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SKIES OF ARCADIA 66

52

We finally got our mitts on the final US version of Yu Suzuki’s masterpiece—so

you

finally

get the complete lowdown

an exclusive US

in

review!

>HALF-LIFE 42 Evan Shamoon braves the dusty plains of

ODCM’s

Plano, Texas to bring you

one

of the

exclu-

sweetest

and most anticipated shooters on DC!

DARK ANGEL

Biking all extreme-like licensed trickster

72

Metro3d’s gothic gal gets medieval on assorted heineys

URBAN CHAOS cops with fine

>ILLBLEED 34 skirts,

STARLANCER

chainsaws and random acts

of terror for your

gaming enjoyment!

How Crave

>DC DIRECT

16

Dreamcast but were

in

know about

the world of

afraid to

ask about.

This month: Planet Harrier revealed!

thrills,

the

clicking! It’s

story,

hang a

trip to

Move

over,

other

half.

Pop and

in

US

levels

ten. ..maybe

>D-MA|L exist

Well,

the pointing, the

an adventure game-y

SEGA MARINE FISHING

high!

so

Sega dares to ask the big question: Does my bass look big in this?

“It’s

of

DC

dream. Value

is

disc:.,.

10

on these pages forever entertwined.

Uh, and then there

84 Half-Life,

85

the disc, wiggle your fingers out of the gutter

we

print

some

letters.

>DC-NATION 60 The

lnternet...a vast,

crap.

your

endless landscape of

And some good stuff. Want to stake claim on the last frontier? Pack

own

your Dreamcast, your dream and a

full

canteen, and we’ll guide you through the

Web

design. Pilgrim.

88

The Matrix in disguise? no... but we sure do like 'em both.

The Grid

little

demo

great tastes that taste great together. They

82

and probably the US. Sigh...

try to stay

THE GRID

22 chips

goodness per cookie—er—

a pack-in

like

Your feedback, our food for thought: Two

go get the There’s a new boy in town... Quake.

like to

but that’s just a

shaped

badlands of

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79

chills,

informational

the latest

PBA TOUR BOWLING 2000

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look at new, exclusive

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NAPPLE TALE not taking a

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NEWS, PREVIEWS AND GOSSIP Everything you ever wanted to

its

JET GRIND RADIO A first

the latest developments

got

Five-0

get ready to

It’s

74 rides.. .’nuff said

EXTREME SPORTS

>DC-ROM Wondering why

CHAMPIONSHIP SURFER Cue Hawaii

74

Art lovin’ cat burglers get the DC treatment: burgled cats are deburgled

Pretty

so

$7.99? Well, we'd

Mmm... pentathlon goodness.. .in the air; on the ground... (in a box; with a fox...)

Short

SAMBA DE AMIGO

Sega gets ready to do a little tub-thumping with monkey in tow

DAVE MIRRA FREESTYLE BMX

PICASSIO

sive in-depth look at

IN

TODAY’S EASY-TO-SWALLOW CAPLET Could this be the epic Sega RPG to beat Panzer Dragoon Saga ? We’re taking bets.

really

>ENDZONE Where

a form of fusion...”

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We come

127

you be next month? Right here,

will

clutching a

SNKVS. CAPCOM

new issue of ODCM! (The Plan: MONTHLY through February.

out

Kyo and Ken party down with bal- The Reality: We don’t sleep until February. loons, ice-cream cake and tournees of Pin It’s like reverse hibernation.) Stay tuned... the Tail on Seaman! Just kidding. Ryu,

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Sizzler

Notes

RAN INTO SEGA’S THEN-VP

I

of product development, Eric

Hammond, at a party a few years ago. was giving him a tough time about

ECCO THE DOLPHIN

I

BJ

the as-yet-unreleased Dreamcast

Wmfl

!

(I

think

we were

actually calling

it

‘Katana’ at that point). Every time

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP

I

brought up a new point—Sega had alienated retailers, Sega had alienated

why wasn’t Sega using 3Dfx hardware instead of PowerVR's?—

third parties,

he would just look at me and smile. Finally, he said, “Chris, was worried about the same stuff. But just got back from Japan, and swear none of that matters now. Yu Suzuki’s working I

I

I

on something that’s going to change the world.” Change the world? It wouldn’t be the long-rumored Virtua

CANNON SPIKE

Fighter

RPG would

and said

it?

He

just laughed

“You’ll see.”

was wrong and Eric was right. Thanks to any number of brilliant I

moves

>TESTZOME96 OR

“LESS FILLING”?

“TASTES GREAT"

BOTTOM LINES FROM TOP EDITORS

TEST DRIVE V- RALLY 2

ULTIMATE FIGHTING

HIDDEN AND DANGEROUS

CHAMPIONSHIP 96

No,

All

this—and Bruce Buffer, too!

SF

Good

or Bad?” Discuss.

VIRTUA ATHLETE If it

were a stepchild,

TOY STORY 2 Buzz

hits

DC.

it’d

have red hair

ECCO THE DOLPHIN: RAILROAD TYCOON

II

105

it

Monocle not included

and poops

to

kill

do the Rush license justice?

Up

in

the

air,

2 lio

TACULAR! Button-pressing, eye-popping, cheat-

provoking info on

the latest

most profound videogaming experience

games for Dreamcast:

you’ll

lie

All

all

Forget everything you’ve heard

about Shenmue. Forget about the Japanese walkthroughs, the review in Famitsu, everything. Just turn to page 52 and check out what Fran has to say about the game. Then go buy the damn thing— it may well be the

118

your hair shirts

groomer? Buy this game

1

Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver, Re-Volt, DraConus: Cult Of The Wyrm, Super Magnetic Neo, Flag To Flag, MDK 2, Grand Theft Auto 2, Wild Metal, NBA Showtime:

NBA On NBC

(

*

ever have.

Our other big story this month

(in

addition to the usual pack of reviews

and previews)

is Half-Life.

online play? No.

And

Yes.

does that mean? Get the in

Will

it

have

What the hell final answer-

our EXCLUSIVE inside story about all DC extras, beginning on page 42.

the

D2ii8 quiet.

And

And when all

creepy

you’re

done with

all

of

that textual goodness, don’t forget to

stuff.

check out the disc

120

Every DC game rated! Right here,] right now! Who loves ya, baby?

Grind

demo

is

this

month. The Jet

amazing! Anyway, see

you next month...in the

first

of our

two special winter issues. Later,

BASEBALL 2K1 108 One word: Sob. And another:

AER0WINGS

113

crazy and

114

TEST ZONE ARCHIVE

2 106

WORLD SERIES

I

all

JEREMY MCGRATH SUPERCROSS 2000

Laura goes

SF RUSH 2049106 Does

THIRD STRIKE

Cammy and Megaman forever

at the

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WWII edutainment!

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GUNBIRD

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110

been lapped?

A racing sim fan’s dream come trug

snoring...

'Good wrestling game' or oxymoron?

This bird packs heat

III:

Ma!

SEGA GT

102

DC keeps

rated.

really,

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100

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GOD'S sim

Rally finally

Ryu and the gang get

SYDNEY 2K 100 “Button mashing:

Has Sega

by Sega, retailers love the

Dreamcast, the hardware is fantastic, and third party support has been huge. Oh, and Yu Suzuki’s project? It is going to change the world.

Chris Sniffle.

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is

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prettiest role-playing

undeniably the

game

ever to grace a

console."

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first

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"Grandia generation

II is

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RPG we've

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and the

first

true

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new

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what

is

surely the best-looking

on a next-generation

console...”

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sub-par developers a lesson in

RPG

how

to

do a DC

right."

GameFan Magazine

"Any RPG fan would be insane to miss out on this fantastic gameplay experience and it could go far in converting those

who

RPG

previously rode the

fence."

GamerWeb.com

"If

you want your copy of Grandia 2 this holiday season, don't little elves to make you a special copy, pre-order

expect Santa's it

now

or you

may

not get

it

until late January."

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in the making,

arrives

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Ed PC BBHWHH YES, DEAR READER, THIS

ONE of our proudest moments here at ODCM. We

IS

were able to snag Sega of America’s exclusive Shenmue movie on

month’s

this

*— JL

ODCM demo

disc for your viewing pleasure!

So-witness firsthand the glory that

and enjoy our retitling this

is

Ryo Hazuki and his world, and then

in-depth, six-page review of the

section

game.

It’s

flip

open the mag

so good, that we were considering

DC Top Rom(en) to suit the flavor of Yu Suzuki’s brilliant adventure gaming we didn’t. Shenmue demo is garnished with a taste of yet another upcoming virtual some Ecco, a little Gauntlet Legends, a

masterpiece...but, thankfully

This issue’s lovely

coup,

in

the guise of Jet Grind Radio. Now, sprinkle

pinch of Demolition Racer, and-what’s that esoteric scent? mix,

It

must be Hoyle Casino- into the

and you’ve got a gamer's breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Gambling, wanton objects

in

(virtual)

their pockets,

more could you ask

amok with combustible mammal swimming the waterways. What

destruction of property, cool kids running

and a suspiciously

for? For

intelligent

us to shut up so you can start playing? Oh. Okay.

JET GRIND RADIID

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HOYLE CASINO

LATE OCTOBER PLAYERS 1

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One of ODCM’s most anticipated games of the year is getting ever closer to release—and we're making sure that YOU see it Spray the town red as Beat, the boy with plans to rule

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at the finish line, but also for

event nearby. Then

up to you to find the baby whale that’s gone missing from its mother-before it’s too late! For the whale, that is. Solve the puzzle and you’ll find that this is one adventure game that doesn't take the easy way out.

D-Pad: Cycle

8

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O Charge Menus

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out.

Brake

L& Accelerate

of

the standard features on the

ODCM demo disc,

PlanetWeb’s browser 2.0 will soon be the main surfing tool used DC owners with the launch of SegaNET and the release of the wave of online-compatible titles. If you’ve never tried out the browser before, get going! If you run into any problems with using the browser, drop the folks over at PlanetWeb an email at: support@planetweb.com. Or check out their website at www.planetweb.com and read DC Nation (pg. 60).

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date on DC,

get a chance to swim the sea on the first level of Ecco the Dolphin. Cruise around and check out your new world. Talk to the dolphins swimming near the open ocean and you’ll trigger an

Stick: Steer

© Rear View © Change View

N/A

by

you’ll finally

° Swim

D-Pad:

in a good position amassing enough points to score

goodies along the way to to help you

©Turbo

As one

start your journey.

titles to

is

the joys of spinning

first

any of the available characters, with abilties that range from magic to good ol’ swordplay. When you enter the game and select a character, then you’re free to enter through the red door and

most graphically impressive

will revel in

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of the

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you, so you’re not only responsible for placing

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many

around a

in

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games to

have ringside seat

demo will deal you a few hands from a too-cool deck play with, teasing you with Blackjack and be able to wheel and deal as one of five different Whether you’re betting to 21 or gambling on a lucky may just be the game to take home to your

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Letters

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Team ODCM WELL,

Me Timbers!

EH Shiver

WE NEARLY KILLED ourselves with last

Now

Good news: we’re still around to stick the in the previous sentence, despite a last-minute, 56-hour work marathon (featuring issue.

Dreamcast piracy

that

is in full

Pirates!

swing (meaning that

it’s

Super Go Go Big Bunny Shooter: Side Story MCMIXI, Part 419. And no one wants to see that, right? Thanks for the letter, binkley. It

highly

probable that people are already making money off of it), what is your take on this controversial subject? Obviously, it’s ethically wrong to copy games as you’re cheating the hard-working developers out of

word “nearly”

toothbrushes, Visine and sushi courtesy of Fran, and pizza and tiramisu donated by Chris). Better news: the issue was so great they’re making us do two extra issues this winter. Raises have not been mentioned, and none of our comrades at the other (monthly) mags have a bit of sympathy. Go figure.

owned

their rightfully

general,

in

is

helps us get the word out.

properties, so there’s no question that pirating,

RATED AAARRRR!’

bad.

However, there seems to be a few people out there who think this could help Sega sell some systems. What’s your take on this and what is your advice to Sega to prevent it from further damaging the Sega community?

Piracy sucks. No

matter

how you

try to justify

it.

binkley

email

via

CHRIS CHARLA Editor-in-Chief

You got it right the first time, Blackbeard. Pirating is wrong. You can try to kid yourself that it will help Sega sell more systems, or work out some other stupid justification, but the reality is that it

mind is like the cluttered attic an old Victorian mansion: There's cool crap in there. Books

Chris’

of

a

lot of

hurt the third parties, hurt Sega, and ultimately hurt Dreamcast's chances for long-term success. If you're the one copying the disc or buying the "backup," you're not helping

that can be found on his bookshelf:

will

Programming Your Own Adventure Games in PASCAL; Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative Cyberspace; Chunks: a Barfology;

and The Joy of 71. More on

in

anyone sell anything. You're just a scumbag thief who may be getting more games in the short term, but who's helping to ensure that in the long term there will either be less games overall, or at least less variety in games— developers faced with reduced sales due to piracy need to focus on sure things, and can’t afford to take risks on innovating. So, to

71 later.

DAN FITZPATRICK Art Director

Dan used railroad

be a welder at a car factory, where he to

his

lit

sum

cigarettes with his MIG welding gun. While that obviously looked pretty cool, Dan now says that smoking isn't cool.

Remember

that, kids.

healthy either.

Now he works on

mags. Plus ladies

Gear

for PlayStation

Courtesy of Dina, Mistress of the Dark, the first 105 digits of K:

the best fighting

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(i.e.

Watch our

late-nite informercial

reading, (blind) kittens, slide

and

reality TV.

Seeks

it

in

SegaNET

is

Japanese arcades now. Since it’s NAOMIbased, we have a sneaking suspicion it may be DC-bound.

alive

and very

thanks for asking. It's gone on test

is in

get

it

to

Phantasy Star Online?

in

is

my favorite

character!

need to now if the has the LCD screen on it.

a store yet, so

4MB memory card Simon

X

I

leave?

really

only work with AT&T Worldnet, or work with Juno or AOL or anything else?

will

they

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the arcades across Japan

and things are looking very, very hopeful in regards to a Dreamcast port (love that NAOMI!) following very shortly. For

game

itself,

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novels while is

(Original

Animated Videos).

Much as we hate to admit it, what we know about PSO fit in Yuji Naka’s big toe. Sonic Team and Sega aren’t being incredibly forthcoming with specifics regarding the game, but we're pretty sure that most of the PS lore will be 2.

art,

shows

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we’ve included it in our Arcade feature this month, but if you want to see it to believe it—look no further than the official website for it at www.guiltygearx.com, hosted by the developer, Sammy. When you get there, just click on the banner for “English” to read more about it.

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ISPs has been given out by Sega.com. Basically,

SegaNET will

offer ISP service,

will

also

gaming.

online!

Was

it

able to surf the

Web via SegaNET with

perfectly kosher.

work as the online server you don't use SegaNET’s Former Editor-inISP, your latency and ping time will be Chief Simon Cox: affected, but you’ll still be able to bloody but unbowed. connect and play. Your latency and ping time will then be matched up with similar players to make sure you don't suffer from lag against those with low latency but

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a PS2, but this is entirely dependent on Sony's internet plans—which are vague. And don’t forget that the PS2 may well be broadband only, which means that you’ll be surfing along at 56k. As to whether you can use a PC with your SegaNET account, this is

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vs.

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why do people buy Gameboy Color instead? Is didn’t advertise NGPC enough? Please, fill me

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kills

magazines. i

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will

include

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and other familiar

foes.

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more old-school tricks up its sleeve. November will mark the release of the sequel most well-known and well-loved arcade games of all time: Yu Suzuki’s Space Harrier. And judging by what we’ve seen so far, it should be all that and a bag of Fritos. Sega’s

still

got a few

After a 15-year absence, this

what

to

is

one

of the

Much like that of its ancestor, gameplay in Planet Harrier is wonderfully Armed to the teeth with lock-on missiles, vulcan cannons and other

simple:

such utensils of mass destruction, players blast their way through an assortment of colorful 3D stages (there’s even a lock-on system that

lets

you

launch up to 16 missiles at once!). Killing enemies enables you to collect gold coins, which can be used to purchase equipment

in

order to upgrade

your character during a special phase called "Shop Phase” (we asked Sega

about the

possibility of special

“Shoe” and “QuickStop” Shop Phases, but

they declined to comment).

Bonus: Two players can join together in the blasting madness. If a second player wants to link up with a game already in progress, he must press a communication button that makes the message “Can join your game?” appear on the first player’s screen. Player one then answers by pushing buttons for yes or no). When two players are on the same screen, I

they can join forces via (what else?) a force

They can then perform special moves and attacks together, and front each other some dollars at the shop if need be. Unlike

its

ancestor, this

Over the course of

game

is

field.

non-linear.- paths evolve with gameplay.

five stages, you'll control

up

to four heroes in intense, over-

the-shoulder perspective action. Believe us, this

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November will mark the release of the sequel to what is one of the most well-known and best-loved arcade games of all time: Space Harrier.

is

an emulator that would enable you to NES and SNES titles on your Dreamcast

play

under development? Nothing is solid yet, but sources tell us they’ve seen it up and running—you’d simply need to download a ROM image of your game (containing the actual code) to your VMU from the Internet via the DC’s modem. Unfortunately, the emulator is a hobbyist’s project, so the chances of actually being able to buy it are probably nil reliable

(especially since Nintendo

to grant permission). But

is

HIGHLY

it’s still

unlikely

way

cool.

Dreamcast Price Drop! The best system gets even

better!

OFFICIAL— SEGA IS DROPPING THE PRICE OF THE Dreamcast to $149—effective on a date that's probably right IT'S

around the time you're reading this. "The new pricing and recent launch of SegaNet makes Dreamcast an even more attractive proposition than before," Sega of America head honcho Peter Moore told us when we called him at home to ask about the new price. He ain't kidding. With a library of more than 150 games, including such genre-destroying classics as Virtua Tennis, Jet Grind Radio, Shenmue, Soul Calibur, and Tony Hawk (insert favorite games we didn't mention here) not to mention online play Dreamcast now boasts the greatest

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Announced: Planet Harrier For: Arcade By:

Naomi/Amusement

Vision

Specs: 2-player linkups;

new

lock system for shooting;

non-linear structure; 5 stages

QT: Good things come to those who wait (15 years!)

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keeping the faith (and the system) strong heading into 2001.

EXPECT SPECIAL effects a-plenty Harrier.

It

in

Planet

appears that

the Naomi hardware is being pushed pretty hard for this one, throwing polys around at 60fps— which should provide quite the visual feast. But with the ease of portability, the

game’s

transition to

DC

should be smoother than Harrison Ford in an Indiana Jones hat.

What about the SegaNet deal? WE REPORTED MONTHS AGO, SEGA IS PLANNING a rebate who sign up for a predetermined length of SegaNet ISP service. The deal is still on, but it's a little different: now, you only have to sign up for 18 months of service at $2 1.95/month—not 24— and the rebate is now $150 (the new cost of the Dreamcast), not $200. Of course, you still get a Dreamcast keyboard when you sign up. Which is way better than the lollipop you get at the doctor's office.

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is still

on track for a

release on Dreamcast,

and we're signifiUnder development by Neversoft, the scheme very similar to that of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and we say, Not too shabby. Grinds, aerial maneuvers and a whole slew of signature moves will be on display, and environments will be full of interactive objects and real-life settings cantly stoked.

game uses a

control

(including the standard flavors of dirt

and

BMX

street courses, along

with

the requisite vert ramp).

THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE between Pro Pro

Skater and

BMX (aside from the number of wheels

on their

modes of transport), is in style of animation. Tony was created via now-standard motion capture techniques, while Mat will use the somewhat less traditional method of rotoscoping (in which respecive

recorded video footage is converted into digital AVIs and overlayed with mesh 3D characters). It remains to be seen how this newly-implemented technique will affect the game's look

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and

feel,

—and so

but we're very anxcompetitor Z-axis,

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gameplay. Defeated monsters leave their

to

DNA behind,

which can be collected and crossed with other genetic data in order to build new weapons and effects. Could be cool (could also be over the top and down the other side of mind-stubbing complexity; you'll hear us holler

if it hurts).

WE WISH WE KNEW who was developing Type

X—but then, SOJ

seem to know either. Hoping someone owns up soon,

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Rarely has a developer established a name for itself in a just a few weeks like Smilebit has. in its days as R&D 6, when

will

Dreamcast hits (Sega Rally 2, the oddity Typing of the Dead and big-head cartoon sim Let's Play as a Pro Baseball Team ) bore only a vague Sega stamp, the team is quickly becoming Japan's

Although gameplay details are vague, the prospects are promising. Players will choose

Somewhat anonymous its

hottest

game

After

Sega

developer. of Japan’s recent restructuring,

between eight types of battle leaders (killer, magician, etc.) to head 100-troop units, build building, manage resources and— most vitally—

Producer Takayuki Kawagoe has proudly announced this game as "The realtime network simulation game for up to four players on Dreamcast.

first

R&D

6

finally got itself a (real)

Jet Grind Radio, released

games

you’ll

one

name

and, with

of the finest action

ever play. Not satisfied with releasing

one breakthrough title this year, however, the company’s 105 employees are hard at work on Hundred S words.

only

Producer Takayuki Kawagoe has proudly this game as “The first realtime network simulation game for up to four players on Dreamcast.” Premiering this summer as a launch title for Sega's very own Net fiber optic

announced

kick

some

serious ass.

The game's powerful 3D engine enables hundreds (we're starting to understand the name now) of blood-lusty soldiers, terrifying monsters and massive vehicles to meet head-on in realtime slash-fests and fallbacks. And from what we’ve far, framerates don’t seem to suffer in the US release date has been announced so far, we can count on this to hit with a bang. It’ll be a perfect addition to the beauty that is Phantasy Star Online.

seen so

wild polygon frenzy. Although no

title

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thiiiiiiiiis

form, the

game

will

is

to

is

finished

In its

be running at least

30fps— if not 60fps— in and only a tad slower

Our Richter

SEPARATED AT BIRTH

mode,

single-player

and

in split-screen

not

rumble"

rival

that which you’d see on a high-end

JarJar Binks

was

accelerated PC, the Dreamcast version’s textures

make

the two extremely

Shenmue’s ‘Tom'

JarJar Binks

online modes. While the resolution might

ready

is

to the movies

what the Plague

—black death. His digi-

to the Middle Ages

Dark and knows how to use a computer. Now, 'Rastafarian' Tom in Shenmue sends a similar shiver up our spines. The likeness is uncanny: same look, accent and floppy head stuff. Is Tom (like JarJar) from the Dark Side? If so, we're screwed who would win in a fight, Ryo or TOTAL EVIL? Unless that tape on tal horribility proves, in fact, that the

difficult to

Side exists

tell

apart. Borrowing popular stages from

the

PC title (blown out with mission-pack

levels

and DC-exclusive arenas), the

stage count

will

be somewhere

in

final

the 30s.

With a refurbished front-end, support tually every control device

capability,

Q3

Our Richter

is

is

for vir-

and broadband

Ryo's face can use the Force or

some kind

out to rock you to the core.

of Super-bandaid...

ready to rumble.

Phantasy Star Online's cat is still in the bag...but we hear it purring SLATED FOR A

1 st

QUARTER 2001 RELEASE

in

second ship

the US, the specifics of Phantasy Star Online

final

have been wrapped and bound and stashed in Sega's House of Secrets until now. Sonic Team has unveiled new character art and even a fleshed-out storyline, epic sci-fi

dream

of which point to

all

but as they enter the approach to their new home,

singing the pixie equivalent of "She'll

Be Cornin' Round the Mountain," they witness a giant explosion on its surface. Communications from the first

an

in the making.

party of colonists cease.

What hap-

pened? Are there survivors?

ON THE FUTURISTIC PLANET KNOWN AS Mother Land, creatures of all shapes,

sizes

the

and

flavors have co-existed peacefully for eons... but

now the Mother Land is

in decline,

and

its

must find a new home. They create the 'Pioneer Project' in order to locate another inhabitants

habitable planet: and the Project discovers a new Eden, called Raguol. Settlers are sent to fluff the

and put the kettle on, so that the main group of colonists will feel immediately comfortable in their new home. They board a planet's pillows

The Project discovers a new Eden called Raguol. Settlers are sent to fluff the planet’s pillows and put the kettle on...”

THIS

IS

WHERE YOUR journey begins.

As an online, multiplayer RPG, the game's cast of playable characters is

composed not of

specific indi-

viduals but of general classes. Players

can

choose to play j as a Hunter, a

Ranger, or a Force; predictably,

£3 DREAM

ON

all

GAMES WE WISH WERE ON DC

characters possess

certain techniques

and

abilities that

are uniquely associated with one

VALIS Valis

(SERIES) TALENT JAPAN 1987. SYSTEM:

was one

of the pioneers of

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in Valis

way

will

no doubt

worm

its

out of Sega soon, especially with

'

animated cutscenes and spanning platforms from the PC Engine CD to the Genesis, the sei is ripe for a new Dreamcast chapter. If this happens, we even forgive the crap story

example. Force types

Magic and Assist attackers, while Rangers are handy with longrange weapons. are expert

the holidays right around the comer.

Check next issue for more

details!

IV (SNES)!

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When good

pixies

go bad, we

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’em even

better.

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aquarium's tide pool.

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fish.

there were

mobile

lots

and

lots of

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going about

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very different from

our own.

the

in

Seaman’s Stateside

failure won’t

be

in

creator

and keynote speaker at the

event— was buoyantly

Seaman is the #1 selling Dreamcast title of all time in Japan but then, Japanese sensibilities are clearly very different from our own.

optimistic.

The industry turned out

now, though,

in

force for

(see our review

in

Issue

#7

for

game-

the event, lining up to speak into

play details),

microphones at Seaman

was big news. Game journalists seemed to enjoy their conversations

demo

kiosks

“fossils.”

An

below sea corridors,

cocktails

elevator took partygoers

level

and

into plexiglass

where we sipped

toxic

and watched the Bay’s

Seaman’s

its

official arrival

with the misanthropic fishman (we’re

all

grumpy wise-asses,

all)— but will the

Seaman

is

after

American public

take to his humor? the

Dreamcast title of

It’s

#1 all

hard to say.

selling

time

in

Japan—

but then, Japanese sensibilities are clearly (to wit: talking toilets,

Too

optimistic? We’ll let you know. Right

we have

to

chase down a

giant plate of shrimps that’s

and perusing cannily crafted Seaman

for

awhile, but Yoot Saito—Seaman’s

to

use voice recognition technology

r

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Dino Fever Capcom readying Dino and RE3 for US?

Is

Crisis

With the PC ports of Dino Crisis and Resident already making strides to Dreamcast every gamer’s mind the

trip

is

whether or not either

Crisis invites the

gaming world

to

game

will

survive

be

Jurassic Park-style ride that pits heroine Regina

crew against an island

full

of a quasi-sequel to the original

Resident

Evil

2— is an

Valentine’s flight from

RE than a

3—

peripheral for the Dreamcast, developed by Sega of Japan, has

publish

follow-

action-packed return to

Raccoon

a

and her

of teeth. Resident Evil

more up

it’s

The DreamEye

Silicon Dreams, Sega Worldwide Soccer 2K1 is scheduled to hit Europe this November. The game will include both arcade and traditional game modes, and each mode contains specific tournament types and offers unique challenges. Features include photo-realistic

across the big pond to US Dreamcasts.

Dino

DreamEye Camera

Currently in development at

and

it,

digital

camera

On September 14, Japanese gamers can pick up a DreamEye for 14800 yen and a release date.

begin teleconferencing with fellow

DC

owners. The camera

is

intended to be used as part of an

male and

‘Internet Starter Kit',

female player models, quality facial expressions and animations, a new skeleton system that enables an increased number of bones per player, and much more. Unfortunately the game—which reportedly lives up Sega Sports’ bogglingly good standards— may not make it to the US. Sega has passed on the opportunity to

Nemesis

Japan, the question on

in

trampled/masticated by hordes of ferocious dinos;

to

Evil 3:

Bits

Worldwide Soccer 2K1

includes a

and

all

which also

mouse and keyboard

of the requisite software.

Bad news? No US

release.

third parties aren’t

interested in releasing a soccer Jill

game

City.

bad!

the States. But

in

Tell

we want

it

someone!

Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 Our rumor

is

now your fact:

GodGames has

officially

In Brief >> Eidos has announced the release of

Commandos 2 for DC

» Grandia 2 arrives

Both

titles

made smooth PC screens everywhere;

have

transitions onto

seems that it wouldn’t take much adapt them for the Windows CEit

to

Tonight until

Capcom had

either title’s

yet to

Lucasarts has

confirmed that Star Wars: Demolition will be making the finally

Sega Dreamcast

The

trip to

the

game

features characters and settings

biggest sock you can find on that

from both classic Star Wars and Episode One in a vehicular combat game from the

release before the end of

fireplace.

Sweeeeet.

makers

of the Vigilante

8

this Fall.

The

big,

F.A.K.K. 2 will be released for Dreamcast later this year. Just debuted on PC, this third-person action/adventure game, which is based on the original (and spectacularly appealing) Heavy Metal universe has been receiving high marks from the PC press. It

bad Red Dog is

off the leash at last!

runs off of the

Quake 3 engine.

Rival Schools 2

Red Dog:

The

Superior Firepower has finally found a

unofficially titled Rival

Schools publisher. Crave plans to unleash the

2

is

now sched-

uled for a tentative

Dog on US gamers come Christmas, saving

mid-October

Argonaut the trouble of— in the words of

store shelves—far

company

than expected. This

president Jez

San —“buying

back [from Sega] so we can release

it

ourselves elsewhere.”

features the

Crave is a good home for an excellent game. Red Dog contains over 15 singleplayer missions packed with

trip to U.S.

sooner

NAOMI-based brawler is looking very sharp and

it

same

cracked-out gameplay

as the original.

enemies and

objectives, plus a 2-4 player multiplayer

mode—truly a

well

rounded package.

get Scooby snacks from

ODCM when

reviewed? Stay tuned for more.

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Will it's

it

Thanks to Crave, US gamers

will finally

“We felt that if we took too long come out,” Jez San comments.

Dreamcast Magazine November 2000

get to play Red Dog. it, it might never

to release

We’d say “Put those away before you hurt someone!”—but where else could she put ’em? Rival Schools 2 is a knockout. things

that

next season.

Its

was such Konami decided

not to rush

»

it.

‘Coordination

problems” with

series, Luxoflux.

confirmed that Heavy Metal

Argonaut’s battle tank shooter

“delayed"

unpolish

>>

2000. Translation? Better hang the

will

is

current state of

announce

domestic fate— but our

sources confirm the probabilty that both

5! Start

planning the party.

» ESPN Baseball

compatible Dreamcast. At press time,

on US shelves

December

French developer Visiware are keeping Fox's long-anticipated

Planet of the Apes off the market until Ql/2001. Apes are throwing poop.

»

Ubi Soft’s Evil Twin, originally

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for Dreamcast... and yes, this game will rock your world.

Treyarch is using all the power that the DC hardware has to give this time around fabrics

blow nicely models are improved and the game's overin skaters' clothes

in the wind, player

We

let

17-year-old Sean Fontenot from

all feel is more polished. Add a brand-spankin'new Skate Park Editor, and you've got perfection in the works.

Los Alamitos, CA nab the $1 0,000 prize— with a high score of 3,463,009 points.

part of the official opening off this year’s

ceremonies

to kick

X-games.

Unfortunately,

we

discovered that our

enthusiastic consumption of fine foods, so kindly and lavishly provided by Activision, had severely hampered our ability to play THPS2: our hair-triggers had been sent to the So we let 17-year-old Sean Fontenot from Los Alamitos, CA nab the $10,000 prize—with a high score of 3,463,009 points. barber.

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“It’s

a horror house game, not a

horror adventure

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the traditional sense.

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These shots demonstrate the bizarre, vaudeville-gonehorribly-wrong

tone of lllbleed— not too far off

from the style of

Sam Evil

Raimi’s

Dead

2.

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seen, but you can expect to

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characters

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characters after saving them)

underwater, but that’s where the similarities

trying to survive lllbleed s

end. lllbleed could very well be the

among

is it

that really

makes

it

that different?

The answer doesn’t seem to lie in the game’s story: Michael Reynolds, the extravagant producer of horror classics such as “Revenge of the Queen Worm" and “Killer Man” (thankfully, he’s a virtual character), has built a theme park with questionable security regulations no tomorrow. Whoever

DEATH LURKS AROUND in this

park,

and the only way

every dark

have to track your character’s heart rate and adrenaline count closely. Walk into an unexpected trap or fight once too often, and your will either faint, have a heart attack or lose his or her mind. Use the Horror Monitor too often, and your adrenaline level will fall to a point where the Monitor ceases to work. You’ll also have to be aware of your character’s senses (sight, smell, hearing and the mysterious sixth sense) to find a safe— and exciting— way through the massive worlds. If you ever find yourself in a really bad (read: disemboweled) state, you’ll

Seaman

horror titles (without the microphone),

but what

meet other

(whom you can choose as playable who are likewise 1500+ dangers. comer

to stay alive is to

be equipped with Climax Graphics’ very own Horror Monitor. This clever device scans the shady environment for potential traps and monsters, thus preventing shock-induced death. Instead of watching an energy bar,

character

million dollars. Of course,

no one has ever

recommends visit to the Emergency Room, where players

made

know what

will

to horrify like there’s

makes

it

it

means

through the park alive

that far— and you

will

win a this

for you, right?

Nishigaki

a

all

out as Eriko

a 17-year-old student at Castle Rock

High (any allusions to Stephen King are purely accidental),

who made her

acting

debut in— yes, you guessed it— “Killer

Goes

is

five distinct

based around one of

test

is not as much on on action and the player’s

“each world has to be resolved.”

stories will

its

own mystery

waiting

How, exactly, these mini-

come

into play

remains to be

Dreamcast Magazine November 2000

of crash

monsters.

get nothing for though.

in lllbleed,

manage own earnings with

Players have to their

to

is

it

team

dummy

You’ll

free

“Deadly Homerun” to “Toy Man.” “Although our focus

Official

qualified

care,

emotional experience,” says Nishigaki,

in

yeSj the operations

are performed by a

Reynold's blockbusters, ranging from

story as

36

own operations

their gory details.

And

Man

to Japan.” She’s the first character to

attempt to survive lllbleed s worlds. Each world

be able to observe

their

PLAYERS WILL START Christi,

if

shop

only to be able at Bloody

Mary’s infamous Drug Store

(for crucial

like relaxation

items

tapes to

calm the heart rate!). The game even contains an Insurance


.

SPECIAL GUEST STARS ntroducing the poor saps willing to cast

I

away

their

collective sanity to win a

measly one million

dollars:

When the

Idiots, all!

‘heart-

warming’ baseball movie this

BATTING FIR BLOOD?

W

E REALLY GOT A KICK

out of

Climax Graphics' in-game poster, which seems to advertise some

kind of film featuring baseball, baseball bats, and blunt force trauma. Gibberish or genius? Hmmm. For more of the developer's trademark weirdness, check out its official press teaser for Illbleed:

game

is

called

in

“Homerun

Gone To Death,” you know there ain’t a happy ending. We’ve already got some ideas for scary movies titles to run in Illbleed 2. How about “l(ntestine)-80”— about a haunted Interstate freeway? Or “Slaughtergeddon?” Or maybe “Attention, Postman: Return to Grave,” about postal service zombies? (Of course, the post office turns all

of its

employees

into

zombies, eventually...)

A Haunted House Game In a society driven to extremes, people seek extreme seductions.

Michael Reynolds offers the world 's

haunted house, Illbleed. Whoever can make it through will receive largest 1

million dollars.

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But behind the offer lies a secret. More shocking than what you see. More costly than you'll ever know. They'll do anything to feed your desire.

VOUF^5GLF

Virtual Horror Land.. Illbleed

Company, which offers various types of coverage that’ll end up saving you on medical needs. Each level has to be completed within a certain time frame, while a healthy heart count, etc. All

adrenaline

maintained.

is

of this

rate,

may sound complicated and RPG-y

for a horror-game, but Nishigaki

assures us that

a very immediate and action-packed gaming

experience

is

/.

popular on Dreamcast, so

game

who

game

should stake out a

one hidden key to unlock the umpteenth door in Resident Evil, and who find Zombie Revenge’s beat-’em-up gameplay to be a little

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is

we decided

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very

that

to

ODCM

got to play already looked

impressive: great character designs, respon-

smooth framerate and an sense of humor. It certainly will be see who bids the highest for this

up and has an uncomplicated story that you can enjoy whether you’ve been playing for hours or just minutes,” the company president explains. “You can even put it away for a while without having to worry

sive controls, a

about forgetting

2001

a

gamers

don’t have the patience to

find that

nigh.

ARCADE-TYPE GAMEPLAY make

This

great middle ground for

that’s easy to pick

all

of the clues.”

‘interesting’

intersting to

quirky title— but whoever

product out

fast.

it

is

better get the

We’re looking for an early JORG S. TITTEL

release. Bloody great!

HAUNTED (DRUG) DARN urthering the logically lopsided

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motif in this game, we have "Bloody Marry's": which could either be a cross between a drug-

store, a

typo.

but

haunted house and a wedding

We

chapel.. .or a latter choice is more likely, funny. Aside: a recent poll o/ODCM

admit that the

it's still

staffers revealed that every one of us would move into a real haunted house in San Francisco if the rent

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was $1200

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or

less.

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Dreamcast Magazine

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crossovers and spin- moves.

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pathetic Cowboys sympathizers

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radically improved running

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game, franchise mode, and complete team-specific

playbooks. and you’ve got yourself a full-contact chat room. Does technology rule or what?

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PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE ULTIMATE

MULTIPLAYER DREAMCAST EXPERIENCE TEXT: EVAN

SHAMOON

PHOTOS: MICHAEL SEXTON

©

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, rumors concerning Sierra’s exclusion of multiplayer

elements from the Dreamcast version of have besieged the Internet fanboys. force the

Word had

game

out

it

Half-Life

swarm

a

like

of angry

that corporate pressure would

in

time

for the

Christmas

buying season, and that multiplayer gaming

was to

be the resulting casualty. So, determined to set the story straight, to

beam

we used our mad

directly into the

Software

in

Plano,

teleportation skills

headquarters of Gearbox

Texas— home

to the creators of

Half-Life (and to the only fishing-tackle

manufacturing plant

in

America).

nothing but a mini-recorder, a

box

Armed with camera and

digital

our trusty

ODCM

infiltrated

the heavily-guarded Gearbox

cattle prod (in

Headquarters and

came back

case of cows),

we

with an exclusive

report from the front lines.

LIKE

A BOX OF

RAISIN BRAN,

contains not one but

TWO

goodness. Scoop 1: The

two separate packages. The this

November,

will

be released

will

first,

due

in

for release

include a graphically

enhanced version of entirely

this report

scoops of chewy

game

Half-Life,

new adventure

as well as an

entitled ‘Blue Shift’

developed specifically for Dreamcast. Scoop 2: Shortly thereafter—January of 2001-ish—Sierra will

release a separate

which

will

MULTIPLAYER game,

include Opposing Force,

Fortress 1.5, Half-Life multiplayer

Team and

possibly

even Counter-Strike.

What does

it

all

mean?

Clear the lane, suckas.


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being ported over by Captivation Digital Laboratories, a familiar with Dreamcast Half-Life is

crew quite

hardware. These are, after all, the same guys who created the hi-octane tech demos for Dreamcast's debut at E3 ’98. This work on Sega's

year, they’re hard at

Dreamcast Network Gaming

Guns

don't

lobby.

people, people

kill

kill

people. Especially people with guns that are roughly the size of people. Ir videogames. Hmm. Wonder if Mr.

Lieberman reads

ODCM?

GET A HALFLIFE In

the history of electronic

entertainment, few

many

as

games have

collected

helplessly devoted fans as Half-

has won well over 50 ‘Game awards from both the press and the game development community, and has been hailed by the industry’s Life.

The

title

of the Year’

judge and

Game

PC Gamer, as

jury,

Ever’.

gaming

If

‘Best

PC

you check out online

all

of

its

variants—

is played more than Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and Tribes 2 COMBINED. And that’s almost two years after its

initial

fj

is

what’s coming to Dreamcast.

coming

it’s

f

\

release.

This

And

T

statistics, you’ll find that

multiplayer Half-Life— in

in

$

*

a really big way.

THE FULL STORY Half Life

is

a first-person adventure

game, penned by award-winning horror novelist Marc Laidlaw ( Kalifornia The 37th Mandala; Laidlaw is interviewed on page 49). The story begins deep within the Black Mesa Federal Research Facility, a decommissioned missile base and site ,

of a top-secret genetic research

experiment. As the young research associate Gordon Freeman, you’re sent to

analyze a strange crystalline specimen over

in

the

Anomalous Materials

panicked security guards and scientists,

he must

make his way through highzones—sneaking through Cold and airducts, fighting

Laboratory—a routine analysis which

security

proceeds to go horribly wrong. And so the

War

adventure begins.

through subterranean railways and ruined

As hordes of monsters pour through rifts in the fabric of reality, Gordon must navigate through the chaos of wailing sirens and scientists. By enlisting

missile silos.

fW\

The original than

its

Half-Life

has spawned more

share of PC sequels and addons,

new episode

entitled Blue Shift.

In Half-Life:

Facility

44

What

adventure

of interaction

to

kill

everyone involved.”

WJ

control of the action.

Too bad there’s no demon-urine powerup

the extraordinary level

between

story

1'

slather deer urine all over their bodies to disguise their scent.

sets Half-Life apart from other titles is

RANDOM GUN-RELATED

FACTOID: Hunters

f

BIGGER THAN HALFLIFE

containment

that these highly advanced alien

and

in Half-Life.

characters to interact with—

Opposing Force, players

Mesa Research

on both

arrived facility

compete

on Earth via the Black Mesa when Gordon Freeman was

in

originally sent into

the

find yourself stranded

battling fierce

new

you now

and confusedand a an effort to save

alien creatures

variety of other foes in

November 2000

facility,

in

new

multiplayer

designed by industry Eric

transported to the border world of Xen.

So while you were

and unfriendly complement this single gamers will

friendly

terms. To

player experience,

life

forms, who’re set to pillage the planet,

fellow scientists

as Corporal Adrian Shephard. As a

Official^ Dreamcast Magazine

©

“Apparently, [the government’s] idea of is

Robert Anton Wilson—

in total

Glorious stuff indeed.

And then the feds get involved. As one of your fellow scientists explains,

Black Mesa to silence Freeman and his

OPPOSING FORCE return to the Black

Dick meets the X-Files meets

Woo meets

and you’re

Gordon Freeman, you are separated from your

cream of this creamy crop, plus an

entirely

John

base unit and discover a new alien race amidst the chaos. It’s quickly revealed

expanding the storyline within a shared virtual universe. DC owners will receive the

Phillip K.

soldier sent inside to eliminate

HALF-LIFE:

THE PROGENY

.

cafeterias

maps

all-stars, including

Reuter (Shadow Warrior, Unreal),

Richard “Zdim” Carlson (Thief 2),

your

own

life.

arsenal of

You’ll

gather a custom

new high-powered

military

Tom

“Paradox” Mustaine (Final Doom, SiN), David “Kevlar” Kelvin (Unreal: Return to

ordnance, experimental weapons, and

Na

deadly alien devices. And as you explore

and the infamous Levelord™ (Duke Nukem 3d, Quake: Scourge of Armagon, Heavy Metal: FAKK 2).

further areas of Black Mesa, you will

encounter a

new variety of human

Pali,

Return to Castle Wolfenstein)


s

gameplay, and the fact that the plot remains significant throughout the entire

principles of rock solid

and

game design—

for once, being principled pays off.

experience. But beyond these vagaries,

the real beauty of this

responses

it

evokes

game

in its

is in

players:

the

sweaty

palms, restless nights and a chronic increase in heart-rate for weeks on end.

The

trick? Half-Life’

story never gets

J

SMART FELLERS

Perhaps the most lauded aspect of Half-Life is its uncommonly capable Al. Thanks to the game’s powerful and innovative artificial intelligence, both

and foes

behave

a

and action never stifles the advancement of plot. In short, this game is founded on the essential

sophisticated, unpredictable manner.

TEAM FORTRESS CLASSIC 1.5

each

in

the way of

its

action,

friends

Friendly soldiers

alike

and

in

when

Fortress Classic (TFC)

is

TFC

is

a deep, strategic

way

which the

game

never breaks the illusion of reality. Through a series a subtle artistic

one cannot simply camp out in the shadows and pick off enemies without facing dire consequences—your enemies will

invariably

attempt to attack you

packs, assessing threats and

quick decisions

in

is

and design

in

decisions, the overall

consistency of the Half-Life universe virtually impregnable to Caches of weapons and

has become

in

making

disbelief.

ammo,

order to counter

for

example, are not placed at

your every move.

scientists help you

map and tons of strategies for each

popularity so long after

its

its

new light on the story, and new questions (and answers) to

eyes sheds

massive

brings

release.

bear. Developed internally by

the

game that

the

together

other first-person shooter on the market,

subtleties—as evidenced by

Team

team-based multiplayer add-on to HalfLife that has become one of the most popular online action games. In TFC, each player assumes one of nine roles, or classes-such as medic, soldier, or engineer-and joins other teammates or clanmates online to match strategy and skills against opposother. Each class has unique weapons, abilities, and playstyles.

holds the entire package

What

they can, while enemies plot

viciously against you. Unlike nearly every

BLUE SHIFT

Gearbox, and overseen by

Blue Shift is an entirely new episode the Half-Life universe, developed specifically for the

the

Mark Laidlaw and

in

owners

on the

to

of

original

his perspective.

very cool storytelling device, used

rewards teamwork, communication and

recently by Quentin Tarantino

planning. With different objectives for

Brown. Seeing the

When It’s

most

a

not helping senior citizens cross the street, Barney , fights for all

Jackie

that

Barney's

and

in

game from

length of Half-Life.

Mesa

and play through the

game from

to

roughly a third the

buy a Dreamcast). Players take

role of Barney, the Black

security guard,

Valve,

10 15 hour experience—

Blue Shift should be a

Dreamcast version

game (yet another reason for PC

Is

good

Just.

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A typical

day at an office not unlike ODCM’s: While other workers are actually making progress on their projects, Evan chooses to use his time more constructively (i.e. daydreaming about food, girls, games and an endless string of fart jokes).

FE

1

map;

rather, players

discover hidden stockpiles of weapons, and swipe

must

\

ammo

from the bodies of ‘expired’ enemies. Likewise, there are no traditional levels in Half-Life—the game is a continuous stream of linked locations from beginning to end, each one connected to the next. You can, of course,

move back and forth between these areas— but so can who are out to get you. Unlike many other first-person games, each area in

the bastards

Half-Life

is

furnished with a wide variety of textures,

lending a distinct look to the different locations. The

numerous

scripted events within

serves to bolster the illusion of

each of these levels and the detail

reality,

within each scene effectively maintains the level of

suspense. While

much

of the

gameplay

oriented, these puzzles always

seem

is

puzzle-

contextually

plausible within the world that Valve has created. is

quite a significant achievement;

games—despite

obvious efforts

most

in this

Which

direction—simply

can’t elicit the willing suspension of disbelief that

Gearbox greats: at Valve Software are overseeing the

first-person

makes

Half-Life so compelling. Valve

has obviously learned a great deal studying the mistakes of the past.

Suffice to say, booting up Half-Life

through to the

many

corporate logos

million blockbuster

have been

Martel, Art Czar

some PC games

(left) strike

titles,

is,

what we’re going for here." Most immediately apparent are the various

monsters is

an entirely new mission (see The Progeny sidebar, page And from atop their lofty perch in Seattle, the folks

out. “But then

obviously, incredible. That’s

really

44).

a

the arcade—which

graphical upgrades. Characters,

WEAR

brought

pose for us. These two have worked on AAA

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford pointed

and optimizing it for DC hardware, Gearbox Software is adding Dreamcast-specific elements and enhancements— not the least of which porting the code

Pitchford,

Game

Designer/CEO

there have been things like Crazy Taxi— ported from

(MovieNewsBreak: Early word says that things blow up). While Captivation Digital Labaratories churns away at

"SCIENTISTS

Lead

(above) and Brian

“Well, there

Bruckheimer’s got rewriting the

$100

Randy

game.

over to Dreamcast that weren’t treated very well,”

more people working on Dreamcast

screenplay for his next

whole process.

will involve sifting

order to finally get

So what’s the rompus?

THE GUILTY PARTIES Sierra’s got Half-Life than Jerry

in

in

the

game

using higher resolution models and

Says

Pitchford, “The result

and people

in

the

game

is

look

from

Civilization to

Duke Nukem 3D.

weapons and

have been completely that

all

more

detail.

of the creatures

much more

INDIVIDUALLY

rebuilt,

realistic

RENDERED COATS AND

NEW BARNEY MODEL

TIES”

and have more animation articulation than they ever have before.” Additionally,

the lighting richer,

will

be

and colors more an up-

vibrant. After

close and personal tour of their efforts,

we were

suitably impressed (see

Double Your Pleasure sidebar,

DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE

In

left).

terms of

control,

the developers are

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT VISUAL UPGRADE ON GEARBOX'S agenda was the overhaul of Half-Life's In-game models. “The original game was built to run on a Pentium 133 with 24 megs of RAM," Pitchford points out. “Well, the Dreamcast has built-in PowerVR— very nice hardware—and the built-in ability to render polys really nicely. So we did the math.” Literally. Gearbox is rebuilding all of the models—including the humans, monsters and weapons—with double the number of polys that Valve used In the original PC game, and the difference is quite stunning. Scientists, for example, wear individually-rendered lab coats and ties, rather than one flat, continuous texture. No longer

do these characters look

polygonal caricatures—they now breathing human (and non-human) beings.

appear as living, Monsters are more

more

frightening,

humans more lifelike, weapons we watched old and new

entertaining. In a demonstration,

games 46

like

running side-by-side— and the contrast

Official

Dreamcast Magazine November 2000

is truly striking.

working hard to perfect the system using the standard Dreamcast control pad. While they will,

of course, support the

keyboard

Dreamcast mouse and

combo—certainly the

ideal setup for Half-Life or

any other first-person shooter— Pitchford wants to provide mouse-less gamers with the same play-value. “We realize that not everyone

is going to buy the mouse, and we want those people to have the same great control and gameplay experience." It’s a great goal, and far from impossible: as

Bioware essentially proved with

its

DC

version of

MDK2.

To this end, Gearbox is furiously play-testing its game Dreamcast controllers instead of mice and keyboards— no easy transition for this PC-based team. The with

goal? Using a control pad should not affect fun, bar none.

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MULTIPLAYER For the past several months,

hearing word that Sierra

we had been

was planning to axe

the

“EVERYONE KNOW

multiplayer elements of Dreamcast Half-Life. The

I

rumors had us worried: while Half-Life was originally conceived as a story-based, singleplayer experience, the online elements have

become

since

absolutely essential

LIKES STORIES"

gaming—

Hare Laidlaw is the author of a half-dozen Philip K. DickInfluenced scf-fl novels Including The 37th Mandala. He was Introduced to gaming while writing a Wired cover story on Quake, and later Joined Valve as a writer and game designer. For more Marc Laidlaw check out

one of the most fun, rewarding and exhilarating experiences you / can have online (without breaking any of those pesky easily

,

,

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‘Age of Consent’ laws). So, after signing our lives

away on the

Did you find

dotted line of Sierra’s NonDisclosure Agreement,

dish—which,

we

A got the

Force, the hugely popular online

and

difficult to

I

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will

lot

more

to

do

I

MOD Team

BBltR

were well

into the revision

and refinement process,

we were doing would

confident that everything

important role

feeling

play

some

the gamer's experience.

in

in Half-Life?

think a lot of people felt that the 3D shooter need a storyline—that it would be wasted on the kind of who play such things. But everyone know likes stories. gamers wouldn’t like having a story if it

Very pleased. didn’t

Pull clip, pull clip,

I

people

throw grenade,

throw—do/)/”

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I

couldn’t imagine that

deepened

game instead of Games currently receive the kind of

their involvement in the

them out

through the single-player Half-Life missions, we’ll be graced with more Half-Life multiplayer madness than

for pulp science fiction

games begin.

We didn’t get a

Are you pleased with the reaction to the storytelling

we’ve spent our respective winter breaks playing

with. Let the

creation.

couldn't really get inventive

incorparate the recently-

them something to work with. What does all of it mean? Well, it means that once

game

good sense of what Half-Life would be until we’d roughed out the entire game. And we and insanely inspired until we

see The Progeny sidebar on

gives

1

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Fortress

elements

Internet. “Especially for those gamers using SegaNet,” Valve’s own Doug Lombardi tells us, “the online experience will be excellent." The team expects to include support for broadband as well— assuming Sega

drew on my writin £ exPerience t0 te" others about the importance of rough drafts and revision—both of which have important

time

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to Half-Life

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to

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what contributed

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of

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and comic books; not

surprisingly,

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sympathies have always naturally lain with science fiction and comics. Society as a whole underestimates and

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that’s the habitual alien/outsider/geek in I

think I just walked

all

me speaking.

over your question.

Where do you think the game industry is headed? Do you think the concept of a 'game writer' is going to be the norm in a few years? Well, we saw a rush of people In that direction a couple years ago, when a lot of Hollywood talent seemed to be moving into games (William Morris painted “Multimedia Department* on a

and then It puttered out (William Morris got out the paint and scrubbed that door really hard). remember that was supposed to be a case of make-it or breakand that model was dearly don’t think It had good writing, but It was boring to play. Hollywood really “got" games. believe many game designers understand the importance of good writing to their products, but they don’t necessarily know how to find good writers who also care to understand good game design. Perhaps there aren’t that many of us yet. There will certainly be more in time. think interesting things happen when good writers get involved not just door),

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for the so-called interactive movie,

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aspects of game design. At the

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just

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notice

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the weapon balance

make sense. When was a I

option for me;

be a

writer,

so

is all

kid,

wrong or the puzzles don’t

game

design

was

not a possible

wasn’t even a blip on anybody’s radar. wanted to read books. These days, conceivably, there’s some

it I

I

freakish teenaged Laidlaw-equlvalent playing Half-Life

and

deciding that he or she wants to do this kind of thing; and that kid is going to grow up to make amazing games (or whatever the

eggheaded people of the future might call their weird futuristic of entertainment). That’s where the next generation of game

form Step through one of these trip lasers and you're in the deep poop zone. Nearly every stage of Half-Life is littered with cool traps and obstacles, which require quick thinking to get past (not to mention an assortment of crowbars. 9mm pistols, revolvers, assault rifles, shotguns, crossbows, RPGs, gauss rifles, gluon guns, hornets, grenades, trip mines, satchel charges and snarks. And the SAW machine guns, sniper rifles, displacers, shock roaches, spore launchers, pipe wrenches, barnacles, knifes and desert eagles of Opposing Force).

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IN

A WHILE A GAME COMES ALONG THAT

fanfare,

FIRST REVIEW

found

I

it

difficult to

approach Shenmue

attempts to do something drastically different.

with a clean slate of expectations. Sure,

On Dreamcast, we’ve been lucky to have games like Seaman, Space Channel 5 and Jet Grind Radio. And while others may not have delivered

seen

as well

in

singular

wonder

sights

the execution department, to

it’s

see developers setting

a

their

on goals beyond conventional thinking.

But when a

game matches ambitious theory with

perfect execution,

it

inspires

something

like

a

1) A game like this has finally Dreamcast— in the form of Shenmue.

its

all

the quicktime movies, read about

features and even tried

my hand

prepared

me

for the

playing the game.

and

was. Me,

sounding melodramatic, disappeared-along with every single

had read

of hype

I

of Coke.

at the risk of

friends who’d battled the import.

many years

of

my

experience of actually

So there

Dreamcast and my 12-pack

religious epiphany.

After waiting through so

all

way through the import version— but nothing

come

to

had

I

at faking

in

And all

my

then,

of that

criticism

I

the Japanese press or heard from

weren’t playing THIS game.

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Rising Son:

7 spent nearly a

Ryo Hazuki The hero duties in Shenmue fall to a young man named Ryo Hazuki. The son of Iwao Hazuki, a prominent dojo and martial arts master, Ryo witnesses his father’s murder by a sinister stranger at the start of the game. He also overhears mention of some mysterious pact made between his father and the assassin at some point in the past.. .and that’s all he has to go on. Now an orphan, Ryo must solve the mystery and avenge his father’s death at any cost.

day simo l y

Think this is only a cinema? Think again. The ingame graphics of Shenmue could run for the Miss USA crown and win. In the shot pictured below, Ryo gets all Keanu on Gui Zhang in some tremendously cool choreography during a FREE Battle moment.

Ryo’s path winds through the streets of the

city,

then out onto the harbor and

back again— and still

all

must

the while, he

tend to his everyday responsibilities

as a high school student, a boyfriend (of the lovely Nozomi Harasaki) and the pet of a worrywart surrogate

grandmother

(Ine-san). So, while juggling the

chores of

an attentive boyfriend (and coming home before curfew), Ryo must also brush shoulders with his hometown’s shadier residents in order to find out details

concerning his father’s murderer. During

have

to kick a

little

Every business in Shenmue keeps its own hours. So if you want to give Hang On a go at the arcade, you’d better check your watch.

Ryo

his lengthy journey “for the truth,” will inevitably

ass to

get the information he needs, which

means

that

he’ll

be brawling with

numerous foes and

starring in a slew of

Quick Timer Events (called QTEs). So, whether he’s setting out a saucer of milk for

an orphaned

kitten or high-

way through a crowd of thugs, Ryo manages to emerge as the good tubthumping hog down city streets, but an awkwardness that kicking his

guy. He’ll ride a

emerges when

he’s with

Nozomi betrays

the vulnerability beneath his steely coat

Male gamers will want to be him and female players will swoon: Ryo

of armor.

is

the very definition of a hero.

And

The seasons noticeably change as days and weeks pass in Shenmue. If you play through the Christmas season in the game, you’ll notice wreaths and drunk Santa-sans littering the streets. Ho, ho, ho.

because he’s not your average caped crusader, he’s It’s

ail

the

combination of

this subtle

realism

and—for

more appealing.

word— makes Shenmue

lack of a better

hyperrealism that

such an immersive adventure. Sure, have to earn your pay as a

you’ll

driver at the harbor in order to

boat

ticket,

fiercest,

who

pay

for a

but dammit, you’ll be the

most

ever

forklift

karate-skilled forklifter

lifted

a fork. Period.

A CAST OF THOUSANDS WELL, REALLY it's more like hundreds than thousands but it's the quality, not the quantity, that matters in

the world of Shenmue. Just

The F.R.E.E. World

like real life, you'll

Probably the most impressive aspect of

who you've met

Shenmue

is

the size of the game’s

massive environments and the amount of attention that’s little

been given

detail of every

instance, Ryo’s hill in

little

home

to every

inch. For

sits

atop a small

a quiet section of town known as

Yamanose. The number of rooms house are daunting enough, but

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Official

in his

have to remember

and what you learned

hum each

of them to finish

your journey. Here's a sampling of the folks you'll be meeting soon so break out that address book.

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Hero of Shenmue. The son of prominent Dojo master Iwao Hazuki, Ryo has the skills and the promise— but it’s up to you to guide him on the right path to fulfill

his true

potential.

Where

Shenmue

lead him?

will

Ryo’s father. Iwao Hazuki is a stoic community leader and respected master of martial

Ryo’s caretaker.

As the glue that

arts. His death leaves Ryo with more questions than answers. What is his connection to Lan Di

holds the family together, she’ll frequently ask you to make it home at a decent time. Do it— she’s too nice to disappoint. And she’s in control of

and China?

your allowance.

Ryo’s wing-man. of Hazukisensei’s most

One

devoted students, Fuku-san has always

been a loyal friend and tough sparring partner to Ryo. He’s always willing to help the hero out of a bind.

The girlfriend. Nozomi cares for Ryo but has a hard time getting him to understand her feelings. She runs

the Aida Flower Shop, but may

have to return to her family

in

Canada.

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going through Ryo's house!" BUST A MOVE RYO’S MOVES LIST IS EXTENSIVE, and it expands as you continue to learn fighting moves throughout the game. Sometimes, you’ll discover a new move by reading a scroll that might be found in various places in the Hazuki home and Yokosuka at large. Other moves can

imagine being able to

rifle

through every

drawer and every closet, while turning lights on and off or picking up food and other items as you see fit. spent nearly a whole day simply going through Ryo’s I

house! But once you’ve torn yourself

away and

down the hill, you’ll homes to explore, each with

sprinted

find several

nameplates outside pretty

tromp through every is

You can

their doors.

much knock on

every door and

freedom

yard. ..the

overwhelming. And just think—this

is

one small part of the city. Once you pass through Yamanose,

only

you’ll enter

Sakuragaoka, a bigger

main

residential area just outside the

town, and then head into the heart of the city:

Yokosuka.

Once you enter the main

district of

Yokosuka, the realization sets hasn’t already): this

game

in (if

it

HUGE. With

is

countless storefronts, bars and

restaurants—each of which works on

independent schedules just

like

those

in

reality do—you’ll need at least a day or two to familiarize yourself with the flood of workers and residents who occupy the

streets of Yokosuka.

be obtained by purchasing scrolls at the Antique Shop in town, and yet more moves are taught to you by the very I ar. surprising mentors ^

its

And

this is

where

Shenmue truly

the real genius of

rears

head: the interiors and exteriors of

all

shops are just as detailed as Ryo’s house was. You’ll discover that each of

r

of the

> ^

the citizens of Yokosuka has a unique

^

routine and lifestyle, which he or she adheres to day and night. Thus, you can actually follow one person around the entire city as he strolls from, say, the bus

stop at the edge of town to the flower

shop, to the fish market, then

the most The Yokosuka Harbor will be one important stops on your journey through Shenmue. Not only are there plenty of

employment opportunities (above), but there are plenty of chances to buy or acquire cool items

(left)

not found

in

the

'

Jafeopunt

steKaaa

i

home

to

an apartment building in Sakuragao. It’s simply amazing how much work has gone into all of these mini-lives, and they

of

K

combine

Tom teaches a move. Or k it a dance?

hone your

to give Ryu’s surroundings a

genuinely breathing, bustling feel. But that’s not all. There’re countless

skills.

city.

other things you can do to while

your time

in

away

town, especially at the You

Arcade near the Liu Barber Shop. Inside, you can spend your precious Yen on rounds of classic

On

or

Space

Sega games

like

Hang

Harrier. But there’s also

assortment of

fictional

an

arcade games,

QTE, which not only help to

like Excite

sharpen your responses

in

actual

ingame

mimic the arcade machines that you could probably find in

QTE’s, but effectively

a neighborhood pizza parlor. In addition, you can buy soda out of any number of

renamed) Jet Cola machines when you get thirsty, or purchase prizes in the shapes of various Sega characters (Sonic and NiGHTS (suspiciously

Token Yankee. One of the few Americans in Shenmue, Tom is a hotdog stand owner

Ryo’s supervisor.

with a passion for dancing and music. He considers Ryo to be his best friend

work

and Ryo feels

dealings going at the harbor.

likewise.

Heading up a team of harbor workers,

Mark is Ryo’s boss during one of his stints. His gentle nature belies knowledge of the many shady his

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down

Family ally. Hazuki-sensei’s powerful friend runs

an import/export business

shipping at the docks. His

connections and wealth hint at his true power, but he remains a stalwart resource for Ryo.

Master Chen’s son.

The assassin.

One

A

of Ryo’s only fighting equals, he is petitioned to

darkly sinister stranger, his motive for

murdering even

watch over him at a

Hazuki-sensei

certain point in the game. His motives are genuine, but he’ll always mess with Ryo whenever he’s

darker. His identity and past are a

given the chance.

he know Ryo’s father?

is

and Ryo

will

mystery, stop at nothing to find him. How does

Ryo’s dream girl. An enigma through-

out the series, she persistently appears in Ryo’s dreams,

Who

is she and why does Ryo dream about her? Will Ryo

among them) machines

out of small vending

for your private collection.

this level of interaction that

meet her someday? We

the experience of

hope

context of a

actually

so.

may seem

November 2000

game,

Official

::

It’s

heightens

Shenmue. These

strangely

mundane, but

items the

in

they’re a marvel.

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You can buy a soda out of a vending machine. You can play an emulated oldschool arcade game. These things, we knew. But no one ever mentioned that you could do something like ride the bus! What next, you ask? Will Ryu get a simulated haircut in Shenmue 27 We hope so; he needs one. And it would be fun— really! No joke.

HELLO KITTY JUST LIKE

in real

life, Ryo is often diverted from his

main path in the game. One of these diversions takes the

shape

of

kitten,

whose mother

was

an orphaned

run over by the

man who

killed Ryo’s father (as he was driving away from the

scene of the crime). Talk about a bond. You’ll be able to feed, pet and talk to the kitten while it recovers

and

until it’s healthy,

you’ll

in the temple shrine yard. Keep it see Nozomi’s eyes begin to sparkle.

Nozomi Harasaki plays the concerned love interest who goes to great lengths to smother affection. Ryo plays the distracted boyfriend who isn’t sure how he feels. Cue the soap opera lighting and mood music, we feel a Kleenex moment coming up.

him with her

“Shenmue segments,

The

is

an hour

Shenmue

stopped noticing things

used

to.

more

getting

Using the D-pad for

movement, the analog

I

Call

nature during

stick for

it

the

Law

of

come

You can

unique

Videogame

Localization™, but

exploration or battle— and thus,

on the other

little

the controls

become second

quite a feat.

controls,

hand, take a

funny, but after only

or so of playing

you’ll find that

during the Exploration

Camera, Action! It’s

will deliver a

second thought, especially

Lights,

you’ll find that you’re only

true.

it’s

listening for

close, though.

as the cameras. This

won’t win any awards, they do

Ryo—along with most

the job as painlessly as possible.

main characters

is

the

hallmark of a great game: can take the camera and

if

you

vocalists

Shenmue

But remember,

is

looking at your surroundings and

controls for granted, you can

probably the most voice-heavy

controls or cameras. They

the R-Trigger for running can be

concentrate on playing.

title

a

I

ironic.

For a

game

so completely

3D, where practically every object

is

the

city,

you’ll

I

in

at

first.

But the

smooth and

no time, as

the entire

it

game

scheme (combat geared toward a fighting control

it

style,

is

Being Heard One

of the biggest questions

is

about Shenmue has revolved around the US version's voice acting.

therefore the D-pad

Would

moving Ryo around). The only real downside is

say,

voice acting

at

times— but only

slightly,

and

only sometimes. In the end,

Magazine November 2000

his

and jerky

in

Will

the it

have

subtitles for purists? Needless to

Ryo around town can make stiff

be on par with

Japanese game?

that using the D-pad to guide

movements seem

it

the excellent vocals

is

to date

every single

game

perfect for

I

Official (^Dreamcast

adapt

is

structured around this particular

virtually

the

bad, lurching around corners and getting stuck in walls, then I’d have sat up and taken notice. The fact that didn’t give them a

56

awkward

seems that

polygonal and you’re

go

anywhere in camera was so unobtrusive and seamless that seemed to fade away as an element all together. suppose that if the cameras had been free to

little

learning curve

awkward

And while Shenmue’s

became so intuitive that took them for granted. And this is

like

content—and

overlooking the

they prove to be just as effective

a

it’s

game

near impossible for the to

in

any US version of

remain as

pristine

and intact as that of the original Japanese version (or vice vers&).

it

suit

quite well

obvious exceptions...

*cough*Fuku-san*cough*). The

is

character

in

well written

translation

quite

is

dumbed down US audience (like games in

the past). For

this,

Sega deserves a goodly amount of kudos. The bulk of the chatter you’ll hear is natural and responsive, without so

a hiccup. And at

some

and work

(with

only real problem with the voice

acting lies with the countless auxiliary characters that

Japanese

not one whit of the

has been

we’ve seen

have voices that actually

some

retain their proper

for the

game-

them

two. The dialog

game

bits.

that

is

of the

the

human

good, on the whole. Characters

names and

in

on any system, with

emitting at least a sentence or

and the

Truth of the matter

the streets of Yokosuka.

them are repeated spoke

to the

same

different guises, in

(I

about

a row), and this can

out of the

game

But when

it

of

I

five

times

pull

you

very quickly.

starts to bug, you

can always turn

and opt

roam Many

think

girl, in

off

the voices

for text only, or switch to

much as

Shenmue Mode

point,

through the voices quickly while

(which can skip

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WHILE SHENMUE SPANS three full GD-ROMs, the game comes packed with four.

What’s on that mysterious fourth GD-ROM, you ask? The Shenmue Passport, of course! Using your VMU saves, you can do several things with this disc: play

back collected movies from the game, listen to favorite music tracks, learn more about the game through a

I

series of ‘face demos’, or connect to the Shenmue internet homepage to check new goodies and whatnot. The Passport disc serves as a neat little addition to the overall package, and it

for

effectively shows off the game's good looks to boot. It’s the quickest way to impress stubborn naysayers who persist in claiming that videogames are kid’s stuff.

STICK A FORKLIFT

IT—IS IT DONE? EVER DREAMED of driving

IN

a virtual forklift? Your dreams are

answered when Ryo takes up a day job at the docks. Weirdly

enough, every

morning before work you’ll get to race four

other forklifts

around the Just when you think that ail adventure games feature whiny guys riding on the coattails of heatpacking women, along comes Ryo Ha/uki: Confident and reckless, he's like Jet Li with a forklift license and a kitten at home to care for. Here, he demonstrates a move taught to him by Tom, the hotdog stand owner. It looks a lot better when Ryo does it.

harbor

n’t

displaying subtitles). This way,

something

Even (like

for everyone.

for a voice-acting

snob

Shenmue was

mostly

me),

a delight. As a whole,

left

I

the

voices on and remained

completely involved

game— and

in

I

Hitting buttons at the right

the

the soundtrack and

environmental effects are

nothing more than a Dragon’s Lair upgrade, beg to differ. Though you have minimal control over Ryo during QTEs, Ryo will actually react if you miss your cue to press a button.

truly

time

of crucial

is

consequence

action—when Ryo

to the actual

unparalleled. Just so you know.

sneaks

Mortal

head on a guard’s desk, knocking a flashlight off. He must then

into the docks, for

instance,

Combat

catch

Of course, besides the adventure

elements

meat

in

Shenmue,

lies in its

the real

action segments,

which can be divided

into

Quick

it

guard.

he’ll

bang

a

moment

Shenmue's cast ranges from intense to whimsical to just plain weird. Case in point, Goro (far left above). Just wait 'til you meet him.

is

referred to as ‘Free Battle’. Both

thugs that are just begging for a

own

reasons.

While the QTEs

in

Shenmue

have often been scoffed at as www.dreamcastmagazine.com

bruising, utilize

and

you’ll

be able to

any of a huge

fighting

ahead.

list

have to

lie

You’ll also find yourself

attacked on

all

sides by

more

than one foe, quite frequently— these situations comprise

much

of the

sweaty-palmed moments

found

in

Shenmue.

gauge, you

may have

little skill in

of the

to flex a

order to take

game’s

of

moves. Whether

it’s

special kick or a devastating

a

game

in

you’ll find yourself in

of a

QTE

down

later boss-

moves throughout

different areas like

the middle

" of

it

as an unique gaming

experience.

or fight.

And

just

this is only the first

And

what

this is

Shenmue

imagine—

Chapter

series. Please, don’t

The End?

miss

it.

in

the

#

is all

about. But even a six-page review doesn’t do

Shenmue things.

With a regenerating health

the

will

often find himself confronted by

for their

of the Free Battles that

practice your

something

altogether different. Ryo

Timer Events and something types of action were engrossing

you’ll

deep into your arsenal of moves in order to survive many

dive

type bruisers, but you can

pure adrenalin. Free Battle

throw/grab move,

some

of

It’s

immediately.

his

so as not alert the

It’s

first

tough, so count on winning

place.

experience to every gamer there’s

in

hopes of snagging

young

it

justice.

about a

lot

of

On one hand,

it’s

about a

is

man

searching for his

father’s murderer. But

about the to work, love,

lives of

it’s

also

people going

coming home,

falling in

shopping at the store or

just drinking a soda.

It

could

also be about mastering various

the Hazuki Dojo. The variety of

styles of play that include

gameplay modes keeps Shenmue interesting and well paced throughout. Just when you think you’ve had enough of

fighting,

adventure and sim

cruising the city streets or

elements. It manages to wear all these hats and still look, play and sound astonishing in the process. In the end, the best way

asking questions around town,

to think of

Shenmue

is

to think

November 2000

Official

#Dreamcast Magazine 57


Stunt, race and battle freaks, unite,

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to put a

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Taiwan Internet-service provider

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GigaMedia

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gaming network, the Dow Jones

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communicating

easily via a “symbol-based”

language— but Sega states that

PSO

of

Japan now

will utilize

only the

conventional languages of English,

Ltd. to build

reported recently. The partnership will

focus on localizing Sega

Dreamcast games

for Taiwan’s

Sega and working

subscribers, translating

games

into Chinese,

with local

game

producers to

come

French, German, Japanese, and

up with new

Spanish. Which sucks. While these

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do indeed represent the world’s

jointly

developing both an online

game

website and a content-based

five ‘major’

tongues, speakers of

Cyrillic-based

languages

(like

Russian and Greek) and of Chinese—all 1.2 billion of ’em— will

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left in

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Details

were sketchy at press time,

but Ubi has gone on record a

saying that there

president

and CEO, Brad Huang, says that

will

Devils

up to

2 (10

old,

five players

should be able to

In addition,

tracks,

there

update their

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has hinted that some type of

==

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release the

E

enable

money and

cars.

announced, but Japanese plans

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61


VS.CARCOM

The world's most insane tag-team fantasy fighting series

is

beyond

Sega Dream cast

belief in /

Marvel

us.

Capcom 2 for the

An unprecedented total of 56 playable

characters include the debut of Jill from Resident Evil Tron

1

’? ,

and her Servebots and Cable from Marvel Comics fame.

Experience arcade perfect fighting with 3 on 3 tag-team

battles,

unbelievable control and hyper-fast animation. Pick a fight with

legendary

Capcom characters and Super Heroes from

1

the Marvel

Universe and prepare to be amazed.

Animated Violence

CAPCOM WWW.CAPCOM.COM CAPCOM CO

,

LTD. 2000

are trademarks ol

CAPCOM

& CAPCOM U.S.A., INC. 2000 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. CAPCOM and the CAPCOM LOGO are registered trademarks ol CAPCOM CO., LTD. CO.. LTD.

MARVEL and

MARVEL VS. CAP

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Sega Test Drive, Test Drive V-Rally

Infogrames North America,

SEGA ENTERPRISES,

LTD.

and Infogrames are trademarks or registered trademarks

Inc. All

All rights

reserved. Developed by

Rights Reserved.

All

EDEN STUDIOS.

other trademarks

Dreamcast

of Infogrames North America, Inc.

Test Drive V-Rally

Sega, Sega Dreamcast and the Dreamcast

and trade names are the properties

swirl

of their respective owners.

Š

2000

are trademarks of


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The intensity! The detail! The wacky eye patch! The glowing pink sword! The Michael Jackson-esque boy soldier/boy pop star mystique!

I

of

Arcadia

With Dreamcast’s RPG season just around the corner, it’s time to start saving up those vacation days y y

ith

i

Grandia

II

set for a

iki December release and MlP Phantasy Star Online just

around the

corner,

it

New Year’s

might be easy to lose

gameplay length of 50+ hours of roleplaying euphoria, Skies of

Arcadia

tells

the tale of a young

wannabe air pirate named Vyse, who sails through the skies on

Sega’s upcoming stunner, Skies

his father’s coattails.

of Arcadia (formerly Eternal

son duo

Arcadia) beneath the kudos and hype. But ever so quietly, the

reenergized Over Works

team

has been tooling and retooling its

massive RPG, crafting a

pilots

under the aegis of the Blue Rogues, a group of pirates

‘right

thing’— i.e. giving to the

etc.,

as opposed to doing the

everything to Dreamcast that

more

Panzer Dragoon Saga was

‘wrong things’

it’s

that

to

big.

Spread over two GDROMs and boasting an impressive

SKIES OF ARCADIA was

unveiled to the public last year during Sega Japan's annual Private Show, it was referred to as Project Ares and featured a much different looking set of character illustrations. Unfortunately, they didn't match those in the game, so we're thankful they've been "cute-ified".

having a ship and a pirate gang to call his very

own

awwww

(

),

but he needs to prove himself before he can earn his wings.

And

of course, Vyse’s noble

nature

slew of

will

soon be tested by a

villians

and

vicious

confrontations with that good

“ambigious, overarching

ol’

evil.”

who’re dedicated to doing the poor, protecting the innocent,

game that’s set to become

Saturn. Yes,

The fathera massive ship

FLASHBACK! WHEN first

ing,

stereotypically pirate-y (i.e.,

raping, pillag-

teaching mangy parrots to

swear

entertainingly, et

Starry-eyed Vyse

al).

dreams

of

Vyse’s two

company includes

lovely ladies

who just may

form the corners to a very interesting love triangle: Aika,

the bouncy, perky fighter

who

grew up with Vyse, and Fina, the wispy, ethereal spell-caster

who

remains very much an enigma www.DailyRadar.com


“We'd be disappointed

if

sparks weren’t flying by disc two.”

francesca reyes

Gasp in wonder at the sheer freedom of wandering the with emotion at the heart-rending cutskies... Sniffle

scenes... Shriek with delight

at performing forbidden in

combat...

Previewed This Month

magic

Remember to

play this game where no one can hear you and figure out

Anticipation

that you’re a raving lunatic.

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and

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you'll

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SKIES OF ARCADIA/66 A classic RPG in the making... DARK ANGEL/72 Two great tastes that taste great together PICASSIO/74

like

It's

The Thomas Crown

URBAN CHAOS/74 The PC cops EXTREME SPORTS/76 But is

but not sucky

Affair,

warfare

'n

title

comes home

too extreme for the kids?

it

STARLANCER/76 Lost in space, with lots of ammo JET GRIND RADIO/78 This a graffiti simulator, folks, ARCATERA/79 For the point ’n’ clicker in everyone is

SEGA MARINE

SAMBA DE

FISHING/80

AMIGO/80

Get

in

Don't get a bass

okay?

anymore

touch with your primate side.

DAVE MIRRA FREESTYLE BMX/80 King of the dirt road CHAMPIONSHIP SURFER/80 Sand, surf and helicopters? N APPLE TALE/82 Is coming to the US? Yes? No? Sob... OUT TRIGGER/84 Japan goes FPS crazy and this is the result. it

,

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It's

INCOMING! All

Dreamcast,

all

the time: planned releases for

Bangai-0 Shooter Jedi

SANDWICH! Meet the heroes: Fina

(left),

Vyse (the

creme in the middle) and Aika (right). Mr. Tanaka claims there won’t be a love triangle. Yeah.

No triangle,

x

our ass.

Power Battles Action

KISS Psycho Circus FPS

(director of SofA) stresses that

the friendship between these

end up propelling much of the main storyline in Skies. Neither Aika nor Vyse know much about her at the start of their journey—

veteran

RPG

tion of said

fans), the execu-

concept truly

Soldier of Fortune Action/Shooter

Nov

Fall

Soldier of Fortune Action/Shooter

Nov

Buzz Lightyear Action/Adventure

Oct

Sonic Shuffle Multiplayer Puzzle

Oct

Speed

Dark Angel Action Metropolis Street Racer Racing

Oct

Ms. PacMan Maze Mad. Action

Oct

NBA2K1 Sports PBA Pro Bowling Tour Sports POD 2 Action

Oct

Qbert Arcade

Oct

Quake

Oct

And

without

romantic tension?

Cool.

Actually, Fina’s mysterious

nature and ambiguous past www.dreamcastmagazine.com

will

Shooter

Dragon Riders Adventure

Stupid Invaders Adventure

Oct

V.I.P.

The Grinch Platformer

Oct

World's Deadl. Pol. Chases Driving

Vs.

Capcom

Fighting

Action

Wars Super Bombad Racing LeMans Racing

Mummy Action

Oct

Star

Vanishing Point Racing

Oct

Test Drive

Who

Oct

Urban Chaos Action

Beat Up a Millionaire Party

Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 '01 '01

Pinball Arcade

Dave Mirra Freestyle

BMX Sports

Nov

journey takes place during a

Dragon Riders Adventure

Nov

decidedly different era from

ECW Anarchy

Nov

sort of futuristic,

and spread it across a massive number of "countries” or “cultures,” as Mr. Tanaka describes them to us during a

one mysterious girl’s past’ isn’t exactly the most original idea under the sun (especially for

Elite

Dino Crisis Action

Messiah Action

Nov

that the game’s

ers confronted by nebulous

by disc two.

Austin Powers: Mojo Rally Racing

Bang! Gunship

SNK

Dragon Riders Adventure

know

the

while trying to solve the riddle of

Max Steel Action

Oct

Nov

‘bunch of fresh-faced adventur-

the sparks weren’t flying

RPG

Oct

Deer Avenger Shooter

and Fina (tough girl vs. proper lady), we’d be disappointed if

II

Armada Shooter/RPG Black And White Strategy

has), you’ll

And while the

evil

Dec Dec Dec

Grandia

Arcatera Adventure

ODCM

differences separating Aika

of a

Nov

Dinosaur Action

Spawn FPS

...

Nov

Tony Hawk's ProSkater 2 Sports

Starlancer Online Shooter

Evil Evil

idea

Oct

System Shock 2 Shooter/RPG

Worms World

days (as

fantasy-driven Era of Discovery,

with the night-and-day

Oct

Nov

Racing

Oct

most RPGs: a

little

RPG

FPS

Scope Arcade Shooter

GP

Nov

where she came from.

a

what’s an

III

Samba de Amigo Arcade

Oct Oct

Speed Devils 2 Racing Stunt

Nov Nov Nov

2 Racing

Nov

game, thereby helping the player discover who she is and

all,

Oct

FPS

Half-Life

Devils

Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes Strategy

have our suspicions otherwise. After

Nov

Fall

102 Dalmations Rescue Adventure

already

clues and random pieces

Nov

Champ. Racing

Int.

Worms

of her puzzle throughout the

little

Adventure

and turns of Skies of Arcadia’s development from the early

instead, they stumble across

girls

platonic

Sno Cross

you’ve been following the twists

and Vyse is purely and will remain so over the course of the game, we two

is. If

Skies of Arcadia RPG

Monster Breeder Sim

The

Over Works’ Shuntaro Tanaka

Nov

Shenmue

Fall

Fall

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 Racing

Silent

throughout the game. Although

2000 and beyond

Fall

stocked like.

full

of air pirates

and

Now, take that premise

recent conversation with

mem-

Ruiz Wrestling

Dead: Hail to the King Action Twin: Cyprien’s Chron. Adventure

Heroes

of

Hits:

Might

Hoyle Casino

&

II

Nov Nov

Gorka Morka Racing Great Arcade

Nov

&

III

(Midway)

Magic 3 RPG

Games Casino

Jet Grind Radio Action

Nov

Nov Nov Nov

Party Multiplayer

II

III

'01 '01

Bleed Action

Independence War 2 Shooter

NBA Hoopz

'01 '01

Sports

Phantasy Star Online Online RPG

'01

2 Adventure 18 Wheeler Ampro Trucker

'01

Soul Reaver

Driving

Planet of the Apes Action

Buffy the

Vamp.

Slayer Action

in

'01

'01 '01

Agartha Adventure

Along

'01

'01

Sonic Adv. 2 Platformer

the Dark IV Adventure

'01 '01

Galleon Adventure

Nov

Headhunter Adventure

Matt Hoffman's ProBMX Sports

Nov

Heavy Metal FAKK Shooter

'01

Peacemakers Strategy

Nov

Out Trigger Shooter/Action

'01

Nov

Picassio Action

'01

Pro Surfer Sports

Nov

Quark RPG

Ready 2 Rumble 2nd Rnd Sports

Nov

Sanity: Aiken’s Artifact

M.O.U.T.

2025 Action

Prince of Persia

3D Action

'01

'01

RPG

'01

j

!


COMINGSOCI

p™*Can’t say that Over Works is running dry in the enemy design department. Just check out that mechanical bull-thing (left). Toro!

Did someone say “gorgeous?” The special attacks in Arcadia are more visually stunning than 99.4% of everything else we’ve ever been stunned by.

MUST-PLAY RPGS NEW TO THE GENRE? Only had a PlayStation before your Dreamcast? Then you’re definitely missing out on some of the best

RPGs

During combat, your dexterity and quickness are the keys to jump on your opponent. If your stats are slower, you can expect to take a whupping before you can even lift your sword. There’s always the chance of placing a perfect counterattack that can help you out of a bind— but don’t rely on it. getting the

ever to grace the small screen!

PANZER DRAGOON SAGA

(Saturn): Innovative

game-

gorgeous graphics and an incredibly deep plotline make PD Saga one of the classics of our time. Ride dragons and bash massive monsters in the noggin!

play, all

SHINING FORCE SERIES (Genesis/Sega CD/Saturn): One of the premiere strategy RPG series of the modern era of gaming. Control massive forces and guide them on grid-based battlefields to victory.

PHANTASY STAR

1, 2,

&

4 (Genesis): What are

you doing playing Final Fantasy? PS1 was one of the very first traditional console RPGs ever and showed a good amount of depth, graphics and gameplay for the masses. Oh, and skip PS///. Ick.

it

LANDSTALKER (Genesis):

Action RPGs took a lesson or two from LandStalker's 3/4 view antics and tough puzzles. A good precursor to the PS action found in Working Designs' Alundra.

LUNAR SS & LUNAR EB (Sega cinemas and voice traditional

RPG

in

CD): Remarkable use of one of the most beloved 2D Hands down, our favorite.

series ever.

Hr

of the

most striking elements

Arcadia

s^dll

M

f

One

the eloquence of all of these characters’ facial expressions. Look and marvel. Make a friend. in

One

is

bers of the US and Japanese development teams, and you have something that sounds

factoids that

incredibly provocative.

team was the

Mr.

Tanaka and SofA’s US

our

of the

visit

producer Klayton Vorlick explain

point

able to

own style of and culture. And micromanagement of detail

countries has

its

this

impressive

learned during

Works

the game, Vyse

in

live

manga

some

is finally

out his dream of

captaining his very

own

air ship,

but his work doesn’t end there:

now, he has to find a crew.

In

RPG LOVE, MANGA-STYLE! WHILE ARCADIA ISN'T officially a

inclusion of the

floating village/“ship." At

that each of the game’s various

dress, language

more

we

with the Over

a

series, the

game's creator

—has posted a one

team Over Works

page comic-style ode to its characters (along with sundry other game-y wackiness) on the game's Japanese homepage. Do your manganese

Suikoden, Vorlick explains

this the potential to travel

that the player’s interaction with

members of the ship’s crew is far deeper and more responsive. He

adds that each of the crew

also

members will

serve

many more

functions—with the exception of serving “duty”

in

your battle party.

research at http://arcadia.dricas.ne.jp/.

This

is

undoubtedly one of the

coolest features that

will

appear

scenario very similar to the

world’s landscape and

way castles are constructed in Konami’s Suikoden series, Vyse must procure able-bodied citizens

With both the skies and

to beef

ground open to exploration and

dungeon

A subtlety like a watercascading down a dungeon

designs. fall

wall, for instance, will call

your

up the population on and keep everything

attention to the possibility of a

his ship

secret passage lurking below the

running order.

foamy depths.

about this feature’s

68

Official

# Dreamcast Magazine

in

When asked

November 2000

similarity to

it

SofA,

and we

can’t wait to test

when and

will truly

go anywhere and do

cally)

entering houses or buildings

to react with convincing facial

expressions,

game that

and you’ve entered is

not only technically

ambitious, but an adventure

aiming at something more

hit

to

around

view the environments

person perspective for

memorable than a simple

out for ourselves.

discovery, players

foot, to

in first

a

also spills over into each specific

in

on

closer inspection, to take advan-

tage of roof-dissolve techniques

the

be able

(practi-

anything they please. Add to

point quest. Battle

has been tweaked,

according to Tanaka,

in

order to

keep the game’s pace upbeat and quick. You’ll be able to stock

up to four characters

in

your

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“Arcadia

is

sure to delight

all

those long-suffering

RPG

fans withering next to their DCs.” francesca reyes

The Over Works team went for broke by adding so

many minute,

truxKct Made

precious ele-

fj

ments into SofA that you might not even notice the big things, like the sense of scale in the ship crash

scene (below), or the dissolves

(right),

roof

when

you’re exploring town.

See these Things You

fire

effects? Pretty subtle, eh? File these graphics under Can’t Do At Home With Photoshop. Even 5.5.

Still

Gorka Morka Kiddie cart racing, n

one of the stranger more creative

but

the

fran-

chise, just try to envision

\ the desert-type world of

Mad Max gone green and plop

horribly

some

orc-creatures into vehicles you’ll

have something that resembles Gorka Morka.

SHUNTO TANAKA (left) and REIKO KODAMA are RPG heroes. Collectively known as the Over Works team, their credits include the original Phantasy Star titles—which is why we treated them like rock stars, assaulting them with requests for autographs and signed undergarments (we did manage to snag their John Hancocks on our copy of the TGS demo of Skies of Arcadia —which you can't see at

all in

an online

RPG

in

Kodama

told

when

fueled action to be had. Ripcord’s emphasis in promoting the game has been on the total customizability of cars. Not only will you be able to upgrade tires, chassis or weapons, but you’ll be able to earn cold hard cash to completely alter vehicles to your specs.

And

you'll

need

all

the

help you can get.

Your opponents aren’t merely orefolks driving in rival cars; the spectators

m

a rare moment of intimacy us that she would like to work on

this photo, of course). In

(shyeah), Producer

something

to this a split

there’s plenty of adrenalinIf

orc-laden mythology of the

ready for combat, and

result is

Add

playing with friends, and

in

yet.

you’re unfamiliar with the

Warhammer 40,000

The

steroids.

one of Dreamcast’s most

combat racers

not

take over the other posi-

tion).

screen feature for use

universe to excellent use

enticing

will

akin to Twisted Metal on

uses of a license,

Games has put Warhammer 40,000 Ripcord

it’s

in

the stands can

get

the future. She’s so swell.

in

on the action

by either cheering

you on or by dousing you with

immediate

each

not,

signature

that

battle party,

with his or her

own

and attacks. Over Works also hints that of the specials

all

six

and you have something is sure to delight and amaze and

some

throughout the game, one

been getting desperate enough to start pawing through old

super-secret and

is

discover-

able only through gameplay. (Any hints?

we

asked. ..We took

and cessation of polite showing of teeth as a no...) Add to this the the ensuing

ability to pit

total silence

ship against ship

during mid-air raids and what-

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of

whom, we're

boxes full of

D&D

and wondering

know

When

will still

this

November, be

if

told,

Gordon Racing implements

first in line.

FRANCESCA REYES

it

in

Jeff

(as developed

fully

it

also

customiz-

able cars fitted with turret

weapons. Players can either choose to man the guns or

in

definitely

is full

off the

by Real Sports), but

paraphernalia

ODCM will

really

racing engine used

anyone they releases

game

been constructed

have

play with them.

game

nasty refuse. And

This

of surprises. Not only has

RPG fans—

playable characters available is

garbage and other

Dreamcast

of those long-suffering

incredibly patient

Bottom Line

L-J

Game Arts' Best competition Stateside and we arelf t complaining. Briqg it!

to drive the vehicle (in single

player

mode, the game’s

Al

on top of

this, you’ll

have to

keep an eye out for pitfalls and booby traps appearing along the route— this is one crazy trip. Look for Gorka Morka to hit stores and

SegaNet (for up to eight ers!) in November.

play-

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EUROPE: WHAT

IS IT

predict towers of pizza boxes in

Dark AngeZ-inhabited bedrooms...”

GOOD FOR? hard-earned cash

on a

trip to

francesca reyes

With its flair for the cinematic, we expect to see big-screen quality visuals in Dark Angel. Metro3D may well have a holiday hit.

WHY SQUANDER snobby

when you’ve games like

Paris

got

Dark Angel? The level of detail in

this architecture is

astonishing:

it

should help justify your argument to

spend

this year’s

vacation fund on

more games.

Dark Angel Vampire Apocalypse WANTED: Sassy Swashbucklin’ ¥

step into

I

etro3D’s

1

Dreamcast’s world was

first

[ill an ambitious space

Lassies

w/ Special Powers, no

and humans

villagers

unearthing a cure for a deadly

mutants. And here’s the great

is

turning her fellow

bit:

into

since she possesses

“special” powers (not to mention

shooter/RPG hybrid— no easy feat

produce—and the company’s second DC outing looks to be

REAL PLAGUES!

being

damn handy with

THERE MAY NOT

Anna

is

even more

be a plague that causes vampirism in humans, but

to

3D

epic-ly creative.

It’s

a

over

ice) called

scientifically

Vampire Apocalypse. We’ve seen the screens, we’ve seen the

many towers

of

empty

in

padlocked, Dark Angel- inhabited

up

bedrooms everywhere. Framed by a world straight out of the European Dark Ages, the

game follows the journey of girl who has been

Anna: a young

72 Off icial

# Dreamcast Magazine

known as

"psycho-mutantism." The most well-known, mad

cow

disease, is

world's

movies—and now we’re seeing a pizza boxes stacked

pity. I

several that cause what's

Dark Angel:

future that features

actually

interestingly, there are

polygonal sword-slashing

action adventure (with a twist,

psycho

assigned the unpleasant task of plague that

I

still

(www.aphis.usda.gov) cites "lip smacking, biting of feet and limbs, hopping like a rabbit and swaying of the back end" as clinical signs. So stay away from those sheep! Several new human variants of the plague have been discovered, so keep your sword handy.

November 2000

the info we’ve gleaned from

and

icing

on the cake? An

option that enables you to trade

and items with VMU. Will Dark

conversations with townspeople)

stats, abilities

has an impact on the game’s

friends through a

outcome. Citizens can join up as

Angel

on you to become all depends on how

allies or turn

your foes;

it

light

betting on

up our winters? We’re francesca reyes

it.

you handle yourself. Cool!

screens and ingame movies,

Anna

is

You'll also encounter a neat

nothing short of

spectacular. Her

moves range

level-building feature,

which

will

PUBLISHER/DEVELOPER METR03D GENRE ACTION/STRATEGY ORIGIN US PLAYERS ONUNE NO RELEASE DATE FALL 1

the

most common

"transmissable spongiform | encephalopathy," but in the US, a sheep-borne disease simply called scrapie is the plague du jour. The

USDA

a blade),

no one to inspire tears of As far as we can tell from

(including your treatment of

exp. necessary The

so that each of your actions

from the

some and in

typical

sword thrust to

very nifty jumps

she’ll

and

flips,

have to use every trick

the Female's Guide

Defeating Videogame

number and

variety

can learn while

simultaneously dictating the

to

shape

Evil to

Your behavior has a direct,

defeat the intelligent creatures that form her ranks of enemies.

Metro3D has implemented an ultra-responsive engine designed to affect both

increase the of skills you

enemies and

allies,

PLUSES It's

[+]

got a svelte, sword-wielding chick—

what more could you want?

of your surroundings.

developmental effect on the game’s environments—so you’ll notice that fields, for instance, will

either burgeon with crops or

fall

to ruin.

MINUSES We

[-]

haven't actually played

it

much

yet,

so the questions abound.

Bottom

Line [_] Stunning 3D looks and more brains than the usual hack 'n slash test. We simply cannot wait to see it in action.

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"No guts

be

will

lost in

the conversion of Urban Chaos.” john leaver

Clearly, the officers in this game have not

same

from

been

the cut mold that produced the chiseled cops in Urban Chaos (see caption at right).

Picassio Titillation for now and

very

E

the art thief

again, a

game comes along that promises to leave

.

in all of

us

employed simultaneouslymaking the mastery of this aspect of the game an art unto does a great job

the comforting safety of

itself.

convention and take us

boosting the intensity of events

somewhere new. Picassio is one of these games: it's got

by providing an extra element

such an original concept that either

it'll

smack us

in

the face

greatness, or create

with

its

own

stinking pit of a genre

titled

It

of

of distraction.

its

Why?'.

And while all of this sounds pretty good on paper, it also looks pretty special on the screen—already. Most stages will be based around existing

Here’s the schtick: two super-rich art collectors have

Designs,

challenged each other to

with the floor plans of both the

gather the most valuable collection of

famous

As one

is

in

details will

the rather cool world of an art

outcome

From

either a third- or

first-person perspective,

first

some ongoing Graphics

look clear and crisp, and the animation

is

This might not be the

marketable premise

Although you can set traps

gameplay

is

ODCM

primarily of the sneaking-up-

game.

a stinging smack

beat (because a cat

to

burglar scrounging around

in

most

the it

looks forward to

evade and security

to

systems

in

world, but we’re betting that

turns into a very well-executed

on-'im variety—with plenty of

guards

beautifully

smooth.

to steal a

series of art pieces.

for your adversary,

end

depend on the

of

legal disputes.

he

must outmaneuver the other (i.e., the bad thief) in

specialist

order to be the

will

the game), but the

architectural accuracy of

of these

specialists, the player will enter

thief.

not

it’s

clear which other sites

up

wear anything this cool (of course, since they wouldn’t be terribly flattering to the pear-shaped physique shared by many cops, this is probably a good thing). officers never get to

currently working

Louvre and the Tate;

and

art.

each has enlisted the help of a specialist’.

These environments are some of the most beautiful we’ve ever seen in this genre—they’re certainly FAR prettier than reality’s mean streets. And check out Officer D’arci’s ‘uniforms’: real

famous art galleries (the game's developer. Promothean

in

Urban Chaos War on the streets? Grab a gun and join the fray

the face.

chaos. A mysterious vigilante

game

urge to roam the streets

named Roper will

the whole family.

kicking the crap out of

by providing clues; he can even

f

JOHN LEAVER PUBLISHER USA DEVELOPER GENKI GENRE STEALING STUFF IS COOL PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN UK RELEASE ALL 2001

you’ve ever had the

anything that pisses you

you

off,

be controlled

in

lend a

some

hand

missions.

is

probably

NOT good

for

With sprawling environments, kick-able fallen leaves,

litter

that

I

an art gallery containing

an active system isn’t

might well find your calling law enforcement.

clearly

very smart).

the best of (or

A

hi-tech gadget bag

will

intensifiers

in

and shadow

likely to live

hologram generators, but by far the coolest tool

make

displayed

onscreen. And even

74

Official

in

can

kick, shoot,

stomp

who

gouge and

his opinion into

any

characters that he considers

*** ,

-

r.• »

received gritty

and no guts

the conversion.

from

and

of

chaos

praise for

its

realism [read: spurting

blood), in

much

will

be

In fact,

some added bonus

VMU

coldly wet-

an unusually

wait to try on the badge.

JOHN LEAVER

lost

aside

some new weapons now include

PUBLISHER EIDOS DEVELOPER MUCKY FOOT GENRE ACTION PLAYERS ORIGIN UK ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 1

handguns, M-16s,

shotguns and handgrenades), a direct port from the PC

version—which

isn’t

a bad thing.

Pluses

[+]

Fastpaced, violent arcade-y action with impressively detailed cityscapes

MINUSES

[-]

mission is to seek out and destroy the secret plans of

But you'd better be prepared to

Not the most sophisticated

have a whole series of debates

at the party

a nasty group called the

with

Mom about the effects of vidogame violence on your

Wildcats, who’re bent on it)

urban

We can’t

levels

license taken with the

it’s

it’s

immersive experience.

based weapon

themselves, which knives,

looking puddles,

‘bad’. His

causing (you guessed

November 2000

The PC version

information (plus

Urban Chaos enables players

can be

# Dreamcast Magazine

out your ass-kicking

police officer D’arci Stern,

cameras in corridors and rooms. Once a camera has been placed, its

better, several

bounty hunter,

to enter the justice league as

can hide these pin-head

is

in

fantasies as a cop.

is

your way

toward your targets, you

viewpoint

Fett-type

the real world (as well as

and

swirls in the wind

in

while,

videogames) you’re far more

light

the micro-camera. As

you

And

possible worlds

games), you'd find a career

as a Boba

include thermal

imaging goggles,

all

tender, fragile

BOTTOM LINE A PC gem,

to consoles,

game

[_]

that's arguably

more

suited

which may shine on DC

psyche—this www.DailyRadar.com


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Players will run through a rigorous course of events

.

“Star Lancer

is

one

of the best-looking titles in the category.” francesca reyes

A solid looker with proven PC gameplay: other space O

(1C

shooters should take note.

29

that include

snowboarding, speed gliding, and mountain biking— a nice alternative to all those new Olympic-style button mashers.

rr

1{

",

'W ^ ~ '1

Extreme h

Sports

Like many other titles in the genre, Starlancer will indeed have branching plot points in the story. Decisions you make early in the game and the effect they have on your

Get ready to slam that ’Dew challenge mode, and you

ong thought to be one of those quirky

L

have a

European things that

would never see the Yankee light of

day— like Swedish

name may

change by the time it releases), has found a home with Infogrames. Set for an October release, Extreme Sports aims to please with five different

events

in

three

different locations.

up to be a great alternative to

fleet will definitely

reflected in future missions. In other words, it’s just like real life—only in space.

the market.

the

Extreme

earlier that

a “pentathlon”-type

game?

is

means

This

that you’ll

be racing from the finish of

one event

line of

snowboarding

run, just to

start furiously

tapping the it

bike, or hurling downhill at

in

breakneck speed on a snowboard with only the snowy slopes of Norway to

radical

when the game October. Dare is

that,

hits

shelves

we

ask,

how

dude? FRANCESCA REYES

You’ll also

discover yourself racing ATVs,

PUBLISHER INFOGRAMES DEVELOPER INNERLOOP GENRE SPORTS PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN UK ONUNE NO RELEASE OCTOBER

hang- gliding and bungee

jumping

A’

to the next

event. Expect nothing short of

a button-pounding frenzy

comfort you.

line

to the starting

the next.. .on foot.

Imagine enduring a grueling

Maui while racing on a mountain volcanic landscapes of

Starlancer Crave spaces

for trophies in

t

out.

doesn’t take a brain

both of the aforemen-

surgeon

tioned locales. You can

brain) to notice that the

(or

space shooter genre

terrain of the Himalayas.

need of some

style

with

consist of race-

elements

(like

to hit a

third party action.

its

PC-to-DC port of one of

the best-looking

titles in

the

—and

ATV

category, Starlancer

racing and mountain biking), you’ll also

sorely in

Now, Crave steps up to the plate

all

of the events in this

game

is

fully

it’s

online compatible, to boot!

few goals along

In

an all-out war sometime 22 nd

in

your glider (guided by a

to ensure that your troops

the

century,

it’s

your job

come

small plane) must be

out on top (or whatever passes

controlled so that

for top in zero-gee).

it

speed

down, while aiming

Taking a

page from standard fare space-

avoids certain balloons

flight shooter-lore,

the

how you

which, depending on

increase your gait

handle your objectives

Add

to this

a split-screen two-player

76

game

features a branching storyline

for

other balloons that

considerably.

The events will stay the same throughout different environments.

Official# Dreamcast Magazine November

2000

previous ones,

will

in

affect the

with developers

Digital Anvil,

taken great pains to

game’s controls to

has

solidify

most

will

With SegaNet

as

reason to

some

So prepare

(Right

and

Left

DC gamers to in:

Cooperative is,

rate in the

the

first

of later missions.

two

what is

it

time we’ve seen

it

a space shooter. Cooperative

together against

evil in

|—^Olfaal&Magazine

,

Dreamcast PUBLISHER CRAVE DEVELOPER WARTHOG, DIGITAL ANVIL GENRE SHOOTER PLAYERS -4 ORIGIN US ONUNE YES! RELEASE DATE OCT. 1

is—

that

mode, however, which enables gamers to pair up and play specifically

off!

FRANCESCA REYES

Deathmatch and Play. Deathmatch

of course, exactly

but the cool thing here it’s

lift

firing

arenas that the PC’s Starlancer excelled

for

the face

weapons. Online functions will enable be

PLUSES [+] The space shooter genre is finally online and looking darned purty!

in

Minuses

[-]

Online functions weren't available at press time, so who really knows?

Bottom Line It’s

outcome

online camaraderie.

for

and brakes will

out of

gives

the network

dial into

acceleration/afterburners

buttons

finally

game

the womb, this

Dreamcasters yet another

standard controller. With the

triggers, respectively),

be the Starlancer

likely

junkie’s addiction.

the

suit the DC’s

trigger buttons serving

have

the way. For example,

that slow your

So does Fran. So will you.

Crave, along Warthog and

even a

even brave the perilous Of course, while

be

Oh, and didn't we mention Sports

button to hoof

Imagine navigating

shaping

the track and field Olympic titles hitting

porn— Norwegian developer Innerloop’s wacky pentathlonbased sports title, Extreme Sports (the

game that’s

the

[_] Lance a

first of its kind!

lot!

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Every

The character and

level designs in Jet Grind Radio are unique. This is gen-X entertainment done right, without the suits meeting to discuss “what’s cool with the kids.” Hopefully, we’ll be able to see non-playable characters like the uberhip DJ Professor K in skating form for the US debut. Sega has yet to confirm the character list.

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With the police hot on your trail with an arsenal of “preventative" weaponry (like bomb-dropping helicopters), it’s not unusual to find a boss level (left) with hippo-headed exotic dancers.

Hmmm...

Jet Grind Radhi Smilebit’s stylin’ I

ot discouraged by the ^ k I §ames less than stellar

HP I

sales

there are

still

man to talk

in

Japan— gamers

trying to get Sea-

back, apparently—

Sega’s new star development

team, Smilebit, has been busy Radio

localizing Jet Grind

for

our

market and even adding to an already excellent

title.

’n’

perpetratin’ prodigy hits the streets

Aside:

We

have our very own

Francesca to thank for these

(featured

in

Issue #6), she

when JGR

New

hits

York

City-inspired level by itself

would

now

is

indeed the

even be able to modes to

intuitive

gameplay. And, believe us, you

may be doing just that:

skating

for hours, pointlessly, just for the

fun-in-totum.

those of you

Often described as a mix between Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk, Jet Grind Radio is in fact

Occasionally,

HQ

if

our

JGR

didn’t

itself.

Rather

game

like

Jet Grind Radio feels more an action adventure through

will

or to imitate their daring stunts

before they agree to join your

team. Rival gangs

you

changes depending on the order in which you finish levels!), (it

crazy skater

challenge you to a race

Taxi,

involving, interactive storyline

it

all. Fcir

who found

in

in

will try

to beat

hectic “gang tag” battles

which you have to chase ’em

dreamy NiGHTS on Saturn,

JGR should

bring back

some

of those fond memories.

While skating and pulling off tricks

game’s coolness

J

adds

to the

factor,

players won't have to

down and tag their backs. The

memorize complicated

detailed levels

without the welcome addition of

memorable characters and

ingly bigger, eventually linking/

music by Jurassic 5, Rob Zombie and Mix Master Mike.

mission-based gameplay.

smaller sections together to form

game. JGR' gameplay

massive, action-packed areas.

relief

78

it

in

a class by

Official

itself,

even

Tagging the streets of Tokyo-

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satisfac-

tion simply in flying with the

kids

like its

pure enjoyment of

combo moves a la Tony Hawk to fully enjoy the

put

unlock

enjoy the

stunning graphics and

game’s main thrust— but it’s actually only one aspect of the

Sega’s

a whole genre unto

over

secret for

You'll

freeskate

turn out to be better than theirs.

threatened to tag the walls of

than being an arcade

to declare this era of sub-

officially

level)

and many

helicopters, tanks

other dangers that shall remain

need

par translations and perplexing our shores— its new

infamous US

while escaping from cops, dogs;

interview with the developers

Yes, dear friends, we might

cuts

to (and that

improvements. During her

will

get increas-

on onlythree

,

/

details.


“JGR

probably the most exciting

is

title

since

NiGHTS on

Saturn...” JORG

S.

TITTEL

With a subhead like Dark Brotherhood,

Waiter, there's an Evan in

would you expect these screenshots to be bright and filled

my tag

Before you even ask the question—yes, we’ll take any opportunity to shame our ex-staff members (okay, Evan hasn’t officially joined ex-EIC, Simon Cox, or former Editor, Randy Nelson in the great ODCM

with kittens?

But Jet Grind gives us the perfect opportunity to do so in style, while showing off just how easy it is for gamers everywhere to put photos and other creations into tag format. You will soon be able not only to create tags with JGR s in-game painter-style edit program, but also to download pictures into your VIVID from Smile Bit’s and Sega’s website as small, large or extra-large tags. beyond, but he’s working on

it).

Arcatera:

'

The Dark Brotherhood

The US’s exclusive New York City level is shaping up to be just as cool and hip as the rest of the game.

The Method

or those of you

good fortune/big brain

weaned on the good

condemn you

ol’

point ’n click adven-

tures of yore, UbiSoft

cooking

is

heavy dose of

If

an unexpected gameplay tracked on

a realtime clock.

You’ll

have

like any great game, easy to learn and difficult

But it’s

citizen

recent restructuring (see

roots of a growing tyranny—the

territorial

use as

later

marks. A

has you grinding an elevated highway sign and jumping on top of a speeding truck, merely to grab one

DC

Direct,

somewhat anonymous teams the opportunity to make a

own

of the hidden

can

typical scenario

ODCM #7) gave its

name for themselves, literally.

is an excellent example. The company's 105 employees are busy developing Hundred Swords, the

"first real-time

network simulation

for four players on Dreamcast,"

according to producer Takayuki

N.

\

\

Kawagoe. Smilebit is also "planning to develop another [JGR] game. We're looking at adding multiplayer." As to what Smilebit means, Kawagoe explains, "Our goal is to make people smile so they can relax. 'Bit' is the smallest digital unit. We use it to describe the digital wave that won't slow down from now on and a word that describes an 'age of identity'."

Um,

okay. Pass the

maguro.

been coming back to the again and again ever since its Japanese release in June, but we can’t wait to put our hands on more' of the good stuff. With its unique premise and solid gameplay, prepare to be

own tags

user-friendly interface,

loading image

any website “graffiti”

VMU

as

and even exchanging

tags with other grinders, and

you get one of the most innovative titles to

out

in

a couple of

will

years. this,

either be

weeks away,

Pluses

You’ll

embark on whichever

Minuses We want a

manage

(they’re

carefully. After

all.

pall

over the holidays

November. FRANCESCA REYES

in

PUBLISHER UBISOrr DEVELOPER WESTKA ENTERTAINMENT GENRE ADVENTURE PLAYERS ONLINE NO ORIGIN EUROPE I

RELEASE NOVEMBER rule

all,

you

umpteen

hours or days And why develop WSB2K1, too?

Bottom Line Sega

it

time to cast

to play

[-]

multiplayer mode!

title

around

since

NiGHTs on Saturn,

Jet Grind Radio should be a

hit

when

it

with.

Once the game ends (depending on how well

[_]

Probably the most exciting and innovative

rampant Sun

moody

all full

overcome)

to stop the

in

in

wackos. But take note:

don’t have

exclusive extras!

comes out this or a

a

quests or adventures you think

you can

releases just

it all, so you’ll have to choose your goals very

[+]

US

much more

you won’t be able to do

Beautiful cel-shaded graphics, fluid

beats and

be using a

PC-type interface to do

I

ETC.

animations, intuitive gameplay, kickin'

couldn't Smilebit

and refreshing

come

By the time you read Jet Grind Radio

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RELEASE DATE OCTOBER

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you’ll

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of the Black

WE

joyride filled with

life forms (or maybe it is, depending on how the story unfolds). You’ll have to use your brain, as well as a magic spell or two during attacks, and

schoolers, right? Arcatera

how

1

to this the options of

creating your

“dark brotherhood” (hence the

which you can use to figure out

PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER SMILEBIT GENRE BLADE’N’TAG ORIGIN JAPAN PLAYERS YEAH,

Add

with

all

an action-

as the Black Sun is taking over in the small town of Senora.

order to piece together clues,

additional exclusive tags!

packed

isn’t

sub-head of the game) known

of obstacles to

addicted, jorgs. tittel

elusive tag icon down the road. And according to Smilebit, the US version will have some

Smilebit

game

to you to sniff out the

it’s

your

THE ARTISTS FORMERLY KNOWN AS R&D6

up

Arcatera

alien

Dreamcasts. Not only have

all

it

DC mouse, if one down

to track

exploding limbs and aggressive

is

favorite already spinning in

order to collect

manage

under pressure, Arcatera

lenge your reflexes and dexterity (so long, thumbs!) in

Bonus: you’ll do the help of the

you

to master. You’ll have to chal-

tags, which you

SEGA OF JAPAN'S

US we game

might be your chance

intelligence.

at the peripheral’s release.

within the world of Arcatera,

and dash

kicks).

and

weeks to solve the main mystery of the plotlineso if you’re exceptionally good only three

As an upstanding

speed

this

to prove your tenacity

definitely your dish.

buttons: jump, tag

you ever thought you were

then

style of

(for

for

of the

too clever for ‘usual’ games,

hooded

ruption), but

level!

all

deliver a medieval-esque story-

monk-type characters, loads of sorcery and a dash of cor-

new US

shunned

ruining the lives of

fantasy, Arcatera will not only

line (replete with

all

or

to the miserable

of a pinhead,

life

other people within the game.

up something tremendous. Stirring in a

Ever wanted to tag the Statue of Liberty? Dying to grind the rails of Times Square? Sega has answered your delinquent wishes with an

and clicking

thrills of pointing

F

Bai

or

how

poorly you've

performed),

you’ll

receive a fitting ending

fall.

that

will

either toast your

You’ll

have to use magic and certain action segments.

combos during

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COMINGSOOHV

“Samba

Previews

cfe

Amigo may just be the

ultimate party game."

chris charla

Our advice? Play the

game and go

out for sushi. Thus, you’ll get all of the benefits of ocean fishing without having to lose your lunch over the side of a smelly boat.

tMfflOm*

Excellent! takes two to make a thing go right especially in this game. Two people shaking, shimmying and (our favorite in Samba’s twoplayer mode is just double the funny. part is that each player’s accuracy affects the other’s final score—so the better you get, the more points he’ll forfeit.

It

Sega Marine

part) ‘striking a pose’

And the best

Fishing Heading

O

NORMAL

deeper waters

into

much

ne of the most

pretty

impressive launch

besides bass. And then,

titles last

year took the

shape of Sega Bass Thanks to Sega’s

be-gilled

everything else

imagine doing

number

any

this in

of different

game

surprisingly effective fishing

modes, including a newly introduced Free Mode in which

reel controllers (along with

aspiring

Fishing.

those designed by various

third

casting your lure and dragging

up a big-mouthed bass was unparalleled

in

terms of

(or ladies) of the

sea can test their poles’ tether against various denizens of the

experience of

parties), the

men

its

realism and addictiveness.

deep, with absolutely no time

speak

limit to

As a bonus,

of.

you can even reel different

—mm

in

200

and unique items

ifftZwfi

be used

in

to

the

game s aquarium mode, to provide a little ambiance for your captured

fish.

As impressed we were

last

Sega Bass

as

year by

bade Amigo

Fishing,

this latest installation in

Fathers and kids

outdo the

in living

much

the series should

original in pretty

And

rooms across America (and Canada, of course) bonded

while Sega Marine Fishing

over the seafood caught by

adds nothing new graphically

their shiny

new Dreamcasts.

every

way

or control-wise old

possible.

(it still

uses the

possibly argue against the

months

same

Sega

later,

ready to

is

we much? Look for

cool fishy stuff that

follow up this success with

already love so

something even more

Sega Marine Fishing to make a

Sega Marine

Fishing.

enticing:

No longer

ne thing Sega has never

w' l

w

1 been

SBF engine), how can we

And now, almost 13

splash

in late

October.

We re

know about music games..

Forget everything you conventional—

is

and nothing proves better than

Samba De Amigo,

the latest triumph from

Naka’s Sonic Team. ways, this

this

game

is

In

frantic Latin beats really

but trust

us— it’s awesome. Of

course, as

is

so often the case,

playing by yourself

Yuji

some

similar to

be the ultimate party game,

game

wimpy, closed-off bodies of

controllers in anticipation.

job to match whatever beat the

especially

Samba Monkey (named,

two sets of maracas

game

out into the open

reaches of salty oceans around the world,

in

order to capture

whole new buckets

full

PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER AM2 GENRE ARCADE FISHING/YACHT LIFESTYLE PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS FISHING CONTROLLER RELEASE OCTOBER

of

weird and wonderful (and

if

you're good, dreadfully

may just

friends together. This

already dusting off our fishing

FRANCESCA REYES

fun...but

is

real joy in Samba de Amigo happens when you get some

the

other ‘rhythm-action’ games: the

confined by the limitations of

water, Marine Fishing takes the

has to

be experienced to be believed,

plays music,

and

it’s

your

of

course, ‘Amigo’) lays down. But

if

Space Harrier— is any

indication,

game will definitely include some all-time favorites. At $39 for the game and $70 for the maracas, Samba ain’t this

cheap. But with tons of songs, several play modes, pretty

and laughs

much guaranteed,

should be worth

it.

it

chris charla

you can round up for head-to-

head challenges.

there’s a very catchy catch—it’s

designed to be played with

There's no word

maracas, not a gamepad. And

which songs

while you can use your standard

the

controller, you’ll definitely

want

US

will

yet

on

be included

version, but

if

in

PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER SONIC TEAM GENRE RHYTHM ACTION PLAYERS 1-2 PERIPH MARACAS. BABY! RELEASE DATE NOVEMBER

the

PLUSES

Japanese edition—which

[+]

Hilarious maraca/booty shaking

unlucky) aquatic lifeforms. Just imagine reeling

very

own

in

your

to spring for a set of Sega’s

included standards

custom-designed

and “The Macarena” mixed with

rattlers (poster

of Charo sold separately).

blue marlin, while

casting off the deck of your

swanky

The surreality

yacht-like trawler.. .or

dredging the depths of crystal-

in

blue waters

flailing

80

Official

in

order to lure

# Dreamcast Magazine

November 2000

front of your

TV

your arms

of standing while wildly

in

time with

like “Tequila”

action. ..and Japan’s version

MINUSES

RULED.

[-]

upbeat, ska-ti Hated takes on

No word

Chumbawumba’s “Tub

quite expensive

yet on

US songs; maracas

are

Thumping” and Aha’s “Take on

BOTTOM LINE

Me,” plus hidden tracks from

$100 gets you the greatest party game in history. But is $100 too much?

Sega

classics like Outrun

and

[_]

www.DailyRadar.com


“Champion Surfer

is

as close to surfing as you can get without submerging.”

COMINGSOON

Previews

chris charla

piw woodward wi'.^a

Freestyle? Freebird! Free-ballin’

it!

Catch some

ro

baby.

air,

Dave Mirra

BMX

Freestyle Crashing has never Score:

R

While the masses cry for a

Martha Stewart

Xtreme Creative Pro

Crochet Quilting game, Acclaim gears up for the release of

Dave Mirra Freestyle

We took

on Dreamcast.

down

BMX a

to the heart of our

Silicon Valley,

where the 24-

year-old millionaires

thicker

lie

P k

it

V Hawk,

hang a ten?

brother

no surprise that everyone and their is

game to

it’s

cooler than after

first

move

out of

different semi-fictional

beaches

You can play as any of eight (including a seven-year-old pro),

quickness—any-

there’re the requisite hidden

thing but a throwaway project.

surfers as well. Board selection

Developer Krome has done

plays a major part in the

its

homework, and the result is a might be the closest

game that

thing to surfing you’re going to get without actually submerging.

{hint:

of

try to

Summer Games’

update

surfing,

designers have implemented real

waves using a complex

physics model and deformable www.dreamcastmagazine.com

Will this

short boards are better for

up on), and you can pull chains and combos of more than 50 all

games? Who knows— but to carve a big niche

in

it

changing weather

patterns.

It

trick

creation via deployment

even takes timing to

get up on your board to start

your run. And

if

authentic surfing

doesn’t appeal to you, a

is

being

same team Thrasher:

title

Skater,

game

many considered

Thrasher to be the visually superior

title.

Having seen this

1

PlayStation, we’re hoping

!j

that the final product

looks as nice as

when

Rumble

all is

said

it

should

and

I

looks

I

the board-

The soundtrack should be pretty good

sports genre. CHRIS CHARLA

too, with tracks

from

Sublime, Cypress I

Dreamcast

of a special ‘modifier’ button.

This innovation

move PUBLISHER MATTEL DEVELOPER KROME GENRE SURFING PLAYERS -2 ORIGIN U S. ONLINE NO RELEASE DATE NOVEMBER

makes

Mirra's

endless— riders are free

Deftones, Swingin' Utters and the

repertoire effectively

Hill,

Rancid, Social Distortion,

like.

With

stiff

competition

courtesy of Neversoft’s Matt

to

1

Pluses

Hoffman’s Pro

experiment with more than

1300

[+]

Super-realistic waves, authentic

individual

moves,

all

of

in DC Direct), the team has hands full.

related story Z-axis

MINUSES [-] Polygon-mesh waves are disturbingly bit hard for the uncommitted

for some truly insane And the game’s Skeletal Dynamics System (SDS) generates

BOTTOM LINE

realtime crashes that are

angular; a

About as close

[_]

to real surfing

as you'll

may games

get without braving actual sharks;

be the Tony

Hawk

of surfing

BMX (which

runs on Tony’ s engine— see our

which can be linked together

physics and board implementation

the while

dealing with the game’s very realistic

early,

that Mirra

responsible for

be the Tony of surfing

game

tricks but harder to get

different stunts,

Rather than

the unrealistic (but fun) gameplay

(sort of)

extremely

was overshadowed by a little jam called Tony Hawk’s Pro

Mode features arcadestyle action.

«^Official©Magazine

and

was

team

surfers from the O’Neil

Surfer (formerly Billabong Pro) its

that

could be a close one...

foot breakers (on ten

the gate, Mattel’s Champion

is-despite

game is still we do know

game’s proportionate visual sheen on

worldwide) are super-realistic.

rushing a surfing

market. And

It

40

almost on a par

the Dreamcast version of the

Skate and Destroy on PlayStation. While that

all.

most gameplay is its open

system, which enables realtime

polygon meshes. The resulting five to

Graphically speaking, with Penthouse Letters. While

skateboarding

was

characteristic

I

few months of tweaking.

developed by the

racing

Dave Mirra's

m WM fter the success of Tony

feels like after a

it

BMX

distinguishing

Will

see what

on the ground than good shag carpet, and decided that maybe

Martha Stewart,

Champion

there— and we can’t wait to

it’s

trip

own

good

felt this

Thankfully, they’re doing right.

May

the best

game

it

win.

EVAN SHAMOON

unique every time. The essential feel of riding (and falling off) the bike is

almost

November 2000

1

PUBLISHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER Z-AXIS GENRE EXTREME SPORTS PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN US RELEASE LATE FALL ONUNE NO

Official

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COMINGSOOP

p

‘Napple

a dip

is

Bunny basket

into the Easter

of adventure gaming.” francesca reves

While most of Napple Tale's gameplay takes place on more of a 2.5D

3D

side-scrolling scale, the boss battles drop you onto the

plane.

*

* iS '

-

“-

.

'

:

-

i

iciV -

f

/

-

^ If

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a

the surreally saccharine Teletubbies can

Sega’s most promising

of

ega’s dip into the Easter

backgrounds

Bunny's basket of

gameplay, which

adventure gaming,

platform-hopping antics of other

light

up

is

its

similar to the

otherwise known as Napple Tale:

scheduled

US release any we just can’t Described by TGS

a

for

time soon—and figure out why.

onlookers as a "128bit

Clockwork Kn/ght-looking 2.5D platformer with roleplaying

elements,” the game’s premise

is

A GO-GO Dewy-eyed little girls imbued with special powers and a suspiciously large wand do flourish in the Land of the Rising Sun... but they seem to feel right at home on the screens of Western TVs, as well. Sailor Moon, for instance, could give Napple's bambified heroine some pointers on How To Capture American Hearts.

meant to hook casual gamers in Japan. But despite the clearly

fact that still

it’s

seems

some

so

like

niche

in

cloyingly cute,

all

the

US DC

market.

internal

telltale

82

Official

not

which take place fashion.

Pandemonium

to

in fully

3D

Gamers journey through

six worlds,

each packed with up

20 stages

or "stories” apiece.

Every time a stage

is

completed,

more of Napple's plot is revealed. The game revolves around a young

girl

# Dreamcast Magazine

who stumbles

a

Stateside.. .sob

it

this

is

little bit

where Napple

out of different items and parts

flexes

of creative muscle...

into

the

To

rid

herself

of

found during the game, and you have something quite unique.

ranging from electrical

some that

it’s

Of course, there are

nasty slew of suspiciously bright to dispose of.

FRANCESCA REYES

a clever feature on

strategize, by deciding critter to

use

in

Add

Though

its

—^Official® Magazine

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Dreamcast PUBLISHER SEGA (JAPAN) DEVELOPER SEGA GENRE PLATFORMER PLAYERS ORIGIN JAPAN RELEASE DATE NOW (JAPAN). TBA (US) 1

PLUSES

[+] and just

Bright, colorful fills

a tad bit

wacky;

a gap in the DC library begging for platformers

MORE

own,

gamers

to

Minuses Will this

which

which situation

order to produce effects.

deliver

charges to others that

assist in “super-jumps.”

this twist also requires

reality

enemies

and other unsightly blemishes, our young heroine makes good use of her magical wand, which can summon a bevy of different "helper” creatures. Each helper has its own special powers,

between

and perky enemies

November 2000

And

realm suspended somewhere

real world.

3D

not Napple Tale ?

make

scrollers (like

Crystal Dynamics’

ME)

why

series on the PlayStation)—with

obstacles a-plenty, as well as a

signs

of a potential stunner. Bright,

2.5D quasi-side

the states,

and dreamland. Your job as the player is to see the young girl safely back to the

it

at Sega, Napple Tale

already has

may

titles

:

,

in

world of “Napple,” a naptime

a perfect fit for the

Developed by an

team

it

the added twist of boss battles

MAGICAL GIRLS

Arsia in Daydream, isn’t

make

in

maximum

to this the fact that

gamers may even be able to create their own helper creatures

make

the US? Might cutesy?

[-] it it

across the Pacific to be too simplistic? Too

Bottom Line A good

[_]

looking quirky adventure just

screaming for a US release. But is anyone listening? Anybody? Bueller?

www.DailyRadar.com


THE CHILL OF VICT

Lean, duck and perform radical tricks

on real Yamaha snowmobiles.

Upgrade your sled and tackle multiple

modes

like hill-climbing

championship and head-to-head.

Thrash unique international racing circuits like

Aspen or Nagano.

Place day or night, in variable weather

including rain and snow.

Sega

# Dreamcast. © 2000 Crave Entertainment,

4? PlayStation

Inc. All rights

reserved.

© 2000 Unique Development Studios AB. All rights reserved.

SNO-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP RACING. CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT and the CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT Logos are trademarks of Crave Entertainment, Inc. © 1999 Crave Entertainment, Inc. CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT is a

registered trademark in the U.S. Sega, Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises, Ltd. All rights reserved. PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. YAMAHA is a registered trademark and is used with permission of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective holders.

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Whether found

1

inoirCM

it’s the fast-paced CPU action the single-player mode or the split screen shenanigans of multiplayer, Out Trigger looks simply amazing.

in

ifs

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11

'7;

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HERE’S A SNEAK PEEK at two of this game’s available modes: four-player split-screen deathmatch (top) and single-player arena match (above). Seen enough? Go forth, young player, and spread the word.

Out Trigger Sega

lets the

a

spotlighted

irst

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controllers are simply

too ineffectual to convey the glorious

blueprints

come

to

on a console, Kataoka traveled

life

in

the

shooters such as Quake and

opposite direction— bringing network-

Doom, Out

type gaming to arcades across Japan

AM2

Trigger’s

producer and

veteran Hiroshi Kataoka (18

as a

first step,

then sending the per-

homeward

US genre, developed in Japan. And Out Trigger’s capacity to link the gameplay of four players on four arcade cabinets has made for highly addictive gameplay, indeed.

But with Half-Life, Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena on the way,

is

there a difference between

these games and AM2’s bid for the

FPS crown? Kataoka explains, “Out is an arcade game. So, in two

Trigger

Wheeler, Fighting Vipers series)

fected technology

wanted to thrill Japanese console gamers with a totally different type of gameplay. Which wasn’t easy. Not

While the title has yet to receive an official release date in either Japan or the US, it is coming at some

time frame. This means that the shape

only are first-person shooters scarcely

point— and US gamers

and structure

a

blip

on Japan’s console gaming

radar, but they’ve

been

difficult to

to DC.

will finally

be

or three minutes, you have to get the

max amount of adversary.

points and defeat your Speedy gameplay; short

of every stage, the quick-

able to try their collective hand at a

ness of the characters, and everything

game

else

fashioned after an ultra-popular

is built

for

speed.”

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to the

FPS genre with Out

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love

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it.

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with online

Bethesda Softworks is and ready to

size of that gun! Out Trigger you customize not only the face

Check out the

and look of your character, but also the power and feel of your weapon. Expect plenty of whacked-out contraptions.

And

many treats

the form

this

receive

attention to time limits

and the

of exclusive goodies. For

inclusion of ‘goals’

collecting

with that logic.

it’s

(like

medals and such) to boost scores that casts Out Trigger as a console title—and emphatically

NOT a PC title— in In

the end.

Dreamcast

addition,

instance, four-player

in

in

mode will

player

modes

single-player

mode, players

will

be able to choose from two

will

limited to the

mouse

are well

underway—

and through our investigations on

mimi c

the

Microsoft's Intellimouse

Wheel, with two buttons and a wheel in the center.

bound titles

to

It's

make

a peripheral that

all

FPS Dreamcast

play like a dream.

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at least

Trigger:

is

an

editor,

their

one very

have

own characters by choosing weapons,

The DC version will also feature new maps and levels

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the

to be available in time?

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order to of your

throw, pressing the

A

button to stop the dial

when you

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think you’ve

enough ‘power’.Then the marker spins around hit

In

Tournament Mode, you can in

the dial again, giving you a

chance to push the A button once again— this time, in order

human oppothe world

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to

time your throw. There’s

another ball,

dial for spin

hardcore bowlers.

October release, and

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wait to

slip

shoes.

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choose

will you be able

to

shirt color, height,

on the

but that’s a whole nother

package

from (near) scratch and seeing him or her roll things to victory in any of the modes men-

weight or left/right-handedness

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to

watch a

spinning dial

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faces, customizable etc.

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a Capture the Flag mode. “It would be too similar to Quake,"

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ful of real-life

the amazing potential of this game, we might soon be saying:

is

But Kataoka and AM2 added

feature to the

hush-hush new design will closely

if

of the high

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bowl against

no big whoop.

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traditional style of

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in all

can choose to compete in Match Play, Shoot Out or Network Gaming modes (Bonus!

via SegaNet). But the real joys

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of differvirtual

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and camera multiplayer mode,

person viewpoint—which

the matter, we've learned that the

which

angles.

certainly

patible

number in

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your bowler a

bowlers can participate, you

over-the-shoulder

perspective

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to

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viewpoints: first-person

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EVER for Dreamcast, with a good emphasis placed on customization and style.

including

Deathmatch and Team modes. But Kataoka

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choose

multi-

Kataoka assures us that no matter how

option

ent

these cus-

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deliver the first bowling title

the arcade version,

feature split-screen views—and

framerate won’t suffer a

will

not found

as well as more online

results. All of

at least one

functions and shiny balls.

will let

mum

tom designs usually add up to a surreal gaming experience: you just know there’s gonna be

even more

it

comes

for

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set for an

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got ighting

game— and

it’s

game snobs may

turn up their

nose at

game

of kill or be killed. Have we seen this plot

it,

whining about shallow

gameplay and unnecessary gore, but Mortal Kombat certainly had its

day. For a time (for us

MK2 days),

the find

it

The Grid: The Matrix meets the Castro meets the Electric Kool-aid Acid Test meets the B-52s meets Barney under a disco ball. Just stayin’ alive.

even got Dave

was hard to a game that was more fun.

presently the

game) consists

a

it

is

only playable version of the

mean

it

won’t be fun.

Anyhow, players choose from

was

The arcade machine’s control

scheme (which

before? Sure, but that doesn’t

list

of eight selectable

of a trackball, a

super move button, a keypad and a joystick. The keypad allows

characters, each equipped with

players to store their relevant

his or her own special weapon and super power. There are

information— including names, last level conquered and points accumulated—to encourage

page from The Running Man,

ULTRA (ADJUSTABLE) VIOLENCE

SmashTV and

The coin-op version of The Grid (now in arcades) employs operator-

toothy

game show host pictured (who looks remarkably— and disturbingly— like our

players complete level four in

adjustable violence settings. In the

at right

single-player

Associate Art Director, Dave).

begin

The Grid looks glory of the

to

renew the

MK style. Stealing a the countless

sci-fi

novels that inspired them, The Grid

is

a “televised sporting-event

game-show” wherein contestants compete for big money and fabulous prizes. Combining features of fighting

games

and first-person shooters, combatants run around virtual arenas

88

in

a

Official

most dangerous

tame version, no blood

is

several secret characters to

shown

when a

character is eliminated, he turns into a grid and fades away.

Doing what we do, it's hard not to think about the real world in terms of videogames. Along these lines, it

would be pretty cool if planet Earth had operator-adjustable violence settings. It would also be cool if you could insert two tokens to continue

when

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uncover as

well, like

the crazy,

competition. For instance,

if

mode and save their

information, they’ll automatically in level five

return to play

when they

on that particular

unit-or on any of the units linked in

that group. Pretty cool.

The Grid

utilizes

resulting in

Midway’s

Zeus 2 hardware, smooth, fast-paced

state-of-the-art

gameplay and super-detailed characters. Given Midway’s

track record,

a

we expect to see

virtually perfect

Time

will tell, but,

lots of guns."

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port.

expect “guns—

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vs. SNK is a decentlooking game, characters are still

While Capcom

low-res and don’t quite match up to our expectations. Some cool 3D effects do spice up the visuals a

but they can’t hide the flaws

bit,

in

and animation. Capcom needs to get its 2D ass in gear.

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Perhaps the coolest thing in this game is its new interface, which seamlessly combines 2D and 3D elements in character-selection screens and pre-fight introductions.

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the play mechanics of Capcom’s

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title,

little

Capcom

resemblance

vs.

to

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crooked

Alpha series (perhaps

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This

is

how dreams of an

ultimate fighting

game

look—and after nearly a decade out against each

it

other, the

two most prominent

developers of

2D fighters

are

dreams into reality with Capcom vs. SNK, featuring the most popular characters from both companies brawling in finally

turning

impossible cross-publisher

match-ups— like Terry vs. Ken, Kyo vs. Ryu and Geese vs. Bison. www.dreamcastmagazine.com

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the

generally

of duking

has nixed (thank

It

crazy jumps and 200-hit

combos, and opted instead to mimic the play mechanics of the

Ryo raises one eyebrow and slightly

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goodness!) exaggerated moves like

with a slashing dragon punch.

cracks a

As the inspiration for SF2's Balrog, Mike Tyson will no doubt go on to

spawn many new

virtual antiheroes:

but is this a good thing? After his 38second victory over Lou Savarese, Mike said the following about Heavyweight Champ Lennox Lewis: "I'm

gonna

rip his heart out. I'm the

most

brutal and vicious and most ruthless

champion ever. .1 want to eat his children." It should be noted that Mr. Lewis currently has no children, nor has he ever. Apparently, this means that Mike will have to go hungry. .

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all fighting

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replace Alpha, since

latter series is

over)—in

for

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characters, tons of options, and

elements contribute only a few tweaks to a primarily Alphabased system—which means that

secrets,

while the

Capcom

remain true to their Alpha the

SNK cast

fit in.

SNK

initially feel

Even Alpha's four button layout

out of place with this game.

move

(similar to Ken’s

rolling

are included.

SNK’s

system.

or

SNK

those

in

will

On a

positive note, however, since the

ancient Neo

aren’t

in

Alpha,

supers duplicate

pre-’97 King of Fighters.

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hand-drawn

art,

simple

layout; interesting stages

on the

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never looked better.

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SNK gameplay is gone;

characters are pixelated— and what happened to

Samurai Showdown?

Capcom’s super

Capcom supers will

mirror those found

while

purist

uncomfortable and

SNK characters

match, players can choose to use either

will

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Although this alteration was

probably necessary to balance

gameplay, any

At the beginning of each

high.

has had to adapt to

addition to borrowing elements

role)

be

roots,

from the King of Fighters series.

and

and some hidden

characters, expectations

characters

In

the end, we can only hope Capcom vs. SNK lives up to

that

the hype. And believe us: with

Bottom Line

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it lives up to expectations or surprises by being even better, Capcom vs. SNK will be a welcome addition to the DC library of fighting games.

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their living rooms.

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Fighting Championship, broad-

cast on Pay-Per-View since '93, is

an unique phenomenon.

Sometimes

is

the

kills,

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game does an amazing

looks

like

a kickboxing match,

but are free to take opponents to the

mat and engage

close-

in

combat

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of the

Dreamcast. Your first delight

will

be

in

this isn’t a tra-

in

submission

off

in

knockouts.

joint locks.

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game

styles.

There are 24

different martial arts

sport pits competitors mano-a-

are no jump-

a cage fight with

and the

won’t break up a clinch. nutshell, fight

it’s

ing spin kicks

There are no ref

In

a

as close to a street

as can be safely managed

or

superhuman

death moves.

These fights look and feel real: competitors start out

without arrests or hospitaliza-

on

tions (of fans, fighters or both).

what

their feet in initially

systems, and developers have

done a

brilliant

job of balancing the arts realistically

against one

another. Kickboxers try to

win bouts on their feet, delivering a hail of strikes before

finish

Sumo, judo, Grecoand kungfu

Roman

wrestling

can

be tested

all

the fact that

UFC

out, is

as well—

this

deep

is

30

game— there

rules.

will

opponents with chokes and

actually a minor miracle.

real-world fighters

barred fighting," this fledgling

in

is

seeing different fighting

representing over

minimal

are actually

than standing up, and

end as frequently holds as they do

ditional fighting

mano

the ground. Brazilian

more comfortable on the ground

quarters grappling. Matches

intricate, detail- oriented

“extreme fighting” or “no-holds-

flashy spin kicks

fight to

jujitsu specialists

job of realistically translating the

realizing that

referred to as

and no fancy headbands

hard-hitting world

that you’ll be stepping into with

KO

opposing

grapplers can take the

Ground

battles are

intricate,

bloody ballets of slight positional advantage. To succeed, you’ll

have to learn to

utilize

takedowns, reversals, pins,

escapes and finishing moves, as well as striking on the ground. There’s a whole lot to learn, but

tomed

once you get accusground

to the flow of a

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The seemingly gratuitous

honor of Shenmue and UFC, our two lead reviews, we took a minute to actually sit down and get to know our review crew of the month. What we found out will shock and surprise you. We just keep telling ourselves: “But they do really know their Dreamcast.”

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moves and

styles

all her own. (Bruce Buffer and the Ultimate Fighter logo-guy are also hidden deep in UFC’s

GREGORY ORLANDO Fighting Style: Berzerker Recording artist equivalent

set of secrets.)

Is

he

real or

fruit?

lying

a myth? A devil or a

Whatever he

is,

in ’87:

Pat Benatar

god-like creature that

Mr. Orlando

is

snacks on

not about to take anything

down. Especially not Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000.

FRANK O’CONNOR Fighting Style: Tai

Recording

Bo

artist equivalent in ’87:

Big Country

A sucker for a pretty racing sim, Mr. O'Connor may have been weaned on classics from the arcade canon, such as Out Run and Hang On, but he knows quality when he sees it (“it” = Sega GT).

GARRETT KENYON Fighting Style: I

Recording

GIVE UP!

ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING aspects

of the

UFC

is

When

the devastating array of

Mime

(yes,

Mime)

artist equivalent in ’87: Pointer Sisters

not doing the Neutron Dance, Garrett likes long strolls on

the beach, hours spent alone with his

submission holds. This particular fight ends with a kneebar a wicked finish in which one guy wraps his entire body around his opponent's leg and hyperextends the trapped knee with a push of his hips. Better start tapping!

videogames with words

like

PC and

violent gory

“dangerous” or “soldier”

in

the

title.

JIM PRESTON Fighting Style: Drunken Boxing

Recording

artist equivalent in ’87:

Spandau

Ballet

The Ring last he couldn't ignore the smell of

Yes, readers, he's back for more! After surviving issue, Mr. Preston decided that

money and fame.

This issue,

we treated him to

V-Rally 2.

KEVIN RICE

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Fighting Style: Button Mashing Recording artist equivalent in '87: Jan Hammer Kevin’s more than ready for the Olympics, after testing the waters on Sydney 2K and Virtua Athlete 2K. And we’re

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deducting the cost of all the band-aids he used during his button-mashing sessions from his paycheck.

Our Scoring System No, pal, not that kind of scoring system.

If it

were,

we sure wouldn’t

give

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

fight, you’ll

be

control of

in

every movement.

And

silk.

some canny game can be

have to employ strategies—this

summed up as a

we’ll let

chess match

fighters

they really do

in

motion-capture

move

game and

you discover— put

truly over

the top.

this

And

smooth as

if

martial arts

game,

When we believe a game is just average, we give 5 out of 10. If its appeal 10.

this one’s

it

is

a knockout. DANIEL MORRIS

of that

aimed

genre or

mode

directly at its

fans of either its is not something

series but

that will be enjoyed by everyone,

r—«^Ofticial@Magazine

gets

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

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it

6 out of 10. And we've even added a spiffy new scoring system for graphics,

,

Dreamcast

events, the only thing you could is all

And

help you. For a truly realistic

pitch-perfect Bruce Buffer-

possibly miss here

stuff.

you miss that—well, we can’t

ized broadcast presentation of

like

the Octagon; is

goofy “Hidoeken!”

seamless.

with a great Create Player

do

Graphically, you just can’t

The

transitions from to attack are

A few final features— which

with bloody noses.

better.

And

defense

you’ll

$49.99

an incredibly clever and cute smiley-face score system. We hope you'll find it self-explanatory.

scale, we’ve created

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realistic

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animations and fighter models.

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Sound 8 TV-style audio

Control 9 Huge

library of grappling

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adds bone-crunching atmosphere

moves and holds

our special award: the (1422:1

IMPORTANT TO BEAR in mind that this

a brawl; it's a science. The opponent to the ground and get on top of him. (Frank Shamrock demonstrates how with a big wrestling slam.) Then get your opponent's back, where he's almost defenseless, and submit him with a choke, joint lock, or a good old-fashioned hail of punches. IT'S

instant classic

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loves

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for the precious

take

from

thee

was

as tough as her will.”

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my

strike released.”

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Quest-Based Action RPG For

Beautiful Anime-Style

Immersive 3D Environment and Free-Roaming Camera

Breakthrough Interface

All

Landscapes and Graphics

for Inventory

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“VA

2K manages to frustrate from

the

sound

first

of the starter's pistol."

>

Isn’t this guy supposed to be wearing a

weightlifting belt? Kids, if

you tried this at home and pulled all of

CF^IO.Si

your muscles, you could probably sue

someone

for

lots of money. But you didn’t hear that from us.

Sydney 2K Button mashing for the gold n ’83,

Konami

released Track

&

Field— which

challenged players to press alternating buttons as fast as

they possibly could run the fastest,

loudest.

in

order to

jump the

highest and (thus)

yell

the

Seventeen years

later,

graphics have definitely improved...but basic

mechanics have With

32

gameplay

definitely not.

countries

the

first

jump, thus making a

Is

and platform diving

enjoyable,

Sydney 2000 enables you to compete for Olympic glory against up to three of your

involves matching the onscreen

color-coordinated icons to

friends at a time. In arcade

a scheme that works quite

mode, you can compete event

(in

training,

but

it’s

in

any order) without

any number of times—

probably best to go

through each event once

buttons on the

first,

DC

controller

in

well.

Otherwise, though, monotony

any

the rule of

in

the Olympics. Each event

requires training,

and you have

to get through at least twelve

training levels before being able

by the sometimes perplexing

to participate. ‘Training’ mostly

schemes. While most

events

boil

down

to contests of

involves button mashing, with a reflex tested here or there via

some

button pressing, a few are

the action button. And

downright maddening. Skeet

training activities— like the

shooting

is difficult

because of a

events, which

and kayaking

repeat them over and over.

is

ultimately just

Graphics are by no means

High points? The triple jump automatically enters a slow-motion

mode

after starting

ugly,

although animations are a

little

herky-jerky.

Commentary,

provided by Dwight Stones and

Marty Liquori, (if

a

little

is

Virtua Athlete 2K Our Olympic dreams are one of three Olympic

the action buttons

us the completely addictive

also confusing; they often

Virtua Tennis turn

around and

if

they’re

Camera angles

guesswork—and the

scheme seven events and

this

button mashers

most

a near-impossible difficulty, Virtua

is

need

manages to

kevin rice

are

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PUBLISHER EIDOS DEVELOPER ATTENTION TO DETAIL GENRE

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events in

completely inane.

While

it’s

in

graphically

superior to the other Olympic titles,

players

who

aren’t

supersonically speedy on

counter-intuitive,

like

the

Graphics 7

and the

simply doesn’t

make

2K

word rushed written

texturing:

odd animations

nn

sense.

CONTROL Superman

all

over

it

seven sad that Sega tweak this for another couple of months. As

and

5

commentary; appropriate crowd

has the

(especially with only

events),

sound Iffy

100M dash

Virtua Athlete

any event, even on the easiest level.

is

inclusion of stamina bars on

standing

required for advancement)

.

Dreamcast

Having to use the stick to

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first

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like.

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change lanes or extend your

level of

Athlete

the

KEVIN RICE

Good modeling and

ultimately, only the

game to we don’t

doing something wrong.

turn timing into a matter of

give us THIS?

With only

But

recommend

find

themselves wondering

usually decent

repetitive).

virtua-lly crushed!

will

games coming out this year, we had high hopes for Virtua Athlete 2K. But how could the same team that gave

dedicated of button mashers apply,

Franz?

a saving grace...but as it is, it’s like trying to raise the Titanic with a pair of tweezers.

Note gameplay advice above: “Press the run button repeatedly.” Repeat. Then repeat again, but faster... And you’ve already lost.

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many means that you’ll

treadmill—overlap into

certain bounciness of control,

a test of patience.

it

thumb—especially

is

so as to not be caught off-guard control

this Hans, or is

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and beyond!

the land of misfit

controller's right trigger.

playthings

comes a

truly misfit

game:

the simplest challenges

Activision’s Toy Story 2, a

jumping and landing on

UP

jumpy, jerky

3D

little

platformer

camera angles, problematic gameplay and unremittingly awkward control. The tale begins and ends

The

hideous swoops and pans turn (like

platforms) into Herculean tasks.

with bad

No, strike that: not even the

with space hero toy Buzz

jumps ad nauseam. Tired play mechanics and some terrible

as he takes his

Lightyear,

bad-mofo

futuristic

15 in

different levels

self

on

through

A movie

Woody

license

collector.

fabled Hercules himself would

have had the patience to reattempt the

same

series of

draw-in problems further

damn

Buzz’s effort. The best move anyone can make is to close

the book on this sob story.

gone awry,

2 features a

Toy Story

worlds

five

order to rescue his pal

from a soulless toy

GREG ORLANDO

total of

The Rock

two different camera angles: actively sucky and passively Regardless of which

terrible.

system

employed, the game’s

is

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view swings wildly at every

and players

opportunity,

Brawling can spill over onto the entrance ramp and into backstage areas, but you have no control over when you're taken there— nor of whether or not you get the shopping cart with a the broken wheel.

will

constantly need to readjust the

camera with the Dreamcast

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TopMax

WWF Royal Rumble . kay,

9

competition

is

'

college,

in

the lifeblood of

this philosophy,

THQ.

arcade stick for a spin. The

turbo, slow-mo, program-

Once

not the

though,

is

In fact,

expect from

like

onscreen at once,

a bizarro

There are

mable buttons, and even a matches

no wrestler entrances, singles

cool red light that

matches,

cage matches, female

TopMax

to greatness. Aside

This

from

delicious lime-green

arcade sticks we’ve used. EVAN SHAMOON

its

notice

is

first

just

this stick

is.

thing you’ll

how dang

The

joystick

wonderful and, with vibration, in

it

is

built-in

feels really

is

easily

one of the best

sturdy Officials.

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good

than serviceable.

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Official

It’s

also got

tag matches, real

wrestlers,

championship

belts

or create-a-wrestler

modes—

and

to top

there’s

only

one arena.

it all

What there

off,

though,

straight-up arcade

Rumble, a

is

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a

game based

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all

modeled

one brawler

still

of

mayhem

only

standing.

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Graphics 8 Nine high-res wrestlers onscreen? Sweet.

in

the main Royal

Rumble mode, but

unfortunately,

And since there are

Sound 4 Some annoying sound

glitching

was

evident

CONTROL 6

19 unique entries in the 30-man tournament, you’re only

going to see wrestlers that have

two fighters in the and adds another every until there’s

be disappointed— but for

which opponent you’re currently

WWF fight that

two minutes

will

what you’d

there’s no icon to indicate

starts with ring

had

fighting.

is,

bell!

a straight-up arcade experience, this delivers, damian Michaels

high-resolution

There's plenty to be

on (what else) the Royal

your hands. While the

buttons are not quite as snappy as those on the Alloy Arcade Stick, they’re more

in beautiful,

expect to see on Dreamcast.

real

sims is

here—

detail: exactly

lists.

the one on your Dreamcast.

casing, the

that there

lurking in

games’ feature

The compete has driven

need

damn

you’re past that, you’ll find

game

version of other wrestling

to

verdict? Go, capitalism!

a great

you can have nine fighters

the game’s

omissions read

we took new

competitor TopMax’s new

ring the

get one thing

kind of wrestling sim

come to

we’ve

the capitalist system. To test

let’s

1 straight—this

According to an economics

we took

rides

My God! Somebody

Enforcer class that

Sock connection

'n

again. Unfortunately, since there aren’t any real tag matches, you can only call Mick in to deliver one of three attacks— there’s no trading off between characters. Crap.

already been eliminated

GAMEPLAY 7 ts an arcade game, not a sim. but

it's

fun

returning for more.

Other noticeable glitches occur

in

the soundtrack; people

expecting hardcore wrestling

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Save instant replays’

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We could make

a really lame

I

Flipper joke right now, but we're

|

plum out of them. So we'll just have to fall back on the truth: “Ecco is one of the best looking games on Dreamcast, ever.”

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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future Intelligent

V

mammal or chicken of the sea? ODCM

cco has been one of the most

world, Ecco

beloved denizens of the

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tual

vir-

sea since his debut on

Sega’s Genesis, way back

in

the early

’90s heyday of 16bit gaming. After

is once again on the and responsible for saving

the planet—along with the delicate

balance of dolphin/human relations—

from a fearsome alien

life

form. To

making an appearance on the Sega

get the job done, Ecco travels back

CD, fans feared that their favorite

time to thwart the evildoers’ plans:

(er,

mammal) had been

fish

relegated to

the annals of nostalgic underwater

gaming. But Swedish developer

Appaloosa had other ideas.

his friends are

most

later,

back— in one

This

sci-fi

beautiful

storyline

is

aided by

cinemas that seamlessly into true blue

Ecco and

waters, as he gathers information

of the

from Guardian gems scattered throughout the ocean. As in his ear-

visually stunning leaps into the

2D

128bit world that we’ve ever seen.

lier

Taking place

in

Sega CD, Ecco

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in

thus rendering him "the defender of the future.”

drop our finned hero

Nearly a decade

ECCO

an alternate future

outings on Genesis and the

November 2000

is

able to jump, swim,

vs.

investigates

SEAMAN

A4

charge and chatter just can, but with

one

crucial

difference— it’s

in

Not only

Ecco one of

is

glorious 3D.

the most lush, smoothly

animated

titles in

WHO WOULD WIN in a fight? A peace-

illustrious library,

loving dolphin that only wants to save the world, or an angry fishman that pries

one

of the

DC’s already but

it’s

also

most graphically

realistic... sort

of the Soul Calibur

into your personal life and tells you that you suck? While Ecco definitely has some weapons and tricks up his fin, we'd still put our money on the jerk. Face it, Ecco may be tough to some degree, but you just know that he listens to Yanni and

subtle shading, realistic

Seaman would make him blubber in two seconds flat.

fishy

collects 'magic' crystals.

like

any self-respecting dolphin

of the sea, so to speak. With

and seaworthy movements captured for all things and unfishy, Ecco has a beauty that even the most

textures


making

“Ecco's limitless feel cracks open the underwater world,

one

it

on DC.” Francesca reyes

of the first real adventures

JAN 1830

BALTIMORE

Railroad

Tycoon II The level of detail in Ecco's underwater surroundings are simply amazing. Take a gander at the sunken buildings in this Atlantis

stage. Cool...

The

train kept a-rolling, but not online.

u

ew

will

come

Dreamcast

going?”

on

to

managing

its

if

the quirky train/biz simulator

pushes any

Railroad Tycoon

II

grand message,

it’s

that the

road less traveled often holds great delights-or perhaps that it’s

just sort of neat to

watch

the trains chugging

by...

Tycoon thrusts

thrusts

game

screen, with icons

possible to

top-left. Here, it’s

and micro-

operation, but

its

placed vertically along the

for the

express purpose of

building a railroad Ecco: “Hey, Bob, how’re the wife and kids?" Bob: “Doing okay, Ecco. How’s the whole defending the future thing

access the entirety of the

game’s functions train stations,

(building

dropping track,

on

choosing cargo,

etc.); click

these icons and

you'll usually

up a whole new menu. While they’re unavoidable, these pop-up menus ultimately serve to draw a would-be call

tycoon out of what ingly

a surpris-

is

enchanting experience.

players into the role of a

hardened, jaded gamer

will

find

undeniable. And with the addition of a completely polygonal

waterworld, players

will

be able

to explore virtually everywhere. It’s

this limitless feel that

cracks open the underwater world with a sledgehammer

and makes Ecco one of the first real “adven-

tures” on Dreamcast.

Throughout

all

of the

and poisonous sea urchins, to emerge in a calm, sunlit pool filled with manta rays and reclusive dolphins. And with the sense of scale that seems naturally imbedded in the massive watery domain of Ecco, there are definitely more evil

eels

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features

3D

you lovers of detail will no doubt thrill at the prospect of selecting routes; purchasing

this

different varieties of iron

the

giants and providing for their

upkeep; building bridges;

Pop Top pulled the game’s Internet play option— much

establishing which types of

touted by the

to the surface for

air,

or course).

These moments are always lurking just around the corner— you’ll even stumble across a

2D

secret oldschool

But this

is,

And

this

Somewhat terms of

true.

level.

all, a game: swim and chirp

is

no easy

akin to

its

overcome.

a hi-tech

plays like a

dream come

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in

appeal to steely-eyed

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Graphics 10

than 70 torical

Sound 7

often, the

of

a toned-down Power Stone

some

weird,

new

age-y blather that

would befuddle even Yoda. While this steep difficulty

level of

can be a welcome

challenge to some, there are

challenges, both his-

and

fantastical, require

serious strategizing—

and Tycoon carves

New age music,

loads of dolphin sounds

predecessors. Sadly, incarnation

screams

loudly for a multiplayer

that never

seemed

before

it

mode

to ride

rails into stores.

Developer

PR machine-

released, and the

package suffers

for

it.

the DC’s computer Al competition,

most cerebral

Control 6 Slow response

of

it’s

Though is stiff

hard to build

steam

for building

being able to crush a few

humans beneath

itself

title to

Players juggle

at times,

lot

it.

GREG ORLANDO

a nice niche as Dreamcast’s

all

date.

of these

cameras hate charges

tasks by controlling a pointer,

clues given to you by “hint

stones” spew nothing but

its

new

up a

We re thinking

man. And

of

a railroad juggernaut without

environments ever known to fish or

2D

against computer foes. More

some

in

attention;

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and obstacles to In fact, you’ll be

of the trickiest underwater

demands

railroad cars should go to which destinations; playing the stock market to obtain extra cash; and competing

Dreamcast

feat.

Ecco contains plenty

of puzzles

in

like

and

game demo

the face of a

very small, that looks

after

requiring you to

your way through specific

gasping for breath

dodging the jabs of

II

train biz

caught up at exactly the wrong moment. But these flaws are

veterans,

tight tunnel,

road Tycoon

empire. Every facet of the

camera, which sometimes gets

through schools of

fish for food.

graphics that crush the puny

issues to be had with the

scenes that will make gamers stop and marvel (before racing

game, there are true moments of wonder as you bash hammerhead sharks and dodge Imagine swimming through a

port of a well-loved PC game, the DC edition of Rail-

than a handful of unique

tasks.

25+ stages

A

budding mogul tasked with the creation, maintenance, and expansion of a choo-choo

difficult,

D-Pad and analog stick— and a solid compromise has been struck between cursor speed and responsiveness. Tycoon also via the controller’s

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very long, but engrossing i

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features a PC-type interface

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In-Depth Reviews

“This

is

the Rush we’ve always wanted to see: a must-have for fans.” daniel erickson

Well, at least

the colors are pretty. That’s about all you can say about

this

game.

Gunbird 2 How to mess |o

*^

matter

up a 2D shooter

how

® revolutionary and i beautiful videogames

1

get, there are a

few classic

genres that

never die.

will

IAF

l/li

2D shooter was

Granted, the

created because there were

no

3D

graphics to speak of

in

the days of 1942, Gradius, or

even Legendary Wings, but

somehow gamers grew attached to the intricate ballet of bullets typified

and power-ups that

the genre. And so, they

continue to be to this day.

throwbacks

pumped

out even

The latest of these is Capcom’s

Gunbird 2. Unfortunately, while it

does add some

style to

the

shooter’s basic form, there’s little

innovation here—and even

the classic formula

is

flawed.

the

game some visual

it’s

really just all kinds of

item. Kind of like

Pepsi, only even

What does

five selectable

Coke and more so.

set Gunbird

however,

is its difficulty

game takes less than half an hour—and instead of

the

more gameplay to

increase the

title’s lifespan,

Psykio has simply

magic carpet to the obligatory Japanese schoolgirl, but all of

level

control identically.

one basic one screen-clearing bomb, and one close-up attack that Likewise, there’s only

shot,

does massive amounts of

damage but

unbearably

whole dang experience.

An inhuman

usually results in

laser;

another turns

enemies

all

into candy),

a big of the

thus giving

level of difficulty

length. With the panic

knob turned down a ways and a few more hours of actual levels, this

SF Rush 2049 Rush as

U

it

was always meant

here have already been

almost (maybe) could have

one step further

title

by including a bizarre but

arcade smash San

compelling stunt mode,

these iterations has ever

managed intensity

to capture the speed,

and

insanity of the

the way

original

takes the

sequels to Midway’s

Francisco Rush, but none of

never a good substitute for

is

gameplay

is

every

annoying. And that ruins the

character’s attacks look

bomb

made

difficult.

Awesome moments of total chaos seem to happen every five seconds—which makes them less awesome and more

inadvertent suicide. Each

different (one

and

length. Racing straight through

characters, from a fat guy on a

them

2

apart from other shooters,

including

There are

Last time we saw fireworks like this was at Disneyland over Sleeping Beauty’s castle—and we were, like, twelve years old and with our moms. These graphics simply rock.

flair— but

different packaging for a single

2049

Racing across SF’s

does.

hills in

a

not-so-distant future proves to

Rush we’ve always wanted

title.

DANIEL ERICKSON

DANIEL ERICKSON

ultra-cool multiplayer battles

and an amazing amount of customization options. The stunt

mode

challenges players

and collect medals by shooting off ramps and performing midair spins

to earn points

be one of the best racing experiences you can have on Dreamcast, thanks to awesome

with the help of the cars’ built-

track design, great arcade

triple backflips

control

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and a framerate so could melt the enamel

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off every tooth in your head.

1

Although the

PRICE $29.99

This rabbit looks like he’s been mistaken for the Easter Bunny just one too many times...and man, is he pissed.

106

Official!

1

Score:

Dreamcast Magazine November

3

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Graphics 10

2049 more than

its

share of accolades, Midway

as snot

(if

snot

was a good

thing)

i

in ‘wings’.

trying to

And

if

the stress of

complete a series of

much, players can always grab their cars

shoot the

out of each other.

The

battle

i

i

8

mode

is

Control 9 Arcade control combined with

some

weapons onto hell

SOUND

Appropriate, well-produced and unintrusive

gets to be too

a few friends, strap

racing action

alone would have been enough to earn

to

see: a must-have.

Slick

been a good

be

to

some

and

i

i

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i

i

i

i

stellar tracks i

i

i

Gameplay 9 Tons of modes and options...zoom, zoom!

close to

game in itself; it’s almost as good as any car combat game a

we've played so

far.

This

is

the

Score:

9

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lit

“WSB2K1

In-Depth Reviews

taking baseball

is

games

the wrong direction entirely.” robsmolka

in

It’s not that you can’t have any fun with WSB2K1 you can, especially if you’re playing with a friend— it’s just that overall, this is one of the most disappointing Dreamcast games ever.

For a franchise that

is

so beloved by fans and press alike,

it’s

a

shame

to

see

WSB2K1 go so wrong.

World Series Baseball 2K1 With the bases loaded, Sega strikes out he good news: We finally have a baseball game to

for ourselves. In

play on our Dreamcasts.

third of your

The bad news: See Good News. World Series Baseball, one of the most respected names in Sega’s arsenal of franchises, has now officially been given the redheaded stepchild treatment. Though the graphics do a

an

arcade-style

game such as this,

there goes a

great job of showing off the

it

comes to

raising the

gameplay and features fact,

you could say that

console baseball

wrong For

bar. In it’s

games

in

taking

the

direction entirely.

some

bizarre reason, the

development team decided that shouldn’t be allowed to field

we

108

Official

# Dreamcast Magazine

is

that the computer players are rather lethargic about plays;

we

pretty

making

much guarantee

a controller-throwing incident after seeing your “nimble"

make

IF YOU WANT TO PUT baseball and Dreamcast together, the best way to do to trot

i.e.,

down

to a

game

in Sega's

our own lovely San

Francisco and knock yourself out playing an assortment of Sega's worthy sports titles. The new, state-ofthe-art game kiosk area at Pac Bell Park features NFL2K1, NBA2K1 and NHL2K. So grab yourself an Alpine Meats Giant Dog, a beverage of your choice (or your Mom's choice), head to the open area behind centerfield and get playing. Save the $50 you were going to drop on WSB2K1, buy a couple of tickets from a scalper and have at it. (And the Giants are pretty cool, too.)

line

and release the

swing,

up the

trigger to

take a hack. The fact that

an analog input

uses

it

ball

as you

slightly

the batter

much

will

release the trigger,

take a

full cut... so

WBS2K1

goes so

far

trend

console baseball

This leaves us with

— all of the pitches look pretty

pitching

and

batting, which, since

you can actually control these

much

for

in

check swings.

as to further a bad

games

the same, and telling a

from a

strike is

making walks an anomaly rather

game’s fielding model, but not by much. Pitching consists of an

than an

determines the speed of the pitch,

and the

guide

it

in

ability to slightly

a general direction

after release.

When

down the

batting,

right trigger,

integral part of the

you

use

game

more

Graphics 8

Sound Not

somewhere inbetween

analog swing

to

Gameplay 3

Dumb Al,

r

it

5

great, not bad, but

Control 2

base running Al, access to replays only

,

Dreamcast PUBUSHER/DEVELOPER SEGA GENRE SPORTS ORIGIN JAPAN PLAYERS 1 -2 VMU COUNT 1 20 ONUNE NO ESRB E PRICE $49.99

complain about, such as poor

deems

the

i—•^Officialti'Magazine

Inability to control fielding, difficult

as they should be. There’s plenty

you’ll tire of

gameplay long before these become a factor, rob smolka

ball

near impossible,

functions, get the nod over the

aiming cursor, a meter that

but

typical,

rendered

is

up the middle, well after he had any chance of catching the ball.

hold

November 2000

the cursor to try and

useless by the fact that as soon

yet another half-

hearted dive after a ground

hood

WSB2K1 shows a

decided lack of enthusiasm

when

right off

shortstop

it is

polygon-pushing power of

Dreamcast,

gameplay

the bat. What’s really galling

v

limited stats, poor controls =

suck

i

i

i

i

i

i

i

i

~i

when the computer

necessary, and a

feature set that’s just shy of

Score:

4

www.DailyRadar.com


PlayStation

Unreal

'

Tournament Š 2000 Epic Games,

Inc. All

Rights Reserved. Created by Epic

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are trademarks of Infogrames, Inc. Unreal and the Unreal logos are trademarks of Epic

Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises, property of their respective companies.

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AeroWings2: Air Strike yawn-der

Into the wild blue

a

et’s get

one thing

Free flight

straight right away: like

your

games

if

you

with lots

of action or plot you should

go on

is

the quickest

way to get up and

flying,

but the

appeal disappears after only a

few skirmishes. Tactical features

to the next review right now.

15

Really. Test Drive V-Rally is quite

challenges, which you’ll face

good—you’ll looking for a

like

it.

If

plane

in

precision

fly

a

maneuvers

over detailed and colorful

backdrops, however you're

in

the right place.

the

original,

credit for being

simulation of

two

difficulty

jets 0‘ust try flying slowly to hit a

And the fighter pilot mode seems to go on forever, because it sends you back to in

a

jet).

the very beginning every time

Crave's AeroWings2: Air Strike, like

a

fairly

flight.

you

deserves serious

There are

settings—standard

and advanced— but even

in

the

you’ll need to be able to complete staple

standard setting,

moves like the S and Immelman

biff.

It

gets old pretty fast.

some

There are touches,

like

nice

being able to save

replays to the

VMU

and a

screen versus mode, but

premise— precision

own sake—the

flying for its

be staying awake. Bottom you’re not

chomping

line:

If

at the bit

to play this already, you should

probably stay away, jim preston

And

modes—free flight

(barnstorming/target shooting) fighter pilot (30 training

exercises that enable you to

unlock eight more planes— usable only) to

in

free flight

mode

keep you busy. Sort

of.

I

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Score: 6

.

fighter pilot

mode seems go on

one of

J those quaint British

Lht

pastimes, rather

Honda hatchback. Alone.

a

newbie should be able to

certainly doesn’t suffer.

compete

grab that helmet and peel out!

proficiently.

choose from

and soccer And while there are

already

some

games

for the

Drive V-Rally

ace

in

respectable

rally

Dreamcast, Test

may

well

be the

cars to

at the start plus

ten unlockable models, and

84

the game’s

tracks are

nicely varied over twelve

the bullpen.

different countries.

feels a

little

The physics

too light at

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forever,

in

other

rally

racers are

but as you unlock larger cars, i

a) their unforgiving, near-

vertical learning curves

very beginning every time you biff. It gets old

b) their

becomes smooth And since rally racing

the racing

and

and

tiresome 15-minute

fun.

i

i

i

CONTROL 10 The best

perfect, unstuttering

an arcade mode— in see some great high-speed wrecks as you race against four opponents— is

framerate) on fast and furious

wonderfully refreshing.

via a driving

system that slowly ramps up difficulty, employed (with

addition of in

which

i

even the most cross-eyed

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November 2000

True, the pretty

i

rally controls, ever!

With a

i

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i

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]

controller...

you’ll

Gameplay 8 Solid handling, easy to pick

up and

new track

editor

weak: but gameplay

is

intuitive

— — — r"i i

i

tracks of varying lengths—so

i

ii

i'

i

nothing but the clock, the

those mistakes

'i

i

Sound 7 Good soundtrack but annoying engine sounds

usually pits you against

races. V-Rally corrects both of

pretty fast.

Official

-4

1

Graphics 8

first,

Great looking with a smooth framerate

flaws

because it sends you back to the

110

So

JIM PRESTON

There are 16

riots.

The two most pervasive

to

in

like

cricket, high tea

prize

The

have fun

ally racing is

1

(dogfights/sightseeing), tactical

and

Test Drive V- Rally How to

after you've mastered

these moves, there’s the game’s three

Happily, this game's amazing realism stops just before the cops arrive at the still-smoking scene of your accident and swat you with a whopping $1600 ticket for driving without insurance.

you

real challenge will

dogfighting

with proficiency.

split if

don’t sign on for the basic

yo-yo, split roll

in

and F-104J fighter enough bunch of balloon targets

F-15, F-2A

you’re

game that simply

challenges your abilities to

different sharpshoooting

i

Score: 8 www.DailyRadar.com


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io.w

IRLD OF INTENSE ACCURACY, hand unbelievable deYails. <1ET OUT THERE AND DESTROVilT. It’s

Gundam

Side Story 0079, Rise

from the Ashes with 3D battle simulation, movie-quality sound

Gundam -

track and

destruction.

Monthly™

mass

quality

Gaming

Electronic

called

it, "...

some

of the

richest graphics yet on Dreamcast.

Each of the mechs are cut with so

much

detail,

they look like

And a glance

glance.”

insidious Zaku

FMVat a

is

all

the

forces will get,

before your jump

jet

action

and

zoom-in weapon features blow

them

into

another dimension.

FANG2

LONG

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Sunrise. All rights reserved.


TESTZONE Missions take place

in

imaginable—except

for

In-Depth Reviews

“Hidden and Dangerous can be one

a

hell of

ride.” garbett kenyon

snow, fog, rain and every other terrain a mine-cart level. No carts here.

If you’ve ever played Rainbow Six on Dreamcast, then you’ll be prepared for the learning curve on the controls for Hidden and Dangerous. If not, then get ready to use every button on your controller.

many points enemy soldiers

At

in

the game,

will literally pour through open doors—so always be prepared for the worst. It’s like going to the mall.

ngerous Good

Ill idden and Dangerous

V I

l isa P er ect example of

I

f

how

game will, once in awhile, manage to overcome flaws and

bugs

in

the game’s design. At

glance,

it’s

notice the flaws

way a

Hidden and Dangerous can be one hell of a ride.

certain elements

of a

first

You just gotta know where

can be

stuff

soldier

not difficult to in

will

H&D: the

bang

his

head

The game takes

Want a

every aspect of pre-mission planning, from choosing their

them

water. to

with

HIDING & DANGEROUS:

BETTER than graphics and

impressive, with up to four

THE BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS

machine guns and two types of bazookas

most venomous creatures in the world. It hides by blending in with rocks and sand, but the rings around its suckers turn neon blue whenever it decides to strike. One bite will kill an adult human: and it's wise to remember that octopi are among the most

the

models that and marred

player

are slightly blurry

by an occasional stutter

in

framerate; the tricky controls,

which can be downright frustrating for first-timers.

However, once you

manage

game and past bad impression,

of

weapons

available

available— plus a respectable arsenal of various smaller guns.

Once

may

the mission, players

in

either revert to the

Map page

in

soldier, or

a specific

use a series of

Official# Dreamcast Magazine November /

handy

order to issue

specific orders for

the

112

IT

is

different kind of

to get into the initial

of

war

virtual

2000

in-

REALLY DOES SUCK

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is

one

of the

intelligent animals in the sea: they're

fast learners, excellent problem solvers and proven strategists. In other words, if you meet one, don't count on winning the fight. Look sharp!

air,

land or

Yugoslavia, Germany,

Norway, Czechoslovakia, and the North Atlantic (aboard a sinking ship,

no

the Al

is

less).

Beware, though—

exactly as difficult

unpredictable as

and

we have come

to expect from military strategies in

the vein of Rainbow Six

most

(it’s

closely related competitor).

But considering

all

that this

game has going for it would be a shame to dismiss it for a it,

few flaws. So

more

garrett kenyon

if

you

still

wanted on the

after taking a spin

.

Dreamcast

H&D

variety?

Campaigns take players

Italy,

rollercoaster, this is the next

its ilk.

little

different vehicles— in

Players control

killing.

assorted projectiles. The variety

right?);

ride to take,

interesting for far longer

machines

Nazi

troops to arming

life,

more

also allows players to drive ten

we do that all the time— but games are supposed to be

course,

Rainbow Six strategy

than most other II,

to look.

26 missions in all, flow smoothly together and stay far

of America’s favorite pastimes:

repeatedly against a tree before (of

to guide

you

back to the days of World War where you’ll partake in one

deciding to go around

it

game commands

whole detachments around. The six campaigns, made up of

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Graphics 6 A bit blurry, i

i

but look closer-they're well-drawn

i

i

i

i

i

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i

i

Sound 7 Generally appropriate—and at times truly immersive

Control 6

Takes awhile

to

i

master; a keyboard i

i

i

i

is

easier i

i

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Gameplay 7 Definitely difficult: but strangely rewarding i

i

i

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Score: 6 www.DailyRadar.com


“SF3 has the best

2D

animation we’ve seen

in

In-Depth Reviews

a fighting game.” evanshamoon

TESTZONE

With a nice mix of the and the not-so-

familiar

much, Third

Strike’s

character selection is We have been playing a LOT of SF3

excellent.

lately.

Too much.

i

r'fiiit

ma

Street Fighter 3: You only

enough lint, cheese and curiously

fighting stylo.

crusty discharge collects

got a few

very so often

in

our eye sockets that

forced take a

we

are

moment out of our

busy days and actually

It

bumps a new-

school hip-hop soundtrack.

weren’t

What this means, of course, is we run the risk of missing

fighting

customizable.

And

Street Fighter

game

game.

It’s

it’s

2D in

a

the newest

out there.

Need we say more?

Fortunately, at the end

is

lot

H.UlL-U.I.IHJ.h

Capcom’s third attempt

perfecting the

SF3 formula

VISUALLY, THIRD STRIKE IS LOVELY. While the fighters are still low-res sprites (grrrrrr...), their illustrations

of completely original content

here,

at

and animations are superb throughout. (Note the subtle shadings in these

somewhat spotty character-design and implementation faces!) Unlike the

is

the

best-looking—and arguably the best-playing—Street Fighter to date.

It

game

rocks an old-school

www.dreamcastmagazine.com

is in

many ways

a

skills-based alternative to the

This

is

not a

Capcom 2. game that naturally

balances opponents; a skilled will

have no

problem cleaning the

many ways, 3S

whole way through.

are there,

we

If

flaws

sure didn't see 'em.

EVAN SHAMOON

fighting bliss.

In

a throwback to

is

foregoing over-the-top style and intensity in favor of finely-tuned,

methodical combat. This

is

a

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thinking man’s fighting game.

And

if

you want cool features,

GRAPHICS 9

check out the system-direction option screen. for

It’s

A wonderfully illustrated and animated

a ten page

and more, ad anything

in

on chain combos

infinitum.

this

game

If

there's

you don’t

like,

odds are you can change

This

is

who

it.

quite possibly the finest

2D beat ’em up to

date,

and a

for Street Fighter

fans

haven’t been kept up to

date with the series.

i

i

customizing gameplay—

you can cancel super arts, enable

must-have tight the

pick up a copy of unadulterated

floor with

button-mashing newbies.

the old school Street Fighter,

air blocking, turn

Third Strike.

While there’s not a whole

and

menu

to behold the pristine Street

Fighter glory that

of you

run out

important to understand that

Street Fighter vet

of a

recent blink, our eyes reopened

all

insanity of Marvel vs.

totally it’s

before

kombo kadets

Third Strike

animation we’ve ever seen

game.

to. First,

grab yourself a copy of this one,

including perennial favorite

the release of yet another Street

want

45-hit

Double Impact—

Chun-Li—and the best

blink.

Well, clearly, no. But we

It’s

new characters that

in

that

Fighter

strike

live thrice

Go out and

November 2000

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——— CONTROL 9

Mmmmm...Street Fighter...

GAMEPLAY

9

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i

i

i

i

i

i

i

i

it.

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1ESIZ0NE

In-Depth Reviews

“Cannon Spike

in

a nutshell: stuff wants shooting." greg orlando way the Cannon

That’s the

Spiked

(or flamed).

gets heroines Cammy

(right)

Capcom

and B. B. Hood (below), square off against boss characters of the robot variety— damn you, you hated automatons!

Cannon Spike serves as sort of a Capcom high school reunion for some angry characters who are carrying rather large guns while strapped to wheeled transports. And while Homecoming King Ryu isn’t here to share in the festivities, Queen Cammy is.

Cannon Spike Shoots to

a

And almost

thrill...

apcom’s Cannon Spike does have a plot, but

decimate the waves and waves

here’s the fun

of

nutshell: stuff

in

a

wants shooting.

The game scoops up five recognizable

hand and

hits the

projectile attacks to

enemies that

game’s ten

inhabit the

levels.

Spike subtly tips

Along the way,

its

hat to

Capcom heroes

(among them Arthur from Ghosts 'n' Goblins and Cammy and Charlie from Street Fighter plus two new characters, and thrusts them into a world in which violence

is

at

once the

disease and the cure

(ain’t

The straightforward

blast-'em-

action, best experienced with

a friend

in

two-player in

mode,

the third-person

point of view, with every inch of brutality

shown from an isometric

perspective. Characters zip

around on high-powered motor boots, employing various hand-to-

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providing for both rapid-fire

is

clearly ripped

straight from Resident Evil,

and

Four separate attacks are

blasting

to the

and

DC

controller,

music from Indiana Jones and

stomping. Characters can only

the Temple of Doom

shoot

is

featured

in

Although BLAME THE CAPCOM name game on Mike Tyson. Because Capcom couldn't release Street Fighter 2 in America its Mike lyson-esque boxer

with

character

named "M.Bison/' a name

When

the

game crossed

the Pacific,

was renamed M. Bison; the boxer Bison became and the Spanish brawler Balrog;

Balrog became Vega. And thusly, everyone became confused. Nuclear physicists couldn't explain

why Capcom

calling the

reverted to

American Vega character

Balrog within the confines of Spike, but

Cannon

we have our suspicions.

it’s

no

deeper

some good-natured

fun and solid

feel.

To defeat enemies, players

must

distance, but the slow-moving

robots can be tackled at kissing

cousins

in Power Stone 2; a smooth and snappy framerate

distance. Cool bosses

bosses

(like

enables the characters to move

Fighter

villain

in

and sub-

the be-clawed Street Vega, called Balrog

Spike, and the zombified Bio

environments; slowdown, even

Gorilla,

when

symphony. Unfortunately, these

multiple

moving or

enemies are

firing

never rears

its

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add

to the

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forth

and shoot. And then shoot some more

gaming

maneuvers are pretty much limited to one note played

orchestral

i

efficiency; fire-spraying

care that shaped their distant

seamlessly across the themed

the ear bleeds.

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loving

like

game, greg orlando

We're thinking of a toned-down Power Stone

character models have been

same

you

continually shift tactics for

maximum

rendered with the

that note, you’ll

if

love this

and easy-

fighting/shooting play. Detailed

ugly head. Very nice, indeed.

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an almost Robotron- ic

than a dime, Spike doles out

until

But

the direction they’re

facing, but nice lock-on

level.

over and over

fist-meets-face

to-handle strafing features add

the boss character Vega all

takes place

mapped

choked-level

during a mine cart

switch had to be quickly enacted.

that the truth).

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games and films—one zombie and decaying-dog various

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Customization is the name of this game. At the ‘carrozzeria’ (yep, that’s really what it’s called), you can order a car to your specs much like you’d order a pizza: except you don’t have to worry about they’re going to remember to hold the anchovies.

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IN SEGA GT, one of the main options on the game select screen is “Internet.” Selecting this option takes you quickly

and efficiently to an Internet dial-up screen— where your game will then be connected to the Sega GT official page, enabling you to access all kinds of cool features and options. You can even

swap cars with other players online— we’re betting that this will be the most popular feature— and save them onto your VMU. You can also compare race times, and swap stories with buddies.

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it

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cars:

gameplay options, either. There are three ways to race: in split

Whooeeee!

Sega GT has over two and we can’t even spell the noise that this number causes us to make. But there’s a

little

quite

cars:

Still,

we have to

admit, that’s

cat-sized

Honda Z to

included

in

the

truly

menu truly

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races

in

order to climb to the top

a

KILLER APP! the system. Nicely balanced, gloriously

game, even though every instinct will be begging you to twitch and yank your way around corners. The analog stick responds to the merest whisper of movement, in

challenging, frank o connor

accordance with awesome physics that varies with each

As a game, Sega GT is far less anal and irritating than Gran

What about Saturn?

already bought and even trade

Turismo, with more emphasis

a

US

little

of A,

Saturn's one of

and we're just looking

appreciation for a

for

company

that brings us affordable, chic

“virtual garage,"

build cars

which

lets

you

from scratch,

your rejects with friends and rivals via

Naturally,

VMUs all

or the Internet.

of this costs

money—which can

entertaining ads). After all, where would we be without the three-door

November 2000

car-every

virtual

on that of

its

real

design life

is

based

counterpart.

placed on racing and a

earned by winning races.

The controls are everything you’d have asked for

if

the

and tracks contain exactly the right amount of visual variety. On a

VGA

monitor,

GT is by far the game available—

prettiest driving

abode one evening for a

and

little

overall,

it’s

.

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GRAPHICS 8 Stunning with loads of attention to car models

Sound 8 Crap “rawk" that can be quieted, nice engine FX

much

more enjoyable customization interface. And graphically, it's a winner; cars are crisply rendered

designers had dropped by your

deep and immensely

*—^Official.vMagazirte

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the best racer for

i

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CONTROL 7 Twitchy, over-realistic controls i

only be

transportation (combined with

on

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turn divided into

is in

and events where you can enter (and win) several leagues

their seat-backs for a friend? Sheesh.

certainly isn’t short

neatly into two parts—a racing

sim, which

coupe, so ingeniously introduced by Saturn for drivers too lazy to push up

runs

itself splits

it’s

are what’s required to win at this

customize the ones you’ve

the it

the gamut.

And

great

The game

it:

chat—subtle, delicate measures

of the motorsport ladder—and a

We mean, c'mon!

like

(yes,

has a truck engine), the Ford FR Mustang SVT Cobra R, and the Audi 4WD TT 1.8T Quattro, GTs automotive

it’s still

the leading automotive engineers in

US version)

mean

SURE, IT'S EASY to pick a glamorous and slick car like the Dodge Viper to US manufacturers in GT, but are we the only group of editors gutsy enough to ask the big question:

inspirational vehicles (newly

the legendary Dodge Viper

mode, but

represent

the one

liter-engined Daihatsu or the

house

draw-in and pop-up

BUT WHAT

a pretty big number. From like

bit of

ABOUT SATURN?

on around

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awesome beasts

a

in this

catch, of course: that’s

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If

we wouldn’t let

hand,

her

in.

at our door

We’d go so

naked with this game in her far as to call the police.

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played

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other always told us if you can’t say something nice, you that

shouldn’t say anything at

Had we subscribed

2000

so you don't have to

it

all.

bother. There’s

awful control elevates the

scraping of each

to this

no

to

little

noticeable difference between

the bikes themselves, and the

new track’s

advice, the review for the

guardrails into a strange sort of

lamentable

art form.

pile of

horridness

To the point: McGrath is a GDROM; a poor excuse for a PlayStation

game

that has been shoddily ported to

Dreamcast with nary an

game

tug of the rider

an inopportune moment (such as in a jump) can send a rider flying into the dirt, where he will suck earth like a Hoover.

Game

physics are similarly

weak, and players can rails

ride the

or slam into other racers

without losing the slightest

bit

of speed.

improvement. On PlayStation, the

little

to jerk wildly— and a hard tap at

turd pressed onto a

motorcycle supercross

Each

DC analog stick causes a

known as Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 would be about six words long. Maybe five.

plays poorly

A decent track

editor

and a

mode where you can air on the moon serve as

freestyle

enough—and it looks like someone’s bloated, taco-

the game’s only redeeming

induced nightmare (yo quiero

features.

catch

Pepto Bismol). On the 128-bit

And even they redeem McGrath's (or

Dreamcast, poor Jeremy's

Acclaim’s) blackened soul.

flaws are only magnified.

Shame, shame, shame. Beat your breasts and light the

To begin again: Monkeys threw poop on the wall and

what stuck was McGrath.

game

can’t

pyre, guys, greg orlando

graphics are blurry

and muddy, with

all

the track

textures rendered as

strand of grey-brown

one long

muck

(regardless of whether the

when things get nasty. Sound effects carry just punch—or

breathtaking ferocity

and cinematic

In-

brilliance.

the right degree of

The

subtlety—for every situation, and

sense of impending doom is immediate and wonderfully

voice performances are above

uncomfortable— and we’re kept on edge throughout the entire

synch, at times). But the real

four

GDROMs. And throughout

average

(albeit

aural bliss it

is in

a

bit

|—^^Official:>'' Magazine

,

Dreamcast

out of

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the game’s

GRAPHICS 8

music, which works beautifully

Beautifully detailed environs; repugnant critters

course holds packed earth or

all, in

mud). The riders themselves

character speaks nary a word.

a genius

twist,

the main

as a bridge between horrors. i

are poorly rendered and

somewhat riding

pixelated;

evident. in

Someone forgot to

put

that fabled third frame of

rider animation,

and

it

shows.

During the various races

and challenges, players can unlock new bikes and tracks, but generally,

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it’s

Typical adventure is

clearly

is

D2

as they’re

along the various tracks,

their jerkiness

best not to

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is

graphically

superb.

The overall look of characters and environments is photorealistic, and Warp’s designers have succeeded in creating a truly

desolate visual

fear the

feel. You’ll

moments when you

have to embark on journeys to solve the will

game’s mysteries, and

actually jump off the

couch

gameplay

relieved by realtime RPG-type

battles,

complete with experience

points as rewards for the heroine.

There’s a speck of iffyness'

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music WILL 1

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instill

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CONTROL 6 Similar to others of the genre; a tad twitchy

in

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the control (easily overcome),

and the game clocks

in

at under

your poor nerves really take any

more than that?)-but if you want to scare yourself silly, D2 just the ticket, russell garbutt

Gameplay 7 Resident Evil meets Parasite Eve.

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Crave

3D hack

we say more?

Arcade beat ’em up fun

EXPENDABLE

Infogrames

FIGHTING FORCE 2 Eidos

Port of a

FUR FIGHTERS Acclaim

Stuffed animal shoot

Death, destruction,

Rockstar

SIDE STORY: 0079 Bandai

INCOMING

MAKEN X

for

It’s all

Interplay

own ambitious design

its

one round, and then

Simple, straightforward shooter

GRAND THEFT AUTO 2

GUNDAM

boring to some, but excellent to others

slash that trips over

'n

vermny mediocre 3D

First

a

fits its title

it's

just repetitive

action game, with repetition galore

cars...a treat for delinquents

3D

in this

and on the ground...yawn

person slash ’em up with loads of story and innovative elements

M)K2 Interplay

Hyperaction sequel send up of an old favorite with

NIGHTMARE CREATURES 2 Konami

Goth-styled

RAINBOW

Nov/Dec 99

4WHEEL THUNDER Midway

Tough as

Mar/Apr 00

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Bad physics and bland visuals crash

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3D romp

slash with pretty intentions but repetitive gameplay

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Multiplayer franchise goes ballistic with

Sega

2ND OFFENSE Activision

Hasbro

ZOMBIE REVENGE Sega

Arcade

style

through childhood. Toys, guns and dinosaurs!

terrain

worm-on-worm action

beat 'em up with zombies and no

real

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OMIKRON

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Difficult,

DC

Raziel ventures to

Ambitious

3D

up by voice acting and cameras

some damaging flaws

airship survival horror with

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title

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yummy graphics and

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Great looking platformer with plenty of fun and quirk...a

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KING

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3D with style and more substance; an

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POWER STONE Capcom

Innovative

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Brilliant

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Gravity-free

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Glorious

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STREET FIGHTER TECH

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The old

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Arcade slam

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WWF engine with some very poor graphics make this a dud fest for

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even one!

NFL BLITZ 2000 Midway

Hyper arcade football action, but no upgrade

Bad gameplay mars a good franchise with no remorse

mmm

in

graphics or gameplay at

all

Thebest football videogaming sim ever to grace the small screen

|

NHL2K Sega

One

READY 2 RUMBLE BOXING Midway

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

great hockey

game that suffers from

only minor flaws

RIPPIN’ RIDERS Sega

Snowboarding

STRIKER PRO 2000 Infogrames

An adequate soccer sim with some severe gameplay problems

TEE OFF GOLF Acclaim

Super deformed

TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER Crave

Hands down the best skater

fest that

may be shallow,

golfers 'tee-off to

ever!

but

VIRTUA STRIKER 2 Sega

DC

VIRTUA TENNIS Sega

The best tennis game

WWF ATTITUDE Acclaim

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EVOLUTION

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SILVER Infogrames

2D RPG with minimal storyline

Nice looking, but tough Overly simplified

FAR OFF PROMISE UbiSoft

SEVENTH CROSS: EVOLUTION UFO

dungeon crawler with great great characters

Cute sequel with more of everything, but not a whole

Wacky breeding sim with Action

RPG

hijinks

ensue

after hero’s wife gets

lot

RPG

time-traveling

with

jacked by

empire

evil

6 5 7

8

more

complex gameplay

simplistic graphics but

good intentions but no follow-through

Xatrix

Team goes

wet,

maniacal, bubble-busting fun. Perfect for two players

wacky, and

it's

mouse

cat 'n

it

crazy in Sega’s

online endeavor

first

could be fun for two players— but

isn't

it

GIGAWINGTommo

Old-school

HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 Sega

Lightgun shooter sans lighten hurts this arcade classic only slightly

2D

shooter for diehard fans of the arcade genre

Flight

sim gets loopy with cool

tough controls and concept

play, but

South Park license abused for gameshow aesthetic-boo

SPACE CHANNEL 5 Sega

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

SEAMAN Sega

Weird, ornery fishman-raising sim...expect

ALLOY ARCADE STICK

some

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Cool looking chrome arcade stick with eight programmable buttons.

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ARCADE FIGHTER STICK AGETEC

A must

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Cel shading gets

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risk

more depth than the

anime

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Infogrames

little flat in

ISSUE

7

4

May/Jun 00

5

6

places

with or without the online support.

stuff,

chances.

Smooth, ambitious hoverboard racing falls a

It’s

Go Capcom!

weapons filter done Namco’s usual way:

its

Great looking street racer with very limited courses-one.

TRICKSTYLE Acclaim

Cute mascot puzzler that should be outlawed for addictive qualities

fighter with questionable controls

mechs beat one another up

Crappy controls and questionable physics dampen

TOKYO XTREME RACER Crave

MR. DRILLER Namco

some odd

take a

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

TNN HARDCORE HEAT ASC Games

WETRIX+

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punch but a good lineage

willing to

four-player fighting with

Yu Suzuki’s arcade

TANGRAM Activision

no

it

Sonic

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

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3D

fighter with

us forget

let

Deeply flawed arcade motorcycler that ends up being kinda fun

CHUCHU ROCKET Sega

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UbiSoft

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Midway

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UbiSoft

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best looking characters around in

cart racing

7

instant classic

00

more mediocre

Shadowman

aimed at fans of the genre and characters perfection!

Mar/Apr 00

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Hawed

bland at times

touches

Fastpaced 2D

Three-member tag teams done to 2D

00

looks

anyone over 10.

and framerate problems

Same game, same

console treatment and comes out kicking

fighter gets the

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM Capcom

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2 Capcom

May/Jun 00

Issue 6: Jul/Aug

for

difficulty

BUST-A-MOVE 4 Acclaim

Outdated engine does nothing new on Dreamcast; what a shame

Complex, strategic

Capcom/Tommo

FIGHTERS DREAM MATCH 1999 SNK

little

Nov/Dec 99

Issue 5:

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some

racer;

TIME STALKERS Sega

Solid, dark, gothic underworld

Eidos

rally

00

SHADOWMAN Acclaim

Crave

Cartman and gang are back

it

others need not apply

all

racer with charm and gameplay for the whole family

Issue 7: Sep/Oct

classic survival horror series

anti-hero,

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RC

2

Slow, plodding horror adventure with an interesting plot but

romp as comic

Mini

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It’s

detail

overcomes plain wrapping

Wacky penguin racer too goofy and short

Great handling

ARMADA

6

9 10

classic

An amazing and fitting sequel to the

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8 5

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3D

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

SUPER MAGNETIC NEO

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MYMAN 2 UbiSoft

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6

excellent racer

Slick looking racer that doesn’t handle as well as

Crave

Infogrames

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Tank shooter with bland graphics, but some intense

COMMANDER

an

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Port of a great arcade water racer that

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Precision handling

SPEED DEVILS

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could-be racer prematurely

this

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SUZUKI ALSTARE EXTREME RACING

6

and a deranged hero

road type racer with Hydro Thunder sensibilities

CART Racing done with some good attention

00

3D weapons-based hack

bottom of the DC

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WORLD GRAND PRIXSega

00

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FLAG TO FLAG Sega

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7

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little

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mayhem and

about the anime mechs

Repetitive alien blast-fest in the air

Sega

5

too rough around the edges to really shine

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bad.

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be beat. But no screen-no minigames.

can't

Neo Geos

Programmable and cool-looking, but

together for multiplayer action. its

cumbersome shape

blows.

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

Excellent lightgun but not quite as

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SUPER SONIC CONTROLLER Beamscope

This thing

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This rumble pack accessory works,

INNOVATION 4 MEGABYTE

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a

refill

Mess With The Weather

two codes

If you want to add a little variety to the weather in Flag To Flag (or take complete control of it because you’ve always fancied yourself a burly Thor-type), these

you wish to race on, just press and hold the following button combinations to get

will

help you do

it.

Both are

entered at the Track Selection screen

in

Arcade Mode: While choosing the track

the desired effect—and

SELECT COURSE

continue to hold them

down

health

until

the track

code and a Super code

finishes loading.

that enables you to

you’ve entered a code

every

enemy

with

kill

If

the effect

correctly,

one

blow. Here’s the trick:

should be apparent as

before you enter any

soon as you’ve started Round 8

cheats during gameplay,

will

skip the intro movie and

the Main Menu. Now, start a

emerge at game and

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the race.

Detroit

After you enter the Super code, you’ll notice that every slice you take at a baddie will cause 50,000 master code that points of damage! ‘enables’ the whole set during gameplay press the START To enter the master code, press button to pause the game. Then at the Title screen that says press any of the following button “Press Start.” If it's done correctly, you

you must enter a

combinations to activate the desired

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+ L£> +

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If

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your cheats.

Super Code +

+

*

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+

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no cheats

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game just

exist.

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for invincibility isn’t

going to get

easier—you pretty much have to stop eating, peeing and sleeping in order to finish

it.

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we can

help you

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As with most Dreamcast games, you can + pause gameplay and then press to get a clean pause screen without any

charming platformer, but we have got the scoop on the exact order in which you can unlock the furniture

Slow Motion Mode

in Neo’s room. It’s unlocked in a strict sequence, regardless of the level you’re on. For example, if you’ve

will

for this

fulfilled all

three objectives

4, you’ll unlock the

same

furniture that you’d get it’s

all

in level

piece of

on

level 1-1

your first piece). So here’s how goes: i.

fan

2.

4-

(if it

short time, everything

move

very slowly.

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when you

buttons

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main menu and load a level or

fancy chest

3.

exotic plant

game—that

the

game

4.

study desk

underwear and

chair

is, unless you've got a

his

5. 6.

rug

7.

10.

side table cheap cabinet books and puzzle mini audio system

11.

computer

9.

is

activated— and for a

you can’t cheat at this

8.

start

from the beginning of Kurt

will

be

in

fire

bullets out his index finger.

GameShark.

Are these boxers, briefs or both? Here’s the real Kurt, as seen by the Panning Camera. Warning: this perspective makes a tough game impossible. Just re-enter the code to reverse the effect and go back to the normal camera.

Panning Camera if you want to make it nearly impossible game (and pause gameplay

to control the

altogether), press

then press

and hold

JJ

+

^ and

oooo When

you

game, the camera

will

12.

nice seat

return to the

13.

desk lamp

pan all around your character (depending on where your character

14. freezer

and bowl set famous art print

15. fish 16.

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says that the

right that

cheats

the market:

gameplay as Doctor

Full Pause Screen And Hidden Artwork And Sounds

conserve

real

fart cheat, begin

Hawkins, then press

nicer...

the

Unlocking The Furniture

hit

With a single code, you can make Doctor Hawkins fart up a storm. To activate the

While playing as Max, press and hold

Slow Motion

There are apparently no

Fart

{Smell's scent

technology hasn’t really

is in

the environment).

writing or graphics to

mess up your view

of the paused action. Also typically of

DC titles, you can insert your MDK2 game disc into a PC and see all kinds artwork while you

listen to

of

a variety of

the game’s sound effects— including

some is

great

found

November 2000

in

MP3

blooper tracks.

the “mdk2”

Official

All this

directory.

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Criminal Cheats Since this game is already about being a criminal, you might as

way

well cheat your

through it—and we’ve pulled together

the

all

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Little

Time

Those of you who have ever entered a code into any of the NBA Jams, NFL Blitz or any of the Mortal Kombat games should be familiar with the following cheats for NBA Showtime: NBA On NBC. All of them are entered

cheats you need to

at the “Tonight’s Match-Up" screen you

blow right through

see after you’ve chosen your team and are about to begin a match. The cheats are input by pressing the Turbo, Shoot and Pass buttons a

it.

There's even a cheat to get

rid

of the cops

was

it

real)! All

all

we wish

together (don’t

menu where you

enter your name, after

you’ve selected

New

from the Main Menu. Press the button before you

D-pad

Start with

Maximum Wanted

4I!I-J!J!I!I:1J

represents the Pass button. So, for

example, to enter the Fog cheat,

Maximum Respect

$500,000

For

All

Pass— and then press the D-pad Up.

a specified direction and

ABA

Unlimited Double

99

Unlimited

Lives

Damage Power-up

Weapons

be

2-3-2

Show Shot

Midway Uniform

Ball

9

4-0-1

Alternate Uniform

Power-up

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4-3-0

*

Percentage

Night fog ** 1-2-3

*

Away Uniform

Gun

4-2-0

BIGFRIES

*

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Unlimited Flame Thrower

Big

TOASTIES

2-0-0

Unlimited Energy

Have same weapons

INFINITY

LOSTTOYS

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Police

2-0-1

*

9

4-0-1

No Replays

Blizzard 1-3-1

9

3-3-1

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Pedestrians

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9

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9

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all. All

will

if

with

some

codes, beating Wild Metal should be no trouble

you get the code

gameplay (do NOT pause), and the

effect

Finally,

there are

some secret courts hidden

invincibility

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Island Court

* + TURBO

Health

Down, Down, (), O-

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1

(Left)

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within the

only.

game. To play on any of them,

press and hold one of the button combinations from the

list

below, right after you've

chosen your team and players. Continue to hold the button combination until the match begins—when it does, you should be playing in the court you’ve selected.

right.

0

124

cheat when playing a two-player game. **Affects outdoor courts

Hidden Courts

of the cheats are entered during

be dramatic

9

*

Both teams must agree on

at

*

Tournament Mode i-i-i

Wild Cheats Now that you’re armed

9

Tip Off

4-4-4

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*

*

Thick Fog **

3-4-5

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Fog **

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Team Uniform

1-2-3

in-pink Molly

Multiplier

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No Hotspots

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life

So thre is what happened to pretty-

LAWLESS 5X

after losing

Heads

*

Swamp 1-2-3

Levels

SESAME

9

Snow ** 1-2-1

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BIGGUNS

will

o-o-i

Invisibility

SC00BYD0

BIGCATS

name

Gangs

ALLFREND

$9,999,999

DBLWAMMY

All

you’ll

press Turbo, Shoot, Shoot, Pass, Pass,

The numbers printed below each cheat refer to the number of times

ULTIMATE

All

1

need to press each different The first number represents the Turbo button, the second represents the Shoot button and the third

displayed onscreen.

Level

BADBOYZ

cheat.

MUCHCASH Start with

in

the activated cheat’s

©

new

y

button.

specific

Since the point of the game is to earn money by committing crimes, then entering the $9,999,999 cheat must be the equivalent of grand larceny.

Game

enter each

I

you’ll

number of times, each of which changes the icons at the bottom of the screen. After you’ve hit buttons in the requisite sequence, press the

the

cheats are entered at the

i

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