
There were about 50 other games shown
Game Show.
’99 Tokyo
DCM
hallowed pages, 1.
While not
SUPER PRODUCERS OUT
Release (Japan):
(HUDSON) What's
US
Genre: SIM
j
the
Create a J-pop star
in
...
prospects? ASCII's Japanese president hinted
that this
Game?
for Dreamcast at the Fall them made it into these
of
all
had a go squeezing them
game would
definitely
be
US
hitting the
Includes Internet features
and competitions to on the Web.
US
the other
all
prospects? Uni.
thought that a
we
girls
pick
DECEMBER
Release (Japan):
(TAITO) What's the
don't think so. but
US company would
DENSHA DE GO
either.
BERSERK
ring (yep, robots again).
arcade port with plenty of new Dreamcastoutfits to
Quasi-3D environments and
head
collectible
a Japanese
character, Berserk features plenty of
the biggest swords this side of Cloud
dull,
US
power-ups are
bad guys, look
is
can be
The game
be
will
train controller
a
prospects? Roll a 20-sided
5.
NET PACHI
What's the
OUT
lending their
game.
die...
Genre: TABLE j
Game?
looks brilliant
US
games.
we have our
Release (Japan):
-
madness
Four player pachinko
that
Japan. The
in
game
for a pachinko simulation.
is,
prospects? None whatsoever.
strength.
CARRIER
6.
DOKU SENKI
4.
mode,
haish environments
US
to promote online gaming
if
May sound
nutty for these train
Fight
in FFVII.
and make your way through
cool,
but Japan
prospects? Not while
life
along up to eight
you're willing to sport the extra Yen.
3D
adventure and action with a hero packing one of
into the fighting
port of the popular
conductor's
'drive'
packaged with a Dreamcast
Genre: ACTION/ ADVENTURE \
manga
colorful
don massive mechanical
only features, characters
Game? Based on
(ASCII) What's the
RGHT1NG
Genre: |
(CAPCOM) What’s the game? A
in
natural disasters as well.
artists are also
sim gives you glimpse of
rail
different routes in hi-res glory.
DECEMBER
Release (Japan)
ROMANCER)
»KIKAiOH (TECH Release (Japan): JANUARY
featuring a two-player
war sim/'RPG has you battling
random
Well-known anime
talents to the character designs in the
Genre: SIM
j
train
how complicated a
just
3000 MILES
2:
Game? A
arcade game, Taito's
nobody
up EGG
by giving you a chance to
2.
and
stages
Victor Interactive’s
that incorporate
3.
look.
show up
90
over
across nerdy hexagon-grids
next year.
from scratch by picking a specific style of music,
dance moves, career path and all-round
Release (Japan): FEBRUARY Genre: ACTION/ ADVENTURE j
new
Included, along with
characters and
initially
playable bosses.
slew of undead. There's even the chance to pair up
prospects? TBA
US
buddy
with a spirit
Release (Japan):
DECEMBER
WAR SIM
Genre: j
(VICTOR INTERACTIVE) What's the
to replenish your health.
(JALECO) What's the
Game?
Packing
ship.
Use your
Game?
Resident
Evil
on a
meter to decipher enemy from
’safe’
18.
19.
and shoot down mutated monsters
ally
US prospects?
popular mechs/robots
2000
Spring,
Release (Japan):
OUT
(NEC) What's the
RPG
with
more
Level-up one of your 'bots' and
US
Genre: STRATEGY/ RPG
'helpers' to
game and
US prospects? UFO
game
NEC’s port of
accompany you
plenty of anime-style
US
we guess
not.
10.
N’
MUSIC 2
OUT
Genre: |
port of rhythm-action
You most
title.
screen while super-cute
2D
move around
Genre: ;
popular
in
clues and fight the (not at
extra Gallery options for unique
game
art
prospects? TBA
arsenal
SUPER HERO LEGENDS
'stories’
|
as any of your
Play through over
favorite
it
up
Iron
has to
it
rely
in full action style
in
2000.
prospects? TBA
2000
Genre:
title,
SUNRISE HEROES DECEMBER
J
Release (Japan):
Genre: STRATEGY/ RPG
Game?
Sunrise Heroes
is
hi-res step forward for this sub-genre, featuring
a
DECEMBER
|
Genre:
SHOOTER
style,
Whack
but there
(SEGA) What's the Game? House of the Dead 2
role-playing
with a twist Players destroy enemies with words
US
instead of bullets by typing
them
in
as fast as
the
bad guys
will
pure
in
3D
out and how well he gets along with his
an
It's
Spike Out
but no confirmation yet Call
it
will
make
a hunch.
it
over,
anything
will
happen
prospects?
Who
cares?
like
with which to
the
first
game,
really, really slowly.
interesting premise: Francesca
can
Release (Japan):
(ATLUS) What's the fight-fest
(ATLUS)
DECEMBER
much
in
Genre: ACTION
!
Game? A
first-person
the style of King's Field or even
Hexen, you're equipped with a big sword of sorts
Maken Sword and
very bizarre-looking
ZOMBIE REVENGE
Release (Japan):
OUT
|
enemies
control
or two players can
them during the game. With 20
different locations,
by the tirne you read this
little
Dreamcast-only features pack a punch against the
US
knows who the publisher will
Dead
Godzilla
j
in
15
be.
Coming
follow-up to the dismal
have to do a
lot
more
complete missions than simply destroy buildings. Fight bosses,
to
all
the
complete new objectives
DECEMBER
Genre: j
ONUNE/STRATEGY
(SEGA) What's the Game? A 2D. sideview-style
game must
Genre: ACTION
released at launch for Dreamcast. This you'll
The
Japan
DEE DEE PLANET
DECEMBER
Game? The
title
in
prospects? Good. But neither Sega nor Atlus
74).
GODZILLA GENERATIONS: MAXIMUM IMPACT What's the
life.
levels in
blurb.
series.
prospects? Check out our preview
17.
Release (Japan):
whack some
Maken X should be out
arcade version. A promising side story to the of the
invited to
into the next
sword also enables you to 'brainjack' enemies and
Genre: ACTION
Game? One
through a zombie-infested town. Additional
time around,
well.
if it’s
of the above
Release (Japan).
be plenty of adventure and
elements as
prospects? We're betting this
US
called the
US
uncovers a costume with the uncanny power to
time.
life
Follow-up to an
you play the lead who
transform him into a superhero for short periods of
TYPING OF THE DEAD
all
MAKEN X
his love
prospects? TBA
Soon (page
RPG/ ADVENTURE
\
Game?
other
living
US
House
RENT-A-HERO NO. 1
(SEGA) What’s the
God or some
a modern Japanese
hardly wait.
fight
a release sometime
obscure MegaDrive
Play
in
and even decide how
(SEGA) What's the
Japanese
Man. Your super-
bills, etc.
friends.
16. its
on gameplay.
An unnamed US publisher has
1
for
14.
12.
(SUNRISE) What's the
picked
Release (Japan):
Space
prospects? None
Release (Japan::
prospects
(Kamen
deformed alter-ego participates
is laid
to uncover the
Cross your (supersexy) fingers.
US
Genre: ACTION
superheroes, ranging from the Masked Riders Riders) to
super-sexy
Kei. the 'super-
is
man
sexy) thugs with an
all
gadgets. This one's been hyped for a while, but
means
Game?
young
wreak havoc. And
metropolitan apartment complex. You plan his
meals,
weaponry and (sexy?)
of clever
full
As
question, your job
in
KEI
a heap of trouble
in
sexy cop'
US
Japan.
Game? Another
female cop has just landed
SHOOTER
segments and looks darn cute to boot
Not exactly Space
quality, but insanely
(SEGA) What's the
Genre: ACTION/ ADVENTURE
1
with organized crime bosses.
100
the right
hit
characters
either side of the monitor.
9.
UNDERCOVER AD 2025
(PULSE) What's the
DECEMBER
(BANPRESTO) What’s the Game?
DANCE
buttons to keep up with directions happening on the
US
13.
and choose from tons more creatures
|
non-denominational entity who controls the
Surely not.
(CAPCOM) What's the Game? Another Capcom its CPS2 game with plenty of
Release (lapan): SPRING
(KONAMI) What's the Game? Sequel and arcade
Channel 5
US prospects?
rough look
Release (Japan):
on
the usefulness of the Dreamcast keyboard.
additional features including Internet score ranking
11.
POP
Release (Japan): JANUARY Genre: STARVING STUDENT SIM
arcade port of
US
early next year, but
GIGA WING
Release (Japan):
it’s still iff/.
8.
15.
entry has nothing on this weird spin-off to promote
situation of a
prospects? Unknown, but
and
Interactive is looking into
to the
evolve into
ROOMMANIA #203
possible on the arcade keyboard. Corporate data
Release (Japan:.
cinemas,
bringing the
will
whatever gets the
juicer:
turn-based strategy
gives you the choice between
title
female
throughout the
it
most
culture.
job done.
traditional elements.
a fonner Saturn five different
j
Game? A
of the
Japanese pop
in
an advanced form or a
BLACK MATRIX AD
7.
some
strategic turn-based battles with
while
collecting goodies along the way.
in
which you and up
position yourself
on
to three
other players
different types of terrain
and blast each other to kingdom come. Sounds a lot like the
Worms
series, but looks
a
lot like
animated chalk drawings. Another online game from Sega... Oh, dear.
US Prospects? TBA
.
9E17B(£) 20.
WORLD ADVANCED
(CAPCOM) What's the Game? some zon
TAISEN-RYAKU DC SPRING
Betel*
Game?
game scenario
WAR SIM re
Cut
Working Design's Saturn
title
Resident
cloth as
•
Iron
Storm. WAT-R
is
a 3D polygonal war simulation that puts you in command o< massive armies for any of several countries. New strategy elements such as land elevation are
US
Control Claire or d fun
Chris Redfield for
Grt.-;
What's the
in
Coming Soon
NOVEMBER
as one of
interactive spy/ honor story
w playable
mode
port of the newly
akin
streets.
Obey
30. prospects? UFO
28.
Inti
quarter release in the l
26.
thii
Release (Japan):
2000
long running series,
Genie:
|
ACTION/ADVENTURE
you'll
Game? Mo
(TAKUYO) What's the
Game? From
Plus Plum
the
in
English) is
system and a penalty
enemy-filled skies. The
difficulty
polygonal Cotton
game
aimed
fine that
(or
hardcon
at the
a complex
puzzle audience with
since Tabitha on a third-person view flight across first
ikr Pu><:
Puyo than Bubble Bobbie, Purasu Puramu
SHOOTER
the
guide the cutest witch
V.
2000.1
,
iapan)
OECEMBER
(KID) What's the
Game?
Gi .'
.re
ACTION
'•
SPORTS
Genre: |
Game?
Graphics exceed those of
Genre PUZZLE j
DECEMBER
(SUCCESS/SUNSOF) What's
Genre:
VIRTUA STRIKER
The Dre;
PURASU PURAMU
Release (Japan) OUT
RAINBOW COTTON
24.
TREASURE STRIKE
ReiiM*
op passengers and use the Racing
Prospects? vuiat do you
Release (Japan).
la:
tc
w
but
US
traffic
(SEGA) What's the
snippets of lojo's Venture.
!
to take over the world Turn -base
participate in racing or story
bus around busy Japanese
city
US
CODE VERONICA
Release (Japan): FE8RUARY
•
.
by completing training rounds and piloting a
signals, pick
given this
to determine
continue on to the next bout. Players can also view
tentative.)
Bas-.b on
sent out into the world to track down an
who threatens
which attnDute can be replenished before you
prospects?
fairy
a
foe
a bos as a
characters, mo'
d evaluation
Game?
Japanese novel. Ouka HoOsfiin's main charade
.
:
Genre SIM
1
and
roolue dnver
Capcom has
released arcade game.
amme
i
Genre: StRATEGY/RPG
I
destroy her dark, destructive fairy counterpart
DECEMBER
(TEAM 45) What's the Game? Hap mio
Genre: FIGHTING
|
(CAPCOM) What's the Game? A
22. RE:
Game?
TOKYO BUS GUIDE
Release
Release (Japan):
DECEMBER
'
(ESP) What's the
(NEC) What's the
Genre PUZZLE yapam (TEAM FORTYFIVE) What's the Game? H Release
OUKA HOUSHIN
Release Japan)
trail; detail:
.
LOGIC BATTLE
prospects? TBA
27.
section.
COMMUNICATION
29.
Panorama Cotton, which
US
prospects? vo: eotctia
23.
VENTURE: LEGACY OF THE FUTURE
US
of
prospects? tba
25. ESPION-AGE-NTS
RE2 and
now implemented.
prospects? (Jodete:
21. JOJO’S
actual
a remake
US
European location, a zappini
horde of the undead hot on your featured in our
US
is
ii
set shortly after the events in
Evil 2.
system similar to the one found
interlocking
its
Model 3 powered
predeccessor, Virtua Striker 2. and gameplay fast
and
export to
Intuitive.
US
counterpart
is
Prospects for the game's
shores are excellent;
is still
one
of the
arcade
its
most popular
titles
of all time in its native iand.
increases
and tempo when reached. Cute, but
US
Prospects? Good, under Sega Sports brand.
environments, side-scrolling shooting and colorful characters (similar to Troublemakers on N64). Each
mission features blit
many
of the
its
Release (Japan)
OECEMBER
;
Game?
strong potential,
3D some
it's all in
Die combat, which
is.
unfortunately, limned to turn-based action,
US
Prospects?
T BA
stream of mice
is
(CRI) What's the
|
Game?
il
it
first 'official'
like?
It’s
mad,
works. But, don't expect
PLAY GOLF Genie:
in
Dreamcast. With an option
our two-page out two preview of Crazy Taxi in
US
Game?
Sequel
pro: prospects? Exoe
versions of courses,
it
:
1
f>
:
36.
new
characters,
plotlines... the
an overhaul. Read up on
and dodgy
through time in styli
mamm
j
fashior
thrilling forklift race,
stamng Ryo -
as much as we hoped for. The first Shenmue has been rescheduled for a 2000 release in Japan. Expect an update
of
N64
3D
an
SWK in
Vs.
Capcom
:
*
winter.
will
Genre: FIGHTING
feature
In years.
new combo systems, retooled character designs, and
plenty of surprises for fans. The this winter.
US prospects? US sometime next
|
(SNK) What’s the Game? One of the most anticipated videogame crossovers
chapter bf
the next issue
»SNK VS. CAPCOM Release (Japan): WINTER
certainly not
yet.
SHOOTER
Treasure's latest features trademark
RPG/ ADVENTURE
Stroll
playable at the show, but a looping video featured
Spring Genre:
(TREASURE) What's the Game? A reviseo port title.
project promises
an intensely
BANGAIOH |
Genre: |
Game?
the ultra-suave Ryo Ry Hazaki. Yu Suzuki's
more
whole
Fantasy Zone!
DECEMBER
SHENMUE
metropoli and woo the ladies massive metropolis
to the
US, Sting promises.
«•
for four-player
Game?
deliver
(SEGA) What'S What's the the
US prospects? Good, but no confirmation
Release (Japan):
mode and updated
for
hell,
SPORTS
(BOTTOM UP) What's the Game? The now hitting
as
>
dungeons, deeper
Evolution 2
j
fast
(SEGA) What's the
Release (Japan): SPRING spr
of everything, including
traditional
OUT
as
RPG
Go:.
original just released in the
Release (Japan).
haven't
Release
38. DECEMBER
more
33. LET’S
game
online
it's
requires the reflexes of a cyborg to beat,
EVOLUTION 2
The sequel to AerpWings
Prospects? fBA
objectives,
Dreamcast.
prospects? TBA
35.
(STING/ESP) What's the
US
for
- we
£
CRAZY TAXI 37. C
save them
F
Genre: FLIGHT SIM
and
storyline
be changed
will
pro: prospects? Cross your fingers
Four players attempt to
into rockets, in order to
rumored to be the
the US.-What’s
and
AERODANCING
Game?
from the claws of rampaging cats. Chu-Chu Rocket
US
32.
Release (Japan): SPRING
US
heard
Genie: PUZZLE
guide a seemingly endless (and incongruous)
I.u
set in the future, featuring fully
graphics Could be a real yawn, but shows
|
(SEGA) What's the
Genre STRATEGY
(RIVERHILLSOFT) What's the
combat sim
Release (Japan). OUT
own
game's visual elements and
character designs
CHU CHU ROCKET
34.
VERMILLION DESERT
31.
game
hits arcades,
DCs, and
NGPC
simultaneously
Hadoken!
US Prospects? The NGPC
version In early
2000, and the DC version
shortly after.
WWW.EVDLUTIDN-RPG.COri
Sega
Dreamcast
Evolution
is
example of
a shining
Dreamcast's power." SegaDreamcast. net
"The Dreamcast handles Evolution's beautiful
3D
world with
ease, providing visual splendor
that.. .puts Final
amazing
Fantasy Vlll's otherwise
aesthetics to shame."
N.
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IN
NAG LAUNCHER
IN
HIS BATTLE
AGAINST THE ATH EMPIRE & DISCOVER THE MYSTERIES DF ANCIENT PANNAMN AND CYFRAME” TECHNOLOGY.
GRAPHICS
ANIMATIONS THE
POWER
AND OF
REVOLUTIONARY 3D
LIGHTENING
AND
COMBAT
THE
SEGA
(2UICK
DEMONSTRATE
DREAMCAST
EVOLUTION, THE FIRST RPG FOR THE SEGA
DREAMCAST
1
vomszio
TAKES THE RPG GENRE INTO THE
NEXT, NEXT GENERATION.
Licensed from Ubi Soft,
ESP by Ubi Soft Entertainment Original game © SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD / ESP / English / French / GermanTranslation © 2000 Ubi
Inc. All rights reserved. Evolution:
The World
of
Sacred Device
is
a registered trademark
of Ubi Soft
® Entertainment.
§11 other
Soft Entertainment.
trademark|belong
to their respectr
:
Ubi Soft Entertainment. Ubi Soft Enlertainmenl
riders.
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a trademark
of UbiSoft, Inc.
The Ubi
Soft logo is
a
registered Irademark of
Sega, Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises.
Ltd.
Dreamcast RPG Scene
Phab Five! Three words for you: Phantasy Star Online e’re truly officially
happy now. Okay, so the
installment
fifth
long-running series, but
confirmed that
it’s
in
not
is
Phantasy Star
in
Japan,
PSO
for fans of the series,
you’ll
using the
you’ll
la
Diablo or Baldur’s
also be able to play
as
well
as those looking for
something to do online other than upload or download
feature both multiplayer online capabilities as well as
When
a party of four warriors, a
a community environment,
through the
Online. “Online?” you say. You bet.
Slated for release sometime next year
single player non-Internet play.
in
game offline, with computer Al controlling the other three members of your party. PSO’s announcement comes at an opportune time
hard at
work on the next Phantasy Star game, entitled
will
online for
Gate. For those less enchanted with the idea of questing
the
Sega recently
Sonic Team
game
modem,
scores. Officially unveiled at the
Fall
Tokyo
Game
Show, the game was represented by a looping video
be able to join forces with up to three other friends
segment that showed
four of PSO’s rendered
environments along with plenty of teaser
because been any
may be
it’s still
real
scoop on the
starring
With a motto hero...”
game year.
very early
in
available,
will
text.
However,
development, there hasn’t
storyline or
like “This time, you’re
Sega can expect
gets nearer to
DCM
in
what characters
the game. not the only
plenty of salivating as the
projected release date next
its
be there
for
so stay tuned
every scrap of
news on PSO
for the latest.
Sega unveiled some of the lush environments that will appear in Phantasy Star Online at Fall Tokyo Game Show, including the four pictured above. As you can see, the locales will range from modern cityscapes to organic, We suspect that the good ol’ Dark Falz will undoubtedly make an appearance as well...
tropical areas.
Evolving
Still
Sting's Evolution enters the success of Evolution
fter
A
in
the Dreamcast’s Japanese
launch line-up, Sting has
providing
With practically tow,
Mag
2 is on
all
Launcher and Linear Cannon
‘seiyuu’,
as they’re called
in
most noted departure from
Inoue (Belldandy
in
Oh My Goddess!)
as Pepper and Akio Ootsuka (Metal as Gre. Look for the game
Solid)
include fewer randomly generated
to hit
Japanese shelves and your
dungeons and more
import store this month.
Official
is
Sega
that Evolution
fixed
SD
Japan)
Gear
the original
24
the
heroes. The cast of voice actors (or
includes plenty of pros including Kikuko
promises to be more than just a simple
2
is
further animate everyone’s favorite in
head out on an adventure that rehash. The
VMU-based
for portable play.
utilization of voice-over tracks to
way.
its
of the old gang
playable characters, enhanced
graphics, and plenty of
Another notable addition
its
system. Evolution
new
mini-games
commitment to even more RPGs for the
strengthened
second phase
is
set to
mazes, two
# Dreamcast Magazine
01/00
local
{ a
w
With even more weird characters, dungeons, and wackiness lined up for our favorite super-deformed
heroes, Evolution 2 will hopefully outshine its predecessor in every way.
www.DailyRadar.com
RPG NEWS LINK ^
Sega has
finally
pinned down a US release date for Climax in February 2000, the game is to arrive
Landers. Slated for release
under the moniker Time Stalker - probably a reference to Climax's classic Genesis RPG, Land Stalker. Following a lukewarm response in Japan, let's hope Climax Landers fares better in the States. Look for
a comprehensive review of the game next
issue.
Girls, Girls, Girls The lovely ladies of Sakura Taisen are back in town well... Paris, France, to be more exact
—
E
mbrZ&Zx*.
ne of the biggest reasons to own a Saturn
two
The biggest news regarding the much anticipated Sakura Taisen 3
Japan was the chance to play
in
of the
most popular RPG/Simulation Taisen and SK2.
date
Climax Landers becomes Time Stalker
in
the
mech
US
battle,
and
role-playing, the
games have
since
spawned an anime
name
Drama CDs, soundtracks, and novelizations), and spin-off games. Now, Red Co. and Sega have again teamed up for a project that’s sure to have otaku drooling into their ramen bowls.
Anima
Star. Similar to
games
like
Pokemon and Monster
most interesting the game, however, is the ability to link the Dreamcast Anima Star to its Game Boy Color counterpart. You heard you can capture animals on the go and then race them is that? Anima tentatively slated for release sometime next year in Japan.
race after they've been captured and trained. The feature
in
version of
us
right
—
series, countless multimedia
is
Red Co.
locale.
will
received an
also be releasing
of both Sakura Taisen and
projects (including
Summer
coming
of the
VMU, Jump Pack, and Dreamcast owners to But
on your Dreamcast when you get home. How cool Star
it’s
official
release
titled
:
stuff up), the
^ Japanese developer Aki has announced a breeding RPG by the of
that
is
,
Japan of September 17, 2000. To be
is Burning (we don’t make this game will feature five new lovely ladies, new male lead, a new battle engine, and a Parisian
Featuring elements of dating simulation, strategic
Rancher, Anima Star instead focuses on using different animals to
in
Sakura Wars 3 Paris
games around, Sakura
that’s not
all.
SK2
year, both of
brand
SAKURS
DC
new anime TV
Dreamcast
feature
of merchandise
to
and
Hanagumi Columns 2 (covered announced a
series, a full-length
Drama CD,
and a Sakura Taisen-related for
will
World), and have also
feature movie, a third
PROJECT
which
Internet capabilities for giddy exploit.
other projects, including issue’s
a
enhanced versions
the Spring and
Sega and Red Co. also plan
bombard fans with a multitude in last
in
entitled
title
Oogami
Ichirou Funtouki.
Fans should I
Aki’s
^
It
Anima Star enters the running
seems as
if
Sega's
|
much anticipated RPG, Eternal Arcadia, when it releases next year in Japan.
won't be missing the fishing boat
Not only has it been blessed with modem use during gameplay, but it will also use the Fishing controller during certain segments of the game (Fishing sections? -Ed). In addition, Sega has gone on the record and announced that Eternal Arcadia's battle engine full
3D movement, much
like
be able to control your character and use a
full
made
sure that your enemies
will
be able
scheduling next year’s
engagements now. Stay tuned for
more breaking info
obligatory, perky,
prepubescent school
use
character (top
girl
on Sakura
Taisen
3
left).
issue of
you’ll
range movements
order to attack enemies from any angle on the battlefield. also
will
Square’s Parasite Eve. Therefore,
hello to the new ladies of the Floral Assault Group, which include Robelia, a student from Transylvania (top right) and Kokuriko, the
Say
start
in
the next
DCM.
in
Sega has
to do likewise.
Letter Perfect I
have a question Squaresoft to
for all
make
you
DCM
people. Since Interactive has the rights fro
FFVII for the
PC
(and hopefully
FFVIII).
m
Under the same
make Square games for the Dreamcast? be plans to re-release Saturn RPGs (ones that got will Working Designs the Sega scene? Thank you much!
token, would Eidos be able to Also, will there ever
here and ones that didn’t) on the Dreamcast, and return to
Nick Plante
Dragon5584@aol.com (One down, 5,583 Unfortunately, Nick, the shift from
easy port thanks to Windows CE, Eternal Arcadia takes control It was recently announced company Falcom, responsible
that the ever-popular
Japanese game (Sega CD)
for the likes of Popful Mail
as well as the entire Ys series, has pitched its hat into the ring to games for Dreamcast. The news is wonderful for fans of the develop
tremendously popular Ys series, since
PC
to Dreamcast, though
isn’t really
licensed rights to publish certain Square
it
doesn't take a neuro
license to take the
news
breaks.
port
them
to any other
would be an
but does not have the
videogame system. While
possible that Dreamcast publishing rights could be granted to a Eidos (or another third party), it’s doubtful given that Square Soft would do such a thing - the its
Japanese developer has game development.
surgeon to envisage the previously PC-only Ys Eternal making the leap to our favorite console. We’ll keep you posted as
games and
to go -Ed)
it
that straight forward. Eidos has
games on PC,
As
for re-releasing
traditionally maintained a tight control over its
Saturn
RPGs on Dreamcast,
that
may
own console
not be so implausible. Companies
NEC
are already enhancing 32bit games, such as Black Matrix AD, for Dreamcast, but it’s certainly not an emerging trend. While it’s still very much up in the air if we’ll see games like like
III or Panzer Dragoon Saga on our favorite system, don't rule it out entirely. Dreamcast needs as many RPGs as it can get and these would be easy games to port over - keep your fingers
Shining Force crossed.
Regarding Working Designs, company President Victor Ireland has finally expressed an interest in titles or projects have been announced. It's nice to know that WD’s door is open, Whether this means we’ll see Lunar appear in any form on Dreamcast is still rather iffy,
the system, but no again, though.
does shed a
hope on the situation. We’re secretly hoping that WD's shooter
but
it
will
look into bringing over Treasure's Bangaioh or the infernally cute Rainbow Cotton.
little
division, Spaz,
it in to: Fantasy Zone, c/o DCM, 150 N. Hill Drive, Brisbane, CA 94005. Or DCMag@imaginemedia.com. Thanks to Axel for the amazing art of Nuriko, FZ's postmistress extraordinaire. Check out more of Axel's cool work at http://clearscape.com/~axel
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features and astonishing arcade perfection. Choose
from over 30 characters, each with 3 different
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Finger on the Trigger Sega gets first-personal with arcade shooter Out Trigger he only gaming category to
Ambulance Chasing Hot on the heels of Sega's firefighting sim. Brave Firefighters, the AM3 department is trying its hand at another 'life sim' with Emergency Call Ambulance. And as the title suggests, you'll be saving the world once again but this time, doing it one patient at a time. The game lets you take control of an ambulance on the streets of
which Sega’s uber-talented
AM2 its
has yet to give
division
spin
is
the first-person
shooter genre. And with the
announcement (and subsequent winter release) of Out Trigger, it too can now be scratched off the list. Playable in both first- and thirdperson view, Out Trigger’s strongest feature is the flexibility to allow up to four players to battle
Japan, where you must carefully transport patients
out across
it
networked arcade machines,
without hitting other vehicles or objects. Each patient has his or her own variable life expectancy which is affected by either how well or how poorly you drive. Think of it as Crazy Taxi without the 'crazy' or the 'taxi.'
in
all
pure deathmatch style. Within the
member
game, you
play as
one
of the elite ITCS (International
Gone
Counter Terrorism Special Forces).
Equipped with
all
manner
Due
of Quake-like
Fishin success Sega has had with
to the insane
its
Naomi-
weaponry, including Rocket Launchers
powered fishing game. Get Bass (Sega Bass Fishing in the US), an imminent sequel - imaginatively titled Get
and
Bass 2 -
Rail
Guns, your job
is
on the way. set coming months.
simply to
hunt down the enemy. Environments
is
to
debut sometime
in
the
mimic the arenas and corridors of
some
standard arcade joysticks of the best
FPS
titles
gameplay taking place lofty art
museums and
for in
still
in
place
Bust-a-Blob
on PC, with
areas
Out Trigger? Yes and no. The
like
medieval-
Announced at the most recent JAMMA show. Sega will be pairing up with Compile (the company responsible for the long-running Puyo Puyo puzzle series) to bring the ultracute Puyo characters to arcades everywhere with Puyo Puyo Da/ - this time not in puzzle form, but with their dancing shoes on. Modeled after games like Enix's BustA-Move, you'll be able to control any of the characters
development team at Sega has
managed
to customize the cabinets to
looking coliseums.
But what about the controls? Are the
include a trackball for controlling the
camera (much as
well
like
a mouse for a PC),
as a joystick with a
for dictating
movement on
and a separate button over objects.
In
shooter’s need for
taken
into
for
fire
button
from the strange Carbuncle to the familiar Nadja.
the screen
grooving on the dance floor for the high score.
jumping up or
other words, the arcade
account
Net Results
movement has been in
The idea of netting a defenseless zebra on the plains of Africa might not be your cup of tea (or the zebra's, for that matter), but what if you could do it without having to foot the airfare or bear the immeasurable guilt of
every way.
But don’t start salivating over the
prospect of Out Trigger hitting
Dreamcast just be
long.
Sega
is
yet: the wait is likely to
looking into the
possibility,
but the decision
will rely
heavily on the system’s networking
functions and the question of whether or not
it
expand to allow more than
will
four people to play at once. With
Sega’s
US
online network
contributing to the extinction of a waning species? Sega's still
in
the
Dreamcast network support relative infancy, first-person
fans
may
arcades
in its
shooter
simply have to wait and see.
Out Trigger
is
this
Jambo
and places
Safari answers the call of the wild
gamers
planning stages and Japan’s
released into Japan’s
month.
1-3 The detail in Out Triggers massive environments should set a benchmark for corridor shooters - no more murky brown PC graphics! 4 Lock-on targeting should make attacks from multiple enemies an easier task to handle. 5 Four player deathmatch - Sega style.
in the driver's seat of a jeep on an expedition to capture and collect wild animals. The game uses a combination of driving and 'catching' techniques to
massive stages. With four each stage also harbors a boss creature which will test all of your driving and 'net'wielding skills. We're sure that plenty of the usual weirdness abounds, as well. No word on a US or Dreamcast release. But don't count on it. challenge players
in six
different hunters to play as.
Racing
Home?
With the rumors concerning Yu Suzuki's F355 Challenge arcade game making the leap to Dreamcast sometime in the coming year. Japanese arcades
new
single-screen version of the
will
game
be
receiving a
that also includes
a slot for downloading data into your Dreamcast that doesn't
scream
'port.'
we
don't
VMU. know what does.
If
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Shake, Rattle Team shakes
Sonic
onic roll.
Team
is
on a
a
bit of
After announcing the
development and release I
of
games
like
Chu Chu
Rocket and Phantasy Star Online,
it
more points you’re awarded. And
much
games
like
like
PaPappa
will
be
you’ll
able to proceed to the next stage.
With a rather inspired set of
some
the decidedly quirky arcade music
character designs and
game Samba de Amigo
wickedly addictive gameplay,
up with a
full
also on
is
almost certain that
Samba de Amigo
challenges arcade
the right position
in
in
next year. But
be more the
on-
your job to shake your
It’s
maracas
by
skills
commands
displaying a set of
make
will
it’s
Samba de
the leap from
arcade to Dreamcast sometime
(yes, maracas),
junkies to test their rhythm
screen.
Amigo
mat and a set
floor
maracas
of four
or
(JmJammer Lammy, your score determine whether or not
might not come as any surprise that
the roster for arcade release. Set
Roll
‘n’
money maker
its
its
console fate
clearly determined
game
arcades
releases
in
in
will
once
Japanese
the coming months.
1 More gratuitous Naka shots. Check out maraca in motion! 2-3 A grade of C or
that
better will let you continue onto the next
stage
for
more Samba de Amigo madness.
time
with the game’s music. There are
three variable positions: high, middle, and low
- each with
subtle
variations to increase the challenge
of the
game.
You’re even prompted to ‘strike a
pose’ at key points is
in
the
game
(this
where the floor mat comes into - the better your pose, the
play)
Toys
be Toys
will
Sega raids the toybox ace
F
it.
We
all
for a not-so-cuddly fighter
have unresolved issues from
childhood that stem from the toys with as tots - and
we
don’t
mean
Master System kicking around the
we
played
that old closet.
We’re talking Barbie.. We’re talking that big fluffy bunny.
And now, Sega’s got a Toy Fighter, the latest
solution brewing in the form of
a
in
line
of innovative
3D
arcade
G.l.
Joe-wannabe,
moves
points, the fight In
addition,
Featuring nine
initially
playable characters and a
host of environments that recreate a pint-sized Toy
is
be awarded points
decided and
encompasses a small
Circle for spectacular
damage and
classics as Fighting Vipers
waitress, or Gushiken, the
Which
’“Tl
is
is
smack
said to
just fine by us.
3 »
« | >
high points.
Cross your fingers for a home DC port for this unusual coin-op fighting fest - we’ve heard the
crown the winner of each round. So, whether you’re doll
called the
circular area
can perform grappling
order to pull each other closer into the Battle
in
gameplay
as Vitamin, the
for special
The moment
onto the next round.
Sega has implemented a feature
Battle Circle, which
Commander-esque universe, Toy Fighter uses a point system instead of the usual power or life gauge, to fighting
it’s
of the ring. You or your opponent
moves
fighters.
you’ll
or attacks against your opponent.
either you or your opponent reach the total of five
Sega beat 'em up and Fighter’s Megamix. More on this soon.
STAQE
of such
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Right out of the wrapper, Sega’s toy fighters come out kicking. ‘Catching’ your opponent pulls them into the Battle Circle. Once in the Battle Circle, you can close in for maximum damage and points.
Boot to the Head Namco's
latest
Naomi-powered contribution to
the arcade scene, the soccer sim, World most unique cabinet design with four soccer ball ‘controllers' attached for your kicking pleasure.
Kicks, gets our vote for
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Mizuguchi
“With Ulala’s power, passion, and love,
WARNING: he Moroliens have landed! DCM asks to be taken to their leader, the man behind Sega’s upcoming super groovy Space Channel 5 i
hile his name may not be as recognizable to some as Yuji Naka's or Yu Suzuki’s, Tetsuya
Mizuguchi has
literally
been the driving
some of Sega's most notable arcade Sega Rally included. But after the announcement Space Channel 5, a kitschy, catchy ode to the dance/music genre, Mizuguchi may not be lingering in the shadows of his fellow Sega stars for long.
force behind hits,
of
After being
asked to
his talents into
with the hope of making a
Taking place
in
the
25^
hand at a Dreamcast
try his
Mizuguchi decided to pour
5
title
title,
Space Channel
accessible to everyone.
century, the
game showcases a
news reporter named Ulala (pronounced “oo-la-la"). Armed with only her microphone, a penchant for '60sstyle pop and some wicked dance moves. Ulala must not only save Earth from the Moroliens (an alien race), but also bring
humans along
for
as many
the ride as possible.
Designed to use both rhythmic
£ f / I
button presses as well as directional controls, the
parts.
The
game
first is
dance sims
like
which your job
is split into
most
two
similar to
Gust-A-Groove,
is
to
dance and
attract other characters to join
your ‘groove,’ so to speak. The
in
/ / A
more people will follow behind Ulala. The other style of gameplay pits Ulala against the better you dance, the
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other characters will be drawn to her and synchronize with her.” it like this: Ginger Spice gets shot into space (thank God), loses 20 lbs on the way, crash-lands on a space-station where she forms a new band with the alien inhabitants and spreads, uh, ‘love’ throughout the galaxy. Make sense yet?
Think of
was
different.
DCM:
game
the
Is
joined as producer.
I
one-player only?
think
I
much
it‘s
I
funnier and
more fun when
played with a group of people watching. We’re
VMU
and online
still
deciding on
compatibility.
DCM: What type TM:
SC5 appeal
of audience will
to?
want to target players that don’t usually play games.
I
titles
DCM: How do you think Dreamcast is doing in the Japanese market? TM: believe it’s become very good recently because of the game Seaman. The number of people wanting to play Seaman is really important, and it’s particularly popular among girls. Before the game was released, anywhere you went, everybody was talking about Seaman. People were
modified a few things regarding the
I
rhythm-input system when
TM: Yes, but
most
Lately,
are too difficult for casual gamers, so we’re researching
SC5 appeal to everyone. DCM: What’s been the most difficult thing on SC5? TM: Making the game interesting. To do this, we changed
the
it’s
it is.
international audience into
account while you're working on SC57 TM: Not particularly. For Sega Rally and Manx TT, we *
—-
1
were aware of the foreign
_
market. This time
"pure fun."
We
think
I
we just
on making the game
don’t really concentrate on
any specific market.
We
simply follow our
inspiration.
DCM: 1: With i
Ulala, are
make
when
at
her sexy on purpose?
TM: Yes, we thought about panties
game
you targeting the
older audience? Did you
it.
You can definitely see Ulala’s
her skirt flies up. But
her sex appeal
is
We
very subtle.
it’s
not so obvious;
approached
game takes
creating Ulala differently. The
place
in
the 25th century and she’s an inhabitant of Earth.
We felt
tried to
that
500
imagine how clothes would look
years earlier
show underwear. (What she moves
in
the game,
a future/
-
Ed.)
I
in
the future.
We
wasn’t so important to
it
way
also believe the
important. Ulala looks very real and sexy; she
is really
moves passionately, which makes her sexy. We worked on it a lot. Because we only used a low number of polygons to make Ulala, think her sex appeal comes from the way she moves. believe that it’s more difficult to design things like this that you can't see. DCM: You worked on both arcade and console games, how different are the two? TM: There are different ways to explain it. compare it to the I
I
I
difference between movies and TV.
same environment length
is
for, like,
In
two hours.
a movie theater, you’re Television
different
is
shorter, there are commercials, etc. They’re the
different at the
with console
same
titles,
time. There are a
lot
of things that
the
in
- the
same, but can be done
but not with arcade games. The opposite
is
also
In my opinion, it’s more difficult to make console games. DCM: Which do you prefer? haven’t finished my first console game yet... think want to make them for a while. Arcade games provide a physical experience that you don’t have with console titles. For instance, in Manx TT you
true.
TM:
I
I
handled a bike. But, arcade across
K
in
something
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games
in
fun,”
“I
want
to
buy
it,” “It’s
Shibuya the game was sold
time
in
I
also force you to get the
DCM: With
message
three minutes, which can be frustrating.
sold out”...
out.
Japan that people started
the announcement concerning
Dolphin and PlayStation 2, what do you think are the main advantages Dreamcast
I
tried concentrate
sounds
first
thinking about buying a Dreamcast.
game make a game
I
“It
was the
system and it’s been vastly improved. don’t want to based only on style and good atmosphere. think it’s more > complex than that; the game needs to be fun. As producer,
my job to make sure DCM: Do you take the
saying
Everywhere
all
aspects to make
has over these new consoles?
I
think
it
True-to-R/C-racing physics! Objects and
surfaces affect the action just like real
ob
life!
of..$f racing.
Computer Gaming World
“9 out of 10. ..definite fun
factor...
wilhinake you come back for more.” Gamecenter ‘4
out of 5 stars...trackCi^|tunning...
fantastic visual
effects..^Mplain fun to
play.”
Gamepen.com Wildly interactive environments:
museum,
cruise ship, ghost town and supermarket!
one of the
“BeS RC
Racing game ever...
what racing
is
all
about.”
Jf
Next Generation Online
Pint size
weapons pack
a major punch: bottle
rockets, ball bearings and the shockwave!
4 racing modes and battle
away on the blacktop
mode Go !
blast
at the playground!
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How to make sure the gifts you ask for are the ones you get...
hristmas isn’t just about giving,
C
it’s
about receiving, too. And preferably stuff that you actually
don’t just chuck
in
want and
it
forget about forever (like horrible
to yourself to
buys you stuff
for
make
human
in
First,
make
your Christmas
prefer. list
history. Circulate
friends and relations at least a
you’re really lucky,
equivalent of to decide
dumped
DCM
could turn into the gaming
it
Cape Canaveral mission
what goes
control.
into Santa’s sack,
But how
and what gets
out of the stable along with Rudolf’s crap? Let
do the hard work
for you...
to expect to
see
this
much
loot:
his
so choose the
games you
accessories that best suit the kinds of
it among week or two before the big day, and with a bit of luck your bedroom should look like Electronics Boutique come December 25. If
the longest
save
hemorrhoids). Obviously, you’d need to be Richie Rich
sure that everyone
your Dreamcast: don’t settle
any old thing.
for just
will
being stuck on the
(like
couch with Granddad while he drones on about
purple slippers and Beanie Babies). This year, you
owe
These consumer electronics desirables
any self-respecting videogame junkie from a certain post-morning Christmas fate
the closet and
But no matter how reasonable your request
might be,
you’ll
probably need to
come up
convincing argument for your parents— so
with a
DCM
has
provided a few good justifications to get you started.
By the way,
if
you haven’t got a
DC
console already,
you’ve got your work cut out for you. Perhaps your
parents love you dearly (that dearly). Or girlfriend— or boyfriend— wants to less time with you. Either way,
if
maybe
your
spend a good deal
the box
is sitting
under your tree on Christmas Eve, you've scored big time. Well done: you’re clearly a professional.
The Console ($199) Vrcade Stick r$ 50
)
Arcade Stick $50 need two of these— if ito make head-to-head BgiS&at a thoroughly fair deal. They’re exactly like the
ones
Dreamcast Console $199
The pitch
'Dreamt
is a powerful home edutainment box. State the-art, web-ready techni that just happens to play games, too. Mom, it’ll let you send email. Dad, you can use the internet to check out stuff on golf and— urn— order that :
miracle hair restorer stuff.
be using
it
for
all
I’ll
kinds of
things.”
The Truth "Videogame heaven. You won’t see me for weeks, suckers."
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you’ll find built into
arcade machines.
Well, one of these wouk good stating point. What have you been doing for the past four months?
Sega#Dreamcast Magazine 01/00
The pitch
“I am a Zen Master of the digital martial arts. Hence, the Arcade Stick ;hes my true combative Two Arcade Sticks igate the upper hand, bestowing combat with balance and harmony.”
Top Stocking Stuffers f some of your relations still haven’t been I coerced into lining Sega's coffers this Christmas, don’t despair. Here are some great gifts that will come in handy for filling the darkest recesses of your stocking.
VMUs $20 You should already have one of these lovely things, but life is infinitely better with two. You can exchange
If you can't afford the official Sega model ($24.95), there are several non-licensed models available at
from unit to unit, and even play head-to-head games (in Sonic Adventure and Speed Devils) by linking files easily
around
The pitch
a
it's
personal organizer.
so busy
I’ll
My
the price.
life’s
need two— one
for college research,
other to schedule social
half
S-yideo Cable $10 If you’re lucky enough to have an S-Video connection on your TV (a 4-pin socket often found on the front) then you’ll be able to take advantage of the superior picture quality this signal provides. Show those jaggies the door.
units together.
the
my
Unless your
hectic
living
room
is
too small to swing a
very small cat (or you've got arms like
life.”
Stretch Armstrong), this extension cord
is
a great idea.
The truth
nfl2 K's
save data soaks up a whole VMU."
VGA Box $30
virtually
When
your Dreamcast
is
connected to a PC
monitor it positively purrs. We haven't quite recovered from the time we played in non-interlaced
Plus h P olls $TBA these have been the sole preserve of those lucky Japanese otaku and their rucksacks full of disposable, yen. But now you can get yourS* hands on them, too (and thankfully, Sonic hasn't been given an Uzi at the request of some clueless marketing exec). Traditionally, dolls like
($ 24
-
30
)
These days
it's slightly embarrassing having a console with the same name as a ‘70s progressive rock band (with Phil Collins), but for a mere $30 someone can pick you up a piece of videogame history - newly redesigned for 1999 and small enough to fit in your pocket. There are too many games to choose from (if you look around i junk shops and secondhand stores, you’re bound to be able to pick some up for next to nothing), but we’d start with Golden Axe, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Street of Rage.
Extra Controllers $25-30 each The prospect of seeing Soul Calibur’s beautifully realized
A
characters dancing fluidly
across the screen on Christmas morning— and you being able to control only one of them— is as painful as decorating your Christmas tree in the nude. Ouch. Colored pads should be available by the time you read this.
Interact Astropad $25
The pitch whole
H
This
scores between the Fighters:
R
The truth
Rally Rally
Wheel
makes the Game Boy Color
“Do
I
look a
our humble opinion. It connects to your comms cable and character data and
“Fun for the
family.”
look like
little
DC
sad, in
via a
DC game King of
Dream Match 99 and KOF
•>
2.
F355 Challenge Arcade
Norman-No-Friends?"
Machine About $22,000 if you get one of these, we'll be spending Christmas at your house... Okay,
Wheel $70
With Sega Rally 2 arriving in time for Christmas (at least, according to Sega) and other great racers on the way such as F355 Challenge, your DC controller just won’t do.
The pitch download
"I’m planning to
official
tests off the
web
DMV
interactive
to practice
my
need this to have a decent chance of passing. The roads are already full of overzealous drivers.” driving test.
I’ll
Keyboard $25 It
won’t take long before you get sick
of using a controller to type those emails to your buddies. Electronics Boutique (ebworld.com) will set you up with one.
The pitch The truth
“Let’s
burn rubber.
for
“The essential control interface web-ready technology.”
The truth
“Great. This
is all
mygamingheaven.com up and
www.DailyRadar.com
I
need
to get
running.”
01/00
Official
SegadJ'Dreamcast
VGA mode.
«
Toy Commander Ten Dreamcast games guaranteed to knock the stuffing out of even the toughest Christmas turkey.
DCM score: 8 said “The best
We
DCM Score: 8 We said -a huge dose game
DCM score: 9
We
get to play with toys!
designed tracks and a considerable
playthings
u
a fast,
to satisfy
missions. There’s a fun two-four player
for
Dreamcast. Don’t miss
“Where’s that blue rat gone,
without
“It’s
a Wonderful Life"
Grandma would say “Sonny, are you that blue rat7’
best fighting
rough around
the edges, but easily the best hoops
game we’ve
It’s
ever played
beyond the original coin-op we’re it’s almost toogood.
—
the
so
lost for
Grandma probably wouldn’t say
What’s the big deal?
“Gee, it sure looks purdy but the combo system could use a
Squint slightly and you could be
little
more depth."
some
What’s the big deal?
Grandma would say those ads for
Ball
is
so cute
NFL2K DCM Score: 9 We said “The best football game we’ve ever played."
great (gameplay.
“That Michael Jordan
when my Tinker Toys...”
just loved
words...
watching a real game. Amazing characters, replays and
I
most beautiful, impressive videogame ever."
What’s the big deal? far little
girl,
DCM Score: 9 said “The
technically
NBA2K DCM Score: 9 said “a
too,.,',
Grandma would say
Soul Calibur
We
We
mode,
was a
Sonny? Did
over... ?"
pm
The return of a gaming icon and Sega’s most important game for its new system. A Dreamcast without Sonic would be like Christmas
I
it.
Grandma would say
What’s the big deal?
\
You
of renegade
them by winning races and unleashing air assaults throughout 50 ground and
you run him
i\
A band
taking over the house. Beat
What’s the big deal? game
furious
enough depth even the most
is
An immaculate conversion of the superb racing coin-op. Easily the best driving
said:
rollercoaster ride with
and beauty
What's the big deal?
on Dreamcast: by miles. Beautifully challenge."
Sonic Adventure
of starry-eyed
imagination."
racing
Well, the graphics are amazing, for
one
thing (especially the between-play cut
in
Park franks."
scenes and
smooth
But the super-
replays).
play-by-play
commentary and
a great play-calling system are the sparkly silver balls on an already
DCM score: 8 said “Incredibly fast-paced,
Grandma would say
We
“Oooh,
and tough enough to keep you coming back day after day."
What’s the big deal? an exact
is it
football? You know, Sonny,
your
Grandma used
little
cheerleader. Now, where did
to be quite a good I
put
that photo album?"
an expensive arcade machine. Light gun games are It’s
replica of
never going to offer endless
Power Stone
entertainment but the amazing set pieces and relentless action you hooked.
will
Iro
keep
We
lavish-looking fighting
boat racing
wouldn’t say
never played so
“Eat lead zombie scum!"
What’s the big deal? It’s
DCM Score: 8 said “One of the
Thunder
DCM Score: 8 We said “High-speed
Grandma probably
What’s the big deal? Capcom’s first real 3D fighting game, featuring interactive arenas and It’s
a perfect conversion of a recent
A two-player mode, some superb courses, and - get this - a sense of humor. Whatever next? coin-op.
VFStb DCM Score: 8 said “Unsurpassed
We
elegance of
the intricate gameplay.”
its
in
most
games ever
well.”
superb cartoon-style polygon Cute: but packs a punch.
fighters.
Grandma would say
Grandma would say
“Your Great-Uncle Ed used to have a
(from upstairs) “Can
nice
little
me
dinghy."
someone
help
out of the bath?"
What’s the big deal? An immaculate conversion
of an arcade classic that does for hand-tohand fighting what Soul Calibur does for weapons-based combat. Deep.
Grandma would say “Now, where’d
I
leave
my
teeth...?”
ALSO ARRIVING IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS... We haven't received finished
Creepy gorefest
PC games magazines that got the
your heart out. 1
Hi-octane racing
copies yet, but these two should also be out in time for Christmas (and they're not
and shooting. Reviewed next
pretty excited recently. (Doesn’t
issue (we hope).
looking too shabby either).
Don’t buy
Shadow Man
Vigilante 8 Mad Max, eat
I
take much,
that.)
a...
here are two kinds of turkey at Christmas: the
T
first traditionally
feasting, causing
takes centre stage
mouths
golden exterior and succulent,
second kind
is
in
yuletide
to water with its crispy
juicy, loveliness.
The
any videogame containing the words
Kombat, Gold or Mortal. Please, please, please make sure you ask for the well,
38
first kind.
As
for
these beauties...
you wouldn’t wish them on your worst enemy.
Official
Mortal Kombat Gold We said: “What’s the point?"
We
Answers on a postcard, please,
pool.” (That’s
Sega# Dreamcast Magazine 01/00
Monaco Grand
Dynamite Cop said: "As shallow
as a kiddie
been peed
in.)
We
WWF Attitude
Expendable
Prix
said: "Poor handling.” Unless
you're avoiding the road, that
is.
We
said: "Confusing
repetitive."
and
We meant “Urrgh"
We
said:
“Read a book." Okay, it's got to be better.
we didn't, but
i
DCM
Survival Guide to
hristmas Trauma treatment administered by your friends at Dreamcast ER icture the scene. You're
P
home
night before, you're lying
in
for the holidays. After a few too many egg nogs the bed on Christmas morning nursing your head and for three more hours. But you can't - there's a
about ready to go back to sleep
noise. Noises.
sounds
In fact, it
like
World War
has just kicked off
III
your
in
living
room.
It starts with the sound of your younger brother frantically unwrapping presents - your presents - followed by a horrible clattering noise that sounds suspiciously like GD-
ROMs
being thrown around the room
like mini-frisbees.
And then
there’s the crash of
the Christmas tree, knocked over by the dog - his jaws are tightly clenched around a
ham - pursued by Dad
joint of
carrying a baseball bat. You think things can’t get any
worse, right? Wrong. The doorbell rings. Your strange Uncle Ernie from Iowa (the one
come
with the fart problem) has
What do you do? Panic? to surviving Christmas
month - and
to stay for a
he’s sharing your room.
DCM's handy guide
No, keep a cool head, and simply consult
- a sensible and
as possible on your Dreamcast and as
Remember
disastrous family situations.
approach to spending as much time
practical
little
time as possible involved
kids,
it’s
a jingle out there.
(Is
in
potentially
supposed to
that
be funny? - Ed) Merry Christmas!
AND THEN CONSOLE
YOU SHOULD. Insert ear plugs.
Go back
Seaman. Imported DC owners, you
to sleep for
forgot to feed him.
three hours.
fish tank, there'd
If
this
was a normal
be something
floating
upside down (with googly eyes).
The Ten Commandments. Thou
Your seven-year-old brother
shalt not
ever switch the channel while Aunt Edna is
|
combos
pulling off 30-hit
_TNew
Soul Calibur - your copy of
watching Charlton Heston.
unwrapped
kindly
if
like
the addled bird slips you the tongue?
Mom
a happy raccoon. He reminds us:
Dad
shouting at
skimpy piece of
Kirkland Ministries. Ken’s rug lies on his
extra-large!”
A
else, but Soul Calibur?
brother
still
has the use of
If
your
his fingers
after you've dealt with him. get
him to
straw.
I Place the old dear in front of your I Dreamcast with a light gun in her hands. I Tell her to meet the nice elderly folk in I the
"I
you
told
it,
Pen Pen
presents.
Tricelon - nothing else quite
makes sense,
Congratulations! You’ve
more information than
of the Dead 2. After she s played she probably won't bother you again.
House
global online community...
Open your
(brandishing
lingerie):
bit
What
you
Grandma s mouth. "Give your Grandma
Christmas morning at Kenneth
head
for
Your name, coming from
DCM favorite).
Year controlling a wheelchair
I through a
Soul Calibur, which he has
A Charlie Brown Christmas (a
him that if he doesn’t wrap your presents back up again, he’ll start the
Tell
after Teletubby
just received the worst |
Christmas
is
a time
Christmas present
you needed, thanks.
for giving (him money).
history
Football. Well, realistic that
real
TV game
NFL2K
to
be exact.
no-one notices for
it’s
It's
freaking out. Your
so
in
Teletubby oven mitts.
Cut him free with
little
not a tight
in).
it's
stopped
Kombat from this game Mortal
industrial-
strength wire cutters.
Be
careful,
though - Gran's wool was
'
ages (The turkey-
delivered anesthetic has kicked
-
presents - including yours.
Gold. Cut yourself free
with industrial-strength
wire cutters - Midway’s
originally
used as an instrument of torture medieval times. Speaking of torture, she also bought you...
his
game
in
I\' John Denver and the Muppets Christmas Special. John and Miss Piggy share
an
It's (Still)
intimate
25,000 Christmas
a mini VMU game by candlelight: Sega designed this battery-powered wonder for such emergencies. (That's two minutes accounted for, then.)
The
Life.
The dishwasher vomiting china. Instead
I
Explain you're logged into
of cleaning up
I
Rally
cleaning the kitchen.You need this is
I
an emergency.
I I
Christmas with Frank and Bing guaranteed to induce sofa coma.
Santa Claus: the Movie (Dudley Moore the maverick
etc.)
you quit now,
who
piano and her fourth large brandy
in
the
you'll
Commander
levels). Hey, in
do
Y2K
blackout.
It'll
the
be
and Diner gonna spend time a kitchen you might as well be inside where your family
Toy
be known as the guy
Grandma,
she’ll
tone-deaf Uncle Harold bangs out the
I killer-instinct
musical accompaniment.
I a
sock
in
it.
if
(the Kitchen
you’re
Sega’s not-quite-finished Dreamcast
soon
feel
*
if
Network. Log onto the net and
.* .
.
she doesn't put
v
'
j?
Right now.
A nice cheery Christmas film
and
to round
if
that, like
I the sting of your Zombie-
I
saving for the
Sega
global
pulled onto the hard shoulder 'to
Aunt Edna
Evacuate immediately.
a thoroughly disturbing day.
a
over the net and
in
emergency generator that dad
the washing-up'.
Tell
| I
2 tournament
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence. off
www.DailyRadar.com
elf,
Power Stone. You've plugged
Play
power is down. Mom gets the candles: Dad fumbles around for the flashlight.
moment. Yuck.
a Wonderful
lights exploding.
finish off
Go
downstairs,
the egg nog. Then pass
out next to the dog on the sofa.
01/00
Official
Sega# Dreamcast Magaz
.
that Furby? That’s your Christmas present.
See
excitement.
o it turns out to be a bad year. You scrabble around under the tree on Christmas morning, desperately trying to find anything with your name on it, but the prognosis isn't good. You sigh enviously at the thought of your more fortunate friends - they always get more than you. In fact, at this very moment they're probably using climbing gear to scale the mountain of presents under their trees. But you do find something lurking in the corner and unwrap it hastily, unable to contain your
S
You asked in
gun with
(in
a fleeting
in
same
shape
thing.
for your
busy
Starbucks. Stop
slot.
Slick
Style™
this
life’
Mug™ says
now.
hair gel
For the coif you’ve always
with
great visuals (review
for
Stainless steel mug. ‘A great
Trickstyle
game
mattress
camping comfort.
(ahem) ready
A Starbucks Chubby
VMU/
jump pak
Futuristic skate
in
‘n’
Hardcore Heat video
auto-fire,
auto-reload and a
roll
the ultimate
the
A Starfire Lightblaster Light
didn’t receive
from Uncle Ernie. Not quite
ready off-road
racing simulation.
(
Self- inflating
A rough
Hardcore Heat ‘n’
the
A Dreamcamp Astrobed
four colors.
TNN Motorsports Rough
worm on
But you got
for
buttons, autofire,
available
a pair of tighty-whities with a cartoon
Share in a DCM prayer and be thankful you any of the following atrocities either...
A Dreamcast Astropad 6
It’s
and the words ‘girl bait.’ Oh dear. But don’t despair, things could be worse: far worse. You could have received a Furby. Or Halo, the silver Beanie Baby with angel wings, oh yes, a halo. Now that’s a nightmare after Christmas, all right.
front
wanted, guys.
issue 2)
moment
Oh no! Mortal Kombat Gold!
of
madness) Mortal
Kombat Gold
DCM’s Retro Economy Christmas™
DCM
The
Xmas Quiz! What's Your
DC If
3. What was the origina/ Japanese name Sega Bass Fishing? a) Don't panic Bassman! We are friends! b) c)
for
Get Bass! Sega Bassu Fishimaru.
What is a 7urb? (as in Japanese RPG Sengoku 7Urb) a) Alien speak for ‘cabbage'.
4.
IQ?
you think Pen Pen is an avant-
b)
Mcefon
A strange
cat-like thing
on rollerskates
speaks Japanese. You have absolutely no idea.
5.
What does the Dreamcast’s orange
really),
we’d consider a
a)
DC expert,
Ca/ibur has been sitting
in
Dreamcast since the day
if
however, Sou/
your imported
it
was released
Japan, then you’re probab/y endowed
in
spira/
b)
Sega knows something we don't. A centrifugal force highlighting movement
from the
internal to
capabilities c)
We’re
the external. The
we possess
all
freakin'
in
infinite
our dreams,
Sega gaming. Answer
the fo//owing
questions to determine what kind of
1. a)
really
are
hippie for
probably
you...
in
a games
store.
You see an
you...
if
as Akira from VF3. Ask
she'd like you to personally
demonstrate the vagaries of combat for the entire character portfolio in both games, then
maybe get a
b) Coolly offer her tell
drink...
some
6.
What’s the Dreamcast
modem current/y from the
withdraw the offer when she says
Sega motherbrain. b) Not much. Oh... email. c) Amazing online games.
Shout at the top of your voice There’s, uh, a girl! Hnnnngh.’
c)
it's
for
A Capcom
3D
fighting
game
with interactive
environments.
7.
Shenmue
a)
It’s
is
so
‘Cool!
Answers:
rea/istic that...
a parallel universe. Which exists. in the virtual
An executive paperweight with the words ‘in your search for the truth, leave no stone
b) You can play the coin-ops
unturned’ engraved
c)
c)
in it.
arcades.
What
is
a ’Seaman’?
I
bet
won't play on
it
my
Master System.
a) Man-fish. b)
A strange
artificial
life-meets-weird-
Japanese-man-fish-thing. c)
Which forthcoming DC game (surprising/y) uses the fishing controller? a) None, hope. Fishing is murder, man. 8.
In
a fish tank.
You have absolutely no idea.
I
b) Eternal Arcadia. c) What's
a
‘fishing controller’?
Sega
gear...
SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
(1987)
Perhaps you already have one sitting up in the attic covered in dust and hairy spiders. Sega's original 8bit wonder ‘machine’ looks more like the control deck of some tacky 70s TV spaceship than a console, but at least the games were good. Key titles: Phantasy Star, Y’s, Wonderboy 3, Fantasy Zone, Enduro Racer, Missile
Command 3D
SEGA GENESIS DCM Towers
(1989)
has one these classic machines
display cabinet
in
our
a glass-fronted teak You should have one, too. This
sitting proudly in
illustrious Editor's office.
some of the greatest Sega games ever - so many in fact, we don't know where to begin. The alternative to buying an old one is to march down and slap thirty bucks into the sweaty palm of the sales assistant at your local software emporium for the latest model (see Stocking Stuffers, page 37). Key titles: Golden Axe, Streets of 16-bit console plays
you answered the questions: ‘a’ - You are a few fries short of a happy meal. You forgot about ‘real life' some time ago, and think the world is made of polygons and machine code. You should
Rage, Castle of
Illusion.
If
Most/y
gaming magazine. - you are a Dreamcast genius and we bow to your greater gaming knowledge. Would you like a job here? Most/y ’c’ - You're as dumb as a sack of rocks. Go back to games school.
work 2.
classic
available
‘spiritual enlightenment'.
b)
some
the financial odds are stacked against you, wallow in nostalgia. At very little cost to you, you can enjoy the finest Sega gaming around by simply looking to the past for your Sega entertainment, rather than to the cutting edge. Garage sales, flea markets and online sites such as e-bay are great places to pick up used Sega consoles and games, although it’s likely you’ll know people with some of this stuff kicking around. Here’s what you’ll be looking out for...
When
?
friendly advice,
her that she can borrow your copy
her boyfriend.
used for?
Beg, borrow or steal
'thinking'.
of Soul Calibur to save money. Immediately
a) To receive further instructions
What is a Power Stone? A rock you bought from a
It's
a) Introduce yourself
then
doomed!
with an encyc/opedic know/edge of
DC gamer you
ID. You’re
her
stand for?
then you’re hardly what
around.
too uncomfortable.
Do
ba//point (the truth isn’t
it
b) Check the returns policy of the store where it was purchased. c) Shake it. If that doesn't work get a screwdriver and poke around inside until it does. Unplug it when the electric shocks get
between Soul Ca/ibur and Virtua Fighter 3.
short about a ta/king
any less weird,
a) Talk
attractive girt having a tough time choosing
c)
that
garde French animation
Dreamcast stops working. Do
9. Your
for a
Most/y
‘b’
SEGA SATURN Don't pay
the
(1995)
more than $50
games
for the
system and expect
(except rare imports). The 32-bit Saturn
to
is
because it also has a formidable collection of games, and more cult status than other Sega machines. We have one hooked up in the office for the occasional bout of Sega Rally when we’re feeling blue. Key titles: Nights, Christmas Nights, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Sega Rally, a worthy precursor to the new Dreamcast (
version,
we
hasten to add).
pay around $10 each
for
a worthwhile investment,
W
the
hat a time to be alive, huh? The most
and, well, weird. They claim that it liberates you from the time and space constraints of the real world. We think it could be a subliminal visual code that subconsciously programs your brain to worship a new God: Sega. (Actually, we're not too sure, but we’ll let
is upon Dreamcast, but case you hadn’t
significant cultural event of our times us. (No, not the release of the
dawn
of a
new
millennium,
in
So are we. The Y2K bug is ready to wreak havoc with the world’s computer networks, the doomsayers are prophesying apocalyptic upheaval, and noticed.) Scared?
you know when we figure it out.) Not everyone is predicting societal breakdown, though. In fact, chances are that on January 1 everything will be business as usual - hence our
yes, the world’s craziest loons are gearing up for a
showdown
that
make Mad Max 2
will
look like a
Dreamcast.
We
think
it
looks odd - a bit
New
You should
Y2K titles. So, we recommend a dual strategy - prepare for both a showdown and a year full of the best games you’ve ever played. You never know, the year 2000 might bring online gaming, too...
Sunday street fair. Even Sega has been affected by the pre-millennial Zeitgeist. Take the strange orange spiral on your
selection of great
Age-y
DCM’s Y2K underground
be...
survival tips
With TV down, radio on the blink and the internet a seething mass of gridlocked gibberish, a good to gauge public reaction to a devastating Y2K will be to check out the state of the highways on New Year’s Day. Is everyone driving
way
10 Games for the Millennium
blow
Year 2000 classics coming your way
calmly and responsibly, regardless of the black hole that
T
new
here’s a stack of exciting give you details on
there’s a
lot
we
didn’t
all
of
them
on the way for your new console. So many, in fact, that we can’t We’ve picked the ones we’re most excited about, even though - such as Randy’s pet Birdcage of Gauen. (Randy, we know
titles
here.
have room
you’ve already booked two
for
weeks
off
work to
g0k
T""'" ’
'A
'
Tt,
TH
play this, but
didn’t
make
it
into the
list.
Sorry.)
When’s
it
Your guess
as good as ours. The Japanese version has been delayed
is
Because
Yu Suzuki's
it's
city in realtime, while
CDs, and the
it all
Hazzard?
is
its
gone a
bit
Dukes of
true, then it’s
time to
move out
of the house need to make sure you’ve got plenty of supplies. Food and water? Check. Sandbags? Soul Caliburt Check. The
at least Thanksgiving - yes,
until
it’s still
March, so a
a long way
you’ll
your sorry ass:
off.
• Regard your Dreamcast as a virtual boot camp for what goes on ‘outside the bunker’. The following essential items
magnum
opus. Step into the shoes of Ryo Hazuki and explore a combat and solving puzzles. Part One comes on four rumored to be told in 16 parts.
engaging
entire story
the latter
If
following pre-millennium tips could also save until
care?
1
engulfing society and
is
infrastructure? Or has
dig a garden bunker and
and underground. And
out?
US debut probably won't happen
Why should
WSM
it
is
will
be necessary
for survival:
in
•
Buy an
electrical generator to
power your
Dreamcast, TV and other less important
Resident When’s
it
Evil:
Code Veronica
(Capcom)
slated for February 3, so a realistic estimate would be a
need
will
of) that is
gj 'JJ
j
This
out?
The Japanese release date month or so after that.
•
appliances (such as the stove and heater). lots of
every house
modeled
in
gas in
it’s
rumored
mainland China
(sort is
accurately
*0 Ls* 1
the code of Sega’s epic Shenmue...
• Start breeding Chaos. In the unlikely event that
Why
should
I
care
we’re
Creepier than getting out of bed and finding
Bob Barker standing
in
the closet wearing
your pyjamas. Ultra-detailed, realtime backdrops, amazing lighting (wait
swinging lamps casting eerie shadows everywhere,
etc.),
and
you see the
‘til
and a huge map
all
will
wiped out, these They’ll live
have an approximate
Eternal Arcadia When's
•
<sega)
out?
it
Not yet known, but possibly a Spring release
Summer
or
Autumn US
Why should
in
Japan. This would translate to a
release.
care?
1
Free-roaming scenarios take the place of
restrictive, linear scripting
on inside
VMUs
eventually inherit the earth along with
cockroaches.
to explore.
will live
on twinkies, which
half-life
of
1000
years.
Upgrade your Lightgun to a Glock. Should
the streets be
awash with
won’t feel
out of the action. And
left
gun-toting lunatics, at least you
all that zombie slaughtering, your aim should be sharper than a weasel in swat gear.
after
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and the developers
are promising the navigation of the vast world via, uh, flying boats. We're especially looking forward to the newly controller’s
Crazy Taxi When’s
been
announced
fishing
games hidden
inside (our fishing
feeling a bit neglected of late).
(Sega)
out?
it January is the month we when can start driving people to places where they didn't want to go, being rude to them, and ripping them off. Hurray.
continued
Why should care? I
It's
a whole bunch of laughs, and the
the
game
includes
San
DC
version (see page 62) has loads of extras.
Francisco, we’re looking forward to driving to
open-top taxi and careering around the office parking
lot
work
(although this
is
in
Dead
or Alive
When’s
it
February, we’ve
As
a yellow
unlikely).
2
(Tec,™)
out?
been
Why should
told.
I
care?
We’ve got the arcade machine standing in our office (along with most of the staff from other games magazines, as a result). Deep hand-to-hand combat, tag-team backdrops, and fighters that make Lara Croft look as sexy as a sack of spuds. D.O.A., it won't be.
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Sonic Adventure 2
'^8jr
When’s
(Sega)
out?
it
We're guessing the end of 2000. I
Why should care? I
Because Sega has just confirmed might be,
think Sonic Adventure
it
one and it's going to be huge. However amazing you represents a test run on the console - much in the same
this
way that Virtua Fighter did on the Saturn. Unless you think Sonic would look better wrapped around one of your car's tires. (I hate him.1- Randy) (Randy? You're fired -Ed.)
When’s
coming out?
it
February, apparently.
We
think that's February
2000, but
don't bet
on
DCM's Y2K underground survival tips it.
Why should care? I
Because
taking an eternity and can't possibly, after all this time, turn out to be a game, can it? The game was originally created for Matsushita's M2 console and has been in development so long that the original design docs are said to have been found crudely painted on cave walls in Southern France. it's
continued...
klutz of a
•
Buy 2,000 cans of Sonic the Hedgehog noodles - should
keep hunger at bay (Your legs
Phantasy Star Online When’s
it
about two years. the
in
Also, should
deranged cults stumble upon your hideout,
out?
it
Later next year. Sorry,
for
drop off sometime
will
2000, though)
winter of
(Sega) you can throw cans grenade-style from
doesn’t get clearer than that.
behind banks of sandbags, screaming
Why
should
I
care?
‘You’ll
The original was cooler than Roger Moore sipping a ice-cold Vodka Martini in a Siberian snowstorm. It had a vast quest, a female protagonist and was one of the earliest RPGs to capture the interest of non- Japanese gamers. Even DCM's Editor-in-Chief raised an eyebrow when he heard about a possible DC sequel. (I had something in my eye -Ed.).
•Arm
me
never take
alive, suckers!’
yourself with a copy of
techniques of stealth and
Rainbow
Learn the
Six.
enemy base
infiltration.
Raid your
software emporium for the latest releases. And you
local
thought ‘going commando’ meant wearing
no underpants...
NFL2K
uh,
When’s
out?
it
2
<sega)
P*.
Why Well,
should
V 1
(Game
will
pictured
is
until
,
be thrown
in,
too (no,
we
don't
of,
and a host of other
know which ones,
millennium
7
ft
..
normality
is
restored by crack
government troops disguised as a
care?
those slightly dodgy running games should be taken care
improvements
• Buy an imported DC and a copy of Seaman. This will be your only friend
(vi
M id-2000, we think.
cult.
Even a man-fish that
looks like Boris Yeltsin
yet).
NFL2k)
friend •
in
such a
Stock up on
will
be a useful
crisis.
2000
batteries for your
Game
Gear. Put
50
or |
so of these aside
Hedgehog alarm
When’s March
in
it
Japan,
in
the
•
US
Get a wheelchair. When you
noodles the racing
game
I
care?
that
'perfect physics' with
to play.
represents a departure
It
amazing
visuals.
is
may seem
Should be incredible.
bug won’t affect Sega's
2000. Which seems
Fall
‘I
• Don’t forget your fishing controller
that there are as-yet undiscovered tribes
a plan. At a recent press conference
my own
be so hungry you’ll eat anything. ate some months later. Just don’t eat
cry
~.
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might need to properly operate your Dreamcast.
Look on the bright side. When clocks tick over to the year 2000 on New online gaming network - because it hasn't actually got the thing up and running yet. in the Amazon who are more web-ready than Sega is. But don’t worry: there Tokyo, SOA big cheese Peter Moore revealed that everything should be in place for online a long time, but he does mean EVERYTHING, running full tilt - massively multiplayer worlds courtesy of the likes of Phantasy Star Online and Turbine’s Frontier, as well as online Sega Rally tournaments. So what’s the hold up? Well, unlike the PC user, who expects serious lag-times and constant crashes, the console gamer is less tolerant. Sega is now spending time and money working with AT&T, constructing a sturdy server backbone, but it will take ages to complete. In the meantime, we’ll still experience the sharp end of the digital gaming revolution thanks to Sonic Team’s Chu Chu Rocket It
get totally sick of
finally
your thumbs or any other appendage that you
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Year's Eve, at least the
gaming by
you’ll
legs!’, you’ll
Dreamcast was designed
from the arcade-style racing mould that's been Sega's trademark for years. The game could have as many as 200 licensed production model touring cars to choose from,
and blends
clock.
out Autumn
Why should It's
and your Sonic the
for your flashlight
in
Bass.
Become a master
When
you’re
and
line
(and
and Get
of the piscatorial arts.
an expert with the rod you’ll
to practice: fish
probably have a few years
swimming around
in
the
inevitable post-apocalyptic toxins won’t
like
mutate overnight),
find
catch yourself a real
a
life
and
local lake Blinky.
and (uh) some ‘parlor’ games. Parlor games? It’s not the Ultima Online beater we’d hoped for, but it’s a start. Having seen the system off to a successful launch, Sega is now turning its attention to making good on its online promises, and as the New Year progresses, you can expect some impressive online gaming-type news to appear. Watch this space.
was the year the
1999
Oh, and
lovely
Pammy decided smaller was better.
Sega launched a new videogames system... uFAj
Japan of
DC
is
a
500,000
units
shipped to stores at the end of
1998. Sega 2 arrives.
Rally
Work
stops.
US Dreamcast's
DC
launch are
shifted
announced. Meanwhile, a
the E3 show in LA an early prototype of DCM is handed
team of
Sega's Naomi
highly
trained magazine professionals
in
hopelessly over
glimpses of
cost $199.
dominates the AOU arcade giant
show
in
Tokyo.
We drool Dead
or Alive
gathers in Northern California...
(um, that's us).
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and F-355 Challenge.
a
•Th
A date and a
Over
Japan. At
out to the industry (and promptly price for the US handed back). release of the console are set: on September 9. the unit will
system
ITOl
Over 1,000,000 units have
Details of the
hive
activity
following
of
Project Ares (now known as
Eternal Arcadia) at Sega's New Challenge Conference. A
Dreamcast
Europe,
We
hits
begin
November by
the American
up
streets on
putting the
September 9. two weeks it sells 514.000 units,
finishing
a launch, Meanwhile,
for
too.
News breaks
in
they're gearing
Japanese gamers get their mits on Namco's 300,000 US
modest entry
pre-orders for
making
into the DC arena - Soul
Dreamcast break every sales record
fastest-selling
Calibur.
in history.
finally
We
receive an
US Dreamcast -
¥10,000
straight off the
($100) price drop is announced.
on e-bay
production
(We
line/
try to sell
$5,000.)
for
touches on the issue
Within
it
the
it
console
in
history.
We
can’t take the excitement.
you're holding.
October 14
A Dead is
the (three weekdelayed) date for
the Europeanwide DC roll-out.
A week or so later, news breaks on a title that could be Sega's answer to Gran Turismo...
2
or Alive
arcade machine arrives office. later,
done.
in
first
flakes of start to fall
snow
(well, in Alaska, perhaps), the
the
Weeks
the issue
is
DCM team
sits
around the
fire
reminiscing
about the year that was. It’s a wonderful console.
.
Happy New Year/
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R
andy had been pacing the DCIV1 office all day. Up and down, up and down. Tiny beads of sweat were visible on his
brow as he glanced at
his
watch
for
the fifth time in 20 minutes. “Less than five hours to go now,” he reassured us - reporting the status of the Tecmo van, delivering the
Dead or Alive 2 machine to DCM's offices. He was making us nervous. But we forgave Randy his excitement. After all, this was the day that we would finally get to play Tecmo's amazing new Naomi fighting game, D0A2. It was ours to keep for at least for a week - on free-play! So who could blame him for getting distracted? Later that day (well after ETA time): Randy is nowhere to be found. We start to worry (there are four empty pages in the magazine, and time is running out). We search for clues to his disappearance and notice the electrical cable leading from under his desk, out through the window, into the parking lot... and into the back of a van (Tecmo logo on its side). Muffled scuffling sounds from within. Randy sticks his head out the window. “I was just - um - making sure it hadn’t been damaged in transit, you know - so you guys wouldn’t be disappointed. But haven’t really checked everything yet, so you should probably I
come back
later...
“Randy? You’re
?” fired.”
such as those
Step down, Soul Calibur. Once we’d
prized Randy’s
hands off the
take long for us to realize that
benchmark
for
Dead
accurately
new
—
used mainly
gestures and emotio°ns
And
—
in
‘dynamics simulation.’
The game also makes great strides fighting
environments themselves
wouldn’t have digital
much
effect
—
in
terms of the
details that normally
on the play of a
fighter,
denizens.
become,
in this
game, a
surfaces, a
while complex attack
but
part of the action.
la
Virtua Fighter 3tb, but are free to be
knocked through windows and from ledges, so as
traditional hand-
carry on the battle to finesse animations on the
vital
Characters are not only able to fight on uneven
for expressing subtle
sequences are conveyed through created artwork.
Ninja utilizes innovations
quality
Soul Calibur, motion-captured animation plays a
minimal role
for blocking (so that the fighters’ arms match up with kicks and punches), Team
didn’t
it
sets a
this cast of fighters
represents a super-evolved race of in
2
Dreamcast graphics. With near-CG
human movements and personas, As
controls,
or Alive
in
entirely
new areas
to
(see above).
fly,
Try punching your opponent through a stained glass
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new
the hardware to
Limits.
DCM
polygons for this exclusive
into
church window
into a courtyard, or off of
a three-story-
high waterfall and into a roiling torrent of mist below.
And
there’s more:
when
fighting
walled areas,
in
character’s throw animations adapt to vertical
utilize
the
surfaces whenever possible— you can plant
both feet firmly on a wall and spring down on an
opponent with multiplied force. really,
but
it
adds more
It’s
a simply concept,
to the fighting experience than
you might have imagined.
Beyond
its
visual impact,
D0A2
relies
engine that remains largely similar to
new
‘free’
its
on a
fighting
predecessor.
A
button enables you not only to dodge attacks,
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Dead or
Alive 2
^ Tag, You're Hit One
of the
Alive
2
most important new elements
is its
in
Dead
or
tag-team gameplay. which enables you
not only to switch between your two characters midmatch (by hitting all three buttons at once), but to execute devastating attacks using both fighters simultaneously. Since your second character is
always waiting just offscreen, there's no pausing it’s almost when he or she is called into action an instantaneous transition, as your fighter's alterego runs, leaps, or vaults into the ring. Two types of tag-team moves are possible: throws and attacks. Each team has at least one the opponent throw (typically, one character tosses into his teammate, who then slams the enemy into the mat) and two true attacks, where (for instance) both characters grab an arm, vault skyward, and perform a devastating dual neck-breaker. These moves can be pulled off rather seamlessly by hitting away and all three buttons (for the throws) and towards and all three
—
(for each character’s team attack). As an added perk, your second character’s health
buttons
will slowly recharge so, conceivably, if you manage to swap characters cunningly, a match can last quite a while.
after being sent offscreen
—
1 Depending on the pair-up, your characters will perform different Bass and Tina perform tag-team grapples on tag attacks together. their opponents before smashing them into the arena floor.
Each of Dead or Alive 2's fighters has two or three different costumes that can be switched on and off at the character select screen. Zack models the latest in ravewhich is what she's just done to Bass in wear. Helena is a master of throws You're seeing the beginnings of Ryu's three-stage throw, in which she this shot. sends opponents skyward, leaps, grabs them, and then spins them into the ground.
—
but to execute split-second reversals as
Dangerous Decor
on gameplay, a new Tag Battle mode the original Dead no real ring-outs per se in this game. Instead, the perimeter of each arena (called
jusi as
the Danger Zone) is rigged to explode, should a character get
knocked or into it: inflicting damage, rather than ending the match. Needless to say, it’s best to get out of the Danger Zone as soon as possible. The most dramatic example of the Danzer Zone appears in the game’s Bio Lab stage, where a gigantic electric generator
is
the middle of the ring. When thrown into the generator, opponents are engulfed by situated
in
electrical arcing, lighting
angry Christmas trees.
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characters on the
fly
well.
lets
And even more impactful
you switch between two
during matches, to execute especially devastating
in
Alive, there are
up
like
combo moves
in
which both fighters attack their opponent
simultaneously. Your
teammate
is
always waiting just beyond the ring
perimeter during the match, and can spring into the fray without so
much as a hiccup— there’s no
loading necessary and no disruption of
the match’s flow. You can also start a
have If
it
combo
using one character, and
finished by the other: often with extremely flashy results.
this trick doesn’t
generate enough brutality for you, Team Ninja has
also retained the original game’s innovative Danger
Zone concept. Rather
than traditional ring-outs, impacts on certain areas of the ring perimeter
—
the walls—
suitably
will
cause damage
mammoth
Capping
it all
unparalleled.
to the fighters,
accompanied by
explosions and scarring scorch marks.
off, this
game’s repertoire of fighting movements
Arduous days of playtime by members of the
have revealed that each of
its
is
DCM team
12 characters are capable of no
less than
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Head Over Heels Integral to the mastery of Dead or Alive 2's complex fighting system is
Deadly Dozen F
or
Dead
or Alive 2,
Tecmo has added
fresh faces to the returning roster of
Alive characters,
who have
all
coming to grips with the
Dead
or
—
—
both cosmetically and attack-w/se in the/r own r/ghts. There are 12 f/ghters in all (Tecmo can’t
conf/rm yet
if
the final boss, a mask-wear/'ng,
Kabuk/-theater-//ke fe//ow
most detailed moves to match.
they’re the qua//ty
w
ill
intricacies
of reversing attacks from your opponents. There are four types of reversals (or counters, as they're sometime called) in the game: high, medium, low, and throw. Each form of reversal must be executed almost immediately after sizing up the incoming attack, and each uses a different combination of the joystick and new ’free' button to be successful. For instance, reversing a midrange attack requires you to hit backward and then forward with •free' to grab an opponent's attack, to turn her momentum against her into a throw.
several
been upgraded
be playable) and
you’ve ever seen, w/th
Oh, yes: we know that Bass looks susp/c/ous/y similar to Hu/k Hogan— and yes again, that’s the same Ryu Hayabusa from Tecmo’s classic act/on game Ninja Gaiden.
Gen-Fu catches Lei-Fang's incoming kick over his shoulder. He then holds her leg and pushes her forward, helped by her own momentum. This sends her flipping backwards. A reversal is successfully completed.
Environmental impact Study Dead or Alive 2 sets itself apart from other 3D fighters by integrating fighting environments into the action of each battle. Knock an opponent through rails or a window, and you can head outside to finish him off. Scenery becomes an element of strategy. rival near a wall, and you can slam his head into that handy hard surface at the same time. Or use the wall as leverage, and you can propel him into the ground with particularly brutal
In Brief
Throw your
efficiency.
It's not only the larger characters in the game who can execute impressive-looking grapples. Here, the petite Lei-Fang sends the decidedly non-petite Bass flying, using one of her basic punch + kick button throws. Kasutni and Ayane demonstrate a variant of the attack reversal. When one character attempts to throw the other, you can properly time the reversal not only to get out of it, but to leave your opponent faltering and susceptible to a counter attack.
RELEASE DATE SPRING
(
•
+
1
POINTS
Amazing character models and
animation
— they look almost
real.
a dozen special attacks, and
that’s not
even counting basic attacks, tag-
team combos, throws, and
Some, such as the mammoth Bass
or muscular Tina,
can actually execute multi-stage throws
opponent
floor,
him
into
So drive 1 Jann Lee knocks Bass into the cathedral’s stained glass window with a powerful punch. 2 Bass flies through it, smashing the glass into shards. 3 Bass and the glass fragments drop to the ground below. 4 The fight carries on in completely new surroundings, without any load time.
reversals.
it
the
into
a
wall
—
pivoting around into a leg breaker,
by making use of several sets of
after our hands-on experience,
one thing
is
—
certain:
one area to
slamming an
and then lobbing
command
inputs.
new
era. Luckily,
Dead
or Alive
Reversals can play an important role in the fighting, but can also be difficult to perform.
2
you can confirm this theory for yourself— the
punches and kicks
its
/And we’ll
still
way
be playing
it
stateside during the
BOTTOM LINE
—
that
is, if
Tecmo’s
you won’t have to wait
for too long before
first
still
first
Dreamcast
effort
is
a stunner, boasting incredibly detailed characters, breathtaking
game
multi-leveled arenas, and seamless tag-team action.
two months of Y2K.
the electricity’s
another.
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a great deal further (through a church window or off a rooftop,
perhaps), and into an altogether
Huge
multi-leveled arenas that enable the fighting to move from •
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2000
where
in
will
stores, showing us even
more of
see even more big games -both
you’ll
be able to
find out
all
there
is
to
games for Dreamcast months before they hit stores. Think of it as your own personal reconnaissance report on what you should be keeping an eye 014 for on the horizon. Thisissue’s games cover all of the majorgenres, from sports to shooters, fighters to racing. We’ve assembled a hands-on playtest of Resident Evil: Code Veronica, an exclusive first look at Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, the first-ever Dreamcast previews of arcade mega-hits Dead or Alive 2 (see our Special Report on page 46) and Crazy Taxi, the latest on Acclaim’s zany shoot-’em-up Furballs, and, as usual, a whole lot more. No doubt about it — the next 12 months are going to be a great time to be a Dreamcast owner. Speaking of Dreamcast owners, we want you to be a part of the Coming Soon section too. If you’d like to have your say in each issue’s know about upcoming
U.S.
1
Hot in
List,
our round-up of most-wanted games, just drop us a
the subject
line. We’ll tally
them up and
Incoming! Game
List
Hot List January
Driving
January
Action/Adventure
Draconus: Cult of the Fighting Force 2
MDK2
Wyrm
Adventure
Dead or Alive 2 Resident
Evil:
Action
Action/Adventure
Croc 2
Spring
Platform
Furballs Action/Platform
Spring
Hostile Waters Action/Strategy
Spring
Jeremy McGrath Supercross Racing Midnight GT Racing NHL Hockey 2000 Sports Red Dog Shooter Seaman Simulation
New Worlds
Real time Strategy
4
Action
Action/Adventure
Deep Fighter Action
4. 5.
2000 2000 2000 2000
Sports
2000
Action
Phantasy Star Online RPG
2000 2000
Shenmue
2000
Adventure
2000
Silver RPG Action
Virtual On: Oratorio
Tangram
World Series Baseball
Xleratlon
Sports
Racing
D2 Dream Roadsters Crazy Taxi
61 FI World Grand Prix Furballs
Action
2000 2000 2000
Publisher Infogrames
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Developer Appeal
-
62 76 78 78 66
Legacy of Kain:
Intended Release 2000
Soul Reaver
not all bad news for those of you who I were looking forward to this surreal adventure game, which receives this issue's t’s
Metropolis Street Racer
Resident
Space award after falling victim to technical hang-ups. Why? Because it looks as though Outcast 2 will be taking its place Lost
in
Striker Pro 2000
on Infogrames’ release roster sometime before the end of 2000.
Seaman
2000
of Kain: Soul
Reaver 68
68 72
Evil:
Code Veronica
Legacy
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GAMES AT A GLANCE Crazy Taxi
2000 2000
Planet of the Apes Adventure
Space Channel 5
V
THIS
2000
Action
Sports
Konami Basketball
Max Payne
M
Rage 4 Eternal Champions 2 Toejam & Earl 3
3. Streets of
Spring
PREVIEWS INDEX A
Panzer Dragoon Saga 2 Nights 2
1.
2.
Spring
2000 2000
Adventure
Half-Life First-Person Shooter
Dangerous
Code Veronica 58
2000
Action
Floigan Brothers Platform
&
Evil:
^
NHL 2K
2000
Adventure
Batman: Animated Series
Resident
Code Veronica 5.
Spring
Fall
Chakan the Forever Man
Shenmue Dead or Alive 2 >
You’re dreaming of.^ll
Spring
Fall
Konami Baseball
2.
3. Resident Evil:
Spring
Baldur’s Gate Online RPG
Hidden
to.
2 Code Veronica
4. Crazy Taxi
Spring
FrontierOnline RPG
Ecco the Dolphin
1.
April
Spring Spring
the Dark
Evil:
5. Furballs
Spring
Sports
Castlevanla: Resurrection Action/Adventure
in
or Alive
You’re looking forward to
March
Climax Landers RPG
Deadly Pursuit
Shenmue
February
February
Metropolis Street Racer Racing
Star Trek:
Resident
4. Crazy Taxi
February
Platform
Action/Strategy
Felony Pursuit Action
Boarder Zone
Dead
2.
3.
January
February
Action
1.
January
February
Fighting
Code Veronica
Space Invaders Toy Story 2
January
January
Platform
Wild Metal
We’re looking forward
January
Action
Action
Rayman 2
Zombie Revenge
Alone
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release dates as of press time
Crazy Taxi
D2
line at
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The
horror,
the horror... apan gets
O
all
the good stuff
Mitsubishi Evolution first
5
first.
‘road’ car,
MiniDisc, the impossibly fast
(um) Tamagotchis, and, of course,
looks at soon-to-be-classic videogames. Resident
Veronica (or Biohazard: Code Veronica, as
exception when
it
showed up
in
playable
Show. Not that Japan had that much time to see certain
it’s
demo form
US Dreamcast magazine standing
it;
in front of
known
Evil: in
Code
Japan) was no
at the recent Tokyo
there
Game
was some guy from a who wouldn’t
the monitor
move, claiming ‘diplomatic immunity’ when the police eventually arrived to pry his
hands
off
Previewed
the controller. the premier issue of this magazine, Claire Redfield’s latest
initially in
survival-horror outing
is,
we
are pleased to report, looking utterly amazing. After
being bundled unceremoniously back to the question stood triumphantly
in
US
in
handcuffs the (ahem)
‘editor’ in
the middle of the office and reached into his pants,
proclaiming “you won’t believe what
I’ve
got
in
here.” Naturally, everyone immediately
winced and prepared to look the other way. After several seconds of silence, we looked up and,
lo
and behold, he stood there with a shining GD-ROM.
Veronica - the first
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30
minutes. And
it’s
playable...”
Code SIMON COX
“It’s
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Something under the mess
The demo begins.
Claireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just
familiar inventory screen.
enters the graveyard.
escaped from her
cell within
hall is
snacking on zombies.
an island prison. Press start to trigger a The first zombies appear as Claire zombies are unarmed - literally.
Outside, things are obviously amiss.
Luckily, she's sporting dual Uzis, while the
-
Claire hesitates to
(seemingly) safe
fire:
mess
and gets grabbed by the throat by one of the zombifide baddies as a result. Wrestling free, she hides out only to encounter - you guessed it - more zombies (and some great realtime lighting effects).
hall,
Outside, something under the mess hall is snacking on zombies. -12 Inside the bunk house, she hits on the first item stock-up point - an unusually tidy kitchen. Claire retrieves a set of lock picks; an enterprising zombie avoids locks altogether and crashes through the outside window. Yikes!
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i
Preview Zone
1* *
Making her way outside once again. Claire discovers what's been eating the zombies under the tloorboards: mutated hounds, of course. Using the game's new independent targeting and firing ability (and about 200 rounds) she handily puts them down. Now it's time to - albeit hesitantly - head back through the graveyard to the only other unlocked gate that's connected to the main prison courtyard. Alert, with
guns drawn, she
stealthily
steps through...
Beyond the gate: another zombie-filled room. She picks the case's lock, and
briefcase.
a pounding on the window of what summarily bashed into the glass by an unseen
Inside, Claire hears
whose
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we
figure is a research room.
entity.
The assailant
Claire uses a fire extinguisher to contain flames in the courtyard, finds a key inside.
It
opens the main
gate...
and Claire heads
and retrieves a main house.
for the
Approaching it, she finds a panicked (pounding) lab worker, still screaming, into darkness.
pulls him,
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“Escaping by the skin of her teeth, Claire keeps her gun drawn.”
Unnerved, Claire quits the room post-haste. Just then, an alarm sounds: a biohazard containment leak is in progress! Giant bulkhead covers begin to slam down in front of every door. Ack! hell. Screaming down a corridor, she takes a flying leap down a and squeezes under the last door - just barely.
Only one thing to do now: run like flight of stairs, rolls,
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Escaping by the skin of her teeth, Claire keeps she’s not taking any more chances. Inside the next room, which proves to be an office, a hidden button found behind the desk triggers the opening of an equally hidden door. And Claire begins to sense that something is watching all of this unfold from outside. This something is a long-armed mutant, which smashes through the window and takes several rounds to dispatch. Claire exits through the hidden door, and discovers a roll from a player piano lying in the corridor. Curiouser and curiouser. The only piano she's seen in the house was in the recreation room, so she heads off in that direction to unravel the obvious puzzle. her gun drawn
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Downstairs, Claire plays the
roll
on the rec
room piano. It unlocks a safe, which contains a lab employee ID card (so much for security). Entering the employee's name into a computer terminal, she gains access to another
passageway. More zombies shamble through hallways as she makes her way toward an imposing set of doors. Entering an office space, she encounters more of the long-armed mutants (friends of the first one she killed, no doubt). Beyond them, at the end of a moonlit passageway, she sees the shadowy figure of a woman, who orders Claire to halt: and shoots her with a crossbow. End of demo. End of fun. Boo!
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COMINGSOOM
Preview Zone
San Francisco’s renowned
u
means
larking problem
drivers have to resort to
new
techniques.
k
1
JBf
axi
cabs
little
in
Japan are
“Hey, where ya wanna go,
hilarious. They’re
much
tiny cars that look
the one
like
U2’s Bono once drove onstage shrunk-in-the-wash,
boys?” “Are you
— kind of
kidding? With you at the wheel? You’re drunk and your feet are the wrong way round!”
The
no-frills affairs.
wear little white gloves and never do that American cab thing, i.e., drive around in circles for an hour before eventually ’fessing up to not knowing where the hell they’re going, revealing they have no street map, refusing to call dispatch, then smugly announcing that if you don’t know where you’re drivers
going, then This
is
designers, division,
a
how
are they supposed to.
relief,
who
game
but no fun for AM3’s crack
are the
new heroes
of the arcade
powered coin-op Crazy
Taxi (see issue 1).
The
polite
been
you haven’t chosen yourself, and you’re encouraged to learn the shortcuts.
New York and San Francisco-style who churn up the city streets in a virtual
you want to sample this right
If
now, then take a cab to your local arcade and feed the
Crazy Taxi coin-op
it’s
arriving
on Dreamcast
in
humble the security
we breezed into the top-secret AM3 labs at HQ and got our hands on the wheel one of the most eagerly anticipated driving games
some
For those of you
still
quarters.
you’ve already played
that the arcade
beginning for the Dreamcast version. Driving
Taxi
is
We
discovered that Crazy
much, much more than an arcade
For starters, there’s three different
modes
The arcade mode gives you the coin-op
in
to drive.
a nutshell.
you can to their destination the
air
(a
Official
and repeating
until
fast as
green arrow hovers
above your cab to point you
direction),
them as
in
in
Sega# Dreamcast Magazine 01/00
AM3
only the
skills
are
consumer crew has
mode where you can hone
your
and accelerating/braking
maneuvers to perfection
in
16 mini-games before
venturing out onto the (here’s the best part) exclusive
map from
the coin-op, this
that size, with
new
many more back
addition
In
fares.
The result
is
is
three times
streets and passengers
and more complicated routes needed
the right
you run out of time.
included a training
is
Dreamcast extra course. Based on the San Francisco
You drive around San Francisco, amassing cash by picking up fares on the street, driving
the key to success, and the
power-sliding, jumping,
port...
to
2
—
Sega
see page 88).
But what about the graphics? Does the
Dreamcast version hold a candle to the coin-op? Only the
most pedantic arcade nut could
mean me,
be pleased to know
Sega’s Japanese
ever to bear the Sega logo.
(with the exception of
find fault with the graphics (You
with us (and presumably
familiar with the coin-op), you’ll
mode
Go now!
guards,
of
62
of
ignored, replaced by
destruction derby, and
quality driving experiences
Rally
mode you'll instantly note the free-roaming nature the game — you’re rarely forced into taking a turn
taxi lunatics
January. Using our VIP passes to
owners, starved of top-
this
thanks to the run-away success of Naomi-
efficiency of Tokyo’s uniformed drivers has
For once, a cab is about to arrive early...
complete the
a sure-fire winner for Dreamcast
don’t
you? - Randy)
which mirror their arcade counterpart polygon-for-polygon. There’s a slight difference lighting,
but
it’s
in
the
barely noticeable
everything looks fantastic. Crazy Taxi will sit proudly alongside Sonic,
Soul Calibur and
DOA2
as a
truly representative of the
game
power of
the console. Oh, but you’d better get a steering-wheel peripheral
you
really
want
if
to impress your
buddies. Or better
still,
a
girlfriend...
SIMON cox
“The arcade
mode you’ve
already played
is
only the beginning”
“I’m off! A giant green arrow has been hovering for the past few miles, and it’s me the willies.” 2 Losing his chest-wig to a vowed never to take a cab to the set of Baywatch again... 3 The Embarcadero and Fisherman's Wharf provide the San Francisco backdrop. 4 The detail and sheer number of other cars go a long way to create a living, breathing, city. 5 No tip this time... 6 A quick nap before hitting the road. 7 Be careful. These people are ‘crazy’.
1
above the car giving
vicious cross-wind, Hasslehoff
Running the Light
j&UisfjSiiiB
Not-at-all-crazy Taxi
he clock's ticking so don’t pay too much attention to traffic signals - this isn't real-life San Francisco where hidden cameras snap your registration, inform the authorities, and trigger the mailing of a $300 ticket. Be too ‘crazy’, though, and your terrified passengers will demand reduced fares. The wusses.
T
in Brief
apanese taxis are not crazy -
J and this it'
is
in fact,
they're very sensible,
especially true of the drivers. Their idea of ‘losing
would be crossing their hands over the wheel on a turn, or
forgetting to check the mirror before signalling. They're also 1
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Hhoctane thrills, free-form and a city teeming with
•
driving life
make
for
a superbly rich
gaming experience. Bigger
•
maps than the arcade 16 training mini-
version, with
games.
1-1 POINTS •
Will
to
the bigger maps be enough for a long-term
make
challenge?
BOTTOM LINE This
game
looks and plays like a have a full
real winner. We’ll
review next issue!
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1 As if contending with fuzzy baddies wasn’t enough, you’ll also have to go toe-to-toe against giant mechanized marauders such as 2 Some of the game’s puzzles will require you to move objects the Furballs can’t. 3 Enemies will come in all shapes and sizes, from teddy bears to alligator-like fellows. 4 Massive set-pieces, such as this drilling rig, are rendered without so much as a hint of slowdown. this big lug.
control heavy machinery to
these
Meet the Furballs ROOFUS This hound dog
Furballs Bizarre Creations readies erhaps this
is
what the
brilliantly
game
not only of the
Well
about.
known
for its strict
adherence to realism, the
for
world, the
make the most many weapons at your
requires that you
disposal, but of the individual
specialties of each
British
development house responsible peerless Formula 1 racing
3D
pastel and fully
bizarre in Bizarre
Creations
is all
truly
its
3D shooter
bizarre spin on the
member
of the
Furball team.
Over the course of your mission, you’ll
and the forthcoming Metropolis Street Racer for Sega is throwing reality to the wind for its second Dreamcast project: the utterly
obstacles that can be surmounted only
member and
territory, this
game
particular skills
swimming,
through tight spaces.
Spanning
simulation without entering dance-and-
armed
its
high jumping, gliding, and the ability to slip
from a physics-accurate racing
rhythm
using
including digging, climbing,
shoot-’em-up, Furballs.
spins a tale
of six stuffed animals (who just
encounter numerous puzzles and
RICO Swimming
is
this well-armed
Rockhopper Penguin's specialty.
Some areas game cannot be accessed without him.
CHANG
Furballs’
Fleet on his
ferocious feline can use her razor-sharp claws to climb
feet,
vertical
slip
surfaces and
tight
rip
of
the
Chang the
Firefox's
special ability enables him to
through
spaces to
enemies
into fluffy
kidnapped
shreds.
animals.
BUNGALOW
TWEEK
Hailing from the land down under, this
Tweek may be a baby dragon, but he can use
kangaroo uses
his tiny
his powerful
to glide like a
much
wings
jump
higher
than his team-
even shoot at enemies while
mates can.
airborne.
1 Each of the game's five worlds has its own theme, from dusty conduction yards to the snowcovered streets of a bustling metropolis. 2 Furballs' baddies are just as well armed as you are, but, in this case, nowhere as nimble. A couple of shots to this guy will send fluff flying.
by switching to the proper team
Probably the furthest you can get
to be
JULIETTE
legs to
simulations during the 32-bit days
madcap
uses his digging ability to burrow under otherwise impassible obstacles and make quick escapes from enemies.
happen
to the teeth with
from forests
to city streets,
and divided
sub- levels, the
game
will
and
but
will
‘kill
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DEVELOPER BIZARRE GENRE ACTION PLAYERS 14 PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE SPRING
into multiple
not only
present challenges of the ‘solve the puzzle’
automatic weapons) bent on rescuing
five worlds,
In Brief
the bad guys’ variety,
require you to track
1+) •
It’s
from toyland
special items and rescue kidnapped
terrorists.
enough to give Congressmen and
along the way.
number of mini-games are
and
in
to give shooter fans reason to sit
up and take
exterior,
(including
enemies
that leak cotton stuffing rather than
player
And you can look
the game’s two to four
match’ mode.
and
is
totally unique,
spring.
game
in
a
Sega (US' Dreamcast Magazine
its
ear
when
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for
more on
genre on
sure to challenge your wits as well as your trigger finger’s stamina. Set
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next issue.
it’s
be able to switch six characters to
I-) POINTS •
Balancing the pacing
between high-intensity action and clever puzzles is difficult. •
Here’s hoping that the
camera system doesn't create problems.
Furballs might just turn the
extraordinarily elaborate blaster that
Official
in
‘fluff
Sick, twisted,
blood, for example) lies an
A
forward to plenty of mutliplayer
mayhem
POINTS
looks nothing like your 3D shoot-'em-up.
You'll
between
accomplish different tasks, with 50 hours of gameplay.
also planned
hopes of extending the game’s replay
factor even further.
notice.
Below Furball’s whimsical
which takes tongue-in-cheek stabs at
videogame violence
66
members
family
concerned parent groups nightmares—
It
average
down •
their families
3D
shooter
released this
this promising
RANDY NELSON
BOTTOM LINE If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if super-cute mascot characters picked up guns and went on a rampage, may be the game for you.
this
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NBA 2K
THINKING
ilmtlasflci
— Twenty-nine teams throw down actual
NBA
tattoos
may,
in
28 arenas with 1300 motion-captured moves,
coaches' playbooks and jawdropping action
and sneaker squeaks. Microwaves
down
to
hand signals,
don't get this hot. son.
m mm
refill your holy water— a bone-chilling vampire adventure
Stock up on garlic and enough to have Buffy quaking in her tops. No, it’s not a bad hair day or the
hi-
t’s
latest Nielsen ratings
—
it’s
of vampires ever
making
their
It’s
in
is
Cast out of his council
for
needs
their
power
vows
not going to be a simple hack-and-slash road to
vengeance. Before reaching Kain, you must claw your
way through vampire
lord’s
numerous your
five legions of
way
can be surmounted only by learning
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plot line,
your utilize
be able
ability to glide,
solving,
for
drag objects, and
from the
in
to grab
added later to
also
the
be
its
game
new
visual
run at a
Staggering
in
scope and blood-curdling
presentation, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver truly
game
in is
the
first
massive adventure outing on Dreamcast, and from
worth embarking
to great
all
you can also expect those that
effect. Raziel’s
opening of passageways to
it’ll
are pre-rendered to be of far greater quality.
enemies and
swim
it’s
managed to game runs by
engine cinematics to
our early glimpse at the game,
Soul Reaver’s style of puzzle-
traditional
the gameplay and
frames-per-second. Although the
develop
traditional puzzle-solving
in
depths factors heavily
30
of largely
will
left
two-fold and to institute a whole slew of
makes use
rip
way
adventure on other platforms? Developers
Dynamics have
touches, as well as ensuring that
that’s not to
be able to
its
you’ve already
another matter altogether. Tapping into Dreamcast’s
consistent
You’ll
throw them onto spiked walls in
a sword-like weapon
The environments themselves you’ll
this
at Crystal
if
storyline untouched, but on a technical level
and overcoming obstacles
a number of weapons and powerful spells to aid
as
taken
game, but
foes limb-from-limb using razor-sharp claws, and
called into play,
remaining lieutenants. Worse yet,
natural (and supernatural) obstacles stand
that
itself,
realities
on
is
brain-twisters.
increase the resolution at which the
only be used on the spectral plane.
crucial in the
won’t factor into your quest.
dirty work.
vampires and destroy the
special skills and powerful spells.
be
more elaborate
So, what’s to look forward to
unparalleled processing muscle, they’ve
order to pass certain
in
say that pure action and more
to
give you a shot at defeating Kain. It’s
initially
certainly
has
often
will
further affects gameplay once you’ve
Warping between will
to regain
control over the land, and, as part of the deal,
can
that
gothic realm of Nosgoth, slaying your
ex-brethren and stealing their souls on behalf of the Elder. This ancient entity
It
acquired the Soul Reaver
the
insolence of evolving wings before your master, you
now wander the
obstacles.
it
more than cosmetic. Both planes
have to shift between them
your name. You’re one of six lieutenants to
Kain, the vampire lord.
is
feature different sets of enemies, and you
Legacy of
Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel
far
fabric of reality itself while
an impressive visual effect, but the impact
on the game world
seen on a console are
way toward Dreamcast
must defeat powerful
order to progress, you
doing battle on both the material and spectral planes.
the surprise
announcement that the most ghoulish crew
In
enemies and warp the very
on. That
is,
it
should be one well-
unless you’re one of those
mamby-pamby faint-hearted types own reflection. You are? Oh.
that are spooked by
their
RANDY NELSON
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“It’s
not going to be a simple hack-and-slash road to vengeance.”
n addition to upping the resolution at which I the game runs and locking the frame rate at a steady 30 frames-per-second. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver’s developers have added a number of new graphical effects, such as elaborate realtime lighting, illustrated by the brilliant
lighthouse
1 You'll be stalked by multiple enemies at once. 2 An ominous sign of things to come? 3 Raziel will gain the ability to swim for long durations later in the adventure. 4 Some puzzles involve the environments themselves. 5-6 The game’s prerendered cinemas boast amazing detail, though its realtime ones are nearly as stunning. 7-8 Locations range from gothic churches to
Romanesque
pillars.
beam above.
In Brief
[+! •
POINTS
The game's world promises to
be absolutely huge. • Incredibly detailed (and varied) gothic environments.
I-) POINTS • if
Don't expect any new surprises you’ve played the PlayStation
and PC •
Will
versions.
the storyline
inconsistencies be fixed?
BOTTOM LINE Eidos brings its massive 3D adventure game to Dreamcast, improving its audio-visual aspects but leaving the gameplay and storyline untouched.
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ow's a renegade vampire supposed to make quick work of
his former brethren with only a pair of sharp claws and a lousy spear? He's not. Over the course of the adventure, you'll acquire a number of spells from your more powerful fallen foes. used to solve many of the game's puzzles, as well as
They’ll be
to deal devastating blows against enemies, such as the wall of fire
which engulfs a pair of them
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Metropolis Street Racer new
Bizarre Creations unveils the hat’s
happened to
number
more
Racer? Originally
pegged to debut by
game
year’s end, the
The reason the best.
E3
since
Shown
have included a
some
of
is all
for the first
not only
in
long
way
remarkable visual
Bizarre Creations has implemented
its
from the E3 version. Suspensions now taking turns and drop
when
jumping, not only making the cars look truly lifelike
them
when
feel realistic
racing, but
as
making
well. Visually,
a
into
example of the
the circuits at this point are pedestrians and cross traffic.
tapestry of
brilliant
life
the
in
truly impressive.
Bizarre Creations has also revealed
the game’s third
circuit,
encompasses the London.
actual car physics, which were missing
when
—
real
in
enhancements as well. On the gameplay front, developer
dip
brilliant
San Francisco has been modeled right down to actual storefronts 4 The only things missing from
game
neon and flashing billboards just as
time
Computer
gameplay, but has undergone
truly
2 The London circuit Is packed with sharp twists and turns. 3
which
Shinjuku course, which, at night,
transforms
for
September, the
come a
place,
TV-llke
scanlines and a record light for that ‘caught on camera' effect.
time of day variants of Tokyo’s
May.
at the European
game has
in
massive street racing sim
its
1 M-SR's replay mode has been
tweaked to display
Realtime lighting and more
Recent demonstrations of the
absence from
turns out,
Trade Show (ECTS)
terms
in
for its it
look of
each course
generate even more atmosphere.
will
after debuting at Electronic
Entertainment Expo
detail.
roadside objects are also
suspiciously
crept back into the shadows shortly
the spotlight,
of textures used for
has increased, lending the locales much
Metropolis Street
Its
announced
which
downtown
sights of
two other, previously circuits are set in
Tokyo and
San Francisco. Details concerning planned ‘gang battle’
its
mode remain under
PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER BIZARRE CREATIONS
tight wraps.
ORIGIN UK
Metropolis Street Racer should see release
and
if
in
TYPE RACING PLAYERS 1-4 PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK, WHEEL ONLINE 7BA RELEASE DATE SPRING
North America by summer,
these latest improvements are
anything to go by,
it
should prove well
worth the wait.
randy nelson
Seaman Say hello— literally— to the future
of virtual
H singular)
—and
creepier
far
more
talkative.
3 Inspecting the little guys brings this 3D hand into play. still
aren’t quite sure
is
the
upcoming
Microphone Pack. You see, just
some
knock-off
sort of virtual
—
it
thing yet to a
this isn’t
breathing
Starting off with an
— you got us when the fun — real
is
half
it).
some will
have died. a school
is
Seaman
in
adult form should prove to be the (if
not
somewhat
his
most
disturbing)
— thanks to advanced speech recognition — never
aspect of the game, and
in
turn,
a dozen Seamen to say
will
end up with
Conversations with
entertaining
life
empty aquarium,
you hatch several eggs, which,
grown and some
you’ll finally
creepiest things you’ve ever seen.
Sea Monkeys
form inside your television.
(there
fully
of human-faced fish that are the
aims to be the closest living,
they’ll
begin to understand you, and repeat
coaching (and regular feedings)
be
of Sega’s
spawn around
In Brief
underwater pals. Soon enough,
them. After a couple of weeks of
(note:
What
make use
begins with you feeding tadpolebeings to the mollusk.
you begin teaching words to your new
of this
first virtual life
want to touch them. 4 Seaman llke
title
Seaman
preview.
simulation for Dreamcast. Not only
We
why you’d
about the
that, it’s the first title in the pipeline
to 1 Your Seamen friends are eerie from the get-go, as they burst their way out of their molluskllke host. 2 Within a matter of weeks, they will evolve into adult Seamen, who are even
forms. Yikes!
life
kay, we’ll begin after
you’ve finished chuckling
That’s
or strangeness
—
sure to begin. Using the microphone,
the
same twice. Seaman is easily the most unique
title
on the horizon.
We’ll
have
full
details
on the U.S. version next issue.
RANDY NELSON
PUBUSHER SEGA DEVELOPER
VIVARIUM
ORIGIN JAPAN
TYPE SIMULATION PLAYERS 1 PERIPHERALS MICROPHONE PACK ONUNE NO RELEASE DATE SPRING
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Zombie Revenge 1 The glowing spheres surrounding your targets to red
— indicating the
right
moment
will
to fire your
turn from green
weapon
for
Your mission will cover every inch of Woodside dark back alleys to the top of a speeding freight train. House of the Dead 2, your characters will sometimes be
maximum damage. 2 City,
from
3 As
in
its
tasked with rescuing
civilians
from rampaging zombies
in
order to
progress. Often times, they'll reward you with important items.
House of the Dead’s motley cast of monsters returns in the bloodiest beat-em-up ever he guys and ghouls of House
p
38
Hy
1
of the
Dead are back, and
stink
—
literally
—
in
in
the
Woodside City. It’s your assignment to knock the decaying flesh from their bones yet again not with light guns this time
irs
—
around, but
-p.
in horrifically
brutal hand-
to-hand combat.
walls,
ransacked buildings, and plenty of
raging fires.
Some
Many have been
(a
agent type, a grown-up
‘Buffy,’ or
sh/rtless in
70s
definitely every bit
entirely
new
(but
as creepy).
Gameplay-w/'se, the Dreamcast
conversion of Zombie Revenge won’t be
a
cop) dropped smack-dab
the middle of Woods/de
w/ll
out of
lifted stra/ght
House of the Dead games, to which Zombie Revenge serves as a spin-off, the
government
one of three characters
of the enemies
also look fam/l/ar, as well they should.
Zombie Revenge sees you getting up although some are close and personal w/th the undead as
imr
spooky as those
to look just as
the original Naomi-based arcade
version, replete w/th blood-splattered
bustling metropolis of •1
You can expect the game's environ-
ments
this time they're causing a
radically different
counterpart
C/ty, just
new
—
from
its
arcade
with the exception of
play modes, including a
recently transformed into ZombieviWe
several
USA. Your goal: Take back the
one-on-one ‘fighting mode, a weapon-
warehouses, ne/ghborhoods, subways of only mode, and an Original Mode similar th/s
urban sprawl
—
nine areas
by pommeling, shooting,
drilling,
hacking, and generally causing of bodily
harm
in all
—
burning,
all
sorts
to horde after horde of
the walking undead.
Your character’s actions are
assigned to three buttons: Guard, punch, and shoot. You can also perform
a variety of
combo moves by
these three buttons
in
able to pick up
will
creepiest sea creatures this side of
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
you’ll
So stock up on your zombie
be
and weaponry, including flame throwers,
guns
repel lant
and get set
for the goriest
beat-’em-up you’ve ever It’s
laid
eyes on.
going to be a messy job, but
somebody's got to do
stra/ght out of Desperado.
4 Characters can pick up
in
to Sonic Adventure’s
numerous power-ups
chain guns, and guitar case chain
one
also feature
bolster replay value.
hitting
pre-def/ned
sequences. More importantly,
House of the Dead 2. It two VMS mini-games to One will be similar Chao mini-game, only this time you’ll be raising miniature monsters on your VMU. The other is a zombified version of Sega Bass Fishing that’ll let you go angling for the to the
it.
jeff chen
flashlights which not only enable you to
spot baddies before they grab you, but also produce a great realtime lighting effect. 5 For added shock value, enemies will spring out of doorways, manholes, and,
underwater. 6
Weapons range from
in this
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case, from
basic handguns to the massively
powerful flamethrower. 7 Zombies don’t fear
fire
— only hot lead.
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MORE ADDICTIVE THAN NICOTINE! Forecast reports
100% chance
of rain... fire balls,
earthquakes, missiles, and ducks. That’s There’s a storm brewin’ and time
is
essence. Design valleys and mountains the water
“An Amazing
New 3D
in
place. Better be quick though, you
don’t have as
Puzzler’
falling
much
time to react as the other
puzzle game. Highly addictive and
guaranteed
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1999 Xicat
Interactive, Inc.
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are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises. Ltd.
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D2 original horror heroine crash
The
lands
the Great White North
in
efore
Valentine and
Jill
Claire Redfield, there
life
was
starred
D on
the horror
in
forms near the meteor crash
turn into ravenous beasts. Could
site it
be a
virus? Radiation poisoning? Or
Laura Lewis, the golden-
who adventure game
tressed heroine
something far more sinister? Featuring both first-person and third-
person views, combat
PlayStation and Saturn long
in
the
game
is
the former, giving you the
before anyone had even stepped foot
handled
Racoon City limits. Laura then went on to star in Warp’s second
firearms, while gaining precious
game on
experience points along the way. The
inside
Saturn,
Enemy
Zero,
in
chance to test out a whole range of
earn points lends
combating stealthy aliens aboard a far-reaching space ship. Now, with
ability to
Warp’s third game, D2, Laura returns
detracting too
in
charged
survival horror fans.
A game showcase
originally
title for
will
M2 system, D2 skips the antics of
Enemy Zero and
atmosphere of
ill-fated
meteor. Talk about
game
is
hit
it is
bum
Warp president a
by a giant
luck.
The rest of
is
making
that this
will
you’re to survive to
Kenji
Eno promises
be one of the most
immersive games to
hit
Dreamcast,
beefed up by his own orchestral soundtrack and We’ll hold
fully
3D
environments.
him to his word as
ship to stores this January
spent exploring the
as to what
if
see Laura through.
wilderness, fighting giant monsters, and collecting clues
(and surely, sub-
human) characters, and also solve
series of cinemas showing Laura on a
plane shortly before
human
challenging puzzles
more
game opens with
D2
give you the chance to zip around on
multitude of
the gothic
outback. But things are not as peaceful
the
a
adrenaline-
the action segments.
outer space
D, opting for the
down-to-earth feel of the Canadian
as they seem. The
much from the
feel of
various vehicles, interact with a
planned as a
Matsushita’s
D2
distinctly role-playing type feel, without
an adventure aimed straight at
D2
—
sets to
just
in
time for a long snowy winter.
all
FRANCESCA REYES
1 An elaborate, mysterious CG Intro foreshadows the ominous game. 2 Laura's
feeling of the
doubles as a snowmobile. 3 Another ill-fitting Christmas scarf? 4 Laura and the stewardess, pre-face split. skirt
Q: What happened here? Answer 1: A tragic scavenger hunt gone horribly wrong. Answer 2: Pilot mistakenly mentioned he had an ultra-rqre Pokemon card over the PA^ystem. Answer 3: Crew chomped | 1
by stewardess with tentacles on her head.
POINTS
(+1 •
Promises to be a huge, action-
filled
If
adventure
it’s
anything
like
the
original,
expect a good, creepy mystery
1-) POINTS •
Will
more •
30 Second Makeover nd you thought your life was rough... Laura runs into this poor stewardess at the crash site, there's more going on than a simple migraine. You'll have to fight the mutated hostess while being
A
When
tossed about by her protruding tentacles. Believe us, Mulder and Scully ain’t got nothing on Laura Lewis or D2.
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the character animation be natural in the final version?
Hopefully, there will
be a
solid
balance of action, exploration,
and puzzles
BOTTOM LINE Warp's 128-bit winter wonderpiece, as great as it looks, has to be almost mind-blowing to make up
for its
countless delays
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COMINGSOOAf
FI World Grand Prix Dreamcast’s latest Formula One racer pursues unparalleled realism f
attention to detail
is
the
simulation’s potential,
World Grand Prix pulling
ahead of
its rivals,
Sports Flag to Flag and
Grand
is
Sega
Monaco
Prix. Fully licensed by
The game
FI
already
the FIA,
the governing body of Formula
One
FI World Grand Prix promises most accurate recreation of the motor sport ever seen on a console. Developers at Video System plan to
Grand Trial,
will offer six
Prix, Exhibition,
game's primary
Single Race, and a two-player
Match Race. Challenge mode should be especially intriguing for FI purists, as will
it
enable you to see how you would
racing,
have performed
from the 1998 season.
in
actual scenarios
Other details, such as head bob due to g-forces while turning and virtual
cockpit
camera views featuring 3D
instrumentation, should further the
a combination of licensed
resources, such as circuit and season
suspension of
data, and Dreamcast’s unrivaled ability
cameras are placed
to simulate realistic car physics, while
position as their real-world counter-
simultaneously recreating the more
parts, so playbacks of your race should
subtle aspects of real-world racing.
look shot-for-shot like an actual
Featuring
all
22 cars and drivers
of the
1998 Formula One season, FI World Grand
Prix calls
on
official
survey data
to recreate the series’ globe-spanning circuits.
culled
Re-creating the high speed FI racing while retaining accurate physics is the goal. 2 Camera angles will include several outside the car and two virtual cockpit interiors. 3 Multi-point car tuning will be crucial to winning the season. 4 Replay cameras are positioned as in real life for a TV-like effect. thrills of
play modes:
Challenge, Time
to deliver the
utilize
1
season, so that the track conditions exactly mimic those of the actual races.
yardstick for a racing
The game’s creators have even
disbelief. Finally, replay in
the exact
In Brief PUBUSHER SEGA
television broadcast. In
a genre
World Grand
Prix
captivating as
it
is
king,
is
it’s
VIDEO SYSTEM
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FI
TYPE RACING PLAYERS 1-2 PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK, WHEEL ONUNE NO RELEASE DATE DECEMBER
appears to have a
monopoly. Let’s just hope
weather data from the 1998
DEVELOPER
where realism
as
accurate.
RANDY NELSON
Dream Roadsters Take a ride on the really wild side— racing against disaster acing against the course
and your opponents thing
progress? Dream Roadsters
you doing just that, and
more than
is
Plenty of hair-raising jumps, hair-pin
one
just the
it
will
will
see
affect
Renault,
licensed cars
game from such
game's ambiance.
and Lotus. Three classes of each car exist: Sports, Racing,
attributes and the Formula class
a
tornado or fiery plane crash.
More than just
bestowing your set of wheels with a formula paint scheme.
visual effects, these
influence the race
will
to
in
purchase upgrade
You’ll also
‘kits’
progress. For instance, you might be
using race winnings that
speeding through a desert course when,
overall performance.
suddenly, the sky force winds
will
will
darken and gale-
whip up, making
it
it,
you’re hanging on for dear
life
as
you race straight through a tornado. There
will
be several ‘themes’ to each
course that are unlocked as you win races,
tracks
making in all,
for
about 24 different
spanning the globe from
Death Valley to the
alps.
tracks have a few things
But in
all
of the
common:
full
be able
for your car
will
enhance
its
Even at this early stage of
harder
to retain control of your car. Before you
know
will
and Formula, with
each offering different handling
it’s
Fiat,
Wiesmann, Toyota, Ginetta, TVR,
revolves around a different calamity that
mammoth
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manufacturers as Ford, Mitsubishi,
occurs while you race, whether
disasters
Official
and secret shortcuts.
At least
are planned for the
in
Each of the game’s eight courses
78
turns,
— but racing against
natural disasters
development, Dream Roadsters
is
shaping up to be not only an innovative racer, but a
keen looking one as
well,
sporting highly-detailed cars and
environments, realtime reflections, and
impressive special effects.
Look for Dream Roadsters to debut early next year, and a
game
in
full
review of the
a forthcoming issue of DCM.
RANDY NELSON
/.
DailyRadar.com
on
Ol/ dream
convertibles with multiple engine configurations
10 different tracks with changing weather conditions
coming soon Sega
Dreamcast
blowing road racing wide open
to
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Tapping into Dreamcast's ample processing muscle. Striker Pro to accurately re-create the exhilirating atmosphere of actual soccer from the thousands of cheering fans and mammoth playing fields, right down to the rapid moves and precise ballhandling of the players themselves.
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Infogrames is looking to score by joining forces with UEFA to produce Dreamcast’s first arcade-style soccer title for North America. Goal! he Union of European
more
Football Association’s
you can turn this pace to your
motto
is
football,’
lives
too.
‘We care about and if this game
up to its promise, maybe you will The U.S. release of UEFA Striker,
Striker Pro
2000
attention to replicating the realistic
soccer
game
In Brief
crosses before
catching
them napping with a
quickly-
taken free kick.
The commentary
to
is likely
be a
strong point, since the UK’s Ron
full
most
Atkinson and the comically excitable
1
Jonathan Pearce take the announcers’
possible.
Boosted by complex
in
the defense can react, for instance or
ditches the Euro-
centric moniker and turns its
you are, the better
skilled a player
advantage; getting
booth. Even at this early stage
Al routines
•
sounding more natural and responsive
superstar Dutch player Ruud Gullitt
than anything we’ve heard before.
Dynamic weather
(who also does a spot of guest
play running at a solid
second. Over total of
200
30 frames
player
per
moves and
a
will
ensure an unparalleled
sense of realism, while high resolution textures
mean
to authentic field markings
team
strips.
The pace
game
Official
International
and
teams
—
is
—
intentionally fast
lines of
—
arcade versions
and the idea
is
‘practice’
certification
mode
in
—
tasks
—
and
looks great
game on Pro 2000 is an
of the
motion captured
sluggish.
•As
1 The main gameplay mode will camera views from
offer mutiple
top-down to isometric. 2 Sure to be key in the game is its comprehensive training mode. 3 Real-time cinematics help lend a truly broadcast-like presentation.
impressive start.
Some
player motions could make response times somewhat
the know.
a
skills training
Dreamcast, Striker
3 Highlights replay, DC-style.
it
stands, stiff-limbed
player models look awkward off the ball, but this will hopefully be remedied.
when
BOTTOM LINE 2000 looks set to serve up an incredibly goodlooking game of arcade soccer. Striker Pro
MAX EVERINGHAM
that the
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U.S. soccer team) provide a
Even the
combination of
overly repetitive.
1-1 POINTS
(including a non-
wealth of choice for those
of realism.
to
Great, totally natural-
becoming
fly.
For the first soccer
more along the of the
80
the detail goes right
down
30
POINTS up new levels
sounding commentary should help to actually capture the emotion of the game without
dramatically
European National and Club Teams plus
MLS
9,000 frames of motion
capture
will
affect ball physics, while eight
strategies can be chosen on the
smooth, strategy-rich on-field
deliver
)
Spot-on player animation
From bicycle kicks
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Evolution
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King of Fighers Dream
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110
Rippin' Riders
104
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game
Sega Sports NBA 2K
every issue that goes above
and beyond the in
NBA Showtime
Dreamcast’s promising software lineup, we won't be hardpressed to ith
call of
games you
Rally
2
greatness. For this
game, we’ve concocted our special award: the Dream Game Award. The title that gets this guarantees a good time no matter who you are or what type of singular type of
like to play.
An
essential buy!
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Slave Zero
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TEST ZONE
Still
B
little
not perfect, but close enough... over a ten year time span? — which, coin-op racers
et’s face
it,
are a great place to unload
funnily enough, feels about
a piggy bank
we’ve been waiting
of quarters,
road resurfacing to cut
console games. This of
full
but they need more than a
Sega Rally
2. Its
is
it
especially true
Arcade mode
is
fifty
lot
more
for
your
bucks. And fortunately, that’s
about a variety of amazing
courses, drive,
some
cool
new
cars to
and a championship running
how US
long
version
was
already exactly
So
like this.
that the
company
with the
title,
not much.
gear
know
make
hood
that program engineers to
see
if
isn’t perfect.
all
differences
lot
We
also
popped the
3D
In fact,
It’s
is
88
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far.
game
Rally tracks, with
added
and
variations
in
3D
driving sensation that’s classic Rally
but
if
in
exhilerating
later
tracks
—
and they
aren’t too
as
And that
all
a turbo-
because SR2's
is
a
-
just
not quite as seat-of-your-pants
you drive with
Mr Magoo
coin-
engine’s unconvincing performance
(See Second Opinion). The result
gnashingly tough
Rally 2.
raced across 16
make the
take quite awhile to
like,
That’s
ones)
the way each of the cars
aspect of the game.
much as you
(particularly the later
afterthought, they’re sullied slightly by the
Of course, you can tweak things as
very
the Ten Year Championship
different courses (a mixture of old
new
in it’ll
this
a
It’s
and hazy hues of some of the tracks op’s paltry selection look like an
tires to suit
there are subtle
are hair-pullingly, feet-stampingly, teeth-
enough to recommend
a year-by-year
handle, so
master
all,
Well, not really.
mixed bag. While the beautiful scenery
charged bulldozer, you’re not gonna get
let
that put you off.
alone
brakes and
the finesse of
(it still
this time,
But don’t
up to scratch?
and the layout of the
need to tweak such features as ratios,
the finesse of
all
But what about the graphics? Are they
To stand a
have to pay attention to
etc.)
conditions. Best of
compatible
they could stop the
does). Unbelievably, after
2 still
it
(it isn’t).
engine from dropping frames
Rally
We know
tinkered around a
trying to
lighting effects).
you'll
mud,
courses themselves. And that's because you’ll
what’s Sega been doing since January? it,
chance,
the weather, the track type (asphalt,
not forget that the Japanese
By the looks of
weather and
gravel,
let’s
with online gaming plans
exactly what you’ll get.
How
for the
Hmm.
And
as
fun for a while, but you’d be right to
expect to a whole
version to arrive.
you drive with
“If
n-depth Reviews
We won’t go player
mode
it
could have been.
pretty
much sums up SR2.
on about the weak-ish two(and
its
horrible ‘pop-up’), or
the offensively bad music (par for the
course with coin-op conversions, surely?). It’s still
a
damn
fine
well-paced, either. Things suddenly get
easily the best racer
much tougher at the end of year six, so put in some time on the earlier ones first. Practice, as they say, makes perfect.
we
game, of course, and on Dreamcast. But
have a sneaking suspicion
the best for long.
it
won’t be
.
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Mr Magoo
in
a turbo-charged bulldozer, then you’re not gonna get very
far.
1 Dedicated Rally nuts might recognize
this Desert track from the (and Saturn). 2 This one’s new, though, and is the exact place where the game gets a bit tough ( Set your gear ratio to low for this - Randy). 3 At first start, the outside-car view might seem easier to get to grips with, but it's no real substitute for being in the driving seat. 4 The replays are almost as entertaining as the game itself, and can be saved to VMU for showing off to your friends. 5 Another new championship track unravels beautifully Into the distance (this time based on SRl’s mountain stage) 6 A selection of hidden cars are unlocked as you attain First place in each championship year (or complete the Arcade mode). original coin-op
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Second Opinion played the original Japanese version of Sega Rally 2 for weeks its release, and enjoyed every minute - but it was far from flawless. The frame rate couldn’t sit still, and the game made a dramatic leap in difficulty at around year seven in the 10-year championship mode. Nevertheless, stuck with It and enjoyed it, all the while hoping these problems would be remedied in the US release. They haven’t been. For all intents and purposes, the game has exactly the same difficulty curve. And rather than locking the graphics at a steady 60fps, it now seems to run more consistently at 30fps (oddly enough, the Time Attack mode, which lacks other I
following
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cars, stays pretty solidly at 60fps). Fortunately, this hasn't
much
to
dampen my enthusiasm, but the
fact that the
done
game
still
doesn't deliver a consistent, arcade-quality sensation of speed is always lingering in the back of my mind. Still, it's the top racer available for Dreamcast and a must-have for anyone who enjoys rally racing - or any kind of racing games, for that matter.
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when you
ordinary coin-op conversion - tons of lasting appeal
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when you put
a smaller
point guard next to a 7-foot center, the size difference
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extreme. Not only does
this look realistic, but
the gameplay.
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Starks
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in
It’s all
finding
the paint
way
ways
to exploit
them
up over the
how good a
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easier or harder.
it
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pull off
many times
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would have it
is,
the
depends on your player
your teammates
arm
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and
it’s
will
it
is
they run
that
act
wide open
to call for the lob,
inside,
and as
away from
the basket, despite the fact they were
open. Wha?! the game’s
will
stand with one foot out of bounds. You
ball,
down the
and
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like this,
but the
that you can only for that single
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hoops fans
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be
blown away by NBA2K. The best part
about the
game
is
that
it
really
does a
good job of meshing a basketball simulation with a smooth, fast-paced
isn’t
only rough spot. Half of the time, your
guard on the right side of the court
dribble
—
averages. So,
capable
to catch the lob.
problems
bad one
with players that you’re unfamiliar with,
jump up
plain stupid. They’ll get
still
game
there’s
Unfortunately, that
all.
‘direct dunk’-type feature
he’ll
little
check out player stats
low with a clear path to the
soon as you toss
either
work
(usually)
quite well. Just tap any direction on the
raise their
new
The game’s dunks look great, but a
dunk you
he tries to cover him tight on
dunks are included, and
The only problem with Alley-Oops
line
basket, and depending on
get the hang of
blow past a
only really
get two arrows to
speedy
if
new
plenty of
a favorite slam on purpose. Alley-Oop
basket,
been much appreciated. As
will
your favor.
game yet
nearly impossible to consistently pull off
gently press both shoulder buttons to
—
getting pushed under
point guard
in
also introduces a radical
to shoot free-throws. You have to
the basket and dunked on. Likewise, a
center
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so accurately
to hit their shots every time, or just can’t
really affects
it
John Starks ends up
covering David Robinson forget
it
how the game is really played. about individual matchups and
NBA2K
it’s
one of the game’s
represents
so
counterparts,
is
V
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court,
pass him the
instant turnover. There are
arcade into
without ever going overboard
feel,
NBA Jam
up and get gorgeous. alone
is
territory. It’s
into,
If
and looks
you’re
an
easy to pick flat-out
NBA fan,
this
game
worth the price of a Dreamcast. CHRIS SLATE
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covering David Robinson
in
the paint
— forget
it,
he’s getting pushed under...”
Second Opinion Consider this an opinion from a long-time basketball fan, but one that's never been very keen on the way it’s been translated into videogame form. Most basketball videogames, with the exception of a choice few over the years, have never really captured the flow of the sport and the teamwork involved very well. NBA2K excels in both areas, delivering a game that does a wonderful job of combining the best aspects of simulation and arcade-style play into one very entertaining and well-controlled package. It’s still far from perfect though, as it's hampered by a few pesky bugs (from CPU teammates standing out of bounds to lay-ups being called as dunks), but it’s still the best hoops game I’ve played in years. RANDY NELSON
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in this
game
Shaq to the guy
look amazing! From franchise guys
at the
end of the bench, each and every
player looks just like his real-life counterpart, with accurate
faces, size
and skin tone. They look so
life-like, it's
creepy!
1 Players adhere to their real-life attributes, so you won’t see Shaq Litrell Spreewell helping opponents up from the hardwood. 2 From fade-aways to finger rolls, if you can do It in real basketball, you can do it in NBA 2K. 3 The analog freethrow system takes a while to learn, but it soon becomes almost second nature. 4 Holding the left analog trigger causes players to post-up when in the paint, or turn their backs when outside it. 5 You’ll see all of your favorite NBA stars represented, and they'll not only move naturally, but look just like their on-court personas as well. 6 There are tons of dunks; which one you perform depends on
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In-Depth Reviews 1 The Slave Zero team admirably created a precise sense and size within the game, which adds to the look and feel
of scale of
guiding a monstrous mech around a bustling metropolis. 2 Once you meld with your Slave unit, you’re able to attack with a variety of weapons - each arm holding at least one. 3 The precision in aiming at your opponent tends to be rough around the edges.
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a competent giant robot shoot et in a futuristic cityscape
that of
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lot
to the likes
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Fifth
Element, Slave Zero pits
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mech against a brood of named the Soukhan slaves.
frustratingly
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impunity. Slave Zero
threatens to be
a largely solitary experience,
is
fire
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will
find plenty
in
game
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keep them
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but otherwise
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with
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though,
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puts you
way back
mission continuity and focus, and the
But an impressive sense of scale
proportions of Slave and his foes
all
the
all
beginning of the
fluidly
environments.
contrast nicely with tiny
means death
continues
convincingly through the
this
It’s
Right from the start, the heavy
sleeker organically-styled fighting
pervades
in
surroundings.
thick of the action, but no mid-level
MechWarrior
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background elements are non- interactive,
The blocky, generic buildings that comprise the backgrounds sit oddly with Slave himself, who is one of your
mechs
to the evil
which sort of divorces you from your
your solitary evil-doers
it
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difficulty level
Slave Zero
is
impressively focused and intense
ramps up very is
early on
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Toy Commander Sega’s imaginative strategy title scores a direct hit for depth, but doesn’t accomplish its mission without a few chinks in its armor... side-stepping
rilliantly
Toy
reality,
Toy
Commander
sees you controlling a entirely of toys against a
band of
mention a in
the
transformed into a
is
for its
to
rough spots,
inventive missions and superbly
detailed environments
renegade playthings that have overrun your home. Each room
house
Commander manages
compensate
however, through a combination of
comprised
military force
lot
in
—
not to
of starry-eyed
imagination. The
game presents
which you could play
for
a world
weeks, with
battlefield with several missions to
countless details, and every conceivable
be accomplished,
household object rendered down to the
final
all
leading up to a
one-on-one confrontation with a is just one game’s challenges, however.
product labels. The missions them-
immense
boss. Getting to this point
selves take advantage of this
of the
attention to detail, effectively using
Rather than simply satisfying each
nearly every aspect of the environment.
mission’s objectives, which range
Boxes must be toppled, stove knobs
from winning races to full-scale
blasted,
ground and
air
assaults, you
succeed within a time
limit
must
It’s
this
and every nook and cranny
must be explored.
We
imposed
time factor, as well as each
game’s 50 missions and nearly 50
missions uniqueness, that lends the
hours of gameplay without one, you
game
won’t be feeling bored for a good long
incredible replay value,
as you
attempt to uncover the best strategy for
each
level.
causes a
lot
At the
same time
of frustration
trial-and-error factor in
An
early
air race,
awkward
example of
due
antics and Capture the Flag match-ups,
some missions. comes in an
adding plenty of replay value. Imaginative and engrossing, Toy
this
the race
if
even the most
insignificant
mistake
is
made
—
the sake of
for
is
to the
design and tem-
all
two to four player mode
great fun, offering standard deathmatch
where, due to a combination of level
time. The
this
peramental control, you must restart
Commander
is
a
game
that truly puts
Dreamcast’s incredible muscle to use for
more than
and,
in
just prettier graphics,
the process, puts a great big
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It’s
a Big World After All
he world of a child might not seem like a kingdom from an adult’s point of view, but Toy Commander reminds you just how overwhelming it was to be knee-high, wildly imaginative, a little clumsy, and surrounded by towering playthings on which to climb {But, Randy, that's you now, isn't it? - Ed.) Through clever camera angles and attention to detail, this game convincingly gives you the toy’s-eye view and it makes the environments utterly
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become
bathtubs lakes, and factor just as such gameplay. It’s undoubtedly a beautifully
cliffs,
in
smile on your face.
shaving precious seconds off your time.
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would love to have seen a
create-a-mission mode, but with the
by the boss.
realized vision.
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Dreamcast’s muscle to use for more than just prettier graphics.”
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taging make-believe wars between friends is
a daily staple of childhood, and Toy
Commander
lets
us
re-live
those pint-sized
melees thanks to its superb multiplayer modes, which include traditional deathmatches and ‘capture the flag'-style skirmishes. Each mode supports one to four players and lets you switch beween several vehicles on the
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when
bombing is required, the camera angle will switch to a locked viewpoint of the target area. 3 Boss encounters occur after you've successfully beaten the best time set in each room. The guardian characters themselves are extremely powerful, but each has several points that can be exploited in order to secure victory.
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The defining feature of Evolution's dungeons is the inclusion of floor traps which can either hurt or hinder your party's journey through. The explosion trap is the deadliest, doing around 100+ damage to each of your characters. Gas traps will confuse your characters, randomly messing up your controls for a temporary amount of time. The ink traps will limit your vision, making the dungeon near impossible to see. An enemy trap places you in the position of being ambushed, with your positions reversed
— a severe disadvantage.
Avoid the alarm There are
traps since they’ll call attention to your party. plenty of other types of traps you'll find.
Dreamcast RPG proves
UbiSoft’s first I
market, Evolution, I
of a weird
Launcher, your job
neighboring ruins
sort
is
mixed bag.
With a storyline dotted by cliche standards, only one in
20 hours
at around
for
adept
players, it’d be easy to pass
to
little
offer.
it
RPG
Evolution in
young
as
later, it’s
a dungeon game,
about
may be
purists, the no-trills interaction
the characters
game. Instead, spending
95%
is
for
it.
Linear
shows up on
in his place.
No
Three years
maybe
plot twists (okay,
no heartwrench/'ng
realized
RPG
tragedy,
no 1 Character design makes up weak plot.
for Evolution's rather
2 Linear launches her Sanrio-
you have wonderfully
128-b it versions of
based brethren, a
between
inspired box attack. 3 Pepper’s Bullet attacks are crucial in
boss
their sprite-
c/ever trap
system
fights.
to
spruce up otherwise straightforward dungeons, and some very intriguing battle options ( including
you'll f/nd yourself
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of your time battling
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named
designed characters who are pefect/y
not the focus of the
through randomly generated
search of the
your turn to take up the
Instead,
in
no matter how generic the
by- the- book translation
in
sweeping melodrama.
w/'th
w/th Sega’s Shining
the Darkness than Phantasy Star. Therefore,
could
challenge alongside Linear. And that’s
one), is
girl
your doorstep
role-
off
with
But then you’d be
common
game that
father d/'sappears into the ruins, a
missing out.
more
little
mythical Evolutia, a treasure sought by
town
to explore, and playing time clocking
merely a first-generation
be the
plunder the
is to
generations of Launchers. After your
dial-a-
real
to
As the young adventurer, Mag
biSoft’s first entry into the
128-bit role-playing
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RPG
+
Interesting skills and
for
combat entry system
Dreamcast gives fans
- One
town provides
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little
a solid next generation
variation
fix,
but
falls
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So many features, so many modes, so very much boredom... WF Attitude boasts the
wrestler, this
deepest and most
tedious exercise
varied set of
game
25
game modes, such
different
in
of a
button
us with actual strategic wrestling.
video-wrestlers have ever seen. With
over
game becomes more
memorization rather than challenging
options American
The wrestler models look nice but
move
like anally retentive robots,
and
as Battle Royal, Career Mode, and
the excellent motion-capturing
Tag Team Gauntlet, and
technology used to capture their actual
half a
dozen
moves doesn’t extend
match-specific modifiers, including First Blood,
I
and Weapons,
Quit,
each match. Even though
game
it’s
the
This
Except for
— but sadly
it
difference
PlayStation
this
game and
game from which it was game interface
requires multiple button pushes for
combos
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his last wrestling
game
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being
The Create A Is fun - Just ignore the rest of the game.
this one. 4
Wrestler
WWFs new
for
be developed
in
title,
all
most
mode
likely
Japan. So, there’s a
big
hope that the wrestling genre on
DC
will
receive plenty of salvation we’ll
PUBLISHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER ACCLAIM
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last
lost the license to
the future. Perhaps then
but the simplest of moves and, since
—
of the time.
THQ. Reliable sources
to
the
ported. The fighting
there are different
lot
be Acclaim’s
upcoming DC wrestling
absolutely no
between
a
partner have already hinted about an
some pumped-up is
is
will
game, since they
ends up pleasing no one. graphics, there
which
offer
enough to please even the most
hug... 2 Never has a cage match been more dull. 3 The late, great Owen Heart. There something even sadder about
anything other than just standing there
—
available for
Dreamcast, the game should hardcore wrestling fan
of the moves in Attitude are of the generic variety. Expect to see lots of arm-bars and bear hugs. Here's the bear
making the wrestlers look especially
gimpy when they’re doing absolutely
configurations that can be selected
only wrestling
1 Most
jumping. This aberration ends up
there are dozens of different
for
to running or
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robot people
last attempt by Acclaim to milk the final days of their
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WWF
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license, this feeble port insults your
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No doubt, most people will pick Tla for trickin’ up the Super Pipe for her excellent balance and not her midriff, right? You can choose how to spilt the screen In twoplayer mode. Closet Barbie fans can choose each character's wardrobe before they hit the slopes. Though somewhat difficult to master, board stunts are rewarding.
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winter
in full
swing,
Sega sensibly readies snowboarding season with a game to
for the
suit
those
who
prefer to stay inside
and
fairly
name
caves,
predictable play, Sega's
Rippin’ Riders packs quite a
good
not
all
you’ll
some
80 mph
bridge... In fact,
courses
in
many of the early mode suffer from
this problem.
modes
tracks, the sensation of
Super Pipe, is
the most
speed
80 mph and 30 mph could use some work. difference between
thankfully revs into a higher gear. Rippin’ Riders would’ve also
tougher tracks unlocked by achieving
better served to include Al opponents
your Trick
skills
Super Pipe tests
package
that’s
Match Race
while
you against a friend.
It’s
in
even more
alluring
thanks to seamless slopes, dazzling animations, a solidly
game to
that
come,
style
smooth framerate
it
will
leave
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mark
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isn't
its
and detailed environments.
—
been
the Free Ride mode.
While this certainly
pits
an impressive
the
But as you unlock more
challenging, with a set of progressively
different rankings.
5 Learn your courses well, or suffer a mediocre ride through hills. 6 Waterboarding? UEP Systems ensures a strange trip through the icy outback. 7 The
Free Ride
playable characters and race through
and Match Race. Free Ride
while
cruising across a completely flat
initially
including Free Ride,
of the
wonder how you can
possibly be clocking
few
surprises.
Choose one of seven
winter wonderland for
landscapes that include ruins and sand
goofy
its
it’s
Rippin’ Riders. Both the track design
and sensation of speed harbor some disturbing flaws. With
tracks spanning slightly kooky
with a comfy blanket and a
Dreamcast. Despite
But
for DC.
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-
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courses and environments
A snowboarder 1
some work -
(with a dorky
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in
some
name) that compensates the need
for
Good amount
instances
of secrets to unlock
- Awkward
speed with
stunt system
style, attitude
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7 out of
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King Of Fighters Dream More characters than you can shake a ot to be confused with the currently-
further. Just
available-in-arcades King of Fighters '99,
times as
Dream Match 1999
is
actually King of
Fighters ’98 but with a few
thrown
good measure.
in for
down
arcade-perfect
As a port
solid
it
some minor
dated graphics and
load
be
you’ll
game
offer.
STEPHEN FROST
(more than 40) and
to the cuffs on
wow
lori’s shirt.
this fighter
in
you, but the gameplay
is
about as
gets. Characters respond instantly to your
commands and combos can be no
slightly
Neo-Geo game, the sprite-based
of a
graphics and rough character animations certainly won’t
put up with
willing to
as
features one of the
It
largest casts of characters ever is
be
well
rewarded with one of the deeper fighting experiences that Sega’s console has to
extras
little
Match 1999
stick at
pulled off with
little
1 With more than 40
to
all
Dream Match 1999
only requires the use of four
buttons, so the standard
Dreamcast
controller
the
SNK
more
wonderfully. You don’t have to use the dreaded analog
Match
Street Fighter Alpha 3.
So,
if
you’re
‘99
—
is
2D
Dreamcast
2D
the market for a solid
in
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probably one of fighters for
this year.
that’s saying quite a
(+)
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And
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fighting
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Dreamcast
its
friendly controls,
do when playing Marvel vs. Capcom or
left
variety or choice.
the better
game and have
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greats from Kyo to
Mai, you won't be
works
2 Thanks to
triggers like you
different
fighters to play as, including
once you learn them. Another nice feature:
effort,
One
bit
aged and don’t show
of the better
DC
fighting
off
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with
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games
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Centipede Retro fun for all? Or just another snake rom Frogger to Pong, Hasbro is set on reviving the classic arcade and console
gaming predating 1982.
games from
Centipede ends up being
our collective past
in
in brighter,
speedier forms. The company’s latest, Centipede,
no
is
With
different.
its relatively
bonus of the
for retro fans,
simple
to
original
the grass?
in
Ultimately,
little
more than quick
alive
who
isn’t familiar
but the rush lasts no longer than
it
takes
people dressed
in
the form of a Story
Mode which
People, for one) while shooting
centipede screen,
in
you’ll
move onto
a
3D
(like
down the
big,
bad
gameplay, which, for
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ol’
finally
new
well.
Unfortunately, the additions don’t lend
a very simple glee ride
scary
as old boots.
Wee
environment. As you clear the
have to go a few more rounds to
the next area, complete with brand
mission requirements as
overall
gives you
saving the
in big,
mouse costumes, and videogames were as tough
Hasbro and Leaping Lizards have tacked on a new the chance to complete objectives
the familiar touches are
for 3D, much of the gameplay sticks to two dimensions. 4 Go back to a time when pizza parlours were populated by
FRANCESCA REYES
with Centipede’s
formula of shoot-and-dodge tactics.
challenge
All
3D treatment, including the mushroom-flea. 2 Saving the Wee People. Well, someone has to go and do it now, don't they? 3 While the graphics are re-tooled given the
thrills
go a few rounds.
concept and highly accessible appeal, there’s no
gamer
1
even with the pack-
arcade version of the game,
While
it
gameplay wears
+
thin quickly
won’t set the world on
Inclusion of arcade
-
fire, it’s
mode good
for retro fans
Straight port-alike graphics from the
4
humble PC
a quick (and ultimately disposable) fun for nostalgic gamers
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NBA Showtime Midway gets x-treme’ on the court and shows ne of the biggest
style basketball
games
is
that they quickly
leaving
gamers puzzled and
Thankfully,
Showtime
frustrated.
without referencing
dunking the
jump
ball.
While there’s no
dunks
best
repetitiveness by adding unique
some
the action.
Basketball purists
will
no doubt be
abilities,
is
you’re
smooth
title,
If
NBA
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Showtime
simplicity
it
goes
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awarded
is
arcade
and
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a
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enable you to turn your creation
and seamless. Like Midway’s former arcade-basketball
game
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swift.
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tons of replay value.
muscle tone, and
looks, exaggerated
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NBA Showtime
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super-human
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to
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into
The play-by-play
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Suzuki Alstare
Extreme Rad It’s
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twitchy, but in the
racing’
and
ubbed ‘arcade
with the word ‘Extreme’
the
title,
in
you already know
simulation aspects
be
will
sacrificed for effect in Alstare
end
more
likely
than go for a better racing
improves considerably
line
—
a poorly-executed turn sometimes allows you to ride over scenery, while at other times just clipping an obstacle
first
send you
braved the high import price to buy
handling bears absolutely no
Redline Racer (as
real
riding
players.
totally
is
skewed
The levers work
to arcade
well to replicate
manage
to obtain the
and hard-fought. off well for those
is
extremely sensitive.
a mere
flick
of the analog,
thus making the arcade play precise - and
much more
much more
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accuracy, both you and the computer-
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steer outdistance tough Al racers at a considerable pace.
a battle that pays
who
rougher obstacles earlier
as an arcade blast and
difficult.
4 With some very touchy controls, you’ll need to learn how to effectively and
Once you
two Supersport
versions of the bikes, the riding
analog stick is
in
Japan), the problems of the original
the feel of a brake and throttle, but the
Turning
called
release have been corrected.
Supersport motorcycles.
Control
was
it
will
who
However, for those
flying.
three rather uninspiring ones), bike
resemblance whatsoever to
kinda fun
(but that
Racing. While tracks sport superb
‘twitch’ racing
is
later on).
Collision detection is inconsistent
opportunities (after you clear the
un-sim
to browbeat you off the track
textures and course layouts offer
some tremendous
this
uselessly) from side to side and they’re
riders will put
is
up
a
good
fight, right to
the finish line
nothing original or inspiring about the
A competent but
game -
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Control
is
jerky until you learn to apply a feather-light touch
unrealistic racer that caters to the arcade
market without ever attempting
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be
all,
you aren’t having fun going up against that impossible
sixth level boss for the fiftieth round, then
maybe
it’s
time
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to stop being completely honest and start cheating.
Secret Capcom 2D
Like every other
fighter, there's
a special way to
access secret fighters from the Character Select screen in MvsC. In order to do so, follow the directions for the fighter you want to play as at the Character Select screen for Arcade Mode by pressing the D-pad directions the indicated number
Marvel vs. Capcom
of times.
Selecting Your “Special Partner”
H
kay,
so
it’s
sounds. But using this mini-guide
it
you select your special partner rather than trying to
trick to work, enter
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Arcade Mode with spot-on accuracy,
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Arcade Mode and select your
first fighter,
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START. Then, and only
Morrigan (Dark Stalkers)
Lilith
order to get the
then when the time
Highlight Zangief, then press
(2),*
to select your second
character, press and hold
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help
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and hold the corresponding buttons to select the Special Partner of
your choice.
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(
Megaman)
are changeable, depending on
the
way your
figured,
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controller
it’s
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ike plenty of other Midway games, Blitz 2000 has Versus codes which must be entered at the screen showing the team helmets. The three boxes below the helmets (circled in red) is where you’ll be activating the codes. Press Turbo, Jump, and Pass buttons to change the icons in the boxes and each code shows you how many
B
times each button must be pressed. For instance, three times,
Jump
if
the code
is
3-4-5
#,
highlight Pai
After changing the icons, press the D-pad
code, as well as a sound,
will
confirm
if
it’s
in
and
press START, then press when to
choose the character you’d like finally
press Turbo
four times, Pass five times, then up on the D-pad.
to transform into
the specified direction and the
name
of the
correct.
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ural’s back and he’s
playable
in
every mode by using the following code. At the character select screen, simply press then 4i + START. #, You should now be able to choose Dural in
every
game mode,
including Training.
Play against Alphabet Character
Play as Alphabet Character 0-
How do you play against the Alphabet character? It’s easy. Simply highlight Akira and press START, then highlight Lau and press START, then highlight Pai 12and press START. Finally, press when
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Remixed Opening Soundtrack 2-
Sega has added a chance to let players hear alternate music tracks during the game’s opening cinemas. To hear them, simply press and hold START on both the first and secondFor diehard VF3tb fans,
3-
Bonus Players
Code
Effect
0-0-1
Show
30-0-1 4-
#
0-3-2 4i 40-4-0 5-
# # 5-0 ^ 0-2 # 1-2-3 4i 1-2-3 # 1-4-1 ^ 5-1 0-0 ^ 2-0-3 ^ 0-4-5
field
goal
%
Punt hang time meter Fast turbo running
the name, then the PIN number for the character you want to play as.
Hide receiver
Big players No punting
ALEC
first
ALIEN
downs
Weather: Clear Always QB (2P/4P on same team) Always receiver (2P/4P on same team) Unlimited throws Powerup teammates Fast passes
AOB AUBREY AZPOD BOXER
^ + 5-0 ^ 1-0 0 3-1-2 # 3-1-2 ^ 3-2-1 3-2-1 ^ 3-2-3 ^ 3-3-3 # 4-4 # 2-1 4-2-3 ^ 3-3 # 0-0 ^
Invisible
GUMBY
Turn off stadium
JAPPLE
5-1-4
Unlimited turbo meter
JASON
Unidentified ball carrier
JEFF JENIFR
# 5-2-5 # 5-5-5 0
Sesame
Street Fighter
Tiny players
team
Power-up offense Power-up blockers
No highlighting No head
of receivers
Red, white, and blue football
Cancel “Always QB/receiver” code
No
interceptions
Power-up defense No random fumbles
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controllers at the screen that
2shows 3-
the Sega logo. Keep holding both
START buttons until 34begin to play.
1-5-2 4i
Playbook Codes
team
Big head Big head team
No
5-2-2
a
name
Allow stepping out-of-bounds
2-2-3 2-3-3
like
you need to do is highlight Akira on the Character select screen, then press START, then highlight Lion and press
you hear the music
45-
Super field goals Headless team
2-1-1 4i 2-1-2 4i
2-2-2
Sort of
dream character, you too can now play as the Alphabet Character in VF3tb! What
Big football
2-1-0
2-2-2 ^1
When you start a game, select to enter a name for Record Keeping and enter
Huge head Super blitzing
in
BRAIN
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FORDEN FRANZ GENTIL
GRINCH GUIDO
Code
Effect
1-0-1
# 1-0-2 ^
Arizona Cardinals playbook Atlanta Falcons playbook
3333
1-0-3
1111 1014
1-0-4 4i 1-0-5
Baltimore Ravens playbook Buffalo Bills playbook
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^
Seahawks playbook St. Louis Rams playbook Tampa Bay Buccaneers playbook Seattle
Tennessee Titans playbook Washington Redskins playbook
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MOOSE 4777 MXV 2111 1111
NATHAN
0515
1-1-0 4i
PIRATE
0996
PUNKR PUNKB
1111 1221 2112 3691 1111 6666
1-1-2 4i 1-1-3
Chicago Bears playbook Cincinnati Bengals playbook Cleveland Browns playbook
1-1-4
Dallas
Cowboys playbook Denver Broncos playbook
1-1-1
Detroit Lions playbook
Two-Player Confirmed
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1111 1111
0604 3333 1111
3333 1111 1010 1111 0222 2222
RAIDEN RALPH
RANDU ROOT SAL SHINOK
SHRUNK SAD SKULL SMILE
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^ ^ 1-4-3 ^ 1-4-4 ^ 1-4-5 ^ 1-3-5
1-4-1 4i 1-4-2
1-5-1 4i
0-1
Two-Player
Games
Carolina Panthers playbook
Code
Green Bay Packers playbook Indianapolis Colts playbook Jacksonville Jaguars playbook
Kansas City Chiefs playbook Miami Dolphins playbook Minnesota Vikings playbook
Code 0-1-2
New England Patriots playbook New Orleans Saints playbook New York Giants playbook New York Jets playbook
2-1 1-5 1-2
Pittsburgh Steelers playbook
San Diego Chargers playbook San Francisco 49ers playbook
1-4
Effect No CPU assistance Show more field
#
Smart CPU
No play selection Deranged
mode mode
blitz
Ultra hard
^ 4-2-3 0 4-4 5-5 1
01/00
Effect Tournament Mode
^ 0 ^ #
2-3
Oakland Raiders playbook Philadelphia Eagles playbook
#
0-4
Power-up speed Super passing mode Super blitz mode Hyper blitz mode
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Cheat Menu Options
team ENDURANCE TOURNAMENT
IIALICDMI
MK
Menu
Gold's Cheat
wi II give you the fo//owing
options to choose from:
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PRACTICE OPTIONS
Accessing the Cheat MK game
Every
4i
(2).
you’ll
then
^
has a cheat menu and
(2)
MK
Gold
EXIT
Menu is
no different. To un/ock the options, press
very quick/y at the Press Start screen
hear the announcer say “Outstanding” to confirm
when the game loads
up.
you do
If
^ it
(2),
(2),
correct/y,
its entry.
Now press START to arrive at the Main Menu, then high/ight Options. Press <|J and L£> and keep them pressed, then hit down on the D-pad. You'll now have the Cheat Menu open on the screen.
Options Easy Ending One round
Kombat Kodes to receive ending for your
chosen character Fatal 1 (HP) Press HP at “Finish Him” screen for
#1
Fata/ity
Fatal 2 (LP) Press LP at “Finish Him" screen for
#2 (D+HP) Press
Fata/ity
Pit Fatal
and HP at “Finish Him”
screen for Pit Fata/ity
Danger
keep that
Number
One-hit deaths
Kombat Kode
he fo//owing list shows what each of the Kombat Kode number means once you step into the ring. These codes wi// only work in twop/ayer mode, so make sure to
T
0
Two-p/ayer cheats enabled (listed
in
mind.
Effect
Default
1 Big Head Mode
2 Disable Throws 3 Disable Maximum Damage 4 Disable Maximum Damage & Throws 5 Unlimited Run 6 Free Weapon
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
7 Random Weapons 8 Armed & Dangerous
9 Many Weapons 10 Silent Kombat 11 Explosive Kombat 12 No Power / Danger 13 Default Kombat 14 Weapon Kombat 15 Noob Saibot Mode
Red Rain Goro’s Lair
The Well Elder
Gods
Tomb Wind World Reptile’s Lair
Shaolin Temple Living Forest
Prison Ice Pit
Church Netherealm Soul
Chamber
Ladder
be/ow)
Fight as Ooro To battle as everyone’s favorite multi-limbed fighter, enable the Cheat Menu as described above, then choose Arcade and highlight the Hidden option at the bottom of the screen. Then press and hold L-Trigger and R-Trigger, then press -fc, 4A then
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Alternate Costumes This one’s a cinch. in
If
you want to see everyone
you want on the character selection screen and
To fight as Sektor, simply enable the Cheat Menu, then highlight the Hidden option at the bottom of the character selection screen. Now press and hold L + R and press (4). (4), then
press
«
*
Character Bios
1
alternate duds, simp/y high/ight the character
Fight as Sektor
START
Mi/eena’s trapped
to confirm you choice. Voi/a!
in
the Netherea/m,
then head to the Kombat Theater the Options menu.
Now
press L+R to disp/ay his
©
or her bio. You don't V.
.
need to
game
finish the
to
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will
inclusion of
ou can choose which arena you want to showcase your talents by following a few easy instructions. When you enter two-player mode, simply hold down the corresponding trigger(s) while selecting your boxer. Keep holding it down until the
its disc.
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