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One minute I was Editor-in-Chief

Dreamcast
of the world's best selling
magazine, and the next was gone— I

whisked away to a new assignment as

Launch Editor of Revolution— America's
first mainstream dance-music lifestyle

magazine. There was barely time to say

goodbye to the team as was dragged by I

Imagine Media’s security droids from Dil-

bert Cubicle No.23345089900 down the
hall to my new digs. A severed hand is

the price you pay for opportunity, I guess.

I barely had time to pen this final
intro, and almost forgot to ask Evan how
he’d got on with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
[p. 92] and whether the excellent Fight

Club feature [p. 54] we had worked on

had been finished in time, and to thank
our readers for making us all fabulously
wealthy (hah!) to say nothing of thanking
Sega for allowing us to be truly editorially
independent. The security droids hovered
menacingly at the door as I debriefed the
team for the last time, tears welling up in

my eyes.
“Evan, did you finish the Tony review?”
“Yes, sir. gave it a 9, it was great, sir."
I

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater/42 Nightmare Creatures/106 barked Evan, saluting dutifully.
“And, Fran, did you write the Jet Set-
sorry—Jet Grind Radio feature [p. 32] and
game come
'lEST^QNE Extreme Championship
Wrestling /106
As hardcore as a lark
how ro %
say
Sega
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it's

in

Yes,
the best
ages?”
sir, I did, “
to

said Fran, almost

out of

Terminator 2: Judgment Day for lots We

I/Ve help youbeat the game looking moist about the eyes. But not quite.
NGPC/Card Fighter’s Clash /106
of new Dreamcast games.
^ Sometimes, smaller is better
instantly—so you can get a life!
instantly— God knows how she kept
“And Dan,” asked, “Did you change
her composure.

Hawk
I

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater/92 Nightmare Creatures 2/106

Evan Shamoon’s happy marriage * % Nightmare or bad dream?* Tony the color of the spraycan on the cover
while I wasn't looking?”
l-SPY: Operation Espionage/95 Gauntlet Legends/107 Learn to skate it like Tony “Yes, sir, I sure did," said Dan, his
This Is your brain on Dreamcast An arcade legend goes cbnsole himself— we’ve got the maps! bottom lip trembling with emotion.
Skate-game expert Noah Massey packs “And Dina, did you pepper the issue
Evolution 2: Far Off Promise/96
k every map, code, Chea^ and special move with your esoteric comments that will
W- Not so far off at
^Draconus: Cult of the Wynn
^
/98
all
in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater into our strategy horrify parents of small children and give
guide. Ollie up with us to skate your absolute me nightmares for months?”
Treyarch's olfter^itle w ^ best— but if yoy hear a hootenanny in the “Incontrovertably,” she replied,
Maken X /100 ^ middle of the night, probably Grdndma
^ -a Meet the monster under ydur bed Ethel pulling of some
it’s

pretty ill stunts

in gibberish.

“Dave.. .did you ensure that the

'f. Tomb Raider Last Revelatkmioo NGPC/Gals Fighter/107 , offyoi^r Dreamcast. ’C§use everyone, Modus Operandi feature [p. 38] was a
Everything old is new again. Or not, It could only be better in Jello everyone, everyojne loves Tonyl pixel-perfect rip-off of The Matrix?"
MDK2/108 He barked.
e Tech Romancer/ioi * “Sir, yes Sir!!”

Full metal hack it Sleeper f»Jt of the issue! “Good. Good work, everyone, “
I said,

Super Sonic Controller/iqi and tried desperately to think of some-

Grand Theft Auto 2/109
No, it’s not a remote-operated hedgehog Still legal in most states thing appropriately profound to say in
parting. “Tomb Raider 4. What a load of
Time Stalkers/102 Dream/Extension cables/ 109 .

eh? knew they'd f#@* it up.” And

crap, I
Packed with pixies Makin’ it longer for our peeps
with that, the steely grip of the Imagine
Omikron/102 4 Wheel Thunder /110 deathbots closed around my wrists and I

Did we ask for multitasking? Fast and pretty: A nice combo

was pulled, weeping, into the void beyond
Entertainment Machine 102 * Striker Pro 2000/uo the upstairs kitchen. Game Over, then, for
TV with an attitude It’s got balls v
me. As for the magazine? Just Insert
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Sword of the Berzerk /104 , Jumbo Memory Pak X2/no Coins to Continue...
Heartburn, Infogrames-style Re-reviewed Simon Cox, (former) Editor-in-Chief
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here are a few four-letter words that come to

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mind when flipping through an issue of the
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moves in order to come out alive. Join David and his
Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine. While we
Granddad (yes, this is truly an all ages affair) for a
won’t list them all here (you know, the kids are listening), ,

small portion of their journey to track down the evil

we know that two of the most important ones are spelled:
emperor who has stolen David’s wife.
D-E-M-0 and D-l-S-C. And while every issue is always filled to

bursting with our entertaining and informative editorial that Stick:Movement © Command Cluster <JJ Show Exit/Hint
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And with shiny new demos of Crave’s droolalicious Tony
Hawk’s ProSkater and Miss Croft’s latest adventure. Tomb
Raider: The Last Revelation, you’d be hard pressed to Fur Fighters flushes a 'CLAIM RELEASE DATE OUT NOW PLAYERS 1-2

find a reason NOT to buy this magazine (nudge, nudge).

We’re bringing you a timed jaunt in the one-player
Just think of it: telling your friends that you have the
version and a two-player deathmatch. The control
latest, most up-to-date Browser for Dreamcast, or
takes a bit of getting used to (much like MDK2), but
that you were able to play Crave’s addictive !

platformer, Super Magnetic Neo, weeks before 11, ET 1- have patience, young Skywalker. Switch between

you could buy it Or how about getting your

their bodies) to have the most fun, and make sure
hands on Infogrames’ RPG, Silver, and
you use the right guns. Oh, and let the fur fly.
Acclaim’s cuddly shoot ‘em up, Fur
Fighters? Well, dig in, dear reader and get Stick: Rotate cam © Move Right © Move Forward
your bragging shoes on. It only gets better D-Pad: Change © Move Back <3J Jump
from here on out. Weapons © Move Left LS^ Shoot

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Trust us when we tell you that you're about to invest Sim junkies weaned on Sim City and Theme Park,
countless hours in this demo. While you're limited to here’s your chance to make a bigtime stab at being
skating in the Warehouse level, the tricks you can pull a—well, railroad tycoon. Lay down tracks, build
Horn JUMP TO"
off are entirely up to you and your crazy talent. This is stations and get involved in local politics, while
CRDUC^HD^f
ED 'FASTER a great practice level, so use it to help prep your keeping an eye on your cash stash at all times in

skating skillz for the marathon skate sessions you’ll order to keep the dream alive. This sample level gives
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 [rpg survival tactic #1]

Shrouded in mystery and cloaked in

secrecy, a new force has divided

Mag and Linear, threatening the

trust between them. With no clear

motive, and always one step ahead

of everyone, Yurka alone possesses

the immeasurable power of

destruction, and the subtle power

to rend Mag and Linear apart.

Remember...
only the strong survive.

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 D-MAIL ,,
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Team ODCM Point Taken What wouldn’t
we do to get
IT'S
text,
BEEN QUITE AWHILE since we changed
and we feel that, as a regular, loyal reader of this
magazine, you deserve more. You may not agree, but
this
H I like to think I’m not alone
seeing only sports, fighting, and racing games
on the market. Back in the days of the Genesis,
in that I'm sick of Grim Fandango
on Dreamcast?
Thinking...
Thinking...
that's just low self-esteem talking. Anyway, below are there were limitations on what kinds of games were Urn, we’ll get
the mugs and mildly amusing bios of the six simians back to you.
feasible for a console system. With the DC’s
that put together the mag. Send adult beverages to
capabilities, Ihad hopes that things would change—
help us through the next issue. Or a card. Cards are
yet the only PC games being produced now are
always nice. We'd like to hear from you. ..honest!
sports, racing, and first-person shooters.
My question is this: know that LucasArts has
I

SIMON COX
signed a deal to develop some of their Star Wars our all time favorites, and we'd sell our (albeit
(Suddenly Former) Editor-in-Chief
games for the DC, and was wondering if there
I worthless) bodies for the opportunity to play them
Having finished birthing the was any chance they’d port their anti-point-and- on Dreamcast. Cheaply.
lovable monstrosity that is
click uber-adventure title Grim Fandango? So write to LucasArts and 'em know what let
ODCM. Simon had his nether bits
sewn up and moved to Imagine s Tom you want! That’s the only way these guys will
Revolution music mag, where as TomMcWeeny@webtv.net ever get an honest picture of what their market’s
Launch Editor he continues to
looking for. As far as what we know is coming for
spout patently absurd ideas that
somehow turn out great. The
ODCM: We’ve got some beef right here for ya, unimpacted genres— i.e., NOT sports, racing, or
bastard. We ll miss him. Tommy. Concerning adventure games— well, we first-person shooting—Stupid Invaders looks
couldn't agree more. Our gaming hearts bleed awesome, and Arcatera looks good. We like
DAN FITZPATRICK
Art Director
console gray when we think of some of those adventure games. So that’s why you’re
LucasArts point-and-click games. They're some of Letter of the Month. Congrats!
Cover model for sci-fi horror flick
The Smarm, Dan's demonstration
of his sexy babe magnet gaze'
provides further insight into
(and proof of) his
admiration' of female
unhealthy

characters. Also seen whispering

game Q] Fight, Fight, Fight QCastle Kept?
"I am Al Haig!" to himself during What ever happened to Fighting Vipers 2? It utilized I am not your typical gamer, though I have been
editor transition chaos. Model 3 technology and would be easy work for gaming for more than half of my life. Iam a 30 year
Dreamcast.. .It’s weird that no one, to my recollection, old Ph.D. working at a major internal medical practice
DINA FAYER
Managing Editor
has mentioned any plans of a Dreamcast conversion. in Manhattan (NY). After reading your May/June 2000
So it’s up to me. What’s its future? Issue, I was so influenced by your ability to analyze and
Defender of all that is Star Wars Chase describe the Dreamcast experience that I went out and
and grammatically correct, Dina
cnfatty@hotmail.com purchased one (along with RE: Code Veronica, Dead or
now faces the most insidious
pair of enemies since she joined Alive 2 and House of the Dead 2). Playing the DC is
the team: Evan's developing "huh?" ODCM: Very noble of you, Chase. breathtaking. never would have thought of purchasing
I

condition and bad game journalist

Actually, we've heard from our it if it wasn’t for your excellent game journalism
fashion. Armed with a pocket
wookiee,' she's training us to
sources inJapan that Sega is skills. Thanks!
worship the word. Er—words. “looking Into” porting Fighting I do have a question. According to
Vipers 2 to DC, but no word yet DailyRadar.com, Castlevania Resurrection
FRANCESCA REYES
on when, where or who. was cancelled, yet you have
it listed as a
Senior Editor
Apparently, it can be far more Q4 release. Can you
clear this up? As
Sad comment on our times: difficult to port Model 3 games to DC than it is to well as printany information on the
the Fran-stalking has gotten so
Naomi, since most of the game has to be redrawn and upcoming keep up
Half-Life ? Please
out of hand that for security
reasons we had to replace her reprogrammed to suit the power of Dreamcast. We the excellent work, and please go
photo with these boxes of Fran saw what this conversion could do to a game in the monthly. need more ODCM—stat!
I

Pocky. Despite (because of?) import DC version of Virtua Cop 2— let's hope FV2 won’t Take care,
these difficulties. Fran remains
glued to her desk nearly 24
suffer the same fate. Robert L. Pastore, Ph.D., CNC, CN
hours a day.. .' for the kids.”

DAVE CORDON
Associate Art Director
B3 Blame Canada ODCM: Unfortunately, Doc,
pulled the plug on Castlevania for
Konami has

I feel that about time Sega stopped ignoring

it’s “quality reasons.” Rumors point to the
See how much happier Dave Canadians. I any of the contests at Sega’s
can't enter fact that the game basically.. .well, sucked.
looks? No longer half-a-person,'
web page, they didn't even think about bringing the And the company stopped paying for it. As
Dave's now a full-time ODCM
chimp, and nobody's happier than Sega Assault Tour vehicles here, and while was I for Half-Life, don’t you worry. We’re paying
we are. Check out his phat layouts reading the ad for Chu Chu Rocket, it said at the the Lone Star State a visit, and we’re going
for our Tony Hawk tips. Jet Grind
bottom of the page: “Go online and face wacko to ambush its developers. Expect a really
Radio and Modem Operandi
Mmm... Grungy.
to see why.
opponents from all across this great nation.” What great port with extra goodies.
Welcome, other half of Dave! about Canada? I'm not saying that Sega is a crappy
company— it’s the best. just think that it should care a
I There was only one thing wrong with
EVAN SHAMOON
little more about us Canadians. And contrary to Castlevania: Resurrection. It sucked.
Staff Writer
popular belief, we don't live in igloos.
New
believe
is. “I
York transplant
how easy
just write
who can't
this writing gig
whatever crap
Gary Derdall
gderdall@home.com EQKnows It All
comes into my head, and they Your magazine is probably the best videogame
print it!" He displays amazement ODCM: Hahahahahaha <sniff sniff, wince wince> publication out there. The content, art, layout, and
every other Friday when, due to seems
...Hahahahaha. Well, Friend from the North, Sega (God help me) even the humor are all top notch.
what must be a clerical error, he
is paid again...of course, we do
to think that it wouldn’t make enough money in the Land Because you’re the most knowledgeable DC mag on
make him work 15-hour days. of the Smaller Dollar to justify acknowledging its the planet, I’ve got a few questions for ya:
consumer existence—or they just hate Terence and Philip. 1) It looks like you guys were correct when you
We suggest,Gary, that you and your friends to write to reported that Namco’s new fighting games would be
Sega: maybe it’s ABOOT time they got a loud reminder. Naomi based. So, it is almost certain that Soul Calibur 2

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 ’’The [Dead or Alive 2]

and Tekken 4 will be coming to Dreamcast soon, as animations are smooth

very boring sounding) Mr. Driller. Any idea
will (the

what the next Namco DC title will be?

and the gameplay
2) Capcom certainly seems like they’re on board for balanced, but after I’d
the long haul, don’t they? Any chance that we’ll see a
version of Onimusha ? To me, it’s the only PS2 game been playing for an
that shows much promise. hour and beaten the
3) I need news on Sonic 2! Any news?! don't even I

care if you make stuff up! Help! game with three

Nathan Ahrens
via e-mail
different characters,

ODCM: “Probably?" Okay, let’s do this up one at a time:

I was bored.”
1) Word on the street is that Namco's DC trump card
will be Soul Calibur 2—although that is entirely
unconfirmed at this point. We know that the arcade
game is going to be Naomi-based (as reported by
reliable Japanese arcade super-site Amusement
Graffiti), which means that the game would be

incredibly easy to port. And considering the truckloads

of money that Namco made on the original, let's just

say we’d be ‘very surprised' if the second coming of

Soul Calibur didn’t show up on Dreamcast...
2) While Capcom has definitely proven itself as one of
the most aggressive Dreamcast developers out there,
we don't think that Onimusha will make it onto
Dreamcast. While it does look incredibly cool, the

game is now being developed for PS2 (after beginning

on N64, then switching to PSX), and is more than a

year from completion.
3) Sonic 2 will be a romantic 17th-century period piece
starring John Malkovich as Sonic and Ru Paul as Tails.
We’ll be bringing you all the juice that’s fit to drink next
issue. We promise.

ESChuChu-ism
If you so strongly agree with Mike T. (Issue #5's Letter

of the Month) that the video game industry has been person who’s shown uttering blatantly stereotypical deserved an 8 a slightly higher rating, and yes, you can
“burdened by backward, regressive politics and comments is also shown as the best player. make mistakes. But PPLLLEEAAASSSEEE save the
stereotyping,” how do you justify running a Chu Chu Southerners are frequent and undeserving victims of ‘10’s’ for games that are worthy of such a high honor.
Rocket ad that includes offensive stereotypes? In this stereotypical jokes— how about helping stop the insults Keep up the work on an otherwise
particular ad, rather than perpetuating them? great magazine.
(ODCM Issue Lowell Cunningham John Schmidt
#5), an online Via Email sitandstare@juno.com
player from
Eugene, ODCM: Ouch, Lowell. You’re 100% right, actually. ODCM: Here's our reviewer's response: Hi John, Evan
Oregon Unfortunately, the editorial staff doesn't know what ads here. Let me try to explain why believe DOA
I 2 is better
gleefully taunts will run in the magazine until it’s already printed. But than Soul Calibur. Now don't get me wrong— I love my
a player from after taking a glance at the ad in question, we were SC. But when it comes to brass tacks, fighting games
Tuscaloosa, quite shocked. We encourage you, Lowell—and all of are not about the ‘extras'—they're about the combat.
Alabama by our other readers— to write to any company with For my money, the DOA 2 fighting engine simply allows

calling him a advertising that gives offense. They won’t change formore variety—matches rarely feel like you’ve had
“monster unless you tell them to. them before, and button mashing doesn't get you nearly
truck-loving, as far as it does in SC. The fighting is more pure and
buck-toothed hillbilly” who would probably eat mice
when he “runs out of possum.” Further, the player from
Alabama is shown unable to compete AND spell.
H Imperfect
This is the first time Ihave ever written to complain
10? more subtle than that of its weapons-based counterpart,
and the defense/reversal system is more usable than
that of SC. These are definitely two of my favorite
Perhaps the worst aspect of the ad is the fact that the about a review for a game. just received Issue #5 in
I fighting games of all time (along with SFII and Power
the mail and your magazine is was quite
great, but I Stone), but D0A2 wins by a nipple. Sorry.
disappointed with your review of Dead or Alive 2.
PLAYLIST Correct me if I’m wrong, but a 10 means that a game

Magazine publishing is 50% perspiration, .08%

intoxication, and 49.92% music-induced trance
is perfect (or at least above reproach). Granted,
most beautiful fighter invented and the animations are
it is the
» MRITE HHflY MOO] PTRIN!
channeling of someone talented (and dead). smooth and the gameplay balanced, but after I’d been This is your page, reserved for answering your
To create each issue of ODCM, we listen to the playing for an hour and beaten the game with three questions about Dreamcast, ODCM and life in

same damn songs over and over. This helps us different characters was bored. Yes, did get a friend
I I general. We don't really get out of the office enough
achieve a truly altered state...trust us. Here’s over later and we played the two-player mode, but once to have the latter, but we can fake it better than
this month’s playlist:
again, after an hour, we turned it off. Soul Calibur, on Cruise and Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut. [Plus it’s the
the other hand, hadme hooked for hours on end with a last call for those who want to reserve a hot Chu Chu
Space Channel 5 Soundtrack, Roni Size, Evolution,
more. It had secrets galore and challenge
thirst for Rocket date with Simon. ..going, going...] Send your
Fight Club Soundtrack, Rakim, Resistance D,
Glaxxowelcome, Roots, Reflection Eternal, Pop Will modes. Where are the extras in DOA 2? Oh yes, there queries to: ODCM, c/o Imagine Media, 150 North Hill
Eat Itself, Blur, Bassic, Groove Armada, The Jam, are supposedly two hidden characters that are time Drive, Brisbane, CA, 94005. Or do it digitally by
Fatboy Slim, AC/DC, and Everthing But the Girl released or something (yawn). sending us email at dcmag@imaginemedla.com
I really don’t care that you gave a game that

www.dreamcastmagazine.com July/Aug 2000 Official Sega ©'Dreamcast Magazine 11

Tough as it is, you must resist. Otherwise, you could end up with something like

Seaman on your hands. Oh sure, treat him nicely and he's your buddy. Slack off,

though, and he becomes just another verbally abusive mutant. Remember that

the next time you feel the urge to fiddle with Mother Nature.

SEAMAN ON THE'F' WORD:

"I'm too polite to use that word, so I'll just say,

'Bite me, you baboon-faced ass-scratcher.

SEAMAN ON HIS ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:

"I need a middle finger to show you!'

Sega Dreamcast
IT'S THINKING
 Dreaming
is Free
Sega.com throws down a $200 rebate %
for joining its speedy gaming ISP
Sega is giving
t’s true. Why
use SegaNet
away Dreamcasts. The instead of some other ISP— Sega promises
company believes so aside from that $200 rebate? In
strongly that the future of gaming addition to the cash (and the that users of
is moving online that it’s willing to keyboard), Sega is making a
put its money—$200 per Dreamcast pretty big promise: by using
their network
of it, anyway—where its mouth is. SegaNet, you’ll get a dramatic will get speedier
reduction in latency—that's the
Here’s the deal: If you lag time between data leaving connections than
sign up for SegaNet, the new ISP your Dreamcast, going to a
from Sega.com, Sega will cut you remote server, and coming users of rival ISPs.
a check for $200 to rebate the back—versus that of other ISPs.
cost of your Dreamcast and send Why? Since SegaNet controls
you a DC keyboard. If you don’t the ISP, it gives priority to including a whole new wardrobe
have a Dreamcast yet, the Dreamcast game traffic, while of online games(for full details on

company will either send you the less time-sensitive transactions, all games, see Modem
of these
check (so you can run to the like email postings, have to wait. Operandi, 38). The company
p.

nearest dealer to buy one), or It's like a gamer’s carpool lane on has also announced that SegaNet
send you the console itself with the information superhighway- will indeed work over broadband

the keyboard. Anyone who’s ever gaming data just cruises by while connections, like DSL or cable
WHAT WE RE TALKING ABOUT bought a Dreamcast (that means all the squatty business stuff has modems—so no worries; go ahead
you, Chester) is eligible— and to sit in traffic, honking horns and and buy the speed.
FREE to be DC 14 there’s no need to worry about talking on cell phones. If you don’t
El Dorado's gold 15 saving receipts or clipping use SegaNet, you can still surf the September is the
ismell, you smell 18 coupons or talking to a web and play online games, but magic month That’s when :

Lifestyle give-away 18 telemarketer. All you have to you may not get the same kind of SegaNet launches online, when
Dream On 18 do is sign with SegaNet. speed that SegaNet users do: checks go out to us greedy
Cats & dogs unite 18 Needless to say, of course, which means that you might not Dreamcast owners, and when the
Japan rules, again 18 there’a catch: You have to agree be able to compete on their level. first online games released. To
NextGen gets creamed 20 to keep the SegaNet ISP service In addition to its rebate sign up for SegaNet and get your
Capcom capper (at $21.95 a month) for two program, Sega is mounting an all- filthy lucre, you can head over to
Separated at Birth 20 years. So, over the life of the inclusivecampaign to keep you http://www.sega.com, or fill out a
MP3 alert!
contract, you'll pay $526.80. and your Dreamcast happy, form at your local retailer.
Anime animus
Ulala is everywhere 22
You don’t know Seaman 22 www.DailyRadar.com
 Dreamcast News Network FYI NEWS FEED
The company behind D2,
Warp, has effectively
relaunched itself as

from Final Fantasy s

.sss£l-?
H,

toEIDovado’s Gate Superwarp. According to

the redesigned website,
Superwarp
focus from
will shift its

games to

Famed FF designer Yoshitaka Amano goes Dreamcast network,

multimedia
DVD and music
interests.

oshitaka Amano, known for his character designs Contrary to online reports
for Square’s Final Fantasy series, is currently hard and various publications
(including this one-oops!),
at work on a Dreamcast RPG (planned for
Eternal Arcadiawill not be
Japanese release)—Capcom’s El Dorado's Gate. The 24-
compatible with the fishing
episode game will be published as a bimonthly low-priced rod controller. Consider this
game in Japan only (at the equivalent of around $25), a rumor gone wacko.

with every game being both a stand-alone title and an

Sega’s Shibuya-based
addition to the mysteries of an epic story arc created by
development studio R&D #9
Resident Evil plot-guru Flagship. “I’ve been working on El has confirmed that it is hard
Dorado's Gate for about three years,” Amano tells ODCM, at work on the sequel to
Space Channel 5 and
“And whenever I come to New York I sit down to work on
theCapcom game.” He laughs, "I have to come up with

300 characters by the end of summer.”

The exclusive artwork you see here is straight from

the master’s pen— and these screenshots are straight

from Amano, himself, and Capcom Japan. We’re hoping
that the publisher will release this unconventional multi-
episode RPG in the US, but all signs point to ‘no’ as of
press time (of course, with Capcom you never know what
another DC mystery title.
to expect—witness the oddity that is JoJo’s Bizarre
No big surprise, but a
Adventure). For a good look at Amano’s virtuosity, check welcome announcement for

out his work in graphic novel The Sandman— The Dream fans of Ulala.

Hunters (nominated for a Hugo Award), or heat up your ElDorado will have
Rumor has that it

Dreamcast Web Browser and visit his official website: multitudes of characters
on screen at once— as if Capcom is secretly working
http://www.amanosworld.com. A full interview with Amano Capcom feels it has to on an online DC RPG. While
is cornin’ at you in Issue #7! prove that Amano it has yet to be confirmed
deserves to be the by the company, we’ll keep
center of attention! you posted.

Sega has confirmed the

US release of its Crazy Taxi-
meets-BJ. and the Bear title,

18 Wheeler American Pro

Trucker. With mission-based
driving events and realistic

truck physics to wrassle with,

it’s worth looking out for.

Doreamon, the earless cat

fearlessly beloved by millions
in Japan (if only it could hear
the cheers!), will have its

own DC puzzle/sim title this

Fall, courtesy of Sega Toys.

Expect a merchandise blitz!

The 2D art Watch out, Pikachu!

enables some
Media Factory, maker of
fantastic lighting
the handheld Pikachu unit
effects.
in Japan, has announced

that it will be giving the

same treatment to Sega’s
Sakura Taisen characters.
Pocket Sakura features the
lovely ladies in a game
series linked to the Game
Boy Color title, and is set to
www.dreamcastmagazine.com debut in Japan in late June.
# www.thetruth.com Dustin Ocean Beach, California
 —

D( DIRECT Dreamcast News Network

‘Smellovision’ is in your gaming future

But do you really want to smell your games?
IV W e hide out in our rooms with
, digitize it into a small, workable file
I i'i our Dreamcasts for weeks on which can then be attached to any
SHF end, eating frozen food, not kind of web content, game or email.
answering the phone, while the cat All you need to ‘amplify’ the scent is

comes unfed on the rug because the ‘iSmell’: a small box about the size
we’ve neglected to change the of a soda can, which contains (among
litterbox...Why?Because games other things) vials of oils of various
are an escape from the real compositions that heat up or cool off
world, not an affirmation of it. in accordance with impulses sent by
Yet Digiscents, pioneer of digital your hard drive. A tiny fan blows the
scent technology, is about to bring scent produced by these oils toward
a whole new dimension to the ‘real your nose— and voilal The downside,
world’ aspect of console gaming. of course, is the inevitability of the
Created by co-founders Joel stinkbomb: the e-world’s version
Bellenson and Dexster Smith (who of the letterbomb.
also cofounded biotech giant Double Will it happen? You bet. Rob Dyer,
Twist), Digiscents can index almost President of Eidos Interactive, says,
any scent according to its “Once saw the demo, was sold. see
I I I

chemical composition and the gaming space all over this.”

The Toys of Summer SNATCHER KONAMI 1988 (MSX/JAPAN)

DailyRadar.com wants to pay you to play games & eat pizza It’s 2047 A.D.
Androids are killing
our rent and cable bill is paid for the and not go to work—especially during the humans and assuming !

summer. You’ve got ten free movie summer, when there’s no school,” says their identities; Gillian
passes to use whenever you get sick Daily Radar’s chief suit, Aaron John Seed must sift out these
imposters as a detective r,
of cable. A free Dreamcast (in addition to Loeb. How do you win? It’s easy. Just
...

the one Sega wants to give you) arrives at

for the J.U.N.K.E.R. >'/ fejj lSSggi
'

send pictures of yourself in your mom’s Squad. One of the early j

your door. Throw in a $200 pizza party AND sexiest lingerie to 150 North—what? titles sprung from the
^^vT)
a $1000 spending spree at the online mind of Hideo Kojima
Oh. Right. It’s a sweepstakes; you can
(Metal Gear), Snatcher (which appeared on MSX, PC-
game store GameStop, and then open put the garter belt back in the drawer. Engine, PlayStation, Saturn and Sega CD) plays like a
your eyes—this lifestyle isn’t a dream! (Please. For us.) For complete rules digital comic with lightgun tendencies. Its dedicated

The Perfect Summer Contest, and an entry screen, head on over to fanbase still hopes for its updated release.

brainchild of Imagine Media’s www.dailyradar.com/contests/

DailyRadar.com, will soon be giving three perfectsummer. Check out the site’s
complete
entrants.
prize

“We
around and play
packages away
figured
to lucky
gamers like to sit
games, watch movies
crack DC news, reviews, previews
and more. And yes, the contest is
Dreamcast Browser compliant.
Bleem'GAST
PlayStation games on DC
The impossible has become reality: Thanks to bleem!
The Rebirth of Cool for Dreamcast, you can now play Sony PlayStation
games on your Sega Dreamcast. bleem! even takes
Dream Passport 3: Further proof
___ advantage of
that Japan gets all the best stuff
With release of Dream Passport 3 in Japan,
Sega has officially opened its C R Type R Type II, Vigilante, Fantasy
I,
PlayStation
service. The DreamLibrary is an online Zone, Super Volleyball, Langrisser,
emulation system using the Dreamcast Network StarCruiser, Flicky, Columns, Puyo Puyo, graphics at
in Japan, whereby gamers can choose from Phantasy Star II, Crackdown, Monster
640x480 (twice their resolution on Playstation), and
classic Megadrive (Genesis) and PC-Engine A World IV and Shining Force. New titles
adding enhancements like full-screen anti-aliasing and
(TurboGrafx 16) titles, and play them for a J\ appear almost daily on Japan’s menu;
W bi-linear filtering. The program will be sold in four
specified period of time (for a small fee). / W \ a US release of the DreamLibrary
separate ‘bleempacks’, with each $19.99 GD-ROM
The partial launch list is as follows: \ service is still pending.
allowing you to play 100 different Playstation games.

18 Official Sega#Dreamcast Magazine July/Aug 2000 www.DailyRadar.com

 "

"Fun? Yes Funny? Sure. Obscene? Hell yeah.

.

-EGM
"will become a long-played title in your game library”
- Game Informer
“If entertainment could be measured, GTAS would bust the scale"
- Gamesp y. com

Grand Theft Auto is

A Completely open S. non-linear game play frees you to
If carve your own way to the top of the crime underworld
Co anywhere. Steal everything. Jack anyone!
Intelligent; gang system - Earn and maintain the respect
of gangs to gain the best jobs. Or, play the gangs off
against each other in turf wars.

Fierce playability: against a backdrop of urban anarchy

4 the game play is more absorbing &. involving than ever.

mm

The incredibly fast-paced and fluid game play now

matched by Sega’s 128-bit system makes GTA2a must-
have for the Sega Oreamcast owner’s game library.

Segad^Dreamcast. WWW.GTAS.COM
www.rockstargames.com
PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The ratings icon is a trademark of the Interactive Digital Software Association.
DMA and the DMA logo are trademarks of DMA Design Ltd. Rockstar Games and the Rockstar logo are trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. © 1999 All rights reserved.
 DCURECT Dreamcast News Network
Japanese developer
Lovedelic has announced a
monster breeding DC RPG (of

Tennis, sorts) calledLack of Love—

and wunder-musician

Everyone?
How to Clean a Tennis
Court With Fran’s Ass
Ryuichi Sakamoto (of Yellow
PRODUCTIVITY HASN'T BEEN THIS LOW SINCE Magic Orchestra fame) has
the Great Depression. A surprise gift called Virtua signed on to compose the
Tennis has arrived in the mail, and— in spite of game’s soundtrack.
imminent deadlines—we’ve done nothing but bash
Arcade news! Sega is
balls around ever since. Our demo has allowed us to
working on a new DJ music
play not only high-stakes singles (It’s pretty obvious
The kids at Next Generation game for NAOMI entitled
who won the ODCM Rights To the Title tournament), [above] were gluttons for Crackin' DJ, which officially
but doubles matches—which gives us a wonderful punishment. “Come on, you pits it squarely against
chance to join together as a team to duke it out with ODCM cowards, bet you can’t DJ giant Konami for the title

beat us 13 times in a row!” of arcade turntable king.

other mags. NextGen keeps challenging us to
rematches, and we keep beating them—soundly. You
It ain’t Soul Calibur 2, but
work the angles using the analog pad, while the Namco has confirmed its
buttons control what type of shot you smack down
your opponent’s throat.
Tennis runs at 60fps, with realtime shadows and
Chris Charla Eats Tokyo plans to release
Mr. Driller
adventure, Ms.
and a 3D
its

Pacman
puzzler

incredible graphics;
their
even the finance guys are sticking
heads through the bars of our chimp cage to
ODCM 's new Editor-in MAZE MADNESS— plus that
Namco
old-school favorite,
Museum Collection—on DC.
watch us play. Sega's game is nearly flawless: except Chief is hungry...
the demo didn’t contain ANY female players, and F YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, Crave's support of
everyone wants to get some play with Kournikova. I’m probably polygons
Dreamcast will soon include

HH
Genki’s street racer Tokyo
instead of proteins. I’ve
Xtreme Racing 2, CRI’s more
eaten Pac Man ramen :

Virtua Fighter rice

candies, Mario
|

cookies, Pokemon
From the Uncanny Resemblances Department:
chocolates, PaRappa
toast (from a
PaRappa toaster no
less) and Mega Man-
well, I wasn’t really action-oriented Aerowings 2:
sure what it was, but it Air Strike and the shoot ’em
had the texture of up stealth title, Soldier of
cartilage and the flavor Fortune.

of, um, ass.

The Neo Geo Pocket Color
All thanks to the twisted
peripheral SongBoy will soon
Richard Simmons Miles “Tails” Prower product design allow you not only to play
perspective of Japan's audio files (MP3’s among
videogame industry. Here’s a taste them), but to display lyrics

CHUCKY’S BACK of some new Puyo Puyo treats:

So in vogue right now in Japan,
on the screen while a song
is playing! USB ports, cables,
Oh, wait... That’s just Sonic. and 16MB of memory are
this yogurt drink is conveniently
Sega has just released included. So isthe $79
ultra-pasturized, so won’t spoil
this new Sonic doll to the
it
WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.. price tag.

American market, and now

during its twelve hour flight home in
5. A FULL NIGHT’S SLEEP
your suitcase. It’s basically just a 4. MP3 PLAYER The arcade smash Top
thatSimon has left the
thin, grape-flavored yogurt with a 3. PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Skater will soon have a
magazine, it's this
viscosity sadly reminiscent of baby 2. TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER 2 sequel called Air Trix, which
beady-eyed little 2
JET GRIND RADIO will use a 360 floor pad
bugger who has puke (a realization that will prevent 1.
connected to the skateboard
been vigilantly me from drinking it ever again). I

must admit had high hopes for the

YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO to encourage players to pull
watching our every I

5. SHENMUE of the sickest tricks this side

move. We're beef curry mixture, since it’s my 4. SONIC ADVENTURE 2 of the train tracks.

thinking about favoriteJapanese dish, and wasn’t I

3. ETERNAL ARCADIA
putting disapointed. Over rice, it’s delicious. 2. POWER STONE 2 Need more Gundam for

It may have been better had it 1. PHANTASY STAR ONLINE your DC mech fix? Bandai’s
little
Gundam: Giren's Ambition
ripoff and actually included beef, but that’s
will soon meet the demand.
the disc for your neither here nor there. YOU’RE DREAMING OF...
It releases in Japan at the
viewing enjoyment. Our advice? Don’t try this stuff at 5. SOUL CALIBUR 2
end of June.
Let us know what home. US stores may soon stock 4. MEGAMAN GAME
3. PANZER DRAGOON SAGA 2
you think. And help more otaku tidbits with the shelf life Sega’s mysterious sports
2. SHINING FORCE ANTHOLOGY
us think of a title. of Twinkies, or— by virtue of the fact title Virtua Athlete 2K is now
1. DRAGONBALL Z slated to release in July.
that we inhale them— us, but you'll
Got a dream game? Get a keyboard and Eidos holds the Olympics
want to leave the testing to the send it in to hotlistraimaqinemedi license in the US, but we’re
experts. Trust us.
guessing that VA2K will

feature Olympics-sty/e
2000 events. Stay tuned.
 “The first thing I did when played I

MDK™2 was poop in my shorts’.’

Sega X 97%
-

“No Sega Dreamcast™ title available

is more worthy of your money.”
9.4/10 - IGN.com

“One of the best looking and best

sounding Sega Dreamcast™ games.”
videogames.com

“A Must Own”
dailyradar.com - Direct Hit

“Action gamers.... need look

no further than MDK™2.”
4.5/5 - Gamepro.com

“Buy it! That's the bottom line.”

95% - Dreamcast.net

... best action game on the Sega Dreamcast™...”

91/100 - Gamerankings.com

a must have for any Sega Dreamcast™ gamer.”

5/5 lncite.com

Developed By
BiOWARE Dreamcast
MDK2 © 2000 Interplay Entertainment Corp. Omen Engine © 2000 Bioware Corp. Developed by Bioware Corp. The Bioware Omen Engine
and Bioware logo are Trademarks ot Bioware Corp. MDK, MDK2 and related marks. Interplay, the Interplay logo and "By Gamers. For
Gamers." are trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corp. Certain characters are © Shiny Entertainment, Inc.

Sega, Dreamcast and the Dreamcast logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sega Enterprises, Ltd. All other copyrights and
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. LUA © 1994-1998 TeCGraf, PUC-Rio. All rights reserved.
 Mattel Interactive (formerly
Mindscape) has announced

DC hack ‘n’ slash

shows its anime roots an upcoming DC version of
Prince of Persia 3D and a
LOS ANGELES BASED ANIME VIDEO COMPANY
surf-n-turf beach game,
Urban Vision (Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy, etc.),
Billabong Surfing, for release
has announced its intention to bring Eidos' recent sometime this year.
hack ’n slash hit— Guts' Rage: Sword of the Berzerk—
to the US in video form. Already a long running anime Tiger Toys has snatched

series and manga in Japan, the storyline centers the license to unleash Sega
Toys' “smart robot dog" Poo-
around an orphaned boy who grows up in the rough
and tumble world of Europe in the Middle Ages. Urban

Vision is set to release all twelve volumes of the series

(with several episodes in each volume) beginning this
August. Anime fans intrigued by the deep plotline in
Guts’ Rage will definitely want to watch the shelves.
Look for a review of the first volume in our next issue.

Chi in the US. For more

Poo-Chi info, check
tigertoys.com.

monster breeding sim

Aki’s
Animastar will be compatible
with the Game Boy Color title
of the same name, but
through a password system

Beautiful art, but

we’re a little
disappointed by
these teeny-tiny
spots of blood.

Seaman, the morose virtual eel pet that Sega

continues to promise (or is that threaten) for the
rather than a cable.
US, is getting a dialog coach. Sega has announced
It releases this Summer in
that Jellyvision, creators of the wisecracking (and,
Japan.
surprisingly for a game, j—,
genuinely funny) dialog for the rtfs' -~~Z. Anime fans, take note:
You Don ’t Know Jack trivia / mu oon t- know Kadokawa Shoten will
series, is stepping in to give the / J#| release its DC RPG Record of
eel a crash course in American / i
Lodoss War: Advent of
humor and pop culture. [rH Cardice in late June. Looks
I.
JS^I
Seaman might lack charisma, / V '
and plays a lot like the PC hit
Diablo, but there’s no news
but you’ll want to hear what
of whether it will see a US
he has to say. Screw cuddly.
release.

UK developer Cryo will

bring its original title The Gift

to DC this year. The game
follows a young Brit with the
Ok, so the rumored Dreamcast DVD drive add-on ability to charm his way
appears about as likely to happen as Square’s through life. We think.
Amazingly, it’s not about
sudden defection from Sony
Simon.
to Sega, but this is for real.
HOW TO MAKE A (JIFFY) POP STAR: 1. Promote her Sega's enhanced VMU, Sega’s bid to include two
bellybutton. 2. Give her a catchy tune (one catchy capable storing and Ricky Martin songs (Cup of
tune=infinite catchy remixes). 3. Put her on MTV. 4. Make playing an hour’s worth Life, La Vida Loca) on Japan’s

sure she’s the girl that guys talk about when they get drunk. of MP3 audio, will be /JjX Samba de Amigo DC release

Clearly, Sega is following this recipe to the T with its US

available before the fX * " has been denied, but Sega is
end of the year. And appealing.Do we really care?
debut of SC5’s Ulala. In the tunes department, not only has
of course, you’ll be
Sega released a 70-minute full soundtrack (right) from the
able to download /
game on CD, but a 6-track, 40-minute Mexican Flyer remix MP3s from the /
CD (left) has been released featuring Ken Woodman & His your /
Piccadilly Brass, Gomi, and Kenji Eno— and produced by SC5 Dreamcast '

Hgraf /
creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Make way for Sega Spice! browser! WKx / Rgl*
22 Official Sega# Dreamcast Magazine July/ Aug 2000
 Zany Cara. Wacky Characters.
Dirty Tricks. Wild Racing Action
Take the driver’s seat

in the quirky cartoon

world of Wacky Races!
There is no other
racing game like it!

Get to the finish line

first using diabolical

schemes, pranks,
and outrageous
gadgets.

• Featuring 11 characters ii

unique vehicles from the

original Hanna-Barbera cartoon,
including Dick Dastardly,
Muttley, Penelope Pitstop,
the Slag Brothers, and more!

• Watch out for hidden

shortcuts, jumps, tunnels,

dirty tricks, power-ups, and
. I," ir. * ,

wacky traps planted by Dick

&
Dastardly

4-player
Muttley.

mode adds to the

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mayhem.

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EVERY GAME STORE is pushing PlayStation 2.. .hard.

Not that you can buy one here—they've all sold out— but
everywhere you look there are demo stations with D0A2
and Tekken Tag. Japanese gamers are lapping it up. But
where is our beloved Dreamcast? The Sega flag is flown
by.. .are you ready?.. ..Typing of the Dead! “Only Typing Can
Save Your Life!" blurts the tagline on the box.
Nothing, it seems, can save Dreamcast from a slow
death in Japan. Most stores have ample software and
consoles, but all have been shoved unceremoniously out of
the way to make room for Sony’s latest attempt to push
every other logo out of your living room.

SEGALAND
EXHIBIT A: SAMBA DE AMIGO. Ricky Martin soundtrack.
Help! Question: Is it possible to play this game in public
without looking like Richard Simmons? Answer: Clearly, no.
“Why don't you have a go?” asks Fran, spying a perfect
opportunity for an embarassing photo-spread.
“It’s against my principals,” I reply.

“What principals?” says Fran.

“My heterosexual principals.”
Over in the corner, two guys are playing Typing of the

Dead. Conclusive proof that Japanese videogame otaku will

play anything. Stick a joystick in a potato and they'll play it.

Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, Powersmash Tennis (which is

surprisingly good) and 18 Wheeler (the big-rig driving game

that lacks only an orangutan in the passenger seat to pass
for authentic 70s American schtick—or ick) are the big crowd
pleasers. There’s also group hovering around a game called
Po-po-tato-da!, in which you control a potato with a joystick.

“ARE WE THERE YET?”

TWELVE-HOUR FLIGHT, slightly less fun than being boiled alive. I’m tired. Eyes
like Dracula. Need blood. ..fresh virgin blood.. .settle instead for hotdog. To my surprise,
it doesn't contain fish—everything else here does (even the beef).
We bus to our and meet my toilet.
hotel, I I call it HAL. It has a complex remote
control, and is probably as smart as am (“It’sI like you in another way,” Fran quips,
"It blows a lot of hot air and is consistently full of crap."). After having my bum
water-jetted and blow-dried, I elect to turn HAL off and reach for the power switch...

“What are you doing, Dave?” Says the toilet. The pictograms on
“Nothing, HAL, just some routine maintenance. It’s nothing to worry about.” thisremote control
are thoroughly
“You’re shutting me down, aren’t you Dave?”
rewarding. Note the top
my name’s Simon, not Dave. And it’s for your own good.
“HAL, button (our favorite),
You blow-dried my ass, for God’s sake! really don’t know how you
I which depicts an ass being
jetted by clean—we hope it’s
sleep at night.”
dean-water. And you thought
“I don’t, Simon.”
toilet paper was fun!

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 it
FE, FI, FO, FUM,
smell the blood of an Englishman.
I

Be he alive or be he dead,
I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.

This is a game of revenge. A dark early 1900s revenge where you'll battle against 20 different creatures using
new fighting techniques, combination moves, and fatalities. A revenge that goes deep into 30 game sectors in 8 different worlds
including subways, castles, sewers, cities (London/Paris), cemeteries, villages, and underwater.

A gory revenge. An extremely gory revenge.

Soundtrack by Rob Zombie.

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> DCDIRECT, Dreamcast News Network “One of Sega’s evil droids approaches!”

THE MAIN EVENT

ETERNAL ARCADIA: It's playable! I run around a
floating village-thing for awhile, and then
commandeer one of the sky-ships to fly off and
seek my fortune. It’s tricky when everything’s in

Japanese; at one point I find myself having a two-

minute conversation with a dog (Hey, it’s a step up
from talking to Fran). Thinking (fleetingly) of our
readers, I grab the video camera and start filming
while Fran keeps a look out for security guards (the
‘No Pictures!’ signs plastered all over the stand are
hard to miss). One of Sega’s evil droids approaches
with its hypodermic torture needle extended, and
Fran gets ready to drop-kick it—or to throw her coat
over its ‘eyes', which always seems to be an
effective countermeasure in '70s sci-fi movies.
Instead, I yell “Hey! Over there! That guy’s drawing a
mustache on Sonic!" We are suddenly de-prioritized.
Fran’s coat breathes a sigh of relief.

MSR: Crowds have gathered around British racer

MSR. We slip through the crack left by a disabled
guy trying to get his wheelchair into position, and
grab the controllers. Not our proudest moment,
but then, we’re journalist scum. Ironically, the guy
in the wheelchair probably has a better sensation
of speed rolling the thing up a hill than we get
playing MSR. It just feels slow and stodgy, with no
fun powersliding and a decidedly underpowered
feel to the cars. The graphics are pretty inspiring,
though—you can see the little drivers inside each
car, and even watch their little polygonal hands

changing gears as they drive...

STELLLLLAAAAAAA!
THAT NIGHT, I HEAD FOR A PARTY thrown by
Infogrames at a club called Stella in Naka-Meguro.

Everyone who is no one is here— in other words, me.

Stella turns out to be a smallbasement wine bar with
a band (an ex-Sega programmer who does a
live

pretty good Joe Cocker impression). It all goes

swimmingly until the guitarist, Sugar Sasaki (open
shirt, leather pants, lip gloss), decides to get
‘interactive’ by playing a wibbling solo three inches
from my ear. At about the point that it can’t get any
worse, he starts gnashing the strings with his teeth,
Jimi-Hendrix-style. Maybe he was out of floss.

The starship Enterprise r- i

A
night of wine and song—
was made by Sega? We and
listening to Tetsuya
guess they never had an Mizuguchi complain about
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on-board network. Actually,

this disc [left] can receive
^how Ulala is always leaving
laundry and shoes all over
info beamed to your DC !;•
j his house.
That's Tetsuya,
from your Swatch watch p-Aj Keith (DCUK), Francesca

(we'll have more news and Mineko (SOS's producer)

;

on this, soon). ;
behind those empty glasses.

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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 FMV at a

glance.” And a glance is all the

insidious Zaku forces will get,

before your jump jet action and

zoom-in weapon features blow

them into another dimension.

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 > DCDHZECT Dreamcast News Network “This stuff probably shouldn’t be legal.”

JET GRIND RADIO: Game of the show? It certainly

shares the trophy—JGR is easily the coolest looking PRODUCT
videogame ever made (yep, even cooler than Space
Channel 5). The lines to play it are never-ending, but I
PLACEMENT
manage to get in a few minutes of fun pulling off cool HERE ARE WHAT APPEAR to be the rules for

tricks, like sliding along railings, jumping from elevated creating game-related merchandise:
sidewalks and skating madly away from the ‘cops’. It’s

gonna be big. 1. It must be utterly useless as an object.

2. It must admonish you loudly in Japanese.
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE: Revealed at last! The 3. It has to be something you’d be beaten up for

game that finally puts the nail in the PC coffin— and wearing in public.

the co-winner of Best of Show. EverQuest and Ultima 4. It has to cost ten times its real market value.
Online can’t hold a candle to the lush environments 5. It must contain either:

and curvy high-poly characters and behemoth monsters A dewy-eyed schoolgirl

a.
that characterize Yuji Naka’s new masterpiece.
b. A brightly colored monster/poet that looks
Nothing playable is to be found, of course (you’d think,
like a tennis ball with teeth
since we’d flown all that way to see it, that Sega would c. A robot twice the size of last year's biggest
have obliged us...), but that doesn't stop us from getting robot. In space.
a crick in the neck with the rest of the crowd from
d. A spunky young hero with hair like fat Elvis.
staring up at the video screens for what could very well
be hours. In fact, all of the Western journos are standing "You'd have to be pretty sad to buy this stuff, " I

there with mouths agape and dilating pupils. And for say to Keith. Naturally, I buy a load of it.

once, they’re looking at the game and not the ‘booth

babes’. This stuff probably shouldn’t be legal.

The Jet Grind girls! Er...

Sounds like a different kind
of game altogether, when
you say it like that, doesn’t
it?Despite (or because of)
itsnomenclature, Jet Grind
Radio was one of the
biggest hits of the show.
We can't wait to play!

CAUSE OF DEATH? LOOK HOMEWARD,

WE CELEBRATE SEGA’S TGS ass-kickingness with ANGEL!
Tecmo's John Inada, who drags Keith (Editor-in-Chief

of our counterpart in England, DCUK) and Fran and out I WE ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT to find everyone
to an authentic German beer hall in the Ebisu district. Free smoking. Even babies smoke here. The order of the
food. Free beer. Sounds promising, until the food arrives. day is getting an upgrade from Economy to Business
Fran covers her nose and leans back so the scent Class. The key is to arrive late and dress smart—just
doesn’t overwhelm her. “If this is what passes for German walk on board and plop yourself down in a Business
cuisine, you can see why they’re famous for their cars,” Class seat as if you own place. Of course, being
|

she notes. busted back to Economy can be a tad embarrassing.

“What's that still-beating-heart-of-a-pig-type thing next I board the plane and consider my options as I’m

to the black thing with warts?” I ask, giving it a tentative herded into my tiny Economy seat-ette. In situations

prod with my fork. like this, it’s often helpful to imagine how the
“I don't know,” says John. greatest Bond, Roger Moore, might approach things:
“We need Quincy,” says Keith, glancing around the Roger (to the stewardess): “Aaaarrrrm... I wonder
restaurant like he expects him to be there. “I'd like to if you might allow me to sit in Business Class... I tend
request an autopsy.” to... aaaarm... ‘stiffen up’ on long flights...”

“By the looks of that plate, somebody already did,” I Uh, maybe not. Great. Twelve hours of wishing I

say. I’d love to know the cause of death. was Mini-me.

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another racing

turbo coffeemakers.
game on
mech game about

none of the above.

It’s a 2D game.
a track. Myth
street-smart,
Saga in the US). We’ve just spent the day
with men in suits at Tokyo Game Show,
who seem to be at a loss playing games
that don't include putting or sitting
natty little Daiwoo cart. So we're
in

surprised.
a

From early video footage (when the game was still Pleasantly so— which we mention.
sensibly titled Jet Set Radio), we weren’t quite sure Kawagoe Takayuki explains, “The team is
what to think. We
were already sold on its very young, an average of 26 to 27 years
look, but as far as gameplay went, we didn’t old, which is unique inside Sega. We
know whether it would vibrate our jump started with three people, then added
packs, so to speak. So when ODOM was three more for a total of six. Everyone
invited to join its development team for brought new concepts and a brand new
ega’s version of a chips-and-dips (we vision of videogames. We were told [by
brought the guacamole), salt-around-the-rim Sega] to do whatever we wanted to
kind of evening, we jumped at the chance. do.. .so we did."
After getting up-close-and-personal with
a (finally!) playable version of the game, we As we settle into our seats
discovered that Jet Grind Radio is the in the interview ‘room’ (actually, it’s more
reason we own Dreamcasts. Fast, hip and like a table—sans chips, dips and tequila,
stylish, thegame pitches itself perfectly to a of course—surrounded by three portable
generation weaned on vintage MTV and walls), we
about the history of Jet
talk
pop culture kitsch (i.e., us, except for Grind Radio’s look and feel. “Before I

Simon, whose adolescence was filled with joined Sega, I saw how popular Sonic was
BBC documentaries and Black Adder [in the US],” says Ueda Ryu. “I loved the
made him something
episodes that have design of the character, which was totally
totally other.. .trust us). With cutting edge new at the time; like an underground
design backed by a hip-hop soundtrack, element in the industry. It was completely
players duck, dodge and ‘tag’ while refreshing, and I decided to start working
attempting to outrun the police and rival at Sega. But when I joined, I was both
skate gangs. surprised and disappointed. There were
only anime and manga-like designs. It
Getting around the certainly wasn’t the Sega thought it I

massive 3D stages requires players not only would be. With this game, I’ve been able
to be handy with a set of inline skates, but to to deliver my own ideas."
have enough stunts and skills to take care of Takayuki and Ryu seem especially
business. And after spending quality time on proud of the fact that JGR can’t be
the showfloor with JGR (scheduled
for an August reproduced for rival systems, like, say, the
release Japan and a Fall release in the US), we’re
in PlayStation 2. “We really used a lot of
ready to head to Sega’s Haneda headquarters for a Dreamcast's technical potential; nobody
pow wow with the four brains responsible for all this before has done what we did. For instance,
madness: Ueda Ryu Kawagoe Takayuki
(Art Producer), we exploited one very interesting aspect
(Producer), Kikuchi Masayoshi (Director) and Hosokawa of its PowerVR2, called the ‘Modifier
Kazuki (Designer). Volume', to manage the game’s shadows in
The JGR team turns out to be a fearsome foursome of a realistic way— and in real-time,” boasts
young guns, with shared credits including Sega Rally 2 Takayuki. Ryu adds, “In fact, we’ve
(Dreamcast conversion) and Panzer Dragoon Azel (PD been able to make this game impossible
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and r the true boss. Your only defense is to run, and
your onlyweapon is graffiti.”
: the DJ? “Players will We pressed them for more information about
^ments from the game’s very how much flexibility the ‘tags’ will have in the
hi ‘radio watch,’ which is used game. After all, being the narcissists that we are,
jier skaters and to hear the we’ll take any opportunity to put our faces on
ains Ryu. “You have to write anything (see Fight Club, p.48). Masayoshi tells us,

|ations in order to clear a “Yes, players will be able to make their own tags in a

evading the police, you’ll face special edit mode. They can even upload the new tags to
|
•stage boss, which is usually a theJGR home page, so other players can download and use

rival team wanted

or a them in their own games.”
criminal equipped with Takayuki informs us that “Moves are very easy, essentially
weapons. He might ‘one button.’ We want a wide range of users to enjoy our title.
even have dogs." So you have a certain number of moves available for each
skater—two basic techniques you can use in many ways. The
moves change if you are on a road or in half pipe. With regard
to graffiti, you have to reproduce the command displayed
onscreen using the spray button and the analog joystick.
Sometimes, you have to perform a series of moves to create a
big tag.” Ryu jumps in: “We’ve even created different modes to
play in! Time attack, race and race attack mode." With that
said, the team sits back, plugs in a Dreamcast and gives us

some quality time with the game... Fact: Jet Grind Radio is

exactly as good as it looks. Game over— until August. #

 Players will be able to make
heir own TAGS in a special
edit mode. They can even
IPLOAD the new tags to the
JGR home page

Would you trust these kids with your spray paint?

Clockwise from top right: Beat, the hero with ’tude; Gum,
the heroine with ’tudette; Combo, the hipster phatcat; Corn,
the ‘kewl’ guy; Professor K., the DJ; Oni, the police captain.

The Crew
Meet the guilty party behind Sega's ode
to Generation Y ( clockwise from top left):
,

Ryu Ueda, Kazuki Hosokawa, Takayuki

Kawagoe, and Masayoshi Kikuchi.

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 “Every facet of the game, from its zany appearance
to its goofy character designs and nutty
score, is tailored to perfection. Rating: A-”
Dave Halverson • Gamers' Republic

“Its rather unique look and feel, combined with solid

gameplay and a zany cast of characters...ensure
Neo a place among the Dreamcast’s elite.”
Greg Orlando • DailyRadar.com

Everything moves so well, and the worlds are

.... Pinki and her goons have taken
over Pao Pao Park and it's up
so full of color that Neo will make quite to Neo to set things right!
an impression on anyone who sees it.”

Use Neo's magnetic powers to

capture metallic enemies,
catapult off platforms and
rocket through the air!

Jump, run, ride and swing

your way across fantastic
colorful worlds!

THe Attraction seGms juta 2000

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>>begin
transmission
Sega. com plans
to change the
face of online
gaming forever

You could call it survival instinct. Caught

Are you between the rock of Sony’s PS2 and the

hard place of Microsoft’s X-Box, one can almost see Sega’s new strategy as
the big push to lever itself up and out of the squeeze.

readingn Neof Almost, but not quite.

Since Dreamcast’s launch on September 7, 1999, gamers have had little

use for the system’s built in 56k modem—despite all the hoopla surrounding
the company’s “Grand Online Gaming Plan.’’ But now, almost a year later, Sega
is leaving its inconsistencies and internal setbacks behind to look, once again,
toward the future. Console gaming is about to take a bold step into the brave

^DOWNLOADING new world of the internet. So you'd better grab your hat, your coat and your
Dreamcast and get ready to hitch a ride on the highest-speed superhighway
ever— because at long last, it looks like Sega has finally turned propaganda

>>D0LdNL0ADING into practice.

September 2000 will see the first full-service ISP in the world that is
dedicated to online console gaming: SegaNet. Run by a wholly independent

»D0UNL0ADING company under the moniker Sega.com,

Dreamcast owners an all
this new environment will give
access pass to exactly the same features and perks
that computer users enjoy: email, unlimited web access, chat communities
and— here’s the best part!— low-latency online gaming.
Ail for a mere

$21.95 a month. ..and you even get a free Dreamcast! [see Dreaming is
Free, p. 14 for details]
The fact that SegaNet is a full-service ISP (and in partnership with the
Heat.net server) means that gamers who aren’t playing on Dreamcasts can still
dial up the site, and enjoy its speedy privileges in head-to-head or multiplayer
PC vs. DC madness. In addition, Sega plans to make broadband access for DSL
and cable connections fully functional by the end of the year (and available to
Dreamcast members of SegaNet). See, now you know what that $21.95 per
month buys you!
But the question on every player's mind, beyond all this talk of online
communities and free Dreamcasts, is this: “So. What games are we actually

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 >>begin transmission:
Sonic Team^s Yuji Naka
speaks: This time you
are not the only hero-
»D0WNL0ADING

Question: What happens

when you combine the
team responsible for
blockbuster titles like
Sonic Adventure with a
fully functioning ISP?

Answer: Phantasy Star

Online, the first Japanese-
developed onilne RPG
for Dreamcast. We
couldn't think of a better
combination, ourselves.

A
rm !

»ACCESSING: © Yuji Naka Single-player

small glimpse of the entire game, which
is only a can prepare for another. And you’ll
choose your party from a room where up
first!”), or cause disputes,
secret items can only be found
etc. Some

From the moment Dreamcast was first is really an online title. to 16 characters can gather together to through teamwork.
mentioned, long before its launch in 0 How many players will PSO support be looked over, all moving and talking 0 How does
PSO?
the battle system

Japan, fans began to clamor— loudly, in a same time? on the same screen! work in

constantly and occasionally rudely—for © The game supports four players in a 0 Why online, and not a new episode 0 Since PSO is based on a science-
fiction type world, realtime battles are
a new Phantasy Star
installation in the game world. want the game to
I don’t to update the series?

anyone know that Sega

series. Little did be a huge want it to be a
battlefield; I
0 was aI director on Phantasy Star
and wanted the series to do something
I & II viewed from behind the character and
are fought according to each
was already hard at work on an update. real game. There will be open areas like

Now, Phantasy Star is set to become forests and dungeons, but PSO’ s world new. Online was perfect. It offers totally character’s class. As either a futuristic

Sega's first online RPG— a reality that’s is, in fact, very similar to Sorcerian's. new gameplay, plus it was the best way soldier or a magician, for instance, you’ll

far better, no doubt, than any dream We didn’t want players to get lost, so toshowcase Dreamcast’s modem. have set strengths and weaknesses.
devised by this first generation of they will move along fixed routes that’re 0 PSO
Will
trademark
still

secrets?
include lots of its Therefore, it’s essential that everyone
the group knows each other very well or
in

Dreamcast gamers. However it actually limited on each side.

looks and plays, it will be nothing like There is a scenario and a main © an RPG.one
Yes; that’s of the best aspects of
way
they’ll be wiped out in

team- member dies, it’s up to

a flash. When an
any game we’ve met before. ODCM quest, in which you must find out why playing Also, it’s the best individual

tracks down the man in charge, Yuji a giant meteor has crashed into your to get people to interact. Imagine four the team to decide what to do: They can
Naka, for the real story of and behind planet [that’s from the Genesis version], characters in a dungeon stumbling resurrect him by visiting a town priest

Phantasy Star Online. but I included many side quests as well. across a chest with a rare item inside. OR they can simply let him die and take
For example, a player can decide one It’d be interesting to see how the four all his items! There will be stores where

0 ODCM We
playable online
heard PSO would be
and offline. How will it
day to confront a dungeon
he will need to
boss... Well,

find three friends to help

would decide to
players may
split up the loot. The

create rules, like giving

you can buy or sell

NPCs. We’re looking into allowing

equipment, but no

work? him out. When that quest is done, he priority to female characters (“Ladies players to upgrade their armor and

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Typical PC-oriented titles

like G.O.D.’s upcoming 4x4
Evolution and Crave 's Soldier
of Fortune will be among the
first to show off Sega.com's
new low-latency gaming
network. What will follow?

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If you think that the list of much-anticipated, soon-to-debut games stops at

Phantasy Star Online, you’re wrong. In fact, most of the best entrants aren’t
even coming from Sega! While Greg Chiemingo, VP of Marketing &
Communication at Sega.com admits that the biggest challenge is getting
developers to “think different” when it comes to creating online console

games from the ground up, third parties don’t seem to have any problem in
making that leap. And they’re finally beginning to unveil their plans...
Here’s a sampling of what’s in store for Dreamcast gamers.

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE READY 2 RUMBLE 2

PUBUSHER CRAVE DEVELOPER RAVEN/RUNEHART
PUBUSHER MIDWAY DEVELOPER MIDWAY
RELEASING Q4
RELEASING SEPTEMBER
ONLINE COMPONENTS: Death match-style
online components: Though little is
first-person shooter with stealth elements.
actually known of the game’s online
Crave has yet to release detailed
other things, as well. content, we're quite sure that the sequel
information regarding which online
Players decide tactics according to one of the best-selling launch games
components will survive from the PC for DC will feature head-to-head boxing.
to the monster they’re facing: ‘Should version of the game. But you can rely on
More next issue!
we surround it, or should we form a the fact that this port will have features
when two not necessarily found the original.
line?’, etc. Also, players, in
GORKA MORKA
one strong and another weak, are PUBUSHER RIPCORD DEVELOPER REAL SPORTS
M.O.U.T. 2025
facing a monster, the game will
PUBUSHER RIPCORD GAMES DEVELOPER ZOMBIE
RELEASING OCTOBER
online components: Head-to-head
adapt the monster level to the RELEASING NOVEMBER
matches and team multiplayer races
weakest party member. ONLINE COMPONENTS: Futuristic tactical
rule the day in Ripcord’s orc-combat racer
0 Sonic Team have
Did the sufficient warfare sim based around realistic
military counter-terrorist training
that’s aiming to give Vigilante 8 a run for
experience do an
to online game? its money with plenty of weaponry and
o We had to practically start
operations. Up to eight players will
to face off against other DC owners
be able
or
tough terrain.

from scratch. We had made games even PC gamers in online play. Single- STAR LANCER
with online features, like Sonic player available.
PUBUSHER CRAVE DEVELOPER DIGITAL ANVIL
Adventure and Chu Chu Rocket, RELEASIN: SEPTEMBER
but they were nothing compared to 4X4 EVOLUTION ONLINE COMPONENTS: A first-person
PUBUSHER G.O.D. DEVELOPER TERMINAL REALITY
the experience of actually building an space shooter with a complex storyline to
RELEASING AUGUST
online world, complete in every way, match, it has yet to be seen whether the
ONLINE COMPONENTS: Using either
online multiplayer death-match scenarios
with online gameplay that is different Gamespy.com orSegaNet, G.O.D.’s will remain intact from the PC version-but
from anything you would see on a SUV-off road racer promises to utilize all
we’re counting on it.

console. We are still working aspects of Dreamcast in order to provide

head-to-head, split-screen (two players on
diligently on the technology to
each unit) racing for up to four players.
make PSO happen.

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. i Head-to-head online sports games
assist will help players keep up
with their men. (5) clean-up: free-
Sega is hitting the ground running throws, passing, cameras,
with and basketball
its football commentary, and inbounding
franchises. Both NBA and NFL 2K1 problems will be all be addressed.
will be fully wired for online play, NFL 2K1 : (1) passing: the
running at a consistent 60 fps using contrast between bullet and
Sega’s proprietary network protocol. lob passes be far more distinct,
While the current technology allows and bullet passes will require
for only two Dreamcasts to go head- passing lanes to make their way
to-head at any one time, you’ll be into the receiver’s arms. (2) running:
able to play with a total of eight much improved from the first

different people by gathering four version, far more balanced and

The variety of games slated
forSega.com’s future begins
with Ripcord's Quest of the
Blademasters, Bethesda's
PBA Bowling 2001 and
Lionhead Studio's splendid
strategy, Black & White.
people on each Dreamcast. If things realistic. (3) Al: QB's get pressured
go as planned, four-man teams will out of the pocket, proper bump-and-
be competing in ongoing worldwide run coverage, imporved zone
tournaments, revolutionizing the defense, adjusted player speeds,
way we play sports games. more gutsy DB’s, an evolved camera
Okay, laundry-list time: system. (4) playbooks: revamped
NBA 2K1: (1) swat blocks to get with help from 49’ers' offensive
that weak noise outta your hiz-ouse. coordinator Marty Mornhinweg. (5)
(2) spin moves and cross-overs will head-tracking: players will actually
actually be useful this time around. search for the ball when they're

(3) fast-breaking: the ability to pass supposed to. It’s better than real

out of rebounds/lay-ups will provide life: it’s the real life you've always
for more breaks. (4) defense: half- wished for. (6) franchise: salary
court and fast-break defense will be issues, future draft picks, salary
far more focused, based on skill caps, rookie development— basically,
rather than random swiping at the justabout everything else you
ball. Added directional- and speed- can think of.

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PUBUSHER RIPCORD DEVELOPER RONIN

RELEASING NOVEMBER

Sega still hasn't polished up its upcoming

sports lineup enough for us to show you
new screens, but just picture last year's
NFL2K and NBA2K—only even better! Not
only will you be able to play against
friends and acquaintances via the
internet, but the gameplay and graphics
for both games have improved tenfold.

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42 Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine July/Aug
 snmn

[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™.

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Dreamcast. Ubi Soft Promise is a trademark of Ubi Soft Entertainment, licensed from ESP by Ubi Soft Entertainment. Original
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nFirst person shooter mayhem online
dropped in late ’98. Half-Life has
»ACCESSING first

been showered with Game of the Year

The invasion of the first-person shooter accolades, and was even named best
is about to begin. With the launch of game of all time by PC Gamer (not to

SegaNet in September comes two of mention PC gamers everywhere). And

Dreamcast’s most highly-anticipated as good as the one-player missions
titles, and two of the greatest PC games are, they’re even better when you’ve
of all-time.. .Half-Life and Quake 3 Arena. got a wingman.
In Quake 3. Dreamcast users will be The game will be ported to DC by
able to take on bloodthirsty freaks from Captivation Digital Laboratories—the
all over the map via the game's built-in team who created the Dreamcast tech
matchmaking service. The development demos at the 1998 E3. and who've spent
team is currently working to make sure the better part of this year working on
that this process is as user-friendly as Sega's Dreamcast Network Gaming
possible— more console than PC in Lobby— which means that network play
character. “We’ve updated the user is definitely in the right hands. You’ll be
interface in the DC version to make it able to play both co-op and deathmatch
easier for users to understand and check modes, as well as the countless online
the performance of available network contests of the original. The inclusion of
games.’’ the game's producer Scott Team Fortress 1/2 seems like a definite

Hawkins mentioned in a recent interview at this point, and Opposing Force is also

with dc.ign.com. "The Dreamcast version being considered.

these two games end up with Sierra’s Half-Life should provide console
will also automatically eliminate any If !

gamers with a taste for what they’ve been

network games that will not offer control schemes that are as precise as ;

:
missing on PC, while Quake 3 will be the
optimal gameplay, and will not display they ought to be (both are supporting a ultimate showcase of Sega.com’s promised
them on the available network game variety of input devices and combinations), low-latency' network.

list.” Basically, killing your friends will be they could be exactly what this console
as painless as possible. Suffice to say, needs to compete against the big boys.
we can't wait. The best part is that both titles will
For those who don't know, Half-Life is reportedly support play against PC and
a highly-cinematic, story-driven, first- Mac opponents: a guarantee that there's
person adventure for the ages. Since it about to be carnage a-plenty. S'

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So in the end, what does all this business mean to us gamers? With
Sega.com giving away free Dreamcasts, does this mean that the hardware
will simply be a portal for online gaming and not a viable stand-alone unit for

single-player games? How will Sega.com address the wide variety of different
connect rates for its online games? Will those without internet access
ultimately be left out?
We wonder about Sega and its future, as well. But according to the folks
at Sega.com and Sega itself, the company is not considering getting out of
the hardware business or ceasing the development of single-player, offline
Sega still remains
committed to game titles. With strong first-party support from Sega Japan, you can bet that single-

development outside its
online ventures. But how will
those of you without internet
access fare in the long run?
player games are far from dead. Instead, Sega plans to use this new online
strategy in order to stay one step ahead of the competition. And by building a
low-latency network from the ground up, SegaNet can avoid those nasty
“ping” problems that seem to be so prevalent on other servers for PC games.

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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.
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GAMES. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL SEXTON:

HAIR AND MAKEUP BY BILLY WINTERS
Mlken your girlfriend likes your and equally annoying). His Chao, ‘Pinkerton’, resides “Well, I’m glad we cleared that up,” I mutter
in my VMU. under my breath. stare out of the showroom window
games ifs time to get kelp. I

Presumably, now, so do my cajones. and across the street. And that’s when see it: I

After moving in with As a gamer had gone from a lithe, sharp-eyed, ass-
I
The Great Arcade.
Vanessa, had started
I
whupping SOB with the reflexes of a velociraptor to the They don’t even see me leave.
to get soft. My Saturn videogame equivalent of Richard Simmons. What the As cross the street hear angels singing in my head,
I I

had been packed away hell had gone wrong? needed help. And just like in that
I and everything goes all wobbly as imagine the most I

for years, somewhere movie where Jimmy Stewart gets his own angel and all perfect arcade ever. A coin-op nirvana, with lush red car-
in the corner of the loft that crap, God—for once—was listening. pets, a full-service bar, scantily clad hostesses and, set
where an unfeasibly on marble plinths, the games of my youth: Super Street
large spider had lived,
swear, for longer than
I

My transformation begins in the Fighter 2 Turbo,Kung Fu Master, Shinobi and—er—

Turtles in Time. A fresh breeze blows through the A/C
our dog (Actually, it / IKEA furniture showroom.
vents as I’m led to gold-plated joysticks of Double
was a fair match for I’m slouching at a kitchen table, trying not to listen to Dragon. Then, without warning, my hostess punches
Twinkles the Chihuahua, and it had more
certainly hair). my girlfriend giggling a bit too coyly with the salesman me sharply in the groin and I’m sent spiraling back to
Buried with it was Virtua Fighter. And a few layers in the Akurum/Land kitchen display. I flick listlessly reality—and what turns out to be an unhappy union with
beneath that was my dear old Amiga 500, my SNES, through the catalog. The great thing about the IKEA the wing mirror of a parked Porsche. I hobble to the
and—the first thing she made me dump when we Akurum/Land kitchen, notes the catalog, is that it entrance and push open the door.
moved in together— my beloved PC Engine, imported “Transforms any time of day into family-oriented, Inside, it’s dark. It smells a lot like Twinkles (after we
from Japan and still containing the gloriously gory quality time with an open layout and central island accidentally dug him up with the Garden Weasel). A rat
Splatterhouse cartridge. that invites conversation. Plus, a built-in desk provides the size of Lassie scurries across the grime-covered
Where were the Super Street Fighter II Turbo grudge- a place for the kids to do their homework while you my feet.
floor, directly over Suddenly, a man with the
matches of my youth? The hours of noble combat, prepare dinner.” impossibly chiseled physique of Adonis emerges from
man-to-man and hand-to-hand? Gone, replaced by the “You have kids?” says the salesman, addressing me the darkness. He sends a distinctly unpleasant chill up
odd bit of Tetris with Vanessa’s mom (I have to let her for the first time in 20 minutes. my spine. I notice that he’s careful to stop before the
win or she starts talking about weddings), mind-numbing “No,” reply. We He smiles. smile,
both stand there. upper portion of his face
I I
is released from the shadows,
marathons of Myst and Riven (kill me now), and PR- mechanically. He smiles some more. show more teeth.
I but he exposes a string of pearly white teeth as his
motivated sessions playing Sonic Adventure with her smiling, he turns around and continues mouth opens
Still his conver- in an ear-to-ear grin. “My name is Tyler
sickly kid brother (even less hair than the Chihuahua, sation with my girlfriend. Durden. I want you to hit me as hard as you can...”

July/Aug 2000 Official Sega#Dreamcast Magazine 49

FIOH mu3 Assignment:
Fight Club Notebook: Week One

chooses Blanka, and we have Practice ftyu's Fireball on the toughest character available.
our first match.

WEEP /:
I lose.
“But no one likes a cheater.
So don't just sit there and use,
say, Blanka's electrocution
Result
Tried the Fireball out on the bouncer at my local nightspot
Things didn't go according to plan. I

remark about his mother to kick things off, and as he moved

made a disparaging

STREET FIEiHTER ALPHA 1 special ail the time. It shows towards me, made a screwed-up face and and pushed my
I

that you don’t know how to hands forward, shouting 'fa-doo-kan!" at the top of my
'"''First rule of Fight Club: You fight,” Tylerwarns. My opponent voice. To my alarm, no Fireball was forthcoming. backed off I

visibly blushes. By the end of

and pulled a book of matches from my pocket. Thinking
don't talk about Fight Club." the night I’ve mastered Ryu's
quickly, pushed my hands forward while attempting to
I light
Fireballand Dragon Punch
the match, flicking it towards the rapidly advancing enemy,
Tyler leads me to a Dreamcast, better animations. I watch in special moves, and I’ve even
fad it. lit, I have no doubt
which is hooked up to an old, slack-jawed amazement as managed a five-hit combo. But
that would have got the
I

rusted television set in the center these characters do battle my Blanka-playing friend (a
better of him, but the
against one another— it’s like stockbroker, apparently) is way
of his dilapidated warehouse.
matches were evidently
Several other men— all relatively watching a well-animated ahead of me. He masters super
not of the highest quality
normal-looking fellows—are manga movie, only with less moves and safe falls’, which
demon/schoolgirl ‘encounters’. allow him to counter my own and the end result looked
gathered around the set. It's the
somewhat telegraphed attacks like this, A fumbling itolb
middle of the day. but the win-
weakling tossing an unlit
dows are so damn filthy it could Tyler advises imc to (Imight as well have placed an
just as well be midnight. pick one character and attempt ad in the local paper announcing match at an enraged kSVlb
“First we re going to study to master as many moves as all of my moves in advance, just gorilla, fa-doo-can't.

Capcom's Street Fighter Alpha 3," possible. "That way you won’t to save time). Tyler is unhelpful.

Tyler announces. The basics get too daunted by the sheer “This game requires concen-

haven’t changed much since my depth of the game.” So go I tration and application,” he says
SNES days, but just about every- ahead and choose Ryu, both for matter-of-factly. No kidding. I

matches

EHEEL' 2:
thing else has. There are a lot nostalgia's sake and because of lose six in a row.
more characters, new moves the fact that mastering Ryu (or “Great fighting games— and
and combos, and a neat new Ken) gives you a way into any of this is one of them—start you off
fighting system that gives you Capcom’s long-running series of easy, but getdeep real quick.”
the option of choosing your 2D fighters. Tyler prompts, “His He picks up the controller and SOUL CAL/BUR
own style of fighting. most important attacks are the gives my Wall Street friend the

Alpha 3 Hadoken fireball and the hiding of his life. With Chun Li-

nal
is close to the origi-
game, with the same cast Dragon Punch— a fierce upper- the Japanese schoolgirl
rule of Fight Club-. You
'"''Second
cut that keeps the enemy from character— no less. “It's about
and many of the same moves,
but it’s unbelievably fast—with performing an air assault upon timing," he emphasizes. “You
don't talk about Fight Club"
smoother, bigger sprites and you.” The guy next to me ever played tennis? It’s like that.

All about timing." “Button-mashers”, begins Tyler, look off your face. That was
“will not defeat you unless you garbage. I know you didn’t

The only tiiMC ever are yourself a button masher.” mean to do that. That was

SMOFE MAT -ISM

I

played tennis was at my rich With those words of wisdom, dumb luck and you know it,

friend’s house when was I I am introduced to Namco’s crappuccino boy.”

Street Fighter Alpha 3 sixteen. It took me three mild Soul Calibur: (unofficially) “Actually, they're called

concussions to realize that I dubbed The World's Best Frappu—forget it.” I am Jack's
had mis-read the word fore- Looking Videogame. inflamed sense of rejection.
hand’ for forehead’ in the Five minutes later have I

•Return of Serve' chapter of my been soundly beaten in my first The fastest way out
Utter Moron's Guide to Tennis. bout by Porscheman (kinda like of button-masher-land, accord-

“I understand completely,” Superman—only he can’t fly, lift ing to Tyler, is to learn not just a
I lie, and ponder the availibility anything heavy, see through few moves (easier done than
of an Utter Moron's Guide to walls, freeze lakes with his said in Soul Calibur, thanks to

Street Fighter. We finish up the breath or use his eyes as lasers. the training mode), but how to
evening with a reminder that He is, however, faster than a block and counter-attack as

this is one game where training speeding mullet, able to buy well. This adds an element of

counts, as you can save your tall buildings with a single strategy to the otherwise spastic

character to the Dreamcast’s check, and stronger than—er— proceedings. In learning this, I

VMU and upload him to a me, apparently). get the I discover two things:

X-ism Very similar to playing as the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo friend’s console for a match feeling that we’re both just First, you automatically block
version of your character, the X-ism supplies you with one super later on. sort of guessing. simply by standing still. Second,

meter that takes longer to fill than in the other modes. You only “If you don’t have friends—or, I madly press as many buttons a block followed by a counter
get one Super Combo to use once your super meter is filled— usu- I mean, if all of your friends are as I can find on the control pad needs only a rudimentary
ally your character’s most versatile super combo. You’ll lack sick and unable to play, then... and manage to accidentally pull offensive follow-up to penetrate
Alpha Counters, chain combos and air blocking, but your moves off something cool. It even looks the enemy's axe/pole/sword/
erm...can you use big pets?” I

will do more damage. shield/hairdo for an effective

ask, hopefully. like meant to do it.
I

A-ism Very similar to playing as the Street Fighter Alpha only they knew,” chuckle connection. So far. so good.
“See you next week,” says “If I

version of your character. You’ll have all of your character’s I’m beginning to feel that my
Tyler, sternly. “And don’t forget smugly to myself.
Super Combos, Alpha Counters, air blocking, and three levels on button-mashing days might
the assignment.” As I'm leaving, “Nice one,” says Porcheman.
your super meter— but no Original Combo.
notice that my stockbroker But my glory is short-lived; be numbered.
V-ism Similar to playing as the Street Fighter Alpha 2 version I

opponent’s Porsche has a Tyler rips the controller frommy My character of choice is
of your character. You won’t have normal Super Combos, and
broken wing-mirror. sweaty hands. “Wipe that smug (somewhat lamely, I’m assured)
you’ll only have an Original Combo available to you. Chain

combos also become more difficult to pull of in V-ism mode. www.DailyRadar.com

You will still have Alpha Counters and air blocking.
 yourown eggs and start breaking through opponents, pounding
somebody else’s.” their superbly-rendered faces
I decide to mix things up by with unprecedented viciousness.
exhibiting a bit of what Vince I tear through a series of chal-
Lombardi once called defense’. lengers until my muscles burn
Tyler had mentioned earlier and my heart pumps battery
that, “The best offense is a good acid.And then beat some I

defense," but his words hadn’t more. I’m even landing blows
made much sense until now. after rounds have already
The humiliation of loss begins to ended. I am a machine.
overcome me. cannot stand
I Tyler looks at me and grins,
another defeat. clearly impressed. “What got
I want to breathe smoke. into you?”
Hardly aware of what
own hands are doing, suddenly I
my Between gasps for
a response: “I wanted
air, I

to destroy
growl
BE SO
pummeling my way
find myself something beautiful."
1EFENSIVE
Soul Calibur
The first line of defense with

which you’ve got to come to

grips in Soul Calibur is referred
to as the ‘Neutral Guard’. This

1EA1 OH ALIVE 2 system comes from Namco’s

own Tekken series, and it
Kilik. He’s a great all-arounder, their title might suggest,
provides an easily-accessible,
and probably the best character make for some extremely * Third rule of Eight Club-. When passive mode of defense.
fornewbies like myself. He has a rough going when you’re on s However, a rapid sucession
long (ahem) ‘weapon’, which the receiving end. someone says stop' or goes of attacks—or an especially
makes attacking easy and And I’ve been having my strong attack that staggers
relatively safe, as the distance ‘receiving end’ beaten senseless limp, the fight is over." your character—can break
created by said protruberance for what seems like several down the Neutral Guard. Far
often keeps him out of the hours. My emotional distress Tyler lifts me up by the collar of tosses me down on top of it. I
from ‘auto blocking’, this is,
way of danger. must be written all over my face. my freshly-ironed linen dress hear a T-2-esque clang of metal in fact used to compliment

“Listen,” Tyler admonishes. and slugs me a firm one the Active Guard.
“If shirt as Tyler’s eyes seem to glow
PorsckctMan chooses you want to make an omelette, across the face. I spit out a red. Pointing unsympathetically
The Active Guard is SC’s
an only slightly deformed then you’ve gotta break some couple of well-flossed teeth as
most common method of
at the television set, he inherits
giant named Nightmare, and moment, dream blocking—and certainly the
eggs.” For a I of hot tears flush my burning eyes. the sub-woofer voice of that
proceeds to open a can of the most reliable. By holding the
the delightfully creamy cheese Scum from Tyler’s nose is slung lungless announcer from Mortal
guard button and leaving the
proverbial whup ass on my souffle that Vanessa and I like onto my own, and as he speaks Kombat. “Round One. ..Fight.”
joystick neutral to guard high or
diminutive alter-ego (read: Mini to order at Cafe Organique for I am forced to inhale the stench Wow, this guys’s good.
mid attacks, your character will
Me). He performs a series of Sunday brunch. Tyler punches me emanating from his mouth- Struggling to regain my defend with the Active Guard
‘Unblockable Attacks’ which, as in the gut. “Now stop breaking breath so thick I can nearly bearings (and my consciousness), (hold the Guard button and
chew on the molecules. “Stop I am delighted to learn that DOA 2 down on the joystick to Active
staring at their breasts! This uses a relatively simple three- Guard low). Active Guard
Fight Club Notebook: Meek Two sessionis about fighting, button interface: Punch, Kick protects against all types of
dammit." Tyler throws a con- and— wait, what’s this?—a Free attacks, including staggers and
Assignment: troller onto the ground and button? Tyler informs me that rapid-succession attacks.

Perform an Vnblockable Attack' on an exceptionally large

opponent.

Result:

***
“to' giant box of Krlspy kremes. "WSY'K FAT Me!* I shout, and
step aside so as not to be trampled by the ensuing stampede.
**** When the last sticky glaze has been licked from the last
sausage-like finger, / post Myself next to Sob, who's just
, choked down a dozen of these puppies. At which point I

scream, 'JUST Hfivmi’

How that I've managed to get him to notice me, attempt I

H
to follow up my brilliant gag with a little Vnblockable Attack
that I'd pulled off with
klllk nearly a dozen
times, things go according

to plan, Insofar as my
attack goes unblocked.
Unfortunately, said
Vnblockable Attack goes
'unfelf aswell. How I

know how that box of

Krispy kremes felt.
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Fight Club Notebook: iNeek Three

FMtm
Dead or Alive x
Aisigment:
Attempt to execute a reversal on an enraged oppo-
nent.

Stone Pie whole 'reversal" thing a go at my cousin Nils"

wedding. Since Hils is a professional ice skater, figured I

that He would be the perfect adversary. I got the ball

rolling when the priest asked us to *Speak now or forever
hold your peace," stood up, grabbed wry crotch, and
I

exclaimed, 'hey Nils! I'm speakin" now, so gert your wife

over here and let her forever hold my piece!" Silence. HIUTIIA LOT
Waiting for the vulgarity of my remark to have its
desired effect on Nils
Virtua Fighter 3tb
Hit Levels tell you where your
I my Uncle Chuck
find
attacks hit your opponent. There
staring me in the
are four possible hit levels for any
face, instead. Uncle
given move—and some moves
Chuck fought in
can hit multiple levels. High-level
Vietnam. Barefoot.
moves are executed at your
So the only reversal
shoulder level—any part of your
that actually took opponent that is within range at
Pressing ‘Free’ while the D-pad is neutral makes your character place that day was my that height will be hit. This means
block attacks. To get your character to move freely about the ring face being kicked that crouching opponents are not
(not unlike Soul Calibur’s eight-way run), hold down the Free but- inside out. hit by such moves because the
ton, then double-tap and hold on the D-pad in the desired moves pass harmlessly above
direction. Tap the Free button alongside a back direction— their heads. Middle-level moves
Up/Back, Back, or Down/Back, depending on the level of your strike your opponent at your
opponent’s attack—and your character will attempt to execute a waist level, while low-level
reversal. Surprisingly, even with so many different functions
assigned to one button, the control feels very tight.

WEIF 4:
attacks connect at shin
Middle- and high-level attacks
can be guarded (blocked) high,
level.

said Free button

genre, and gets used
is

ber of different ways: Blocking,

new
in
to the
a num-
response. “I want you
as hard as you can, IKEA-boy.”
consider arguing, but the look
to hit me
I
mm Fibnm m while a low-level attack can only
be guarded by a crouching guard.
Middle-level attacks cannot be
blocked low because they hit
above a crouching guard. An
moving in three dimensions, on his face tells me not to. "Do 'Fourth rule of Fight Club-, if opponent who has been knocked
and executing reversals [see it” So, reluctantly, put together
this is your first night at
I

to the ground is considered to be

BOXOUT]. He's kind enough to the nastiest strike I can muster
at ground level and can only be
demonstrate each of the moves and let fly at his unkempt-yet-

on my allegedly pretty face. well-styled dome. With a flick of Fight Club , you have to fight." hit by special attacks designed to
strike ground-level targets.
his wrist, Tyler grabs my arm, Counter Hits. When you
my body, and open my eyes to find myself a bamboo-ensconsed television
Although the learning twists it around I
connect with an attack while your
a hurls me face-first onto the floor. squatting on the floor of an set and hands me a faux wooden opponent is also attacking, you
curve for the controls is bit

steep at first, they quickly It hurts. ancient-looking Japanese Dreamcast controller. “Welcome score what is called a counter hit.
look up, to be confronted pagoda, complete with cherry to the World of Virtua Fighter.” Counter hits not only inflict extra
become second nature. Well, I

apparently not quite second with the hazy vision of two blossom-scented breeze (and damage, they also make a really
nature— I'm still getting my Tylers shouting equally loudly in not-so-blossom-scented martial As far as I can tell cool sound—the more severe the
pummeling one another (from Tyler's rants), Yu Suzuki’s hit, the louder the sound—and
khakis kicked in by a bunch of my face. "You’ve got to master artists

bun-floss the art of the reversal,” they into submission). A kitaro Virtua Fighter 3tb is one of the they cause your opponent to be
busty schoolgirls in

bark unison. “When your twangs wistfully in the back- deepest fighting machines ever stunned or to float higher than
undies. Their heaving breasts in

ground. and my spinal column devised. "When comes to normal (if the attack is designed
remind me of a guy named Bob opponent strikes, you must it

twangs angrily in the fore- technique, combos, and overall to knock opponents off their
and his enlarged male boobs. determine whether his attack
the more
feet). Additionally,
will arrive at a high, medium, or ground— a jarrin feel, few games can boast the
Excerpt from a conversation
sophistication of VF3's fighting
damaging the move, the more
with Tyler: low level. Once you've eyeballed reminder that
powerful the effects of the
you a man? the correct point of entry, press my body is engine,” Tyler declares. And he’s
Tyler: “Aren’t counter hit. Many combos and
the Free button along with this sorer than right—while it might not be as
Isn’t there anything under the fly
tactics are only available on a
Dockers?" level on the stick to deflect the Robert Downey instinctive as the Street Fighters
of those ridiculous I
counter hit, and you need to con-
attack. Timing is key—do it too Jr.'s posterior after a long or Soul Caliburs of the world,
check and, unsurprisingly, see stantly listen and watch for signs
only a concavity covered by wet early or too late and you're just shower. Despite my discomfort, I VF3 is clearly even deeper than
of a counter hit so that you can
standing there with your bondi- manage to stand up—well, sit the $#it I’ve suddenly found A
twill. Me: “Just some chicken react as quickly as possible.
noodle soup, actually.” Tyler: blue iDick in your hands. Think down—for what is to be my myself standing in.
prime example is the low kick-
“Yeah. Piss. I get it. You’re very you can handle all that, chief?” greatest challenge yet: Virtua As my opponent launches a counter hit-stun tactic, in which
clever." Me: “Thank you.” Tyler: Tyler mistakes the vaguely verti- Fighter 3tb. I am already aware calculated barrage of precise you counter hit your opponent

bobbing of my head for an of the game’s legendary status— moves, respond by smashing with a basic low kick, then take
“How’s that working out for you?"
I
cal
affirmative gesture, when in this is, by all accounts, the the controller's buttons as furi- advantage of the stun that occurs
Me: “What?” Tyler: “Being clever."
fact am merely following the purest fighting game in all the ously as I can. The result of my by dashing in and executing—or
As ponder his latest jab,
I
I

animated up-and-down jiggle of world. Bar none. panic attack is not unlike the faking— a throw. Although this
and
Tyler takes off his jacket
breasts on the screen before me. Tyler sits me down in front of episode of When Animals tactic was more effective in VF3,
calls for the appropriate’
it is still one of the best tactics
forthrow specialists like Wolf
Hawkfield and Jeffry McWild.
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will become stronger, faster
Attack which the
in

circus elephant tramples the

irate

1 THE STONES and buddy-buddy with super

epileptic circus goat. Except

that this
more
match was even more
one-sided.
WEE! 5: Powentone
Power Stone is all about the
power stones. Each character
and special moves. The meter
will slowly decrease on its

own, sped up by the use of

special/super moves. When the
me with
arms
Tyler is standing over
folded, sniggering at my POWER STONE begins a round with one stone,
meter runs out, two of the
power stones will shoot out
sheer ineptitude. "That temper and roughly ten seconds into
across the stage, and the third
the round a third stone
tantrum crap might help you
get a refund when the folks at
'Fifth rule of Fight Club: Vo appear. By knocking an
will
will appear several seconds

later. Special and Super moves

opponent down or connecting
Starbucks give you a lukewarm riot- under any circumtanccs- with an aerial attack, he will
can only be achieved during one
double nonfat grande latte, but of these ‘power fusions’.
drop a power stone.
it ain't gonna fly here." I grit my cross the stream." Upon collecting all
teeth, but realize that he's
three power stones,
absolutely right. More so than Today Vanessa told me I'd been the movements of my virtual a character will
with any of the other games I’ve shouting manga-nese in my combatant. I can go anywhere !
undergo a ‘power
played thus far, those who sleep, and that she was worried Tyler interrupts my gravy-train fusion’— a good thing
attempt to button-mash their about my mental health (not to of thought. “Stop waxing sappy. indeed. When a char-
way through VF3 will meet a mention my financial stability, in ‘Go anywhere!’ sounds like the acter is experiencing
quick death when going up which she has a major emotional slogan for Microsoft’s next mar- a power fusion, a
against a skilled virtua fighter. investment). Get she
this: keting campaign. You cannot go power meter appears
seems to think that I’ve been anywhere. You are not special. at the bottom of

Tyler begins, to pace adopting the traits of some of You are not a beautiful or the screen. For the
about the room, refusing to the game characters I've been unique snowflake. You are the duration of this
make even a moment's eye using in these glorious fighting same decaying organic matter meter, said character

contact with me. Japanese “In games! Clearly she doesn’t as everything else.”
arcades, hardcore gamers used know what she's talking about— I don't think Tyler had a
to begin osotogari— Fight Ihave never worn knee socks happy childhood. neath it. Tyler hovers over my Akurum/Land kitchen display. In

Clubs'," he proclaims, beckoning with a mini-skirt. In any case, I He whips out the Spring crumpled body, giggling like an a daze. I bring my hand to my
me to follow him with a crimping muster what is left of my quickly- 2000 IKEA catalog from his over-caffeinated schoolboy (or face, expecting it to come away

of his index finger. “Virtua diminishing energy bar. skip past bedraggled messenger bag, and my girlfriend in IKEA). covered in blood. Much to my
Fighter masters would meet at the and grapple with my
intro, we are suddenly standing in a relief, however, there’s not
their virtual dojos and face off newest challenge: Power Stone. fully furnished Power Stone IKEA bowe design even a smudge. Was all just it

against each other, battling it arena. As Tyler points out, begins to sprout up every- a dream—or a Dreamcast?
out until only one man was left A burst of energy stages in Power Stone are where— a RORLIG aluminum “Um, no— but I'm fine,
standing. Remember those surges through my body. Now littered with an assortment of chair in the corner, a MOPPE thanks," I respond winningly; I

scenes from Bloodfist?" I nod, a battle-weary veteran, I feel objects. “You can actually pick wooden clock on the wall. I’m feel like I’ve just won an Oscar.
remembering a significantly as if I am finally beginning to up this crap up and hurl it at quickly standing in a veritable I feel a tap on my shoulder.
twisted porn movie I’d seen back understand the hidden art of your enemy." A new SAFSA birch garden of quality-but-affordable It’s God.
in college. “Well it's a lot like the fighting game. cabinet (IKEA catalog, page 32) Scandinavian furniture. Tyler “God damn you look happy
that—crowds of obsesesed spec- "Forget everything you know suddenly appears next to us. picks up the huge clock and lifts for someone who just kicked
tators cheering these masters about fighting games," Tyler “Take this thing, for example. it high above his head— and then it. You look like you just won

on as they battle to the death." warns, “cause Power Stone is an Tyler picks up and hurls it at
it smashes it firmly across my skull. an Oscar, for chrissakes.”
Oh. Different movie. entirely different beast." Hmm. my head. “Now, if one of these The last thing see beforeI Apparently God is Jimmy
“The series has been so After playing the game for a objects is careening directly at losing consciousness is its Durante. “Anyway. Welcome to
popular in Japan because mas- few minutes, realize just how
I you. press the X and Y buttons MOPPE face. It reads 1:12 a.m. Editor Heaven."
tering this game is not unlike correct he is—the game has its together just as it is about to —Simon Cox, who you find
learning a real martial art. The own fully-articulated 3D fighting connect—that way you’ll catch it “Hey— are you being helped?" out somewhere along the line is

moves are real-world representa- engine, allowing full freedom of and avoid taking damage," he I lift my head from what actually Evan Shamoon
tions— from Jacky's Jeet-Kun-Do movement. Unlike other fighting suggests. Since there are no X appears to be formica in the
attacks to Shun Di's Drunken games, which essentially exist and Y buttons in the real world,
Gung-Fu stances— this is the real on a single plane, Power Stone Ihave no such luck. The cabinet
deal. Invest some serious time gives me direct control over all hits the ground with me under-
in this game and you'll soon
amaze yourself with your skills."
"I don't have that kind
of time! I have a job... I have tight Club Notebook Meek Tour
a car to fix.. .I'm. ..I’m. ..an

editor, dammit!" hssigment

elbows me an assortment of
Tyler sharply in
Assignment-. practice pulling eff
the ribs and hurls my face into
Counter hits. your opponent to strike you,
Mart for
the nearest wall. “You are not their move against them.
and use
your job. You are not the money
in your bank account. You are
Result'
arrive,
not the car in your driveway. You
I Hitch a ride down to my local do jo. irihen I _

are not how much money is in

there is a judo class
already in progress. I burst
your wallet. You are not your as much offensive
through the doors and-spitting
goddamn khakis. You are the all-
melodrama as T can-do my best
impression
Pu..mma fight!
singing, all-dancing crap of the
dubbed kung-fu flick-, ‘l know kung
world. You are a gladiator." guys-ju don t know
No response, so try again-, 'heyI

stand up. sorry asses'. Wink,

how bad I'm about to kick your
I try to I can’t.

blink, "ftcy, whose blackbelt is th/sr

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If you don’t already have an ISP,
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Okay, that browser disc is still in service representatives
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online gaming for Dreamcast is For this, you’ll need to enter to protect the younger
wired byCWorldNet'
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it to yourself to get connected. from such volatile material, the
We all understand if your and you'll be fine as long as Dreamcast Network provides a
grandma thinks the internet is you remember to press tab to feature to lock out sites that
pure evil—that’s to be expected— jump through all those forms. contain explicit subject matter
but since when have you For those of you who (the internet is a big, scary
listened to her? Even if you already have an ISP, here’s place, and like any community,
don’t already have an internet a checklist of the info you’ll there are areas within it that
service provider (ISP), you can need to enter the PlanetWeb are not suitable for children). If

sign up for online service browser: your ISP login, your name, mailing address you want to enable or disable
directly from your Dreamcast password, dial-up, DNS and the serial number on your this function later, you can
and get into the action within (Domain Name System) Dreamcast, and decide whether always come back to it.

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modem, attach your Dreamcast Office Protocol), and SMTP Dreamcast Network. Minute 10
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keyboard yet? Don’t worry, you number somewhere) can
can still sign up using the answer any questions you
Dreampad and the
virtual keyboard. It
browser’s
might take
might have, especially in
regards to that elusive DNS
Glossary
Hate seeing weird acronyms and not knowing what they mean? We
address. As for mail, your POP do, too. Use the definitions below to impress chicks at Dreamcast
account is the mail server that cocktail parties. In Nerd-land. Well, we didn’t say cute chicks.

receives messages and your

SMTP is what sends them. For
BOOKMARK Electronic bookmarks work much like their
namesakes—they're used to bring you back to a website you’ve already
those of you who both receive visited, without having to type in the address.

and send your mail from your FAQ Frequently Asked Questions. FAQ files contain answers to the
ISP e-mail account, they will questions most commonly asked about specific topics. Good to read
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you’re a student at a HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol. If you still remember this one in five
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Within your dial-up options,
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Click on the VMU Central link to access a page
the command menu and
Options, then go to Internet
Options and in the proper
select

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info under the dial-up heading.

PlanetWeb’s Dreamcast portal. owners (If you have a PC, you can opt to download PlanetWeb's VMU
Animator program, which allows you to create your own VMU animated
screens that can be shared with friends and other DC fans). m I want to search for other
VMU Central features over 24 pages of content, featuring an
incredible assortment of animate screens ranging from “Stick Death"
Q sites I'm interested
where’s a good place to start?
in—

(as imaginative as it sounds, it’s literally two stick figures in a

b Again, bring up the
gunmatch) to the rather impressive video-feed quality of “Meedo, The
Puppet.” The only requirement is that you must have a VMU plugged
A command menu,
select search to bring up
then

into your Dreamcast controller—then you simply have to follow the

Planetweb’s search page
instructions given on the page. We’ve been alternately inspired and
(courtesy of excite.com). Not
In order to satisfy all of your horrified by the snippets of creativity that we’ve viewed at VMU Central,
only does allow you to search
but on the whole, it’s a pretty entertaining place to visit. Who knows?
it
gaming and browsing
An ODCM mini-epic may be appearing there soon. the entire web for key words or
needs, it features one phrases, but it also contains a
section that is place where you can simply type
completely devoted to in the address of the site you
downloads for your VMU want to visit (later versions of

screen, plus loads of

the browser support URL lines
which can be filled in directly).
game saves and links to
other DC-related sites. For
m Some of the sites I visit
DC owners, a tour of the site
well worth the time and effort.
is
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contain text that
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Game Saves
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2X
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a third time to put the zoom
number of different game
window away.
saves for your Dreamcast
games, but expect the figure to
B Is there an easier way to
increase with frightening
rapidity— more system owners
Q scroll up and down these
web pages?
are signing online every day, The Left and Right
and the growth rate is
impressive. Simply click on the
currently, the roster of save-
able titles is headed by none
on how to get the
out of every option,
most best game reviews,
import coverage, DC
A b
triggers on your controller
move the screen down and up,

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other than our favorite, gossip,
available anywhere on the net.
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with keyboards,
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own web page. The links page And the chat function gives you
use the Home and End keys to
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Part of Planetweb’s push denizens of the web, whether of the page).

toward a more DC-friendly it’s on the topic of Dreamcast

virtual online world, the or not (But really, what else is b I’m tired of typing in the
‘Community’ allows there to talk about, after Elian Q addresses for the sites I
visit regularly.
Dreamcasters to interact in a Gonzalez was reunited with his
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number of cool ways. Currently,
clicking on the Community
dad?). Make
instructions for
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each section a
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at the
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site, go to the
Once
command
you’re

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Gamer’s Archive section and Chat, Mailing Lists and DC- take the plunge. choose the option at the bottom
then choose the game you’d related links, plus Create a Visit PlanetWeb's Dreamcast of the screen that allows you to

like to learn about. Some of Web Page and Submit a Web page by typing in add the current site to the list.
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hundreds of unexpected surprises,

and Climax Graphics is developing a
special ‘Jack in the Box’ system for
•maximum By the way, her name
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isn’t functional yet in this early build.

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1 K, so Blue Stinger by former Ofimax Entertain^pt the first game, such as the we welcome
wasn’t the greatest employee Shinya Nishigaki combination of action and And from
ht^M^idventj^toever (of Landstalkers anc^ferk puzzle ejements. And as far as Climax Graphics
made. camera system—
It4 jerky Savior fame) is hard at work Resident Evil is concerned, our able to deliver
althoughi^P^ed for US on lllbleed. jj^w game is entirely different.” back up all of its PR
release—was confusing, to say What may seem, at first

the least, and the pitiful voice glance, febe yet another lllbleed runs on a Although the early
acting made even Sega of Residenttvil clone (or even a wholly new engine that will build shown at Tokyo Game .

America’s localization work Blue Stinger clone, for that allow for higher framerates, Show boasts impressive visuals
sound like Kenneth Brannagh matter) is, in fact, a dramatic more monsters and objects with fluid animations, realistic
reading Shakespeare sonnets. departure from the horror onscreen at once, more effects, effects and detailed back-
genre’s cliches and aging faster loading times and bigger grounds, this should be the first

The game had its gameplay. It is, instead, chock- environments. The company’s time that a horror adventure
merits, though, considering it full of fresh and frightening ideas. president says, “We are trying will be discussed mainly in

was one DC games

of the first “ lllbleed and Blue Stinger to balance our improvements terms of its gameplay.
in development and the first DC are very different games,” in the game, rather than focus- To survive the litany of
game created by Climax Graphics. Nishigaki comments. “But we ing solely on better graphics and more than 1500 horror events
And now, the company founded did keep some elements from technology.” That’s a statement in lllbleed’ s ‘Virtual Horror

www.DailyRadar.com
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* greatest horror adventure ever made”

Previewed This Month

Anticipation is sweet, and these DC games could be even sweeter.
Read on, and find out what you’ll be playing in months to come!

I ILL BLEED /62 Climax Graphics promises more blood for the buck
SONIC SHUFFLE /66 Sega’s mascot throws a multiplayer party

WACKY RACES /68 Penelope PitstojDj Dick Pasta rd l

y, oh yea h

SYDNEY 2K /68 An Olympics game set to an INXS soundtrack-NOT!

: UFC /73 Men in tights again— proving their manhood. Um...but...

ETERNAL ARCADIA /so The eternal wait is nearly over

COOL COOL TOON /77 Better p°li s h y^mjplatforms^Ulala^^^^^^

SUPER RUNABOUT /79 Find out how well vehicular crime pays

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM /82 Spider senses tin^lin|! ^

SNO-CROSS /84 Snowmobile racing for the DC generation

WORLD SERIES BASEBALL /84 It s finally on the way...

VIRTUAL ON: OT /88 Our giant robot can beat your giant robot

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

4-Wheel Thunder Racing May Wacky Races Racing

Fur Fighters Action May Armada II Strategy/RPG

May
Q Expect the unexpected in lllbleed: This thrill
Tech-Romancer Fighting Half-L-ffe FPS Shooter

m
ride is actually out to kill you...and you know what Grand Theft Auto 2 Action May Rush 2049 Racing
»
;
ISfckiW antf^gmorphic walls with big
they say about antt^DomorpI
:
ESPN NBA 2Night Sports May Quake 3 FPS Shooter
It .j 1
hands, right? <

Draconus Action May WSB2K1 Sports

0 One of the
snow
'our character will
a
Omikron Adventure May Seaman Other
:h rough
face: Walking thro! r
in miniskirt. Gauntlet Legends Arcade May MagForce Racing Racing
ESPN Baseball Tonight Sports June South Park Rally Racing
Midway Arcade Flashback June
KISS Psycho Circus FPS Shooter
Bust-A-Move 4 Puzzle June 18-Wheeler Ampro Trucker Arcade Q3
Spec Ops: Omega Squad FPS/Action June
Ferarri 355 Racing Q3
Legend of the Blademasters RPG June
Test Drive Rally Racing Q3
Toy Story 2 Platformer June/July
Gorka Morka Racing Oct
Demolition Racer. No Exit Racing June
Sonic Shuffle Multiplayer Puzzle Oct
Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse Action June
PacMan Maze Madness Platformer Oct
Space Channel 5 Music June
POD 2 Action Oct
J. McGrath Supercross 2000 Sports Q2
Austin Powers: Mojo Rally Racing Oct
NFL Quarterback Club 2001 Sports Q2
V.I.P. Action Nov

a monster that’s more evil than Bust-A-Move 4 Puzzle

Ecco the Dolphin Adventure

Q2
Q2
Evil Twin: Cyprien’sChron. Adventure Nov
M.O.U.T. 2025 Action Nov
Felony Pursuit Action Q2
Land’, players will need to characters: Eriko, Kevin, Randy . Dinosaur Action Dec

use at least four senses—sight, and Michelle, although playing The Road to El Dorado Action Dec
gUSHEIfrSEGA I
D2 Adventure July
hearing, smell (metaphorically, through as Eriko presents com- GRAPHICS GENRE hfcRROR Black And White Strategy Q4
Metropolis Street Racer Racing July
plications; she has to “rescue a * 1 ORIGIN JAPAN ONLINE
at any and that dandy
rate) Boarder Zone Sports Q4
RATING TBA PERIPHERALS Evolution 2 RPG July
sense’—to find the safest friend first, otherwise you won’t JUMP PACK, VMU MINI-GAME DATE Shenmue Adventure Q4
FALL (JAPAN) TBA (US) Arena League Football Sports July
v^Pout of danger, while trying be able to use the others.” Planet of the Apes Adventure Q4
Super Magnetic Neo Platformer July
to. keep a pulse rate of 60. One of the biggest dangers CIdVferpremise using all the Evil Dead: Ashes 2 Ashes Action Q4
“senses” helps III Bleed stand ECW Anarchy Rules Wrestling Aug
t the top of the they’ll have to face will be I

out from the rest of the horror

Aug III Bleed Action Q4
Sydney 2K Sports
3 activity of ‘Dummy Man’, a creature who flock. Plenty of playable charac-
WWF Game Wrestling Q4
4x4 Evolution Racing Aug
^ shqpld be has apparently retired from the
Will it live up to Its promise? Is Jet Grind Radio Action Aug Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Fighting Q3
$es to avoid crash test business in order to Climax Graphics experienced
I
Power Stone 2 Fighting Aug Spawn FPS Shooter 2000
|taclfr(which do some serious killing. “He is enough to tackle such a game?
Sno Cross Int’l Champ. Racing Aug Agartha Adventure 2000
pinful than like a mascot of the Virtual
BOTTOM LINE Star Lancer Online Shooter Sept V-Rally 2: CE Racing 2000
jjay a huge Horror Land in lllbleed," Nishigaki
Ultimate Fighting Champ. Sept Stunt GP Racing 2000
!1 strategy explains, “Kind of like Mickey
With the DC world riding high on the Alone in the Dark 4 Adventure 2000
Monster Breeder Sim Sept
^distinguishes Mouse in Disneyland.” horror wave, III Bleed should add a
new dimension of terror to the mix. Rush 2049 Racing Sept Eternal Arcadia RPG
5 competition. Adorable, isn’t it?

JORG S. TITTEL Prince of Persia 3D Action Sept Sonic Adventure 2 Platformer

» four playable
Sega GT Racing Q3 Phantasy Star Online RPG

www.dreamcastmagazine.com Hydro Sprint Racing Picassio Action

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"Don't let the cute creotures ond settings fool you — Raymon 2 is

on impressive ond challenging adventure gome for diehord gamers."

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"...this is -- bonds down -- one of the best looking and most

enjoyable titles you'll ever see on the Dreamcast."

Magazine

"Rayman 2 is, without question, the most impressive feat of game design and

execution the platforming genre has ever seen. This is the next evolution in

gaming, and it has never looked or played better than it does on your Dreamcast.'

GN.com

"...on the Dreamcast, he's a platforming god that towers over

Sonic's lackluster antics."

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Sega Dreamcast
H COMINGSOOV Previews Get your game on with anonymous strangers.

Sonic Shuffle's main game

takes place on a massive
board. Different ‘squares’
represent different mini-games

Q Incorporating all sorts of

cooperative and head-to-head
gameplay modes, you can expect to
be making friends as well as losing
them— if you got game.

Q With over 50 mini-games to

participate in, don’t expect Sonic
Shuffle to get old anytime soon.
If it’s anything like its spiritual

counterpart, Mario Party, you can

count on it being a huge hit. We
mean with you, Chester— not with
just the under 10 set.

0 Out of the fire...and into the

mouths of a chorus line (or
performance of ‘syncronized
eating’) of hungry brown
alligators? While we haven’t had
a chance to get our mitts A
on a playable version of Sonic M
Shuffle yet, this scene just m
screams, “For the love of W
Sonic, keep hitting the
damn A button, you moron!”

Sonic Shuffle
The importance of being Sonic (and of making nice new friends)
e’ve alluded to a secret in a game modeled after a And much like grappling with his own deeply
Sonic Party-type game in board game (remember those?). Nintendo’s Mario Party, players buried existential angst.. .or not.
past issues of ODCM, What ensues is pure multiplayer progress by drawing cards out of But we are serious about the
but now it’s official: the freshly mayhem, as you must then a and moving along the
lot single-player StoryMode.
revamped Sonic and Co. are race to gather as many “special game’s virtual board, until bam! The game’s team is made up
rarin’ and ready to take on a crystals” as possible in order You land on a ‘square’ that tosses of members of the Jet Grind
What every Dreamcast owner
whole new genre of wackiness to put the kibosh on the evil you headlong into a mini-game. Radio crew, plus many of the needs: A Sonic party game!

that goes far beyond racers plans of Sonic Shuffle’s new With around 50 mini-games, faces responsible for Nintendo’s With internet play and loads of
multiplayer options, it could be
(Sonic R) and platformers nemesis, the Void (also Sonic Shuffle isn’t an overnight Mario Party. The game has a
more fun than a cat with its feet
(everything else Sonic). In other remembered as the preferred event. You’ll be able to compete distinctly Jet Grind Radio-e sque wrapped in tin foil
an edge
words: Sonic Shuffle.
The concept is simple:
nemesis/muse/misery engine
of tortured pop stars throughout
head-to-head against up to four
players online or off; there’ll be a
look that should give
over previous Sonic
it

titles. And as B What every Dreamcast owner

needs: A Sonic party game?

Sega, who's feeding you these

You and up to three of your the ’80s). No longer are you race to see who has to play as kiddy as the game may look to
names-Sony? This isn't as bad as
“friends” (only loosely related fighting the comfortably familiar Tails. But never fear, lonely gamers who believe themselves Homologation Nation, but..

to the actual Webster’s power that is Dr. Robotnik. gamers. Sonic Shuffle will also to be beyond ‘party games’ (What—
Dictionary definition, since Instead, your goal
many
is to grab as feature a Story Mode which has tired of playing spin-the-bottle

with each other, guys?), we

BOTTOM LINE BBIH
you can get your game on with of the Precioustones been developed expressly with
With a multiplayer mascot game on
anonymous strangers online) away from the Void by winning the solo Sonic buff in mind. guarantee that this title will be board to support Sega's upcoming
Online Gaming Utopia, this could be the
will control separate characters an assortment of mini-games— Expect plenty of cinemas one to truly showcase Sega’s title with major mass appeal

from the Sonic universe all of which have addictive, featuring His Hedgehogness new network. Bet on it.

(Knuckles, Tails, Amy Rose, etc.) Mario Party-e sque gameplay. confronting the evil Void and FRANCESCA REYES

66 Official Sega®' Dreamcast Magazine July/Aug 2000 www.DailyRadar.com

 A DANCE PARTY.
LIFE'S
Till YOU DIE!

You dance like a white guy. And now the universe depends on your sorry rhythm. Don’t freak space

V cadet. Cosmic diva Ulala will show you some fly moves. Before long you’ll he rump shakin’-it against

Sega Dreamcast an alien posse. But don’t get too funky or they’ll light you up like a Christmas tree. Visit spacechannel5.com
IT'S THINKING
*No Morolians are actually harmed in this game. Their little souls are returned to the planet Morolia where they are recycled and go on to live happy, productive lives.
 —

COMINGSOON Previews Shortcuts, traps and Waldo-humping goats.

We
will
wonder
be a
if

‘false
there
E
were
B "If zaniness
legal tender,
start' option Infogrames' Wacky
included in the
Races could finance
Dreamcast
Washington DC
version of
mayor Marion
y track events...
Barry's expensive
crack habit."
Greg Orlando,
DailyRadar.com

Sydney 2K
Eidos goes for the gold (and silver, and...

VTTi move around.

P
ith the Olympics just fun to
I \ "1 around the corner, it we weren’t able to
While
seems fitting that see the DC version in action
Dreamcast should do its virtual before going to press, we have
part. And like a good friend been able to take a gander at
(with a penchant for licenses), Sydney 2K’s PC counterpart.
Eidos is there to give us the The models and animations are
goods in the form of Sydney still a little rough at this stage,

2K. Developed by Attention to but the gameplay itself defi-

Detail, the game promises to nitely looks promising. All in ail,

include a total of twelve events it’s clear that our yen for a good
including all the usual suspects— ol’ Track ‘n’ Field "tap the buttons

diving, track and field until your fingers fall off" title

competitions, and cycling. Even may indeed be quenched when

better, the kayaking and (that Sydney 2K releases in August.
old favorite) weightlifting events And given Eidos’ exclusive
can be enjoyed with a friend. rights to the US Olympics
Which sounds.. .um... sweet. license, it’s a good bet that you
In addition, players can won’t find another sporting
compete across a wide variety event title released in 2000
of modes: single player, arcade, that even comes close. We’ll
head-to-head, coaching mode keep you posted.
and an intriguing Olympic FRANCESCA REYES
Mode. What does
this mysterious
mode entail?
Imagine being able
to train your
customized athlete
through over
‘virtual gym
own

20
activi-
fc

4
T
Wacky Races
ties’ (which we’re
sure won’t include
Where’s Waldo? Read on
nfogrames has gone weapons and gadgets ranging PS— Pat yourself on the back

B
steroid injections) in if

order to compete bobbing-for-properties from ABC gum-bombs to fun you found Waldo.
alongside an entire somewhere near the and exciting kitchen utensils in EVAN SHAMOON
team medal wr bottom of the licensing scrap order to slow opponents down.
of gold
hopefuls. And don’t
forget those ever
86.:

Neui Personal Best 69.68.

barrel, and—we’re happy to
report— has managed to snag a
Which means that— as
any cartoon worth its salt-
in
rrrnmmm
PUBLISHER INFOGRAMES
important pre- winner. Based on the late ’60’s playing fairly is for dorks. Wile DEVELOPER INFOGRAMES
SHEFFIELD GENRE WACKY RACING
Olympic events! Hanna-Barbara cartoon of the E. Coyote would be proud. PLAYERS TBA ORIGIN UK ONLINE
same name, Wacky Races puts When said and done, N PERIPHERALS TBA
Eidos includes plenty all is
RELEASE DATE SUMMER
of those, as well. players in the driver’s seat of however, what actually sets this
eleven different vehicles, game apart graphical Some of the most impressive car-
But the company is its
toon-style graphics we’ve ever
didn’t stop there, of - ranging from the Slag Brothers’ sheen. Pilfering a page from seen. And a great license. And
it's funny. And it's fun.
course. Professional- Boulder Mobile to Dick Das- Sega’s much-ballyhooed Jet
style commentary
from the sidelines
tardly’s Flying

the
Machines
Gruesome Twosome’s
to Grind Radio, Wacky Races
employs ‘real-time black-lining’
B Not as fast-anctsmooth as it
should be...but it’s not done yet

and multiple "TV- Creepy Coupe. and an assortment of other BOTTOM LINE
like" camera angles Each of the game’s 22 techniques to enhance the
Let’s hope we won’t have to sit this baby lives up to its potential,
If

appear throughout the game, tracks is littered with jumps, game’s visual appeal. And if its Infogrames may have a racing clas-
through those ‘moving’ profiles
making its "advanced skeletal tunnels, shortcuts, traps and developers can get the framerate sicon its hands. Lets hope they don't
of underfed 15-year old girls Wacky
think target-group and turn
animation systems" even more er—world class gymnasts. Waldo-humping goats to help up to snuff, this could be one of Races into a ‘kids game’—it can be
Dreamcast’s finest racers so much more...
liven up the vehicular festivites. yet.
PUBLISHER EIDOS DEVELOPER ATTENTION TO DETAIL ORIGIN UK GENRE SPORTS PLAYERS 1-2
ONLINE NO PERIPHERALS TBA RELEASE DATE AUGUST Even better, you can use Wacky stuff indeed.

68 Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine July/ Aug 2000 www.DailyRadar.com

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 WORLD SERIES If You Really
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“As the first Sega Sports baseball title to come to Sega Dreamcast, this game has redefined the sports

videogame category. Sega Sports brings you the most realistic baseball simulation game ever! World

Series Baseball 2K1 raises the benchmark in sports games with unprecedented realism, gameplay i

graphics. World Series Baseball 2K1 continues in the tradition of the 2K line featuring very realistic ball-
SegafS'Dreamcast.

parks, players, and controls with 28 ballparks created in 3D. The game also features the new rosters for

the 2000 season and features five great modes of play; including All Star, Playoff, Exhibition, Home Run

Derby and Pennant. So create your own roster and get ready for some real hard-hitting

j
siiM m m
Machine: Dreamcast Genre: Role Playing/Sports
action! Batter up!” - DailyRadar.com

Developer: Sega # of Players: 1

Detailed player models

Abilities of players based on real sports data. Awesome new camera angles.
and ballparks recreated in full 3D.

First In Line or On-Line

Get newest titles

on release date by reserving

in-store or on-line.
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Save information from your Dreamcast and play with
that data while you are away from your Dreamcast.
Much more than a memory card!

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“I'm Half-Man, I’m
Half-Fish...You Got A
Problem With That?”
“What’s an oversize guppy with a human face have on it’s mind? I don’t know... Ask it! Nothing, but nothing can

prepare gamers for Sega’s pet simulator... SEAMAN. You know how every videogame stakes a claim at unique-

ness? Get ready... SEAMAN delivers. The game comes packaged with a green-tipped, padded microphone that

fits into the Sega Oreamcast’s controller via a VMU-iike card. Once the game's little fish-men (called Seamen)

hatch, players can press the “A” button on the Dreamcast controller, and talk to the creatures. Stranger still, the

Seamen will begin to recognize a player’s voice, and be able to respond to it. He’s a picky fish, one that needs

to communicate with you, be fed, nurtured and his fish tank maintained. Ignore his needs... and he’ll talk back to

you... get moody and he’ll even make fun of you! Other virtual pets are cute and cuddly, SEAMAN
is downright creepy, not to mention obnoxious. As a baby, he’ll scream and chuckle madly. As an

adult, he’ll be perfectly insulting! This is a game that's altogether weird and totally Twilight Zone,

and 100 percent uniquel” - DailyRadar.com

Players experience complete interaction Game evolves over time, allowing creatures to
Incredible, life-like 3D graphics and movements.
with Seaman! Knock on the tank to get his attention. grow even while players are not tending the aquarium.

Easy to
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that data while you are away from your Dreamcast.
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 Whatever You Do, Don’t
Call Him A “Fish”
DEEEi IDEE OF THE FUTUEJL “The lovable dolphin Ecco makes his triumphant return to

Sega’s shores - and his greatest adventure to date will play

f out on the Dreamcast! As in previous adventures, Ecco will be

able to explore various lush underwater environments such as

caves, reefs and lakes. Time and space travel are also integral parts

of the games and it will feature various puzzle-solving elements as

1
tim%P%i*ff n*l
well. Three-dimensional graphics and the Dreamcast’s penchant

for stunning lighting effects will ensure that Ecco is nothing less

than a visual masterpiece. Ecco will look and move as a real

bottle-nosed dolphin would; and Sega has worked with

National Geographic magazine who has supplied the

game’s creators with information about

dolphin behavior, oceanic flora and fauna, and

the tooth and claw world of undersea existence.

* i:,T;Hi'li[^l|l^llllrT;WB'; :;'t
Oh to be under the sea....” - DailyRadar.com
 Gamers would be well served not to take UFC lightly

0 We were quite amazed by the

realism of the fighter models in
UFC; it’s spooky. There are only
two ways in which these guys
could have been made real-er:
1) They could have smelled
appropriately of sweat, blood and
body makeup (perhaps, in the
approaching era of ‘ISmell’—see
our news story in DCDirect—they
will), and 2) More lumps and
bumps in appropriate (but
During our visit to Crave’s undelightful) places. We're not
offices in LA, we met up with sure that we want the game to
two of the stars of UFC: Chuck improve that much.
‘The Iceman’ Liddell (left) and
Tito Ortiz (right). This shot was
taken just before Evan unwisely
0 Big John McCarthy yearns to join
the down-and-dirty action... Always
teased Tito about ‘playing like a
the bridesmaid, never the bride!
girl.' Poor Evan... (For more ODCM

opinions on how to play fighting

games, see Fight Club, p. 44.) 0 Tito Ortiz goes to town and
shows off the physics of UFC.

Ultimate
Fighting Championship
Not just another pretty-faced homage to men in tights
hen Crave announced Japanese developer Anchor Bruce Buffer. Gameplay-wise, the So, while skeptics may regard
thatit had snagged the (replete with several team version ofUFC that we played at UFC as nothing more than
PUBLISHER CRAVE DEVELOPER ANCHOR
license to produce members who had previously the Crave offices was still really another rock ’em, sock ’em, roll GENRE FIGHTING/SPORTS/UNDERWEAR
MODELING PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN JAPAN
games based on the tough-as- worked on Tekken, Soul Calibur early, but the level of depth and around with ’em chance to show PERIPHERALS TBA ONUNE NO RELEASE
nails Ultimate Fighting and Toy Fighter), UFC does complexity in game mechanics men in their underwear, gamers DATE SEPTEMBR/OCTOBER

Championship tournament, we ultimately promise to be much was already apparent. Anchor would be well served not to take
Great amount of facial expression
here in the ODCM offices were a more of a real fighting game has seen fit to include hit combos UFC lightly. If everything goes ( and likenesses to each fighter's
live counterpart
bit skeptical. We’d seen our than some mere wrestling knock and reversals in addition to grabs according to Crave’s and
share of wrestling games (
WWF off. This is definitely a good thing. and counters, much like you would Anchor’s ambitious plan,
Attitude comes to mind) and find in any 3D fighting game. Dreamcast may finally get its
A load of men in their skivvies
‘live-action’ beat ’em ups (anyone Composed completely The fighters themselves look due. UFC, so far, is shaping up to
remember the
Fighter the Movie?),
atrocious Street
and we
in 3D, UFC sports licensed
fighters duking it out as they
surprisingly realistic, with faces
that show a great deal of well-
be one of the better fighting
games based on a live-sport
B Will there

Early versions
be enough
moves lists for each
moved
variety in the
fighter?

quite slowly

hadn’t been impressed at all. But would in an actual tournament. integrated detail. Small things, license, and wrestling fans A load of men in their skivvies

after having a go at the game This means that each fighter will like Chuck ‘The Iceman’ Liddell’s should take notice. With some
and witnessing a frighteningly have his (or her, in the case of head tattoo mapped perfectly added attention to controls and
BOTTOM LINE
live demonstration (complete secret characters)own specific onto his virtual counterpart’s gameplay, we’re hoping that
With a considerable amount of talent
with real UFC fighters) of what style ofcombat and couture skull,and Tito Ortiz’s black UFC’s early rough edges will be at the helm of UFC, we predict that it
gameplay would be all about, we modeled after their real-life shorts emblazoned, as they smoothed out. Expect it to come may take the live-sport cake. Cross
your fingers.
started coming around. counterparts, moderated by the should be, with flames, make the out swinging this September.
In the capable hands of interactive referee/announcer, game a visual delight. FRANCESCA REYES

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 “The character designer is very serious
IJ Cool Cool Toon has been
garnering loads of
attention from the
press—for obvious
reasons.

Cool Cool*
TheJetsons meet Jet Set Radio, on the grooviest da

a
nown primarily for its ‘ippei’ brand name," explains a styles, ‘Flitz’ and ‘Notty’, which musical instruments and give
excellent 2D fighters, proud producer. Even if the game will alternate in Story mode. In you the choice between a
PUBLISHER SNK (JAPAN), US (TBA)
SNK has jumped on the should turn out to have the Flitz (which apparently means Session or Story mode." Adachi DEVELOPER SNK GENRE MUSIC/DANCE
popular music game bandwagon somewhat PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN JAPAN
limited fun-factor of ‘dance’), the player uses the can download
reveals, “You
PERIPHERALS NGPC, JUMP PACK
with its more-than-promising poking your own nose, “Its design joystick and buttons to make the monsters from the DC version, ONLINE YES RELEASE DATE JULY/AUG
(JAPAN), TBA (US)
new franchise, Cool Cool Toon. alone will surely attract the characters groove to music and each with a different instrument.
Little has been revealed about masses.. .and dress them, too." graphics. As to how the onscreen Then you can upload your NGPC
actual gameplay, but artwork for meter works, we’d like to know play data into the DC, which will a Unique
modes and
style, various gameplay
online support

characters and overall design The developercaiis cct that ourselves. We do know that earn you Jara, the currency in the NGPC and
open up new
online compatibility
possibilities for the
(represented so far only in a ‘rhythm comic’. “We wish a level (LV) meter determines the Cool Cool Toon world.” You can music genre
screens) already speak in favor players to enjoy this game as player’s progression in the even use your Jara online, to buy
of the title— its designer (who though they were reading a game’s worlds—the better you licensed designer We have no clue what gameplay
goes by the rather intriguing comic book,” Adachi explains.
six

dance, the higher the meter.

officially

costumes and other goodies in

B will be
fighting
Let's hope SNK's
like...

background won’t limit

moniker “ippei") has created over Realtime movies will spice up According to SNK, Notty’s SNK’s ‘Collect Tower’. the potential of CCT
80 refreshingly original the atmosphere between gameplay will be “very similar" to We can only hope that SNK
characters, playable in story, challenges, and let gamers the PlayStation hits Parappa the chooses to release the game and BOTTOM LINE
versus and cooperative modes. catch some breath. Rapper and UmJammer Lammy. its NGPC companion here in the
With SNK tooning" into the rhythm-
“The character designer is As if the three above- SNK is also creating a Neo US. Ulala, those little Moroliens action genre, DC gamers had better
very serious about fashion, and is mentioned modes weren’t Geo Pocket offshoot called Cool are about to become the least of take notice. This may be yet another
brilliant DC exclusive! Hope the US
even planning to establish his enough, SNK is implementing Cool Jam to link with its big DC your worries! doesn't miss out on a potential gem.
own clothes shop under the two largely different gameplay brother. “CCJ will let you play ten JORGS. TITTEL

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 a

1 [o Magi V-

[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™.

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Take it from us, this

truly is San Francisco.
The trash cans are
the right shape. The
taxis are the right
colors. The MUNI
buses have just the
right logos—and all of
the nice old ladies
with shopping carts in

Chinatown hobble
across the street in

front of your car just

as the light turns
green. It’s life. You’ve
gotta love it.

Super Runabout
Whose side are you on, anyway?

B
ake the playability and polish of accurate, even down to the signage on
Crazy Taxi, throw in the seamy familiar parking garages. While our early
underbelly of GTA 2, then add a demo had some pesky problems with
healthy dose of the ‘interactive’ factor clipping and slowdown (which was
found in a game like Destruction Derby, especially apparent in any view outside of
and you’ve got an inkling of what Super the ‘In-Car’ camera angle), it’s likely that

Runabout is all—er— about. Interplay ( MDK 2) will clean up these flaws

Here’s the crux: you accept an illicit before release.
mission involving shady pick-ups and drop- And there’re more goodies: If you play
offs, then race to a goal while attempting through as the criminals, you’ll have a
to shake the fuzz off your tail. It’s a simple slew of vehicles to unlock. If you manage
formula— but after giving our playable to avoid trashing the town (and other
demo of the Japanese version a good go, drivers) on your deliveries, you won’t incur
we can assure you that it’s a solid one. a dollar debt. If you do get too wreck-
And the option of playing through as happy and your debt exceeds your
either criminal or cop is a great twist. bankroll, it’s back to the garage with you.
Graphically, the game most closely Fun, fast and furious, Super Runabout will

mimics the 3D fast-paced feel of Crazy be a title to shout about when it hits

Taxi. Its representations of the ‘mean’ San shelves later this year.
Francisco streets are frighteningly FRANCESCA REYES
PUBLISHER INTERPLAY DEVELOPER CLIMAX ENTERTAINMENT ORIGIN JAPAN GENRE DRIVING/ACTION/CIVIC APPRECIATION
PLAYERS 1 ONUNE TBA PERIPHERALS TBA RELEASE DATE MAY (JAPAN)/TBA (US)

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 COMINGSOON Previews The most impressive eye candy this side of FF...

Q Wandering around on you

can experience EA’s prowess from a
foot,

first-person viewpoint (via the Y

button), and enjoy clever roof-
dissolves for a look into houses.

We don’t need no stinkin’ pixies! A

good ol’ fashioned death-by-exploding- 0JJ Cinemas-a-plenty—each uses
EA’s unique in-game engine to
sword just can’t be beat! Cooool...
generate these gorgeously detailed
real-time graphics. Drooool...

Q Your distancemuch
from the enemy
damage you
will affect how
can do, and how much access
have for counterattack!
they’ll

0 Every special and every spell is

amazing.. .trust us.

0 Aika, Vyse and Fina get ready for

tough battles (and a name change)
during their journey to the US.

Eternal Arcadia
The sky’s no limit to Sega’s looming RPG masterpiece
about person on the deck of the ship. discovery, but with Vyse, Aika
furrm
a
uietly hyped for months, point) to tool merrily
^
the upcoming wonder the stratosphere. If the enemy is huge, you can and Fina already announced as
PUBUSHER SEGA DEVELOPER SEGA.
that is Sega’s next big The most impressive aspect expect to use everything in the the main characters, you’d be R&D#7 GENRE RPG PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN
JAPAN PERIPHERALS VMU, JUMP PACK
thing is finally emerging in of combat is the way in which ship's vast arsenal—which hard-pressed to find a collection ONLINE TBA RELEASE DATE SUMMER
playable form— with full 3D ‘super moves’ or spells are includes cannons and other of cooler heroes— no matter how (JAPAN)/TBA (US)

environments, drop dead activated. Every turn a character assorted firearms (you know, hard you look for them.
Stunning freedom of movement
gorgeous spells (for,

other things, dropping people

among takes can increase his or her
‘guts gauge’. Specials and spells
pirate things)— in
The degree of freedom your
an all-out duel. With Sega picking up the
license to bring Eternal Arcadia
a during exploration bits

‘Wow’ factor at a definitively sky

can high level for graphics and
dead), and characters with some can then be activated by using character has while exploring on to the States, expectant fans
designs throughout
of the most appealing, expressive points from this gauge— and once the ship awesome, and it’s
is anticipate not only a name
Dynamic battle engine
faces we’ve ever seen. you do, you’re in for some of the even more astounding when you change (eek!) when it hits these
Its storyline takes shape in a most impressive eye candy this take into account the sheer size shores, but a few minor tweaks Will the story hold up though
another Sega translation?
world of airborne continents side of Final Fantasy. of Eternal Arcadia’s world, and the to the look of the game. While
Willit be longer than, say, ten

spread across a massive sky. Our power needed to maintain it. we're unsure of what these will hours? Oh please, oh please...

heroes, Vyse, Aika and Fina, are Ship battles tend to be The number of playable be, we are sure that this is a

sent to seek out Moonstones inevitable when your group is characters within the game is game to watch for. We expect to BOTTOM LINE
(precious gems that fall from the traveling between continents. still in flux. The project’s lead get our hands on an English
An original RPG with enough guns, girls
planet’s six moons) in uncharted Depending on the size of the producer, Reiko Kodama, has demo of the game before next and guts to take on the big boys of
Phantasy Star Online and Grandia II. We
lands, using giant airships (which enemy group or creature, you’ll hinted that there are more than issue, so stay tuned.
simply cannot wait
quickly become the game’s focal most often fight your foe in four total characters waiting for FRANCESCA REYES

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JJ "Now what did do with that box of latex gloves?" Ryu goes
I in for his
annual check-up at Clinique de Venom.

0 Triple tag teams go ballistic in Capcom’s latest 2D wunderfighter...does

anyone do it any better? (Answer. No.)

0 Street Fighter, Dark Stalkers, and other Capcom classics put in their bids
for coolest character of the game. Check out that special!

{J Spidey: “You thinking what I’m thinking?” Captain America: “Hold me.”
Wolverine: “Jeez, get a room! ...not that there's anything wrong with that..."

0 Jill Valentine, Psylocke, Rogue. The ladies are all present and accounted
for, and ready to help the men get in touch with their feminine sides.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Spiderman Your Grandma

Massive Attack vs. Fat Elvis vs. vs. vs. et al.
Capcom MvC2 enjoyment. From Spidey to Ryu attacks to healing powers

B
f Marvel vs. entirely sprite-based, (like
|li!|:];IM;
was the Mountain Dew is a combination of flat2D to Jill Valentine, the well of Jill Valentine’s ‘herb’. Hmm.). Of
PUBLISHER CAPCOM DEVELOPER
of fighting games, character sprites placed on characters in MvC2 won’t run course, these effects take time CAPCOM GENRE FIGHTING PLAYERS 1-2
ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS TBA
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is a top of realtime, 3D polygonal dry anytime soon. to recharge, so calling on a ONUNE YEW RELEASE DATE TBA
quadruple espresso shot with a backgrounds. These teammate at the wrong time
two-liter Jolt chaser. Granted, it backgrounds are not only 3D, As far as gameplay can often screw you sideways.
doesn’t deviate very far from
the original model: All of the
but rendered at 640x480—
double the resolution of even
goes, this one’s so far over the
top it looks down on Manute you’ll
And the best part is that
be able to do it all online.
Q Over 55
playable fighters,
including every cool Capcom and
Marvel hero

sound, fury and multiple the mighty SF3: Double Boll. Each player begins by Using the DC Network, you’ll be Three member tag teams and
able to go head to head against Insane combos? Yes, please
multiple-hit combos are once Impact—which translates into choosing three fighters, all of
and Grandma Online compatibility
again in full effect. But with beautiful pictures. While the which are fully controllable your in Florida,

added characters, more

animation, improved
3D
result is a bit odd-looking,
also absolutely gorgeous (not
it’s can be tagged in and out at any
time. Fans weaned on the
beating her wrinkled butt and
talkin' all sorts of smack. With
B The characters haven’t been
optimized for the gorgeous
polygonal backgrounds

backgrounds and a veritable unlike Christina Ricci). original will be performing all of this and plenty of hidden Are 2D fighters dead on DC?
smorgasbord of secrets and At the opening whistle there preposterous 50 hit combos, secrets to unlock (via the
surprises, MvC2 offers more are 24 selectable characters, insane super moves and game’s points-accumulation
BOTTOM LINE
than $50 should ever buy you. and when all is said and done awesome colo-rectal surgeries system), MvC2 will be a great
With characters aplenty and every
Graphically, MvC2 represents (and— well— unlocked), there’s a in no time (okay, so we made addition to DC’s already conceivable 2D fighter's dream feature
Each character spectacular library of fighters. included, this could possibly be the
somewhat of a departure from grand spankin’ total of 56 (!!) that last bit up).
series to best Capcom's own
Capcom's previous 2D fighters. Marvel and Capcom creations also features different effects, Sorry, Grandma. SF franchise.
While past efforts have been available for your sparring which range from anti-air EVAN SHAMOON

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i\£ML£ZLLl Take that, Electronic Arts.

If Crazy Taxi and

Picabo Street could

get together and
make a pretty baby,
this game would be
it. The only thing
missing is that apres-
ski hot toddy at
the lodge...

Sno-Cross Int’l
Championship
Racing
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
rave seems to be on a your driver react appropriately

a bit of a Dreamcast roll.

The company already

has a platformer (Super Magnetic
Neo), a racer ( Tokyo Xtreme
to the environment (leaning,
ducking, pulling
thing but cussing a blue
streak). And this
back—every-

is where the
Racer 2) and an online shooter realism will really come into
(Star Lancer) in the works, but play. You don’t want to lean or
it's still announcing new titles pull back too far, unless you E3 Three words: World
Series Baseball.One
including an inclement also want to take a spill and more word: Dreamcast.
high-speed hit called Sno-Cross end up with a mouth full of And now three extra
Championship Racing. While (hopefully pure as the driven...) words: Coming in July.

the game’s schtick is pretty snow. Riders can also count Oh, and another two
words: Awwvm, yeahhh!
self-explanatory (did you expect on a multitude of different
it to be a giant mech shooter sled-types (up to three different
RPG?). its play is shaping up to classes be implemented)
will

be anything but run-of-the-mill. that can be gradually unlocked

Featuring licensed Yamaha by competing against various
snowmobiles. SnoCross promises opponents (and winning) in the
more than a speedy run from Championship Circuit.
pole to pole— its rough and Crave and UDS have
tumble gameplay will allow included enough options to
players to give and receive please every control freak,
damage during each race (ah. tossing in adjustable weather
a track

World Senesl
the fun part). Of course, with all effects, editor, trick

of this giving and receiving options and a full set of different

going on in a two-player game championship modes (500cc,
(especially in the head-to-head 600cc, 700cc). Winter is still a
ways away, but Sno-Cross Inter-

2K1
mode), it’s also necessary for
Sno-Cross to throw
option to repair your formerly
pristine Yamaha. And
it, you can always buy
can’t fix
in the

if you
national Championship Racing
should
chattering
ground
still

in
set gamers’ teeth a-
when
August.
it hits the Baseball
an upgrade, and attempt to
make your ride
FRANCESCA REYES Where the hell is it?
mm
quick enough to s you’re no doubt universally acclaimed Saturn
PUBLISHER SEGA
accelerate out of painfully aware, World series; they’ve set to the task
DEVELOPER SEGA OF JAPAN
the crowd alto- Series Baseball 2K1 is with a fanaticism that’s normally GENRE SPORTS PLAYERS 1-4
ORIGIN JAPAN ONLINE TBA
gether—which is still nowhere to be found— not reserved (in Japan) for Hello PERIPHERALS NO DATE JULY!
always the surest even at PacBell Park’s Sega Kitty and rubber monsters. The
way to stay dent-free. Sports Experience in San Fran- result is a baseball game that Great graphics, great stadiums

Racing fans cisco, which is literally spitting looks fantastic, with tight control a and the trademark high quality
thatis World Se
"
should wholeheart- distance from Sega HQ (eight and expected stats in place. All
Where is the damn thing?
edly appreciate the blocks, but there’s a tailwind). of the major league parks Maybe baseball season starts
three months later in Japan
realistic physics Think of it as a strike-shortened (including new fields) are hand
or something...
engine touted for season. But unlike real life strike- modeled in loving detail. When
Sno-Cross. You’ll shortened seasons, where the it it finally releases, completing BOTTOM LINE
How real is it? Just about real
rest of the year generally sucks, the Sega Sports lineup, WSB 2K1
not only take the hills and
enough to piss the little guy in
bumps like you would in real the driver's seat off if you slam
WSB 2K1 should be more than should firmly establish Sega as Playing as well or better than its
Saturn predecessor ever did, this
life, but you'll be able to see him into a wall. worth the wait. the best sports developers on game should deliver—better late
It’s being produced in Japan any platform. Take that, EA. than never
PUBLISHER CRAVE DEVELOPER I DS ORIGIN SWEDEN GENRE RACING PLAYERS 1-2 ONLINE
NO PERIPHERALS TBA RELEASE DATE AUGUST by the same team that did the CHRIS CHARLA

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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

si" One-to-four player head-

to-head racing

si" 13 tracks including Space

MAGICAL MCING Mountain, Haunted Mansion and

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

Disney's Blizzard Beach

TOUR S 13 racers including 10 all-new
Disney characters

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 COMINGSOON Preview Zone Bigger-than-a-Sumo’s-diaper sized robots
Qba

Q Huge massive explosions. Huge massive metallic shiny robots. Huge

massive comic book store owners all rushing to buy the game at once.

Q Building your mech from scratch, then fighting it out in full 3D. Does it

get any better than this? Apparently not.

0 With Sega out of the picture, Activision is free to make changes for the US.
Tenchu, Blue Stinger and now VO:OT—Japanese ports galore from Activision.

Virtual On: EB The best part of combat are the customizable weapons you can load
onto your self-made mech. The effects are as amazing as the damage.

Oratorio Tangram
Giant robots beat the crap out of each other. More News at eleven.
reathe in: Much to the effect. They’ve officially taken the two joysticks, with two triggers the game playable without Twin
disappointment of the reins from Sega— handling both on each used for both weapons Sticks— and considering the
R ACTIVISION DEVELOPER
game’s quite voracious the localization of the port, and and dashing. Pushing up on both Japanese developer’s utter SEGA GENRE DOUBLE OR NOTHING
makes the mech walk PLAYERS 1-2 ORIGIN JAPAN
cult following,Sega of America the resourcing of a third party to sticks failure to this end, they certainly
PERIPHERALS TWIN STICKS (WE HOPE)
has recently made the decision release an unofficial (but functional) forward; pushing one stick and have their work cut out for them ONUNE NO RELEASE DATE TBA
not to bring the Dreamcast interpretation of the Twin Sticks pulling the other rotates your (In fairness, though, what we
version of Virtual On: Oratorio
Tangram over to the US. Their
here
likes
in the US. Happy us.
our big robots.
We mech in

direction;
the appropriate
and pulling the sticks
played at Activision’s offices did
appear to be moving in the
a Twin sticks are GREAT. They’re
the only only way you’ll want to
play this game

reasoning was focused mainly apart executes a jump. The right direction). The physics of controlling these
building-sized robots is amazingly
upon the prohibitive cost of the The game is essentially a experience feels just like you’d In the end, however, VO.OT is convincing.

game’s Twin Sticks’— no, not one-on-one deathmatch imagine it would be to pilot a meant to be experienced with Without the twin sticks, is it still

combined with a one-on-one heavy steel behemoth— pretty the original arcade controls. a game we'll crave playing?
Calista Flockhart and Lara Flynn I

game. Robots are damn brings us right back While the lack of online play a No online play...again
Boyle, but rather the exclusive fighting cool. It is

and somewhat-expensive set of endowed with both long-and to our glorious Wu -Voltron days. disappointment, the split-screen
dual joysticks used to control the short-range attacks to use while While the controls do create a option results in fast, playable, BOTTOM LINE
bigger-than-a-Sumo’s-diapers- dashing about cool, stylized learning curve to be scaled, they furious excercises in metallic -The Japanese gaming press and pubilc
sized robots in Virtual On. arenas, beating the proverbial quickly become the only way punishment. If Activision can get absolutely adored Virtual On and with —
good reason. It’s quite unlike most
Breathe out: Fortunately for piss out of one another. What you’ll want to play— but not the its version of the Twin Sticks anything you've played, and definitely
one to watch for.
US gamers, Activision stepped in made the arcade version of only way you can play. Activision released in the US, we’ll be
and said, “We’ll show you twin VO.OT so unique was, in fact, the is attempting to provide wearing our VO.OT suits with pride.

sticks!” Or something to that employment of said Twin Sticks— controller setups that will make EVAN SHAMOON

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quick breath
fresh air
30 dream convertibles with multiple engine configurations
Tackle one act of God after another on Q different tracks

blowing road racing wide open

 ProTip: Put down the magazine you are holding.
Run/drive/crawl to your local videogame store.
Buy a copy of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Oh, and
thank us later. Peace.

Tony Hawk’s fro

Reasons and Genres: A dialog on why the appeal of Tony
t all began with the frolicking and cavorting in the fare, took the videogaming world buy a skateboard. If you didn’t
courtship. Calling the giddy glow of ODCM’s TV set. by storm. Anyone who had the play videogames, Tony made you
game’s developer on a Day 3 Normally as social as a opportunity to play the game— buy a PlayStation. If you didn’t
near-daily basis, begging for an constipated leper, Evan is suddenly apparently quite a few of you, have a kid named Tony, you
opportunity to spend some quality nothing but bubbles and sunshine, considering the number of acquired one and immediately
time with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater making friendly conversation copies it sold—quickly realized renamed him. It was that good.

...And then, finally, after months even with the strangest of that it was the best thing since
of wooing, being introduced to strangers. An unprecedented breaded Slice™. Suffice to say, it And now the good folks
the game of our dreams. Here’s event: Evan introduces Tony to was easily the best skateboarding at Crave have brought Never-

how it all happened... his friends and relatives. They game on the market and, in the soft’s masterpiece over to
Day 1 Evan gets to know the unanimously approve of Tony’s prevailing opinion of the American Dreamcast— and, like a
control scheme; gets a good good looks and intelligent game- male populace: "Like, the best supremely pissed-off Jet Li

idea of what Tony Hawk is all play. Day 4 True love. Shotgun videogame ever, man."
freakin’ amongst a horde of wayward bad
about. They stay up most of the wedding, quaint cottage furnished And we couldn’t agree more. guys, it kicks a whole gang of
night together, and make plans at IKEA, three rosy kids and a dog Even somewhat antiquated
in its ass. Yes, the lack of ‘new stuff is

to meet the following morning. named Giles. The Rest: History. 32bit incarnation, Tony was one a bit disappointing— no new
Day 2 The all-important second In 1999, Neversoft developed of the finest games we’ve ever tracks or skaters have been

date goes remarkably well. Evan Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater for had the pleasure of playing. If added to the DC version, making
and Tony spend the entire day PlayStation and, with little fan- you didn’t skate, Tony made you content essentially the same as

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 Welcome to
JESTZONE

http://www.Greg-Orlando.com/
A great page dedicated to obscure humorous refer-
ences and Woody Allen-esque comic timing. Easy
navigation, no annoying ad banners and excellent,
up-to-date links to other DC gaming sites.
Bonus: just picked Site of the Week by ODCM!

http://www.Cord-Barrett-Smith.com/
Looking for some tips on DC racing games like
Sega Rally 2 or Crazy Taxi? Can’t seem to find an
accurate FAQ for /-Spy? Look no further than this
site to answer all your gaming needs. Novice-
friendly, but with all the Java & Flash 4.0 perks.

http://www.Max-Everingham.co.jp/
Though this Japanese home page for (oddly enough)
British gaming enthusiasts may be in Kanji—and it
may be changing servers— it’s still got it all in the
form of racing and soccer game coverage. With free
language translation software download.

http://www.Jason-Passama.com/
While this page still refuses to incorporate frames
and contains no links, it’s remains the best site to
learn everything you need to know about handheld
stuff, including games. Think of it as a 16-bit site
for 16-bit gaming. Best viewed on a Palm III.

http://www.Noah-Massey.com/
“Every game, every system, every peripheral!”So
says the banner on this web page. While the page's
maintainer likes to throw in the random bit (like
recipes for homemade ‘brownies') every now and
then, it’s the best peripherals review site out there.

Our Scoring System

fm\ No, pal, not that kind of scoring
system.
it
If it were, we sure wouldn’t give
away for free—we'd be selling it in the 10 instant classic
back of Maxim for $29.99.
'/ea/Dcasf 9 phenomenal
f We score games on a scale of 1 to
10. When we believe a game is just aver-
age, we give it—you guessed it— 5 out of
10. If its appeal is aimed directly at fans
8 excellent

Hawk’s Pro Skater is wider than your mom of either its genre or its series but is not
something that will be enjoyed by every-

one, it gets 6 out of 10. See, you deserve

7 good

that of its PS and N64 bretheren. aspects and gameplay elements 64 and its ilk, participants are a system that uses the whole range of
marks, and not just those above 7!
6 for fans
But the bang-up graphical from various—even disparate- dropped into huge arenas and
Peripherals are another story. Since
enhancements, improved fram- game genres, and blends them given the freedom to journey it doesn't make much sense to score a
5 average
erate and refined control come together so seamlessly that the almost anywhere, limited only by VMU or an extension cord on a 1-10
together to make a perfect game entire experience becomes truly their own creativity. You can trick
scale, we've created an incredibly clever 4 mediocre
and cute smiley-face score system. We
much been organic. But we’re not content off of nearly everything in the
that
dominating the
perfecter. It’s

ODCM with nutshells aroundhere— we

hope you’ll find it self-explanatory.
3 flawed
official game’s nine real-world locales,
Dream Game Award*
Entertainment Station for weeks demand So here goes
nuts! which include Burnside skate park, With Dreamcast’s promising software 2 very weak
now, which is definitely saying nothing— ODCM’s thesis on why a New York mall, an abandoned lineup, we won’t be hard-pressed to pick

something—especially consider- Tony is so damn good, and why warehouse and downtown Min- a game every issue that goes above and
beyond the call of greatness. For this sin-
1 embarassing
ing the great games we’ve been absolutely everybody will love it: neapolis. Platforms are everywhere, gular type of game, we've concocted our
handling of late. making it possible to reach new special award: the Dream Game Award.

It’s a bit difficult to say what Playing the game is areas and explore new territory
The title that gets this guarantees a
good time no matter who you are or
it is, exactly, that makes Tony like rocking Mario 64, NHL2K with a string of well-timed jumps. what type of games you like to play. An
Hawk so good, but dammit Jim, and Soul Calibur all at the same The seemingly infinite ways of essential purchase!

we’re videogame journalists time—sort of a videogame nerd’s approaching these levels and * Small print somewhere in this mag
here and it’s our noble-as-tits-on- equivalent of a menage a trois performing moves within them is secures your legal agreement to buy all
a-dingo duty to give it a shot. In (sorry about that unfortunate what makes each run Dream Game Award titles immediately.
a nutshell, it takes the best mental image, folks). Like Mario feel like an entirely fresh

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 ES This sequence of shots
shows us getting up onto a
gas pipe via our relentlessly
mad skillz. When you grind
over the valve, gas gets
released into the air— it’s a
very cool effect. Learning to
grind onto everything is an
important part of mastering
Tony Hawk, etc.

Qsecond best waygame

Playing this the
we can
is

think to get sweaty palms.

[Pause] Sorry, but it’s true.
And it’s late.

0 The sense of accomplish-

ment and gratification you
feel upon landing that impos-
sible move is second only to
that first time you kicked
your brother’s ass in Street
Fighter II.

O experience—nay, adven-
ture—that no one before
you has ever encountered in quite
remiss
trick

game’s
if

engine
we failed

control
its

is
to give Tony’s
due. Because the
tighter than a
the same way. In career mode, duck’s ass, pulling off tricks is

each level is graced with a series itself a reasonably easy endeavor.

of cool challenges that each incor- Earning big points, however,
porate elements of exploration, requires players to improve their
tricks, technique and speed. skills to the point where they are
Videotapes are littered throughout able to effectively string these
the levels, which the player must tricks together. In the same way
collect in order to progress to the that a good fighting game will
next venue. As these levels combo sys-
force you to learn the
become increasingly more diffi- tem and master the techniques
cult, the tapes are placed in (see Fight Club, page 44), Tony
progressively more precarious Hawk does the same with its
locations. To reach one tape, for And when you finally pull
tricks.

example, you’ll have to ollie onto off that sick/ill/ phat/dope

a railing, grind down onto the top combo you’ve been practicing for
of a dumpster, and then ride the the past three hours— baby, it’s

adjacent wall over to a ledge— at good. The learning curve is steady

which point you’ll need to build up and consistent, rewarding those
enough speed to launch yourself who truly understand how the
AN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—The X Hawk told the crowd in his post-flying-without- over a telephone booth and grab game should be played.
Games “Best Trick” competition, 1999. wings interview. “I couldn't have done it without the tape. It’s largely this combina- Graphically, Tony Hawk is edibly

On this historic day, Tony Hawk pulled off [you guys]. “This is it...l feel like everything (in my tion of Tony Hawk’s exploratory, hot. Environments are sharp, and
the impossible—the first 900 in skateboarding career) has led up to now. That's it for me, I swear. freeform approach with such the added multiple-source dynamic
competition history. What else is there? The 900 was my goal.” Tony, directed, incentive-driven goals lighting, realistic shadows for

“This is the best day of my life, I swear to God!" we salute you. that makes the game so damn fun. skaters, and further clip plane
Speaking of fun, we’d be serve to heighten the experience.

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 l-SPY: Operation
Espionage
Remember your brain? Better warm it up.
et’s face it, in terms of Each mission is essentially
TV, it’s kind of cool to its own timed puzzle, requiring
be restricted to the role you to think cleverly yet quickly:
of a voyeur (come on, you know fully aware that putting one
you like to watch). But with agent in danger could send the
games, it's another story— whole mission up in smoke (in

and developers know that. So fact, since saves are allowed

whether it’s a first-person only between missions, there’s
shooter or an epic RPG, each a real sense of mortality, in that
new game is certain to open the you might just kill someone
door to wide new vistas of after you lose an agent thirty

player interaction. Following this minutes into the mission and

trend, l-SPY does offer a high have to start all over).

sense of realism: but In its conception, l-SPY is

ironically, its limited control certainly unique, but it may fail

has more of a TV-inspired, to entice gamers who crave
The way your board wobbles when voyeuristic feel. The best of both being in direct control of the
soaring through the air is one of
worlds? Well, maybe. action. Although the intuitive
many small touches that make the
game what it is.
Don’t buy this title expecting controls and the four cameras
an action game— it’s not. Think make it easy tocommand and
of more as Mission Impossible
it keep track of your agents, most
meets Battle Chess, where you gamers will likely tire of barking
choose the commands and then orders by the third or fourth
All that being said, however, strictly-hip-hop heads out there, at the possibilities. But in the sit back and watch as four mission. As a game, l-SPY
the game does show its PS roots the punk and hardcore sound- end, this remains perhaps the active team members carry ultimately succeeds in accom-

a bit more than one might hope. track is far above average. closest that videogaming has them out. plishing what it sets out to do,
Player models—while composed come to a completely instinctive, Mission objectives but that’s just not enough to
of triple their original number of The most significant Zen-like experience. Much like range from stealing paintings make it fun.

polys—still look like updates of of the game’s many improve- the science that was Street from a museum to battling it CORD BARRETT SMITH
their chunky PlayStation counter- ments, however, must be the fact Fighter II, Tony Hawk simply feels out in trap-ridden slums,
parts. Unlike the spectacular that the frame rate has been right as rain. and each mission requires
character models of D0A2, NBA locked at 30 FPS. Not only does And we say: Let it pour. real smarts (it’s like the

2K and Power Stone, Tony’s this improve the game aestheti- EVAN SHAMOON Dreamcast version of an
skaters look like they’re con- cally, but it also helps tighten the SAT prep course—or at
structed out of polygons, and not control—which now feels even least, that’s what you can
flesh, bone and durable fabric. better on Dreamcast. And in the tell your parents). With
PUBLISHER CRAVE DEVELOPER
But don’t get us wrong—while it end, that’s what Tony Hawk's Pro TREYARCH/NEVERSOFT GENRE SKATE- eight agents to choose
BOARDING PLAYERS 12 ORIGIN US
shows a distinct 32bit family Skater is all about—feel. PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK ONUNE NO
from and the ability to

resemblance, the game is very So why the hell isn’t Tony VMU COUNT 9 ESRB E PRICE S49.99 upgrade skills between
impressive nonetheless. Hawk a ten, you ask? Well, we missions, there are count-
One of the best games around
Sonically, quality has been debated this one long and hard. gets even better—crazy addictive
less variables to contend Yes, even in this realm of the cere-

improved—although content has Being the port that it is, Tony with—which makes the exercise bral, developers have managed to
Graphics are sharp and smooth—which
makes the control even tighter that it slide in a girl or two in tight leather
not. Skating sounds are excep- doesn’t push the Dreamcast hard- of planning and executing each
used to be. pants. There are all kinds of covert
tionally realistic, adding nicely to ware-meaning that there is of the ten missions a stratgist’s maneuvers, after all— are you really
the game’s gritty urban feel. And certainly room for improvement. Player and object models a bit too wet dream. an expert strategist?
Now, had Tony been from rough; no new areas or tricks.
while the one-sided soundtrack rebuilt I
|

PUBLISHER UFO INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER HUNEX ORIGIN USA GENRE ROLE PLAYING ADVEN-
may disappoint some of you the ground-up on DC—we shudder TURE PLAYERS 1 VMU COUNT 7 ESRB T PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK PRICE $49.99
BOTTOM LINE
you don’t own the 32/64bit version,
If

go buy this game right now. We said

—v Official i^'Sega -

Score 9 out of 10
NOW! If you do own one of those ver-

sions—well, rent it and decide for

yourself—we bet the answer will be yes.
Dreamcast Score 6
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 In-Depth Reviews An engaging, carefully streamlined beast
jrning typhoon

fc) PEPPER

The new camera angle isn’t

exactly themost practical view in
dungeons, but it does work well

during your trips through town.

0 Pepper, Chain, Linear and Gre

return to join Mag on his journey,
along with a new face— belonging to
a bandit named Carcano.

0Town buildings (and many of the

dungeons) are more detailed than
those in the original, including richer
As expected of the
I colors and more people to talk to.

heir to the famous Q All of the cool Cyframe Skills are

House of Launcher. back, with plenty more to learn and

master— plus, there’re all those
super cool trails, dude.

How to build a bigger, better RPG in one year or less

[Tf] e’ve all been there. At appetizer than a main course- voice acting well-integrated cut- engine, item management
some point, we’ve been small, tasty, and incredibly scenes, and a variety of dungeon systems and dungeon designs
that person who happened unsatisfying. But its sequel, situations served up especially for are identical to the original’s. PUBLISHER UBISOFT DEVELOPER
STING GENRE RPG PLAYERS 1 VMU
to buy new technology— like a Evolution 2: Far Off Promise, RPG fans. New touches like fixed Throw in the fact that there’s still
COUNT 10+ (30 FOR LINEAR WATCH)
VCR—just moments before it’s appears to be the polished climax mazes, behind-the-back camera only one town (albeit a bigger ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS JUMP
PACK ONLINE NO ESRB T
redesigned for mass market. So, of everything that the original views and a plethora of innovative one) to cruise, and it’s clear that PRICE $49.99
while your friends took home a merely portended. secrets ensure a meal-sized treat. this game is ultimately aimed at
Bigger, better and with an actual
sleek, streamlined, $200 box, So, what’s the downside to fans who like their RPGs simple, storyline! Numerous additions

(and wonderful character

you’re the chump who spent Although it's apparent this progress? Isn’t there always engaging and super-deformed. designs) give it more replay value
$500 on a two-ton, top-loading from the outset that Evolution 2 something wrong with that brand- But there’s nothin' wrong with
It falls a little on the short side;

contraption with only three doesn’t seek to reinvent the RPG spanking new VCR, while the old that— at least until Eternal Arcadia by the book translation gets in
the way of illusion; the fact that
buttons— play, stop and rewind- wheel, it’s clearly a much improved, one hiding in the spare room still and Grandia II emerge. But fans there's only one town limits

just so you could say, ‘But I got engaging and carefully stream- works perfectly? Not this time— certainly can’t complain until that ‘exploration’ factor

mine first!’ lined beast. Environments are big there aren’t any new kinks to day comes. Check this one out.

Those of us who ran out to and detailed, and the production work out. Evolution 2’s battle FRANCESCA REYES BOTTOM LINE
buy the original Evolution on the quality of dialog, graphics and
first day of its release definitely mechanics has been burnished to —
w Official (®Sega .
While
exactly,
it isn’t

it
breaking any molds,
certainly isn't collecting any.
a chumps. While the a sheen. A simple, solid storyline
felt

game was
little like

cute and promising, it focuses on Linear and a mysteri- Dreamcast A good RPG with charm to spare.

ultimately felt a lot more like an ous stranger, containing loads of

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 always just about to rain here—this gam*
It’s

could be set in Seattle, except its armored

Cult of the Wyrm

Draconus
A comedy of errors. If only it was more funny.

a his smashmouth medieval adven- fighting engine, but (often tragically) it

ture is promising, and it can indeed sometimes trips over the little stuff. Huge,
entertain— but ultimately, Draconus open-ended game environments are appeal-
is nearly smothered by its shortcomings. ing, but many levels are shrouded in fog. Al

Combat takes place in real-time, with is at once brilliant and destined for the spe-

characters able to unleash fearsome magic cial education bus: sometimes the same
spells or weapons-based barrels of whup- action that normally triggers an attack will

ass. Puzzles are littered throughout, and trigger your enemies to run off a cliff to their

RPG elements allow characters to improve deaths. After playing Draconus, we didn’t

their skills as missions are completed. A (jump to our deaths, that is)—so it isn’t that

solid map system lets you chart your bad. But it’s almost as far from great.
progress through levels— and conveniently, GREG ORLANDO
you can save the
game at any point. r-v Official
Utticiali Sega
bega <

Draconus aims
sky high with a
sprawling plot,
Dreamcast Magazine

excellent character
PUBLISHER CRAVE DEVELOPER TREYARCH GENRE $49.00 PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN US PERIPHERAL
models, and frenzied JUMP PACK. VMU ONLINE NO VMU COUNT 20 ESRB TEEN PRICE $49.99

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Fish the way you've always wanted to...

with guns.

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

itis to bloui those beautiful fish up, they're the least of your uiorries. A

raging mar 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 may 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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 The tutorial featuring Lara and her stodgy
butler at the beginning of every Tomb
Raider has been replaced: Now Lara
races her mentor. Vive la difference!

Meet Kei: young,

attractive and handy
with a sword. Now,
meet Maken: a long,
powerful, glowing
weapon on the
prowl for a young,
pretty girl.

Maken X
So corny it’s scary— really, really scary
ave you ever stayed up this capacity to go on wild
late watching a cheesy existential thinking sprees or
horror flick only to find to kick ass in another person’s
that you’re actually terrified body. (Hmm, let’s see, which to

when you go to bed? Nothing's choose?) Thus, you can fight

quite as embarrassing as being tougher enemies and even

caught hiding under the sheets go back into levels you’ve

because you’re scared of a already beaten, with a whole

vengeful severed hand, a four- new attitude.
foot long mosquito or a mass- And you’ll want to return

murdering cheerleader. to those old levels, because

Well, the night you play they’re movin’ fast at 60fps.
QtR’s shift from PlayStation and
Maken X, there’s a good Design overall is uneven, but PC Dreamcast doesn't neces-
to
chance that this is exactly what the really great levels make up sarily bode well for gamers
will happen. We can tell you for several slightly lackluster looking for a hi-res, lushly
textured romp.
now (because broad ones. also good to return to
right

this
it’s

daylight) that the horror story in

game is as silly and corny
It’s

old locations in order to pick

more experience, which builds
up m mi *
-
*
0 Lara's newest TR: The
Revelation allows the spry
ability in
Last
as they come— but you’d if up points as in an RPG. This goddess to actually put her head
would adds some replayability to a through solid walls! Oh, wait...
asked us last night, it

have been pretty hard to hear game that would otherwise be

the answer, muffled as was little more than a wham-bam,

Raitler:
it

by the sheets. thank-you-Sam experience.

It’s this factor that keeps Maken X is a decent game.
Maken X from being just It's no Code Veronica, but as a
another forgettable hack-and- short-term diversion, it’s a perfect
slash adventure. Gameplay is fit. And now, it’s getting dark,

The Last Re
straightforward and not very so have a lovely evening: We’re
deep (more moves with each crawling back under our sheets.
weapon would have made the DAN EGGER
game much better).

The action is that of a

first-person shooter
that uses swords and A mediocre port of a mediocre sequel
other hand weapons
and the occasional stray beast suspense, but you keep on doing

a
rather than rocket idos has wasted little

time in capitalizing on or undead monster; and an the same things, over and over,
launchers and chain
the expiration of its inevitable (and apparently no matter what the surroundings
guns; other than that,
exclusivity contract with Sony, endless) assortment of keys are—which is about as exciting
it’s nothing you haven’t
and now the latest title in the and switches to manipulate. as washing the same old laundry
seen a hundred and
prolific Tomb Raider series has Unfortunately, while die-hard at anew laundromat. Especially
one times before.
arrived with a resounding plop fans of the series will be pleased when it’s seen on a next-generation
But there’s one little

on Dreamcast. It’s got Lara. to see the return of so many system like Dreamcast, The Last
redeeming twist. Through
got tombs. It’s got more gameplay elements, there just Revelation is far too similar to
plot devices so convoluted that :
It’s

tombs— but at this stage in the isn't much here to differentiate games of years past—and not
they’d take 18 pages to
Eidos game, they’re all beginning The Last Revelation from any of even the best ones, at that.
explain, you’re given the ability
to hijack the brains of other to smell just a little musty. the series' previous iterations.

characters. You can either use More similar to the first Too often, as you're sliding In fact, TR does very
adventure than any of the other another block about or putting little at all to take advantage of
PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER ATLUS SOFTFWARE ORIGIN JAPAN GENRE FIRST PERSON the Dreamcast’s hardware.
SHOOTER PLAYERS 1 VMU COUNT 10 ESRB M PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK PRICE $49.99 sequels, Tomb Raider: The Last some form of key into place, Utilizing

Revelation places the focus, once a clammy feeling of deja vu its Windows CE environment, the
again, on raiding tombs. Familiar manifests itself; it almost feels game is, for all practical purposes,
r-v Officialfi'Sega , identical to the PC version. The
elements include an emphasis like (gasp!) boredom. Sure, the
Dreamcast Score 7 on treasure hunting, encounters
with all manner of hired assassins
environments themselves are
new and not without charm and
lighting effects are cleaner

those found in the PlayStation

than

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 Check it out! Now she has two ponytails. Wow.

0 Aha. ..Lara's trusty backpack is

among her first treasured finds in

the game. Oh, and the pigtails

Er, if this is your
are the second. idea of romance,
you’re probably
QShe swims, she jumps, she not doing too
shoots, she climbs, and she well with the
crawls. She's everybody’s ladies—but hey,
favorite girl next door...on that’s their
loss, right?
PlayStation or PC. If this game
had been optimized for Dream-
cast,it would’ve been killer.

Tech Romancer
If Street Fighter had a bastard child ...

B
hat baby would grow up from Gundam-like mechs with
to be Tech Romancer, lasers and swords to bizarre
Capcom’s latest 3D metallic creations like "Bolon,"
mech destruct-o-thon that bor- a Humpty-Dumpty monstrosity
rows a bit from everything with a boat and a bus for feet
Capcom, and divvies up some and a final attack that teleports
highly entertaining robot foes into a tiny playhouse—
action—complete with power-ups, where they can kick back and
weapons changes, "super" get their groove on before the
meters, and the awe-inspiring entire thing goes KA-BOOOOM!
final attack. Like most Capcom Pure spectacle. Pure fun. And
fighters, gameplay is superglue although play modes are limited
tight and most moves require to Versus and Story, extras are
minimal practice to pull off. unlockable through VMU games
Characters are heavily and masterful fighting.
anime-influenced and range CORD BARRETT SMITH

PUBLISHER CAPCOM DEVELOPER CAPCOM GENRE HOT ROBOT FIGHTING PLAYERS 1-2 VMU
COUNT 3 ESRB T PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK, ARCADE STICK PRICE S49.99

A classic TR pose. From this angle, r—^ Official ©'Sega (

you can clearly see that the old girl

is still in great shape—er—polygons. Dreamcast Score 7
PERIPHERALS

Super Sonic
velation M
Controller
o, this isn’t a new lim- The analog stick is satisfactory,
ited-edition Sonic The but the digital D-pad feels
Hedgehog controller, cheap. And while the price tag
title,but compared to games In the end, there’s definitely which would be cool. The pack- is reasonable, this is definitely
like Code Veronica or Dead or not enough ‘revelation’ to be age alone will tell you that it’s one Sonic-named product that
Alive 2, which truly show off had, graphically or gameplay- PUBUSHER EIDOS DEVELOPER just a sad attempt to cash in want to avoid.
you’ll
CORE GENRE ACTION/ADVENTURE
the Dreamcast’s abilities, these wise. While fans of Lara’s earlier PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN US PERIPHERALS on the DC craze— and its NOAH MASSEY
sort of graphics leave much to adventures be able to over- JUMP PACK ONLINE NO VMU COUNT 35
will
ESRB T PRICE $49.99
insipid performance follows
be desired. Even the default look these shortcomings to suit. Features include the usual
control scheme seems jury- partake in all the joys of running, The ambient soundtrack does suspects: useless slo-mo and
well to set the mood.
rigged, with the analog pad jumping, crawling and shooting, turbo settings, plus a couple of
being used for walking and You can save at any point, which is
you can’t help feeling that this is extra digital buttons placed
useful as you're going to be dying
the directional buttons applied merely a ‘rinse and repeat’ for rather frequently where they’ll simply get in the
to simulate a speedier gait. Eidos and Core. What would we Mostlyit amounts to tracking
way. It’s even got a see-
All in all, this port definitely do? Opt to rent. TR is worth a down keys and pushing statues through plastic shell, which is
into place.
looks and plays more like look— but look twice before you cool-but then, anything
Graphics and framerate are
an afterthought than a make an investment. encased in clear plastic is cool.
up to DC par
definitely not
lovingly-executed project. DREWCOSNER
BOTTOM LINE
— Official#Sega t We’re sure that fans will find plenty of Official©Sega .
reasons to play this game and love it

Dreamcast Magazine
We just don't happen to have found
any yet ourselves. Dreamcast
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 “But it’s a huge
living world and Power to the pixies: If you re an
you get to inter- RPG fan, Time Stalkers is almost
act in so many good enough. Almost.
ways,” says a
whiny proponent.
Well, so was high
school— but that
didn’t necessarily
make it fun.

Omikron
Grandpa said, "Do one thing and do it well."
and do

a
ut the developers of dull interiors little to

Omikron didn’t listen. sustain the enticement.

They wanted to do it Even worse, it controls like
all, within a giant living city: to a pregnant TR, fights like a
talk and buy and fight and rusted Tin Man, and has a
shoot—even to lounge around shooting engine that can’t
with their gals and have— urn- compete with a bad Wolfen-
conversations. The game stein clone. Even the ‘quality
swaps your soul with that of time’ spent with your live-in

Agent Kayl's, an urban cop in a girlfriend is spoiled by a heavy-

parallel dimension who handed script. Add to this an
explores wide streets and enor- annoying save mechanism and
mous buildings in an attempt frequent freezes, and you’ll

to unravel the mystery of his wish that developers had taken

disappearance. Initially, it’s Grandpa’s advice.
intriguing, but bland aesthetics CORD BARRETT SMITH

I —v Official . Sega ,

Dreamcast
PERIPHERALS

Entertainment
Machine Time Stalkers
Keep waiting— a great DC RPG is conning soon
I t has inputs in the front, or S video inputs. Your parents
we

D
which is extraordinarily might love the XDS Parental o tell the truth, disappoint). But the fact that
' convenient. It has jacks Control feature, but in the end, were excited when Time each time a character enters a
dungeon he or she is pushed PUBLISHER SEGA DEVELOPER
for headphones, which is also it’s just another TV. Stalkers was announced CLIMAX GENRE RPG PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN
IMPANZI US— a back to Level with no skills JAPAN PERIPHERALS NO ONLINE NO
convenient: and it has 3D front C.H. for the role-playing title 1,
VMU COUNT 16+ (UP TO 150 FOR MINI
surround sound to crafted by Climax ( Land Stalker, and limited items, really grates. GAMES ESRB T PRICE $49.99
bounce you around on Dark Savior) was a bright spot on With turn-based combat using a
the couch cushions if an otherwise RPG-less horizon. clever points system for choosing A decent translation; innovative
weapons system; plenty of
you get tired of your Regrettably, it turns out to be a different attacks and spells,
entertaining VMU goodies

headset. It has a 19" story-by-numbers with gameplay what’s the point of it all if you
Characters move s...l...o...w...l...y;
screen with 270 lines of that falls short. can’t keep what you’ve earned? lackluster character building and
a nutshell, TS requires Time Stalkers does boast a humdrum item management system
horizontal resolution— In

but there’s a crucial gamers to dual a mysterious host of good VMU games and an
enemy who’s created a floating interesting weapon systems— but
failing: It only takes stan- BOTTOM LINE
dard A/V inputs, so world made up of citizens plucked in the end, it’s little more than a
picture quality isn’t stel- from different time periods. It’s stop-over in the wait for Eternal

lar, and there’re no VGA got bright environments and Arcadia, Shenmue and Grandia II.

goofy character designs, so visually, FRANCESCA REYES

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but graphics as a whole don’t
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 In-Depth Reviews Sometimes a sword can be— well— too big.

i
lr
\ |

il -
V;
0| “Dang... Where’s the fire
button on this thing again?"

Q It’s kinda spin the

like

bottle except everybody dies.

0 It becomes a bit like golf

at times. Except the tee is

someone’s neck, and the ball

is someone's head. And the grass

that gets dug up is blood and

guts. And there’s no putting.

0This isour hero's romantic

interest, peeking around the
corner to get a glimpse of Guts'
enormous, gigantic, colossal—
ahem—sword.

0 In small corridors like

this, wielding that big sword

becomes a real hindrance.
Don't you hate it when
that happens?

Sword of the Berzerk

Got blood?
ecent attempts to bring bad temper, and a sword longer original Japanese game's control seems somewhat skewed— draw
2D champs Double Dragon than the western coast of problems, which compromises the bridges and doors seem to open
and Final Fight into the New Zealand. playability of the game somewhat at the strangest times, with little PUBLISHER EIDOS
DEVELOPER YUKE
third dimension have been, frankly, Here’s the gist: Guts is a Guts' arsenal includes a cross- or no correlation to the action. GENRE ACTION PLAYERS 1
pretty one-dimensional. Neither mercenary. Guts' girlfriend is ill. bow. throwing knives, an arm While the great graphics, ORIGIN JAPAN PERIPHERALS
JUMP PACK ONLINE NO ESRB M
Fighting Force, Dynamite Cop, nor Guts stumbles upon plague-ridden cannon and grenades in addition sound and storyline go a long PRICE $49.99
Zombie Revenge have managed village. Guts wipes out hundreds to his man-sized sword, but con- way, the actual fighting can be a 30% more blood, guaranteed. Great
to crawl atop the burgeoning pile of enemies and bosses in order trolling the character is more bit more frustrating than we storyline and graphics. Plus—you
know—kudos for the big sword.
of mediocrity ( Soul Fighter is, of to lift the plague, save his girl and difficult than it should be (some- would have liked Boiled down to
30% more blood, guaranteed. This
course, its own burgeoning pile). restore the land. The storyline is times a sword can be—well -too its basics, the game is just a 3D game is not for the squeamish, or
And now, Eidos enters the ring executed with remakable grace big). Eventually, killing enemies anime feature with some button- even the sensibly outraged. And dif-

ficulties in controlling your weapon

with SofB, hoping to slice other (a good thing, considering the can become a chore— not smashing swordplay as between- in a fight are nearly insurmountable.

high-minded titles in half with its duration of cut-scenes). Excellent because it’s monotonous, but scene filler. Fun? Yes. A classic?
seven-foot broadsword. The result? pacing and characterization keep because and limited.
so stiff Not quite.
it’s
BOTTOM LINE
Something between a bloody things moving, and the wonderful What’s more, event sequencing EVAN SHAMOON
revelation and a bloody mess— cinematography offers many Almost—but not quite—the mindless
hack-and-slash we've all been waiting for.
but in a good way. pretty pictures to please the eyes.
Offk Scg,i
I i.il
j Repeat: not quite.
Based on a Japanese manga, Despite their excellent work
Berzerk is the story of Guts: a
raw chap with a missing eye, a
on this port’s English voice-acting,

however, Eidos didn’t fix the

Dreamcast
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 was

I
h F h HI D bl I

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 anew /®||38wl
legion of fighters, Street Fighter III: Double Impact is double dynamite!

Sega
WWW.CAPCOM.COM Dreamcast
© CAPCOM CO., LTD. 2000 © CAPCOM U.S.A., INC. 2000 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. CAPCOM and the CAPCOM LOGO are registered trademarks of CAPCOM CO., LTD. STREET FIGHTER a registered trademark of CAPCOM CO., LTD. STREET FIGHTER DOUBLE IMPACT and
Is III:

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is of DigitalSoftware Association,
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If
—

TESTZONE
you're looking for
some eye-popping
carnage a go-go,
look elsewhere.
There’s nothing
hardcore— or hard
(in any way) about
this game.
In-Depth Reviews

(
Herbert Wallace wants to axe this
creepy soul a question. Or maybe
just chop him up...

ECW
Have they no shame?
So how did Acclaim

a
nfortunately for
everyone concerned, handle these absolute
Acclaim, maker of scoundrels, the daredevils
the horrible WWF Attitude, of the wrestling world? By
has gained the rights to publish shoehorning them into the

games based on Extreme WWF Attitude engine with

Championship Wrestling, the absolutely NO changes made
most influential and violent to the graphics, gameplay or
independent wrestling group interface. That’s right— it’s
in history. ECW is all about EXACTLY the same game,
hard, stiff wrestling, ultra- with new characters. A pathetic
violence and uncensored story- barbed-wire-bounded match
lines. Every time WWF fans and a sprinkling of swear
see The Dudley Boys put words have been added in
someone through three tables order to acquire that M rating,

or Mick Foley dive face first off but the game is about as
a steel cage, they should say a hardcore as a basket of kittens.
small thanks to ECW. DANIEL ERIKSON

PUBLISHER ACCLAIM SPORTS DEVELOPER ACCLAIM SPORTS ORIGIN HELL GENRE ALLEGED
WRESTLING PLAYERS 1-4 ESRB M PERIPHERALS JUMP PACK PRICE $49.99

out of 10

EHX32E333il330EE

Card Fighter’s
Clash
Ithough there’s a
steep learning curve,
this game will reward
This bad dream won’t wake you up in a sweat:
the patient gamer. Essentially emented soul Herbert up title Nightmare Creatures II. combat mode with nary a pause,
a collectable card game in Wallace, one part The game plays out as a and Wallace can use special
cartridge form, you start with desiccated Marilyn twisted Tomb Raider, with its weapons such as fireballs,
a deck of cards based on SNK Manson and one part axe- balding, bandaged hero exploring spiked explosives, and shotguns
and Capcom fighting game wielding lunatic (i.e., Marilyn's a series of dank but oddly beautiful to devastate an enemy. When a
characters. Arranging your deck cousin Charles), will never environments. Konami serves up brawl nears its end, Wallace has
and laying out your cards in a make the cover of Tiger Beat five enormous worlds, including the capacity to execute wonder-
certain order causes damage magazine. He’s a freak's freak, a creepy insane asylum and the fully rendered and altogether
to your opponent. If their hit and
living in a delusional state catacombs under Paris. gruesome fatalities. Here, he’ll

points reach zero, you can dreaming of wreaking a blood- decapitate an enemy or impale
snag some of their cards. You fun comes when you add a link soaked vengeance on mad sorcerer There's a ton of things it on his axe, and then set about
move up through the one-player cable and a human opponent. Adam Crowley. Eschewing social to see, do and chop up: Puzzle- methodically dismembering
rankings by building and main- Weird, but very fun. discourse and the gentle art solving elements involve finding the corpse.
taining your deck, but the real JASON PASSAMA of interpersonal relationship keys to unlock doors and dynamite Although blood splatters

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management, Wallace runs to blow stuff up, and you'll find gorgeously with each slice of
$34.95
through ’30’s Europe battling yourself fighting zombies, chain- Wallace’s axe, combat itself

monsters, killing monsters, being saw-toting maniacs, leathery remains rather tedious. Two
v Official . Sega t
hunted by monsters and so on. some
Dreamcast Score 9
bat-creatures and jaundice-colored attack buttons enable nice
Such is the plot for Konami’s killer doggie things, to name combination moves and there’s a
Magazine out of 10
dark, 3D third-person chop-’em- only a few. The game snaps into button that lets you defend

106 Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine July/Aug 2000 www.DailyRadar.com

 ...Chop up a beastie while its comrade stands there like a lawn ornament.
0 Juan Hieronymus Bosch, Mutilate first,
think later:
anyone? If the combat system
That’s the number
in this game leaves something
one (and two,
to be desired, the artwork is
and three, ad
something quite special—this
infinitum) maxim
grim creature has been the for this ho-hum
stuff of artists’ nightmares for arcade-to-
centuries. console title.

0 There are, of course, some

good bits: like watching your
enemy go up in smoke.

0 "Hey, wait! You look just

like me! Maybe we're twins,
separated at
only difference
that I was
birth, and the
between us is
raised by a loving
Gauntlet Legends
two-parent family
decorated 3-bedroom
fully
in a taste-
Throw down this gauntlet. And leave it.

home, and you got pimped by console version of and slashed. That’s fun enough,
the crack lady down the street. Gauntlet Legends is the especially with four players, but
Oh, well.guess I’m gonna go
I

gaming equivalent of there’s just no depth to speak of

ahead and kill you anyway.”
having a pet hamster. It’s not (or even not to speak of). That’s
very complex and it doesn't not a problem in the arcade,
really do very much, but if you where your motive is simply to
let it do its thing, it can be pretty get in a couple of minutes of
entertaining for 15 minutes or frantic multiplayer annihilation
A synthesis of the arcade
so. before your quarters run out,
game and its sequel, Dark but a home game needs more.
Legacy (only with poorer Despite an exclusive level,

graphics), this Gauntlet good variation in graphics and

offers few surprises. cool accumulative weaponry
Gameplay is limited to hack- and spells, Gauntlet delivers

ing and slashing everything in only for total fanatics of the

your path. It doesn't matter if it’s arcade box.
moving or not: it must be hacked MAX EVERINGHAM
PUBLISHER MIDWAY DEVELOPER MIDWAY ORIGIN USA GENRE ACTION PLAYERS 1-4 ESRB T
PERIPHERALS NO AVAILABLE NOW PRICE $49.99

—v
I
Official!- f'Sega
,

Dreamcast
NEO GEO POCKET COLOR

Gals Fighters
eatures 2 O
t’s about time
handheld
features a cast of
fighters that flat out rocks.
we see
game that
a

all girl

it’ll put you right to sleep. Gameplay is fast and furious,

just what you’d expect from an
against strikes, but there’s no intelligence (or, in this case, SNK fighter. With eight female
real skill involved. Most battles artificial stupidity) allows for only
ircrTTTTT fighters to choose from, the
devolve into a messy deal-damage- one actual attacker at a time— PUBLISHER KONAMI DEVELOPER highlight of this game is the
KALISTO GENRE ACTION/ADVENTURE
and-then-absorb-it-type affair. so Wallace can simply present PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN FRANCE PERIPHERALS |
Queen of Fighters option (the
JUMP PACK ONUNE NO ESRB M
Button response tends to lag his flank to an oblivious enemy PRICE $44.99
game’s story mode)—where you
at times (usually the worst in order to hack up his primary fight against CPU controlled hot-
times), and no matter how well foe, while suffering no ill effects Violent fatalities allow Wallace ties in brutal hand-to-hand
and his user to vent some much-
our boy protects himself, the whatsoever. While he’s gleefully needed spleen; creepy gameplay combat. As you make your way your fighter wishes. A VS Mode is

minute he drops his guard— chopping up a beastie, its comrade moments are littered throughout. through this mode, you earn available for battling a friend via
it’s all about pain. can’t do anything but stand bonus items that can be used in the link cable. It’s no X-Men Vs.

And here's the fatal

there like a lawn ornament.
Thus, the dream is spoiled—
D Combat system summary: Chop,
chop, chop. Snooze, snooze,
snooze. And a deadly dull puzzle-solving
|
later bouts,

you face Miss

which pay
X: the
off when
mysterious
Street Fighter, but
the fighting goods on handhelds
SNK delivers

system dominates throughout.

flaw: while multiple monsters and there really is naught left boss. Beat her and you’ll win the like no one else.

can appear onscreen simultane- but the nightmare. coveted ‘K Talisman,’ which grants JASON PASSAMA
BOTTOM LINE
ously, the game’s weak artificial GREG ORLANDO COMPANY SNK AVAILABLE NOW PRICE $49.00
Yawn. Turn over, close your eyes and
snore. It's a fair to middling dream
for Dreamcast.
—v Official@'Sega -

Dreamcast
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 —

Savor these graphics—MDK 2 has some of the best visuals we’ve ever
seen. Without slowdown. Impressive.
We never would have guessed it, but the DC controller is actually
perfect for this sort of affair—effectively proving the Dreamcast's capac-
ity to handle the bevy of first-person games in the industry’s hopper.

MDK 2 has smarts and style to spare. The

game’s amazing comic-book introduction—
which applies cinematographic techniques
to still comic-book art—sets the tone of the
game compelling fashion.
in truly original,

Which might explain why we’ve watched it

about two-dozen times already. Jinkies.

Canadian Psycho.
kay, first things first. Let revealed and explored. But still really bad attitude (read: six- mastery of character-specific because it has been fine-tuned so
us say that, without even a treat nonetheless. And one that shooter’). Dr. Hawkins is a skills in order to advance. extensively, MDK 2 plays like a
a semblance of a shade we won't soon forget. cracked-out, nuclear-toast- dream. It might take time to get
of asmidgen of a shadow of a brandishing, mad scientist-esque While MDK 2 is technically used to the new control setup, but
doubt, Edmonton-based Bioware’s MDK 2 is the sequel MacGyver, who sports the ability a third-person adventure, playing once you do, you'll never want to
MDK 2 is one of the best games to Shiny's 1998 cult-hit, and it tocombine objects and endow the game is actually more akin to go back to the limitations of

available on Dreamcast—and one preserves the original’s adept them with alternate — and some- playing a first-person shooter- standard control schemes.
of the best adventure games admixture of sci-fi motif, Monty times painful— identities and one with a heart, a brain, good Although gameplay may retain

we’ve ever played. From the Python-inspired humor and old- usages (read: toothbrush collec- looks and a great sense of humor that friendly old-school flavor, the
moment we saw its brilliant school gameplay. MDK 2's tors). And Kurt is a reluctant, said that’s what want in a
(“I I graphics are strictly new school.
animated-comic introduction, acrostic stars— Max, Dr. Fluke parachute-wielding Ash-esque dame, dammit, not a game!” Using Bioware’s proprietary Omen
we knew we were in for a treat. Hawkins, and Kurt Hectic—are hero who picks off unsuspecting Evan complains). The controls are engine, these visuals are some of

Granted, this was a treat that three of the strangest characters enemies with the sniper-rifle of the Turok variety, wherein the the jaw-droppingly-est amazing
involved many hours of frustration, you’ll find north of the Mississippi. implanted in his face (read: 'If buttons move your character, the your DC has ever seen. Colors are
many household items/friends/ Max is a six-legged, six-gun-toting, looks could kill...’). Each of these analog stick serves as 'mouse vibrant, and the high-res textures
relatives used as airborn projectiles, Bruce Willis-esque robotic dog. characters has his own distinct look’, and the dual triggers spread throughout colossal envi-
and many suicidal tendencies sporting a Cuban cigar and a style of play, and players need a control firing and jumping. And ronments make impressive use of

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 Three of the strangest characters you’ll find north of the Mississippi.
Good, sick fun
guaranteed to
piss off your
parents, local
congressman,
and other
humor ess
drones
Q “How about some buttered
nuclear toast?” Apparently, Dr.

Fluke Hawkins has noticed

that we've been watching him.

0 The great thing about Max

is his ability to fire six weapons
at a time.And the fact that he’s
a robotic doggie with a Cuban
stogie. And a bone to pick.

Grand Theft Auto 2

This is what’s wrong with kids today
TA 2 represents every- America, you'll be able to pick
thing wrong (and right) and choose whom you want to
about gaming. It’s work for and when. Graphics
chock full of escapist violence aren’t cutting edge, but the
and packed with over 70 chal- lighting effects are top-notch—
lenging missions. especially when you’re
Fans of the Playstation and fricassee-ing pedestrians with a
PC versions of this game will be ridiculously hot flame-thrower.
happy that the top down scrolling It's a surreal, beautiful experience

perspective has survived. Your for desensitized gamers. One

role is still that of a car thief warning: Young kids shouldn't
with bipolar disorder who gets be exposed to the over-the-
his kicks (and cash) by stealing top violence of GTA 2. Unless
cars and blasting people with you want to teach your kids how
Uzi's. With seven gangs that to carjack. Then it's all good.
stereotype every racial group in JASON PASSAMA
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* Though we appreciate the old-schoolness of it all, there was a

Extension Cable/
sip-
bit too much platform-hopping (and consequent hair-pulling) involved

for us to handle. While this is no reason to avoid the game, make no

mistake about it — MDK 2 is harder than the rock that sits atop Jesse
Dream Cable
Helms’ neck. So if you plan on beating it, immediately drop all re you looking to put a
responsibilities (such as— erm— beating it) and cast aside your mis- little distance between
givings about going prematurely gray. It's gonna take you awhile. you and your
Dreamcast? If so then a
six-foot controller exten-
sion cable should do the
the system’s copious amount of is its IQ.
i: Unlike ninety percent of job nicely. Both of the cords m
RAM. Other flavors of eye-candy the
t mindless shlock out there, we reviewed— the Controller ^
are the particle effects (a la this
t game was conceived and PUBLISHER INTERPLAY DEVELOPER Extension Cable from Perfor-
BIOWARE GENRE ACTION/ADVENTURE
Matrix), real-time lightsourcing, executed
e by people who simply PLAYERS 1 ORIGIN CANADA PERIPHERALS mance and the Dream Cable
NO ONUNE NO ESRB T PRICE $49.99
dynamic shadows and trans- get it’. Yes, it’s frustrating (see form Mad Catz— performed as pen to own a cat who will

parency effects,
make MDK 2 a
all of which
must-have. The
boxout).
t But thanks to details
like blinking
\ neon signs above
D Spectacular gameplay that took
us back to the good ol’ days of
gaming. Absolutely packed with brilliant
expected, allowing us to play our
DC from clear across the room.
be— predictably—fascinated
the twitchy cords stretched
by

original soundtrack is also worth power-ups, aliens cheering you ideas and concepts. Of course, the extra length can across the carpet)— but such are
p

noting: think Danny Elfman through

t jumps and "The World’s Some of the best graphics we have ever lead to some tangles (especially the hazards of videogaming.
seen. Period.
remixed by Sasha. It's effective. Most
P Interesting Bomb"— this if you're using four of them in a Pick one up today.
In the end, however, perhaps stuff’s
s gold Jerry, gold. Enjoy. The frustration factor, which might multi-player game, or if you hap- NOAH MASSEY
I be too high for the weak-willed.
our favorite thing about MDK 2 EVAN SHAM00N COMPANY PERFORMANCE, MAD CATZ AVAILABLE NOW PRICE VARIABLE

BOTTOM LINE
Offiritil Sega -
Buy MDK 2, play MDK 2, love MDK 2,
— Official Sega *
t

Dreamcast and see why you can't blame Canada

for everything. Do not miss this game. Dreamcast
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 :

Our English
counterparts at
DCUK told us this TIME
game would be the
best thing since
packaged crumpets.
Well, after playing it,

we’ve decided that

their taste in break-
fast foodstuffs is a
bit different
from ours...

Striker Pro 2000

Slightly better than a kick in the head
rom a distance, the players tend to ‘skate’ around a

a game
names UEFA
the UK, Striker Pro here and
World Soccer Something-or-
of a
(
thousand
Striker in
lot. Frame rate is generally
good, but a sporadic slowdown
often happens just as you're
defending from a surprise
other in Japan) looks very attack. And the CPU handles
special indeed. Players move your non-player-controlled guys
Sure, there’s some clipping here
convincingly, stadiums are dreadfully, failing to cede to
and there— but it’s FUN. And that's
detailed and the general look is player control quickly enough what we’re scoring for.
good. But close inspection for you to repel attacks. Adding
shows up a few depressingly insult to injury, idiotic Jon and
dirty marks. Character move- Ron come in with late, banal, or
ment is fluid, sure— but erroneous calls: and you're left
- O 34" 408
'

unfortunately, some of that fluid with a game of footy that basi- * ;

1-S ..
-
has apparently spilled over and cally deserves a kicking.
frozen on the field, because the MAX EVERINGHAM

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Pak X2
ou may recognize the assured us that the tightness Thor, god of thunder, would be proud.
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review in Issue #4. It featuring the unit again. In sum: fpi Hydro Thunder with
h, As Hydro Thunder, in it’s

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1
V Monster Trucks’, you say: important to take all of the short-
hopelessly stuck in the DC from Nyko is a good choice if you I and in a way, you’re right. cuts and make full use of boosts:
controller. Now, Nyko has need a VMU with twice the mem- There isn’t quite the same sensation as you progress, you ignore them
informed us that the test sam- ory of a normal VMU. It also has of speed in this game that you’ll at your peril. The difficulty curve is

ples sent to gaming mags were really tight screws. find in its water-based sibling, but unfairly influenced by the fact
a bit defective. Apparently, that NOAH MASSEY by way of compensation, Thunder that each race has a staggered Very good-looking, with great
track design. A vigorous Al
first batch wasn’t screwed delivers a feeling of recklessness start but not a staggered finish, creates plenty of tension. Plus, fun
together very tightly—which that keeps the tension high and which means that you begin 2-player modes

would make it harder to shove your nerves on edge. Vehicles every race at a disadvantage. P*S Some textures are a bit drab

into a controller. Well, we went range from high-traction trucks to However, we’re assured that final

back and found the unit we orig- slippy-slidey cars and buggies (all versions of the game will address BOTTOM LINE
inally reviewed and checked the handle differently, to suit a variety this issue, and remove the only
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Hawk’s
pmm
SKATER
a
roTip Number One: Don’t wear a helmet. Francisco to Chicago to Minneapolis, is skate-able
ProTip Number Two: Do wear protective (except the ceiling)—concrete, wood, glass, grass,
underclothes. This game
is a true and loyal quarterpipes, halfpipes, planters, bowls, swimming
representation of that is good in skate-
all pools, rails, and walls
90-degree angles.
at
boarding-all the and bellyaches that could
thrills, spills One about Tony is its level of
of the best things
well spell thedeath of your sofa— and your dignity, if approachability: anyone can play this game and have
you aren’t careful. fun. The better you get, the better it gets—the unlock-
We’re here to help you do just that. Skate-game able elements are phenomenally fun (and funny). Most
expert Noah Massey has put his considerable skills to of the learning curve has to do with the mastering of
the test for ODCM— packing every map, code, cheat Tony's trick and combo system, but in the end, it’s all
and special move in Tony Hawk into a tight little hand- about practice—the practice you’ve been dreaming of.
book. Every surface in every environment, from San So get to it!

L J LEVEL 1: VBREHDU5E, VrDDffLRNff HILLS

Moving left to right, grind the top 14. Channel Gap Hidden Videotape Found in the
of the sign to the coping on the 250 Pts Clear either gap Secret Room.
quarterpipe below, then ollie to— between the quarterpipes.
and grind— the railing leading 15. Over The Pipe 300 Pts S: In the middle of the Kicker
to the halfpipe. Jump over the entire halfpipe. Gap.
8. High Rail 200 Pts Grind the 16. Secret Room 300 Pts Jump K: Hanging in the air left of the
top of the sign. through the small room hanging skate sign above the quarterpipe
9. Taxi 2 Ledge 500 Pts Ollie above the halfpipe. in the back.

from the taxi to the ledge with the A: Hanging above the Taxi.
1. Faceplant 400 Pts With railing leading to the halfpipe. T: Hanging above the center of
loads of speed, jump from the 10. Taxi Gap 600 the halfpipe.
first quarterpipe and smash Pts Ollie from the E:On the deck in the
into the wall above the second taxi to the back corner.
quarterpipe. center of the
2. Transition Grind 400 Pts halfpipe.
Launch from the halfpipe to the 11. Taxi 2 Rail
coping of the quarterpipes near 1000 Pts Ollie
where you started in the level, or from the taxi to
launch from the lower halfpipe the rail in the center
and grind the coping of the upper of the room.
quarterpipe in the left corner. 12. Big Rail
3. Kicker 2 Ledge 200 Pts Ollie 200 Pts Grind the
from the Kicker ramp to ledge. length of the rail

4. Kicker Gap 200 Pts in the center of

5. Holy SHI# 3000 Pts Grind the the room.
entire length of coping along the 13. Deck 2 Rail 300
back wall. Pts Ollie from the deck
6. Transfer 200 Pts Ollie over above the
the hump. quarterpipe to the rail in

7. Monster Grind 500 Pts the center.

 *
Special Moves
Z: SCHOOL, MlRMl Tony Hawk
Kickflip McTwist 4000 Pts 0. 0. O
540 Board Varial 2000 Pts « ©
360 Flip To Mute 1500 Pts #. ©
The 900 8000 Pts. #, ©
Bob Burnquist
Backflip 4000 Pts #, #. ©
One Footed Smith Grind

1. Swim Team Gap 1000 Pts

(points variable) 0. ©
Burntwist (points vary) 4k #, ©
Ollie from pool to pool. (performed like a handplant)
2. Long Ass Rail 2500 Pts Grind
the entire length of the coping. Geoff Rowley
3. Huge Rail 1000 Pts Grind the
Backflip 4000 Pts #. #. ©
Double Hard Flip 1500 Pts #. ©
entire length of the coping. Darkslide (points vary) 4k ©
4. Funbox To Rail Transfer
250 Pts Ollie from the funbox ramp Bucky Lasek
to and grind the ledge.
KickflipMcTwist 4000 Pts #. ©
Garbage 50 Pts the
Fingerflip Airwalk 2000 Pts W. ©
5. Ollie Ollie Varial Heelflip Judo 2500 Pts #, ©
dumpsters.
6. Long Ass Rail 2500 Pts Grind Chad Muska
Front Flip 4000 Pts #, #. ©
the length of either ledge.
7.Funbox To Rail Transfer
One Foot Thumpin (points vary) #. ©
360 Shove-it Rewind 1500 Pts 0, 0. © >

250 Pts. Ollie from the funbox and

grind the coping of the quarterpipe. Kareem Campbell
8. Mini Gap 250 Pts Ollie over gap. Front Flip 4000 Pts #, #. ©
9. Funbox To Table Transfer 19. Roof To Awning Gap 750
Casper Slide (points vary) #, ©
Kickflip Underflip 1500 Pts ©
500 Pts. Ollie from funbox to table. Pts Jump from the school’s roof to
10. Playground Rail 500 Pts the other roof then use the ramp Andrew Reynolds
Grind the length of the wall. to jump to the awning. Backflip 4000 Pts #. #•, ©
11. Park Gap 500 Pts Ollie the
^ 20. Over a Footbridge 1000 Pts
Heelflip Bluntside (points vary) ©
gap between ramps. Use the ramps in the ditch to ollie
Triple Kickflip 1500 Pts 4i ©
12. Ditch Slap 250 Pts Ollie over completely over a footbridge. Rune Glifberg
the ditch. 21. Hail Pass 1000 Pts From the KickflipMcTwist 4000 Pts 0, ©
13. Kicker Gap 100 Pts starting point, go down the left
Christ Air 2100 Pts ©
14. Rail To Rail Transfer path towards the pools and ollie
Triple Kickflip 1575 Pts #, #. ©
750 Pts Ollie from a grind on the onto the left ledge. From there Jamie Thomas
ledge to the rail or vice versa, grind the rail across the path, Front Flip 4000 Pts #. #. ©

15. Handicap Rail

the length of the rail

16. Gimme Gap 50 Pts Ollie from

500 Pts Grind
along the steps.
out to the ditch area.

Hidden Videotape
Bn o
One Foot Nosegrind (points vary) #, #.

540 Flip 1500 Pts *. #. ©

the awning and grind planter below. Floating above the tip of the Elissa Steamer
17. Over The Air Conditioner awning over the steps. Use the Backflip 4000 Pts #, #. ©
750 Pts Clear the A/C unit on school’s roof to get to the awning,
One Foot Nosegrind (points vary) 4k 4k ©
the roof. and launch off it to get it.
540 Flip 1500 Pts 4k ©
18. Dumpster Rail Gap 250 Pts A: Along the playground rail. Officer Dick
Grind up one side, ollie the gap, S: Along the rail along the steps. T: Above the left side halfpipe. Yeeeehaw Frontflip 4000 Pts 4t ©
then grind down the other side. K: In the middle of the Kicker Gap. E: Along the rail between the pools Neckbreak Grind (points vary) ^i. 0. ©
Assume The Position 1575 Pts 4k 4, ©

Somi Spin ©
Well Hardflip #. 4k ©
Ho-Ho-Ho 4k 4, ©
LEVEL
(like a handplant)

3:
MULL, NEVT YORK Completely clear the set of stairs
from the lower level.

Hidden Videotape
Using the balcony along the right
to the hanging fixtures
wall,.,ollie

above the pool and ollie between

10. For The Whole Atrium the fixtures at the end to get the tape.
500 Pts Grind the complete length S: The S is sitting on the rail down
of the coping on either side of the the ramps from the starting point.
1. Planter Gap 100 Pts 5. The Flying Leap 100 Pts outdoors atrium. >
^ 4 .•
K: Find the K sitting along the
Ollie between the Planters. Jump from the second floor 11. 32 Steps Off A Mezzanine ^ planter’s ledge right of the fountain.
t
* Tp. Rail Combo 500 Pts Grind the balcony to the floor. 2500 Pts Ollie from upstairs all the vA: On the left rail over the water
* + flagpole on either side of the 6 Over A 16 Stair Set 250
. Pts way tp the bottom of the stairs. hazard.
* -4 second floor and ollie to either the + Ollie completely over the stairs. 12. Over A Huge 32 Chair Gap T: Grind either rail on the sculpture,
planter on the right or the rail next 7. Going Up Gap 250 Pts 2000 Pts the letter is in the middle.
to the coffee shop. * + Ollie over the left elevator gap. E: Hanging over the pool in

* * 3. Fountain Gap 250 Pts Launch 8 Going Down Gap 250

. Pts outside area.
* * through the sculpture in the Ollie over the right elevator gap.
^ ^
fountain between the ramps. 9. Skater Escalator Gap 500 Pts
A 4; Coffee Grind 1000 Pts Grind Ollie completely over the escalator.
the rail next to the coffee shop.

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 HOW Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

LEVEL H: VflNflY CITY 5LRM, CHICRGO

1.Pipe 2 Box Grind 1000 Pts
Launch from the halfpipe and land
ina grind on the ledge or the rail of
pool ollie over the hip and land back
inside the pool.
7. Pool 2 Walkway 700 Pts Ollie
from inside the pool to the ledge of
the upper walkway.
8. Acid Drop 1000 Pts Ollie from the
upper walkway into the pool.
9. HP Transfer 250 Pts Transition
over the gap between the quarterpipe
and the halfpipe or vice versa.
10. Over The Pipe 700 Pts
With enough speed, it's possible to
ollie from the quarterpipe all the way

the funbox. to the other side of the halfpipe.

,2. Over The Box 100 Pts Ollie the 11. Transfer 200 Pts Jump from the
entire funbox in any direction. quarterpipe into the halfpipe.
3. Walkway Rail Transfer 700 Pts 12. Light Grind 500 Pts With enough
From second story ledge ollie to the speed, ollie from the quarterpipe, to
rails below. the lighting fixtures above the halfpipe
4. Whoop Gap 1000 Pts Ollie the and land in a grind.
length of the rails from one ramp to 13. Rafter Rail 1000 Pts Ollie
the other. from the quarterpipe to the rafters
5. Pool Rail Transfer 1000 Pts above the lighting fixtures and land
Ollie from the pool and land in a grind in a grind.
on either the quarterpipe in the corner 14. Over The Rafters 2000 Pts
or the double rails between the Ollie from the quarterpipe and
kicker ramps. completely clear the rafters
6. Pool Hip 500 Pts From inside the hanging above the halfpipe.

VEL 5: pnWNTnVfN.WlEBFDLl5
the ramp in the corner Using the large ramp, jump completely
and land in a grind on over the secret tunnel hanging above
the rail at the the streets.
entrance to the park 20. Tunnel Gap 1000 Pts It’s like
area. Very tough. the Secret Tunnel Entrance, only you
10. Kicker 2 Edge must go through the glass and out
100 Pts In the alley the other side without touching the
where you start, use tunnel’s floor.
the kicker ramps to 21. Sucky Room Gap 1500 Pts
launch to the edge of Ollie from the kicker ramp next to
the construction the greenhouse on the roof to the
awnings. Land small room through the glass
in a grind. across the street.
11. Kicker Gap 22. Kicker 2 Street 100 Pts
1. Car Ollie 100 Pts 100 Pts Jump kicker jumps in the alley. Use the kicker ramp in the alley to
2. Wimpy Gap 250 Pts Using 12. Roof 2 Roof 2000 Pts Using reach the street above.
the planters ollie out of the the pool on the roof, launch from one
ISTARTI
fountain area. roof to the other. Hidden Videotape
Grind 200 Pts Ollie from a 13. Transfer 200 Pts Transfer from Hanging between the two roofs. TAPE
kicker ramp into a grind onto the top one quarterpipe to next over the hip.
of one of the bus stops. 14. Billboard Grind 500 Pts Using S: From the alley you start an ollie

4. Truck Gap 250 Pts Use the ramp the pool on the large roof launch to from the kicker ramp to the
to clear the back of the truck. the rail under the video wall/ ledge and then the
5. Cheesy Deck Gap or Deck Gap billboard across the street. rail, and ollie to the

50 to 250 Pts Clear the entire deck: 15. Big Ass 1500 Pts Get loads of letter at

the short end for the Cheesy Deck speed and ollie from the lowest ramp the end.
Gap bonus and the middle for the leading to the office building and fly K: Find the let-

big points. through the glass without touching terK hanging

6. Burly Deck Gap 2500 Pts Clear the ground. above the
the long end of the deck by the rails. 16. Glass Gap 750 Pts Ollie from fountain.
7. Rail 2 Rail Transfer 750 Pts the top ramp and go through the A: Grab the A
Ollie from one rail to the other, glass of the office building. hanging above
grinding both. 17. T 2 T Gap 500 Pts Use the car the quarterpipe
8. Dirty Rail 3000 Pts With carrier to ollie through the glass and left of the car carrier.

enough speed ollie from the tops of into the secret tunnel that leads to T: The T is inside the
the buildings or the rail next to the the roof. secret tunnel leading to
billboard above the street where you 18. Secret Tunnel Entrance the roof.
startall the way to the rail at the 500 Pts From the large ramp in the E: The E is along the rail

entrance of the fountain area. street ollie through the glass into the high above the starting
9. Death Grind 2000 Pts secret tunnel hanging above. place running between the
Jump from the smaller roof using 19. Over The Tunnel 2000 Pts two buildings.

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LEVEL b - DOWNHILL JBM, PHEDNlX
1. Huge Water Hazard Gap the rail at the end back across to reach the top of the dam on the
1000 Pts Ollie completely over the left side of the dam and follow right and then use the quarterpipe
the water without using the rails. the path, jumping over the gap. there to get the letter.
2. Ski Jump 25-225 Pts The Ollie onto the natural bridge and T: Use the ski jump to get the T.

further you jump the more follow it around and over the E:The E is found on the upper
points you’ll get. gap. Now get set for one more ledge where you get the Neversoft
3. Neversoft Electric Company Gap ollie to the rock spire (the one with Electric Company Gap.
1500 Pts Grind the last rail up on the four rails on it) to claim the
the ledge leading to the finish line. hidden videotape.
Use the quarterpipe before it

to reach it. S: Do a small ollie from the

first ramp to grab the S hanging

Hidden Videotape in midair.

Hidden well on the Downhill Jam K: Ollie to the left
course. Start by getting up onto the rail before
rail before the dam that will take the dam.
you to the top of the right hand A: Take the
side of the dam. From there, take high rail to

lO
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Cheats & Codes

To enter any of the cheats, you must pause
the game and then press and hold the left
trigger button while you enter the button
a/jai combinations. The screen will shake when
they're entered correctly, and some cheats
will only appear after you have quit out of
the game and start again.

Unlock Everything
©** # 0**00
levels, all tapes, all FMVs, all
(Unlocks
boards,
all

maxes
out every character's stats and unlocks Offi-
cer Dick.)

Slow Motion Mode

©* * © *
Random Start Locations
© ©.a, * #
Level Select
©* * ©© «too
Stud Cheat
©:©>#.# (All stats up to 10)
Super Stud Cheat
A, ©OOt l (All stats up to 13)

Special Always Full

©© ©. ft*
Big Head Mode
© © * * * (Quit back to the character
select screen to see effect.)

Private Carrera
© * © 10**0 (Enter this one
while using Officer Dick. The screen will not
shake and once entered you must quit out to
find Private Carrera in place of Officer Dick.)

Rewards
Earn any 3 medals in the competitions
with any character to get the mediocre
ending, where you get to see the bails video.

Get 3 golds with any character to see the

bails video, then see the character specific
reward video.

Get all 30 tapes with any character to

unlock Officer Dick.

Get 3 gold medals with Officer Dick to see

the Neversoft bails video.

Note: All videos, except for the Neversoft

can be played from View Videos
bails video,
Cinematics menu after unlocking them.
 HOWTO Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

LEVEL 8 - STREETS, SUN FRANCISCO

19.Pagoda Gap the entire set of steps in the 22. Spine Gap 1000 Pts
1000 Pts Get up to the center of the Embarcadero. Using the kicker, ollie over the concrete
ski-jump on the third 21. Over The Seven 100 Pts barrier into Embarcadero Center. This
building and launch Ollie from the top of the top of can also be done from the porch of the
towards the Pagoda in the steps, over the steps to the Pagoda if you clear the grass.
the Embarcadero. ground towards thef Pagoda. 23. Gonz Gap 500 Pts
20. C Block Gap Ollie from spine, over gap and to the
500 Pts Ollie from the flat top of the steps.
kicker ramp and clear
Hidden Videotape
Hanging above the roof of the Pagoda.
To get there,first use the slot behind

1. Ramp 2 Ramp 500 Pts Transfer the fountain to reach the second story
between the small quarterpipes at the walkway on the adjacent building. From
top of the hill in Chinatown. there, make your way to the top of the
2. Porch Gap 250 Pts From the top of third building and then ollie from the
the Chinatown take the
hill in left ski-jump scaffolding to the roof of the
alley and ollie from the ledge Pagoda and the Hidden Tape.
over the lower porch. Grab S: Get the S at the top of the bridge in
bonus icon before landing Hubba Hideout.
in street. K: Behind the glass at the bottom of
3. Street Gap 500 Pts From Lombard Street on the right.
the top of Chinatown go along the A hanging
A: Find the
right ledge and ollie through the glass to between the quarter-
the sidewalk across the street below. pipes at the top of
4. Oversized 8 Set 500 Pts Ollie over Chinatown.
the complete set of steps. T: Get into the secret
5. Handi Gap 1000 Pts Ollie from one room that leads to the
quarterpipe, over the handicap ramp top of the spiral tower
leading up to the building and into using the ledge behind
the other quarterpipe. the trees to find the T.

6.Lombard Gap E: Crash through the window below the

5000 Pts Using the clocktower and session the bowl inside
ramps at the top jump to get the E.

over the entire length of

Lombard Street.
7.Lombard Ledge
250 Pts Grind the entire
series of ledges along the left side
of Lombard Street.
8. Acid Drop In 1000 Pts
Ollie from the ledge into the
halfpipe Hubba Hideout.
in

9. Hook Rail 750 Pts Grind the

entire length of the green rail from
LEVEL 1 - CONCRETE
top to bottom.
10. Hubba Ledge 500 Pts
Grind the length of the ledge CONSPIRACY, RD5VIELL
across the bridge.
11. Hubba Gap 750 Pts 1. Roll In Channel Gap 1000 Pts
Using the large kickers, clear the Clear the roll-in gap.
entire bridge. 2. B House Rail 1000 Pts Grind all

12. Fountain Gap 750 Pts three staggered rails in one shot.
Jump into the slot behind the 3. MB Emerson Grind 2000 Pts Ollie
fountain with loads of speed and from the quarterpipe on the deck in the
olliefrom the end to the walkway center across to the Bird House Rail.
on the second story. 4. Channel Gap 500 Pts Ollie over gap.
13. Bendy’s Lip 500 Pts 5. Pool Grind 2000 Pts Grind
Grind the length of the coping on completely around the pool in the
the elbow-shaped quarterpipe in hidden room.
the corner. 6. Channel Gap 500 Pts Jump the
14. Ramp 2 Ramp 750 Pts channel in the pool in the hidden room.
Ollie over the gap between the 7. High Deck Gap 1000 Pts Ollie over
quarterpipes. the entire deck in the center.
15. Rail 2 Rail 500 Pts 8. Deck Grind 800 Pts
Grind one rail and ollie to and Grind the entire rail in the center to
grind the next rail. the rail below.
16. Down The Spiral 2000 Pts 9. Deck Gap 1500 Pts From the high
Grind the entire length of the ledge deck launch off the kicker ramp and
from the top. clear the lower deck completely.
17. Backwoods Ledge 250 Pts 10. Low Deck Gap 500 Pts Ollie
Grind the length of the ledge completely over the lower deck.
behind the tree leading to the 11. EF Grind 1000 Pts Come out of
secret room. the tunnel and ollie to and grind all

18. Planter Gap 500 Pts Ollie three rails in a row.

length of either planter.

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