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COMING SO ON
BECAUSE WE LIKE TO TEASE YOU... VANISHING POINT/73
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THAT REALLY SATISFIES GAMES YOU QUIVER FOR
ALL THE It was around here somewhere >DC-ROM/ 06
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater showed how SLASHOUT/75 with demos; here are the instructions.
SPAWN: IN THE DEVIL’S HAND/56
much better a great game can be on a An eyebrow-raiser in all respects Arcade favorite gets a sequel
Dreamcast. Now the highly addictive STUNT GP/76
skateboarding game has a sequel! This
R2R: 2ND COMING/58 Big cars, big stunts, big.. .well...
>D-MAIL/ 12
Last year’s favorite gets even better Our readers talk back. We listen carefully,
month ODCM travels to SoCal to chat TOKYO XTREME RACER/76 then give thoughtful, considerate answers.
with the Hawkman himself and play the SOLDIER OF FORTUNE/59 “Slamming a ‘Dew, will return in five”
Not only that, but we tell you about our
Sometimes, even carnage isn’t enough
new game. EVIL TWIN/78 pathetic selves.
ALIEN FRONT ONLINE/60 More evil for your money’s worth
Alien back still unconfirmed
>IT’S PARTY TIME! 28 F355 CHALLENGE/62 Really? >DC-NATION/ 50
One year and 5.5 million systems after Speeding nirvana: no speeding tickets In a death-defying feat of informational
compression, ODCM fits the entire internet
the Dreamcast launch, ODCM and some 4x4 EVOLUTION/63 gaming experience, including a handy key
of our favorite Dreamcast friends par-tay Finally, a good reason to drive an SUV to browser protocols and Planetweb news,
down and some of the coolest
play into two pages. Again.
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The Union Jack has been lowered, the

Moby posters have been torn down, the
techno is officially off the turn table, and
Simon’s $1200 BackSaver2000™ chair
has gone with him into the great beyond
known as Revolution. So welcome to
the next generation of the Official
Dreamcast Magazine. What's changed
under the Chris regime? Not much.
Let’s face it, ODCM is a pretty rad
magazine. Maybe there’ll be fewer
bloodys or brilliants, and a few more
rads or awesomes, but that’s about
it...for now. In the future, obviously,
there are plenty of ways we’re planning
to improve the magazine—especially
that shiny slab of joy called The Disc.
Look for more on that next month.
This month, though, kick back and
enjoy the first birthday of Dreamcast.
If there’s a system that has ever had
a better first year, I don't know about
it;and no where was this success
more apparent than at the Electronic
Entertainment Expo 2000. As you no
doubt know by now, Sega walked away
with the show (let’s face it, the subtitle
of the whole expo could have been How
to use your competitor’s hides as handy
slipcovers). We shot a few photos that
make It pretty clear what the attraction
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HOWTO
MORE CODES THAN YOU CAN
was (hint: she wears a little orange skirt,
and isn’t into staff writers).
But in the end, though, it wasn’t the
LATEST DREAMCAST GAMES SHAKE A GAMESHARK AT-AND A babes in Sega's E3 stage show but the
FEW MORE FOR GOOD MEASURE
VI RTUA TENNIS/86 games themselves that lifted Dreamcast
Where, oh where is Kournikova? IT'S CODE-TACULAR! head and shoulders over the competition.
And from what we saw, our beloved con-
WACKY RACES/88 Button-pressing, eye-popping info on
sole’s second year will be even better
Nutty nostalgia goes kart racing your favorite games: Crazy Taxi Dead or
,

Alive 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, NFL2K, than its first.

SPACE CHANNEL 5/90 NBA2K, Rayman 2, King of Fighters, It’s a pretty good bet that one new
femme fatale
Sega's gets the funk out
game be will thrilling us for many years to
Speed Devils, Trickstyle, Striker Pro
SILVER/91 INTERACT GAMESHARK CDX/99 2000, Armada, NHL2K, Rainbow Six, come: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. We
All that shines isn't gold. ..or silver The shark finally loose on DC!
is
Fighting Force 2, didn’t think it was possible to do skating
THE RING/92 Hardcore Heat, better than Neversoft did in Tony’s first
INNOVATION 4X MEMORY CARD/100
it
Horror romp gets out of hand
Zombie Revenge outing, but as ODCM editor Evan
More memory card madness reviewed and Plasma
FUR FIGHTERS/94 Shamoon discovered, we were wrong.
Stuffed animals blow the stuffing out Sword! We were wrong about that whole
SUPER MAGNETIC NEO/100
Beat up small evil children named Pinki bimonthly thing, too. There’s just too
MAGFORCE RACING/96 much happening in the Dreamcast world
The “Wipeout killer” dies a mediocre death
SEAMAN/102 to fit it all into six issues per year, so we
...On love, life and taking giant "sea dumps"
PELICAN 4X MEMORY CARD/96 sat down with the money men and told
More memory, but is it worth it?
MR. DRILLER/106 them to figure out how to do more. The
Arcade retrocuteness done good result? We’ll be doing not one but TWO
SOUTH PARK RALLY/96
The license that keeps on giving special issues between now and January!
POWER STONE 2/106
Four on the floor. And in the sky. They’llbe available on the newsstand for
VIRTUAL ON: ORATORIO TANGRAM/98 the usual price, but subscribers—you
Giant robots get all touchy-feely
TOM CLANCY’S lucky dogs— will be getting the special
MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2/98 RAINBOW SIX/107 issues (and discs) for FREE. How cool is
Clearly, this is the best game ever Look who decided to show up that? Thanks, money men. Anyway, don't
say we never gave you anything.
DEEP FIGHTER/99 INTERACT ARCADE
It’s you versus the.. .urn, Giant Jellyfish One of the best stick:
Chris Charla, Editor-in-Chief

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impressive number of rival racers; simply outdistance the shoot at your opponents and zip through the green sparklies to
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through one round of Versus Mode as either of the UFC's with Flash 3.0 and MP3 compatibilities, the Browser is faster and more
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Team ODCM LETTER OF THE MONTH

Sakura: Don't hold
THE ONLY CONSTANT CHANGE, and
IN LIFE IS
For the pastweeks and months have been hearing a pleasant I
your breath for US
we’ve seen a lot of changes here at ODCM-HQ. We buzzing throughout DC-land. Something in the wind said to me, release, despite
got a new maximum leader, Chris Charla, so now what the “voices”
“Its name is Sakura Taisen, and it is good.” Who am to doubt I

instead of eating at The Ramp, which has patio may say.

the voices that speak to me? The voices proceeded. heard the I

seating overlooking San Francisco Bay, we lunch word “RPG,” heard “anime-style,” heard “high-production
I I

at a Sizzler in Colma (not that there’s anything values,” heard that there are three of these beauties coming, but
I

wrong with that). Around the same time we I have never heard the voices answer my burning question. When is
moved our offices from the east side of the Sakura Taisen coming out here? You see, do not speak Japanese I

building to the west side, and now we have three and neither do the voices. Sega— or someone— NEEDS to translate
windows instead of one. So it’s all good. this game for US audiences. RPGs are huge business right now,
and here is this completely finished game languishing away next
to some kid’s bowl of ramen in Japan while we suffer through
CHRIS CHARLA Evolution. It’s not right! This is our most desperate hour. Help me
Editor-in-Chief
Obi-ODCM, you’re my only hope.
Mike D.
Moments after this picture was
taken, Chris put his head inside the
Via email
weird plastic ball he was holding. It

took a team of paramedics two Ah, Sakura Taisen. We

you want it— but no one's willing to
want it,

hours just to get the smile off his
face. Chris does not bring a morbid
fear of voles with him
so he says. We suspect
DAN FITZPATRICK
Art Director
Dan once arm-wrestled Timothy
Hutton at Laurel Canyon Country
Store.He lost when Hutton pulled
the Snoopy-lean-over-and-kiss-your-
opponent-on-the-nose trick. Dan
jumped up. screaming “Dog germs!
bring it over. While we’re all for the series peeking its head out on our
side of the pond, the franchise is risky business for most companies
to ODCM, or
in the US. Even though it’s one of most anticipated titles (Sakura
differently.
Taisen 3) in Japan, the suits in this country aren’t too sure how well a
dating sim/mech strategy/RPG/digital comic would go down with
American gamers. Until that day arrives, we'll be sure to
provide you with plenty o’ coverage of the import, Mike. Now,
take your medicine and tell those voices that they'll have to
split the booty for Letter of the Month with you. Congrats.
wrong. don’tknow much about the history of this series, but
EHMDK2Hard enjoyed the
I

game enough to know that Casca is Guts’

I

Dog germs!” Hutton, the winner, got Ipurchased my own romantic interest. Rita is just a traveler with a little in common
the pink slip to Dan's Honda Spree.
copy of MDK 2 about so they become friends. just have to say it seems like Evan
I

two weeks ago and I Shamoon didn’t even play the game. He just turned it on for
DINA FAYER must say that this 20 minutes, took some screen shots and threw out a review
Managing Editor game is truly a without even getting into the game. At least play a game
magnificent work of before you review it, Evan.
Okay, we know this is Dina, but Dan art. There's only one Jason Garcia
just said, swear to God, “I want to small detail: THE New York
get hammered on wine coolers."
GAME IS TOO
The last time Dina drank wine
DIFFICULT! Don’t get Jason, you’re so naive. That’s just what Guts tells Casca. You
coolers was in the girls' room of
Edwards Cinemas before seeing me wrong, the really think he could keep his hands off that little hotty? But
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. She is now graphics are real eye Yes, you should play MDK2. we admit your reading is at least technically correct. We’re
atoning with a 40-oz left by PCXL. candy and the But plan on seeing this a lot. not going to point the finger (although any opportunity to
intense gameplay roast Evan is appreciated), since no one here can ‘remember’
more than satisfies my cat-like reflexes. But still can’t seem I writing the caption: Evan, Dina, Fran, Dan, Dave, the guys in
FRANCESCA REYES
toadvance past the seventh level with Kurt Hectic. I’ve been Special Projects— pick a name. Ultimately, though, final
Senior Editor
locked in my room for days without food, water, or any human responsibility for all content in that issue was the sole province
Only the CIA has an actual photo of contact whatsoever. I haven’t even used the, urn, ‘lavatory’ in of its Editor-in-Chief: Simon Cox. Mr. Cox is no longer with the

Fran, and thata grainy black and

is days! The only thing that keeps me conscious of the fact that I magazine, and although Imagine’s Human Resources and
white shot of her on a crowded am still alive is the occasional blinking session I instinctively Legal departments won’t say that he was let go over this caption,
street in Prague, just before the take every eight to ten hours. we invite you, our readers, to draw your own conclusions.
Velvet Revolution. This is the most
Is there any way that you guys could smuggle a couple
complete shot
known
finger,
of her forhead
to exist. Note bandaid on
from hardcore RPG-ing.
of helpful codes
web site or something with an FAQ
(if any) to help me out? Or maybe there
walk-thru that you could
in

is a

EH ISP ABCs
o
recommend?
Antonio Mendez I just have a few simple questions about your
DAVE CORDON Parkinmeter77@aol.com article on the new Sega.net ISP and online
Associate Art Director
gaming. Sorry if the answers were in there, but I

Dave's kitchen contains no less than

Yeah, we feel your pain, Antonio. MDK 2 was easily one of am a moron and the simplest things must be
seven books on cooking chicken. the more difficult games in recent memory: Evan didn’t clarified for me.
Creepy. “All I did was say 1 like change his clothes for weeks. While we would love to hook The ODCM
cooking chicken' to Mom, once, you guys up with more walkthroughs, we just don't have 1) If you aren’t fortunate enough to get a shiny experience can
and now it's all she gives me." enough pages. But watch for our Codebook at the end of the new SEGA ISP can you still get multiplayer be enhanced by
Sure, Dave. Sure. We'll have ours year— it’s full of how-to’s, strategies and (duh) codes. functions using a different ISP and a using one of these.
Kentucky-fried. He also served us
Dreamcast?
96 mini-quiche at this photo shoot.
2) Can you go online with the SEGA ISP on your computer and
use it like you would a normal ISP?
EVAN SHAMOON EH Shame on Us! 3) Is there any chance of ODCM going monthly?
Staff Writer I am very disappointed. In the Michael
July/August ODCM, page 104, Micha0076@worldnet.att.net
Evan brought a DC control pad with
there a review for the game
is
him to his Tony Hawk interview,
Sword of the Berzerk. In screen Don't be so hard on yourself, Mike. While reading
hoping to jam it under Tony's arm
and “make him do a 900,dammit!” shot #4 it shows Rita, a comprehension apparently isn’t your strongest asset (don’t
True story: While watching Tony character from the Intro level to worry, we don’t read the mag either), here’s some answers to
gracefully pull 540s, Evan stumbled the game. However, in the your questions.
over his backpack and almost fell caption it states that she is the
onto the vert ramp in Encinitas. romantic interest of Guts—and 1) Yes, you can still play multiplayer Dreamcast games with a
Berserk's Rita: Innocent
continues into a lewd remark fellow traveler or home- different ISP. In theory, however, those using Sega’s ISP
about his sword. This is totally wrecker? You decide. will have a dedicated gaming connection, which means

12 Official# Dreamcast Magazine Sept/Oct 2000 www.DailyRadar.com

 ff

“I believe that the beaver is a proud and noble creature [SSI

lower pings and faster gaming. We shall see. By the way, do you think Sega would change it back to Jet titleunder DC Direct called Sonyworld. In the article, you
Sega ISP work just a regular ISP on your Set Radio if we clap hard enough? write, “Every game store is pushing PlayStation 2...hard,”
2) Yes, the will like
computer. Watch out, AOL. Jesse and “Nothing, it seems, can save Dreamcast from a slow
3) Right now, the pertinent parties are discussing the pros victorycig@netzero.net death in Japan.”
and cons of going monthly. It’s up to the bigwigs in Since we all remember the fiasco with the Saturn, my
charge— if it were up to III’ ol’ us, we would’ve gone Thanks heads up on the extension cables, Jesse. It’s
for the question is this: How does Sega plan to keep Dreamcast in
monthly a long time ago. great for other readers to know about your experience. Have competition with PlayStation 2 when it hits U.S. shores? If you
you tried contacting either MadCatz or Performance could PLEASE publish this letter it would answer a question
regarding the problems you had with their products? You that’s been keeping this gamer from sleep (and sanity). SEGA

definitely should at least look up the tech support for each Rocks,
IS The Cable Guy company via their websites: www.madcatz.com and Mike Fu (aka Busted Rhymes)
I just finished reading the review on the cable extensions by www.interact-acc.com. Via email

Mad Catz and Performance, in As for Jet “Grind” Radio... keep clapping. It was either that
which you gave them both the new or Jet “Slide" Radio. We don’t know which one is actually Mike, Mike, Mike.. .we weren’t trying to alarm you with that
“smile" rating. would bet money
I worse (although being able to call Sega’s boothbabes at E3 Tokyo Game Show story. We were simply reporting on what
that you used them for about a and TGS the “Jet Grind girls” gives the former an edge in our we saw going on in Japan. But that’s Japan, and the US is a
week or two and said to yourselves, book), but we were kind of rooting for Konnichiwa! Happy different story altogether. Dreamcast is very much alive and
“Hey, this is pretty convenient.” Happy Donut Surprise Skate Park 2000! Shucks. kicking on these shores, and after E3, we’re happy to report
Well, yes, they are, but they fail thatDC owners will be priwy to some of the best games of
after around three months of thisyear—and possibly the next.
regular use. Both of them. But here’s the thing: the videogame industry is an all-
If, like me, you were to run out
ffl No Sleep Til... time slump in Japan (all systems and software companies
and replace the broken cords as soon as they stopped I must say, that as a loyal Sega (and ODCM) fan, was I are feeling the sting, not Just DC—with the exception of the
working, for four separate controllers, you would end up quite overwhelmed with apprehension as read through I Frankensteinian Game Boy Color, of course.. .it just won't die!)
paying about $160 for them. You may be better off buying a Issue #6. First, suffered a terrible shock when learned the
I I and even in the US, right now isn't the best time to judge

cheap couch and a couple of chairs at a garage sale. news of Simon’s departure, but what got me even more was a success or longevity. The games industry has seen plenty of
surprises from underdogs and newcomers in the past (Sega’s
Genesis was one of the most famous success stories in the
US, as was Sony’s PlayStation in ’95), and we're not
fortunetellers—but we won’t be pronouncing Sega or any of
IS ODCM: Not Funny! PS: I really think Sega should find a magazine that its competitors dead any time soon. The constant upheaval is

I’m glad you believe in your readers voicing their has more common sense to be it’s official voice, eh! one reason we love this industry so damn much. Whew!
opinions and writing to companies who offend them. So Thank you. ...
. Hopefully we've saved another person’s sanity, Mike. If it
Joe Molson
here am. You people have to be the biggest hypocrites
I happens to be yours, then even better.
Via email
in the world. In one magazine you agree with this guy

about how Crazy Taxi and Ready 2 Rumble are racist C’mon, Joe, most of your letter is a quote from a
towards the Afro-American people (Issue #5). But then Molson commercial. Sure, we thought it was funny too,
in the next issue, you make racist comments about but it’s a little sad that you need a beer commercial to Q] Fast Times
Canada. What makes your jokes about Canada any define your national identity for you. Second, I just got ODCM #6 in the mail. Although the Web Browser
different from Sega’s or Midway’s? don’t think either I “Canadian" isn't a race, it’s a nationality. So we were 2.0 enhancements are nice, I can't stand this 56k modem! Do
company meant any harm and doubt you did either. I being bigoted, not racist. Seriously, though, we were you folks have any idea when Sega plans to release their
But I’m sorry, it wasn’t funny at all. just kidding. We love Canada. Especially Windsor. ethernet module? We DSL and cable modem users start to
I’m not a lumberjack or a fur trader. I don’t live in an Nothing compares to the feeling of driving over the twich whenever we’re forced to go back to sluggish dialups.
igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled. have a Prime I Ambassador bridge to a town with great food, great Gary Driggs
Minister, not a President. speak English and French,
I game shops, and rad Tim Horton’s donut stores. Portland, OR
not American. And pronounce it ‘about’ not ‘aboot’!
I I Besides, how could we ever really feel any hostility
can proudly sew my country’s flag on my backpack. I toward the country that produced the greatest hockey According to Sega, an ethernet adapter should be available
believe in peace-keeping, not policing. Diversity, not player ever—Gordie Howe? Nevertheless, we’ve received before the end of the year. The adapter is actually already

assimilation. And that the beaver is a truly proud and aboot 500 letters complaining of our supposed anti- finished (we’ve seen it!), but Sega’s waiting until its network
noble creature. Canada is the second largest land mass. Canadian bias and we’re finally going to clear the air. is ready before the adapter hits the shelves.
The first nation of hockey and the best part of North We’ve objectively compared the two countries over a
America. My name is Joe and AM CANADIAN!!!! I range of important categories, and tallied the scores:

GRUDGE M AkTCH: US/

CATEGORY CANADA
k = - USA
vs CANADA
WINNER
0} Full
While examining the bottom of
Metal Jack
my
metal jacks right where the rubber Slide Resistant thingys are.
What
e.g.,
is it? I recalled
the Sega CD. Does this
Dreamcast,

how Sega has a history of “add-ons”,

mean anything, or is it just a fluke
I noticed four

(or should I say Seaman )? Thanks a million.

Size 9.976.140 Km 2 9,629,091 Km 2 Canada Phil Rine,

Population 32 million 275 million Not even close: USA Long Island, NY
Morpfeous@aol.com
National Sales Tax 12% 0% USA
Drinking Age 19 21 Canada, obviously Those slides are indeed for add-
Beer Molson Budweiser Canada ons, like the oft-shown (look, here
is again! We’re such teases) but
Sports Hockey Baseball Canada
undelivered Zip Drive accessory,
Trudeaus Pierre Trudeau Garry Trudeau Doonesbury vs. some tired and the oft-rumored DVD drive.
politician? USA
We’ll keep you posted.
Game Show Hosts Alex Trebek Pat Sajak Jeopardy is a far superior
game: Canada
Breakfast Meat Canadian bacon Normal bacon Canadian bacon needs to
be punished for ruining
too many pizzas: USA
» HAIL BONDING
The time has come for all readers to step up to the
Dollar 68$ $1.00 USA keyboard plate and send in their deepest, darkest, most
Deck sports Curling Shuffleboard Umm... Canada? intimate questions regarding Dreamcast, Sega, and the
random machinations of the universe. If you fail this
French minority Quebecois Cajuns USA: better food, music, and
will be condemned to a fate worse than
mission, you
‘Cajun’ sounds like it's spelled
be forced to play Sonic Blast
death...in other words, you’ll
Free health care Yes (see sales tax) If you're hemorrhaging. Canada and Night Trap forever. No one wants that. So get
Maybe.
scribblingand send your inquiries to: Dreamcast
Magazine, c/o Imagine Media, 150 North Hill Drive,
WINNER: its a close match, but Canada narrowly wins 7-6. Now would you get off our backs, already? Brisbane, CA 94005. And we especially love email:
dcmag@imaginemedia.com. You were warned.

www.dreamcastmagazine.com Sept/Oct 2000 Official# Dreamcast Magazine 13

Famous pro speed racer Benny Moto
says in life and in racing we must know
how to SLOW DOWN. Benny uses carbon
fiber rotors and 4 piston calipers because
he says the curb tastes like defeat.

Are you hard core? Have this beefy spring please.

It's good for you. Without a trick suspension the
hairball track will shake your head up and down
like one of those stupid dogs in the back window.

DIAGRAM (M)

A big, 19 inch, 3 piece

magnesium wheel is your fun
friend in the quest for a sweeter

contact patch. It's hot too.

Driver 1 starts off in the lead. But did he listen to Benny? He
didn't! He tried to save money on brakes. He's cheap. He’s stupid.
He couldn't go kicky fast through the turn. Now Driver 2 passed
his ass. Wow! And look at Driver 3! He’s making power. How to

be the leader? Customize and drive like a freak with fiery pants.
 YOU FOLLOW MY ADVICE.

YOU CUSTOMIZE. YOU BEAT

EVERYBODY. POW!

Tear it up in this total competition speed trip where you can build original
1
machines from scratch or tweak over 130 GT sports cars that reproduce exact I
handling and performance specs. Then use your VMU to trade machines, parts I
! 5
and laptimes on the net. Assuming you got anything worth trading, Grandma.
1
i

The shock absorber is often overlooked. Not here.

In Benny’s shop everyone concentrates on the shock.
A good shock where it really counts will bring forth
nimbler handling and quicker transitions.

Oh my God! Look at that engine! Yes,

that’s a kicky big damn motor. Benny
likes the superhuge V12 for stump-
pulling power. But only for the big bad
bomber cars. Otherwise enjoy a V-8.

Oh! What a loud muffler! Loud

coolie mufflers intimidate chump-
ass rivals. Get a big pipe for
greater flow at high rpm levels.

©Dreamcast
IT’S THINKING~]~

I
 Blee As if future hits like Jet Grind Radio and Phantasy Star
Online alike
weren t enough, Dreamcast gamers will soon have 400+
PlayStation
games to add to their collections. Hey, we re not saying no.

ne of the biggest

O
surprises at this year’s
Electronic Entertainment
Exposition was without a
doubt the
announcement
that bleem!
would soon
release its controversial
PlayStation emulator for
Dreamcast. All of a sudden, the
PlayStation 2 and its backwards-
compatibility had lost a bit of its
hype-generating muscle, and Sony
was not too happy. But that’s not
our problem.

At press-time, no preview versions of According to bleem!, emulated games According to Kauppinen, bleem! is

bleem! were available— but using our willrun at 640x480 (as comparedto also "working to incorporate support for
imagination, we could almost see the 320x240 on PS2), with full-screen anti- import titles into each of the first four
brilliance of it all. “You insert the bleem! for aliasing and bilinear filtering to make planned paks.” This means that Japanese
Dreamcast disc into your Dreamcast,” everything look extra-smooth and—well, hits like Final Fantasy IX and Vib Ribbon (the
bleem!'s Sean Kauppinen explains. dreamcasty! wacky music game Sony won’t release in the
“Bleemcast! then loads into local memory Bleem! for Dreamcast will come on four US), will soon be rocking our Dreamcasts in
and prompts you to insert a compatible bleempaks, each supporting 100 PlayStation newfound high-res glory. We will soon get
PlayStation disc. You open the Dreamcast, titles. Bleem! wouldn’t reveal—or didn’t know access not only to hundreds of enhanced
insert the PlayStation title, close the lid and yet—what titles will be supported and how PlayStation classics, but to import titles that
press start. It’s very simple to operate.” they’ll be organized on the four bleempaks. most US PlayStation owners can’t even play.
Not only will bleem! allow you to play Let’s hope, though, that the 400 games Bleem! will also release a PlayStation-
PlayStation hits on Sega’s 128-bit system, won’t be arranged in alphabetical order, inspired pad and something called a
but will also use the Dreamcast’s power to but rather in terms of popularity, age bleempod to avoid DC control pad
graphically enhance every supported title. group or genre. compatibility problems. “This adapter makes
any PlayStation-compatible controller work
with the Dreamcast,” says Kauppinen. “It

supports, detects and identifies digital and

analog pads, steering wheels and jogcon
and negcon Bleempod also
controllers.
features a VMU port and PSX memory card
adapter for easy saved-game transfers.”
Bleem! may be Sega’s most crucial
partner in the impending war against

THIS MONTH PlayStation 2, although Sega has neither

promoted nor discouraged the emulator.
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT Kauppinen thinks, “Sega has been counted
out by too many people. They have all of the
bleem! it all on Sony 17 elements in place to continue to be a major
Unreal Tournament 18 player in the industry—and Peter Moore has
Invoice-free voice-corn 18 the skills to make it happen.”
Separated at birth 18 Asked about the risk of being “shut
Otaku edibles 18 down,” Kauppinen comments, “We have
Dreamcast gear 18 defended ourselves, and we feel confident in

Pink ladies 20 our defense and counterclaims against Sony.”

NextGen creamed 20 Let’s hope nothing will happen that could
Headless hunter 20 deprive us from 400 more games this year.
SNK KO 21
PRODUCT BLEEM! FOR DREAMCAST DEVELOPER BLEEM!
Winter wondering 22 PRICE TBA RELEASE SUMMER 2000 PERIPHERALS
Capcom cappers 22 BLEEMPAD, BLEEMPOD, VMU AND LOTSA PSX STUFF

Sounds Evil! 24
Hot List 24 www.DailyRadar.c
 Dreamcast News Network >
Samba de Gear

Phone Home Did Sega cut the

nose off a Muppet
to make
microphone?
this

Phone bill? What bill? Sega’s new DC

to DC long distance system is FREE!
feel the
For Dreamcast users, the Internet is only the first step to
totalaccess. Sega and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) supplier InnoMedia
groove in Samba
de Amigo, or just look
willsoon help gamers reach the next level, with a fully global
groovy in this official Samba
communication system entitled DreamCall. It’s a specialized
T-shirt (purchased at the dodgy,
software application, which works in conjunction with
top-floor shop of Sega Freaks arcade
headphones (or the microphone peripheral packaged with
in Akihabara, Japan). Pull that monkey
Seaman) to link DC owners all over the world, Dreamcast to
off your back and wear it in the front!
Dreamcast. The technology will be offered free to gamers who
register (also for free) with the DreamCall Directory Server, in
order to A) call another DC owner anywhere in the world via
Dreamcast; B) call from a Dreamcast to any PC in the
world with the installed InfoAccel VoIP card; or C) call

another DC owner even while playing a game.

InnoMedia has been working with Sega Japan on

several projects, even helping to develop a new
adventure game called Dream Dorobo which will
launch along with the DreamCall program this summer
in Japan. Dorobo requires players to cooperate via
DreamCall in order to view all parts of the game
Cookie Monster
Straight from the land of never-endingbean cakes comes the latest
map—and you’d better get used to this idea, because videogame edible, in the form of Sega Joypolis’ Sonic Biscuits.
Sega including many of its upcoming titles.
1 1 1Cl i irw lu u it. niainag^ vi iuiwvtw
is it in For a mere ¥500 (approx. $5.00), you can chomp down on your
IP and your microphone attachment
(courtesy of Seaman), you’ll be able favorite hedgehog’s head—but don’t expect much flavor. Flavor
InnoMedia's VP of Marketing, Robert Selzler, to call your girlfriend in Rio without crossed the street when it saw this stuff coming at Eurgh.
it.

having to sell all of your CDs.

believes that Sega will follow its plan to distribute
DreamCall “free of charge or bundled it with other
items” (like ODCM’s demo Sega Japan
disc, perhaps?).
will introduce the software as a package combined with

Dream Dorobo, and as part of the Visual Park system

disc designed for the
video/still cam). Slated to
sometime after its late summer launch
already dreaming up rude ways to blow
Dreameye
roll out
(the Japan-only ’net
in the US and UK
in

Cyprian (Evil Twin)
Moody moptop orphan meets moody moptop
popster. The only thing separating Cyprian from
ol’ Sulky Bob is about 30 years and as many
pounds, gained during a dreadful bout of ’80s-
inspired ennui. Of course, we loved him anyway:
an ear at any of his classic dirges, and you’ll
tilt
be hearing the soundtrack of ODCM’s collective
adolescence. And now we’re off to rat our coiffs
and shine up our bondage boots...
off
Japan, we’re
Ma Bell.
Get Unreal
Infogrames confirms development of
online multiplayer Unreal Tournament
UNREAL TOURNAMENT WAS, along PC (or PS2) gamers? Unknown, right now. We'll
with Quake 3, one of the biggest first person bring allof the gory specs and details to light in
shooters to hit the PC last year. While it didn't ODCM Issue #8, in an exclusive, exhaustive
do anything that its first-person- shooter report. Infogrames has promised us the full
siblings weren't doing already, it did contain story, nothin' but the truth. Will we see the title
incredible level designs, a huge number of on our demo disk? Cross your toes.
cool multiplayer modes (Capture the Flag,
for starters) and some great 'bot technology'
(as FPS nerds call it). And now, like Quake This PC screen gives you a taste of
3, it's coming to Dreamcast, courtesy of the multiplayer state of being that
you’ll reach in Unreal Tournament
Infogrames USA (purchaser of former
Robert Smith (The Cure) Unreal publisher GT Interactive). No
announcements have been made about
which development house landed the
contract, but sources say that the lucky
company is based in San Francisco.
UT IS PLANNED
for a late 2000 or early
2001 release. It will be fully compatable
with SegaNet, as well as with the (so far,
mythological) DC mouse and keyboard.
Will DC players be able to go at it against

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Congrats to Forest Philbrick (far right) who

snagged first place in Sega’s Ulala-a-like contest.

Space Channel 5 Lookalike Contest

NORTH HOLLYWOOD / UNIVERSAL CITY WALK Pink wigs, paparazzi, red Makes a Splash at Universal City
carpets and little girls in littler skirts: crowds buzzed as twelve girls between
nine and 21 years old lined up to compete in Sega's Space Channel 5 Ulala Ulala's space-age gear. They shook their moneymakers (and fast) while judges
look-alike contest. The winner would receive $500 and a Dreamcast and all of — scored them on appearance, dance ability and enthusiasm. After a lengthy
the girls would get to meet Ulala herself (as played by Kelly Preston). debate, Forest Philbrick was named the winner.
Although she isn't vying with Madonna for the REALLY big dressing room With "cross-over appeal" and "the ability to perform as a role model" (Sega's
quite yet, SC5 s Ulala is indisputably a celebrity. And given the serious money
' words), Ulala is the perfect icon in the making. She's
that Sega has dropped to this end, it would be shocking if she wasn't. Labled "the looking to appear on several MTV and commercial
next 'IT' girl" by her company handlers, it's clear from today's response that she TV shows, and while these contracts have yet to be
is indeed 'IT' — —
along with 'this', 'that' and 'the other' to whole legions of fans. closed (we hear), we'll bet that an epidemic of Ulala-
After an opening number featuring choreography lifted directly from the inspired, dyed-pink hairstyles sweeps middle
game, the contestants skipped onstage in homemade, often-ingenious replicas of schools from coast to coast in six months or less.

Your first headhunting

mission will be in the
streets of Beverly Hills,
Hunting Head Hunter
beheading anyone "Oh, you weren’t supposed to see that, "smirks Sega
wearing fur or
It was the anti-game of E3, running on a video trailer that Sega would ‘accidently’ leave running and
Mercedes SUV
then refuse to talk about. What is it? Head Hunter. Why do we care? Curiosity kills. We do know that
it’s a third-person game adventure game cut from the Resident Evil mold, featuring both indoor and

outdoor segments (including one, at least, on a motorcyle). We know that its gameplay is supposed to
betotally different from that of traditional adventures. We know that its development is being spear-
headed by Sega Europe. We know that developer Amuse wanted to tell us all about it, but that Sega
said “no”;and for all of these reasons, we know that it’s Sega’s next big thing for the holiday 2001
season. As soon as we take a crowbar to Sega’s tight lips, we’ll know more. Know what we mean?

10 Six//Sega/Fall: Online strategy across America

you'll pilot a big rig fantasy setting meets a timed BLACK AND WHITE//Sega/TBA:

DREAMGAST'S shooter meets persistent world a la

Ultima Online. Prepare for network
hijinks in a tank.
and beyond. Network options are
being added.

4X4 EV0LUTI0N//G0D Games/Fall:

adventure in which you must pre-
vent destruction-with a mouse or a
DC controller.
Peter Molyneaux's highly anticipated
"God-sim.'' Hit the DNA lounge and
create armies of beasties to take

HOT HUNDRED 102 DALMATIANS//Eidos /Summer:

Strictly for the kiddies, this
cartoon-style 3D adventure lets
canine

players bark and scrap for the req-

uisite bone.
Race in SUVs across serious off-
road tracks with enough features to
please the sim fan ana enough
action to sate arcade junkies.
ARMADA 2: EX0DUS//Metra3D
/September: Sequel-tastic space
shooter with RPG features crum-
bled in, to create an online
over the world-the virtual world.

BOARDER Z0NE//lnfogrames/0cto-
ber: As the snowboarding
title-in-waiting, Housemarque's
extravaganza that puts the original
AER0WINGS 2:
to shame. Fans take note.
smooth-running, pretty little
HOLY S#@% BATMAN! Who would’ve thought a year 1 8 WHEELER: AMPR0 AER0STRIKE//Crave/Fall: Didn't get boarder sim finally gives Rippin
TRUCKING//Sega: Sort of like Crazy enough of a flight sim fix with the Riders a run for its money.
ago that we’d be where we are now. We’ve got an amazing 100 ARMY MEN: SARGE’S HEROES
Taxi for the BJ and the Bear set, original Aerowings? Get ready to
titlesOUT NOW for Dreamcast One hundred! That’s a stack of //Midway/September: Little green
start your engines and dogfight your
men come to Dreamcast. The army
games over three feet high. And now there’s more good news. way across the skies. men are ready to shoot and hack
At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles we their way across large terrains in
ALIEN FR0NT//Sega/Winter 2001 game.
found out there are one hundred MORE games that are coming Big shooter mech-like tanks blast
this strategy/action

down the pipeline of happiness very soon-most within the next each other to eternity and beyond in
BILLAB0NG PRO SURFER//Mattel
few months or so. What a great time to be a Dreamcast owner! an online action fest that puts Interactive/November: Not much is
Godzilla to shame.
We knew you’d want the heads up on these games, so we’ve known of DC's version of this surf-
speaks
ing surfari, but the license
compiled a complete list of the Hot Hundred up-and-coming ARCATERA//UbiSoft/Fall: Point and volumes. Expect to don a wetsuit
Dreamcast games right here. Read with someone you love.
it click wackiness ensues as the deep and attack some killer waves.

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SNK's Uncool uMl/.McVans.com

Uncool Doom What’s next for the cast
of SNK’s Cool Cool Toon Te: 2.9-49.^-
Is it videogaming history and KOF? According to
rumor in Japan, Capcom
(£) (2

Playstation, Nintendo 64,

hardcore favorite SNK? may be in line to snag
some of SNK’s fran-
chises. Will CCT be
Our beloved planet wasn’t blown to bits on New Year’s
Eve, but Y2K has
already been a year of colossal losses,
among them? Dreamcast.®
‘restructuring’ tacticsand unexpected tragedy for many
of our favorite videogame companies.
announcements
After Sega of Japan’s dire financial
and dramatic reorganization, it was SNK’s turn to face You guys rule.
reality. A much darker one. As you may have noticed, it’s

virtually impossible to find any SNK hardware and soft-

ware on US store shelves. But, let's not forget the

On June 13, 2000, SNK USA—or what was left of it—
asked retailers to return any unsold products in return for
full reimbursement. Some retailers boxed the stuff up, ones that are no longer
others calmly protested. "I’m not returning any of it,” a
Software ETC store manager told ODCM. “I love my with
NGPC, and so do my customers who bought it. Nothing
beats playing Card Fighter’s Clash through a link cable.”

humbled and quiet, SNK quit our glorious land-

So,
mass— unaware that this was only their first step into the
(videogaming) grave. In what felt like a scene from The
Insider, an SNK Japan spokesperson (who shall remain

anonymous) revealed the shocking truth: “SNK will stop

producing
videogames.
King of Fight-
ers 2000 will

be the
one.” The
last
Old systems never die,
source quit
the company a they just show up at
few days later.

“Working at an
SNK that
doesn’t make
videogames means nothing to me,” he explained.
SNK wouldn’t go on record at press time, but it

seems that it will start selling Pachinko (look it up)

machines and games by the end of August.
Let’s hope that an intelligent publisher picks up
SNK’s classic licenses (King of Fighters, Fatal Fury,
Metal Slug etc.), and that the very promising Cool
Cool Toon (character shot at right) finds its way to a US

release. SNK, old pal, we’ll miss you.

$30.00 MINIMUM, CAU. FOR DETAILS.

BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS
//Sega/TBA: Maybe, maybe not.
Sega’s arcade "real-life" smash
will put the hose in your hand and
to perfection in the
kitchen.
and plenty of high-powered
artillery. One
Capcom
Loads of cool characters

to watch.
DARK ANGEL: VAMPIRE
APOCALYPSE//Metro3D/Septem-
ber: A 3D hack'n'slash of gothic
propor- tions, looking absolutely
wreckin’ car racer that puts the
emphasis on destruction.

DAVE MIRRA FREESTYLE

flames on all sides, if it happens. amazing right now. With a female
Perfect for Backdraft fans. lead and plenty of swordplay, we
can’t wait to get some play time.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
//Fox/November: Action adven- D2//Sega/Summer/Fall: Is it or
ON NEW GAMES
BMX//Acclaim/TBA: Fully licensed
and ready to shred the course, Bay
Area-based Z-Axis is getting full
input from the game's star to cre-
ate a stunning BMX biker. Plenty
of courses. Cool.

ture done Buffy-style, with Warp’s magnum opus

isn't it?
starring Laura ID. Enemy Zerol
DINOSAUR//UbiSoft: A morph-tas-
polygonal foes and models. tic ridethrough the Disnev-
Expect lots of levels and plenty and some pesky tentacles is on
licensed prehistoric world, based
the way for action adventure
ofnods to the WB series that on the movie.
fans who love the snow.
shares its name.

DEEP FIGHTER//UbiSoft/Summer:
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR//Activision: Yet
Underwater action, adventure and
another Toy Story licensed game even resource management
COLIN MCRAE RALLY 2//Code- bits of
come to life on Dreamcast. Action, in this mission-based thriller from
masters/TBA: The best game ever,
adventure and the odd mission are the folks who made Subculture.
according to about twelve million
sure to follow.
different PlayStation editors, and DEMOLITION RACER:
it’s finally coming to Dreamcast! NO EXIT//lnfogrames/Summer:
CANNON SPIKE //Capcom/Fall: It’ll have rally cars, rally tracks, Racing, demolition and the ol' Test
Arcade style beat ’em up, cooked and of course, rally controls. Drive 6 engine combine to creat'e a
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Maybe Zombie Net

Winter Capcom Japan serves
a feast of new games to
Nights? hungry DCs: Bon appetit!
Bioware: “Yes.” The good news: Capcom has announced its
plans to take over the world. The best
Sega: < evasive, news: Dreamcast figures prominently in
its scheme. Capcom's Japanese press
smiting rhetoric > release reveals a September drop date
Those clever chaps at Edmonton-based for the much-anticipated Capcom Vs.
Bioware (MDK2, Baldur's Gate) are at it SNK, and an Autumn launch for the
again. The company unveiled its latest first title in its multi-chapter
online PC RPG, Neverwinter Nights, at RPG El Dorado's Gate. Multiplayer Resident Evil?
series
the latest E3 show in Los Angeles to a And here's a news bite big Zombie: “Must get online,
must check my stocks...”
flood of kudos and praise— it snagged a enough to keep you chewing
shelf full of awards from several for days: Capcom Japan has announced
publications. Narrowly based on the a Vampire Hunters (Darkstalkers, to
world of Advanced Dungeons & US gamers) compilation package (for
Dragons, NWN allows gamers to play Dungeon Master in order to create entire release on the Home Islands, only), and
worlds of their own or to manipulate existing plots, characters and storylines in a a Winter debut date for its DC conver-
multiplayer game. This free-form, evolving structure will result in a total experience sion of NAOMI fighter Private Justice
lasting (purportedly) between 60 and 100 hours for single players, and an League 2 (Rival Schools in the US).
assortment of multiplayer modes— including deathmatch—will stretch this lifespan Capcom has left one more little
out even further for groups playing online. mint on our pillow: a Resident Evil
Bioware was so impressed with Sega’s online plans that it’s looking at getting game will soon be playable between
inon the multiplayer action by adding the AD&D roleplayer to its SegaNet lineup. various systems in Japan. Will the DC
Greg Zeschuk, CEO and Executive Producer of MDK 2, comments, “Neverwinter be among the internet-ready VIPs,
Nights was designed with a console future in mind. BioWare has solid Dreamcast tapped by Capcom to herd the undead
experience with MDK 2, and with the Dreamcast is moving toward a multiplayer horde online? Cross your fingers.
future, Neverwinter Nights would be a natural addition to the system.”
With Phantasy Star Online as the only other RPG slated for online
release with SegaNet, NWN would be a perfect addition to the family.
Bioware approves: the ball is in Sega’s court. And Sega is dribbling...

BURNING FORCE NAMCO 1989 (GENESIS)

Pocket Gamer ONLINE GAMING is bigger

The rarest of all shooter
types, Burning Force was
^ — ~~
than Dreamcast: this is the subtext of a recent Sega a forward scroller a la *

statement, announcing its new partnership with cellular Space Harrier (although J
most of the missions
phone giant Motorola. As per the agreement, Sega will keep you on the ground).
develop APIs (geek-speak for 'development systems') to be With an absolutely bril-
used for creating games and content playable on Motorola's liant variety of enemies ~
,,'u
'

next generation of cellular devices. In addition, Sega is (which never repeated

creating several titles exclusively for the cellular market from level to level), a
fantastic color palette, stunning bosses (in excellent
(to be distributed free with the phones), by refitting the pseudo 3D), a top soundtrack and surprisingly little to
tried-and-true formats of several successful puzzlers and do with urological dysfunction, this is a forgotten clas-
action games to the new cellular specs. sic for the Genesis. A Dreamcast version could be
everything that Geist Force couldn’t be.

DREAMCAST'S HOT HUNDRED Continued from page 22

DRAGON RIDERS//UbiSoft/Winter:
Steeped in the mythology of
McCaffrey's familiar Chronicles of
Pern series, you’ll explore a 3D
world full of magic and mayhem.
DREAM D0R0B0//TBA/TBA:
Showpiece for Sega’s DreamCall
technology, you’ll be able to
plete the game only by calling on/up
a friend for help. Fascinating.
ECCO THE DOLPHIN: DEFENDER
OF THE FUTURE//Sega /August: An
old classic gets a 128-bit facelift
and she’s lovely. Everyone's favorite
dolphin returns to find Atlantis and
save the world, cetacean-style.
SKIES OF ARCADIA//Sega/Novem-
ber: Another Sega RPG that looks to
consume the world with greatness,
we kid you not. Turnbased battle;
gorgeous graphics; killer gameplay.
EVIL DEAD: HAIL TO THE KING
Anne //THQ/Q3: Ash and his undead pals
are back for some over-the-top
chainsaw action, based on the cult
classic films. FMV backdrops plus
gory slaughter-fest gameplay.
EVIL TWIN//UbiSoft/November: '80s
oth meets console platforming,
com-
uide a heroic orphan through his
sinister world, to save his friends
and live out his superhero fantasy.
FI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
RACING 99//UbiSoft/Fall: More
tracks and over 20 different FI vehi-
cles!Promises to be even better
than last year's edition.
F355 CHALLENGE//Acclaim/Sep-
tember: A hardcore racing sim fan's
wet dream. Pilot nuthin' but Fer-
raris across realistic tracks,
mastering the art of driving and
two-player competition.
GAMER00M//Sierra/Fall: Granted,
we don't know a whole lot about this
online title, but we do know that
Sierra plans on having it ready for
launch with loads of activities like
billiards for players to enjoy.
GOLD & GLORY: THE ROAD TO EL
DORADO//UbiSoft/Fall:The ani-
mated movie gets a companion
videogame courtesy of UbiSoft.
Adventure, platforming and puzzle
elements all work their wonders
throughout 20 levels in glorious 3D.
GORKA M0RKA//Ripcord/Fall:
Futuristic Hot Ore Action™ with cars
and firearms. Set to topple Vigilante
8 from the car combat throne, you'll
race and destroy at the same time.
THE GRINCH//Konami/September:
Dr. Seuss' walking wet blanket
storms Dreamcast in a suitably
loathsome style. You'll invade
Whoville and destroy the joy for
points; a cynic's delight.
GUNBIRD 2//Capcom/0ctober:
Old-school shooter from the
arcade-based partnership between
Capcom and Psykio. Fans of the
genre will appreciate its 2D appeal.
HALF-LIFE//Sierra/September:
Labeled the best first person
shooter EVER, Valve's atmospheric
shooter comes to Dreamcast with
extra missions and full network
compatibility.
HEAD HUNTER//Sega/TBA: We know
close to nothing about Sega Europe
and Swedish developer Amuze's
action adventure game. But it looks
positively amazing. Stay tuned.
HEAVY METAL FAKK 2//G0D
Games/TBA: A first person shooter
based on the upcoming Heavy Metal
animated movie extravaganza.
Plenty of hot babes in leather, and
plenty o' action just for context.
HEROES OF MIGHT & MAGIC
lll//UbiSoft/Fall: 3D0's PC strategy
RPG gets its comeuppance on con-
sole.The series' third installation
heads straight for Dreamcast with
tinyhorses on gridded battlefields.
IHRA DRAG RACING//Bethesda
Softworks/TBA: Hot-rodding con-
sole-style, featuring realistic flavors
of the real sport and neat tricks for
getting across the finish line. From
the PC racing series.
INDIANA JONES &.THE INFERNAL
MACHINE//Lucas Arts/TBA: Long
rumoredTfinally confirmed. Indy
runs, jumps and swings across cav-
ernous gaps, collecting loot and
solving puzzles. Fully 3D with action
elements.
ILL BLEED//Sega/Fall: One of the
more creative and intriguing adven-
ture games on display at E3. A
spooky horror puzzler to challenge
your senses. Big update next ish!

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Sega’s game creators: Yeowwww! I burnt my fingers!

Now, even more independent! 5. NBA2K1/NFL2K1
GRANDIA II
1. TONY HAWK’S
PRO SKATER
4.
Left to their own devices, will they raid the wet bar? 3.
2.
ETERNAL ARCADIA
JET GRIND RADIO
If you fear that Sega is going to give up game
1. STUPID INVADERS/TONY HAWK 2
development to make the next Outlook Express, sit
back and relax. In a move to make its first-party titles 5. SHENMUE
TONY HAWK 2 ssmmmn
even stronger, SOJ’s internal R&D teams have been
redefined as financially independent, separate
‘companies’ within Sega, and given carte blanche to
4.
3.
2.
1.
JET GRIND RADIO
SONIC ADVENTURE 2
NFL2K1
r 'ii inn
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name themselves whatever they want. In this week’s

episode, we learn: Wacky is as wacky does. How about 5. ETERNAL CHAMPIG
Smile Bit, the new name for AM6, creators of Jet Grind 4. STREETS OF RAGE
3. NIGHTS 2
Radio? Or United Game Artists-the new name for 2. SHINING FORCE ANTHOLOGY
Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s R&D 9 (a.k.a. the SC5 team)? 1. DRAGON BALL Z GT
If nothing else, this name game has given designers
Jet Grind Radio Producer 10. SONIC ADVENTURE
Hot for a particular game? Hot for teacher?
the motivation to begin promoting and marketing their
Kawagoe Takayuki is
Got a hot idea to put in this section of the mag?
ecstatic (he always Send it to- hotlistOdreamcastmaqazine.com THE NPD GROUP, TRST
own titles in Japan and the US. Whether we’ll see a Sonic looks like this when
Team logo on an Xbox or a Dolphin game is anyone’s he's happy), thanks to
guess, but it’s clear that Sega has indeed entered a the end of AM6 and the
new era. Will gamers reap any benefits? Time will tell.

LET’S FACE IT: the teams that created Jet Grind Radio and Space Channel 5 were
birth of Smile Bit.
Them’s Fightin’ Tunes
saddled with crappy, uninspiring names. Now that the situation has been rectified, Mars Colony ready to release gaming soundtracks
SOJ’s level of creativity can only explode from here on out But will it? Let’s take a
look at the new names, and see if they’re really any better than the old: I game for the thousandth
You're playing your favorite fighting
"Wow, this music is so dope. It's just not
hour, thinking,
OLD NAME NEW NAME YOU MAY REMEMBER THEM FROM enough to hear it over and over while I play the game. I also
want to hear it in my car, in my Walkman, on my alarm clock...
R&D 1 Wow House of the Dead, I want it to be the soundtrack for my entire life." Great news:
I

Huh. Not bad. Is that really the name? Get Bass thanks to SoCal-based Mars Colony Music, it can! The first US licensor and
R&D 2 R&D2 of CRI Shenmue, Ferrari "dedicated record label" of console game soundtracks has already set a
Trying for R2D2ofC3P0 F355 Challenge release date for its first trio of game tunes, taken from the Capcom library
R&D 3 Hit Maker Crazy Taxi, of awesome titles: Power Stone, Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Resi-
Didn’t that come with the Casio keyboard? Virtua Tennis dent Evil Orchestra. For more details, check out Mars Colony Music online
R&D 4 Amusement Vision Spike Out, at www.marscolonymusic.com.
That’s already half a haiku! Slash Out
R&D 5 Sega Rosso Sega Rally, Star
Simple, strong, Italian: family-oriented Wars Arcade The Real Slime Shady
R&D 6 Smile Bit Jet Grind Radio, One of the "weirdest videogames ever" got weirder
this week, as one of our readers wrote in to tell us
Thumbs up: Quirky and unpretentious Typing of the Dead she'd found a "hidden character" in Seaman.
R&D 7 Over Works Eternal Arcadia, 'Christina' reported raising a pasty, heavy-lidded
Arrogant, yet yearning for prole cred Sakura Wars Seaman that was "way more obnoxious and bad-
tempered than any Seaman I've ever seen."
R&D 8 Sonic Team Sonic Adventure, "He was a total bottom-feeder. And all he
It says what it is. This week, that’s cool Chu Chu Rocket —
would say is 'My name is ' over and over. It got
R&D United Game Artists really annoying. I asked him to stop, but he said,
9 Space Channel 5
"If you mess with me I'll f#£r@in' KILL you."
Stinks. Stick finger in dictionary: repeat Bizarrely, the evil Seaman, who she dubbed
Digital Seisaku-bu Wave Master, "Seamanem," jumped out of the tank and bit her.
Media Well, it’s in Japanese. Sounds cooler ... Roomania #203 "So that's when I flushed him," said 'Christina'.
"But not before I took this pic to send to you."

DREAMCAST'S HOT HUNDRED Continued from page 22

JET GRIND RADIO//Sega/Fall: Weve
said it all. Set to the hippest sound-
track against the coolest visuals
ever, Jet Grind Radio is readying an
inline-skatin' revolution; it's Xanadu
for the new kids.
KISS PSYCHO CIRCUS: THE NIGHT-
MARE CHILD//G0D Games/Fall: A
first person shooter, licensed to kill.
The infamous 70s glam rock quar-
Todd McFarlane's
tet (lately of
JAMBO SAFARl//Sega/TBA: Not yet comic book series) comes to DC.
announced for DC, this arcade title Networklicious!
willhave you roping rhinos and
giraffes from the cozy comfort of an LEGACY OF KAIN: SOUL REAVER
all-terrain vehicle. Suburbia? 2//Eidos/Spring 2001: Sequel to the
much-touted gothic action adven-
JEREMY MCGRATH SUPERCROSS ture. Raziel is back in black and at it
2000//Acclaim/Summer: No, not again, with new Kain-catching tricks
Jenny McCarthy, darn it. That would up his flesh-free sleeve.
be cool. JMS2Ks got the tough
stylings you expect of this series, LOONEY TUNES SPACE RACE//lnfo-
with more options and modes, plus grames/Fall: Styled after the
a retooled engine to suit DCs power. cartoon franchise and looking just
as hip, Bugs and friends will race to
the finish line in typical wacky kart
style with weapons, power ups.
MAGFORCE RACING//Crave/Now: In
your neat magneticized craft, you'll
be looping the loop in races on vari-
ous Dramamine-indicated courses,
while collecting weapons and
powerups.
MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2: NEW AGE
OF HEROES//Capcom/August:
Lightning-paced fighting action with
everyone's favorite characters, from
good ol' Spidey and his ilk to the
more obscure Capcom fighters.
Goodies galore.
MAX STEEL//Mattel Interactive
/September: He's a street-smart
fish-out-of-water in a world he
never made. Just kidding. Using
characters and situations from the
Saturday morning CG series, Max
Steel has action, adventure and lots
o' platforming surprises.
METROPOLIS STREET
RACER//Sega/Fall: British boy rac-
ing on international streets takes an
amazing graphical turn. It's a slick
car racer, moving in to oust games
like Ridge Racer for the crown.
SUPER RUNABOUT//lnterplay
/September: Following up Felony 11-
79 on PlayStation, it's a mission-
based car game with crazy vehicles
and plenty of objectives. Play as the NFL BLITZ 2001//Midway/Septem-
cops, if you’re feeling civic-minded, ber: Adrenaline-charged arcade
or as the street avengers, if you football that'll whet your appetite
want to go on a vigilante rampage. sim heavy NFL2K1. Muchos
for the
moves, strategies and codes.
MTV SKATEBOARDING//THQ/TBA:
With Tony sitting pretty atop the NFL QUARTERBACK CLUB
skating roost, THQ's licensed title 2001//Acclaim/Fall: Acclaim's fol-
aims to knock it loose. Plenty of lowup in the Quarterback Club
tricks, skaters and courses; the title franchise. Acclaim seems deter-
may change. We'll see. mined to bring the series back to its
original glory. We'd tell you more,
MR. DRILLER//Namco/Out Now: but then we'd have to make stuff up.
The cutest mascot ever drills his
way through Skittles-colored blocks
in order to free his town and mes-
merize the world. Addictive arcade
puzzling. Mission accomplished.
THE MUMMY//Konami/September:
Action adventure based on the hit
film. Play as Brandon Frasier-or at
least his screen counterpart-in
order to collect goodies, kill ene-
mies and win the girl.

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niiue end It came, it

Dreamcast Stole E3 and

there to drive the
saw, kicked much hiney ...
it

ODCM was
getaway car

Blau
** I /9 SOSO Me had our doubbs. okay?
We
admit it. All of the news before this
year’s E3 pointed to the inevitable death ofDreamcast at the hands of its
competitors, and the hype was us down. But upon arrival at the
really getting
Los Angeles Convention Center, we decided
that if Dreamcast is, in fact, on its
deathbed, it’s going to be the most beautiful corpse ever (which would make us
all necrophiliacs—who knew?). Instead of the sombre, cavernous booth void of

interest that all of the pundits were predicting, the bustling Sega space was
clearly alive and kicking. Its pulse was the sheer amount of playable games on
display; its brain was the large tented area sectioned off and dedicated to its
fully playable online titles; its— urn— nether vitals had to be the bountiful stage

acts that kept the crowd enthralled. From the Space Channel 5 show featuring
the wiggles (and wig) of Ulala to an exhibit devoted to that amphibious
misanthrope, Seaman, Sega’s slogan should’ve been “more, more, more!”

Ule gob bo plag games like Jet Grind Radio, Ready 2 Rumble 2 and
even Quake 3 Arena! One Sega representative claimed that over 100 titles were
shown at the show for Dreamcast, and we won’t argue with that number. So all in
all, E3 turned out to be a pretty good antidote to apprehension. Just as the

Grinch’s heart grew three sizes on that special day, our little nagging doubts grew
three times smaller after only the first ten minutes. And the best part was that

Sega just knew it ruled: it strutted its networked and non-networked stuff for the

public with none of the tentativeness or spotty marketing that has sometimes
weakened its presence in the past.
The company does have its work cut out for it. But unquestionably, DC owners
are going to get the best of everything the industry has to offer in 2000— and Show:
Bests Floor <sy
most likely, in the next year, too. And the rather keen-looking host of micro-mini
cladSpace Channel 5 back-up dancers certainly didn’t hurt Sega’s cause, either. Space Dhoooel S Soccers
E3—
&
down—
Putting on the most entertaining (and eye-teasing) show at hands Sega
SO here LUO ore: all tired out from fighting off booth babes (shyeah, packed ’em into its booth, in the open spaces surrounding a massive stage. Every
right) and combating rabid otaku for cool tchachkes...not to mention collecting 20 minutes, Ulala and a bevy of beauties (appealing both to gentlemen AND ladies)
tremendous exclusives for our readers, of course. Now, it’s time to toddle off to would dazzle the crowd with a spectacular show: And if you missed it, they’d show
all those really dreadfully boring (read: insanely fun) star-studded E3 parties.. .b
but up above the SC5 kiosks for a peep show straight out of a '60s spy movie.
don’t cry for us. We’re always willing to risk our sobriety,
our dignity (Evan really got down and dirty with a bunch of The entire Sega booth was devoted to
fanboys in a fight over the last Morolien blow-up toy) and a massive number of PLAYABLE
even our sanity, all “for the kids.” Read on for each editor’s upcoming titles, with special
attention paid to the ones that utilized
take on the festivities and, more importantly, the stars of
Dreamcast’s online compatibilities.
the show—the games! Until next year.
Plus—NFL2K1 and Quake 3 were up
and running online!
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It’s the videogame event of the year.
For three days in May, 62,000 retailers,
developers, investors and journalists
invade the LA Convention Center to
explore the Electronic Entertainment
Expo, where they view and play over 2400
of the hottest new products in interactive
entertainment For three nights, these
same people will party until they
embarrass themselves and their
employers. At least—that’s what we
DREAMCAST'S HOT HUNDRED
OUT TRIGGER//Sega/Q4: Network
compatible, Quake-like shooting.
Loads of maps; up to four players
can play on the same machine.
Throw it online and players will
multiply like rabbits.
PBA TOUR BOWLING 2//Bethesda
/Fall: PBA sets the record straight
about pro bowling. You'll aim for the
pins and knock 'em down in this
network-compatible sports sim with
lots of modes to choose from.
but oddly cool shoes not included.
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PEACEMAKERS//UbiSoft/September:
One of the first realtime strategy
titles to hitDC, you'll have a chance
to fend off the media and the
enemies through 16 missions.
Giving peace a chance, one realtime
strategy at a time.
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE//Sega
/Early 2001 Sonic Team's ambitious
:
effort to bring online roleplaying to
the masses, pick up your
sword/staff as one of the numerous
heroes and cooperate with
strangers across the net.
PICASSIO//TBA/TBA: Stealthy
action adventure from the land of
crumpets and such. Play an art thief
and steal your way across different
museums while avoiding detection.
PLANET OF THE APES//Fox
Silly /November: Those damn dirty apes
are at it again and you play the
human willing to risk it all in
to figure out what the heck
on. Rock me, Dr. Zaius!
POD ll//UbiSoft/September: With
an elaborate story to back
gamers everywhere will be able to
race against one another online in
various vehicles across ten new
tracks "with interactive events."
POWER STONE 2//Capcom/August:
Fourplayer frenetic fighting reaches
order a feverish pitch with Capcom's
is going sequel to the highly original,
highly contagious Power Stone.
Insanity pills not included.
it up, PRINCE OF PERSIA 3D//Mattel
/September: A retooled DC port of
the PC sequel to one of the most
enduring action adventure games
ever. Mattel promises more hack
‘n’ slash antics for the DC
QUAKE ARENA//Sega/Sep-
III
tember: It's Quake and it's
coming. Need we say more? It's
going to be online. You'll never
leave the house again.
QUEST OF THE BLADEMASTERS
//Ripcord/ November: Loads of
multiplayer online minigames will
be running amuck in the network
compatible counterpart to
Ripcord's action RPG.
Babe Babble!
Who would win in a fight: Lara or Ulala? Let’s
examine their strengths and weaknesses.
Lara Croft (as modeled by 17-year-old Lucy
Clarkson, above) is built like a brick—urn,
oven. She could schlep one of TR’s giant
boxes all the way from New York to Pasadena
without breaking a sweat.
Ulala (at left, played by Kelley Cooper) on
the other hand, looks like an underfed
chicken. Based on bulk alone, we ought to
bet on Lara...but we wouldn’t. We suspect
that Ulala isn’t the kind of girl who fights
fair—and that Lara gets homesick and cries a
lot. Really, who would you pick?
RAILROAD TYCOON II//G0D SAMBA DE AMIGO//Sega/TBA
Games/Summer: Up and coming Maraca madness looms largely on
entrepreneurs got a taste of this the horizon as Sega prepares to
sim on last issue's demo disc and unleash the musical mayhem on the
the full version will sport the entire US. It's fun and it counts as aerobic
tale from rags to riches. exercise. It might sell for as much
as $100, but we'll keep you posted.
ROGUE SPEAR//Majesco/TBA:
The port of the Rainbow Six sequel is SAN FRANCISCO RUSH
guaranteed to be underway by the 2049//Midway/September:
company that brought you the oft- Futuristic take on the ol' Rush
version
delayed, but finally available original. formula. An arcade port with
some DC-exclusive goodies.
READY 2 RUMBLE 2//Midway
/November: More boxers, more
wackiness and an even bigger
tongue planted firmly in its cheek.
Expect one-hit KO's and loads more
features to be included. Online? Yes.
RED DOG//Sega/TBA: Argonaut's
tank-type thang is one of the games
thathas always just been on the
edge of release in the US. Now it’s
really coming. No, really-it is.
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D( DIRECT*
Top S SB Games oF bhe Shorn
The Cream
Grandia II (UbiSoFbJ
Francesca nearly cried for joy when she
saw a playable version of
upcoming RPG masterpiece in UbiSoft’s
booth. Smooth and gorgeous, this was
the veritable star in the niche crown at
the show.
DREAMCAST'S HOT HUNDRED
SANITY: AIKEN’S ARTIFACT//Fox
Interactive/TBA: Yet another Fox
Interactive treat for DC owners with
the DC port of the PC action RPG
with plenty of 'psychic' issues to
deal with. Full report next issue.
SEAD00 HYDRO CROSS//Vatical
/TBA: With a name like 'SeaDoo,'
how can you possibly go wrong, we
ask? Especially if said ‘SeaDoo’ is
attached to a wondrous jetski-like
racing title. Wah.
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Electronic Entertainment Expo 2000
of a Creamy Crop!
Fun, frenetic and borderline illegal,
Sega’s ode to futuristic inline skating
gone criminally wrong looked great and
played even better. A long line of gamersl
lined up against a wall of kiosks can’t
be wrong, can they? Well, not about
video games at any rate.
Sbupid Invaders misoni GFL BHI/GGG Bill (Segal UFG WravB
Is there an orthodontist in the house? Network play, uploading stats, head-to- One of the most heavily hyped titles
Game Arts’ Take a look at these choppers! For the head match-ups.. .has Sega gone mad? at E3, Crave’s polygonal brawlfest is
point-and-click-er in us all, UbiSoft Honestly, no. They’ve just gone online looking and playing better than ever.
unveiled its playable code for this cartoon- and we couldn’t be happier. Improved And with an increasingly deep counter
styled alien fest—and it looked amazing. graphics aside, we can’t wait to scrim and reversal moves list, it may have
The DC gods are definitely smiling on us. against strangers and friends. the brains to back up the brawn.
SEAMAN//Sega/Summer: Talk SHENMUE//Sega/Winter: Dubbed running. Sonic will be there with his follow up the Spec Ops Omega
through a microphone and into your and possibly subbed, Suzuki's pals in this Mario-Party-ish rumble. goodness to be released this
television. Your TV houses a surly magnum opus adventure game is summer.
man-fish who grows right before nearing release. Expect to be SOUTH PARK RALLY//Acclaim
your eyes. Sound strange? It is and Immersed™ and mesmerized by /Available Now: Kart(man) racing
we’ve reviewed it in this very issue. small kittens and leather jackets. done South Park style with all the SPAWN//Capcom/October:
usual M-rated hijinks of the foulest- Multiplayer madness and plenty of
SEGA GT//Sega/September: Loads of SILENT SCOPE//Konami mouthed kids to surface in the US dark, moody characters populate
and some very
cars, loads of options /September: The arcade smash pop culture conscious since, this comic book wundershooter with
simulation-like handling all add up finally gets its console due with the well...ever. plenty of action muscle. Let ‘er rip.
towhat Sega’s betting on to be THE sniper-rifling antics of
premiere Gran Turismo-killer-app. counterterrorist troops. It ain't got SPEC OPS ONLINE//Ripcord
/November: The counterterrorist STAR LANCER//Crave/September:
the sniper rifle peripheral, but it still
SEGA SPORTS NBA2K1//Sega online-ready add-on pack that will An online shooter with looks that
SEGA MARINE FISHING//Sega/TBA: /October: The boys are back in town
rocks.
could kill-and they virtually do.
Bass Fishing takes one giant leap and ready to take to the courts in Control spaceships and dogfight
across the mountains and heads for the online-compatible hoops jam to SILVER//lnfogrames/Summer: through the milky way. Plays
the deep sea with this arcade port bring down the house. No kidding. Action RPG of PC proportions as you
smooth and looks really purty, too.
of the mother of all fishing games. play David and must rescue your
A DC port is underway. luwerly wiwee from the clutches of
SEGA SPORTS WSB2K1//Sega the evil emperor, Silver. Check out STAR WARS BOMBAD RACING
SEGA SPORTS NFL2K1//Sega /Summer: While it ain't online our review. //Lucas Arts: Aarrgh! It's
/September: It’s all about the pigskins compatible, it does look like it'll be superdeformed Star Wars racing
and playing against your pals via the a winner. With development being SONIC SHUFFLE//Sega/October: done with Jar Jar Binks! Expect
www. How much better can it get? done in Japan, this is one baseball It’s all about multiplayer party kart-racing to reach a new level
Read our preview in this issue. sim to keep an eye out for. games when SegaNet gets up and when this hits shelves.
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series is beyond belief in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for

the Sega Dreamcastl An unprecedented total

of 56 playable characters include the debut of Jill

from Resident Evil", Tron and her Sen/ebots and

Cable from Marvel Comics fame. Experience

arcade perfect fighting with 3 on 3 tag-team battles,

unbelievable control and hyper-fast animation.

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and Super Heroes from the Marvel Universe and

prepare to be amazed.

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Sega strikes again with this truly Nobody— not even our trusty ODCM While rumors had been swirling
bizarre ‘trucker sim’, 18-Wheeler. spies—saw this one coming. One of around the imminent release of Yu
Believe it or not, the game is really the show’s most under-hyped, Suzuki’s excellent racer, nobody
fun to play, proving Sega’s knack hype-worthy titles, AFO has graphics, knew just how far along it actually
for making the ordinary extraordinary. gameplay and gimmics to lust was. Sega and Acclaim have
Catcalls and extended middle after. A full preview awaits, on teamed up to get this baby out the
fingers not included. page 60 of this issue. door, and it’s looking great.

Babe Babble 2!
Perhaps our favorite videogame industry cliche is the gratuitous “Booth
Babe" parade that goes hand in hand with every trade show, be itTGS or
E3 (or an Orthopedic Footware Expo, for that matter). Here’s your chance to
compare and contrast. We were boggled and bamboozled by the number of
lovely women working the floors and pounding the aisles.

After finishing their organic chemistry final, these

girls come to E3 to make some spending money.

STREET FIGHTER III: THIRD
STRIKE//Capcom/Out Now: More 20
goodness
Street Fighter
minds at Capcom. Urn, it
good. What more can we say? No,
really.
STUNT GP//lnfogrames/September:
Gravity-defying, bowel-stirring racer
with an emphasis on stunts and trick
performing for extra points and
excellent opportunistic graphics.
STUPID INVADERS//UbiSoft/Sept:
A 2D fest of point-and-click
proportions is about to hit. We are
prepared to get no work out of
either Evan nor Chris. It's that cool.
SUPER MAGNETIC NE0//Crave/0ut
Now: Mascot wackiness in the form
of thesuper colorful Neo and his
Pao Pao Park friends as you
magnetize your way through
platforming levels.
from the
fights real
SYDNEY 2000//Eidos/September:
Officially licensed Olympics
shenanigans in the form of track and
field, as well as diving, kayaking and
other button pounding activities.
SYSTEM SHOCK 2//Vatical/TBA:
Very cool surprise announcement by
the publishers of E.G.G. A space
shooter with very impressive
adventure elements and action
goodness. More to follow.
TEST DRIVE V RALLY//lnfogrames:
Rally cars are here! Infogrames'
latest racing fest is dedicated to
muddy tracks and mastering
your powersliding skills.
THE NEXT TETRIS//Sega/TBA: Head
to head tetris done across
the internet in a friendly manner
with monkeys. No, we're serious.
This game’s got wondrously cute
monkeys cheer you on.
to
TOKYO XTREME RACING 2//Crave:
Two-player's been cancelled, but if
you're looking for another dose of
street racing (with no jaggies),
you've come to the right place.
TONY HAWK 2//Activision/Sept:
The Hawkman returns to the scene
in his upcoming skatefest with all
new features and more tracks. See
full report in this issue, including an
interview with the man. himself.
UFC//Crave/September: No holds
barred fighting comes to Dreamcast
with excellent, high poly models,
great fighting action, and the
brother of that "Let's Get Ready to
Rumble” guy. Very, very fun.
VIP//UbiSoft/November: Pamela
Lee Anderson and the girls from the
hit TV series get polygonal in the
action/adventure title built for
interactivity— or something like that.
VIRTUA TENNIS//Sega/July: WORLD'S SCARIEST POLICE
Best. Game. Ever. See for yourself in CHASES//Fox Interactive/November:
the full review of the game in this Can't get enough watching cops
month's Test Zone. Yes, it's our lead smash bad guys? Well, now you can
story. Yes, you're shocked. Play the live it in Fox s latest smash-em,
game, and you'll be shocked too. crash-em, racing adventure.
WACKY RACES//lnfogrames/Now:
It's a licensed cartoon racer with
WWF ROYAL RUMBLE//THQ/Fall: 20
licensed wrestlers with four-on-four
loads of personality and that cool cel
action in the big ring. Could this be
shading technique that seems to be
the game that wrestling fans have
so hip with the kids these days.
been waiting for on DC.
Maybe because it was so damn hip
when we were actually kids. Our
review is in this very issue.
WALT DISNEY MAGICAL
RACING TOUR//Eidos/Summer:
Mickey and the rest of his posse
hit the road in the grisliest
gangbanging shootout ever on
Dreamcast...NOT. Your typical
light hearted kart racing fare
with a license to boot is coming
your way!

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ODCM’s Party Games Spectacular

A cold midnight in front of Dave ’s house.
@^-$!@
44 'ell.

back
I’m
in there,” says Dina.
if I’m going

“I was having a pretty good time

until that damn monkey started throwing his
own poop around. And Falcon started throwing
chairs. And Sonic threw a tantrum. Yeah...
happy bloody birthday, Dreamcast! ...does Fran
know we’re leaving, or is she still up there trying

to get Sonic to come out of the bathroom?”

“I don’t know... And I don’t suppose,” says Dan, celebrate Dreamcast’s first birthday and to
very, very calmly, “That you happen to know where reminisce about last year’s September of Love,
Seaman is either, do you?" when Sega unleashed its 128bit beast on the
Dina turns as white as a ghost. “Holy #$%A !!!
n
public. Twelve months later, ODCM stirred the

martinis and phoned up a few famous polygonal

[Flashback to earlier that evening]
friends to join in on the (fully expensed) festivities.
It all began innocently enough: just a group of No one could possibly have predicted what
friends on the ODCM staff, getting together to would happen next...

[continued on page 36]

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL SEXTON 9 CHARACTER ILLUSTRATIONS BY NASKA C.

 The ladies at Cake Creations in San
Mateo, CA took personal pride in this work
of leavened genius. They even sculped the
Dreamcast’s rear ports in frosting! We
thought about plugging it into the TV to see
if a giant eclair (or something else of the

pastry ilk) would come up on the screen,

but thinking made us hungry
so we ate it.

Blow It Out!
Here's to one dug into three layers of bakery fresh heaven, flowers to be delivered to assorted irate
great year and 100 great games (see The Goods For atmosphere, we broke the seal on one of our girlfriends who’ve been waiting up all night
for a complete list)! Dreamcast played host and notorious ODCM Total Fun! paks (cute date sold 1 donkey/guy from NextGen
we played Dreamcast, grooving to the gameplay separately), which includes all of the key
!1
packet of donkey tails (with thumbtacks)
rhythms of Samba de ingredients for a top-shelf Dreamcast bender: Peat moss
Amigo. Space Channel 5, 1 US Dreamcast, 1 Japanese Dreamcast And for this party, to really do it up, we added:
|

* Virtua Tennis and Power 4 control pads. 4 maracas. 1 goat DJ Shadow tearin' the tables. Chuck D rippin' the
I lU
Stone- and then we blew 1 exceptionally large granola/yogurt/fruit mic (a.k.a. Vince & the Crack Monkey)
UK
out the candle on our salad (Fran’s special poison) 96 baby quiches
**
Dreamcast cake, and Phone numbers of local florists, for ordering
!
A camera for recording ‘special’ moments
 ] .

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“Steeeek your maracas in your. .

[continued from page 34]

outside and a white-gloved hand appeared,
EARLIER THAT EVENING holding a baggie of water.
The monkey was the first to arrive, along with “I think Michael Jackson is in there with him!”
Blake from Next Gen and his favorite pair of yelled Evan.
maracas. Samba De Amigo clearly isn’t a game, The hand was followed by a wiry blue arm—
to them: it’s lifestyle. Suavely, Blake suggested and Sonic the Hedgehog, wearing wraparound
that a few rounds of Samba was a good way ‘to RayBan sunglasses and a waist-holstered Palm
get things started’. Pilot hauled himself out of the limo. Failing to see
“Si! Si! Vith van leetle mo-di-fi-ca-tion,” added the curb through his totally black lenses, he
Amigo the Samba monkey, rubbing his paws and tripped and fell face down in the gutter, dropping
hopping around in front of the TV. “Te-qui-la!” the baggie: which broke and splattered
“Oh, I get it,” said Chris. “Every time you lose everywhere. Seaman flapped desperately on the
game you have to slam a shot.” sidewalk, gasping for water.
“Si senor! And everytime you ween you also “Damn, the neighbors are gonna freak!" cried
have to slam a shot.” Dave. He ran outside and grabbed Seaman (who
“Every time you ween?” Chris asked. was already being stalked by the neighbor’s cat)
“Si. And eef you draw, you have to...” with one hand and Sonic with the other, and
“Slam a shot of tequila?” hustled them upstairs and into the house. The
“Si.” whole operation took about ten seconds.
Twenty minutes later, the tequila was all gone Sonic looked up at Dave. “Hey blondie!
and Amigo was doing laps around the living Where’s your bathroom?” Dave pointed down the
FRAN VS. EVAN: room, shouting “Samba! Samba! Steek maracas hall, and Sonic swept inside and slammed the

Grudge Watch #74 was decided up your [censored] Aiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!!!!” door. Chris grabbed Dave by the collar. “What did
by Evan’s sudden foray into the kitchen in search of Ulala, “Nice,” said Dina. “I hope he doesn't start you do with Seaman? Do you have any idea how
which clearly constituted a forfeit. throwing poop at us like the chimps at the zoo do.” big the lawsuit will be if that fish dies at our
Doubles tennis is the key to getting three of your Splat. party? Seaman could put us in a very sticky
friends in on the action with you: and it’s SO much better “Bastard.” situation." Everyone exchanged looks.
than bridge. Set your own rules in Exhibition Mode or go “He's in the fish tank, Chris. It’s cool, dude. It’s

for the jugular in Arcade Mode, and you’re catapulted STAR POWER cool,” said Dave, reassuringly.
with balls a-flying into the short-shorted world of “Speaking of bastards,” said Evan, peering out of “Actually, I don't think it’s that cool,” said Dina,
professional videogaming tennis. And the frightening the window, Seaman has
“I think arrived.” peering into the tank. Inside, Seaman was
player-likenesses provide grand opportunities to be funny
A black stretch limo drew up to the curb arguing with the resident goldfish.
atsomeone else’s virtual expense. [For the record, ODCM
has finally started saying “no" to Next Gen when they ask
formatches ; winning every match has apparently lost its When Blake ( Next Gen’s
charm -Ed.] [NOT! - Fran
.
Features Editor) arrived at the
party, he brought hats and
matching maracas for all. Dina
MULTIPLAYER TIP: The best way to wow your opponents fainted. He was promptly
is to drop a spectacularly fiendish corner serve by lightly

tapping the analog stick down and to the specified

corner, then lightly lobbing the ball into place. It’s a real
stinker that is difficult to return.

The gang’s all here and

ready to shake a racquet
(or four), but first we
must find out where Dina
is hiding her hands.

COM COM Q

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 GALAXY GIRL
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Space Channel 5's
was busy ignoring Dan, Blake, his
Ulala
monkey and Evan, while talking animatedly
to her agent on her cellphone.
“So tell Regis I’ll be there tomorrow
morning to start taping...no, don’t care I

what Kathie Lee says... She just doesn’t

want me sitting next to her... Well, Stan,

let’s put it this way—one wears a zero-

of us
gravity bra, and the other needs one. Know
what I mean?’’
Evan, fueled by his third martini and
desperate to avoid the newly revived Sonic,
who was already waxing nostalgic— not for
the first time— about the Genesis days,
steadied himself with one arm on the fridge
(neatly pinning Ulala) and decided to try his
luck. He slurred, “Oooooohhhhhhh...
Laaaaaaaaaahhhhh... Laaaaaaaaaahhhhh,”
in what he thought was a breathy, sexy,
French sort of voice, which really sounded
just like an old dog snoring.
Ulala stared at him. Hard.
“Er, yeah! So. Um. Yeah. Cool. That’s
like, the way I like to say your name. It’s

cool, you know? Like, yeah. Um.” Said Evan,

flaunting his brilliance.
“Yes. That’s lovely. Unfortunately, I don’t
happen to speak English,” said Ulala
(enunciating clearly). “And I have to go
somewhere.”
Evan; “No,
“Where?” Said Evan. really, babe.. .I’m
“Over here,” she replied, and took two getting the
band back
steps to the right.
together and I

“Awww...come on! Gimme a date, why think see a

I

dontcha! Or a kiss?” pleaded Evan, .dance

little
routine in your
puckering up. future...”
“I’m seeing a Morolien, thanks,” she Ulala: “You are
snapped, and stormed off into the lounge. so going home
alone, babe.”

[continued on page 38]

Space Channel 5
PUBLISHER SEGA RELEASE DATE OUT NOW PLAYERS 1
THE NIGHT WAS YOUNG: and we were sober.
Which was probably why our party rounds with Ulala and
her pet Moraliens didn’t gather much of a crowd of
onlookers; most folks (including Ulala herself) were still

hanging out with the vodka in the kitchen.

But all martinis aside, is Space Channel 5 a good party
game, or not? The answer really depends on whether or not
your friends are the kind of people who get into chanting
“Up, Down, Up, Down, Chu, Chu, Chu!”— and whether they're
new to the game.
The real party factor of SC5 is its groovy soundtrack,
which can be blared via Dreamcast’s wondrous stereo
capabilities without actually playing the game. Crank the
sound and get ‘chu-ing.’
MULTIPLAYER TIP: Get the ladies to join in on the fun.
Twist of lime: a good pair of
Set up rounds to see who can get the furthest, and reward turntables. Cocktail onion: the guy
the winner with— well— it’s your party, you figure it out. who drinks all of your beer and is
therefore the last guy who's going to

PARTY RATING: 9 99 get in a car to go buy you some more.

Pretty scrappy logic, Dan.

“Fueled by his third martini Evan decided to try his luck”

i
 —

Dina: "Wouldn’t you know

I’d be the one who ends up
with Seaman in my drink."
The rest of the team: "Oh.
If we only had a dime for

every time we've heard that

at a staff party...”

Powerstone 2
PUBLISHER CAPCOM RELEASE DATE AUGUST PLAYERS 1-4

FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT! The trick is to keep it quiet

enough so your busybody neighbors don’t call the police;
firepowered torches and earthshaking tanks can get a
little loud. With plenty of male, female and non-human

characters to choose from, there's a fighter for nearly

everyone at any party.
Play co-op with another friend to beat down the
competition or get less civilized and opt to obliterate all
enemies in your path (including loved ones). Just plug in

and get bashing with all sorts of

four controllers
weaponry. But be prepared for more than just a straight-
ahead fight-you'll have to flex some other skills like
running, jumping and even swimming to show your party
attendees who the boss is.

MULTIPLAYER TIP: It s a

f Sr®*
1

j . j
wise idea to unlock the three
extra stages and two secret
i characters to vary the choices
1 for your guests. Save them to a
-A i VMU, grab an Arcade Stick or
two, and you're ready to go.

PARTY RATING:

True four-player
madness begins
with Power Stone 2.
And it ends when
someone forgets to
bring three extra
DC controllers.

Power Stone 2 balances the

blend of versus fighting and
cooperative play with a huge
variety of environments and
small objectives during rounds.
Chris gets ’hardcore'
with the handsigns.
We laughed. We
were puzzled.

WHERE IS SEAMAN? And there he was, flopping and gulping about in

“There's a monkey throwing poop in your lounge,” Dina’s martini,mumbling something about guppies
said Ulala to Dave. and skewers and hot boiling oil.
“I know," he replied. “And there’s a fish that looks
like Boris Yeltsin fighting with my goldfish in the
“There’s not enough liquid in there for him— he’ll
drown!” wailed Fran.
Don’t be an Evan!
dining room. And there’s a drunken hedgehog eating “Hang on," said Dina, looking wildly about for the We all know
all of my baby quiches in the kitchen.” nearest source of water. She rushed into the
someone like Evan:
brash, obnoxious
“This party’s weird,” said Ulala. bathroom and plopped him into the toilet bowl. and hungry for
“I know,” said Dave, solemnly. “Now stay there while I fill up the bath,” she said. refined sugars, he’s
never heard phrases
That’s when Dan raised the alarm. Seaman let out a wave of expletives as he splashed
like ‘BYOB’ and 'You
“Seaman's not in the tank, Dave. There’s just an around in the toilet. don't have to go
angry-looking fish.” home, but you can’t
“Oh, crap. Chris is going to kill me,” despaired PARTY CRASHERS stay here.'

Dave. “Did he get eaten?" And that’s when all hell broke loose in the lounge.
“Goldfish aren’t sharks, Dave,” said Dan. “Get After a couple of Sapporos, Power Stone’s Falcon
everyone looking for him. He can't have gotten far.” and Rouge were going at it full tilt. Turns out Falcon
Fran spotted him first. She pointed an accusatory had been showing her his new moves, and
finger at Dina, who was sipping her (eighth) martini. accidentally KO’d her (and Dan) in the process. Then,
“There’s Seaman in your glass!” She shouted. less than impressed, Rouge made a grab for his
“Urgh!” gasped everyone. um — power stones. In the ensuing commotion, no
“Er... I mean, ‘There’s Seaman! ...In your glass!’” one noticed the blue hedgehog slipping furtively into

corrected Fran. the bathroom again...

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There’s Seaman in your glass!”
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If they refuse to leave turn the hose on than'

PROPER PARTY ETIQUETTE What happens Fun’ Pak, Dave’s bestselling Feng Shui of Bein' Cool! concealed blunt object. Show no fear, in any
when otherwise good party guests go bad? How do you In Chapter 10/Do your girl a party favor: save the circumstances. Speaking slowly and soothingly, ask
handle it when friends (or famous friends, more furniture, save the relationship! we found these words them to leave the premises.
appropriately) begin trashing your house and of wisdom: 3. If they refuse, brandish your object menacingly until

consuming everything in sight? For advice, we decided 1. Go outside and turn on the hose. 2. Approach the they retreat outside, then turn the hose on them. Lock
handy book packed in every ODCM ‘Total
to turn to the ‘misbehaving’ guest with caution, confidence and/or a doors securely for the rest of the evening.

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we promise to behave... (snicker)”

Dan: “Yeth, Mithtuur Dbaye...(hic)..
Hey, look! A pretty HI’ lady jus' fell
in my lap!”

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Earlier this evening, Dina replaced Evan’s
regular hat with this party cap to see if he
would notice the difference, Let's watch!...
All right, it’s still on his head... yes, it's still
on... Clearly, this new party headgear
passes Evan’s taste test!

It’s
you
the
trust.
Little! Yellow! Different! party hat
Samba de Amigo
PUBLISHER SEGA RELEASE DATE TBA PLAYERS 1-2

YOU R US DRE AMG AST is no longer safe

from the maracas-shaking shenanigans of Sonic

Team’s Samba de Amigo-and you’re no longer safe
from a nappy old monster called the Macarena, which
raises its ugly head on several of the game’s stages
(clearly, the damn thing just can’t be killed). Part
parlor game, part experiment in terror, the player is
coaxed into stepping onto a flimsy plastic mat
(kind of like how the victims of La Guillotine
were coaxed into sticking their heads under
the blade) and encouraged to shake their
maracas at head, hip or knee levels to
match the patterns set by a bunch of
hyperactive colored dots onscreen. Miss
a beat and you’ll be boo'd by your friends,
loved ones and a whole parade of
A shimmying carnival-esque characters.
Hit the markers in time with the beat,
and you’ll take a trip to a psychedelic
playland where you’ll be greeted by a small monkey
and his half-dressed cohort (which is, let’s face it,
exactly what always happens when you enter a
psychedelic playland, except without the maracas).
Up to two players can shake the night away to a
bevy of Latin-flavored tunes, and even the most
hardened of partygoers will be waving maracas and
grinning fiendishly after a couple of rounds. Absolutely
no one is too cool for Samba.
MULTIPLAYER TIP: It’s wise to save Samba for later
in the evening when your guests are willing to do just

about anything. Then crank up the tunes and get

shaking. Its simple premise is perfect for newbies and

a challenge to veterans. They’ll be lining up to play: we

guarantee it.

The Goods PARTY RATING:

FROM ZERO TO 100... The guest of honor was toasted for providing its journalistic family with some
of the most important moments in its gaming lives. With the number of DC titles reaching triple digits,
Year 1 has been good to us. How many from the list have you played?
4-Wheel Thunder Expendable NBA Showtime SF Alpha 3 Test Drive6
Aerowings FI World Grand Prix NBA2K SF III: Double Time Stalkers
Make no mistake
Airforce Delta FI Championship 99 NFL Blitz 2000 Impact TNN Hardcore Heat about it-Sega's Samba
Armada Fighting Force 2 NFL QBC 2000 Shadow Man Tokyo Xtreme Racer
de Amigo is a team
Blue Stinger Flag to Flag NFL2K Silver Tomb Raider: TLR effort, and if you’re one
Bust-A-Move 4 Fur Fighters NHL2K Slave Zero Tony Hawk of those “I’m too cool
Carrier Giga Wing Nightmare Creatures 2 Sonic Adventure ProSkater to really get into this
Centipede GTA2 Omikron Soul Calibur Toy Commander game but shuffle
I'll

Chef's Luv Shack Gundam Side Story Pen Pen Triicelon Soul Fighter TrickStyle my feet a little”
Chu Chu Rocket House of the Dead 2 Plasma Sword Soul Reaver Vigilante 8 II
types, turn your
Crazy Taxi Hydro Thunder Power Stone Space Channel 5 Virtua Fighter 3tb maracas In and
Deep Fighter Incoming Psychic Force 2012 Speed Devils Virtua Striker 2 take a nap.
DOA2 1-Spy Rainbow Six SF III: Double ver 2000.1
Draconus JoJo's Adventure Rayman 2 Impact Virtual On: OT
Dream Roadsters KOF: Dream Match 99 Ready 2 Rumble Striker Pro 2000 Virtua Tennis
Dynamite Cop Maken X RE: Code Veronica Super Magnetic Neo Wacky Races
ECW: Hardcore Marvel Vs. Capcom Re-Volt Suzuki Alstare Wetrix +
Revolution Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Rippin' Riders Racing Wild Metal
EGG MDK2 Sega Bass Fishing Sword of the Worms Armageddon
Episode I: Racer MK Gold Sega Rally 2 Berserk WSB2K1
Evolution Monaco Grand Prix Seventh Cross: Tech Romancer WWF Attitude
Evoultion 2 Mr. Driller Evolution Tee Off Golf Zombie Revenge

The Aftermath...
IT’S FINALLY OVER... and although a few stragglers have yet
to get the hint and slink out the door, the realwork is already beginning.
For Dave, this consists of calling limos and cabs for those guests too
outta here you
blissed out to drive, and throwing everything into the kitchen sink which
be tossed onto the curb for garbage collection the next
will, in turn,

morning. Sounds easy, but try explaining to the neighbors why a

Morolian UFO is parked in their front yard. Until next year...

w No one is too cool for Samba”

 Street Fighter® fans every-

where get a double-dose of double-trouble

with Street Fighter III: Double Impact.

This explosive street brawl for the Sega

Dreamcast ” contains TWO arcade hits on one disc - Street Fighter III:

New Generation and Street Fighter III: Second Impact Loaded with a new
legion of fighters, Street Fighter III: Double Impact is double dynam fa!

Animated Violence
&NPJZOM Sega
WWW.CAPCOM.COM Dreamcast
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is III:

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is Interactive
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Activision rEally, rEally Ioves us. Dr at NEVErSoft. Dr at TrEyarch. Or at all thrEE...

See that little text on the

right hand side of the
screen? Ignore it. That’s
just debug stuff— it won’t
sully the prodigious joy
that Is Tony Hawk's Pro
Skater 2 In its final boxed mmi
and shrfnkwrapped state

TEXT: EVAN SHAMOON PHOTOS: J. GRANT BRITTAIN

; TONS HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2
such a sure thingis predecessor, an immediate classic. But how could they make a
thht, ftfhhkes death and taxes look like the frikkin' lottery. While —
perfect game better, you ask? Well, the devil as they say in the
|
...PK'te^hiS and marketing departments spend millions of dollars in —
trade is in the details: Think Tony Hawk's Pro Skater pulled apart
s .futil^jfbrts to hype unending streams of often-mediocre product, with tweezers and rebuilt by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. There're
[
the oni^' hype necessary for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is fifteen things in this game you never knew you needed. But you do.
[•minutgsalone in a room with the game, followed by a cold shower
and a cigarette. ODCM took a road trip down to sunny Los CHRIS RAUCH, NEVERSOFT designer, summarizes
:
Angelfes^-the scene of the crime, and the home of geniuses behind the upgrade best: "The biggest addition, I think, is the customization
“ the gaine —
to do just that. aspect. We've put in a brand-new park editor, and you can customize
.For .those of you who jus' don' know, Tony Hawk 2 has been almost everything: characters, levels, tricks, you name it. There are
founded on the same principles that made the original THPS so plenty of new levels to keep you busy. And hey, if we missed a
bWtgamever. It employs essentially the same engine and general spot.. .with the editor, chances are you can build it yourself."
contrQl;scheme that made its world-beating older brother so Yup, you heard right. Gamers can tinker and enhance at will,
irresistable, combined with gorgeous, third-millennium graphics and then grind the holy marrow out of their own skateparks.
Nation. Which means that it's bound to be, like its Selecting everything from ramps to rails to quarterpipes to

ncastmagazine.com Sept/Oct 2000 Official #Dreamcast Mag;

 ——

cosmetic elements like streetlights and fire hydrants, you can expect to be moving
individual pieces all over the stage like a whole lotta legos. Over 200 items will be
immediately movable when the game ships (Fortune Cookie say: "You will soon have no
life."), and players can even modify their skaters' physical attributes, clothes and

skills — or create their own from scratch. You can give your guy a mullet, for chrissakes
(for some great styling tips, check out www.mullethead.com).

IN TERMS OF GAMEPLAY, THPS 2 includes a host of new tricks

Ill rtidl IIIB, waiting at the top of the ramp and
cheering or jeering— while catching your breath— is what you're
doing a lot of the time when you skate. Skaters take turns, see.
And it’s just the same in THPS 2 s various skating competitions,
'
including a special skateboard version of the playground b-ball
game H-O-R-S-E. Of course, there’re also options for
simultaneous two-player action. In these modes, players
compete in various activities— performing tricks to see who can
rack up the most style points, racing between various obstacles
on the tracks, or tagging different obstacles by tricking off of
them in Grafitti Mode. Whether or not the Dreamcast version of
Tony 2 will employ the console's four-player capability isn't
known at this date, but it isn’t too unreasonable to expect.
Right, Treyarch? Please? Thank you.
nose/tailslides, nose/bluntslides, varial flip, a multitude of new grabs, expanded
inverts, lip tricks, nollies, more realistic switch skating and most importantly —
manuals (see boxout). When they wipe out, players will see enhanced bails, nutters,
knee slides, pole wraps, board breaks and wall splats. Although there was no motion
capture done for this game, Tony and company did extensive video sessions for
NeverSoft. Tony Hawk explains why: "We
wanted the right people doing the tricks, not
just me doing everyone else's tricks." And more
good news: the hand done animation actually
looks smoother and more realistic than last
year's mo-capped efforts.
You can compete against friends in the
original Trick Attack, Graffiti and HORSE
modes, plus check out a brand new Tag Mode.
In addition, the new multiplayer contest
disciplines of Regular and Best Trick enable
1-8 players to take turns skating heats in the
competition levels of the game.

“I bought a Commodore E4 just

Hi BH ODCM: Waassaaaaabi.

The Hawkman of Encinitas

TONY: Catchin' some air. landin’ some tricks.

True. true. Okay, so everyone and their moms call the game Tony
Hawk. What do you call it?

CM kicks it in SoCal avec Mountain Dew and

Usually Pro Skater or THPS. But it's funny, 'cause
people at Activision they always talk about the success of Tony
Hawk’—to my face— like he's this other entity. It’s
whenever talk to
I

strange. They're

Slurpees, toa...couling dawn with the greatest skater ever like, “Tony
wiry chest
Hawk is doing great!" and I'm
and arms] “Huh?"
like [squinting down at his

Growing up in the skate-ramp deprived eastern wastes skateparks. Our dreams came true this issue, with a Given the success of Tony Hawk-[Tony glares at us/—um. Pro Skater,
of this country, ODCM editors Evan and Chris used to —
pilgramage to one of the true holy sites of skating the have you considered quitting the whole ’skateboarding thing' to
fantasize about places like Encinitas, CA, where the Encinitas YMCA skatepark. We signed a liability waiver become a full-time game designer?
sun always shines and the hanging out is easy...Where in blood, dodged a flying board or two and were jaw - No! Not even close. I’ve always been into games. I played 720° all

you can hire a plane to spot empty pools (oh, wait, that droppingly impressed by a private demo from the the time when it came out.and bought a Commodore 64 just so
I I

was Gleaming the Cube)... And where YMCAs feature master. Then Tony Hawk took off his helmet and sat could play Skate or Die. So yeah, games are cool. Especially
not snot-filled indoor pools, but giant, pro-calibur down, and told us everything we wanted to hear. skating games...

BHHH
 Two days before these
shots were taken, Tony
thought he broke his
knee in a failed attempt
to do the 900 at this
ramp’s grand re-opening.
Did it show during this
session? Not at all.
And then there's When you
Hawk, you do
interview Tony
in his office...
the manual. On the ground or when
it

you're landing an ollie, you can

quickly press down-up or uptown to
manual or nose manual— l.e., to roll
forward balanced on the back or
front trucks. It's basically just like a
wheelie on a bicycle (although it
isn’t called a wheelie, even on a
bike—any mlnutae-minded gamer
knows that in the jargon of freestyle
BMX ft’s still called a manual). A
manual works like a grind, racking
up points with every foot traveled,
but it’s also a good way to stretch
out your trick combo. If you aren’t
near a grind-able rail, you can use
.jjj-' it ai t - aarti sni> iuu' tn»
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up your chain.

There are three additional skaters in the game, who you can roll out
at some of the most legendary spots in the skating including Marseilles i l — '.

Skatepark, Manhattan and Skate Street Ventura. All of these locations are $1
now far more interactive, and littered with secret areas, short cuts, ramps||l
and objectives. There's even talk of including unlockable mini-games,
although none have been revealed at this time. Essentially, the game that $1
never got old is now infinitely deeper, tighter, and more flexible. [Evan's
gratuitous pun that originally followed this sentence has been deleted.
You know. For the kids. -Ed.] Your thumbs are going to be in a world of jjl

pain, as will your grades/free time/relationships. But it's all good.

AFTER WITNESSING what Treyarch did for Crave's Dreamcast || Can't jump to another rail at the end

No problem— pull a
version of THPS, Activision has again enlisted the minds at that company of this grind?

to handle the Dreamcast port of its sure-fire sequel. And the LA-based manual (see text above) and you can
keep the combo chain going.
developer appears to be grabbing the bull by the horns, the donkey by the .J|
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across it in an arcade and could hardly believe my eyes. But fun to play. I mean, we provided all the references and
the bottom line is that I'm a skater, that's what do, and all I all the tips— plus the skating motion capture— but
of the other stuff is just—well— peripheral. But I mean, it's Neversoft just took it and ran. They really dove into skate

still a lot of fun. It's awesome to have these cool culture; it wasn’t like they were just trying to interpret it

opportunities and to be so involved in the game. however they could. I mean, those guys know what a
What other games are you into? hardflip-to-nosegrind is for real.

I’m into games like Parappa and Abe’s Oddworld—you know, Pro Skater is gaming Zen—when you puli a cool combo in the

random weird stuff like that. don’t really have time to play
I game, you basically feel like everything is right in the world.

everything I want. I got an N64 and was up 'til three every You know, maybe you had a fight with your girlfriend, but if you
night for awhile trying to beat Mario, so I wasn't very can just jump from the rafter rail in the Chicago Skate Park
popular with everyone in my house. At least with Pro Skater. and then grind the whole pool, you know everything will be
I can tell my wife I'm working. fine... f Tony starts to edge away from the ODCM team] Urn.
be making what's probably Anyway, how can you possibly improve on the first game?
Did you ever play Top Skater in the arcade? So how does it feel to involved in right.

TONY: Yeah, that was pretty fun. It was actually kinda the one of the top ten games of all time? I know what you mean. But I feel like the first game was
stepping stone to Pro Skater. It was really good, but you Good, obviously. But, didn't really make the game.
I I just sort of a foundation for this one. There's so much more

didn't have much control over what the skater did (except made suggestions as far as how to make the game true to do and so many more tricks; people are gonna be blown

for the timing). I dug. it though. mean, just stumbled

I I to skating, but it was Neversoft who made the game so away by the fact that it could be (and is) that much better.

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And the ‘manual’ thing opens up a whole new tricks... [Asking around, we later discovered Okay. Think fast, here. You’re stuck on a desert
door for crazy combinations... that Tony's trick repertoire is usually estimated island with one videogame, one CD and one book.
What's your favorite part of the new game? at “several hundred ” by seasoned Tony That sucks.
TONY: I’d have to say it’s the abundance of Well, yeah. But odds are good that a boat will
tricks. I mean, the skatepark editor is great, What’s up with the soundtrack? Why is it hip-hop find you, eventually. Urryfor real-what are they?
but I’m not looking forward to building my this time instead of punk? Hm. Can burn my own mix CD?
I

own skateparks as much as I’m looking It’s not. The game’s got both. I think that’s No.
forward to skating the parks that other very cool, because it opens up a broader range Fine. Then I guess The Clash on Broadway ,

people build—that's what really wanna see. of tastes and more people be into Disc 2. that one a
I I
will it. I’ve listened to lot, and still
don’t know if I have the patience to build the What do you listen to? do. Videogame? I’d definitely say Pro Skater 2.
perfect park. I just like the number of tricks Usually just the voices in my head. But my And the book...hmm. guess I'd just have to
I

you can do, and the fact that you can hook latest obsession is the new Moby record. I settle for the gift that keeps on giving—
each guy up with whatever tricks you want— listen to all kinds of stuff— love Jane's
I subscription to ODCM [He actually said
personally, that’s the kind of thing that Addiction, but in terms of punk, I’m more Maxim, but we believe he
into really meant to say
excites me the most. I love new tricks. the old stuff— LA, '80s, X, that kind of thing. ODCM -Ed.]
How many tricks can you do in real life? You know the Dead Kennedys track in the first So someone throws something at you-a bus,
I have no idea. I mean, I’ve invented 80 or 90 game? That’s something that was I really into. say, or a piece of fried chicken— with malice
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For a guy who’s probably signed millions of

autographs in his 17-year pro career, Tony Hawk
retains an amazing amount of enthusiasm for
dealing with fans—especially when they’re kids
(orgoofy magazine reporters). Case in point? Tony
refused to start a run on the new vert ramp he’d
just donated to the Encinitas YMCA (where these
pix were shot) until he’d persuaded some of the
shyer kids to ‘help him out’ by yelling “Make it!”
when he started a trick and “Wimp!" if he missed.
Here, he's discussing the finer points of THPS with
a few other experts. Does Tony know the button
combo for every trick in THPS by name? Yes.

(Continued from page 45) to ensure that the game is seriously
tuned for Sega’s uber-console.
Los Angelinos like to say that "It takes 20 minutes to drive
anywhere, dude." And after sitting in gridlocked traffic for half
an hour awaiting our first chance to play THPS 2, we began to
understand why freeway shootings used to be so common
—
here when you're waiting to play THPS 2, everyone else on
the road is your enemy.
Finally arriving at Treyarch's offices, we manage
from the coasting taxi, burst open the building's steel doors with a
headfirst charge, and attach ourselves to a DC controller all in one
fell swooping stumble. The first thing we notice is the solid
graphical upgrade—which is only to be expected from any 128bit
translation worth its salt. While the first game was beautiful on
Dreamcast (and certainly a far cry from its chunky PlayStation and
N64 bretheren), some (including yours truly) complained about its
lack of graphical follow-through. Player models somehow failed to
to barrel-roll live up to Treyarch's lofty-sounding promise of "triple the number
—
of polygons!" and the rendering of in-game 3D objects was a bit
spotty, as well.

THIS TIME AROUND, technical problems have been

thoughtfully addressed. "In the first game, we tripled the poly
count on the skater models but it went largely unnoticed because
they still ended up looking somewhat blocky and awkward,"
producer Greg John told us. "So we spent the initial two months
developing a brand-new skinning system [So there is more than
—
one way to skin a cat or a skater. -Ed.] specifically for the sequel.
This makes the characters look much smoother and more realistic."
Coupled with a further increase in the models' polygon count
2,500 versus the original's 1,500 these skaters should look nice—
indeed when the game is finally finished.
In addition to these structural improvements, Treyarch has a
few additional frills planned for the models, should time permit.
By affixing 'extra' polygons around the edges of each skater, the
team can simulate realistic clothing blowing in the wind (think of
these extra polygons as extra fabric). While not quite as realistic

aforethought, and strikes you down so you can skate no more. lip after a fall. Tony politely excuses himself for a moment to save that’s what makes it so fun for skaters: You can surpass reality,
What would you do instead? the day, and returns with his good humor intact.] hitting huge gaps, and never have to worry about breaking your
TONY: Weil, I’ve got a 64 at home with Firewire and I’m doing a So, your mad skillz-nature or nurture? knees.
lot of digital video editing. I’ve done it in the past as a hobby, Nurture, definitely. My brother gave me his old board, and I Goodfellas probably fee! the same way. What’s Riley's skating
but seeinghow easy the new technology has made it, I finally really just worked super hard at it I mean, when I first started ability like?
have more freedom to pursue it I’ve acualiy started a skating, I don’t think anybody would have said, “Wow he’s got Man, if he keeps going at the rate he’s at...! I didn’t start
production company with a natural ability!” or anything. I just persevered, and if there was skating until I was ten, and he’s doing tricks right now that
couple of friends, called 900 something I felt like I was lacking, then I focused on improving weren’t even invented until I was like, 14.
Films. it. My mother always referred to me as ‘determined’, but really, Hmmm, maybe we should be interviewing him, instead... Hey!

& I
So you’re a Mac guy? she meant stubborn and difficult
that people started taking notice and thinking that
It wasn’t until I was 13
I
or
really
14 Riley! C'mere-what do you
RILEY: He’s cool.
think of your Dad?

^'^v [The sound of Bill Gates had something—mainly because I was doing all these
grinding his teeth suddenly different tricks.

i_ reverberates through the is it frustrating being able to do things in the game that can’t be
skatepark. Riley, Tony’s seven- done in real life?

V'
year-old son (otherwise known No, it’s fun. That’s the ultimate skater fantasy—to be able to do
as Junior Birdman), bites his all of those insane combinations with no limitations. I think

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as it was in Soul Calibur, this effect combined with (potentially) —

—
changing facial expressions could make Tony Hawk 2 a real looker.
AERIAL PHDTDGRAPHY
We're hoping that the team takes the extra time to actually
implement these features. The skaters already make the same hand like the pix in this story? We re not surprised. Our photographer, Grant Brittain, is

gestures that they do in real life, and we would love to see them the godfather of skate photography. The Photo Editor of skateboarding bible Trans

wear the matching grimaces. World Skateboarding, he’s had his work displayed at the NY Museum of Modern
Art. And he's been photographing Tony since before he turned pro.

ANOTHER HUGE improvement on the visual front comes in

the quality of skate courses. Playing through the original game, it was
easy to tell which PlayStation elements had been worked on, and
which had simply been left alone. While some of the in-game objects
had been beautifully re-tailored with more polys and high-res
textures, others were clearly low-poly, low-res contructions. Worse,
some of the original PlayStation 2D bitmaps actually remained 2D
bitmaps, since they had apparently never been converted into proper
three-dimensional objects.

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The boardslide trick

is one of the most
BS OVJERCROOK
improved areas in
the game. So practice
pushing yer Y button.

The sequel, according to the team, will be far more (and

painstakingly) uniform on this end. "With the exception of the
ramps —which cannot be modified for gameplay reasons we will —
converting every 2D bitmap and upgrading every 3D object in the
game." says John.
Result? A seamless environment for seamless skaters and —
tighter control to boot. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is bound to be all
that and then some: dope fat and handsome. And even if you give
They say it’s not really a Tony Hawk story unless
your skater a big skanky mullet, it'll be the loveliest damn mullet
you mention Michael Jordan, so here goes: Tony
the world's ever seen. We can't wait. Hawk the skateboarder makes Michael Jordan
look like Michael Jordan the baseball player.

What do you think of Pro Skater 2? All want to do Is go to the park and session.-.that’s who
I I wearing T-shirts featuring an incredibly cute yellow rodent We
RILEY: I like It. am. AH the other stuff... It’s cool because people are have to ask.] How do you feel about Pokemon?

’Kay, we'll catch you in a coupta years. Okay, Tony, back to you. always really cordial to me, but for me. It’s not about that. Uh. gotta catch ’em ail? Actually, Riley, he had to have 'em

How has your experience been with the sequel? It’s about skating, period. all, had to buy 'em all’. tried to play that Pokemon
so I I

TONY: Much more efficient than It was the first time Who's the best Pro Skater player you know? Snap game, but I didn’t really get it.
around. It’s been fun— got to add a
I
lot of old school stuff, Definitely Jamie Thomas. Right when the game came out, Neither did we. Okay... We'li let ya go. Thanks!

and to put in a loop that gravity [that damn downer! —Ed.] he had knee surgery—so he was at home just playing it ail No problem.
prevented us from putting in the first one. the time, obsessing on it. I think he used to hit around
How do you like being a celebrity? 800.000 points.

For me. it’s always been about the skating. People get so [At this point, a crowd ofjunior skaters begins to gather,

into the celebrity aspect...but I still feel like just a skater. waiting for the inevitable autograph session. Many are Noseblunt Slide

'

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dreamcast.planetweb.cnm

Dreamcast Online:
Now you can download MP3 music files, chat to your

Online Gaming Countdown

Is it September yet? We're jones-ing for online action!

P
U
when
es, we’re

begins in
almost there.
The online mayhem
September,
you’ll finally get to

your Dreamcast as it was

use
launching: complete with a
payload of awesome games.
Can you say Quake 3 Arena ?
Phantasy Star Online?
PBA Tour Bowling—er,
NBA2K1?
wait a
full So
o’plenty
be able to get frags
you’ll

the meantime.
in

Quake 3 will have built-in

matchmaking, so you can
easily drum up opponents
but we’re pretty sure that fans
will

it’s

Yuji
go nuts anyway— after
the first online
Naka, creator of Sonic
Adventure and recent hit
DC RPG!
all,

meant to be used— not as a second... At any rate, there’ll from all over the internet day Samba de Amigo, promises a
glorified drinks coaster, but as be at least a dozen solid and night, for as long as your true 4-player online experience
a true online gaming machine. games at your immediate eyeballs (and loved ones) can with a single-player mode that
SegaNet, the full-service disposal, just waiting to hear take it. The service filters out will be “just a small glimpse of
gaming ISP the world has been and authorize your network any sub-optimal connections, the entire game.” PSO will be
waiting (and waiting ...) for, is password. And hey, who so you get the fastest speed released worldwide to all

knows? PBA Tour Bowling available. For maximum territories at the same time,
could rock (or at least roll). It’s carnage, you’ll be playing and gamers from different
THE ROSTER happened before. against opponents on countries will be able to play
The first wave of online Dreamcast, PC or Macintosh. together over the network via a
Dreamcast Games We played Quake 3 new symbolic language.
4X4 EVOLUTION AUG Arena at Sega Net’s Electronic RPG fans Will literally So once again, Sega is at
BLACK & WHITE Q4 Entertainment Expo booth explode when the new Phantasy the forefront of one of the
GORKA MORKA OCT using a fragaliciously satisfying Star is in its new
released most exciting eras in console
HALF-LIFE SEPT 3-button mouse and keyboard. incarnation as an online game. gaming history. And while
KISS: PSYCHO
Many consider this to be the We haven’t actually played it, we’re frankly worried about
CIRCUS JULY/ AUG preferred way to that bowling game (just
play, and the kidding, PBA Bowling team),
M.O.U.T. 2025 NOV
experience was we’re pretty giddy about the
NBA 2K1 OCT savory. And since months to come on this
NFL 2K1 SEPT Sega Net’s setup lean, mean, online machine.
PARLOR GAMES SEPT used real phone
PBA TOUR BOWLING OCT lines, it’s clear

PHANTASY STAR ONLINE that the 56k

Q1 2001 modem is quite
QUAKE III ARENA SEPT adequate for

QUEST OF THE internet play. No

BLADEMASTERS NOV word yet on who’ll
READY 2 provide the mouse
RUMBLE 2 SEPT commerically, but
SOLDIER OF if you’ve played
The last reaso
FORTUNE Q4 MDK 2 you know is about to be
SPEC OPS ONLINE NOV that the Dreampad, when well- Quake3Arem
STAR LANCER SEPT implemented, is quite a decent and Half-Life a
first-person shooter controller. SegaNet launc

PHANTASY STAR ONLINE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE BLADEMASTER BLACK & WHITE

 In Association with planetweb
Keyboard
Shortcuts
Browser 2. Surfing Dreamcast style is a lot
easier if you don’t have to use
the controller at all. Just about
everything you need to
accomplish is do-able using

friends in realtime and more keyboard shortcuts, which are

revealed below. Even better,
there are keyboard shortcuts for
frequently typed words, too!

ARROW KEYS move the

cursor around
MP3s on Dreamcast: Join the revolution! ENTER click on link
KEYPAD 4 back one page
down enjoy. Many artists just

a
et’s get
to it, boppers. want the airplay, even if KEYPAD 6 forward one
they don’t see any money page
You can now
1 Filonomo: downloodt.rnp3.com/AAfAQuv
it— and they’ve set KEYPAD 7 home URL
search
and play
download
for,

MP3 audio on “I Bp from

up their own sites where KEYPAD 8 go to
your Dreamcast. In case tka fan. you can see them strut the email center
you don’t know, MP3s their stuff. ESC shows the command
are hi-fidelity music We’ve been puttering cluster. Then you can use
around the net for months, the arrows to move
recordings that are
around the cluster, and
about a tenth the size of looking for the choicest
then enter to select. This
a regular CD-quality music MP3.com
sites.
is a good way to stop
audio file. That means it breaks music down into loading a page that you
Here’s what it looks like when you’re downloading an MP3 from MP3.com.
takes minutes, instead more categories than you entered by mistake
Make sure to choose ‘download’, not ‘play’. The MP3 can be played over and
of hours, to download A couple of other sites that will work well
over, until you hit the ‘close’ button.
ever knew existed, which ESC (keyboard mode)
them over the internet with your Dreamcast are musicgrab.com and mp3board.com. makes stuff easy to find. clears out the whole line
Looking for some rap, of text so you can start
using your Dreamcast’s
Some caveats: MP3s are a example? Would you like
over when you mess up.
built-in 56k modem. They’ll downloaded into the DC’s 16 for

play over whatever speakers are megabytes of RAM, where it can bit controversial these days, East Coast or West? Dirty FI adds http://www.
prefix
plugged into your TV—either your be played as many times as you since a huge proportion of |>outh? Bass? Horrorcore? Or
built-in TV speakers or (if you’re like. While you’re waiting for that what’s available oft there is one of nine other natty little F2 adds .com/ suffix

the hi-fi type) the ball-bouncingly MP3 player to show up in stores, distributed in violation of classifications? Hey, you might F3 adds .html suffix

loud monoliths that play TV you can tape-record your MP3s copyrights-i.e., the artists don’t even learn something (like F4 adds .edu/ suffix
on a tape recorder hooked to get paid. you’re surfing for patience) while you’re at You’ll
through your stereo. If it.
F5 adds .org/ suffix
your TV’s audio out jacks, or non-kosher material, you may be find more MP3-related data at
F6 adds .net/ suffix
Right now you can’t save even to your VCR— bet you frustrated because these songs www.dreamcast.planetweb.com.
F7 clears entire URL line
your audio files digitally— MP3s never thought of that, huh?! So seem to be taken
are too big for VMUs and there’s despite having no hard drive, off the internet as F8 removes the URL bar. If

While this grainy you start entering a URL

no other storage space—yet—on you still can build up a library fast as theygo up.
spy photo appears by mistake, or the
your Dreamcast. But soon that of wonderfully free music by So don’t blame to depict a VMU browser automatically
willbe solved. Sega’s MP3 old-fashioned analog means! it on your poor with a ponytail (or kicks you into keyboard
player will debut before the end Not too shabby. Or if you happen Dreamcast— it’s maybe Fran), It
mode, this cancels it out
of the year, and it can contain to have a recordable minidisc an MP3-specific actually shows an HOME (keyboard mode)
up to an hour of downloaded player... Anyway, if you’re any hang up. MP3 player that's moves the cursor to the
capable of holding beginning of the URL line
music. Does that mean you’re kind of techie at noall, there’s Fortunately,

wasting your time reading this? doubt you can rig something up. there're plenty of a whole hour of HOME (regular mode)
tunes out music—on shelves scrolls up to the
Absolutely not! Now, when’s that chicken lovin’ legal
by year's end. top of the screen
Currently, the MP3 will be Zip Drive coming? there for you to
PAGE UP scrolls to the top
of the screen
JAVA COMING TO beloved DC will be your networking to others who, just like you, are STAKE YOUR PAGE DOWN scrolls to
DREAMCAST vehicle of choice for a long time to surfing and gaming on the internet CLAIM ON THE WEB the bottom of the screen
come. the Dreamcast will with our favorite console. And get You can the tools and
There's a new browser in town, and In fact,

internet appliance—
find all
END (keyboard mode)
it’s got Java. No, not the coffee— be the first this: you can even start your own information you need to create your
moves the cursor to the
although that could help you that’s the business world’s term for channel, where you can talk about very own web page at Planetweb’s endof the URL line
some those marathon inexpensive surfing machines that whatever you want and keep http://www. dreamcast.planet
through of
PCs—to support Java. web.com/community/homepages/.
END (regular mode) scrolls
gaming sessions (especially when aren’t people you don’t like out. Who ever to the bottom
you’re attempting to play MDK2). Huh? You didn’t know your DC thought that becoming a baby Get a website account with
was an internet appliance? Well, it tons of space— absolutely free— at
DELETE (keyboard mode)
Java is an operating system used dictator would be so easy?
erases text after cursor
is, and it’s part of a phenomenon Angelfire or Talkcity. Then, using
in many different types of Dreamcast makes it possible.
electronic devices, from a PC to a that’s expected to grow to be a $20 your Dreamcast and myriad tools B bookmarks menu
There’s no room to go into
cell phone or Palm Pilot. And the billion market over the next four
particulars here, but luckily it's all
available at Planetweb such as G brings up the URL bar
new Dreamcast 3.0 browser, years. And your Dreamcast is on HTML guides, free clip art, goofy
S toggles sound effects
explained at http://www.dream
coming in September, is going the cutting, bleeding edge. animations, form generators and
cast.planetweb.com/community/
more, you can customize your page
T toggles between Title and
to have it, too.
URL in the URL bar
BE A CHATTY CATHY chat.html. Check it out. You'll never
to your heart’s content—and
What does that mean for you?
Simply that Sega is keeping ahead Browser 2.0 now supports Internet be lonely again (unless you get promote yourself and your page CTRL + ALT + DELETE
banned from the channels. home resets the Dreamcast to
of the curve on developing Relay Chat, or IRC. You can log on all through the Planetweb or via
browser splash screen.
technology to ensure that your to any number of channels to talk Which, knowing you, might happen). its links to other promotion sites.
have to reconnect.
You'll

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You’ll need skill, endurance
and a reliable blowhole. THE DOLPHIN
DEFENDER OF FUTURE 'Ll IE

Blood

Sega Dreamcast Stay away from jellyfish. Remember to come up for air. Don't eat bad fish. Or you

IT S THINKING could die. Of course, a shark could kill you too. On top of all that, the ocean s in a
Animated

downward spiral and it's up to you to save it. Tough job. but you'll figure it out.

SEGA ENTERPRISE' Apwiwa interacts You're the chosen one. The big fish (although you're not a fish). Too bad you can't
:wl SEGA. DREAMCAST, I

I DEFENDER OF THE FUTURE i

even count on Greenpeace. The weight of the ocean rests on your dorsal fin.
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD 01
1 What do the Packers and Bucs have in common?
Both teams will bow before the might of the Lions
this season. Chris hopes.

2 Look at the details! Did we mention that this

game comes with historic uniforms for a lot of the
teams? It does.

NFL2K1
No cheerleaders:
ast year, Visual Concepts been
This
totally
game
redone. The lead Al
is so pretty
speed burst in order to
it doesn’t need
hit (and will be in
them
place, including many
put Dreamcast on the guy has been working on doing burst through) holes in the line. that were done with two people
map with the best looking running for months— it now has so that they mesh together
football game ever. This year, the a completely different feel.” As The improved blocking seamlessly (ensuring that you
company is hoping to redefine Thomas explains, "It all starts engine also comes into play at won’t see a tackler’s arm go
sports gaming with easy-to-use with the blocking, and that’s the line. Rushing is now almost
online play. And ironically, while been redone from the ground a mini-game in itself; duels at
this is the feature that Sega is up. The blocking is way more the line are fought with a trigger/ PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER
pushing the most, it may be the intelligent—guys upfield block VISUAL CONCEPTS GENRE FOOTBALL
button pad combo, and extensive
ORIGIN US ONLINE YES
least of many improvements who they’re supposed to, and two-person motion capture work
Online play, massive new play-
in the game. that improves the whole game.” has been done to ensure that books, even more animations
For instance, the running A new juke mode has been everything looks right.
No online fantasy leagues
game— last year’s only real weak added as well: now, all of those More than 500 new effects 01
point— has been completely smaller, faster runners will have have been created in Visual
revamped. “What have we done
asks Jeff Thomas, pro-
the same advantage that they Concepts spanking-new motion BOTTOM LINE HHi
to it?,’’ have in the real game. And a capture studio. While there
The greatest football game in the
ducer. “A. better question is new, as-yet-unnamed “power have been some replacements, world is about to get even better.
‘what haven’t we done to it?' It’s move” will give your RB’s a around 300-400 new animations

www.DailyRadar.com
 Everything looks right Welcome to
If the action’s too
intense, there's also
SOON
a full GM mode so
you can lead your
Previewed This Month
franchise to victory
Anticipation is sweet, and these DC games could be even sweeter.
from the front office.
Read on, and find out what you'll be playing in months to come!

NFL 2K1/54 DC s most talked about title goes into OT.

SPAWN: IN THE DEMON'S HAND/54 Demon Seed 2?
READY 2 RUMBLE 2/58 r u R34|>v 2 g37 fi6h7i|\|6?
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE/59 'Cuz mercenaries are cool.
ALIEN FRONT ONLINE/60 Arcade vs. Home. You win.
4x4 EVOLUTION/63 Online multiplayer arrives— and works!

SONIC ADVENTURE 2/64 Sonic Team delivers, uh. Sonic

GRANDIA 11/66 RPG joy. from our pals at Ubi Soft

SILENT SCOPE/67 Can Konami deliver action sans gun?

SOUL REAVER 2/68 This time. Raziel's really mad.

VANISHING POINT/73 It's going to vanish... off shelves!

BY THE BOOK STUPID INVADERS/74

SLASHOUT/75 Get medieval on just about everything.

STUNT GP/76 Stunts. Stunts! STUNTS!

TOKYO XTREME RACER 2/76 The return of T XR2!
EVIL TWIN: CYPRIEN'S CHRONICLES/78 No Cure soundtrack?
k * ^m WWF ROYAL RUMBLE/80 WWF rasslin' goodness! _______

INCOMING!
All Dreamcast, all the time: planned releases for 2000 and beyond

UNLIKE LAST YEAR'S ITERATION, 4-Wheel Thunder Racing May Starlancer Online Shooter Oct
NFL 2K1 features a unique playbook for every V-Rally 2: CE Racing Aug Metropolis Street Racer Racing Oct
team— more than 2000 plays in all. If a team Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Fighting Aug Austin Powers: Mojo Rally Racing Oct
doesn't run a formation (like the 49ers and the Aug Silent Scope Arcade Shooter Oct
shotgun) it won't be available. Like last year,
Ecco the Dolphin Adventure Aug
Oh—they put Sanders back on the Lions, right? though, you’ll be able to create your own plays.
4x4 Evolution Racing Aug The Grinch Platformer Oct
Po ve Stone 2 Fighting Aug Stupid Invaders Adventure Oct
Vanishing Point Racing Aug Peacemakers RTS Oct
D2 Adventure Aug Nov
through a QB’s leg, unless it’s Star Lancer Online shooter Sept Evil Twin Adventure Nov
Ult. Fighting Champs Fighting Sept Buffy the Vampire Slayer Action Nov
Joe Thiesman or something).
Monster Breeder Sim Sept World’s Deadliest Police Chases Driving Nov
Rush 2049 Racing Sept Planet of the Apes Action/Adv Nov
The real hook to the Prince of Persia 3D Action Sept M.O.U.T. 2025 Action Nov
game, though, should be Ferrari 355 Racing Sept Jet Grind Radio Action Nov
online play. “We’ve been Sega GT Racing Sept Skies of Arcadia RPG Nov
working from day one to Half-Life FPS Shooter Sept Deer Avenger Shooter Nov
NFL 2K1 Sports Sept ECW Anarchy
ensure that the whole experi- Ruiz Wrestling
WWF Royal Rumble Wrestling Sept Ready 2 Rumble 2 Sports Nov
ence is totally smooth," says Sept
Midway Arcade Hits II Arcade Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes Strategy Nov
Thomas. You can log on the ESPN Track ’n’ Field Sports Sept
Heroes of Might & Magic 3 RPG Nov
network with just one button NFL Blitz 2001 Sports Sept
Matt Hoffman's ProBMX Sports Nov
press, and quickly be in a Hydro Sprint Racing 3rd Qtr
Sno Cross International Racing
game. VC has spent months Armada Strategy/RPG
II 3rd Qtr
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Sports
Rush 2049 Racing 3rd Qtr
ensuring that even with a 56K Soldier of Fortune Action/Shooter
Quake 3 FPS Shooter Sept
Nov.
connection, play will be smooth.
WSB2K1 Sports 3rd Qtr
In non-technical terms, “We’ve Seaman Other 3rd Qtr
Speed Devils 2 Racing Nov
spread the lag around,” he KISS Psycho Circus FPS Shooter 3rd Qtr
Dinosaur Action Dec
says. It’s an effective trick: 18-Wheeler Ampro Trucker Arcade

isn’t exactly Test Drive Rally Racing 3rd Qtr

while the feeling How can you tell that Chris didn’t take the screens? A: No Lions shots. Dec
Q:
Stunt GP Racing Fall
like a local game, we think it’s The Road to El Dorado Action Dec
Looney Tunes: Space Race Racing Fall
pretty damn close. focusing on eliminating that pesky can update his stats to reflect Black And White Strategy 4th Qtr
Stunt GP Racing Fall

The online lobby is extremely lag. You will, however (and this is his new playing ability.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 Fall
Evil Dead: Ashes 2 Ashes Action 4th Qtr

simple, so even if you’ve never sweet), be able to download So. In a handy nutshell, this Aerowings 2 Flight Sim
4th Qtr

updated rosters throughout the game is gonna be great. If you WWF Game Wrestling 4th Qtr
been online before, you shouldn’t Fall
Sanity Action/RPG Winter
have any problems. On the season. Not only does this mean love football, don’t get tickets Buzz Lightyear Action/Adventure
Gorka Morka Racing Oct Test Drive LeMans Racing Winter
downside, things like ladders, that teams and injuries will be and hop in the car: get a pizza
Sonic Shuffle Multiplayer Puzzle Independence War 2 Shooter Winter
fantasy leagues and tournaments represented accurately, but if a and a six-pack, and log onto the Picassio Action 2001
Ms. PacMan Maze Madness Platforrnr Oct
are going to have to wait until player suddenly takes off (like Dreamcast sports arena. Spawn FPS Shooter Oct Alone in the Dark 4 Adventure 2001
NFL 2K2, as the team has been Kurt Warner did last year), VC CHRIS CHARLA Tony Hawk’s ProSkater 2 Sports Oct Agartha Adventure 2001
NBA2K1 Sports Oct Phantasy Star Online Onine RPG 2001

www.dreamcastmagazine.com POD 2 Action Oct Sonic Adventure 2 Platformer 2001

 COMINGSOOT Previews First good Spawn game ever made
HgLQP: w*x>w>:
As can be seen here, the bursts of gunfire in Spawn look as good as any we’ve seen. On video. You know
.. .
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‘vafi*
-
what we mean. The architecture is kinda—um— sturdy and orange, as well. - v . .

-4kEADER

One major improvement would be the addition of analog control— it just

doesn’t feel right with the digital pad. “That’s what she said—” Oh forget it.

Hi m im
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Spawn: in the Demon’s Hand

Also known in some circles as “shaking hands with Mr. Seaman”
hough someone at together, Capcom has attempted Levels are huge, multi-room treasure. It’s very clear that the game’s October release date
Capcom clearly failed to to do something very big-but arenas that enable combat in all Capcom has extremely talented to make this oh-so-feasablegoal
consider this game’s hasn't quite perfected it yet. forms, and players must utilize and ambitious programmers and actually happen. And Capcom’s
titular implications, we’re happy to their environments wisely in artists working on the project. got a great track record, so we’re
report that the swells of laughter As in Power Stone, players order to take suckas out. Which makes it all the more confident. EVAN SHAMOON
whirling around the ODCM offices can score new items, destroy There’s a huge cast of Image surprising that the control is so
have finally dissipated. We’re over boxes and detonate explosives. heroes and villains to choose lacking. The game is played from
it. <intense snickering and from, including Redeemer, Angel, a third-person perspective, but the PUBLISHER CAPCOM DEVELOPER
guffawing from the ODCM peanut CAPCOM GENRE ACTION PLAYERS 14

gallery> Okay. Now we’re finished.

CONTROL FREAK Priest and the Spawnmeister spaztic camera continually shifts PERIPHERALS TBA ONLINE TBA RELEASE
DATE OCTOBER 2000
Fun Fact: Todd McFarlane created himself. Players combat each while you’re running around. While
This fall, Capcom is bringing Spawn after he left Marvel Comics. other in free-for-all or team he Y-button gives you manual
The concept and foundation are
Image Comics’ flagship hero to To ensure that Spawn the game death match-style contests, using control over the camera, the I in an
place for awesome game
the Dreamcast in an arcade-
properly captures the look and feel
the weapons and abilities specific technique needs some work.
of Spawn the comic book (and
perfect port of its 3D, third- to their characters. This may very well be the first
person beat-’em-up/deathmatch
Spawn the late-night HBO animated
series), McFarlane good Spawn game ever made B Okay, this is far from finished
but—do something about the
Capcom! Please!
control,
title. As a cross-genre hybrid, has signed on as Even at this unfinished stage, (anyone who’s played Spawn of
Spawn is clearly inspired by the its executive Spawn’s graphics look nothing Suck on PlayStation can attest to BOTTOM LINE
producer. No word
likes of Power Stone Unreal, short of spectacular. Super- that), and it may become one of
yet on who we're when we know—check
We'll tell you
Tournament and even Tomb supposed to blame detailed character models, active the best action games to date. It back for a review in the next issue. In
Raider. Using an arcade-y, four- for the sticky title. backgrounds and great special is, however, going to take some themeantime—hand us a tissue.
button control scheme to tie it all effects make Spawn a visual serious effort between now and

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13 racers including 1 0 all-new

Disney's Blizzard Beach Disney characters

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Dale, Jiminy Cricket and others, find the pieces of the acorns and more

Fireworks Machine and catch the magic of the ffi Secret characters, special shortcuts
Walt Disney World'’ Theme Parks and Water Parks! and hidden tracks

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 COMINGSOOT

Ready 2 Rumble: 2nd

Midway gets its mitts on for another round: better call a doctuhh!
ne of the most preference for arcade-y controls,
[ 9 J enormously successful POPPED BY THE KING OF POP? Midway is attempting to make
bfclV titles in Dreamcast’s MICHAEL JACKSON VS. SHAQ Yes, Michael J this iteration of R2R more of an
launch lineup was Midway’s and Shaquille O’Neil are both playable exercise in realism than the
tongue-in-cheek ode to characters in R2R: 2nd Round, and the original ever was. This means
Ready 2
professional fisticuffs, question just begs to be asked. If was
the fight that A) opponents will be
Rumble. While the gaming world over the issue of who’d had a better videogame appropriately responsive to your
watched in amazement (with named after him, we’d have to go (of course) attacks, and B) the level of
virtual arms akimbo!), R2R lured with the King of Pop and his classic style-over- difficulty will ramp up nicely
players in droves with its easy, substance thrilla, Moonwalker. Whereas, if
between matches. Plus, a
novice-friendly play and wacky you still own Shaq Fu... slap yourself. Publicly.
bevy of new boxing
character models. And now, its Thank god Shaq’s day job worked out. ‘systems’ will give you more
new millennium sequel is set to of everything that you
reintroduce fans to the world of than pleased to discover that remain very similar to that of the already loved, includ-ing
arcade boxing, wooing them with Midway was listening quite original, you can expect to find a counters, reversals, deluxe
a longer, deeper moves lists and intently. Your opponent, for few new touches (such as an combos and special moves—
some heavyweight new additions instance, has suddenly become instant KO move that you’ll earn think of DOA 2's complex
to the familiar cast of favorites. a very smart boxer— be prepared if you enter Rumble Mode three fighting system wearing a pair of
Ready 2 Rumble: 2nd
For for him or her to put up a canny, times during your match) that boxing gloves and you’re on the
Round, gamers who found the intelligent fight to corner you or are the gaming equivalent of right track. Clearly, Midway had
original to be a little too shallow to avoid being cornered. And stocking stuffers. more in mind with this game
for their liking should be more while the control scheme will Despite its continuing than a simple rehash.

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 s

Clearly, Midway had more in mind for this game than a simple rehash
Dan's description
of this screenshot:
“IV/immm... giblets."

Soldier of Fortune
More guts than Guts
reamcast owners who mode entertaining, the

D
is it's

yearn for a little blood multiplayer gameplay in Soldier

and guts with their that is the icing on the cake. The
gaming are about to get a real Deathmatch mode in particular
gift: Crave’s Soldier of Fortune. is one of the fastest paced

Perhaps the goriest game in shoot-outs ever, and a welcome

history (and definitely the most edition to the somewhat
graphic game for Dreamcast anorexic offerings in other
we’ve ever seen), Soldier of Dreamcast FPSs. Players will be
Fortune joins a plethora of first- able to strive against friends at
person shooters that are making home or against other gamers
their way to our console this worldwide, via SegaNet.
year. We're told that the game
will be a direct port from the PC On SegaNet, Dreamcast
version, and that everything owners will finally have a chance
from the storyline to the exit (for better or worse) to strut their

wounds will remain the same. stuff against PC players, and will

be able to enter servers carrying

Soldier of Fortune up to eight opponents at once.
% TO CANCEI^ puts gamers in the shoes of So stretch those trigger fingers

John Mullin, a ‘consultant’ hired and prepare for action, because

by the government to do the things are about to get real ugly.
dirty work that they would rather GARRETT KENYON
leave in the dirt. Most of this

work involves walking into

Training mode has also system by adding a new, is still hovering around a Midway locations where hostile enemies

been updated, to include more calendar-based method of conference table in hopes of are milling around, and leaving

mini-games and more ways to advancing through the different being ratified. behind a pile of corpses. The
get access to them. A couple of activities, which enables you to objective behind all of this killing

new training exercises (including unlock new moves and exercises With the originals is to track down four nukes

Stair Climbing and Jump Rope) as you go along. It’s sort of like classic status looming in the which have been stolen from the
have joined the old standards training your own boxer for real back of every DC owner’s mind, United States government. In

like Weightlifting, Sway Bag, etc., (only you don’t have to read his Midway’s sequel is shaping up to order to put his hands on each

and fans of the original will love menu for him when you go out be one of the most anticipated weapon, Mullin must thwart the
this last little tidbit— Midway has to dinner together). titles on this year's game roster. team of terrorists that has stolen
overhauled the Prize Fight If all of the game’s proposed them— blasting hisway through
The awesome scope of changes and improvements ten missions that encompass 31
the improvements planned for come through in the final cut, we levels in all.

2nd Round is further evidenced may be looking at one of the big The real-life weaponry in

by Midway’s mention of a winners of the holiday season Soldier of Fortune (shotguns,

changed up Championship Uzi's, belt-fed machine guns,

Mode. This time around, etc.) and everyday settings
armchair boxers will be enjoying PUBLISHER MIDWAY DEVELOPER MIDWAY (offices, sewers, subway
GENRE BOXING PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN US
the same Story Mode-type of ONUNE TBA RELEASE DATE NOVEMBER stations, etc.) give the game
experience that they’re used to a disturbing feeling of reality.

Eleven of the fighters from the

seeing in their favorite fighting Q More attention to
improved fighting system
detail and an
It's

game
this feeling that will set this

apart from other FPS

games-the original R2R' Deep controls and an elaborate
original are set to make return Championship Mode
straight ahead, round-after- games like Quake and Half-Life,
appearances on the fight roster
round string of unconnected
Wi Will online play make it on time?
which are built upon the same
in Ready 2 Rumble: 2nd Round.
fights is no more. This basic principals but tend to
And this number (which is
luxurious enough) doesn't even modification alone is reason BOTTOM LINE distance the player from the
new violence by throwing a 1 He’s just burnin’, doin’ the
include the assorted enough to be intrigued by 2nd R2R returns to the ring with more in
neutron dance.
boxers that will make their Round. ..even without the
improvements than you can shake
fantasy aspect.
a gloved fist at
debuts in the sequel!
possibility of online play, which While the single-player 9 “I see dead people.”

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S3 COMINGSOOIV Previews When young Transformers choose kickball teams.

WE’LL BE READY!
f Developed by
/ Sega’sAMUS
Tv! division, AFO is a
multiplayer tank
game that
allows
everyone and
their respective
mothers to blow
each other to
bits online.
“We created
r
+ f*. game
this
mainly to help
train military troops for tank
battle,” says programmer/producer
Kevin Klemmik. “It's team-based,
so players must work together to
win the battle against aliens.”
Hmmmmm.

EZNEZITXM
SI LREER ^
BIG Gun a CRUSHER
5 GGTCHR
6 PRRRGaH

Alien Ffont Online

Big robots fighting big aliens in big cities with big explosions. It’s gonna be big.

a
f all the Dreamcast titles station to allow players to hear the communication, interactive
shown at E3, Alien Front Share the laughs each week as Mom, Dad, and
action talk to each other—all environments and the kitchen
Lil' Pimp and his pimpin’ pals Fruitjuice and
Online was easily the in realtime. It was so cool that it sink, AFO is one to watch.
least-ballyhooed of the Know Nagchampa fill your heart with warmth.
lot. made Richard Roundtree look like Stay tuned. evan shamoon
www.mediatrip.com/per/TV/Lil Pimp.html
that saying, “You can’t hide a light a Herb. And it played smoother
under a barrel"? Well, apparently, than Ulala’s no-pantyline behind.
the committee of old wives who adjective here> mountains, and weapons can be picked up We only hope that lag won’t be an
came up with this little ditty hadn’t go at each other in an, er, ‘eight- throughout the game! issue when the game ships.
PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER SEGA
GENRE MECH-SCHEIZER ACTION PLAYERS
met Sega-or its barrel-which has way team deathmatch’ (hell, add a 1-8 PERIPHERALS TBA ONUNE YES
RELEASE DATE WINTER 2001
been squatting over this prodigy little sex to this violence and And then came the Prospective terrorists
since its inception. Such apathetic presto: you’ve got a German art multiplayer (no, not the Wayans and demolition experts will be Technological wonders: R
effort doesn’t make sense^ film). Contestants choose a side brothers). Not only does AFO allow delighted to know that every voice communication, Dreamcast
vs. arcade network play, and
especially since, in our opinion, it and are split into teams, as four four-against-four network play, but building in the game is fully incredible graphics

was one the coolest games at E3, tanks are pitted against four alien for the first time in history, explodable—and the effects The game is really fun to play, and
and a marquee title in the making. all of the environments are
craft in a battle to the death. [We Dreamcast gamers can also link depicting all the myriad aspects of
interactive
imagine that when young up-online—against AFO arcade destruction are impressive indeed.
It's too far away, damnit! (and it's used
The premise is simple: Transformers choose kickball machines. Hidden in a distant We wish all random scatterings of for millitary training)

Eight players enter into a given
environment, which can be
anything from bustling
to lush forests to <insert cliche
teams they deal with similar corner at E3, Sega had four debris could look this pretty. [But
issues. -Ed.] Each character is Dreamcasts and four arcade since they clearly can't, Evan, BOTTOM LINE
city streets weapon,
outfitted with a primary machines set up together, with please clean your desk. -Ed.] With Ifthings work out, this could be one of
Dreamcast’s best titles. Period.
and-get th/s-more-powerful small headsets installed at each its network play, realtime voice

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WHIRR.f'WHIRR
by now, you Know Ghe dmn.

It's addictive. It's frenetic. It's a total blast! It's

Mr. Driller, the pick-up-and-play puzzle game that's

a hole lot of fun. Strap on your hard hat, fire up your

drill and tunnel into action. Mr. Driller takes seconds
to learn, yet provides years of challenge and enjoyment.

Mr. Driller™ & © 1999 Namco Ltd. All Rights Reserved. PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered
Be prepared: once you start drillin' there is no chillin'!
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Licensed by Nintendo. Game Boy and Game Boy Color are
© 1989, 1998 Nintendo of America SMCBOf
trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. Inc. Sega, Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast
logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises, Ltd. The ratings icon is a trademark of
the Interactive Digital Software Association. Actual screen shots are for use with the Sony PlayStation console. namco Sega ©Dreamcast. Color
 CONWNGSOON Previews

TIME
“We actually just had a meeting with
Ferrari this morning. It seems one of
the top Ferrari racers in the world,
Rubens Barichello, loves F355
Challenge so much that he wants to
buy an arcade unit so he can
practice during the off-season. This
came direct from Ferrari, and it
made me feel proud."
—Yu Suzuki (gameweek.com)

hrcjrai.

F355 Challenge
The queen of racing cars comes to the king of consoles
or those physically (or Players will be able to take the When Challenge first view is shown from inside the
emotionally) unable, as queen mother of all sports cars zoomed into arcades, it quickly car's cockpit. Ultra-sensitive TECH SPECS
grizzled rock singer onto six real-world racetracks won acclaim (pardon the pun) for steering controls enable players
Sammy “Van” Hagar suggested, (Long Beach, Monza, Montegi, its solid racing play and highly to navigate turns with either the
to drive 55, Sega of Japan and Suzuka, Suzuka Short, and detailed polygon models. The Dreamcast controller’s D-Pad or •
. *•*.•»*« rp
Acclaim offer a delicious Sugo) for an all-out sprint to the Dreamcast translation promises the analog stick—Acclaim
v.
alternative. Together, these finish line. And considering that to be equally wonderful; a promises steering wheel support
companies will bring famed the painstaking (and selfishly preview copy of the game is as well, but did not mention 1994 FERRARI F355
game designer Yu Suzuki’s motivated) research conducted showing off some pretty powerful which such controllers will be Engine Aluminum 90° V8
arcade racing opus F355 by Dave proves that it would graphics at a smooth 30-plus supported. Because the Ferrari’s Displacement 9496cc
Compression Ratio 11:1
Challenge (a title that laughs cost you approximately $600 and
fps. All the cars, tracks, handling is unforgiving (a mere Max Power 380@8250 rpm
at the notion of traveling a mere per day just to rent one of these backgrounds appear seamless, tap serves to redirect a car), the Max Torque 268@6000 rpm
55 miles per hour) to the North beauties— not counting the bills and it’s probably not a stretch to game’s makers have thoughtfully Transmission Manual 6-speed
American Dreamcast market for gas, intimate dinner for two 0-60 4.6 sec
say that Challenge could well included a series of options to
0-100
before Thanksgiving. with the leggy blonde who outdo such pretty Dreamcast aid the player. Three difficulty
throws herself bodily into the racers as Sega GT and settings cater to the needs of 13.9 ft

Speed comes in many car, and the whopping speeding Metropolis Street Racer in terms novice driver and pro racer alike,
forms, but this one— Ferrari’s tickets you’d inevitably accrue— of eye-pleasing goodness. and various driver-assist 3.8 ft

3150 lbs
powerful F355 cruising unit— is this is probably the best chance Gameplay takes place in the functions (such as anti-lock
8130K
clearly among the sweetest. you’ll get to drive one. first-person perspective,and the brakes, stability and traction

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 a

Challenge could probably well out-do Sega GT and MSR

Please select MODE

F355 allows you to choose

from an assortment of real-
world international tracks.
Driving 1
Tr«^nif»aJ'
| ;[
This, friends, is as real as
While somewhat PC-
like, the graphics in
it gets on a console. Now if
1 / > 4x4 Evo are absolutely
Mr. Suzuki could find it in * e gorgeous. Perhaps the
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) STEER to select. GAS to accept \ © STEER to select. GAS to accept \ his heart to add the 1969 .«*»/••» 9
b est US e of the rarely-
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utililzed

V° development OS that
we’ve seen yet on DC.
“Someone give me a Ferrari caption please?!” Evan has
clearly hit amental ‘Wall of China,’ and simply cannot
pullanything more out of his buttocks. Just for the
record, there are no Ferraris in China.
idiHave
'
GoldWave 4x4 Evolution
FAST TIMES. So real you can’t even park it

ut out your cigarette, online gamed, folks!

hang up your cellphone

HP
The gas-chugging,
and park your SUV, Chet:
yuppie-toting,
Evo includes
tracks—each with
a total of
its
16
own unique
‘rugged’ alternative to the music, scenery and theme. The
soccer-mom minivan is hitting tracks are vibrant and full of life;

wwwwr Dreamcast this September— and

it goes by the name of 4x4
birds and planes hover
overhead, gates open and
Evolution. Not to be confused close, and civilians get in your
with the recently released way (fortunately, we here at
4-Wheel Thunder from Kalisto, ODCM rock that shtuff like

.1X1.1 IkSygP Evo is Terminal Reality’s shot at nobody's business). With

the offroading crown. And things muchos vehicle upgrades,
are definitely looking up. fierce Al, amazing physics,
ALTHOUGH DISCONTINUED, the Ferrari F355 was a
powerful racing machine. 3.5 liter V8 pumped out a
Its
unpredictable weather (you’re
rubber-shredding 380bhp 8250 rpm. This means that
at The thing that struck
first never safe from the prospect of
when you, the driver, pushed the accelerator down toward us about Evo was just how darn rain, hale, or even snow) and
the floor, the car went very, very, fast. Its top speed, in fact, purty it looked. The particle tons more, this could become
was a very respectable 183 mph. Given the people who game
and lighting effects are the best offroad racing
usually ended up behind the wheel of these cars (who were
extremely impressive, while to date. Possibly even nudging
mostly either aging Hollywood cokeheads left over from the “Iknow one professional driver who uses an
’80s, or truly fearless sportscar fanatics), it’s amazing that each car model sports upwards out Sega’s road-hogging 18-
F355 cabinet to practice during his off-season,
they never really built a reputation as deathtraps. and his lap time at Laguna Seca went down of 5,000 polygons. And it really Wheeler, this obnoxious SUV
In 1994 and 1995, Ferrari produced the F355 GTS and four seconds! If a driver doesn't have the time shows: Cars are instantly could become the new
the F355 Spyder. The Spyder had a soft car top that could to go to the circuit, they can use F355 as a recognizable, suspensions terrible tank on the
be opened and closed whereas the GTS had
electronically
simulator. My goal when developing it was to bounce realistically, and information superhighway.
a detachable hard top. Convertibles gets more chicks but make a simulator good enough for professional rendered humanoids even EVAN SHAMOON
coupes have less flex and better stability. drivers to use.” —Yu Suzuki (gameweek.com)
While there might be one or two other cars out there get tossed around the driver’s
that go faster, we’re quite happy to drive these lovely Ferrari seat (as well as the back seat— PUBUSHER G.O.D. DEVELOPER TERMINAL
models. We certainly wouldn’t turn up our noses if we oh no wait, that’s a different REALITY GENRE OFFROAD RACING PLAYERS
14 ORIGIN US ONUNE OMIGOD! YES! YES!
happened to find one in our collective Christmas stocking, game called ‘High School’. YES! RELEASE DATE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
and we wouldn’t kick it out of bed for eating crackers,
Hardest game ever).
either. Isn’t that right, crackers?

The coolest part of the

enchilada, however, has to be
the multiplayer element. As
control and intelligent braking) against another human. And man reportedly very fond of one of the first SegaNet-
may be accessed during play. while there will be, sadly, no shaking it all night long (as the compatible games out the box
Internet play for F355 song says), and designing (perhaps even the first), Evo
F355 contains three Challenge, players can travel blockbuster games all day. will be networkable. Fully

gameplay modes that allow a online to an Acclaim Web site GREG ORLANDO networkable. Via some
player to train with both voice to post their scores and receive newfangled thingamaboba-
and visual guidance, to drive a a ranking for their efforts. hooee called the ‘internet’,
track without competition, and As players race to glory, PUBLISHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER SEGA Dreamcast gamers will not
OF JAPAN GENRE RACING PLAYERS 1-2
to race flat-out against other they’ll be treated to some ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS TBA
only be able to go head to
ONLINE HI-SCORE POSTS RELEASE DATE head with other DC owners,
cars. To round out the title, astounding game backgrounds NOVEMBER
there’s also a championship and accompanied by a guitar- but against
Stunning graphics,
feature where players compete
for points on all tracks, a single-
fueled soundtrack that pays
homage to every hairy, be-
Q gameplay
realistic

superior two-player options

PC and Mac heads as
The folks at Terminal Reality
well.

^
play feature with no time limit spandexed rocker that busted a are quick to point out that
Limited game modes; there's
and loads of adjustable car chord in the late-’80s. This B only one playable car this feature is an industry
settings. Unfortunately, the soundtrack is an altogether first—and they’re attributing it

two-player mode, which cuts charming touch, especially BOTTOM LINE to some very tricky

the gameplay screen in half since it’s rumored to be the Realism and more realism— all from programming. We actually
the labyrinthine mind of Shenmue
Do your planet a favor: skip tl
horizontally, serves as the only preferred playlist of tried it—against a PC player— SUV. Go out and buy a copy 0
daddy Yu Suzuki. Right on
means for competitive play grandmaster Suzuki himself— and it worked perfectly. We done 4x4 Evo instead.

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H COMINGSOOfV Previews We couldn't think of a better reason to party

Who would win in a fight?

18-Wheeler AMPRO Trucker
or Sonic Adventure 27

Sonic s latest venture promises

CHAO, DARLING! tohave a distinctly Western
And we don’t mean
flavor.
cowboys and spurs, either.

Sonic Adventure 2
The world’s richest hedgehog shakes his moneymaker once again
t’s finally official—Sonic other characters in the mix for Sonic are all set to show their revealing bigger and better festivities, as Sonic Adventure 2
be returning to
will Sonic Adventure 2. Knuckles, Dr. faces, but their roles remain a secrets for fans. We shudder at debuts in a worldwide simulta-
Dreamcast in his Robotnik and the enigmatic Dark mystery. Will they be playable via the thought. It's also been neous release sometime early
second genuine Sonic Team- Sonic 2’s new multiplayer revealed that Sonic will partake next year (March-ish, according
produced adventure. One of feature? Will gamers be able to in some aquatic shenanigans in to Sega Japan).
Sega’s worst kept secrets, the pit Sonic against any of the which he’ll have to learn to FRANCESCA REYES
game was finally unveiled to the aforementioned characters in control a submarine, or find his
masses in video form at the head-to-head matches across way out of it if he gets trapped—
company’s E3 theater— revealing the Internet? It’s tough to say, food for thought, indeed. PUBUSHER SEGA DEVELOPER SONIC
the antics of a much-streamlined and with very little information TEAM GENRE ADVENTURE PLAYERS TBA
ORIGIN US/JAPAN PERIPHERALS TBA
but familiar blue hedgehog, leaking out of Sega HQ on either The game represents not ONUNE YES RELEASE DATE EARLY 2001
hopping from location to location side of the Pacific, may be a
it only yet another technological
around the globe. From the lush
vegetation of a tropical jungle to
while before
the specifics.
we learn many of benchmark in videogaming, but
an occasion for a few celebra-
a Based on a videoonly presentation,
this game looks amazing!
Network compatibility and
the urban nooks and crannies of San Francisco, CA -The team tions: the tenth anniversary of multiplayer madness abound
responsible for creating one of
San Francisco, Sonic whips
gaming’s most popular mascots
What we do know is that Sonic, himself, the beginning of Willit be all that much different

from the original?

through it all— proving he’s still Sonic will also be rejoined, once the (actual) new millennium and
has been seen about town,
Will gameplay and design be more
by far the fastest virtual taking off-campus lunch breaks again, by his seemingly the achievement of the two sophisticated?
mammal in videogaming. again. For those of us who’re omniscent Chao buddies. Sonic million mark in sales of Sonic
Although Sonic was the only
pining for Sonic 2. it's good
Team
BOTTOM LINE
news: It means the game could
is personally warning Adventure. We couldn’t think of
character shown at E3, Sega gamers that the Chaos will play No one packs ’em in like Sonic, and his
be nearing completion. a better reason to party. And
Team genuinely promises to deliver
also plans to include up to three a more direct role in the sequel, gamers will be able to join in the

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 COMINGSOON Previews ...A visual behemoth that’ll

Grandia II
Hmmm... What to do during winter vacation...

m
i

Map*
1* W
1

shooter
’
j
ith a long

series (and the

like
list

that include the Lunar

Silpheed or
of credits

odd
Gun
As the young hero,
(some
for the
of thenames may change
US version), you and your
birdy friend Eagley (spare us!)
Rudo and loads of 3D dungeons, towns
and character models (the R and
L trigger buttons
peek around corners or
can help you
rotate the
town or dungeons,
Game Arts has
ensured that players
will
also

be able to interact
Griffon Blaze), Japanese scour the countryside for treasures camera). And although the with their environments
developer Game Arts sure does untold. Along the way, strange characters shown during dialog Oust as they did in the
know RPGs. Focusing intently on things begin to happen—the young reflect more mature designs, first Grandia, only more
memorable characters and subtle, priestess, Elena, becomes the polygonal versions are quite so). Bottles spill if you
almost simplistic storylines, the possessed; a stone statue comes true to the super-deformed genus knock them over, barrels
proof of its approach is in the to life in the form of Milena (a of pixie people that we’re used reverberate when hit or
proverbial Grandia pudding. Its spunky but dangerous sorceress); to seeing in RPGs. kicked, and absolutely
quests were staid and straight- the list goes on. Are all of these everyone in the towns and
forward (boy wants to be great phenomena signs of impending Other features, like the villages has plenty to say
adventurer, encounters great evils, catastrophe? Is any of this breathtaking flames flickering in a (amazingly, they’ll rarely
fights small winged creatures, connected to the massive chasm campfire or smoldering torches say the same thing
blah, blah, blah), but we never that divides the continent? It lining dungeon walls, make this twice— no matter how often
failed to be enchanted with each becomes Rudo’s job to find out. game a visual behemoth that’ll be you revisit them). The level of
personality and every tiny creature. Visually, Grandia II is simply tough to topple-even for beauts attention paid to every single
Grandia II promises to follow a amazing, with environments like Sega’s pending Eternal Arcadia. moment, circumstance and
similar path to a truly lovely goal. completely rendered in polygons Whether you’re moving through environment is overwhelming.

66 Official #Dreamcast Magazine Sept/Oct 2000

be tough to topple. We've played the latest build, and believe us: it's plenty of fun.

Taking headshots is
far more exciting
than taking
screenshots. But
neither is nearly as
much fun as taking
tequila shots.

Silent Scope
Beware: Try this at home

W
coming
I
hen we heard the news
that the now-infamous
Silent Sr.nne
to
Scope
Dreamcast, we here
was
Picture-in-Picture),
trigger to

guys;
take out sucka bad
ama7inglv.
guvs: amazingly, it

a truly viable solution to an

and the

seems to
right
rig

be
t

at ODCM dampened our seemingly insurmountable

dungarees. But when, shortly control issue. Frankly, this game
thereafter, we were informed feels far better than it should:
that the game would be coming and while it’s clearly not as
without its sniper-rifle peripheral, ‘realistic’ as its arcade cousin,
said dungarees were dry as dry it’s devilishly addictive.

ice within milliseconds. But we In the arcade, you can pump

have to admit: we’ve tried quarters into Silent Scope
playing the game their way, endlessly, but to fight the “l-beat-

without the lightgun (or a urine- it-the-first-time-l-played-it”

soaked posterior), and we’ve syndrome, Konami only starts

been quite pleasantly surprised you out with three continues:
by the result. you gotta earn the rest.

For those unfamiliar The arcade-perfect

with the arcade game, SS graphics don’t hurt matters,
enables aspiring SWAT team either. The sharp urban
members to play the role of a environments and clean
professional sniper (without polygonal models run smoothly,
having to deal with any of that without a hitch. Look for a
pesky ‘training’). The game’s complete review next issue.

realistic rifle had an LCD screen EVAN SHAMOON

housed within its eye-scope, PUBLISHER KONAMI DEVELOPER KONAMI
which enabled you to GENRE SNIPING ORIGIN JAPAN PLAYERS 1-2
PERIPHERALS TBA RELEASE DATE
simultaneously zero in on the SEPTEMBER ONLINE NO

enemy and to keep a distanced,

wide-angle perspective. The
effect was steller— you felt like a
real SWAT team member.
SS’s gameplay is of the
‘guilty pleasure’ variety. In many
Battle uses the original broke, don’t fix it. We’ve played set a November 2000 US release ways, it's simply a case of
game’s successful semi-realtime the latest build, and believe us: date for the game, and we’re advancing tonew locations,
combat engine, in which both the it’s plenty of fun. already counting the minutes. neutralizing new terrorists, and
enemy and your character(s) are Enemies are still visible FRANCESCA REYES attempting (sometimes in vain)

on the same time meter. When onscreen, and if you’re feeling to avoid taking the lives of

you reach the action point of lucky, you can avoid fighting IIHhhlM; innocent pedestrians.
this meter, it's time to unleash a almost altogether. But you’ll The nicely varied stages are
PUBLISHER UBISOFT DEVELOPER GAME
vicious attack or a splendid always have to watch your back, ARTS GENRE RPG PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN teeming with activity; a favorite
JAPAN PERIPHERALS TBA ONLINE TBA
spell-or your enemy will do his just like you do in the Evolution is definitely the helicoptor stage,
RELEASE DATE NOVEMBER
worst to you. Certain moves can series. If a creature happens to where you’re flying through a
counter or cancel the enemy’s catch you from behind, you’ll Highly detailed city at high speeds as you
and environments
and distance from an
action, often lose your first turn during attempt to make the streets
Loads of towns and dungeons
enemy on the battlefield can the fight and the bad guy’ll be safe for democracy with
An RPG is only as good as
influence the type of attack you positioned for maximum damage I its translation extreme prejudice.
can perform or the damage you’ll on the battlefield. So how the hell did Konami
sustain from a blow. One could As one of the most highly reproduce this experience with a
BOTTOM LINE
criticize Game Arts for putting an anticipated games in Japan, standard DC controller? By [Evan was unable to write a
Grandia shaping up to be one of the
II is
utilzing the analog stick for caption for this space without
old engine under a new hood, Grandia II promises-finally!-to prettiest, most engrossing RPGs of all
using the word ‘ass', and has
time; let's hope it lives up to expectations aiming, the trigger button to
but the formula worked perfectly deliver as one of the first epic left already exceeded this issue's ass
well before. And— hell, if it ain’t RPGs on Dreamcast. UbiSoft has bring up a zoomed inset (think allowance. We apologize. —Ed]

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 s

COMINGSOOV Previews Vengeance was sought, souls were sucked...

An expanded set of abilities

and Reaver upgrades (read:
Reave Harder) await in SR2.

With the original already looking as stunning as can be, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos have assured us that the
sequel will add even MORE effects, plus special touches of artistic je ne sais quoi. In short: eye candy to die for.

HOUSE OF KAIN
fl Enemies won’t just lie down and
die when they’re impaled in the
sequel. You’ll have to learn all the
unique weaknesses of your new
foesin order to keep them dead.

Raziel need Sun Dial. Raziel see

Sun Dial. Raziel carry Sun Dial.
Raziel solve puzzle. Raziel do good.
("No, Raziel— NO Scooby snacks.
Down, Raziel! Now go get the box...”)

Back in the early days of

PlayStation, a rather diabolical
(albeit dodgily rendered)
vampire went on the hunt
for blood and what-not.
Now, nearly six years
later, his former acolyte
is on the hunt for

him in a second
sequel. How’s
M
Legacy ofKain: that for
loyalty? VP

Soul Reaver 2
01’ yellow eyes is ready to hit the all-you-can-suck soul buffet
n addition to being one of to solve puzzles—espel
the most imaginative and WARM REAVER-ETTE What’s a ‘Reaver’, you ask?
when you’re trying to uso the
It’s Raziel’s weapon of destruction, which does a variety of
visually detailed new ‘sort of inventory thattbe
depending on the enhancements
flashy, destructive things
adventure games on Dreamcast, you’ve acquired. Keep Raziel at full health, and you can game introduces (i.e., the way in
the original Soul Reaver filled a power up your Reaver for instant demon death. which Raziel will be able to store
distinct niche—giving gamers of puzzle items is unique. He can’t
PUBUSHER EIDOS DEVELOPER CRYSTAL
the gothic ilk a truly titillating gamers’ feedback on the original in an effort to hunt down Kain for actually place items in a menu- DYNAMICS GENRE ACTION/ADVENTURE
chance around the Soul Reaver— which boiled down PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN US PERIPHERALS TBA
to traipse an ultimate showdown and some type inventory, so it’s left to the ONUNE NO RELEASE DATE MARCH 2001
Underworld. Vengeance was to a unanimous demand for sweet, sweet revenge. player to figure out how to
sought; souls were sucked; boxes better complexity and variety in With a promised consistent transport items to the right A bigger variety of puzzles,
enemies and environments are
were moved. What more could puzzles, items and gameplay— framerate of 60fps and new place at the right time).
I

more than welcome

fans ask for? Of course, a sequel. Crystal Dynamics has pulled out more spells
features (including The first one was gorgeous, which
all the stops in its attempt to and elemental enhancements for Though this highly means the second one will be...
With the announcement deliver. Soul Reaver 2 finds the Raziel’s Reaver weapon), the real anticipated sequel is a ways j
Sweet maps, where are they?
of Soul Reaver 2’ impending soul-sucking Raziel exactly where meat of Soul Reaver 2 will be in off, you can be sure that we Will the character models be
optimized for Dreamcast?
release, the die-hard denizens of we left him, hot on the trail of his its puzzle-solving. No longer here at ODCM will be following
gaming’s nether regions can put nemesis, Kain. But on this outing content to settle for Tomb Raider- its development every step of
away their Cure albums and start he’ll be hopping around from time esque block-pushing antics, the way. We’re hopeful that Soul BOTTOM LINE
looking forward to more story, period to time period, as he developers claim to be building Reaver 2 will outdo the original The original proved to be an imaginative
treat for adventure fans. Will the sequel
more tricks and more beautiful learns more about his past and this baby from the ground up. So in every way, shape and form. live up to our expectations?
environments. Taking a cue from that of his Underworld fellows— all you’ll have to flex your gray matter FRANCESCA REYES

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Crack isn’t nearly as addictive as this game COMINGSOG
You would never put your $70K Dodge Viper through the wringer,
m
so do it virtually, instead. As if you have one. Then you woke up.
We were looking for the IROC to match
our mullets, but we were disappointed.

IS IT COMING OR
GOING? The Audi TT
design was born at
Volkswagen's 1998
Christmas party when
one of the engineers got
drunk and accidentally
sat on the clay model for
the New Beetle. And
then they made the
back the front. True.

While the Audi TT and VW Beetle are certainly nice

cars, why not try your hand at Vanishing Point's
Ford Ranger. In fact, if you have the cash on you
right now—why not buy a Ford Ranger? Our trusty
Associate Art Director, Mr. Dave, has been (sort of)
trying to sell his '94 Ranger (with shell) for the
past six months by leaving it in our employee lot,
faded sign in window, hoping that someone will
walk past it for the 80th time and suddenly see it
anew. Someone put Dave and his truck out of their
misery. Details follow.

1994, FORD, RANGER XLT, STD Cab, 5-spd, PS, AC. ABS.
Sliding Rear Window, AM/FM CASS, Deluxe Shell, New
Brakes. Alloy Whls/Grt Tires, EXCELLENT CONDITION-
MUST SELL-wonT last. 61,000 miles. Blue. $7500. Email You’ll find that nearly every high end car We have our suspicions that Magnum PI is in the front seat of this Ferrari. We’re scared.
dcmaglBimaginemedia.com with subject line: Dave's Truck
can be raced in Vanishing Point. Mustache notwithstanding, the Ferrari is a real man’s car. Unlike the TT.*

Vanishing Point
Acclaim prepares to chalk up another tasty winner for arcade racing fans
t’s fast, it’s pretty and And matching the car count in In arcade mode alone, head to head in split screen hype), and judging by statistics,

it’s got some brains scope, the title’s number of Vanishing Point features a fashion, but for the eight-player it’s not nearly as fun, either.
under its hood (when’s modes is truly impressive. Championship in which you’re option, you’ll be trading off with Vanishing Point is set for an

the last time you heard that?): able to amass cash money for your friends DD-style in August release, so you arcade
Acclaim’s latest arcade-style buying upgrades, as you ready consecutive runs. Don’t look at racers had better start saving

racer, Vanishing Point, is shaping your car for the long run to the us like that— it’s simple. Once your cash. FRANCESCA REYES
up to be all that and a extra trophy line. You’ll also find a you race, you just hand off the
large can of 10-30W. Oft CWG Rally mode and the controller to the next player.

rumored for Dreamcast but requisite Time Trial. Internet Whoever happens to get the PUBUSHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER
CLOCKWORK GAMES GENRE RACING
never officially announced, the rankings also figure into the best ranking wins the contest. PLAYERS 18 ORIGIN UK PERIPHS TBA
made 128-bit mix; gamers can post their high ONUNE YES RELEASE DATE AUGUST
title finally its

debut at May’s E3 show and scores in order to best other But the best feature of all is
Beautiful car models and
stunned crowds with
and
its smooth drivers across the country.
a top ranking, and you might
Get the game’s Crazy
Driver mode. It’s
Taxi- ish

a series of
Stunt
a pristine backdrops

playability pristine visuals. The StuntDriver mode in Vanishing Stunt mode is brilliant and
unlockable challenges ranging addictive
Sporting over 30 fully- may seem derivative of other
Point suddenly stumble across all

licensed cars—all nicely modeled

games like Crazy Taxi and Driver, sorts of good fortune (cue from Pop All the Balloons to the Early builds were light on the
but you certainly can’t deny that physics, but they’re guaranteed
and built to a specific dealer’s ominous laugh). Long Jump, each of which you’re to be improved
there’s a real fun factor involved.
specifications—this game gives And the way in which you ‘earn’ Vanishing Point takes its lead required to perfect in order to

players the opportunity to dash opportunities to try harder stages from the old-school PlayStation garner enough points to move BOTTOM LINE I

of stunt wackiness has been wreckin’ racer, Destruction onto the higher stunt Looks good, plays good, and has some
around multiple courses in
cleverly designed to keep racers of the most excellent features this side
anything from a Lotus Elise Derby, in terms of multiplayer challenges. Crack isn’t nearly as
awake for weeks at a time. of a supermodel
to an authentic British mini. function. Two players can go addictive (don’t believe the

www.dreamcastmagazine.com *Unless someone in senior management has one. Then it’s, um, totally cool. Sept/Oct 2000 Official# Dreamcast Magazine 73
 ”

COMINGSOuV Previews

The characters are

amazingly rendered,
if not detailed. Here
We tried telling the alien he didn’t need to diet, Now, that’s the kind of cyber pad we could relax
is your team of five
but he insisted. [Dan, there's a lesson here. -Ed.] in:curvy, groovy and thoroughly pneumatic.
aliens. Save them.

Okay. How cool would it be if the space station

from Space Channel 5 was on one of these view
screens? It’s not, of course, but come on — how

M M 5

Stupid Inv
So stupid (but lovable) it could run for President and probably win
ar crashes suck. Your we

a
LucasArts style, Stupid Invaders He’s not kidding: don’t want He gives a nudge and a wink,
ride is gone, you’re far puts you in charge of rescuing to give anything away, but let's saying “You know you've DC VS. PC/MAC
from home, and unless the alien Ento and his four pals just say that most of our play conquered the world, right?”
you’re part of the cellphone elite from the clutches of Dr. Sakarine time at E3 was spent in a (Yeah, it’s great. You can find
[soon to be the “Raoul,need a I (and his alien-hating henchman bathroom—er—the SI characters and eat a real Big Mac virtually
hairstyle that covers this tumor Bolok), and then of seeing them were in a bathroom— uh— we anywhere on the globe, except
elite -Ed.], there’s no way to call safely off the planet. And were in the UbiSoft booth the in India—where cows are sacred

for help. Car crashes suck worse hopefully, whether or not you foil whole time, we swear! and Big Macs are actually made
when your car is a spaceship, the plans of the evil guys, you’ll Anyway, developer Xilam has out of lamb.)
and you’ve smacked down on a have fun while you try: “Funny gone as far as hiring a former
crappy planet like Earth. And things will happen all the time," Ren and Stimpy writer, Jim One thing that the game Stupid Invaders is also being
they suck even worse than that says producer Sebastian Hamon. Gomez, to substantially rewrite wasn’t influenced by, though, is made for PC and Mac. but it
when, after the crash, a mad make should be best (of course) on
“Most of the scenes still the original French dialog so that other games. Hamon explains,
Dreamcast— the DC animations
scientist tries to hunt you me laugh after seeing them it appeal to domestic tastes.
will “We took most of our inspiration will run at a true movie rate (24
and your pals down so he can hundreds of times.” “It’sbeen way more than from other aspects of culture frames per second), versus only
vivisect you. Welcome to translated. Most of the humor is like movies, TV and comics.” twelve FPS for Mac and PC. As
for control— while it works fine
Stupid Invaders. So what kind of humor can American,” Hamon says, pointing Pressed, he allows that if he had
with the Dreamcast pad, XILAM
we expect to see? Says Hamon, out that the team is heavily to, he’d call the game Monty is hoping to include support for
A point-and-click “It's a cross between Beavis and influenced by countless Python’s Holy Grail meets Day of the Dreamcast mouse.
adventure in the classic Butthead and Ren and Stimpy." American TV shows and movies. the Tentacle (But considering

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 The short bathroom session at E3 had us rolling around on the floor.

While it’s not

scheduled to make
a DC appearance as
of press time, we’d
bet money on a

Steeeempy, it's like a family reunion! conversion arriving

early next year.

LOOK FAMILIAR? Even though the game is based on an obscure French license (or not so obscure, if you’re
French), the game a lot of its stylistic cues from classic American TV shows like Ren and Stimpy.
certainly takes
Unfortunately, none litter (gritty kitty litter) eating cats or chihuahuas on speed (although
of the aliens are kitty
these guys clearly share Ren’s dental issues). We can’t wait to see what appears in Stupid Invaders 2.
Slashout
Q We were going to make a joke about the Sega takes the spike out...
spaceship having a pig nose and the Muppets’
nd sticks it into want to master the arts of
Pigs in Space sketch, but we thought better of it.

Slashout, its latest combos and combined

Q Ah,don’t
the dreaded bathroom scene. Whatever you arcade beat ’em up command spells— but with this
do, that chain. Wait— what we
click to pull sequel. Sega die-hards may control scheme in place, it’s
meant to say was, “Don’t forget to pull the chain!’’
remember Spikeout as one of easy to imagine Slashout
the premier Model 3 games, heading to Dreamcast in

which pitted players against a virtually no time at all. While it

modern city backdrop hasn’t been officially announced

containing loads of thugs and (even in Japan), we’re expecting
miscellaneous trash-able the shoe to drop at any time.
hoodlums while they cleared
stages and geared up for a With massive stages
face-off with the boss-monster. waiting to be conquered and a
Well, prepare to break out the whole bevy of secrets to unlock,
band-aids again. Sega’s Slashout promises to provide
illustrious arcade maven, the arcade goers with a great place
AM2 development team, has to put their quarters once it hits

finally brewed up a sequel to US shores. And will the fun stop

Spikeout— with its retooled there? Don’t bet on it.

NAOMI title, Slashout. FRANCESCA REYES

PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER SEGAS0FT 4

As one of four bruisers GENRE ACTION/SLASHING OUT ORIGIN JAPAN
PLAYERS 14 PERIPHERALS TBA RELEASE
cruising the medieval (What!? DATE TBA ONLINE TBA PLATFORM ARCADE

No microwave? No hair gel? No

Pop Tarts?) scene, you’ll be able
to pair up with three other
«s *
players in order to do exactly
what you did best in the first
iteration of Spikeout: scroll

across big arenas and other

rustic scenarios, and damage
the hell out of everything in

sight. Oh, and beat the massive

boss at the end of the stage. To
a pulp. Every time (yeah, right!).

that Mr. Hamon is quite a large Hamon may be just a straight to our hearts. And we’re With gameplay like that of

and imposing man, we frankly modest guy: With more than just waiting to hear UbiSoft say, Power Stone 2 at its most
don’t want to press him too 120 different locations and 50 “All Aboooooooard!” cooperative, Slashout gives you

much further. He’s not the kind characters to interact with, CHRIS CHARLA a chance to try your skills as one

guy you can easily Stupid Invaders sounds plenty of four vastly different
of
With the goal of keeping
us players laughing nearly
flatten).

long for an adventure game.

And he’s not kidding about
nmm-
PUBLISHER UBISOFT DEVELOPER XILAM
characters, which range from
magic user-type to sword-

the entire time we’re playing, the humor. Our short bathroom GENRE ADVENTURE PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN wielding barbarian horde-type.
FRANCE PERIPHERALS TBA ONLINE NO
Hamon freely admits the team session at E3 had the entire edit RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER
You’ll be dueling with some of
is focusing on quality over team [Well, at least Chris, Evan the weirdest foes this side of an

longevity.“We expect top and Fran -Ed.] practically rolling Colorful, quirky and ready for a RPG; the giant eyeballs and
clickin’
adventure gamers to be able to around on the floor (And again, criminally insane skeletons are
A brave new genre for DC
beat the game in 20 hours,” he it was the game that was in the some of our favorites.
How deep will it be in the end?
says. “Our goal was not to put in bathroom, not us. That was later,
j
The arcade version of
’
How clever will the puzzles be?
‘as much gameplay as possible’, at the Sega party). Slashout features controls at
Fourplayer action, an onslaught of
which usually includes boring Based on a French license their simplest, with commands enemies and true beat ’em up
BOTTOM LINE Jump, Slash and even
puzzles that make you walk (Space Goofs) so obscure that it for Kick, gameplay. Add highly detailed
For every old-school gamer out there,
Sidestep. Of course, you’ll need character models, and you have a
forever from spot A to spot B may as well be original, Stupid UbiSoft’s latest serves to fill the gaping one way ticket to arcade
Invaders looking to board the chasm of point-and-click goodness. to familiarize yourself with quite
and back again. Our players will is Nirvana-without the Smells Like
go from surprise to surprise.” same kooky train that took MDK 2 a few little intricacies, if you Teen Spirit pitstop, thankfully.

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 COMINGSOON Previews Out to stun us aqain
With its newly updated
Al big brain, this car is
so smart that it could
insult the hell out of
you and your momma
and you'd never even
know it.

Stunt
Puts the ‘stunt’ back
GP in stunts

O ne

racer
getting ready to
game

is
at a time.
Infogrames’ latest
revving up,
rival an
able to beat you.
have to say that the competi-
tive

is
atmosphere
truly top-notch.
All in all,

in this game
we

already strong field of fast- While Stunt GP won’t have

paced titles headed (arguably) a four-player mode or Internet
by Acclaim’s ReVolt. And with compatibility, you’ll still be able
three hot modes (Arcade, to plug in a second controller
Challenge and Season), unique for some two-player action via
car models, wacky courses and a split screen. And the game
Think this looks pretty tasty? Now
stunts a go-go, Stunt GP looks also provides those stunt-lovers picture driving these babies on MORE THAN
set to offer more gravity-defy- out there with something that ONE track! Yes, Genki is granting your wish
stomach-dropping, and adding some spicy variety to your racing
ing, Infogrames calls “free-form
experience for its sequel to TXR.
adrenaline-boosting, hyper- Stunt Bowl environment(s)”
accelerated play than just in which you’ll float your sick-
about any other racing game est tricks in order to grab more
out there. air, more points and maybe
even first place.
These futuristic vehicles,
which you’ll be taking around With a release date set
loops and down near-vertical for just around the seasonal
ramps, are more akin to those corner (Fall) and some very,
you’d find in a Codemasters very impressive visuals
game than to the straightfor- planned (just check out those
ward racers of most arcade screens!), we’re hoping that
titles. You’ll be able to upgrade this racer lives up to its promise.
your
need
‘car’

to
(apparently,
upgrade our collective
vocabulary to match the
we Check back next
your fingers crossed, and you
might even see a
issue:

full
keep

review.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer
innovations
We haven’t yet,
in the game.
but watch
FRANCESCA REYES
Genki’s showpiece revs up for a second run
us burn Mr. Webster our next PUBUSHER INFOGRAMES
in
DEVELOPER TEAM 17 GENRE RACING jr ne of the original DC Gameplay in TXR2 hasn’t but unique, racing game: And
issue! Maybe!) by entering the PLAYERS 12 ORIGIN EUROPE ONUNE NO IJ launch titles for the US, exactly taken the express train TXR2 certainly has the visual
Season mode and collecting
the money and points which
RELEASE DATE FALL
Mr
[

Tokyo Xtreme Racing to Retool Station. Genki has power to back up this twist and
(Shutouko Highway Battle in opted instead to compliment the more. We can’t wait to take the
have been made available Japan) managed to snag suc- racing engine with loads of new US final product out for a spin
to you expressly for this cess with smooth framerates,
its cars, car parts, test tracks and this winter.
purpose. The more souped cool premise and surprisingly opponents. And for those FRANCESCA REYES
up your vehicles, the better polished car models. And only a who've test driven the orignal
your chances of pulling off little over a year later, TXR's and found the number of track
dizzying stunts or zipping l! sequel is out to stun us again. (note singular usage) limiting, PUBUSHER CRAVE DEVELOPER GENKI
ahead of the competition. For the uninitiated, Genki’s GENRE RACING PLAYERS TBA ORIGIN
Genki is not only stretching out
JAPAN ONUNE NO RELEASE DATE Q4
And this last stunt will be series pits players against rival the mileage of the main track
difficult— Infogrames racers on accurately rendered
boasts that the Al for all highways of Tokyo in a race to
(Crave promises that
ture “over
it will

100 miles of road”)

fea-
Q Highly polished car models
run at 60 fps...drool, froth

opposing cars has been

custom-designed to the
*

£
* * WL
i.
' ,
"
out-distance the competition. but adding new courses (gasp!)
Promise of more tracks, more
cars, more of everything else
The measuring tool a set of
^ that can be accessed via inter-
fit .
is you love in a racer
unique specifics of each ** - ‘power bars’ positioned atop changes and off-ramps. WIII it have deeper gameplay
model, which means that asm the screen, which show how B than the original?
these little devils are at far ahead (or behind) you are The fact that you can How will the new additions fare?
least as smart as you are. in the field. uncover new areas by ‘utilizing
The bad news is that they aspects of the metropolitan BOTTOM LINE
might actually be able to 9jp The Tokyo Xtreme Racer demo
landscape’ (Huh? We wonder, Slick, sexy and built for speed, it’s
is on this month's disc, so you

beat you. The good news Crave's hope for snagging more
is can play at being one of those too...) adds a twist of adventure
virtual street racing cred
freeway jerks we all
that they might actually be ( / 188 < hate!
to an otherwise straightforward,

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®S

Promise i

Dreamcast.
 COMINGSOOIV Previews Filled to brimming with sinister dealings
Cyprien s childhood
fantasies revolve around
his comic books and the
superheroes he finds
within. In a strangely
literal sort of wish
fulfillment, he’s allowed
to act out his fantasy: as
a ‘real’ superhero. In an
alternate world, he must
use his powers to save
his friends—who have
been turned into scary
monsters. We should all
be so virtually unlucky.

With a neighborhood of eight islands to explore and more than Each island in Evil Twin has its own unique
100 characters to meet.. .well, you get the idea. environment and climate.

From the early playable that we managed to get our grabby hands on, it seems like Evil Twin plays much like a
platformer while having the high aspirations of an adventure game-that’s a formula that certainly can't be beat.

Evil
Eerie, strange, spooky, bizarre
Twin I Cyprien’s Chronicles
and every other adjective that described ’80s goth
L JjH

F one on world (his subconcious nether game

ry this for size: If “Super Cyprien” (as the Japanese manga to vintage horror the recent E3 show, and we’re
Tim Burton and anime regions?), where his own alter- progresses, players will be flicks, the development team of In counting on it to be one of the big
director Mamoru Oshii ego is cast as a superhero named frequently swapping between Utero had originally cooked up the DC surprises when it releases in
were to have a lovechild, and if Cyprien’s ‘normal’ and ‘super’ Evil Twin concept with an eye to November. FRANCESCA REYES
said lovechild were to enter the
BUT WHERE'S forms as needed, to cope with the turning it into an animated
gaming industry, then handiwork
would look and play a
its

lot like the

JOHNNY DEPP? game’s wide array of obstacles). series (take a look at the amazing
As the hero of nearly every goth- Unfortunately for Cyprien-but goth-styled designs, and you’ll see
darkly imaginitive Evil Twin. All oriented, crepuscular tragi-comic- lucky for us gamers, of course— this intent quite clearly). Thank PUBLISHER UBISOFT DEVELOPER IN
ponderings aside, there’s surreal-o-tastic drama since the UTERO GENRE ADVENTURE PLAYERS 1
really no this new place is filled to goodness they decided to do it
PERIPHERALS TBA ONUNE NO RELEASE
better way to sum up mid-’80s, the big JD would be a DATE NOVEMBER 2000!
In Utero’s brimming with sinister dealings, full justice by producing it first
shoe-in for just about any role in
wild ride into fantasy than with hideous monsters and lots of in virtual form!
the (as yet unplanned) film version
those two words: “darkly” (which
is far better than the word “dark”)
of Evil Twin. Never say never, right? people beset with terrors-which
means, of course, that Cyprien is With gameplay elements that
a A cool concept wrapped
impressive visual style
in an

Part platformer, part adventure

and “imaginative." beset with lots of terrified people. promise to be every bit as creative Hopefully, controls will be just as
And to top he discovers smooth as graphics
it all off, as its storyline, Evil Twin looks to I

Welcome to the world of that many of his friends from the offer gamers a little of everything-
Will H be able to hold our interest
all the way through?
Cyprien, a lost and moody orphanage have been transformed platforming, adventure and
youngster living in an orphanage. into beasties that he must action-plus interaction with a BOTTOM LINE
All of his heroes consist of comic somehow free. massive amount of different A twisted, toon-like feel, pitched to Tim
book characters, until the day he Inspired by flavors of pop characters and enemies. This is Burton fanatics armed with DC
controllers...who can argue with that?
discovers a portal into another culture ranging from modern definitely one of our favorites from

78 Off icial#Dreamcast Magazine Sept/Oct 2000 www.DailyRadar.com

 [rpg survival tactic #2]

Unexpectedly put between two

people she trusts. Linear must
decide to travel with her old friend,
or to adventure with a new one.
Lacking faith and stifled with inde-
cision, Linear is forced to choose
between Mag or Yurka. Stuck in

the middle of two warring rivals.

Linear must choose which friend-

ship is worth saving.

Remember...
only the strong survive.

Evolution 2. sequel to the best-sell-

ing RPG on the Sega Dreamcast™.

Sega Ubi Soft Entertainment and the Ubi Soft logo are registered trademarks of Ubi Soft. Inc Evolution 2: Ear Oil
Promise is a trademark of Ubi Soft Entertainment. Licensed from ESP by Ubi Soft Entertainment. Original

Dreamcast Game (C) SEGA ENTERPRISES. LTD. / ESP 1998 (C) 1999 ESP/STING. Sega. Dreamcast. and tilt? Dreamcast
logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks ol Sega Enterprises. Ltd.
to their respective holders. All rights reserved.
All other trademarks belong
 )

COMINGSOOf pr ^ s

The double team moves are the best part of Versus mode. Here, the Hardyz puts the hurt on
The People's Champion.

x
JJART BUTTON

The character models are nice but fairly low Nine men in action at once = pure chaos-
poly, in order to enable nine of them to be or something else we don’t want to watch,
onscreen at once with no drop in framerate.

WWF Royal Rumble

Finally, the Rock returns to Dreamcast
restlingfans, rejoice! Sega and moves) and battle it out all over the arena.
ITJi
I A Yuke’s/Japan are teaming up to The double team moves are character
j
bring wrestling fans the coolest specific (chosen at the beginning of the
looking wrestling action ever. Coming both match from a brief list), and all of the
to Dreamcast and to the arcade, Royal grapples require only one or two buttons:
Rumble is a fast, furious, no-holds-barred they’re fantastically simple to perform.
frenzy based on Yuke’s Toukon Retsuden THQ promises that gamers
In addition,

4 engine. Players have over 20 WWF will be scoring some “insane, out-of-the-

superstars to choose from, including The ring action.” What does this mean? It
Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Under- means that you’ll be able to take your rum-
taker and HHH, plus newcomers like ble outside, onto city streets, so you can
Rikishi Phatu and the Hardy Boyz—and contribute to the designers’ version of
since it’s fully licensed, you can expect to ‘urban blight’. Real objects— i.e., cars,
see a game with all the emerge
fixin’s etc—are just grist for your rumble mill

from Yuke’s’ ( Berzerk Guts’ Rage WWF

: , (okay, so the term ‘real’ is very loosely
Smackdown capable hands. based on Mr. Webster’s dictionary
definition, but you get the idea).
With its capacity to run nine different Only 20% complete, we declare that
wrestlers onscreen at once, the Royal Royal Rumble is already playable and a
Rumble mode is the game’s biggest whole lotta fun. Wrestling fans may have
appeal— but an innovative Versus mode is a chance to play a good game, yet.
included to round out the options nicely. In DANIEL ERICKSON
thismode, up to four players pick partners
PUBUSHER THQ DEVELOPER YUKE’S/SEGA GENRE PRO
(who can do run-ins and double team WRESTLING PLAYERS 1-4 ORIGIN JAPAN RELEASE FALL
iSoft Entertainment and the Ubi Soft logo are registered trademarks of Ubi Soft. Inc. Evolution 2: Far Off Promise is a trademark
.

Soft Entertainment. Licensed from ESP by Ubi Soft Entertainment. Original Game © SEGA ENTERPRISES. LTD. / ESP 1998 © 1999
ESP/STING. Sega. Dreamcast. and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises. Ltd. AR
80 Official ©Dreamcast Magazine Sept/Oct 2000 trademarks belong to their respective holders. All rights reserved.
 [rpg survival tactic #3]

Mag is back to continue his quest to

be the world's greatest adventurer.
With Yurka's arrival, however, Mag
must now choose between fulfilling

his lifelong dream or to save his best

friend, Linear. At the epicenter of

the conflict stands Yurka often
flaunting his amazing powers of
destruction. With Linear's fate in his

hands, Mag must rise up for the

greatest challenge of his life.

Remember...
only the strong survive.

Evolution 2, sequel to the best-sell-

ing RPG on the Sega Dreamcast™.

Sega UbiSoft
Dreamcast www. ubisoft.com
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BATTLE GALACTIC TYRANNY.
BRING YOUR FRIENDS.
Introducing the first space combat game for up to eight players online!

From the award winning designers of Wing Commander comes a game beyond the reaches

of your imagination. Battle for control of the galaxy as a lone gun in this premier

first-person combat game. Or take on the evil Coalition in multi-player .

mode as a member of the elite 45th Squadron. With every hour, the

Coalition grows stronger, and the fall of the Alliance is at hand.

Fight for Freedom! The 45th Wants You!

•Fight one-on-one with a friend in dogfight mode or play

cooperatively with up to eight other players via the internet.

•Whether engaged in a dogfight or escorting a torpedo

run, the Starlancer 3-D engine provides unparalleled

fluidity of gameplay.

•Choose from more than a dozen ships using a

unique 3-D drag and drop interface. Then arm

your ships with more then twenty weapons
to obliterate the enemy.

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SIN OF OMISSION
Dear Sega,
The male
members of
ODCM’s
staff would
like to point
out your
grievous
error in not
including
the lovely Anna Kournikova in
Virtua Tennis, even as a secret
character. We work long days
\.
and nights here in the office, I
and we’d love to be able to

m unwind— in every way— by play-

ing Ms. Kournikova. But of
course, there’s no justice in the
world. Sega, we love your
game, but we gots to have our
lovely blondes. Please produce
a sequel containing nothing
but her (and maybe
Tennis isn’t just for champagne-swilling, country club sissies anymore. In its virtual form, this
a little Martina Hingis).
is the one of the fastest, most intense sports experience you’ll ever have sitting down.
Sincerely, Dan, Dave, Chris and Evan

Virtua Tennis
Game, Set, Match: Sega pounds home an ace!
q wt very once in awhile, Come on.” And to some degree, 128-bit dynamics of physics, plenty of other things in the game
I a game takes us by you’re right. Most of the ‘tennis’ controls and graphics. This to conquer-namely, its World Cir-

LbJ complete surprise and titles that have made it to store means that you’ll be outsmarting cuit mode. Strikingly similar to
renews our faith in the entire shelves over the past decade opponents with well-placed the Mission mode in Namco’s
industry— buying enough forgive- have been crap. But now, as the strokes and overwhelming them Soul Calibur, World Circuit features
ness chips to make up for all of squatty little guy said, “You must with the power of your overhead a ton of varying matches and a
the horrible Soul Fighters and unlearn what you have learned." smash-as long as you get your huge assortment of oddball
ECU's. And when it’s a game that At least, about this genre. timing right. With different but- training’ levels. As surreal as the
hasn’t been hyped at all, that tons used for lobs and strokes, Crazy Box feature in Crazy Taxi is,

we’ve practically never heard of, Tennis is one of the most you’ll have to master the use these training levels will have you
well—that’s even better. Sega’s conceptually simple sports of angles if you want to be improving your serve by knocking
wondrous arcade port, Virtua around—i.e., you hit a ball across king of the court. down bowling pins or perfecting
Tennis, is just such a creature. a net-yet it’s amazingly easy to the four-player doubles option your precision by hitting the cen-
Now, you’re probably saying, screw up a tennis videogame. is a definite bonus. Fast, frenzied ter of a bull’s eye for max points.
“A tennis game? Oh, please. The best example of the tennis arcade rounds make Tennis an Clear the training levels or win
concept at work was, of course, unrivaled party game to be the various matches (both singles
the prehistoric Pong. Dreamcast’s shared with friends and foes and doubles abound), and you’ll

Virtua Tennis follows all the same alike. And if your friends are out, gain access to new stages-and
rules, but it adds the modern, you know, doing stuff, there are get rich from the prize money.

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How to dean a court with Blake-from-Next-Geris pride
1 The biggest celebs in tennis
have gathered in your Dream-
cast— and while players don’t
get to try their hands at the
women’s division (doh!), you’ll
be able to smack balls around
as anyone from bad-ass Russkie
Kafelnikov to Aussie Teen Beat-
a-like, Philipoussis.
2 Four-player doubles
are definitely where Virtua Ten-
nis is at. And ODCM is
say that we’ve now shamed sis-
ter mag Next Gen a total of 24
times in doubles. Suckers. We
love ’em.
3 Loads of different courts,
surfaces and players will keep
Welcome to
TESTZONE
This Issue’s Featured Space-Fillers
We’ve combed the planet for the most talented game
journalists we can find. We didn't hit Madagascar, and we worry
about that—but all in all, we’re pretty happy with the quality of
matches
social fringe that we’ve been able to assemble. If you are a writer
from Madagascar who feels unfairly passed over, please call us.
proud to
GREG ORLANDO
By day: Sega Radar Captain
By night: Incredible Hulk (with East Coast accent)
When Wacky Races poked its cel-shaded head into our offices,
Greg soldered his little frail hands to the controller for one week
straight Then we called an ambulance.

you glued to your Dreamcast

for a good long time. CORD BARRETT SMITH
By day: Mild-mannered post-graduate student
By night: Hopeful Sega avenger
One morning after waking up from a Fur F/ghters-induced hang-
over, Cord decided he would move onto greener pastures and
actually get paid to work. Our $5/month wasn't cutting it

JIM PRESTON
By day: PC gaming master
By night: Great Pokemon Pumpkin
After being inflicted with the giant needle of pain known as The
Ring, we're not sure if Mr. Preston will want to do any more
work for our humble mag. Tune in next issue.

“CRACK MONKEY”
By day: A small monkey
By night: Supplies electrical power to San Diego
When we have no one else to turn to, we make it a habit to turn
to Crack Monkey, a.k.a. Amigo. Cheap, fast and effective,

there’s nothing that this little simian wonder can't do.

Ladies and Gentleman, It’s Time for a Correction...

Last issue, we ran a sidebar review for the criminally insane action game,
Grand Theft Auto 2. If you were crazy enough to read the fine print detail-
ing publisher, developer and price, you’ll see that we printed the wrong
info. For the record: the game's MSRP is $49.99, Rockstar Games is the
publisher and DMA Design is the developer. We’ve reported the infraction
to the local authorities.

Our Scori ng System

No, pal, not that kind of scoring
NOW SERVING DESSERT IN THE CLUB PARLOR. Welcome to what can only be called the
system. were, we sure wouldn't give
Soul Calibur of sports games. No, really.. .don’t laugh, we’re serious. Take a gander at all the wondrous
If it

it away for free—we’d be selling it in the

10 instant classic
tennis-y type things you can do in World Circuit mode! With everything from tough-as-nails doubles and back of Maxim for $29.99. And Evan
singles matches to wacky mini-games that help improve your skills, World Circuit Mode is the place where would have a date this weekend. 9 phenomenal
We score games on a scale of 1 to
you’ll be spending the bulk of your time after your pals stop bugging you and go home. This is
10. When we believe a game is just aver-
the only way to unlock new courts and secret players to use in Arcade and Exhibition Mode. age, we give it—you guessed it— 5 out of
8 excellent
10. If its appeal is aimed directly at fans
of either its genre or its series but is not 7 good
something that will be enjoyed by every-

And just like it is in the real of disbelief is assured. The only

IN BRIEF
one, it gets 6 out of 10. See, you deserve
a system that uses the whole range of
6 for fans
world of tennis, money is every- flaws are the close-ups of players—
marks, and not just those above 7!
thing. You can purchase secret pro-tennis players aren’t camera-
PUBUSHER SEGA DEVELOPER SEGA
ROSSO GENRE SPORTS PLAYERS 1-4 Peripherals are another story. Since 5 average
ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS VMU, JUMP it doesn’t make much sense to score a
stages, secret players and new friendly anyway, but their polygo-

outfits (all in World Circuit); nal counterparts are nothing short

PACK ONLINE NO VMU COUNT 2+
ESRB E PRICE $49.99
VMU or an extension cord on a 1-10 4 mediocre
scale, we've created an incredibly clever
there’re so many little details to of hideous. Luckily, their animations and cute smiley-face score system. We 3 flawed
hope you’ll find it self-explanatory.
gawk at that your evenings will be and skill sets are perfectly intact.
snatched mercilessly away. And as Virtua Tennis has virtually
Mighty responsive and looks completely Dream Game Award* 2 its mom loves it

you reach later stages, the diffi- nothing wrong with it. It could’ve dreamy in action With Dreamcast's promising software

culty ramps up quite quickly. used another mode or two and lineup, we won’t be hard-pressed to pick
game every issue that goes above and
1 embarassing
Faces only a mother (with bad a
Visually, the game is delicious. there are some timing glitches, I eyesight) could love beyond the call of greatness. For this
With hat tricks like moving cloud but all in all, it’s one of the sweet- singular type of game, we've concocted
our special award: the Dream Game
shadows or dusty footprints est games you’ll ever play on
Award. The title that is so duly honored
etched on clay courts, suspension Dreamcast. FRANCESCA REYES is guaranteed to be good, no matter who

BOTTOM LINE you are or what type of games you like

to play. An essential purchase!

— ^Official(«?>Magazine
t
An over-the-counter solution to a pre-
scription fix for tennis fans, and an * Small print somewhere in this mag
Dreamcast absolute must have for all the rest of
you DC owners out there.
secures your legal agreement to buy all
Dream Game Award titles immediately.

www.dreamcastmagazine.com Sept/Oct 2000 Official Dreamcast Magazine 87

 GO NUMBER TWO!

All the other cars blow monkey chunks, frankly. The only true racers in
Wacky Races drove good old Number Two— The Creepy Coupe. Its tenants,

Wacky
Enough wackiness to bliss out the entire State of
Little Gruesome and Big Gruesome, were the original Dead Or Alive Two.
And we still love them.

Euphoria
due respect to down With tongue firmly in

P
ith all right to the goofy Races play out as frantic
kY.Tj
I A I author Robert Fulghum characters with comic quips cheek, the game serves up a jostle-fests, with cars bunching
PUBUSHER INFOGRAMES DEVELOPER
and his feel-good farce bleated out by some of the delicious series of themed race together and slamming into one SHEFFIELD HOUSE GENRE WACKY RACING
All I Really Need to Know I show’s original voice actors. courses (haunted houses, oil another in tight quarters PLAYERS 14 ORIGIN UK PERIPHS NONE
ONUNE NO VMU COUNT 4 ESRB E
Learned in Kindergarten, we
all refineries, caves, mines, etc.). (consider this the game’s attempt
ever really needed to know we There are eleven kooky cruisers to make up for its rather slow Gorgeous, cartoonish graphics;
beautifully designed courses
learned from watching the to choose from (eight are play speed, and it all works out).
Plenty of unlockable characters,
Hanna-Barbera cartoon Wacky available at the start), and each Gorgeous graphics (employing courses and weapons
Races. To wit: midget mobsters borders dangerously on the the cel shading techniques of
Announcer seems out of sync
kick ass, those who don’t obey nutty. Every racer has a special Sega’s Jet Grind Radio) plus with what's actually going on

the rules of chivalry are destined six powerups that are specific to shortcuts and secrets aplenty Slow framerate
to finish dead last and—well, his vehicle; players select three await. Just be sure to turn down
that’s about it. Perhaps we such goodies and map them to the volume on the Wacky BOTTOM LINE
should have paid more attention. the Dreamcast controller’s X, Y announcer (who revels in choosing Saturday morning sugared cereal
dementia rules the road. And this time,
and B buttons. After collecting a incorrect sound samples), and you're driving.
No matter, an the good stuff few ‘Wacky Coins’, a racer can it’s a smooth ride to the finish.

in the wonderful Saturday utilize these features with a GREG ORLANDO

morning show has made its touch of a button, unleashing
way to Dreamcast. The game some fearsome whup-ass with
Magazine
|—^Official t
expertly captures the show’s
manic race-for-the-finish line plot
the Ant Hill Mob’s ‘rat-a-tat’

attack or fleeing via the Creepy Dreamcast Score 8 out of 10

and all the wackiness therein, Coupe's dragon power.

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 J-JfSfcJ wc)RLD OF INTENSE ACCURACY,
IND UNBELIEVABLE Dl
>UT THERE AND DESTI
It’s Gundam Side Story 0079, Rise

from the Ashes with 3D battle

simulation, movie-quality sound

track and Gundam - quality mass

destruction. Electronic Gaming

Monthly™ called it, some of the

richest graphics yet on Dreamcast.

Each of the mechs are cut with so

much detail, they look like FMVat a

glance.” And a glance is all the

i nsidious Zaku forces will get,

before your jump jet action and

zoom-in weapon features blow

them into another dimension.

WATCH GUNDAM WING ONLY ON

1iinnsxmi
CDRQOHN
eQwHrQ
Sega#Dreamcast.

© SOTSU AGENCY • SUNRISE ©1999 Bandai Co., ltd. Gundam and ail related logos, names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are the property of Sotsu Agency and
Used under license by Bandai. Distributed by Bandai America Incorporated, 5551 Katella Avenue, Cypress, California 90630. Sega, Dreamcast
Sunrise. All rights reserved.
and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises, LTD. CARTOON NETWORK and logos are trademarks of Cartoon Network ©2000.
 a

Meet your ene-

mies and then
blow them to
kingdom come.
If you ain't got

the moves, then

they’ll make off
with the human
hostages in tow.

f&atlma

IF YOU THINK that Ulala is saving

these humans out of love and com-
passion, think again. Even in the
future, it’s all about the Benjamins.
Think of all the viewers she’s saving
while she’s strutting around space.

Sega’s platform-strutting showpiece sets

Channel 5 its phasers on stun. Can you dig it?

U
here’s a trend creeping around the
M guys named Duke...). Aimed
industry, dressed to kill with looks to at casual and female HOT PANTS li;|:JMI^ F
PUBUSHER SEGA DEVELOPER UNITED
die for. And wherever it shows its gamers, titles in this genre are GAME ARTISTS/SEGA GENRE DANCE
pretty, rendered face (usually accompanied by visually arresting and novice- PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHS JUMP
PACK ONUNE NO ESRB T PRICE $49.99
an equally hip soundtrack), heads turn, jaws friendly—an essential feature
drop, girlfriends scowl and legends are made. when baiting the uninitiated. In Grooviest soundtrack, hands down
One of the first of these trendsetters was the US, these titles have been Brilliant presentation that destroys
all in its path...
that hip-hop PlayStation puppy called embraced by niche gamers, but
PaRappa the Rapper— game which shunned by the mainstream.
didn’t cause the same kind of huge B Unfortunately, that path
yea-( Hong
Replay value nonexistent
is about

effect in the US that it did in Japan Sega's showpiece dance-

(probably because Sony chose not to music stunner, Space Channel 5, BOTTOM LINE
import the PaRappa toaster along was summoned into existence by
NOT ONLY IS Space Channel 5 a highly
Glitz, glamor and the King of Pop, all in
stylized testament to the ultra-super-
with the game), but which intro- Tetsuya Mizuguchi, his lifestyle, swinging, martini-swilling sounds of the one game. Space Channel 5 has the
style categorytaken care of; just don't
duced audiences to the and his talented (mostly future, it also serves as Ulala’s walk
expect the substance to match up
possibilities of fun without fire-
down the virtual runway of fashion.
female) team. It’s a vehicle for
Every stage features a new outfit.
power (or action, or horror, or the prodigious talents of Ulala—

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 For its inspired artistry, Space Channel 5 should be relished
Q Pudding! The quintes-
It’s
sential teenpop sensation—
about ten years after the
fact. Pudding is trying to
capitalize on her golden
days in the limelight by
stealing viewers from Ulala’s
an odd
Silver is
Swingin’ Report Show (and
conundrum: it’s
Pudding is nothing com-
a PC RPG based
pared to Pirate Reporter,
around console-
Jaguar).
type game
features and
0 the game, there’s
In
a warning to anyone who's
characters,
which has then
lucky enough not to have
heard about the Dreaded
been ported to
a console.
Pokemon Incident™ regard-
Weird.
ing bright flashing colors
and latent epilepsy. That
warning applies to these
screen shots as well.

Silver
Rings like silver, shines like bronze
W ; n epic RPG should David can run through his

:/
never be this small in quest accumulating allies as
mmtm
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stature. Infogrames’ he does magical potions.

RPG Silver aims for the skies, Three-member parties can be
but somehow ends ups shoot- formed, and Silver affords the
ing itself in the foot. The game player a good crop of bruisers,
pits the hero David and his martial artists, sorcerers,
various allies against the archers, etc. to fight with.
corrupt, woman-stealing Players control one of the
sorcerer Silver, who's trying three, and a decent artificial

to forge an alliance with a intelligence allows the other

powerful god named—omi- two adventurers to follow along
enough—Apocalypse. and join in the fight against

oJSm
c/ IS lip
-mKKmWIhremr
W,Threw
nously

Shown from a three-quar-

evil. Traveling from world to
world (and back again) to
top-down perspective, collect eight magical orbs
PAPER OR PLASTIC? ters,

Silver frequently opts for a eat up most of a weekend, and

will

IF YOU VE GOT a hot not entirely wasted time. A

panoramic view. Often, players it's
property like Ulala on
your hands, you’re are treated to magnificent neat realtime battle system
gonna want to promote scenes of cavernous stone allows David to hack it up
her, right? Sega has it
libraries or sun-kissed docks arcade-style, to toss spells and
|
covered from sea to
1 shining sea. From with rippling pools of water to find some good ground to
.I Japan to the US, we accompanied by little or no fight on— but it’s too bad that
",
present the many
indication of where to go or the perspective can make it
S. La faces of Ulala.
what to do. Glints of light tough to see what's going on
scattered on an area’s floor will during a fight. Ultimately, an
often indicate a door that can otherwise pretty bauble is

that 21st century fox who shim- substance and gameplay is be passed through; after an pretty marred.

mies, struts and shoots her way the real heart here. hour or so of hunting for exits, GREG ORLANDO
through a dance-to-the-death Graphically, SC5 is unparal players will recognize only one
PUBLISHER INFOGRAMES DEVELOPER
contest against fuzzy aliens, leled. Like a ’60s spy movie portal—the one into the land of SPIRAL HOUSE ORIGIN UKGENRE RPG
PLAYERS 1 ONUNE NO VMU COUNT 7
rivals and the occasional CEO. done smarter, Ulala and her the comatose. Like others of ESRB T PERIPHERALS NONE PRICE $39.99
cohorts are rendered in a small its ilk, Silver also

Gameplay follows that of number of smoothly textured suffers from endless

its dance sim predecessors, with polygons set against running exposition and
some tweaks that make things a video backgrounds. While some the game’s patterns, it’s diffi- weirdnesses that
little more interesting. Rhythm backgrounds suffer from
of the cult to justify pounding through challenge sanity,
and timing are the key, and get- bumpiness due to bad com- the “Left! Right! Up,” routine like the moment
ting a good groove on will not pression, the presentation is repeatedly, unless you’re out to when David watches
only keep you moving through simply amazing. Gaming has dazzle and convert newcomers. his grandfather get

the game as Ulala, but will ‘res- lost its geek stigma-SC5 has Though it can be said that the french-fried by a

cue’ humans (held hostage by singlehandedly pushed the game gets progressively tougher villain (trust us).

the aliens) and add them to your industry into the VIP lounge of (as do most dance/rhythm Incomprehensibly,
swingin' Austin Powers-style pop culture. games), you won’t need more the game locks out
entourage. The more people you But, alas, its longevity—at than a long weekend to get the control until Grandpa
save, the bigger the chorus line least in terms of gameplay— most out of it. vaporizes, then lets
One of the flaws in Silver's design is
and the cooler the visuals. This falls short. With only a handful For its inspired artistry, SC5 the player decide to the scale of environments with respect to
should be relished and shared. fight the killer or flee. characters. Break out the magnifying glass.

But as one of the first big titles

of a star-studded season of DC
debuts, you may want to give it
a rent before committing 50 hard-
earned bucks. FRANCESCA REYES

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k.
 Fish the uiay you've alrnays uianted to...

uiith guns.

Or lasers, bombs or various other uieapons at your disposal. As fun as

itis to blouj those beautiful fish up, they're the least of your uiorries. A
raging uiar is spinning out of control as pirates and sea-creatures alike
attempt to drive your civilization off the ocean floor. You've got to dog-
fightyour uiay through your adversaries, construct the mothership, and
transport your people to less hostile maters.

Go fish or go fight? You decide,

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a trademark of Ubi Soft Entertainment. RenderWare is a registered trademark of Canon, Inc. Ubi Soft Entertainment is a trademark of Ubi Soft. Inc. Ubi Soft
and the Ubi Soft Entertainment logo are the registered trademarks of Ubi Soft, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sega, Dreamcast and the Dreamcast logo are either
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Meg aims. She
shoots she fires.
And yet, mysteri-
ously, she still

sucks. This game is

less fun than taping

all your fingers

together and trying

to roll up a manual
car window. Really.
Just try it.

The Ring Terror’s Realm

Survive the horror
ot since Sylvester Stallone’s Over
the Top has there been a piece of
entertainment so aptly titled. The
Ring is a horrifying collection of poor
ing the bulk of the adventure. Instead,
players have to watch their characters
mouth poorly translated Japanese dialog-
game in one medical record, a woman is said

design, dumb and utter

plot, stiff controls to be suffering from “female testicular
tedium. Taken from the Japanese manga syndrome.”
and anime of the same name, The Ring
puts you in the noisy pumps of Meg, a Even worse, players plod through the
bureaucrat at the Center for Disease Con- unscary story accompanied by some of the

trol. Several of her friends have apparently most irritating music we have ever heard
been killed by a videogame called The (four bars of lifeless synth on a loop). The
Ring, so she decides to investigate. option to turn this music down doesn’t
even exist— nor is there any way to change

The action is divided between two the four different camera angles, to turn
equally uninteresting worlds: the bland on or off the jump pack or to load a game
corridors of the quarantined CDC, and the without quitting back to the main menu.
dank, murky world of The Ring, which is The Ring: Terror's Realm has so many
clearly a rip-off of the hospital levels in things wrong with it, it would be useless to
Silent Hill. Players control Meg with the praise its good qualities (if it had any). We
digital pad (or the analog stick for a first- once thought that the idea of a murderous
person viewpoint). During combat, holding videogame killing its players was a little
down the right trigger button will raise farfetched. Not anymore. JIM PRESTON
Meg's pistol. This would be great, if she
PUBUSHER INFOGRAMES DEVELOPER ASMIC ACE ORIGIN US
wasn’t frozen in place while aiming— GENRE EVIL BAD PLAYERS 1 ONLINE NO VMU COUNT 29
“battles” degrade into pantomimes. ESRB T PERIPHS JUMP PACK PRICE $39.99

And we just LOVE mime.

»—^yOfficiaFvMagazine
Production values are uni- t

formly dreadful, and criminally, Dreamcast.

there is no voice acting dur-

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I 1ESIZ0NE
WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK
[WARNING: For all those readers under the age of 18, we
advise you to skip this box-out and continue reading the
rest of the magazine as if nothing ever happened.]

We can all thank our

lucky stars that we’re not
on the receiving end of
this here boa constrictor,
and that the fuzzy wuzzy
animals in Fur Fighters
aren’t real. And this isn’t
another dodgy Sega ad
forSeaman. This snake
ATE SOMEONE. Bleaurgh!

m The melee known

ers takes a little
as Fur Fight-
getting used to, but
ultimately pays off in the end.

pi With MDK 2-like controls,

expect a bit of a learning curve.

s While only two players are

shown, the FluffMatch mode (er...
in the game) accomodates up to four.

$ In

become
a fashion that’s almost
a trademark of those
wacky Bizarre Creations folks,
there’s plenty of offbeat humor to
be had in the game, even beyond
the concept of firepowered stuffed
animals dueling to the death.

Fur Fighters
Another good reason for gun control in the toy chest
who strap up

F
hat’s not to love about fluffy mercenaries, of characters: you might take a can be drudgery to backtrack
illi
I blowing the snow-white and set Quack
A i off for City to get series of difficult jumps with to an earlier teleporter. In

stuffing out of teddy their babies back by force. The Bungalow before scaling to an addition, puzzle difficulty
bears dressed like gangsters? twist? Little ones can only be even greater height as Juliette levels don’t always follow
Bizarre. Creations’ answer to rescued by their species-specific to reach a kitten. the gradual curve most
the public outcry against gratu- parents, thus each Fur Fighter gamers are used to. Yet
itous videogame gore is a lesson must use its special ability (swim- The game worlds are even with these flaws, Fur
in problem solving—and in irony, ming, climbing, high jumping, vibrant and vast, boasting out- Fighters is sure to impress a
PUBLISHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER
to boot. Incorporating strategy flying, etc.) to locate and claim its standing creativity and a wonderful wide audience of young and BIZARRE CREATIONS ONLINE NO
GENRE GRATUITOUS BEAVER SHOTS
and platformer elements with adorable children. While players attention to detail (note the fine old of every species. Add the (TO QUOTE ACCLAIM'S ADVERTISEMENT)
the twitch-factor of first-person control only one Fur Fighter at a exhibits at the Quackenheim outstanding 2-4 player ‘fluffmatch’ PLAYERS 1-4 PERIPHS JUMP PACK
VMU COUNT 51+ ESRB T PRICE $49.99
shooters, Fur Fighters is sure to time, teleportation points allow Museum). Unfortunately, the size (Dan, don’t say it), and you’ll real-

surprise any gamer who’s expect- gamers to change identity on the of an environment and the quality ize just how much more besides X
T Crisp, colorful graphics,
game worlds. An excellent mix of
enormous

ing a Nintendo-esque kiddie ride. fly. Become Rico the penguin to of its character-specific puzzles cute this game is. Barney had good play and mechanics
navigate an aquarium maze, within don’t always go hand in better watch his back. _ Slightly uneven level
And no
design and

The fun starts when Evil Bungalow the kangaroo for those hand. With no button for "run,” it CORD BARRETT SMITH difficulty... ‘run’ button!

General Viggo kidnaps the Fur tricky jumping puzzles, Chang the
Fighters’ families (litters?) to panda to crawl through tiny BOTTOM LINE
prevent
his
them from meddling
attempt at world domination.
Predictably, this enrages our
with

six
spaces, or Juliette the cat to claw
your way up walls. Later puzzles
require gamers to use a series
Score 8 out of 10
An extremely creative game with loads of
character variety and fun

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Lean, duck and perform radical tricks Upgrade your sled and tackle Thrash unique international
on real Yamaha snow mobiles. multiple modes like hill-climbing, Aspen or Nagano.
racing circuits like
championship and head-to-head. Race day or night, in variable weather
including rain and snow.

© 2000 Crave Entertainment, 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.
 JESTZONE In-Depth Reviews We really wanted to love this game.
Says DailyRadar's
SOUTH PARK’S PLAYBOYS Greg Orlando:
“SPR is a big,
South Park creators
steaming pile of
* Matt Stone and Trey
ass that looks
Parker have publicly
like a lit bag of
„ condemned the series
turds that’s been
1$' ofgames based
Magforce
\ stomped on.”
around their cult TV
Racing can’t
even compete
Ik JgS show. In a recent
interview printed in
with the genre’s ill
run-of-the-mill
Playboy magazine, the
titles of yester-
imr* two had this to say:
year. It's a “Comedy Central
shame: these owns South Park, we
backgrounds don’t. Comedy Central
are really can do whatever the
magnificent. [f-bleep] they want
with these characters. And they've made all this
[s-bleep] and these video games that we [f-

Magforce Racing bleepjing hate.” Please note: we bought Playboy

only for this article.
Here’s a little irony: This interview was fea-
tured in a nudie mag, and Matt and Trey can be
When bad games look sooooo good... seen in a similarly seductive (um...?) state of
undress in the above ad for Absolut vodka (pho-
Overlooking the fact that From its lackluster weapons tographed by the ‘lucky’ Annie Leibowitz, who has
the vehicle designs in Magforce to its flashy but dysfunctional probably seen the nether bits of more male
celebrities than anyone else in the industry,
Racing wouldn’t pass for Power track designs, it’s clear that this
including Winona Ryder). Seems like South Park’s
Ranger rejects, no self-respect- is the little engine that couldn’t. big boys have finally made it...although this pic
ing graphics-snob can deny the No damage models, vehicles probably won’t help their chances with the ladies.
aesthetic grace of the game’s when hit
simply decelerate
slick trackside visuals. The (often colliding with your vehi-
framerate is truly blazing, and— cle, knocking both of you back
at its best moments—the three positions), and even with
sensation of speed is truly a few four-player modes, Mag- Q “Satan— your ass giant and
Who am gonna pretend
is

red. I you
remarkable. The game, sad to force still seems like little more are...Liza Minelli?"
say, is not. With its focus on than a glorified tech demo. A
magnetic ‘cling-to-the-ceiling’ rental, at best. 0 “Everything super whenis

you’re—don’t you think look cute

racing and weapon-frenzied CORD BARRETT SMITH I

in this hat and these little pants

action, Magforce tries to bake
PUBLISHER CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT and this matching tie that got I

up a game that’s Wipeout and DEVELOPER VCC GENRE RACING at Merv’s!?”

Roll Cage all in one. But what PLAYERS 14 VMU COUNT 19+
ESRB E PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK
ultimately comes out of the oven ONUNE NO PRICE $49.99 0 “Say Terence, what did the
is a stale piece of ionized spam. Spanish Priest say to the Uranian
gynecologist?”

j—^Official#Magazine ,

Dreamcast Score 4
PERIPHERALS

Pelican 4x
South Park Rally
<Fart>
memory card ake no mistake—we really
wanted to love this game.
things: a) courses are non-linear,
and b) Dude, it’s South Park:
IN BRIEF
With four memory banks to hold as PUBUSHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER
I We warmed up with an there are fart sounds. While CARTMAN’S ASS GENRE CART(MAN)'S ASS
many saves as 4 VMU’s can, Pelican’s 4X RACING PLAYERS 14 ORIGIN CANADA
epic South Park marathon, viewing graphics are a bit lame and, “The
DC Memory Card might be the ticket to (ER)AU PERIPHERALS EVAN’S ASS
Bigger, Longer and Uncut 16 animation’s all crappy” (says Cart- ONUNE NO ESRB M PRICE $49.99
happiness for those gamers who get so
times in a row (at an exclusive man), it’s all decent enough not
tired of

that
spending dough on Sega VMU’s
is, if it weren’t so damn unreliable.
...

A
party wherein the s cheizer video
starring Cartman’s mom was
to negatively affect gamplay. a Quite entertaining
no Mario Kart, but
in multiplayer-
wholesome fun.

More funny sounds than a Czechoslova-

little button helps you to switch between shown in a back room), and gave SPR Dreamcast features kian orgy; Terence & Philip, Satan &
Saddam, Big Gay Al and—Tails?
memory banks, and if you opt to track SPR a spin. While we’d love the better graphics than the other con-
Simpler woulda been betterer—
down the appropriate cord, you’ll even be able to upload your opportunity to unleash a series of sole versions, plus a unique
a straightforward race would
saves to a PC— but the fact that it can (and inevitably does) one-sided South Parkian classifi- Dreamcast-only track and a have been more fun without all the
checkpoint crap dude
erratically corrupt your save moment
file at the worst possible cations one way or the other revamped ‘front-end’. If you ever
is a big, bad boo-boo for buyers (Just imagine how much it (read: “Sweeeet” or “Sucks big get a handle on the game’s ‘check-
would suck if you’d FINALLY gotten past one of the many infuri- floppy donkey” etc., the truth is point’ structure, SPR provides an
BOTTOM LINE
game <Sigh> Buy you must
atingly difficult bits in MDK 2 and your save got mutated). Keep that this lands squarely moronic- it if
in entertaining-if utterly

your receipt handy. francesca reyes the middle of the pack. Park. experience for South Park fans.
Judged on originality alone, Others beware. evan shamoon
COMPANY PELICAN AVAILABLE NOW PRICE $24.99 ANNOYANCE QUOTIENT HIGH
SPR more than potty-
is little

96
*—^Official#Magazine

Dreamcast
Official# Dreamcast Magazine
t

©©©
Sept/Oct 2000
mouthed Canadian toilet humor.
It’s the most derivative of deriva-

tive licensed rally games, set

apart from the pack by only two
>ODff'dal#Magazine

Dreamcast
,

www.DailyRadar.com
 . —

1ESTZDNE In-Depth Reviews

“You guys, come on—hit me, I’m ready! Stop ignor-

ing me! Why do you guys always go In your room
and shut the door?” Iceman learns something new.

Mmmm...big
robots.. .explod-
ing.. .boom. ..fire.
..shrapnel...

Virtual On:
Damn, my eye itches... must scratch... $*@Hi#%! Stupid
Wolverine:
adamantium claws! Gonna cut ’em and get some Lee Press-On Claws..

Oratorio Tangram
The Twin Sticks are no-shows...
ut the party’s still a of the original Virtual On will no
virtual blast. Let’s give doubt find yourselves right at

Activision props for home. While slightly simplified,

having the cajones to distribute the control scheme is similar,

Sega’s own mech-fighting mas- and you’re sure to find a config-

terpiece to the US audience. uration that suits your style of
YES, the game does play and play. Those new to the series
feel better with the pricey import will likely need a few practice
twin-sticks, but let’s move rounds to get the hang of it, but
beyond that fact and concen- the game’s graphical appeal
trate on the game itself. and addictive "just-one-more-try”
Within the fighting game difficulty will quickly bring you
genre, Virtual On is as unortho- up to speed. Certainly, one of
dox as they come. It somehow VOOT's best aspects is that just
combines the strategy of a 3D beneath its seemingly complex
mech game with the pace and surface lies a very player-friendly
intensity of a one-on-one fighter. game. Convincing a friend to
Just imagine the ability to pull join in the fray shouldn’t be too
off “specials” in a deathmatch difficult— but be warned-once
environment and you’ll start to hooked, they’re likely to improve
get the picture. And while pro- just as quickly as you did. Very
jectile weaponry is the name of cool, indeed.

Marvel vs.
the game, close range combat is CORD BARRETT SMITH
also available in the form of
giant electric sabres, staffs,
PUBUSHER ACTIVISION DEVELOPER SEGA
GENRE HOT MECH-ACTION PLAYERS 1-2
drills, clamps, and fists. Each VMU COUNT 4+ ESRB T PERIPHERALS
JUMP PACK (AND TWIN STICKS) PRICE $49.99
character sports a unique per-
sonality and feel, from a slow
heavy who
split into
fires off missiles that

more missiles to a
“New Age of Heroes": Mo’ Bigger, Mo’ Better,
faster female mech that rides f the original Marvel vs. mean like the porno saw in
I ters rush in to perform a single
"
her staff broom and con-
like a Capcom was a swift college?” Evan: Uhh no Fran.”
,
special attack, without the
jures up enormous ice dragons. kick in the shorts, Mar-
Some mechs mimic harrier jets, vel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Unlike said porno, players IIJUrlHi
while others control more like Heroes is an even-swifter steel begin by choosing three char- PUBUSHER/DEVELOPER CAPCOM G
FIGHTING PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN JAPAN
nuclear-powered tanks. And spike-laden sledgehammer to acters with whom to do battle. PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK, ARCADE STICK
ONLINE NO ESRB T PRICE $49.99
although they all share the same the throat. With more eclectic Any mix of Marvel and Capcom
control scheme, subtle differ- characters and over-the-top fighters is allowed, and with a
ences among the mechs make action than a John Woo triple- grand total of fifty-six charac- Q The sheer chock-fullness of
nuts of it all

controlling each one a unique feature, plus beautiful 3D ters to choose from (after all

and rewarding experience. backgrounds and enough have been unlocked—where

Speaking of control
those of you who had the for-
. . special moves to screw you
sideways, Capcom has gone
the hell is

when you need

that Jill Valentine
her?), the
D No online = lots of sad,
doe-eyed children

Them characters look mighty pixelly

tune to play the Saturn version for the jugular and come up combinations are virtually against those purty backgrounds

pretty gawdamn’ bloody. endless. The game’s shiny

BOTTOM LINE
—^Official's; Magazine
Like its prequel, MvC2’ s new ‘Assist’ system even
( Fast, furious and (in the case of some of
roots are grounded deep in allows players to perform
Dreamcast Street Fighter 2. Fran:
‘Deep
“ Hmm
in Street Fighter 2’. ..you
double- and triple-team moves,
whereby your alternate charac-
the characters), kinda furry. 2D fighting
perfection with only a few flaws. Need
another reason, bub?

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Where the hell is that Jill Valentine when you need her?
Not unlike Power Stone 2, there’s so much going on in MvC2 that it gets difficult to follow. Stock up on
visine, because marathon sessions’ll give you dry, red eyes . People will start tellingyou to “Just Say No.”
What other game
gives you the
chance to dodge,
strafe and shoot
1>V* at an enormous
jellyfish? Cer-
tainly not Ecco.
Kind of reminds
us of last week-
end, though.

Deep Fighter
Surprisingly immersive (heh, heh)
Don’t make me angry... you Venom launches his
It’s being compared to the eels, crabs, jellyfish, and
woudn’t like me when I’m secret Guile catapault
angry. Dang! Who painted missile, but fails to Wing Commander series, but seabugs lurk in the darkness as
this bullseye on my chest? dodge Wolverine’s rug- Deep Fighter’s mission-based your probot activates door
burn slide crotch attack.
sub-sim ultimately moves out of switches to allow your mother
Boy, it sure sucks to be a
superhero, sometimes. WC's shadow and into its own craft passage. Not only is the
territory. Its intuitive control and experience entertaining and
excellent variety lead to some believable, it’s downright creepy.
Spiderman: “Okay, now
on the fourth beat, you brilliantly—and surprisingly With eight vehicles and 36 mis-
just put your hands up in immersive gaming moments. Deep Fighter runs the
sions,
the air. On eight, just
While the FMV mission brief- gamut from ski-boat-like racing
shake your hips and
ings are a bit laughable and the (testing the BURST engine) to an
Macarena!’, ‘kay?” underwater environments aren’t undersea Asteroids take-off
Iceman: “Oh, forget it”
up to Ecco’ s standards, they’re (manning the turrets at the sand
more than enough to convey a mine). So go ahead and raise an
superb sense of atmosphere. eyebrow at the idea of a “fun”
For instance, you’ll survey an sub game—you’ll have a great
enormous submarine wreck via time proving yourself wrong.
a highly manuverable, detach- CORD BARRETT SMITH
able mini-sub that’s just small PUBLISHER UBI SOFT DEVELOPER CRITERION
STUDIOS GENRE 3D SUBMARINE ACTION
enough to fit through the intri-
PLAYERS 1 VMU COUNT 4+ ESRB T
cate maze of vents and ducts; PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK PRICE $49.99

|—^Official f Magazine <

Dreamcast Score 7 out of 10

Just for the record, nobody at ODCM has ever kissed

Venom. Must’ve been someone at Next Gen. PERIPHERALS

GamesharkCDX
Capcom2
Mo’ Butter. Capcom strikes again.
It’s

like
finally here! interacts
code-slinging, import-playing
contraption
shelves.
a code
is now on store

The package includes

disc,
Gameshark
as well as a VMU-

videotape that works

thingie and a
like a
\
\

need to actually tag out. It’s employment in a more formal it is perhaps somewhat highbrowed tutorial for newbies. The disc
hectic, to say the least. Street Fighter game, it’s perfect to criticize what might be the best- includes codes for over 30 DC
In terms of control, for the speed of this turbo- looking 2D fighting game ever, games and you’re free to add .GgmEbiHsRK
MvC2 has changed Capcom’s supa-sonic daddy-o. hi-res characther models could more as you go along which VIDEO GAME ENHANCER
j
traditional six-button layout have made MvC2 a significant then save to the VMU-thing TH£ ULTIMATE GAME
EHHAHCEH
FOHUSE WITH SEGA'
to an SNK-inspired (and DC- Graphically, Capcom graphical milestone. Take one look which remains in your con- DREAMCAST.

friendly) four-button style. has done a bit of visual half- at the NAOMI version of Guilty Gear troller throughout the actual
Surprisingly, rather than dumb- Though 3D
stepping. X, with its true 640x480 action, game. Special bonus: the CD the GS CDX. It’s a must buy for
ing-down the control, this new backgrounds are absolutely and you’ll get the picture. And we’ll works like a boot disc to play those who’ve wanted to modify
four-button layout is more stunning, characters remain get a towel to wipe up the drool. importgames on your US DC. their DCs but never got to do it.
combo-friendly than the original somewhat blocky, low-res What really makes MvC2 so Bummer: No import codes. FRANCESCA REYES
game, and actually improves the sprites— which creates a special, though, is its depth. With a Take care to note versions of
COMPANY INTERACT PRICE $49.99
overall experience. While we contrast that’s not so much virtually endless character lineup games and consoles you have
might be skeptical about its lovely as it is awkward. While and a cool character-acquisition in order to get the most out of
system, gamers won’t tire of MvC2

—
©©©
any time soon. Until 3rd Strike and
^0(ficial®Magazine . —^Official® Magazine .
Guilty GearX arrive, this is the best
Dreamcast 2D
Eat
fighter
it.
on a home console.
EVAN SHAMOON
Dreamcast
www.dreamcastmagazine.com Sept/Oct 2000 Official ©Dreamcast Magazine 99
 1ESXZDNE In-Depth Reviews Jumps a bit too far into Derivativeland
For those that never
saw BAM4 on Play
Q Keep a
ProTip:
handy. Neo’s
pair of shades
secret ability to
Station, Taito has some actually blind players with his
new tricks up its super-colorful world is a given.
sleeve. Some rounds
will feature a balancing
lever system that adds 0 plenty
Neo’s equivalent
cuter than most
of Hell

quite a bit to gameplay. is of

us would have pictured.
Who knew?

Bust-A-Move 4
Same of, same ol’.Jun
What can we possibly from the board. Of course,
say about Taito’s enduring, simple and easy are two very
system-crossing, bubble- different words as defined in

busting classic series that the puzzle fan’s dictionary.

hasn’t been said in five billion And it’s the quick, reflexive
ways before? That it’s
different puzzle-tastic action in any version
competely different from its of BAM that paves a yellow
past incarnations? (Answer: brick road to major addiction.
No.) That it’s been optimized But the best aspect of
for Dreamcast? (Answer: No.) BAM4 is its novice-friendly
That it utilizes all of the new appeal. Pop the game in and
millennium’s advances in expect girlfriends, moms,
mip-mapping, anti-aliasing grandmas and younger siblings
technology? (Answer: Urn, no.) to swarm to the TV like moths

Then what could a Dreamcast to a zapper. If you have the

version of Bust-A-Move 4 spare change rolling around in

possibly give us? Answer: your drawers, it’s a very wise

Hours of two-player fun. investment, francesca reyes
The premise is simple: aim
and shoot a bubble at similarly PUBLISHER ACCLAIM DEVELOPER TAITO
GENRE PUZZLE PLAYERS 1-2 ESRB E
colored bubbles to set up a PERIPHERALS NONE PRICE $49.99
PASS THE
string in order to clear them INSULIN Neo is
highly addictive, but
may foster fantasies
|—^Official '^Magazine , crushing its mascot

Dreamcast Score 6 out of 10

under your boot.

PERIPHERALS
Super Magnetic Neo
4 Megabyte Cool, cute, but a bit too calculated
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Memory Card ith his magnetic good DC throne highly addictive, '

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and old-school skills, of difficulty to snare gamers who PUBLISHER CRAVE DEVELOPER
GENKI GENRE PLATFORMER PLAYERS 1
In contrast to Pelican’s similar 4X Memory Neo slips comfortably into are well-steeped in similar old- ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK,
VMU ONUNE NO ESRB T PRICE $49.99
Card for DC (reviewed in this issue on page 96), Dreamcast’s emerging mascot school ventures. But despite its

Innovation’s bid for snagging a share in the category. As lone defender of the smooth gameplay and tried-and-
Smooth-running gameplay at
same market appreciates the concers of blindingly colorful, neo-futuristic true mechanics, Neo sometimes 60 fps can't be beat
gamers everywhere: its far more reliable save Pao Pao Park, it’s up to him to jumps too far into the land of Charismatic characters and devilishly
mechanism utilizes four different memory rid the area of a terrible toddler derivitative design. It exposes difficult levels are a platformer fan's
dream come true
banks. Press the switch to swap between and her goons. To do so, Neo its roots a little too often, with
Often overly simplistic level
banks when necessary, and you can even uses his powers of magnetism to blatant nods to the Mario/Crash
designs disappoint
upload your saves to a PC if you have the right cord. jump, hop and zip through a series. Nevertheless, for devoted
A little too derivative, not
While it’s virtually the same in most respects as Pelican’s version, bevy of levels (and bonus levels) fans of the genre (you know who enough originality
it seems to be better constructed and much more trusty in a tight and face-offs with bosses. Along you are), these blemishes mean
fit. You won’t need to worry about your saves being corrupted; it’s the way, he’ll pick up secret nothing in the face of being able
BOTTOM LINE
a good choice for an unofficial, third-party memory card. items, collect ‘coins’, and even to ride a camel on wheels. Neo the platforming bill nicely,
fits
but slips short of classic status
FRANCESCA REYES furnish his own space age Give it a long look.
COMPANY INNOVATION AVAILABLE NOW PRICE $29.99 JOY QUOTIENT HIGH
apartment (read: post-modern FRANCESCA REYES
wacky at its best).

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Dreamcast quart of rainbow sherbet, Dreamcast Score 7
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 :

TESTZONE In-Depth Reviews Doesn’t taste enough like chicken

At a certain point in the game, you’ll actually be able to raise food to feed to Seaman.
It’s a terrifying thought, but it’s the only way to keep him evolving.
LEONARD
NIMOY GOES
FOR A SWIM!
His book
(an ODCM
favorite) is

called I Am
Not Spock.
And he's not
Seaman,
either. But
he does
make an
i appearance in the title as
1 the narrator. Basically, his Like any good virtual pet
function in the game is
sim, you'll have to do a lot
on the Enterprise
just like his role of tedious tasks like moni-
he tells you what to do in that non- toring Seaman's oxygen
commital monotone of his, and and heat. It’s a tough job,
dares you to make snippy little but someone has to do
comments about pointy ears. You it. Unless you want to
1 Welcome to the auxiliary tank of super- really should pay attention to kill him.
creepiness: the insect habitat. This is where
what Leonard is saying in this
you’ll be able to nurture various insects to
feed to different forms of Seaman. Ugh. game...while trying to ignore
your memories of his little ‘rock
2 While you’ll be able to raise up to two star’ phase, wherein he lost
Seamen, it’s wise to kill one off so you’ll have ALL credibility as a Vulcan, a
more food for your favorite.
human or a narrator for a talk-
ing fish game. Really. Have
3 Why do these insect larvae and moths
have Seaman’s face? Welcome to the game’s you heard his rendition of
countless unexplained phenomena. “Proud Mary?" You’ll never
be able to watch Star
Trek again without winc-
ing. Trust us. And while
we’re on the subject,
William Shatner’s
book, Star Trek Memo-
ries, is a must-read.
Ask Dan.

What the
@#&% are you
looking at?

Seaman
The grouchiest, crabbiest Sea Monkey in the tank finds a voice. Damn evolution.

H
l w ne

F
l of the strangest experi- their species by sucking the life of it, but chances are that it’s an
I A i ments in videogaming has TALK TO ME! This game smells I ke innovation (and fish).
out of each other until only a few acquired taste that doesn't taste
Take its use of the microphone peripheral, for instance-
finally acquired an Ameri- remain in the tank—to the uniquely enough like chicken to please the
as Seaman grows, so will his vocabulary. He’ll ask you your
can accent: Meet the domestic gross habits and mannerisms of masses. It may be one of those
birth date and astrological sign, and remember the
version of that infamous bastard— answers. The trick is in getting his attention in the first the adults, the entire project is per- titles that’s ‘only good for hardcore
er, virtual pet—in a tank, Seaman. place; all that tap-tap-tapping on the glass really wears thin. fectly orchestrated to creep fans’. FRANCESCA REYES
For those of you who’re unfamiliar gamers out We would tell you
with his Seaman-ness and all of or even dancing around them in even parent the little guys by com- more, but we don't want to ruin
his curious and wholly disturbing a plastic skirt. Instead, you’ll be municating ever-so-sweetly with the ‘game’ for all of you adventur-
PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER
quirks, there are a few things you equipped with a microphone, a them. ous folks who’re willing to invest VIVARIUM ONUNE NO GENRE
CROTCHETY FISH SIMULATION
definitely need to know about: VMU and a never-ending onscreen time and money in Vivarium’s little
PLAYERS 1 PERIPHS MICROPHONE,
you should really be prepared. aquarium scene as you watch your The entire process is lengthy experiment. VMU VMU COUNT 64+ ESRB E

Rule #1: This is NOT a game. new friend—actually, friends, since and involved (it can vary between
Truly Innovative use of voice acting
Rule #2: If this is your first time youstart out with more than one a few days up to a month), but the And this is what Seaman and dialog interaction. You might
not like it, but you'll appreciate it
playing with Seaman, you ‘get baby—to adulthood. payoff is constant. From the baby boils down to: a virtual experiment.
Voice ‘recognition' not exactly up to
to’ raise him from a snotty You start with an egg. It talk of the small “Gillmen”—who Certain of you will be drawn to its
par, limited dialog interaction. Oh,
I
little Sea-child to his adult magnifi- hatches into any number of Sea- ‘naturally select’ the survivors of wacky ‘play’ and love every minute and it isn’t a game
cence. Rule #3: You do not talk men (yeah, yeah— laugh all you
about Seaman. [Without using want). From then on, it’s all about
BOTTOM LINE
p-ODfticu! Magd/:tic-
I
expletives. -Ed.] maintainance: have to keep Decidedly uncuddly, Seaman is not

Seaman is, after

You won’t be shooting aliens

all, a virtual
you’ll

the temperature and oxygen in the Dreamcast for the faint at heart But that can be
a good thing
pet. tank at comfortable levels, and

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 Aside from the absence of an annoying, horribly over-
rated singer who spits more cheese from her mouth
than a nauseous Speedy Gonzalez, matches in PS 2
are vaguely reminiscent of a Celine Dion concert.

Mr. Driller
Faster Mr. Driller! Drill! Drill!
till hen Namco promised because your supply of air is

k
T
A ' M two more Dreamcast constantly decreasing, forcing
LLP games, we admit we you to keep moving in the
were kind of hoping for Tekken search for air power-ups. Add
Tag or Ridge Racer. Tekken Tag, the brown blocks that suck your
Mr. Driller ain’t. air if you break through them,
Instead, it’s a puzzle game and you have the makings of a
so cute that it almost broke stellar arcade puzzler.
Japan’s export restrictions on A great interface, solid
cultural treasures. graphics, and good sound are
The game itself features the generally givens with a Namco
mini-hero Mr. Driller, who has title, and so it is here. There
been called in to save a town are three modes: arcade (in

overrun by colored blocks (this which you can drill to the bottom),
scenario is revealed in a series survival (endless existential
of clever opening screens with drilling), and time attack (pre-
word balloons saying “Colored made puzzle levels that you try
blocks are overrunning the to clear as fast as possible).
town!” and “Call Mr. Driller!"). The game is only single-
player, and it’s not as easy to
Your job is to drill through pick up as your average puzzler,
the blocks to get to the bottom but it is damn addictive— it’s
of the mess. The actual game- almost as addicitive as it is

play is a weird combo of cute. Just the thing to play

revers e-Tetris, Columns, Dig-Dug when you should be doing
and Namco’s little known Pac something else— like, say,
Attack. You dig through the col- writing up a few game reviews...
ored shapes, and if you create CHRIS CHARLA
any spaces, the shapes above PUBLISHER/DEVELOPER NAMCO
fall down to fill the holes—

unless they get caught up on

ORIGIN JAPAN GENRE DRILLING SIM
PLAYERS 1 VMU COUNT 12 ESRB E
PERIPHS ALL (YUP, ALL) PRICE $29.99
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
an overhang. If a block slides
past a block of its own color,
but videogames will never hurt me
the two will merge (potentially xpectations for this the Tekkens and Soul Caliburs Ben Johnson on steroids. Unlike
creating overhangs, and giving eagerly-awaited sequel of the world fight, essentially, its was 100%
forefather—which
Mr. Driller some room to have been higher than on only a single plane. Power fighting game—Power Stone 2
maneuver down below). If four Cheech, Chong and Woody Har- Stone was the first Dreamcast
or more blocks meet, they flash relson in a room with a bong— game to truly flip this script, flTTE
and disappear, occasionally and you Power Stone devotees allowing fighters to roam freely
PU B USH ER/ DEVELOPER CAPCOM GENRE
setting up huge chain reactions won’t be disappointed. Power around complex, multi-tiered FIGHTING PLAYERS 14 ORIGIN JAPAN
PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK, ARCADE STICK
that bring beaucoups points— Stone 2 really is all that and a landscapes in their eternal ONLINE NO ESRB T PRICE $49.99
along with beaucoups blocks bag of chips. With salsa. The quest to whup one anothers’
Still looking good after all
crashing down toward your refrigerated kind. well-animated tuchuses (tuchi?).
these...um....years;
head. You’ll have to drill light- They could hurl chairs across Four player fighting action set to a mad,
ning-fast, or be flattened! Ask any true aficionado the arena, launch themselves turbo-accelerated setting

But you can’t be too and they’ll tell you that fighting from flagpoles and ledges, and Screen gets confusing with all the
visual stimuli (ouch!); single-player
methodical in any case, games, for the most part, tend acquire an assortment of action gets boring and lonely
to exist in only two dimensions firearms with which to vanquish
(at least one more than our their enemies. Liberating stuff, BOTTOM LINE
sense of humor, clearly). For all to say the least. A groundbreaking game that's so fun
you might not even notice Its
of their textured polygons and Power Stone 2 takes this
technical genius
3D landscapes, combatants in concept and runs with it like

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 Power Stone 2: All that and a bag of chips. And salsa, c$)

£J Things are always moving

inPS2— the floor could give
way or a huge boulder
could begin rolling toward
you at any moment

Q What
show you
this screen can’t
is the violence
it induces in the ODCM With 37-count
staff. For example, Chris ’em— 37 com-
just broke Dan’s leg. mands mapped
onto the Dream-
cast controller,
this is one game
that rewards
patient gamers.

Rainbow Six
Don’t say we didn’t warn you...
While it's a mystery why ous negative: it’s a pain to learn.

Rainbow Six got delayed for the And since R6 is an intricate, end-
length of a pregnancy, it’s an lessly varied game, learning is

even bigger mystery why it lacks vital—you can’t wing it.

the multi-player options of its Big on realism, R6 follows the

other console brethren. one-shot-one-kill rule of engage-

Strangely, however, playing solo ment—and despite a few painful

actually brings out the true depth lapses (ever seen a vase stand
of the game—a depth that ulti- up to an assault rifle?), the sense
mately cripples the casual of reality is quite effective. R6 can
gamer. Because R6 is a complex indeed reward the patient gamer:
tactical simulation and not sim- but be prepared for a long, hard
ply an action game, the control climb to the top of its steep learn-
scheme is absolutely mind-bog- ing curve, cord barrett smith
37 commands
gling (nearly are PUBUSHER MAJESCO DEVELOPER PIPE
mapped onto the standard DREAMS GENRE ACTION STRATEGY
PLAYERS 1 VMU COUNT 4+ ESRB T
Dreamcast controller). The obvi- PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK PRICE $49.99
With so much going on at all times, PS2 is one game that benefits from a big, sharp television. Better run
right out and get one—or get a job at a videogames magazine, and have them sent to you for free.

8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE Score 6

PERIPHERALS

Alloy Arcade Stick

It's not often
that we get excited
THERE S A BAZILLION WAYS to meet The Grim Reaper in Power Stone 2 (aside from the cliche about joysticks (did we
shoulder rocket— yaawwwn... like that happens every day, for sure). Death by heated laser beams; mutilation say that?), but the new
by zombie robots; hacked by samurai swords; and the ever famous, ‘fell from a 1000-mile drop without a
Alloy Arcade Stick from
parachute/parasol'. This game is almost, but not quite, as dangerous as crossing the street in San Francisco.
Interact-with its shiny
di&cast metal design
is somewhat of a mixed-genre objects. Crates and treasure While the single-player and impressive feature
hybrid. Borrowing from classics chests are everywhere, contain- mode leaves something to be set—is the cream of
such as Golden Axe and ing more than 150 different desired (despite its Item Shop) the Dreamcast crop. the unit, making it possible to

Bomberman, the development power-ups—from flame-throwers, and the cats-in-a-barrel frenzy First and foremost, the assign complex combo moves
team did more than ‘break the skateboards (huh?) and pain- of action can be difficult to keep sturdy-as-hell joystick features to each button and save them
mold’— it got medieval on the inducing megaphones (double- track of, this is a multiplayer arcade-quality buttons and for later use. Throw in a neat
mold’s ass. With a four-player huh?) to more traditional health game that cannot be ignored. It directional switching. While auto-fire feature (which is

mode, spectacular level design power-ups. And as if that wasn’t has already made a severe dent arcade sticks have traditionally even selectable from a button
and the most hectic gameplay enough, a whole assortment of in our productivity here at ODCM— been of the no-frills variety, this atop the joystick), a VMU
this side of Robotron level 83, falling boulders, gun turrets, which is always a sure sign of a alloy wonder provides plenty slot and a comfy-cozy padded
this is a don't miss fight riot. tanks and planes are littered quality title. Those of you who’re of options. Rather than the hand rest, and you’ve got
Each of eight arenas is about each stage, just waiting to expecting a hardcore fighting Dreamcast’s standard six- the best of what’s out there.
absolutely littered with interac- be picked up and manipulated game might be a bit disappointed, button layout, there are actually EVAN SHAMOON
tive, creatively-implemented foryour fighting enjoyment. but most should be thrilled by the eight programmable buttons on COMPANY INTERACT PRICE $59.99

limitless play. So if you’ve got

©©©
three friends, four controllers and

Score 8 five fingers,

of PS2.
grab yourself a copy
You won’t regret it.

EVAN SHAMOON

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Fuzzy Wuzzy Was A Bear...

now he’s dead.

Put Teddy on the most endangered

species list and FUR FIGHTERS™ on
your most wanted. A new kind of
game has hit the scene. Part adven-
ture-crammed shoot 'em up, part
heavy petting and panting action. Play
as all six armed animal liberators
against the malevolent fat-cat. General
Viggo. It’s a raging romp of feline

conspiracies, blazing animal combat

and unrelenting beaver shots!

PC
CD-ROM
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Dreamcast
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 Illlimilllllllllllllll
First-person Crazy Taxi games can while you select your character. The
change you: If a tree-shaped air message “Another Day” will appear in
freshener suddenly appears in
the lower left corner to confirm correct
your car and you can’t recall how
code entry.
it got there, start worrying.

Disable Arrow Indicators Remote

First Person,
To play without arrow indicators, Camera And Speedometer
press and hold LC> + START as First, plug a second controller into port C

the character selection screen on your Dreamcast, and then start a game.
appears. You’ll get a message After you’ve selected your driver and the
reading “No Arrows" in the lower action begins, press the START button on
left of your screen if you did it the second controller in port C. Now press
right. Once you start the game the O button on the second controller in
and pick up a fare, you’ll have port C to get a first-person view. Press the
Drive The Hidden Peddle Bike no arrow to point you in the right direction— O button on the controller to activate a
You normally have to beat all the tough but you’ll still see all of the destination drop camera view and press the Q button
Crazy Box challenges to use the speedy markers once they’re within viewing range. to make a small speedometer appear in
peddle bike taxi (or live in a hot, dirt- the lower right of the screen. Return to
colored country where they still have Disable Destination Indicators normal viewing by pressing the Q button.
rickshaws), but we’ve got the goods on a To be rid of the destination indicators,
cheat that lets you hit the Schwinn from just press and <JJ + START as the
the very start of the game. At the character character selection screen appears. You’ll
select screen, choose your character and see the message “No Destination Mark”
then immediately press <U + L£ + START appear in the lower lefthand corner.
three times (before the game actually
begins). A little bell jingles, and you’ll be Another Day Mode
driving the pedal bike as the game opens. In Another Day Mode, you must transport a
variety of different fares (i.e., different from
Expert Mode the game’s usual fare of fares) to different
To play using an Expert Mode where no (see above; same difference) locales—you’ll
arrows or destination markers appear, even start in a different spot from the one
press and hold + L£^ + START as the you would in a normal game. To activate
The drop camera view is incredibly dynamic
character selection screen comes up. The the Another Day Mode, go the character
and visually exciting. Unfortunately, you
word “Expert” will appear in the lower left select screen and press the button can’t actually play very well when you’re
corner to confirm correct code entry. once, then press and hold it a second time viewing from out here.

lO^iIOryjIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIlim
Original “Nude” Opening Clean Pause Screen
Did youknow that a small (in some Pause the game at any
respects) nude scene was cut from the time and press or + © ©
original cinema for the US release of Dead or 0 O
+ to clear the screen
Or Alive 2? Well, if you want to see the of any writing, thus giving you a
opening cinema featuring the entire clear look at the action you
polygonal surface area of Kasumi as god paused. This is actually a little

(or Tecmo) made her, enter Options from trick of the trade for many
the Main Menu and set your age to 21. favorite Dreamcast games
Now go back to the Main Menu and start a (although the button inputs
game in Survival Mode. Get ranked at the may differ slightly).
end and enter the name REALDEMO.
Control the Camera
THIS MONTH Now, just sit back, relax and hope that
everyone remembers to knock first. During the Victory Pose There really is something special about
During your character's
winning pose, press and hold
Y fighting (or ‘just talking’... if only this was
Crazy Taxi a dating sim!) in the Aerial Garden at
Dead Or Alive 2 110 the G button and use the D- night. Check it out in a Versus game.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 pad to move the camera. To
NFL2K zoom in, press and hold the
NBA 2K O button and continue using the Aerial Garden of Delight (er...)
Rayman 2 111 D-pad to move the camera around. To fight a Versus game in the Aerial
King of Fighters Garden level at night, with super-cool
Speed Devils
TrickStyle
Bounce! More is better fireflies buzzing about, you must first

Striker Pro 2000 112 To increase the “bounce” of those thingies enable the Level Select for Versus mode
Armada mounted on the chests of D0A2 s female
' in the Versus Options menu. Then, when
NHL 2K characters, enter Options and change the given your choice of levels, highlight the
Rainbow Six
Fighting Force 2 114
age setting to 99 (bounce increases with Aerial Garden level and press the O or
years added. Ha. Right). LS> button to choose it.

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 Cheat Codes

*4*1411111111111 DEVDUDES
Play As Shin Akuma Monstrous players
are what you’d get Superstars (hidden
To play as a super powerful version of Akuma with abilities beyond that of the
if you crossed
normal, ‘real’ Akuma, go to the Character Select screen in any mode. Once teams): If you’re playing
Shaquille O’Neil
there, highlight Akuma and press and hold START while pressing any action with an inflatable as one of the
button to select him. air mattress and development teams,
found a good place and they are the home
to stick the nozzle team, you’ll play at the
of an air pump...
playground.

MONSTER
Monstrous Players
Remember: When
From the Main Menu BIGFOOT entering a code
choose Options, and from Bigfoot (big feet) use capital letters only,
here select the Codes and when you’ve entered
option to enter the Cheat DOUGHBOY it correctly you will be

Code entry screen. At this Dougboys (fat players) presented with the usual
screen, enter any of the message indicating

following codes to get a BEACHBOYS that the cheat has

Beachball sized ball
been unlocked.
At the character select screen The new and improved Shin Akuma variety of wacky effects

highlight Akuma (the supreme will be able to pummel ass far more including
master of the fist) on the right side effectively, by pulling off deadly a hidden outdoor
of the screen and then hold START moves like double fireballs. Of course, playground court.
while you press an action button to it’s the new and spiffy outfits that will

select him. drive the girls crazy. FATHEAD

Giant Heads

SQUISHY
Squished Players

LITTLEGUY
Micro Players
Funky Football Cheats
All of the following cool cheats are COACHOUCH
entered into the Codes screen, Ouchy Coaches
which is found by entering the
Options menu on the Main Menu
and then choosing the Codes
option. From the Codes screen,
enter the following cheats (using
capital letters, of course) to obtain
the desired result.
all

The Codes screen is much like any

RAYMAN 2 hidden mini-game and shake down
other name entry-type screen.
TURBO right after you put in the
your friends,
Unlocks the Turbo speed setting Rayman 2 disc— even if it’s for the first

found on the Game Options screen time. To unlock the mini-game, wait for
under Game Speed. the Title screen to appear after you
turn on your Dreamcast, or press
DEDMAN START to make it appear if the demo
Unlocks the Slow-mo speed setting is running. Once you're there, press
found on the Game Options screen and hold while you press the
under Game Speed.
o button four times. The music will

change, and when you press START

SUPERSTARS the Main Menu will include a handy
The Globox mini-game can be quite
Unlocks the All-Star Sega team with
Monica “Big Love’” Lewinsky, or Delta fun and addictive. But be sure to Globox Disc Access option at the
perfect starts found before the
“The Refridgerator-Freezer Unit” Burke? read all the rules before you play. bottom. Choose it to play the
49ers on the team select screen.
Globox Mini-game.

SCRAWL Unlock The Globox

Funky text style Disc Mini-Game
This fun little multi-

SQUEEKY player game featuring

Commentators breathing helium Globox and friends is

normally unlocked by
REAQkJ
LARD playing through and
Fat players
game. With the use
Enter the cheat on the title screen (left), and the music
After you enter a cheat, select End The All-Star Sega Team is the
of the following cheat, changes. An option to check out the awesome
and the cheat will appear on the highest rated team in the game. Of you can jump right mini-game (which you previously had to beat the game to
next screen to confirm entry. Course. Like it would suck. into the caffeinated play) is now yours. Rayman 2 gets even better!

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Alternate Costumes Are you still having a tough time beating those TRAVOLTA
Giving the characters in King final races? Have you put the game away in Perform tricks
of Fighters Dream Match
a complete fashion makeover
'99
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never see every delightful thing that has to it
without powering up

is easy: Highlight your offer? Well fret no more. Here are the codes for
CITYBEACONS
Unlock Everything
persona of choice, press and unlocking every locked tidbit of fun in this
hold START and then press game (including the standard Big Head mode). INFLATEDEGO
© The little portrait
to select. To enter any cheat, you must first start a game Big Heads
onscreen will change when and then press START once the action has
you press START— but only if started. This will pause the game, so you can IWISH
you’re playing Kyo, Chris, access the Pause Menu and select Options. In Unlimited time
Shermie, Yashiro, Joe, Andy, to play levels
the Options Menu, select the Cheats option:
Terry, Ryo, Robert, Yuri, Mai which bring you to a cheat entry screen.
will
TEAROUND
or Billy. Everyone else has to Just enter all of the cheats below, and they will Always Win (even
stay in the same sweaty duds. then be listed on this screen. when you come in last)

To access any of the

cheats for Speed
Devils, you must start
a race in the specific
mode to which the
code applies (Arcade
or Championship), and Select a cheat after it has been entered You would think that having such a big
then pause the game to get a description of what the cheat head would throw you off balance, but
does. You can also deactivate cheats these guys are talented at keeping their
by pressing START.
through this screen. gourds steady.
While paused, enter
these thrilling cheats...

All Cars And

Tracks Cheats are entered when the game is paused.
©+©+
(works only in
to#
Arcade
The pause screen changes with each racing
mode— and so do the available codes.
STRIKER PRO 2000
Mode) Control The Ball Manually
Now, this is real cheating! To obtain limited control over the ball in any
Infinite Nitros
»»
(works
MOO O
in any mode)
circumstance, you must

action. Now, if
first pause the game. Then press
+. <21 <21 <21 k£> <31 L£> <21 Un-pause the game and
you press and hold <2i + and then press <1 or on the
#, 4#. 4p. pi.
return to the
0
pL

D-pad, you will move the ball a bit in either direction. Not very far, of course,
Extra Money but maybe just enough to steal it from the opposing team.
©*©»#©©
(only works in Championship
Mode—enter more than once
for more cash)

Skip Current Class All cars. All tracks. All yours. And no
#+#+©©© one tells you to share with your brother.
(only works in Championship
Mode and will immediately
end your current race)

Remember, these codes are

designed to work with
specific racing modes; other
modes won’t recognize
them. In addition, some
cheats will return you to the
game action even before you
finish typing—just ignore the
distractionand continue to By entering the Extra Money code
enter the code. A positive several times in a row in the
and emotionally validating Championship mode, you can accrue You’llsee no indication that you entered the code correctly on the pause
message will appear if enough money to buy a small screen. The only way to tell if the code worked is to un-pause and try to
you’ve done it right. country. Or Canada. move the ball by holding <2J + LS^ and pressing pi and on the D-pad. 0
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Extra Credits Anti-Terrorist Codes
You’re going to need some extra controllers to get this one to work. First, plug two All of the following cheats—

of them C and D on your Dreamcast. Then, while playing Armada (do

into ports especially those for the God
not pause), press and hold START on the controller that’s plugged into Port C. At Mode—will greatly improve your
thesame time, press ©, ©, ©, ©, #, -9- on the controller plugged into port D. enjoyment of this tough game.
Pause the game and check your credits—you should now have 20 of them, if you All cheats are entered during
entered the cheat correctly. gameplay (do not pause), and
when done correctly they prompt a
message to appear on screen. To
deactivate a cheat, just re-enter
it and you’ll get another message
saying that the cheat has
been deactivated.

ff) + # + © Clodhopper Mode Don’t pause the game to enter cheats; simply
(Toggles big ol’ hands.) enter them during gameplay (and find a safe
Q + # + © Rudeness Mode place to hide before you start typing). When
you’ve hit the right buttons, the game tells you.
(Activates a mode where instant
death befalls anyone near you.
This cheat goes out to all of you DC- To see if the code worked, pause the Note: If you have the “Team God
lovin' octopuses. And to ambidextrous game and check your credits. They On” code enabled, your men will
people with extra controllers. should now read 15 or 20. keep repeating “Watch your fire!”)
0 # ©
+ + Victory Conditions
(Activates the victory conditions
which prevent the mission from
being lost if you trigger an alarm
or the terrorists shoot the hostages.)
CD + #• + ©
Team God Mode
Big Head Mode and the appearance of the Black Box logo is (Turns on invincibility for your
Hidden Black Box Team at the end of the cinema—and this one entire team.)
To activate the goofy Big Head is animated. You’ll enter the other cheat 0 + # + © Avatar God Mode
mode and unlock the hidden Black during thisbit. When you enter either (Turn on invincibility for your
Box Team (featuring the game’s cheat successfully during the character only, and not for the rest
developers), you have to be quick— appearance of either Black Box logo, of the team.) We never get tired of that big head mode. It’s so
you're only given a couple of brief you’llhear the announcer say, “Oh, Q + #• + © Heavy Breathing Mode dang funny! Oh no, wait—that’s Tom Clancy
Top Gun Halloween costume. Cute booties.
in his

chances to type in the cheats. Black Box Baby!” (Turns on heavy breathing.)
As you view the opener, look for the Use a controller plugged into port D, CD + # © Me 9 a Head Mode
+
two bits featuring the Black Box logo. and press and hold while you 0 + # + © Big Head Mode 0+#+© Brains (Mess with your
During these fleeting, logo-happy quickly tap in the following codes. CD + + © Stumpy Mode team’s Al.)
moments onscreen, enter the two © + # + © Side Scroller Mode Polska Mode (Alternate
cheats described below: Big Head Mode (Become paper thin.) faces for your team.)
For the first cheat, wait until you see
a darkish still screen, containing only
© DO
the logo. Enter one of the cheats (while Black Box Team
up second or The second © 0 0.0
it's for a two). .

ldra:hlH4*];M*llllll

LEFT You enter the cheat at the Title screen. RIGHT The Level Select will appear
ABOVE More big heads. RIGHT Use new game, and will transport you to any point in the game—even
after you start a
a controller that’s plugged into port
the final level! It’s like having friends in high places.
D on your Dreamcast, and don't
forget to press and hold
while you're typing the cheats. The Level Select
Black Box logo shown here is the To unlock a handy Level Select that will let you start from anywhere in the game,
first one to appear; it disappears in
wait for the Title Screen (reading “Press Start” in the center) to appear. While on this
several seconds. The animated logo
screen, press #, ©, #, Y and the screen should flash white. If you typed the
you’ll see at the end of the cinema
hangs around a little longer. code correctly, you will enter the Level Selectwhen you start a New Game.

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Extra Cars & Extra Colors The following cheats will unlock a very Hidden Characters
If you want to unlock some of the speedy jet plane that you can actually The few characters there areto unlock in Plasma Sword are pretty cool, and worth
secrets that TNN Motorsports: drive, plus the hard-to-control LE-2001 checking out. To enable them, start a game in any mode and at the Character Select
HardCore Heat has to offer without buggy— and there is also a fourth color screen, enter the following while highlighting the character indicated by the cheat.
playing through it, here’s your chance. set for all of the cars. To enter the
cheats, go to the Mode selection Evil Gamof
screen. Once there, enter one of the Highlight Gamof and press START + ©
B1 Mod e select following cheats—when you get one of

IBBi
CnampIcraMf Time attack

I{5) Option
VS game Level cfi::«er

fT*
Cara??,,
Practice
them

LE-2001
right, you’ll

say something encouraging.

hear the announcer Kaede
Highlight Rain

Rai-On
and press -9-, #, 4a ^ #

n "»“> © ©. 4a» + 4i. * f • • Highlight Byakko and press -ft, ^ 4a ^ 4a #

C hamploniMp
Champlonahlp race.
T4 fighter jet
* © (x4)

Enter the three cheats on the Mode Fourth Car Color

Selection screen and listen for a
voice to confirm that you did it right.
#. «. 1* 0 0 4J L&
TOTAL TIME

After you enter the Kaede and Rai-On Meet evil Gamof (note the shifty red
cheats, they will appear in the upper eyes; they’re clearly looking for
left and right corners of the Character trouble). Then run.
Select screen.

As fast as it seems this jet can go, it One of the cheats opens a fourth color
never actually takes off. As it turns for every car in the game (except for
out, the jet is pretty much the best the jet and the LE-2001).
car in the game.

ZOMBIE REVENGE Kaede: “Please, Hammer

Alternate Outfits don’t hurt ’em!”
a character and then press and hold
Yawning over your characters’ ‘normal’ START ©, ©. or
while you press to O
wardrobes? Now you can have loads of choose them. Once the game starts,
fashion fun by choosing from some you’ll see your character wearing some
brand new outfits for each character in new duds. Of questionable taste,
the game. All you have to do is highlight perhaps: but at least they ain’t boring.

PRESS START BUTTON

CREDIT(S) b

iPOINTS]
in if in : •
»sr - v'.^ov
To get fancy new clothes for your favorite character, all you have to do is press
and hold the START button while you select them.

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