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-SEGA SATURN MAGAZlNE ff " SeBa'S Vf 2 "update" is Saturn bound this month, and even from ttis 80% complete version, we can le. it's gOIng to be massive! In tlis six page feature, wel lel you exactly why it Should be on YOOR wiSh Hst this Auturm.

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With Euro '96 out of the wa): Sega I.fieash their hot new footie title, ready for the new footban season. Is it any good? Believe us, tl'iS iSjust about the best we've seen on ANY system!

46 VIRTUA COP 2 Already on its way 10 becoming the number one Ctvistmas title, Virtua Cop 2 is looking stunning! We brinll you more 00 the 50% complete version!

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IT'S DOOM FOR THE ne of the fim pmes ilnrMMIneed when the Saturn was tint ~ ..sed In .bfNI" In "-",bel' '1994 _Id soft\Q~'1; dusk Doom - tM mod popub, JolI~ In recentvlOeop~ hl$toty. Slnce~ MUllnl has ~ heard ofthrt I,me who..as 6eomopinllt, who _ PU."ishinllt and most ImporbnUy wheft I t _ oomfna out - IN oftNs.--.ifttd 11ft)'Stery. untiI-. SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE

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on the might of the demonllcill milSses in il tum-plilY SCenilno.rt·s gfC:ilt fun. but better still isthe~ DeilthMoltch mode In this rendition of the gilfnC. the ~s ilfC: deilred of illl monsters ilnd extfil Wl!ilponS. .. mmo. ilnd power-ups ilre strewn ilCfOSS the environs. The objective here is simple - it's kill Of be killed. ~stlng)'OUr opponent tode..th giW:s)'OU I ffilg ilod it·s liter.lllythe plil)'el" who gets the most ffilgs who is the winner_The I't.,ptiltlon version 01 Doom _ il greilt two-pl¥'" experience ilnd the Silturn version!ohould be jud ilS goodl

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1T'S1UlIUYER! Doom looks like being the very first Europeiln Silturn title to U5e the mythallinkup able fof some two-p/ilyef ilCtion. 1.et us just uy thilt until Dub- Nutem )0 ilnd Quilb- turned up on PC. Doom _ undisputedly the best multipl~r gilfnC In exls,~.

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d istractions and immefse'syou complelely in the game. It can be connected to any game system (via the typica l video cables) and runs of its own power supply. Undoubtedly the SCfeen picture isin(fedibte.justli~ea mini-TV and Ihe stereo sound is also top-notch. Cerhinly the lightwelght.e~sily~djustableheadsetiscom·

fortable to wear for long periods but at around 40,000 ~n (twice the cost of a Saturn) you have to~skwho'sgoinglobeabletoaffofditI0ur

feporter at the show Iried ,tw,lha PlayStation racing g~me ~nd was most impressed with the VR effect when the car was dflvt'n in first per· son perspectivt'. you really want to keep turning )'(lu r headwhenYOlltakeacofner.Uslngltw,th SaturnNlghtsisal~anincrediblefeelingone re~lly has to e~perience to beli~_ We might well havt' a fuller report on this Inan upcoming issueoflhisfinemag

AI the recent coin-op prl!$S lolunch pllrty for Virtull Fighter 3 (see Coin-Oper.oot ed this issue),Segll revellled prototyp4! versions of their hot new lIr(olde wllres . As _11 015 the fl ol gship VF), two new products stilnd out ilS being potentiollly e:l((eptionlll new gllmes.

First up ISlln exciting dediuted ublnet game bolsed on Ihe oc:un_going sport of jet-skIIng. Afull·si.ejet·skl is mounted in front of the monitor, iI ndit hllndll!$lInd relicts just like the reillthlng. ForeXilmple, by standing upilnd p ulllng back on the jet-ski, you ciln perform ilmil zlngjumps off huge WilveS. The gilme itself is best deKribed as WolveRilce on the Nl ntendo 64 but much, much better.

The second golme is even better. Tetsuya Mizuguchi ofSegil RilIlYilnd Molnx TT fllme hu left AM) 10 set up his own AM division. The first fruit of his lolbour Is a golme bolsed on the world tOllring Cllr ch ampionships. If you've never see ntout· Ing ClIr races, it basically involves nutler drivers tilklng production cilrs on to maJor circuits to indulge in some pilrtlculolrly dangerous hl-octllne olction.

Bolh titles are sholplng upto be ve<ysp4!clal Ind eed ilnd_'1I hilve further reports In Coln-Operated over the next few months.

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The storyline is most Intriguing. Six months ago. an advanc~ prototype artificial humanoid, cal~ Tohshinhd w ..s stolen from a secret I.. boratory. Dnlgned to ~ the ultlm .. te l.:Iw-cnfordng rnxhlne it has been programmed with a V3St knowt~ge afflghtlng skills .. nd m.. rtl.ll l .llrts. Since the thleYery, the woOd's greatest fighting m ..sters have ~n slowly eUmln.. t~ by the Tohshinhd, It Is you. job to tIX" the machine ckM'n .. od take out its losIdlous corruollers!

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All of this looks most Impressive iflde.rd. We'11 be bringing)VU more debils 0Yrf the coming months,Especlal1y a-s we'wo just hear the news that Sega will be releasing the game 0Yrf here sometime In Autumn!

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ext,emely smooth, ilnd the gilme hil s illot more depth ilrld clilrity thiln we're used to.

As to whilt the hellil 'sprolygon' .s, wc're none the wise', Elsewhere in the game thefea,e little touches thilt reillly mil ke it worth exploring - the ripplingmineeffects,thespectacularexplosionSilrld the clever way the flamethrowe r reflects off the sur , t.Ke of r~rs when it 's fired from a bridge But most oft h lsgilme's appe.-.I lies in the w.-.y th.-.t, hke Loaded, it milkes no ilpologies fo, presenting iI down-to-e.-.rth eomb.I. frenzy w ith on ly minimill dressing, Afterilll,iI's obtigiltoryforeveryeol lectlon to feilture ilt least one game that 's likely to upset .In elde,lyreliltive, The PC YersionofT.-.nki$.-.Ireadycompkie the Saturn COO\Ie,sion takes next p,iot'lly, With Playstiltion followingthi,d, We'Yesecured pictures f,om the small amount of Saturn wor k that is com plete - namely the first few levels, minus most of the opponents who are the only thing that starld betw«n you ilnd you, killing sp,ee We'll be back when there's fTlOIe,

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or so they s;Jy Mind )'01.1, they sily that In the world's most .Jnr'lO)'l"g song. so quitt f~nkly. who uresl Well d"vers in (rime Wilrs certainly care, ~ilUse the whole pOint of t~ gilme is to OiCcumulale loads of tile stuff. Enough to l.'SCa~ those meiln stl~ts ilOe! go kill iI better class of ~fson Eilch l.Jwbreilke' you nilb reilps a differing quantity of cilsh. cilshwhlchmaylhenbespentdoingupyourb<lngerto ImproYe)'Our performilnce, or wved up. Sav1ngcilsh might sound hke the preserve of old ladies, but you'll need to leilrn this tllC!cy skill,ilsyou can

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ing mstead to bestow praise or SpIt insults depending on how well you're doing HIghway 2000 mIght look familiar to a few peopie. That's because It'S basedona racing game released some tIme ago in Japan called Dead Heat The urban style baddrops means It shares something in common WIth Daytona and the PlayStation racer RIdge Racer, although Just whet her It measures upto these in the gameplay is something we've yet todls, ,~,

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If)Ou'vcyet tosua::umb,Actua Golf could be your final temptation. Cre.J1ed by the S<lrTIe lcoam responsible for the amilzing EVlo '96, Actua Golf is detl'rmined to make itsetfthe last word in golf sims.

A quick glaonceat the sueensrots should be enough to tell you that Gremlin'sconfidence isjustifoed. The gr.lpnics .lre looking fanUstic. with Gremlin nuking the most aftMr in-house motion aopture studio W.lninute the d.lSsic golfing poise. right down to picking the bailout afthe hole or crouching W line Up.l shot.

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Considering that the Saturn Is doing so much more extra work. you'd think that the speed Is lower than Vlrtua Fighter 2. Not so - Fighting Vipers runs at the SiIIme speed as VF2 (60 frames a s.econd, equalling the coln-opl, with the only slight compromise being that the super-high fesolutlon ofVF2 hilSn't been retained. Stili. Look atthescreenshots-have

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This is the first game to be completed and _ Qn honestty say that it Is entirety Indistinguishable from the a~ original (the pX version had ropier resolution and sound). The objective is simply to I'iIÂŤ' along the SUfnl'allstic landsapes blasting everything in sight until you face down a Doss.. Extnl excitement is gleaned from the bonus staF wherr you jump atop a dnlgon and smash down everythlns in sight with its serpentine form. This is quite an uncanny conversion would eJepect from a machine as powerful as the '''"'"), ,"' ,'6p.,ItS slmplklty, S~ce Harrier stili has a cermlBht afBue that a tttle that 's 12 has no place on the Saturn, but If the prke 15 right Harrier could certainty supply plemy of cheap thrills.

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This game Is dueto be released In Japan In August and at the t ime of writing (end of July),thegame is all but complete. Sega's conversion team are inthe process of bugtesting their conversion and adding the brilliant music that distinguished th e coin-op originaL We've played th egame and can confirm that Sega'stechnlcians have done something of an incredible job In converting the game across. Everything has been included,from the stunningly smooth sprltescaling to the minl路cameos of the Outrun Ferrari and the Super Hang-On bike-as you can see from one of the Saturn screenshots on these pagesl Again, like Space Harrier it really wouldn't be worth buyingifitwasa normal Saturn release, butata budget price or as part of a compilation it would be good value,

The most celebrilted ofthe Super Scaler colnops, Outrun Isthe 5ega Ages game furthest from completion (it's not due in Japan until September). We've had the chance to check out the Alpha first-playable work-in-progress game and came away very Impres~d with the game as it stands. At the moment it isn't quite as cJosea conversion as the other two, but we can confirm that all of the stages have been included and there Is no multiloading. Despite thefactthateverylevelhasacholceoftwo routes through, we an report th;rt the entire coin-op Is loaded in one go. The CO is used for the music only - this Is coin-op perfect and despitethefactit'sac\eQdeold,It'sstilithebest computer music n'l!t1 Outrun Is no Sega Championship, but the gameplay Is as It was In 1986 and the game has a style and atmosphere to it thatls~"h"dto~"t.I""d',"',

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SSM Whit ~s your orisin;llldea behind the samel SONIC TtAM In the very beglllmng ~ decldw on flymg Th;lt W;lS theveryfirstthlllg The inrtl;ll concept W;lS th;lt clearrng the sky Irke if mine-sweeper would h;lW! a gre;lt feeling Turnlllg ;lrotJlld two or three times. We attachw a great deal of ImjXlrtolnce to the ollglllal concept plan

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SONIC TlAM All sorts of reasons. Especially;ls this W;lS our first time to work on the Saturn ~ wanted to combine our study of the S;lturn wlth;l Irttle time spent Crf';ltlllg;l game Thilfs how thedevelopmentst;lrtwWell,theSaturnisanilmninglyinter, estlllg piece ofhilrdwilre and so people Just kept jollling the teilm and so the result W;lS that It took as long ilS It did Inthe beglnnlngweintendedtospendamuchsmallerperlodoftlme developing for our study but, it just kept on going

SSM Why did you choose the NIGHTS ch,lrilclerl Are)'Ou tired of Sonic1 SONIC TlAM It's not that we've grown tired of Sonic. Even when it'S not the game, in Japan at least there are also the Sonic cartoons, thecharac, ter goods oiInd the editorial supervision work oilS well. Without a brea k Sonic is always appeilrlllg.

So. it's definitely not thefaet thill were bored of him.Rathef,wehaven·tjustgotSonic,~'vegotil

wholellneofcharileterswaitlllgtOilppeilrWefelt it was about time 10 release NiGHTS. We've stili got lots ofcharaetefs left The firsl to come oul was Sonic and then nut was NiGHTS

SSM Do you think NiGHTS will bI! billef than Sonlc1 SONIC nAM The fifst tIme you see NIGHTS he looks iI httle Sinister. Sonic. Wllh his own special signiflCilnce.hasa uniqueimpfession but ilS peopie become bmlliar with NIGHTS, I hope thilt the portion of him theydishke ilt first theywili eventu> aliy come to like

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SONIC TEAM The numbers are a secret but. If you read the staff roll at the end of the game I'm sure you can wor~ It out In the beginning it was around seven people That's not much different from when we did SoniC. Towards the end it became around 10 to 30 people That's right at the vcryend.

ISM Whit dlfficultlu wel' thele from I technical standpoint and how did you oVltlcomethem In the Inltl.1 l\'lelofthe proJecH SONK TlAM There were various difficulties but, wc received a 101 of technical advice from pcoplealreadydcvclopingonlhe Saturn.

While we were working on using the SGL we Included this in and so wc were able toovcrcome the early stages ISM How Ion, did thl dulln work takt?

SONK TtAM Ageslln order to incorporate the original concept plan ifs ta~en about two years from the start of the very first character.

It's probably beuuse SoniC isour maJor flval that in order to create characters that could beat him wespcnt so long In reahty, Sonic is also our own creation but, wc let go and distanced ourselves from him which in turn has allowed us to grow To surpass SoniC was no easy task but for us this was the most challenging aspect Thafs not to say that Sonic is over and done with and from now on it's NIGHTS instead. It had always been our a im to create both characters so that NIGHTS and Sonic could stand together shoul· der to shoulder SSM How did you ,0 .bout dell,nln, the major characters In NICiHTSand what Influlnced thllr dellln?

SOflllC TlAM In order that NIGHTS would be liked by children from all ovcr the world wc did various research in Japan. America and England The results of which arc all refiected In NiGHTS. The NiGHTS characters aren·t the type where on first sec· Ingthemyouimmedi. atclyllkethem but. if you try to use them and watch them moving then you can respond to their behaViour and

beappreClated Really, I want people to sec the characters moving ISM Tht rlnle of le .... llln NIGHTS Is Innedlble. What kind of deslln process did you use to crute theseworldd SONIC TlAM When wc started the process of choos ing the dreams for NiGHTS wc wanted to put variOUS realities into the NiGHTS worlds In the beginninll you can·t approach the base of the rainbow bridge Tha!"s NiGHTS ' world When the br idge Is formed NiGHTS can move fr~ly from onc place to another When that hap· pened we wanted the ch ildren to th i n~ "Wow! NiGHTS Is here l" "He can flyl" In the beglnmngthi1lt"swhi1ltwe wanted to Cfeate We're creating lIames for chlidren from everycount'yNot~ry

chari1lcterwhenthcy first saw it OfcoufSe. now everybody likes him but. it wasn't sudden it took a long time. Maybe also even MickeyMouse In the beglnnll'lg pcople thought "Whafs this/ " but thcy watched him moving and gradually they came to like him Tl'le Situation with the magalinesisthatthey can·tconvcythisimage tothepeoplesoitcan·t

child frorn every country has sccn a rainbow There arc thoscwho have ncYtl secn a rainbow In a rainbow lealItydocsnotelust Instead there·s some· thing more fantastic and somewhat familiar and yet Ifs a world we don·t really understand. Howcvcr, there IS some kind of reality Evcnthoughnobodyunderstandsany. oneelsc'sdreamstoonesclfonesdreamshaVCilnamalingreahty.ln the morning when you wake up you havca faint Idea but. you're not quite sure In other words a dream Isan Incredibly Interesting place.

For this various staff started to rescarch Into dreams. dream inter· pretatlon and depth psycholollY etcetera and studied other variou S thinlls as well Really, If you look deep Into the world of dreams It is tru!yinterestinll And irs beCi1luscwe Kept fnvcstlgatlng more and more that the range and depth of the dream worlds is as wide as it is Howcvcf,the uscr doesn·t havc to be espcclallyaware of this. The

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publicity occasions there have bun, we haven't said much about the 3D routines, the computer graphics or NiGHTS Ie(hnical ability. Wedon't real· Iy want to talk about this poinl to sell the game We(featedthegameinordertoe~pressthereali.

ty of the dream worlds. It's the way in which we have been able to e.press this, that we have suc· ceeded in doing. If in doing so we used polygons so be it. No matter how we did it the reality is that the feeling of the dream worlds is beautiful and that's sufficient . "These polygons are amazing" and that kind of thing but. th at isn't what we want to talk about at all. So many game program· mels talk about how many 100'5 of polygons they're using, trying to sell the game on tha t point but, we don't want to. If you can enjoy the game worlds, if ifs a wonderful feeling flying inside those worlds, if being in those worlds is fun then really If that fundamental point is enjoyable then that's sufficient. So. your question was about NiGHTS' use of the Satuff)'s capabilit ies and t hese aleasprobablye~istbut.we'renotconSciousof

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SSM How wou ld you deKri~ the ¥fry ;lrtlsti( style of NiGHTS? SONIC RAM It's just a httle but. SoniC is i n essence an American style character we think bioi\. If you saywhat's at the centre of NiGHTS we'd have to say that w e deliberately designed its appearance with an EUfoptan and Japanese face but, that the personali. ty is very American in nature Also he's not a hero from the good dreams but, a hero from the nightmares In other words. there's justa hltle bit ofa scary element to hi m. He'scutebut, frightening. Such aspects <lbout him such <IS whether he's a man Of woman aren't known . He has a dual m<lie/female character image. With that image in mind w e then bring in the circus like element. The nishtmareworld issimilartothe circus. In the dark . nessa single spot-light shines, cre<lting th e vividly coloured stag e This kind of element is Included inside the nightmare's darkness to show the beauty of the place. So with the NIGHTSchar<lcterandthe Nightmarens all gathered together It gives the impressionofa cifcusgroup.

Although NiGHTS looks <I little like a jester. when you find him in your dreams wonderful Ihings h<lppen and a new hopt is born within

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SSM How long did it bke to deyelop the 3D program foutines In NiGHTS? SONIC TEAM To continually impro~e the quality we w ere working on the lD program throughout the entire development. Howe~er. compared to our oflglnal plans it didn't really take up that much time. For the most part we used the SGL routines created by Sega. We simply improved on Ihem forthis~ersionandsowe,an'tsay

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the Sonic I<lmes. WhJt npHt do you think is <It t he hurt of NiGHTS? SONK TlAM Being able to fly in the sky is a great experience. Due tothe great feeling of flying pursuit and also the 3D multi·controller, with which the player is really able to feel t h is actual sensation to an amazing degree. you are now able to fly wherever you want to go instinctivety.dose to your senses. I t hink we've created something near to one's own sensation and if everyone can experience t his great feeling then thafsthe best point of NiGHTS. SSM Is NiGHTS the limit of)O on the S;iturn? Whit f urther KOpt for improvement is thert?

SONIC TlAM I don't know. The Saturn has amazing potential. Over time Its power to express will increase. This Is our first Sega Saturn development so of course there's room for improvement.

SSM Does NiGHTS use the SJturn's 10 power u well u Its 3D capabilities? C-iln you gi¥f us some eumplH whefe this Is u~ in the game?

SONIC TlAM I don't know. <laugh> I don't particu· larly want totalk about NiGHTS from a technical aspect.lfycu really want to write that kindofarti· cle thafs fine with me but. writing about the feeling of the NIGHTS' worlds would be much better.

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technical pOints. Magazine people understand but. the child ren who buy the games don't. Words like polygon and 3D have no meaning tothe children. So even ifthese thinss aren't there ifs stil l enjoyable. l1ecentlythese kinds of words have become commonplace <lnd talking about pleasure and enjoyment has become less and less in mag<l' zines. In re<llity <lll we're trying t o do is pass on these dreams to the children with thisg<lme.

Absolutely no-one undtfstands about polygons, irKl~lblt technology. 3D. speedilnd frame rateetcetelil More and mole we f~1 that He mOVie reviews Ifs better to wllte about how intertstmgOf enJoyable It is

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SIM Wh"t kinds of reKtlon h"Ye)'IXI h"d 10 NIGHTS? SONK TlAM We've received good appraisals Everyone IS lookmg forward 10 NIGHTS. The sllua, lion regardmg advance orders is very good so ee,tarnly In Japiln we're el(pecling il to be iI hit

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SSM Wh,,1 plans Ire Ihtrt for a leqllel 10 NIGHTS? SOJU( TtAM I'll leave tha t to your imagination. If the user's demand for It becomes large enough Ihen we might just do it. It hasn't even bÂŤn releasedyel SO I don't know The re aren't that many people In the Sonic team so we can'l possi, bly complete every projecl available, We might do a NIGHTS or Sonic game nell(! or maybe a differ. entgameThat'sforthefuture.FirSlofall.now that we've finally finished NIGHTS we're all about to take a rest and go enjoy ourselves. Everyone needs to go on vacation Afier that. when we All come back, we'U have vafiOUS discussions and then decide what we'U do next,

SSM Is there any chance of NIGHTS appurlnsln into It, 'If!: reaIy thi1k it's a fan. theilrc .. de$oronaPCl taslic game."

SONIC TtAM If there was ~'d bt happy bUI, game that's onlyoor hope I don't thiflkanyofus have ever produced anything for Ihe arcade. The PC is SIM Pleue tell III a little abollt the de"elopment of the ualolue controller for the Saturnl also a different aru but.Sega do have a PC section for that so if Iheyhave an Interest In NIGHTS then there is .. possibility for it to SONIC TEAM Actually, the development of NIGHTS started and then about sil( months later, summer last year. work began on the be created multi'controllerWiththedigltalpadtherewasthefeelingthat SSM What do the Sonic Team dream oH therewasasmaligapln the responsiveness between the player and NIGHTS. In order to dose SONIC For a period every one was havlOg only nightmares but. recently at last NIGHTS has appeared and we can see that he this gap"arlous conlrollers isf1yjngifllhes~yofourdreams.lhopehe'Uappearandjoinwlth were tested andthe result our users' dreams also bemg the current design we have Just for trial manufac, ture there were around 100 tes t "erslons. If you inciude all the different designs as well then there truly were a lot To tell the truth we even consid, ered creating a NIGHTS dollshaped controller so that the user could feel even cioserto NIGHTS,Varlouslnterestmg Ideas came out but, in the end it wasn't a NIGHTS controller but a standard controller we decided to make. We spent about S,I( months working on thiS enjoyable elements incorporated Into It we rullythink It'S a fantnlic

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Victory Goal was, let's be honest, crap.

But by a strange turn of events it has somehow managed to muster up a sequel. And by an even stranger turn of events the sequel is looking pretty damn good. Renamed Worldwide Soccer for the European market, it could be the footy game to rival Euro '96. ROB BRIGHT queues up at the turnstiles

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8utwhatdoyoudoduringthattwoyears wait? A problem indeed. but one that. for Saturn owners at least. can be staved off With the help of one of the myriad football sims c:urrently available The latest to slip intoa pair of studs is Sega Worldwide Soccer '97.

So it"syet another new football game eh?

Well. not quite. be<ause - andthisought to be whispered - it's kind of a sequel to Victory Goal.

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And as chief aU Americiln boy, it's obviously your job to ensure that this doesn't hilppen. So, think you're up to tt, chl,lCkie boy?

But whilt ilbout the gilmeplay in this all·neW]l bit ver· slon11s it almost the same ilS the 16 bit gilmes, or is it completely differenH Well, like the grilphlcs, the gilme· plilY millles up elements of the old series and adds new ones. You get the same helicopterthilt WilS in the previ· ous games (t he Apache). There's illso plenty of sub·mis· sionsto complete within eilch level, and once again, there·siln iiberbad guy t o ca pture. However,newforthis adventure are more spon t ilneous sub·missions thilt ilren't neceSSilfily milpped out ilt the beginning of each mission briefing-bilslcillly meaning th at you'll Just stumbl e ilcross th em as they happen. Al so, any enemies thilt you stumble across are far more Intelligent thiln inthe previ · ous titl es ilnd the wily in which you deill with them can effect events Iilter on on the game. You also get to try yourh,md out at nuclea r weaponry and can even blow up nuclear reactors-wiltch out for the fleeing people who turn green with radiat ionl

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BOMBERMAN 11'1:m~illf!$n .1 Bomberman is such a cute and loveable little man we're surprised he doesn't have his own cartoon show. Surprised, other than for the fact his raison d'etre is blowing up everything he finds. Join in the fun, the frolics and the flammables with his amazing Saturn debut... ust Imasine what ,ames culture would hiilve been like If 80mberman hJld decided to 80 Into I different line of buslneu. I mean, once you 're lumbered wit h the surname Man there's only I filllrlyllmlted KOpe for futUre (lreers, iilnd many of them IIren't exactly suited to video gaming. How well would the market hive responded to Milkman, where players attem pt to destroy each other by f1inglns flimsy gliilu bottles It each othert' he.ds,lnd Ifthey_reespecl.lly lucky ride a round 'n a little milk f10lt hitched from an elll Or what about Post man, where players don't do Inythl"Slt a ll1 Or Mr lowrman, 'n which the partldplnts outraseous Mr Whipp)' Ice cream haircut s and duet with Ser!ttr Pollttl on a sln81e hit record. Or pem,!" not.

Ofcourse, had our diminutive andellceptionallyspheroid pal been bestowed with super-powers. his name would have set him up for life as a roving vigilante. A single bite from a radioactive Super was the only thing required to change his future forever. But no. The only way Bomber could escape his mundane destiny as Barman, Handyman or Layman was to acquire a gimmick, and explosives were his choice. But this wasn't always the way. Indeed. when Bomberman first decided on his name his original plan was to wear a black faux-leather j acket the whole time. Sadly people just called him Fonzman or Unfashionable man or (in summer) Sweatyman. Switching tack. Bombsy started riding a clumsy proto-BMX Raleigh bike in the hope it's Bomber nomenclature might rub off on him. All that rubbed off on him was the cheap paint job sprayed over the crinkly plastic covering the frame.

Luckily. after putting an old colander on his head, Bomberman's last incarna l ion hit the spot. Now he roams grid路like environments the world over. lighting the blue touch paper and retiring in a variety of exotic locations. So how's this Bombering thing work then? Well, it's easy. Each Bomberlevel is laid out like a grid. Some of the squares are empty. and you can walk on them. Other5 are filled with indestructible blocks, and you can never walk on these. Some of them are filled with bricks, or footballs, or things like that, and these need blowing up before you can walltoverthe ground beneath. Blowing things up couldn't be easier. Just lay a bomb by the object you'd like to destroy and run away. The bomb now explodes outward in any direction not restricted by an indestructible blocl demolishing the fir5t thing the lines offire hit. At the start of the game you can only drop one bombata time. and itonlyhasa spread of two blocks around the bomb. However, picking up power-ups allows you to drop more bombs of greater destructive potential. The only snagisthatyou'revulnerabletoyour own explosions, which means one badly placed bomb and you're dead.

And you thought army demolitions experts wereJust the thick ones who like blowing things up.

SATURDAY MORNING FEVER The good thing about Bomberman looking so simple is that it means Hudson have plenty of room left on the CD for some excellent presentation. Firstly. there's the excellent music tracks mentioned else where Secondly. there are stacks of groovy cartoons livening things up all over the shop. Before you even get into the game YOU're confronted with a three minute animated bomb festival which introduces you to all the characters and sets upthe story. Confusingly, That's Japanese an imation for you. Anyway, there's also another, shorter skit before embarking on the one-player game. That's nice of them.

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Just like bilseball games, Bomberrnan allows you to choose a variety of stadia to play in. However, unlik e in baseball games, th is actually makes the slightest bit of differe nce. Just toillus trate the wide spectrum of possibilities this presents, allow us tog iveyoua quick rundown of all th e play palaces on offer.

BATTLE Nothingpart,cularly interesling. to be honest. This is the basic backdrop With no frippery. There is a nice big "BAT路 TLE" sign written under the bricks, though.

JlINGLE Nothing to dow,\h the groovy in-gilme music, thiS is another fairly straightforward course With only some ,hatt er路 ing parrots at the side and crowns instead of briCKS to distin-

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FOOTIAll Nota cash-in on the current craze at all,thesoccer round has footballs instead of bricks, and a couple of goals at either end to trap opponents in.

DESERT The first sign of unusualness, the Desert arena hasa rectangular riverofsand running around the centre. This carries bombs on a clrCUlt around the middle of the screen. hopefully todestroyyourfoes SPACE One of the most interesting stadiums This one has three sWitches in the middle,activated by the pressure of your little Bomberfeet Hitting one speeds everything up, hitting another slows everything down and the middle one reverts things to normal.

FAItGftOUIII Destraythe ice creams to uncover your icons and lead the way to trampolines.

These bounce you off in the dIrection from which you approach them, buffeting you over blocks and ices to land in the next available unoccupied space.

WEllDPUCE We'recalling it Weird Place because we haven't qUite worked out what's so different about this one Sorry.

I..A8ORATORY The arrows placed on the floor seem a bit out of place, until you try kicking a bomb over one. The bomb follows the dire<tion of the arrow. and if this leads to another

If we're being honest. and we always are beca use we're so nice, Bomberman wouldn't ha ve ever sold one tenth as many copies if it we ren't for the excellent multi-player opportunities. The Saturn version tops any previous effort byfaciliht ing TEN PLAYE R games. If you haven't got nine friends. don't worry - you can play with fewer if you like. Hell, if you' re th at lonely you can play on your own. We won't tell. And the Saturn, t rusty old beast that it is. will play the part of your friends. It works li l:: ethisbefore kicking off a multi-player game you're presented w it h an option screen which allows you to set how many players you want, ho w many of these are human beings. and how many are controlled by th e CPU. Once you've set t he right quantities. plugged in your ad apt ors (if you want lots of re a l people) and millions of pads. you're re ady to roc l:: Many other aspects of this exciting and novel feature a re det ailed elsewhere in this fascinating showcase. Dig it,dudest

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Bomberman might be Hudson's most prolific character, infecting every format known to man with his explosive nature, but his aren't the only games the team have produced, Prior efforts like BC Kid and Adventure Island were big a couple of years back, mostly on the SNES (boo hiSS), Bomberman is obviously a generous soul, though, because he's allowing his stablemates to piggyback on his game, in the two-player game you're given a choice of Bombermen to control. Only two of these are traditional Bombermen, however, The other consist of slap headed neanderthal child BC Kid,baseball-hattedand bad-haired neanderthalchild MrHiggins from Adventure Island and a load offoppish fantasy characters from some i1:PGs or something that Hudson have done. It makes it a lot easier to remember who you're plaYing, that's for sure

Mano-a-manoisn'ttheonlywaytoplay Bomber man you know. Oh crikey flip no no no, there are Two other ways of play it The first is the one- or two-player exploration game. Your Bombmeisterstrolls around scrolling levels of bricks, blocks and baddies, bombing everything, The idea of each level is to destroy the five flashing red control beacon things before time runso ut Once they're smashed the exit opens up and it's onto the next stage. This is much like Bomberman ever was, but it's been revamped with the help of F-BITness. There are now loads of obstacles and bits of scenery which conceal sections of each stage, so you're never quite exactly surewher e your bomb is (or where you are). There are also sub-games or bonus points - one stage has Bombser lighting cannons with his cherries and blastingoctopi from the sideofa Ship, Plus, of course, there are gia nt bosses awaiting at the end of each level, ready to crush you to a pulp,

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people who released that tItle, and mdeed every other OlympIC game since then. Soyou've got to accept that they know what they're talklngilbout However, even wIth this conSiderable weIght behind them,this is still US Gold's first Olympic outingontotheSaturn,andwlththlsbemg32 bit and everythmg,you'd e~pect it 10 look ilnd play dIfferently from previous tItles. Which is just as well, beciluseitdoeslookalotdlfferent Although it plays pretty much the same, which works just fine, because there's only so many ways you can implement runnmg or sWlmmmgon a console And the graphicsl well,they certainty look dIfferent enough,although note that-dIfferent" does not necessilrilymeiln "good" Yup, in the looks department. this sure seems abltofadogThestick路lrkecharactersmthissim aren't a patch on the huge, detailed frilmes of Sega's Alhlete Kmgs. And Ihe backgrounds, at tImes, are utterlylaughable-Ihere's barely a detilil at all on someofthegarrsh,full blocksofcolourthal pass for theskyoranmdoor envllonment Ludllythough,lhegilmeplaystillretainsallthe playabllrtythat the Olympic game slms ever had,and the choke of events remam roughly Ihe Silme too which means you get a lot more ImmedIate satisfacllon WIth this Ihanyou do wIth Sega's Athlete Kings title. FQr instance, there's a Archery, shooting and swimmIng, none of whith makes an appeafilnce m the Sega tItle, and all of which pfovide immediate enteftainmentwllhouthavmgtolearnhowtomaster loads of awkward controls. This makes Olympic games closer in style to somethmg hke Track and Field on the Playstatlon, although It hastobesaid that i\'s not a very good

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Bul once again, it 's sports slms to tne reSCLle , where the worst injuries ilnd bodily mutilations you can expect ,l,e a couple ofbliste.e d fingers or a touch of cramp in the Wlists.

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international tournament. although with theexhibitlon mode you can pit mternat ional teams against national ones. All in all, Powerplay Hockey has got just about ~rything, right down to some excelleflt sound Sil mplesofskates on the ice. slapshots, and echoing announce ments over the tannoy system_ 'IOU can even play a six-player game, you and your chums forming ane ntireteam,somethingwhichdoesalot for the longevity of the title One of the few negative aspects of Powerp lay Hockey is the lack of oppar-

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be found in the lost forest, but you must milkesu,tt hilt yo uwtilr il pilirofslide boots so that you (iln slide underneath logs while In t he forest. Head for t he bot· tom lefi corner of the forest, where the wilter sections beglnIhe magk h .. nds (.jn be locilt ecl t he.t. However. you

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DAYTONAUSA To play as the hOl'se, set the dIfficulty level to normal,and on the mode select sc.een, select Satum mode. Plilce first .... eilch of the three difficulties 0 ... eilch track. After wi ... nlng the third track, SCroll down on t he select screen u nt il you flnd the tlorse For KilrilOke mode, set the ... umber of lilPS on the option scree ... to normil" bit the optiorls and choose arcade mode. Then while st'lectmg il course keep press路 i ... g up and choose wIth buttonC. for a more Ir.Ifled musk selectIon, choose Key Assign on the optiorls screen, and choose type B for the controller setting. WhIle choosmg any tilck ilnd ilny car, press and hold A. X. Yor 1, depending on he mUSiC you ~flI to plily Hold the button until the game starts and listen to the SOflg that you selected

To ilccess the lakeslde track. you must come first In all of th e other rac es However. to do this In a slightly ellSler way. press X and Y simu ~aneoosly on the mode select screen. for il mi rror mode, hold Y and press C on the game select screen.

To access the hyper car mode Hold down X and press C to choose a car on the selection screen. Your rilce/cilr WIll ilutomillically be set to hyper Uf mode To select the Striltos: Pla-ce first in normal mode on chalTlpionshlp mode (one lap). A new car WIll automatically appeilr on the car select screen Alternatively, press X, Y,Z,Y,X on the the mode select screen, To rilce ilga lnst the Striltos, ilct llr.lte the Striltos cheat aOOve, then hold the Z button ilnd press C to choose the course Keep holding Z until thi!' gami!' starts

TO make Jl!'ffl)' do stupid poses on the expert course. driYe up to h,s statue and stop In front ofhlm. Pl"ess the X oottOfl repeatedtyand he'll turn and stand on his heilll.

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Mi rror mode· flips all Ihe scenery and the dlrec;· tions from which the enemy come'! from To play rank ing mode Without finishing Ihe game When Ihe Sega logo appears on the SCleen,holddownCandpress up,down.ttft. right You will now bt able to access riln. lng mod, Gun selec;t; to select whlc htver gun you like, wait fo r the AM l screen. Ihen hold down C and press down, up, fig ht. left. up, up, left,rlghl This wUI allow yau to t urn the gun select on. During the game. [pause and fireou!side the screen 10 change guns

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The centfl!p~e of the Nl!'nt WlIS Vu Suzukl Uking t~ §tilge to demo Vf).

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month we shall 110 to town on the hugelevelsofdetailevldentlnVF}.

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WHAT'S NEW IN VF3?

AS well as completely redeslgmnll the g.aphlcs engine and Introduc lnll two new chaflllcte.s (whom we've covered before In SSM), what's new With VF}1 Why Is It golnll to be such ~ quantum leap In alCade vldeogamingl Rud on ...

THE ESCAPE BUTTON To really enjoy VF})'Ou'lI find that this button has~ strong Influence. for tnose not f~mmar with its ope'iltlon,1t Is commonly thought of as iI sldewilYS shift but-

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Furtht.more,inactualfightinglfsveryeffectiveforclosecombatoffensive fl"IOYeS. For examplt,ln the Cilse where your opponent is deliver ing a barrage of punches. up until now you hild to suffer the blows by uslnll the gUilfd button and try to use you r best Judllement itS when to try and get a blow In. Now, with the eSCilpe button. instead of defending with gu~rdyou can usetheesc~pe 10 bel· Itr effect and apploach your opponent offensively to ge l your own attack sin.

This kind of play is more positive. By Includlnll this, those pl~yers with sharp Judgement and perception have the scope to increase their chances 0 fvlctory.

We believe that with thiS method the beginner hitS a better chan(eofwinnlng ovef the veteran VFl masters.

In the \ituation where you send your opponent flying with a mid-air combo. de\cendlngdownan indination mean\ the time it takes you to land i ncreases allowing you to get in more hits during the mid·all combo. Also rising up towards an upwards sloping surface decreases your time worsening the number of hlh you can ma ke in you mid-air wmbo. Conversely. there's a tendency for attacks like Sarah's mirage kick in regard to light characters. depending on the opponent's body weight to be almO\t ineffective. VF3 has also inherited this problem but with undu· lation two things can happen instead.

Bec:au'>e of the undulation the way to use wmbinations has changed soyou '11 need to adJust tothenewflghtingsystem quickly. Also, In the case ofapo unce attack from a high place the difference in height between you and theoppo nent Increases the damage proportionally. Using your skills to posltionyour'>e If above your enemy will make your attacks much mOre effective The use of undulation in the flght encounter area becomes one of the most important strategies inVF3-

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them just aren't wh;rt they seem, For instance, on the surbee, Ihis footb;all slm m,y seem, bit sl~nge, After '11, foot b,1I IllheOlympksltn'texlctly, high profile sport-Ihere's no _11 known pl'yen ,nd It's not even shown on TV, But luckily, thlt seems 10 h"ve no be;lrinl on this tlti.e, whkh liYeS the blller, slkker tltlH more Ih,n, run for their money, In f,ct, lhe I,mepl'yln this relelle is,darnsllhtbette,th,ntheltuffyou'd find in mostfootlellties,t the moment, Olympic footb;all hark~ back to the (good oldl) days of games like sensible Soccer wnere it was the gamepl,1yand not tne graphics that counted Which is just as well really,beuuse In the looks department. this t,tle Isn't upto much, 8ut. play it for I while and you'll find itre;aliy enjoy.lble, It m,1y not be uptnere technic,1l1ywrth tnetop rele,1stS such as EurO'96,butpeopiewhopreferredtne old style soccel slms will absoluteiy love this, Weil worth checkmg oul If you're after a new footle title

R=:n~;~~lh;: ~~J::~,1h~~~;:~:::~;!~~~Snf:::~: ~~I::~;::~~:~:::ly ,round threeyurs illo, Since Ihen, ROild Rillh hilln't milde It on to ilnySeI,1 s)"ltem, ,1nd the only venion Ihill Will knocklnl ,round Will Ihe excellenl 300 title, It's certainly liken EA,1 long time 10 get round 10 convertinl the g,1me 10 other s)"llems, but fin,1l1y, It's this version thilt m,kes it on totne Siltum,1nd Intothe shop$ lhlsmonth, Unfortun,1tely, this ne'ther m,ltches Up tothe jOOversioo of the t,tle, nor provodes ilny of tne b..lhant high speed i1Ctoon seen inthe otne,RoildRasht,tles, A1ltheNsiceiementsofI1Oo1dRuh,1rein there - there's the usu,11 ,11101)' of bikers, d,fferent terf,1lns to r,1ce on, plenty of \Ye,1ponry to use, there's even musIC by people hke Soundgilrden and Therapy But In this Colse, It Just doesn't seem to come together. In particular, without a two plilyer mode, the whole title feels really dated,espec.lilllyas minimal effort seemstohavebeenmildewiththegraphics, This version of ROild Rash simply exploits the series' e)tCellent lepulition,,1nd is unhkely to even please filnsDfilnyDfth.e pre-nousgames,

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excellence. Usually quite shy, SSM tracked them down for a one-on-one interview

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SSM When did Trusure form1 Treuure June r992 SSM Wh"t b"slc principle do you Itlck to when unt o Inlvldl!Ol"mes1 Tre'fU r. Just toc re~te gil mes th~t everyonec~n enjoy SSM Trusur. h"s d~loped J ult forsel" m"chln" ""l>Ch n th. Mel"drift"nd the S,turn · why did you illly )'OUIHIf with se" only1 lreilfUre There'lnorCOlsonwhywcchoscthe Meg,d.ivehowever,ou.firslgameWlllsGunsUr

SSM Just "bout _rybody .IH In the de-ftlopm.nt fleld h, s cOllcentratHonpo/yJons 1ne!)0 s,mtl for the hturn. Why did Trusuredec:lde on "10 sprit. "mel Treuu •• TrtisurehOlSbulltupiltlemendousknowl, edge of lD spllle know how Ifs iln ilsset that wc Wish toconllnueuSlng SSM The m".ktt II ....'Y much domln,ttd by 30 lam" now - with thilt In mind, did you not th ink It nskytoprodl>Ce"lDI,rne1Ifnot, why l lr....ure No wc didn't thInk it wJS IIsk. In filet the IISk Is In Irymg 10 milke iI ncw game There's a lot of corn' pilnieslhillhilve\lledilndfalledtomilkesucccssful 30 gilmes Besides, lO and 3D games (iln eXISI along sideeachotherldon'tthlnklhat everygilme(ilnbe 100%30 .

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Inll"me stylt for C;;Uilrdl"n Ht.otll Tre • ...,. We wanled to milke ~ (hilrilcter gilme, but not one IImll" to current games ilViI,I.ble SO It becilme iI necesSIty to choose the Sldcways Krolhng Inilddll,onthereareillotofmOV1ngobJectsonthe screen so we thought it would be good

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nowsoalllheuselsaleScgil SSM lreillure ,ilm.1 were tec:hnk,Uy ouhtandin, compared to other Mel"drl.... Iilm" of IU time, How _re you ilble to m,ke )'Our lilmt!lI look bett.r "ne! pI"}'bett.rt""ntt..competitlon'11 lre.fU" It'S difficult to sily which aspect, abovc illI, we put our effort Into. For ex" mple, the designers "re ncat.p'e<iseilnd ilccur"te Saslca lly,COIchpersonuses his skill to the best of t hei r a bility rd Ir ke to also stress that it's nol Ihecompilny but eiICh person's abilrly thillis reflccted SSM How wer, you ,ble to kHp so m,"1 Iprltn movlns so Imoothly on th. Mel"d.1Ye1 Tr.. ",,,. Wilhreg,rds lolhech,, rilclers,thedesigners iI.e the most p;rrrticulilr ilboullhe movement To be done. they use vilrious devrces As fOf the bosses. by us,ng smilll portions its pGSllbleto hilve iI wide. .ange of movement p;rrtte.ns. In add,tion wc use spe' clal proglilms to keep the portions moving smoothly It'S our desi re to keep Ihe charilcterl'movement as close to reill humiln movement sothilt It's naturill ilndsmoothtolhceyc It'snolhrngtechnicill,just endeavour SSM 00 you think th,t the concepti for I,me. ha .... btc:ome more o.lllnill slnceth. "d.... nt of the Sel' SJlurnOf"retheybulullytheume1 Treuure At TICilsure, wc believe thilt trildltlon Itself Isn'ttheobstilde Youshouldproducegilmesto millch the hil.dwiI.e and milke good use of the Saturn ~nd Ihe Megil Dllvc's good pornh respectlvcly SSM TreOlSur.', ,,,mes h" .... "lw,yI been different from otltercomp"nles' l'mes. Why Isthl,l Treuure We don't wanl to imitate other compilnrcs If wc do, we'll no longer ex,st We w.nt to m~~e orlglnil lgilmcs

SSM The sprite sarllnlloo« of the , .. phlcs Is ~ry dl,_ tJIKliw!. How did you come to choose this look fOf the "mel Tre.fUre lfthechilraetefSiI.eblglneyaremthillwilY Evcniftheyaresmalltherelleillotofenemies appeilring,i(l whlch method would bt pleasing to the eyc WilS the milln consideration SSM How did you d"ltn the m"ln ~ractenl TreMUre Wrthregaldstothcdeslgn,theteilmconsld, eredpersonilhty il ndimpilct Everyone used Ihelr own ilbihtyilndlndlviduahtytocrcaleilchilrilctelthiltthcy Irked SSM Who's your hr_rite ,h,racter,ne! whyl TfNfUre Rilndy The lotill balilnce Is good Design, mOYtrnent, .nlmilllon, in additIOn his game nalure Is the most complete Plus piilylng him isfun.1 hkethls chilraete, the most SSM How Important Is the sound In the ovoerall"mel TreMUre The gilme music is essenllill for a successful game so we spenl as much IlmeilS possible for Ihc sound,bothlheeffccts and the music The musIC IS composedilfterthecharilctersha~ebecndecldedand

the program and If iI technique IS there wc Ciln hil .... ideils ilbout how to make an Interestrng boss We use bothwil)'S, SSMP Wh,t upert of C;;uardl'n H.rots ilre you most proud of"nd why1 Tre.fUre ThebestilspectlsberngilbletO·Kiltlerthe smilllfry"-ltrehevesst,essOtherthilnthal.lhereale illotofchilrilctelsilppeilr1ngforilchilnge SSM Whillt kind of feedbJtk h, .... you hOld f.om the ."p"nese ownen of Gu"rdl' n Heron?

TfNfUre Over 80% of the comments were POSitive Ifs been h.ghlyreceNed SSM EYeryvn. conslden th. Saturn to ha .... "vast "mount of untapped potentl"l In te .ms of powe •.

Would you 'IrH with th ld Tre.fUre l lhinklthilS Not only the Silturn, if you con, sidtrtheMegadrlveillso,thcqu'htyofthef1rstg~mes

to ilppea. compa.ed 10 Ihose much Iilte. IS completely dIfferent SSM Would you ~r consider producing an RPG for tt..Saturnl TfNfUre lf wc really wilnted 10 milke iln R:PG, there's a strong posSibility we would However, II would take iI lot of hilrd work so illthough ~ (iln'l sily we would milkeone, Iflhe prOJcctcame about Ihe posslblhty IS Ihere

thetestrnghasfinlshed SSM TreOlSure " .. famous fOf their OIItst,ndin, boss· " . How do you CO,bout ,,..,tlnl thlHt Incredible ch"ractenl T•••• ur. Saslcally. it's impaCl. Toglvc impilCl we make IhembigilndSlrongEilchpersonhilshisownwilyof ClCiltrng a boss but It's usuill 10 hilve some sort of concept for the boss aod then trylOgel as close as POSllbltWlth Ihe program BUli!"sillsotructhatwe sometimes look ilt what's technlcillly possible from

SSM If; t ......"1 ch"ne. of. n_ .... nlon Gun sUr Heron Of Alien Solditr befnl produc:ed for the S"turnl T...fUrI If wc wanled to, wc ilre capilble of dOing It However, If wc thought II milY be profitilble but the c.eiltlveslilffdldn'twilntlodolt.wewouldn'lproduceil SSM Do)'Ou h"Ye ""1 mesu." for)'OUr UK f"nd T...fUre HellotOilllyourreilde'SilndlhilnksfOfall

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