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but have a good long think about what the future holds for Nintendo. As the
N64 draws toward what will almost certainly be its last big year, it’s more than
apparent that Nintendo’s tactic with the machine didn’t quite work out as planned. There is no argument that the PlayStation dominates the market—but it’s interesting to see that the very beginning of 1999 sees the big N attacking with some renewed vigor. There are a lot of high-caliber games on the horizon and we should see a steady flow for the majority of the year.
Our other theme this month, partly inspired by the nature of Mario Party, is multiplayer gaming. This month you'll find a multiplayer strategy to Turok 2 as well as a comparison of the multiplayer aspects of Acclaim’s pretty boy and the de facto experience — GoldenEye. In fact, in exploring the charms of playing multiplayer games, it has become more than apparent that the N64 really has the edge in this department. Part of it may have to do with those four holes on the front of the d box...but if you think about it, the system really is the "party machine." Mario Party,
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This fact alone will no doubt be partly responsible for shaping the next generation of consoles. We already have the Dreamcast...look at the front; four holes. The QMann this month reveals the current thinking on both Nintendo's next machine and what is known so far about the PlayStation 2 —but I think it's safe to say that four-player gaming straight from the box can be taken as a given.
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120 - The Year of Nintendo?
108 - Mario Party Just 'cause you've beaten Zelda doesn't mean your N64 Game Directory should start collecting dust again. Believe it or not, | some pretty big games are оп the way in '99. We Ace Combat 3
р i д Aero Dancing examine the titles that could make '99 a very good Air Boardin' USA
year for Nintendo fans. Akuji the Heartless All-Star Smash Brothers Beetle Adventure Racing Buggy Heat
126 - EGM Grudge Match Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 Dinosaurs or spies—which are more fun to kill? We | Соте ese answer that question and others as we put Turok 2 Г Carrot Crazy
5 р and GoldenEye 007 to а high-powered duel. Centipede 6 - Editorial а Chocobo Racing
Johnny England is all about group participation. Find out why. | Chocobo's Myst. Dungeon 2 Civilization ||
14 - Letters Contender
If there was ever a game you wouldn’t want to play all alone, this is it. Mario Party is the ultimate inter- active board game. We blow out all the minigames that make this multiplayer wonder so much fun.
TUBE " а қ Driver Believe it or not, some of you disagree with our reviews. 1 Final Fantasy МИ
E 89, 130 Fisherman's Bait 22 - News З | ізі Freestyle Boardin’ "99
PlayStation games on your Mac, thanks to new emulators. = | 44 Incoming
. . Internal Section 36 – Gaming Gossip 68 Jet Fre Gemi
68 Jet Force Gemini What comes after the Dreamcast? Look here for info.
78 Legend of Legaia 14% 135 Link's Awakening DX = 5 131 March Madness 99
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Castlevania, Syphon Filter and Zelda: Link's Awakening DX. T | 133 Marvel SH vs. Street Fighter А 134 Мопкеу Него
136 – Reader Reviews 88 МВА In the Zone'go
We love Reader Reviews! Watch this section grow and grow. ы 134 NCAA Final Four
76 Need For Speed: High Stakes
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ii 68 Quake И Sonic Adventure, Shenmue and Buggy Heat. % Ace Combat 3, a Final Fantasy VIII update, | Revenge From Mars
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54 - Nintendo 64 Previews
We have loads of N64 previews this month, including Quake ІІ, Mario Golf 64, Beetle Adventure Racing, updates for Sonic Adventure
Perfect Dark, Twelve Tales: Conker 64 and сек Й 104 - Arcade Previews | Soul of the Samurai
Jet Force Gemini and plenty more. This month: Revenge From Mars. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Street SkBer
Syphon Filter Tetris 4D
138 - Review Archive Triple Play 2000 (N64)
A listing of all the scores we've given games in recent months. Triple Play 2000 (PS) Twelve Tales: Conker 64
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Samus, The Savior
Руе heard a lot about how Sony created the system that made gaming cool. The PlayStation appeals to the more mature audience, and to me this is why they are No. 1 in the industry today. Sony hit gold by allowing developers to make games with content for teens and adults. Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid and Duke Nukem are good examples of the
trend Nintendo should be getting into.
Nintendo is on the right track by allowing the release of games like Turok 2 and South Park, but Nintendo needs to make some games of their own that break away from the cutesy, clean stuff of yesteryear. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a step in that direction with its serious story line, but a more drastic step needs to be taken.
That is where Metroid comes in.
Nintendo couldn't ask for a better franchise to change their identity from “Тһе makers of the cute little plumber" to "The makers of the bad a** space hunter!" Samus Aran is more than capable of dethroning Lara Croft as gaming's bad girl, given that she receives the right attitude adjustment (give her a little bit of the strong, bad tempered, Solid Snake type of attitude), a deep story line and cinematics to tell her tale. It’s too late for this game to save the N64, so | think Nintendo should make it as a launch title for its next console to let consumers know right away that Nintendo can make games with attitude too.
Nintendo, heed my words (and read ЕСМ): Zelda is an N64 hit, but the next Metroid could be the Nintendo savior.
Carlo Santos Bremerton, WA
Old News
1 see that Nikki Douglas, the “Grrl Gamer,” has just come to the realization that 99 percent of the movie-to-game conversions are unholy abominations in the industry. But wouldn’t it be a good idea for the token female of EGM to at least write about something that isn’t a worn-out topic? The
topic of horrible adaptations could
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probably go all the way back to Кги on the 2600! Rent it...test it...if it’s another GoldenEye...BUY IT! If not, make fun of it five years later with your friends (*Remember that god-awful THQ game we rented that one night...?"). Why waste one's precious space on Judge Dredd and The Fifth Element? Maire Flynn maire69@hotmail.com
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And to that, Nikki Douglas sez, “As a gaming journalist | probably have the fortune and misfortune of playing some of the best and worst video games on the planet. | play many more than the average gamer does and have to give each one my undivided attention when it comes to me hermetically sealed and begging for a chance to show itself off. So many games are in fact worn-out retreads of many other good games, and yet they continue to be produced and developed in studios and published. | say that we must stop the madness! If | can dedicate one tiny parcel of my opinions to help decrease this ever- increasing tide of slap-dash crappo games, then | ат proud to do it!”
So there.
Words Of Discouragement
| was just wondering if there will be a video game based on last year’s movie The Avengers. After all, the movie was probably the biggest piece of crap last year, so | am guessing that there MUST Бе а licensed video game coming based on it.
gkdynasty@hotmail.com
Well, if someone were planning on bringing out an Avengers game, they aren’t going to now!
Psychic Hotline
You guys don’t know it, but you have psychic powers. In issue 115, page 88, you previewed WCW/nWo Thunder for the PlayStation. There you had a picture of Hogan wearing nWo Red colors. Then, on Monday Nitro, Jan. 11, Hogan was wearing
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the nWo Red's colors!!! Are you psychic? Do. you have powers we other gamers lack? Or are you secretly working with WCW? Үйр, this is a conspiracy. | know it is! Just tell me how you did it.
jbecraft@hotmail.com
Yup. We are psychic. This year, for the WCW, we predict the following events: 1) A wrestler will leave his faction/team to join another. 2.) Someone will leave WWF to work for WCW...or the other way around. 3.) Someone will try to cheat during one of the matches.
Let us know how our predictions go.
When we previewed THQ’s WCW/nWo Thunder, we were using an nWo Red Hogan as an example of how you can change a character's team affiliation. Who would've thought nWo would unite soon after that?
Hard To Please
Now this is bulls***. | can't believe that Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is a s*** filled, corny, sloppy, boring piece of crap game, got more than 5.0 on your review scale. If this wins the Game of the Year award, | will пике your new EGM offices. OK, maybe | won't, but | will пике your old offices. OK, maybe | won't do that either. But | will get mad.
On the other hand, if Metal Gear Solid wins the Game of the Year award, | will be forced to subscribe for another year to your wonderful magazine.
Amadis Licerio amadislicerio@juno.com
I’m а new reader to your magazine, and my friends and | usually decide how good a game is by what ratings you give. One of my
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friends is pro-Playstation and told me that you gave Metal Gear Solid four 10s and а Platinum Award while you gave Zelda three 9.5's, а 9.0 and a gold award. | just want to say that you know damn well that Zelda makes MGS its bitch.
Now | have to admit | have played MGS all the way to the end, and it is one hell of a game. But | just couldn’t believe you would give it a 10...maybe a 9 or a 9.5, but not a 10. Zelda is the best game out there and MGS looks like 5*** compared to it. Your bias is now apparent. | dare you to print this.
Kerry Drake nuke_troop@hotmail.com
| have been reading your propaganda about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the past year or so. Most of the time you guys know your stuff, so | figured this game can’t be bad if you guys keep saying it will be great. Based on your testimonies, and the fact that | am a big Zelda fan, | bought the game totally unbiased. | got the game, played it and beat it within 25 hours, and | accomplished all of the miniquests and found all of the secrets.
After defeating it, | found that your reviews were way too positive. This game is in no way perfect. You guys were too biased when reviewing this game. You had too much hype riding on this game that you couldn't afford a bad review. If you guys give this Game of the Year it only adds to your deceitfulness. In the future, don’t blow unreleased games out of proportion.
altoid1@hotmail.com
Sorry, after reading these immature, misinformed and accusatory letters, we just have to get something off our chests:
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Whew. That felt better. Now let's address these one at a time.
Amadis: Fine. That's your opinion. But we're not the only ones who think Zelda is fine like cherry wine (see the letters following this, plus the Reader Reviews in this issue).
Kerry: What on earth is your friend talking about? We gave Zelda four 10's. Next time, before opening up your mouth and saying something stupid, please use your head. It don't cost nuthin’. And please, knock it off
with the “1 dare you to print this" crap.
Altoid1: You are entitled to your opinion. But we've said this before and it's obvious we have to say it again: A “10” does not mean the game is absolutely flawless. It simply means it's an excellent title that truly excels in all areas. We never said the game is perfect, and we certainly mentioned a few flaws in our Zelda review.
Also, we don't have any obligations to anything or anyone. We had a lot of coverage on Zelda over the past year because, correct us if we're wrong, that's what you, our readers, wanted. If the game ended up not quite living up to expectations, we'd tell you all about it. We've done that with other cover stories in the past, like MK 4, Yoshi's Story and Parasite Eve. In fact, we've pretty much proved we're not victims of the hype we help generate, as many of our cover story games don't end up earning gold awards—some don't even get a silver!
If Zelda (or Metal Gear Solid or whatever) ends up getting Game of the Year, it'll simply be because we liked that game the best, nothing else. It's a rather novel concept, wouldn't you say?
What? People Actually Liked Zelda?
| think you guys made a great decision giving Zelda: Ocarina of Time straight 10’s. Zelda 64 mixes action and RPG elements like no other game I’ve played. | mean, the graphics are incredible. It also provides a great challenge even to veteran RPGers. The puzzles are great, too. Congratulations to Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo for making probably one of the greatest video games of all time.
Matt Ward Homer3167@aol.com
| totally agree with your reviews of Zelda. The game totally kicks ass. Andy Metz Seattle, WA
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...| mean, woo hoo! We knew some of ya liked the game. See this month's Reader Reviews for more reader opinions on Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Question of the Moment
A full, uncut version of the upcoming Ultima IX: Ascension (not censored, watered-down bull$#!+ like the previous console ports of Ultima). sprulesQusit.net
Total Annihilation. SLepore789@aol.com
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ssswweeeeettt, baby!
Scorched Earth, but with hundreds of weapons and updated graphics. gaistbst@yahoo.com appollo@raex.com Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire. This game is up there with the best PS RPGs. DOOki99Qaol.com
Next Month's Question of the Moment: Besides what's been announced, what video game would you most like to see made into a movie? Send your short but sweet responses to EGM@zd.com with the subject heading: MOVIE
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Getting Ahead Of Ourselves
| hate being one of those people who writes in with mistakes you’ve made, but in issue #115 you said that the Hyrule Tattler was from issue #133. lm just wondering if I'm so far backed up on my subscription that you guys have already sent 133 and I’m only at 115. Anyway, you guys kick ass! Jon Harris jonh@execpc.com
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Mix Up Sorry to nitpick, but on page 76 of the February issue, you called the main character in Neon Genesis Evangelion by the name of Shinji Mikami. The actual name is Shinji Ikari. Michael Dozark brood@teleport.com
You're right. Shinji Mikami is actually a producer on the Bio Hazard series for Capcom in Japan. We just got the Shinjis a bit mixed up.
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let The Credits Roll
In last month's issue, you incorrectly credited me as having been the lead designer on Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. I was the design manager at Crystal during the development of Blood Omen, and contributed to the game's design in that capacity—but crediting me as the lead designer is inaccurate, and diminishes the contribution of those people who worked tirelessly for many months on the project. The proper acknowledgment goes to Denis Dyack, Ken McCulloch, Seth Carus and Armando Marini (and the countless other members of the combined Silicon Knights/ Crystal Dynamics development effort). | also wanted to acknowledge the other Soul Reaver teammates who weren't present for the team photo and therefore didn't get a mention —Arnold Ayala, Tom Desmarais and Damon Redmond are also members of the (massive) Soul Reaver effort.
Amy Hennig Producer/Director,
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Crystal Dynamics
Wrong Idea
Let me start this e-mail by saying that | am not out to bash the magazine; I’m just stating how | feel.
| realize you folks aren't trying to offend anyone. But you are read by quite a few people, so what you say makes an impact. In the response to the Letter of the Month for the February issue, Shoe talks about some of the really bad Japanese games that have
been made. From a list of I’m sure a lot of
games, the one that is chosen is a "homosexual shooter." Now | am sure this game sucks, but the only reason that Shoe gives for this suckage is that it's homosexual. What was Shoe trying to say, that he's glad "cultural boundaries" kept a gay game out of America? If this rambling has any meaning, it's this: Please try to be more responsible with what you print. |, like most people, read your magazine for the video game information, not for your personal opinions of which groups of people or behaviors are acceptable.
Oh yeah, and you can print my e-mail address. | am not especially bothered by the idea that someone wants to lose their ISP by e-mailing me hate mail.
Alex Pippard Senshiboy@aol.com
Don’t try to stir up trouble here! You left out the part where | said (and | quote), “Nothing wrong with being a homosexual shooter, mind you...” You want me to spell out why I’m glad Choaniki: Great Brother didn’t make it into the States? OK, you got
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it: It’s a crappy (no pun intended) shooter that has a lot of near-naked men, on some occasions practically humping each other in the rear, with giant penis weapons flying out of their crotches. How's that?
I'm certainly not passing judgement on any particular lifestyle or sexual orientation. I'm also not saying video games shouldn't have men dressed in tight speedos (hey, we straight males get half naked women in games...the other half, and the other, “other” half should get something too).
I'm just saying video games shouldn't have near-naked men, on some occasions practically humping each other in the rear, with giant penis weapons flying out of their crotches.
OOPS
Last month, in our Top 10 Selling Japanese games list, we accidentally listed PopoRogue as a Saturn title. It’s a PlayStation game. You'd think we would've caught that since the game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment. You'd think.
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| saw the letter т EGM #114 about Sushi-X being advertised by people at WWF RAW. | thought you might be interested to know that this Sushi-X is an Internet wrestling reporter from http://www.prowrestling.com. That's who the sign was referring to.
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After spending hours with the best game of all time, | have to ask: Do you guys know if there will be a sequel to Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? | had read somewhere that there wouldn't be, and if this is true, | was wondering if you knew why? It seems like all Nintendo would have to do is update the engine to support hi-res, give us a great new story and it would sell like crazy.
Alexander Novozhilov snova@email.msn.com
Haven’t you been paying attention? Nintendo doesn’t “slap” together an update to make cash. If they were like that, they would have released Star Fox 2 on the SNES. There will only be a sequel to any given title when something new can be done with it, so high-res graphics and a new story line alone won't cut it. Nintendo took their time with Ocarina of Time, which is precisely why it’s so amazing.
It’s pretty obvious the Street Fighter games are your favorite. What | don’t know is, are you a casual player or a dedicated World Warrior? Since you consider yourself
hardcore and SF’s one of your favorites, | imagine you can hold your own. | also imagine you're familiar with the arcade sponsored tournament scene, especially last year’s National Tournament (held Nov. 7-8 ) in which American and Japanese champs Alex Valle and Daigo Sukuzama competed for what | call the IBR (International Bragging Rights) Title. | know EGM doesn’t revolve around Street Fighter, but even a simple line or two in Sushi-X Files would've at least given this monthly loyal subscribers" page some kind of interesting context for once. | can only assume you're a casual player, therefore you wouldn't represent SF to the fullest. Nothing's wrong with that, but it's fortunate enough Capcom (miraculously) bothered flying Japan's champ overseas, showing some degree of respect to those loyal supporters of the drastically declined SF scene. While many can't stand the thought of all the Street Fighter incarnations over the years, this game has and continues to pass the test oftime. Long live Street Fighter and all who help keep it alive.
Ed Blakely eblakely@ibl.bm
I would love to have mentioned the tournament, but it slipped my ninja radar as you may have seen from our mountain of reviews and monstrous-size holiday issues. My apologies. The sad truth is that back in the day, Street Fighter ІІ was the only game in town. Now, there are great fighters coming out all the time. It gets kind of old getting beaten in Tekken and saying, “Yeah, but ЇЇ kick your butt in SF." | guarantee if you lined up, at random, 20 different fighting games that I'd come out on top overall. Such is my power...deal with it. That said, SF Alpha 3 is the best installment in the series in years and no one can touch me at it.
Sushi, you claim to be a lover of fighting games. If you are, how come The King of Fighters gets no love from you guys? KoF, in my opinion, is better than any Street Fighter. It has better gameplay and has more creativity when it comes to the characters. | would like to ask, if you have one, what is your best King of Fighters team and which one is your favorite?
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| have a Neo cart system and a Neo CD at home, Willie. While I love the KoF series, they add very, very little innovation each year, making them all blend together. They really should take a year off and make something killer for the next edition. Best team: Kyo, lori and Shii Kensu. Favorite team: Benimaru, Shii Kensu and Geese Howard...Repuken! Double Repuken!
What do you think of the Ranma 1/2 fighting games? Are there any new ones coming out in the U.S.?
Michel Fiallo-Pérez michfp@hotmail.com
| love the Ranma 1/2 series. | even own that awful SNES mockery of Ranma as well as the original Japanese version. There was recently a 3D Ranma fighter released for the PS in Japan, Ranma 1/2: Battle Renaissance, but no one has picked it up for release here. It’s not very good though.
Quartermann stated that Capcom is now directing itself more toward the Dreamcast. If | decide to go with the Playstation 2, | might not be able to play ports of SFIII and other Capcom fighters. And if | decide to go with the Dreamcast, well, let's just say | don't want my money wasted on "another system" from Sega. Also, as | haven't seen any U.S. commercials for DC. | am starting to get a little worried as Christmas is right around the corner.
Fernando Padilla fp1@dpsworld.com
No matter what type of support Capcom gives Sega, you can bet there will still be ports of SF games for the next Sony console. Christmas is right around the corner? It’s barely February?! Look for TV ads to appear this summer.
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ave you ever wished you could play PlayStation games on your PC? That wish may soon come true, as two PlayStation emulators are poised to hit shelves, depending on any legal action taken from Sony Computer Entertainment to pre- vent their sale. The first to hit the market will be Connectix's Virtual Game Station (VGS), a PlayStation emulator for G3-equipped Macintosh computers (233 Mhz and up), which includes the popu- lar iMac. This no-frills emulator plays only U.S. PlayStation games from the original CDs. Just pop it in and you're ready to play, using either the keyboard or joystick. The VGS was announced at Macworld '99, as part of a new commitment to games
on the Mac. But its real signifi- cance reaches beyond just the fact that it means more games can be played on Apple's line of comput- ers. Emulators have been a big issue for the video game industry because of their links to software piracy and the use of copied ver- sions of games (often called "ROMs"). But in this case, you cannot play pirated or import soft- ware on Connectix's VGS. Emulation isn't perfect —some games work better than others, and the company will keep an updated list of compatible games on its Web site.
Will Sony sue Connectix to stop the sale of this emulator? As of press time, it hasn't happened. Roy McDonald, Connectix's presi- dent and CEO, told us that "[Sony]
would have no basis for any legal action since we haven't used any of their software copyrights in the creation of the Virtual Game Station. It's been found in the past that software emulation of a hard- ware system does not violate patent law."
Virtual Game Station for the Mac will go on sale in early spring for a suggested price of $49.95. A PC version is planned down the road.
The second is Bleem, a PlayStation emulator that will be offered commercially sometime this year for the PC. It supports a variety of 3D cards to clean up the graphics of the PlayStation and make it look even better (if you can imagine).
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My Two Cents
in the long run, it wouldn’t be at all surprising if emulators, and legitimate ones at that, become more a part of the gaming world. The quality of the VGS is surprisingly excel- lent, and it may be the first legitimate product of this kind to emulate a console. | hope that Sony embraces this kind of thing rather standing behind an army of lawyers. I anticipate us to be reporting on Connectix being vigorously sued in this space next month...but | hope not.
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There's no doubt that Nintendo has a huge hit with Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But exactly how big a hit was it? Comparing it to movies, it was a very big success. Nintendo says that 2.5 million units of Zelda were shipped by the end of '98, and generated more revenue in the last six weeks of the year than any movie over that same time (becoming the fastest-
Zelda Gets Top Box Office Honors
selling game of 1998). According to Nintendo, having sold those 2.5 million copies at about $60 a pop, Zelda generat- ed $150 million in *box office" sales. Its closest competitor was the Disney/Pixar film A Bug’s Life. Nintendo expects that Zelda will sell more than 6 million copies worldwide by the end of March.
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PaRappa Rings in the New Year
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ran two commercials at the start of the new year in Japan to promote two of the most wanted PlayStation games of the new year— PaRappa 2 and Dragon Quest VII. The sequel to PaRappa the Rapper is one of the most anticipated games in Japan— and the U.S. But PaRappa 2 isn't called “PaRappa,” it’s called Unjammer Lami and stars a girl rocker named Lami (yes, a lamb). Lami, Katy Kat and Mah-san (a mouse) are all in a band called Milk Can. More familiar faces from the first game will show up in the sequel.
Instead of rap it’s focused on rock, and Unjammer Lami rocks a guitar, not the
Japanese players make a New Year prayer for the release of Dragon Quest VII (above).
microphone. Sony has also added a two- player cooperative mode to the game. While there’s no release information yet on the game for the U.S., Unjammer Lami will be released in Japan in March.
The second commercial Sony began running is for Dragon Quest VII. It features Japanese players praying for the release of the game in 1999. Enix’s latest entry in the Dragon Quest series is scheduled for release later this year.
Both games are expected to make a big splash at this year’s Tokyo Game Show being held in late March. You can check out both of these commercials by down- loading the movies at videogames.com.
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Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter will endorse All-Star Baseball 2000, which is scheduled to ship in April for the N64, Game Boy Color and PC. Jeter will be featured in commercials, ads and the packaging for the game, and will also help the development team by providing scouting reports for the title.
Car Crunching Action Comes Home Monster truck racing is coming to the N64. The Gathering of Developers (G.o.D.) will co-pub- lish Monster Truck Madness for the N64 with Take Two Interactive, scheduled for release in July. Developed by Edge of Reality, the game is the con- sole version of the PC title, originally published by Microsoft.
Jackson Voices GameBreaker
Get ready, basketball fans. 989 Studios has signed Keith Jackson to return as the voice for NCAA GameBreaker 2000 for the PlayStation. Jackson voiced the previous installment, NCAA GameBreaker '99.
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Bustin’ Мо’ Grooves
Enix has announced a sequel to its dance and rhythm action game Bust A Move (called Bust A Groove in the U.S.). Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix will be released this spring in Japan. It will be a little different than the previ- ous game—this time you need to push buttons at a steady pace. If you push them off the beat, your character will be off the rhythm. New char- acters will join the already familiar faces, with new levels and dance arenas.
Developer Profile
Location: San Francisco, CA (above Mick’s Lounge) Web Site: www.blam.com
# of employees: 15 Gameography: Off-World Inceptor Extreme, Monkey Hero and a supersecret one with Atari Games.
Other games staff members have worked on previously: Super Caesar’s Palace, Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Blazing Dragons, Solar Eclipse, Pandemonium!, Duckman, Top Gun: Hornet’s Nest, Total Eclipse and Off-World Inceptor.
During breaks from late-night program- ming sessions, we: Roll around on the floor
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everyone hiring programmers can do so without headhunters.
We're in the game development business because: We are all overeducated, smart-asses.
How we came up with Monkey Hero: When Jay Minn, the president of BLAM!, was a child in Korea, he was turned on to a folk legend entitled Monkey: Journey to the West. Throughout all of Asia, this story
and its characters are historical and popular cultural icons. It contains tons of fantastic and engaging characters that we just had to tap into. If you grow up in any part of Asia you are inundated by these icons everywhere — from comics to toys and cartoons like Dragonball Z. This game's genre was inspired by Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past.
Story behind our name: Originally we want- ed the company to be called Monster Island because we are such huge Godzilla fans, but it was already taken. So we continued brainstorming and someone was thinking out loud and brought up Beyond the Land of Ancient Monsters— everyone gasped in horror so we turned it into acronym —but it still wasn't happening until we removed the dots and added the exclamation point. Favorite snack food(s): refried beans
Music that inspires us: The live music from the bar downstairs —it keeps us from falling asleep during "all-nighters."
Team motto: Ship as many great games as we can before dying.
64-Bit Zombies Latest on NUON
It’s been rumored for a while that This year we don't just have Dreamcast to Resident Evil is headed to the Nintendo 64. look forward to in the realm of new hard- But until now, it's only been that—a rumor. ware, but there's also VM Labs' NUON. While In a recent interview in Japanese gaming NUON news has been scant lately, two tid- magazine Dengeki Oh, Yoshiki Okamoto bits made their way through. let it slip that he just finished a scenario First, peripheral company Nyko for Bio Hazard (the Japanese title of Technologies announced that it will release a Resident Evil) on the N64. While a release line of NUON accessories later this year. date has not been announced yet, this is Nyko is the first third-party company to the first more or less official word that announce peripherals for the platform. Resident Evil is N64-bound. Second, Adrenalin Interactive announced
Our sources have told us that Okamoto's that it will develop games for the NUON. company, Flagship, is writing the scenarios Which games? Well, that hasn't been for the N64 version of Bio Hazard, after announced yet. But the company will also be having worked on Bio Hazard 2 (Resident developing prototype demos, in addition to Evil 2) on the PlayStation and the upcom- games, for NUON, which are scheduled for ing Code Veronica on the Dreamcast. release later this year.
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. . Introducing, Contender. The brutally fun boxing game. Boxing isn't pretty. In Contender, you'll face 40 different thugs, all with their own look and fighting style. You can throw jabs, combinations and arcade-style knockout punches. Plus, you can build up the strength of your favorite fighter, save it to a memory card, and pummel a friend later. In short, it's a good old-fashioned, mano-a-mano slugfest.
Portable Beatbox
As a testament to the popularity of Konami's Beatmania, the com- pany has decided to bring the game to two portable platforms so you can bring the music with you. On March 11, Konami will release Beatmania for the Game Boy Color. It will have 20 songs—1o from the original, and 10 exclusive tracks in addition to a vs. mode via link cable. While it would seem that the control would be difficult on the GB, there are three different control schemes to select from.
Konami's also bringing the game to Bandai's WonderSwan hand- held. Expected to retail between 4,000 and 5,000 yen ($35-45), the
game will be available later this year. These are in addition to a small LCD keychain version of Beatmania, which is available now in Japan.
Poké-Rumble
There's a rumblin' in the Game Boy scene these days, and it's not just the arrival of Game Boy Color. Nintendo is planning to release Pokémon Pinball for the Game Boy in "99. This game will utilize a new cartridge that has a rumble fea- ture. Several companies are reportedly already working on titles to use this new kind of cart and its features. Nintendo's Pokémon Pinball will be the first of these, but definitely not the last.
FF Collection
Fans of Final Fantasy won't get their fix on just the eighth install-
ment of the series Square has annou Fantasy Collection PlayStation. It wil
this year. nced Final for the include Final
Fantasy IV, V and VI in one deluxe package. These are the same games as the original SNES/Super
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special case. This will be limited to 5,000 units. FF Collection will be available in Japan on March 11.
. Dance Evolution
Konami's popular Japanese arcade game Dance Dance Revolution is coming to the PlayStation. In the arcade game, two players step on a floor that has square panels, and "step" on them based on the on-screen directions and the music's beat (imagine PaRappa using your feet).
Dance Dance Revolution is planned for a spring release, retail- ing for 5,000-7,000 yen (about $45-63). A controller will be sold separately for about 3,000-4,000 yen (about $26-36).
Good News/Bad New
Good News ...for Acclaim Entertainment. The company says it shipped 1.4 million units of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, making the title one of the top-selling N64 games of the holiday season.
Bad News
...for those anticipating Survivor Day One. We’ve learned that Konami has canceled the N64 title, which was shooting to be a Tomb Raider-ish action game, due to quality issues.
Good News ..for Top Gun fans. Titus
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announced that it has entered an agreement with Paramount to develop and market games based on the Top Gun license. The agreement goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2000, and Titus expects to have Top Gun games for Dreamcast, N64, PlayStation and PC ready by the third quarter of 2000.
Bad News
...for fans of RPGs. While Atlus has run Internet petitions to see if fans want Soul Hackers (a game from the same series as Persona) on the PlayStation in the U.S., and those were suc- cessful with many fans voicing support, Sony is unimpressed. Sony has not approved the game for release at this time. If you want to see it, send support to SoulHackers@atlus.com and tell Sony you want it by sending mail to Sony Computer Entertainment America, 919 East Hillsdale Blvd., 2nd Floor, Foster City, CA 94404-2175.
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From the Land of the Rising Sun EGM takes a look at the gaming market in Japan
From walking through the streets of Tokyo, stopping to visit several game shops along the way, what would you think about the current video game market in Japan? More than likely that there are simply too many games. Maybe we shouldn't be complaining, as there are many different kinds of games. But what if there aren't enough choices within those? Aside from Japan's current economic status (which isn't good), | assume that most Japanese gamers are fed up with being surrounded by too many games. Sometimes even a hardcore gamer like myself will see a game on the shelves that | have never heard of, and not know anything about the genre, gameplay,
Yutaka Ohbuchi, ЕСМ Japanese Correspondent, takes a look at the Japanese gaming market of 1998.
story or even the company that’s developed it! Let’s take a look at the current video game
market in Japan, using the latest sales data for
the respective consoles (from Nov. 30 to Jan. 3).
PlayStation:
It dominates the market, yet the PlayStation had its quietest fourth quarter since its launch. With the delay of the PocketStation, there were no big holiday titles in '98 from Sony. The best- selling PS game for the holiday season was R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, which sold about 600,000 copies. Next was Crash Bandicoot 3 which sold about 580,000 copies. These two are probably the lucky ones. The third-place game, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2, and fourth, Tales of Phantasia, sold just about half the amount of copies of their predecessors that were released at the end of 1997.
Nintendo 64:
With a very strong lineup from Nintendo, the N64 finally took off in Japan. The N64 even outsold PlayStation hardware in the middle of December (although the Game Boy Color outsold the N64 during the same week). The
best-selling N64 game for the year-end was Pikachu Genki Dechu, which sold about half a million copies. Next to it was Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (400,000 in December) which sold just under a million copies total. Third was Mario Party (360,000), followed by Banjo- Kazooie (300,000). It's too early to tell if this will be a new beginning for the №64 in Japan. The system needs a series of good first- and third-party games in a row.
Dreamcast:
Sega's latest console created a lot of excite- ment at least for a while, but not enough to last into the new year. If all the things Sega had originally planned for the Dreamcast had happened, it would have had 12 topnotch games. But in the real world, there were eight and they did- n't end up being all that good. Perhaps Sega needs more time to make games using the Dreamcast's highest potential. But one thing's for sure—they don't have much time to go and the clock is ticking. The best-selling Dreamcast game at the end of ’98 was Sonic Adventure, selling about a quarter of a million copies. That's a good sign, considering the Dreamcast user base was less than half a million then.
Game Boy/Game Boy Color:
Definitely the most excite- ment is over the Game Boy/Game Boy Color. The best-selling game for the sys- tem was Yugioh, an unknown title to most adult gamers, which amazingly sold over 1 million copies (and it's not even a Game Boy Color title!). Yugioh is a card battling game based on a popular manga (comics) series from Shonen Jump, a popular weekly manga collec- tion. Next up was Enix's Dragon Quest Monsters which sold 430,000 copies during the holidays (1.3 million copies since release), followed by Pokémon Card GB (370,000), Pokémon Pikachu (280,000, 1.5 million total) and Zelda GB DX (180,000 copies). On a side note, the normal versions of Pokémon Red and Green still man- aged to sell over 40,000 copies, an amazing feat when you think that these games are almost three years old.
Notice something about these figures? These games are all from big companies like SCE, Nintendo, Namco and Square, and all of them are basically just sequels. | don't have any problem with playing sequels from big compa- nies. But if the market had more vigor and ener- gy, we should have seen newcomers entering the market like just a few years ago. Is this just the calm before the storm or is the market going downhill? I’m hoping that this year will see more new, exciting games to revitalize the Japanese market.
Import Pick of the Month
Final Fantasy VIII - It’s Square's most anticipated game of the year, and in Japan, the company has already racked up a record number of presells for the title. Final Fantasy VIII is the latest install- ment in Square's signature RPG saga, and this one promises to be the most cine- matic of them all.
PlayStation:
1/28 IS: Internal Section, Square (Shooter)
1/28 Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age, Hudson (Fighting)
2/4 Pocket MuMu, Sony (Action)
2/11 Final Fantasy VIII, Square (RPG)
2/18 Pop n’ Music, Konami (DJ Simulation)
2/25 Monster Farm 2, Tecmo (Adventure)
Feb. Tetris the Grand Master, Arika (Puzzle)
3/11 Final Fantasy Collection, Square (RPG)
3/1 Final Fantasy VI, Square (RPG)
3/25 Тһе King of Fighters '98 Dream Match Never Ends, SNK (Fighting)
Mar. Unjammer Lami, SCE! (Music)
Nintendo 64: 1/21 Nintendo All-Stars Smash Brothers, Nintendo (Fighting)
Saturn: 3/4 Dungeons & Dragons Collection, Capcom (Action)
Dreamcast:
1/21 Evolution, Sega/ESP (RPG)
1/28 Sega Rally 2, Sega (Racing)
2/18 Мопасо Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2, Ubi Soft (Racing)
Feb. Kitahe: White Illumination, Hudson (Travel Communication)
3/4 Риги Риги Pack (Rumble Pack)
3/4 Puyo Puyoon, Compile (Puzzle)
3/4 Psychic Force 2012, Taito (Fighting)
3/11 RealSound: Kaze no Regret, Warp (Interactive Sound Drama)
3/25 Blue Stinger, Climax Graphics (Action)
3/25 Marvel Vs. Capcom, Capcom (Fighting)
Mar. Aero Dancing, CRI (Flight Sim)
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In a departure from the usual “Rumor and Truth” approach to the gossip of the moment, this month the О has decided to simply lay out as much information as possible on the new systems anticipated from both Sony and Nintendo. Expect to see announcements from Sony at TGS in late March and then something possibly from Nintendo at the delayed Space World in May.
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The most elusive of new systems is currently taking shape in Japan—and the Q-spy network gradually managed to piece together.a pretty good impression of what may be happening, thanks to informa- tion from sources around the world.
We've known for some time that Nintendo would be working with Silicon Graphics (SGI) again for the new chipset. Interestingly, since the N64 was announced, SGI has been somewhat active in the gaming community with its OpenGL 3D graphics system for PC and Macintosh. Those of you keeping an eye on the news recently will have seen the big deal concerning the integration of OpenGL with the.new Macintosh operating system—thus allowing the easy conversion of many hun- dreds of games to the platform. Given Nintendo's close links with-SGI and the obvious convergence of technologies in computing as a whole (let alone gaming), the possibilities for and OpenGL equipped games console would be incredible. Should Nintendo choose to go down this route, it would be able to easily motivate developers to produce titles simultaneously for multiple systems...a strategy very similar to that seen at Sega with Windows CE. Other advantages of Nintendo's links with SGI may be seen with any connectivity the machine тау have as the company is also a big mover in Internet servers. Obviously all of this information is purely speculation, but it makes sense for Nintendo to move toward something that will allow it to tap into development resources from other areas.
As far as other details go, things are pretty scarce. We-know the
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There are stíll no details about a storage medium...carts are definite- ly out ofthe question — but all of our sources have indicated that CD or DVD won't be the way to go either. In an effort to keep in control of the manufacturing process the Q's sources anticipate a proprietary storage medium similar to lomega's Jaz disks.
Finally, a piece of information that we know for a fact: The new sys- tem will'employ Dolby Digital Surround sound straight from the box.
PlayStation The Q-spies have run à number of stories in the past few months about what we've learned of Sony's new machine...so we'll keep this brief with just a re-cap plus an'extra snippet of news.
Expect to see a DVD-based system with a possibility of some kind of Mini-Disc functionality also—although as time goes on, this looks less and less likely.
The graphics chipset will utilize NURBS technology so that it can render curves rathér than relying on polygons to create solid objects. Sony's “Holy Grail” when it comes to the technology is to immerse players 50 much that they don't realize they're playing a video game.
Like Nintendo, we know that Sony is working with the Dolby labs and will be integrating the Dolby Digital Surround system into the new PlayStation.
Finally, while skimming through a copy of Time Magazine recently, the Q noticed a piece concerning a big investment made by Sony in an interactive cable television unit with Net access. If this system is in any way related to the PlayStation project it could mean major ramifi- cations for both multiplayer networking and also for the way in which software is distributed. More news next month. -The “Q”
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Taking arms, once again, against the irrepressible Dr. Eggman (Dr. Robotnik in America) and his evil planes, Sonic the Hedgehog finds himself caught, literally, in the adventure of a lifetime. Dr. Eggman is searching for the Magic Emeralds to empower his newest ally, the water-based Chaos. With each additional Chaos Emerald, Chaos becomes stronger and stronger, and if Eggman has his way, will become powerful enough to conquer the world, naturally. Of course, it's Sonic's job to stop him, so off you go.
Moving almost impossibly fast for a 3D platformer, Sonic Adventure lets you not only play as Sonic but as five of his companions as well. Keeping Sonic company are his highflying buddy Tails, that brooding pugilist Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic's gal-pal Amy Rose, newcomer Big the
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each character varying in power and speed, completing the game requires learning a new set of techniques for each individual. Sonic, for example, is all about speed. He also has a sort of “homing- spin-dash" that takes care of any enemies who happen to be in the area. Tails can fly for limited periods of time, enabling him to explore places too high for Sonic to reach. Knuckles can glide for great distances and climb virtually any wall in the game by using his, er, knuckles. Big the Cat has only his fishing pole to use as a weapon, although it also comes in handy in other instances. Amy carries a big mallet, but isn't very strong and as a result, must take more care during her adventures than the other characters. E-102 has a gun, which makes “him” the first character іп a Sonic game to have a projectile weapon.
Set in a variety of areas and levels, Sonic Adventure does a fantastic job of keeping the feel of the game true to its 2D roots. Split up into two different types of areas, adventure and action, Sonic Adventure Separates the traditional action-based levels from the old series with large environments to explore. The first one you'll encounter is Station Square, a fictional city that serves as a gateway to a number of action-based levels for Sonic to compete in. From here
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As you beat each action-level, you gain access to other zones that contain special items which grant your characters even more powers, such as Sonic's Sonic Dash. If you beat the game with every character, a very special “Super” surprise awaits the most diligent gamers.
Graphically the game is the most stunning piece of software you've ever seen. The environments are all rendered in high resolution (no RAM-Paks needed here!), with no sacrifice in texture detail. Wood, for example, looks like wood, and the haracters themselves look great. Perhaps the most unnerving thing is to see each character, from Sonic on down, speak with corresponding mouth movements and facial expressions. Sure, Sonic's got his own animation series and whatnot, but to see him talk in a game is really something new. Although there is some minor slowdown and pop-up at some points in the game, it never really affects gameplay. The only thing that is a serious issue here are the occasionally
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The music is classic Sonic Team pop composition. Aside from
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opening theme that accompanies the breathtaking CG intro, most of the music reminds you of the old-school tunes that have always graced the series.
Perhaps the most interesting little feature in the game is the A-Life (as in "artificial") breeding program. Taking the system a step further than the one that was found in NiGHTS: Into Dreams, the A-Life feature in Sonic Adventure lets you take the Chaos eggs you find in various places in the game and raise them via the VMS (VMU in America). By raising and strengthening them Tamagotchi-style, you can enter your Chaos creature in Chaos races and other race/obstacle-based competitions. While not really necessary, by any means, to complete the game, the A-Life feature remains an addictive aspect of Sonic Adventure and adds a depth previously unavailable on home consoles.
A guaranteed launch title when the Dreamcast debuts in America later this fall, Sonic Adventure will most likely be at the top of everyone's wish list. From the evidence on display here, this might just be the title to vault Sega back into the pole position it has sought for so long. If SoA can tidy up the little glitches that hamper Sonic Adventure, this might just be the start of something great. After five long years since the last true Sonic game, don't he fans deserve it? @
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Downloadin' Skillz!
When Sonic Adventure arrives on our shores (or for crafty gamers who've figured out how to access Sega of Japan’s Dricas Web site), there will be special bonuses on Christmas and New Year's Eve that you can download into your VMS card. Cool items like Christmas trees will be available at specific times of the year. Once you have ‘em, you'll be able to proudly display them in your game. Who ever said Sega doesn't care about its customers? Hey, Sony! Where's my free stuff?
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behold. From the moment you take control of a supercharged anti-aircraft assault cannon, to the point where you take the reins of a gunship equipped with the latest assortment of high-tech weaponry, you'll gasp at the detail found in the game engine. High-resolution textures abound and some truly sweet light-sourcing dress up the intense combat with all sorts of technological eye candy.
Fortunately the gameplay is just as appealing, with each level composed of 10 mission parts. In the first part you may personality, once you see it in action, it will take а control an AAA, while the second will put cold heart not to see the appeal in this title. Although you in the seat of a chopper. A large no announcement has been made as to the exact U.S. number of vehicles are available, with launch lineup for the Dreamcast this fall, it wouldn tanks, jet-fighters and all-terrain vehicles be too surprising to see this excellent title among the fueled up and ready to go. first wave. [^]
The action is relentless and there's no such thing as a quiet moment as your command headquarters constantly barks orders and mission objectives at you.
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Don't get us wrong — we're not saying Tetris is a bad game. (We did rank it No. 1 among the top 100 video games of all time, after all.) We're just saying it's not the graphically intensive, trouser-tightening "killer app" most Dreamcast owners have been dying to get their hands on.
Judging from the title, many assumed Tetris 4D would be a trippy, stylized take on Alexey Pajitnov's classic puzzler, such as Nintendo's Tetrisphere. They couldn't be further from the truth; it's basically standard Tetris with a multi-player Battle Mode. In this mode, up to four players can test their powers of spatial relations while unleashing powerful combos on their harried opponents.
Aside from this lone innovation, the game remains plain ol’ Tetris. OK—it does have а While system launches receive a lot of fanfair and funky transparent beam that helps you line up
You may have played Tetris, but not like this—Tetris 4D has four-player simuplay, hence the “4D.” Get it?
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Shenmue
Sega's Shenmue is shaping up to be an RPG of epic proportions. Here's an update of Yu Suzuki's most ambitious project yet. We now know the game stars Ryo Hazuki, a Japanese- born man who travels to the seedy areas of Hong Kong during the winter of 1986. Ryo can visit numerous locations ranging from little shops to peoples' homes. He can even enter any one of 1,200 rooms in a castle (Yes, 1,200. That's the word so far in Japan.) To add to the realism, you'll have to eat when you get hungry, rest when you get tired, and get a job when you need money. Shenmue will also have changing time and weather conditions (to the lower right, you can see the same scene twice, one during the day and the other at night). The gameplay is all done by a system called QTE: Quick Timer Event. A bit similar to Dragon’s Lair, this extremely simple control scheme has you pressing a single button (punch, kick or run) at
the right time as directed by on-screen prompts. Suzuki wanted this simplified setup so the game could be enjoyed by children and old fogies alike, but he hinted he might add a Virtua Fighter-style combat system for more experienced gamers. Cool, eh? It's enough to make one's nipples hard in anticipation!
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multiplayer mode in which you battle against friends. Beetle Battle lets four players race around multiplayer-only levels that are filled with power- ups and weapons like mines, rockets and invincibility. The goal of Beetle Battle is to collect all of the multicolored beetle symbols. The multiplayer mode has an almost Bomberman/ Mario Kart feel to it thanks to the power-ups and fast action.
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You perform stunts by moving the analog stick in different directions depending on whether you want to execute a flip or spin. You can also grab your board and hop onto the tops of ramps or even swing from poles to build up speed. A great feature of the game is the ability to perform combos by doing multiple tricks in a row. Unlike most snowboarding games where all that meant was hitting a bunch of buttons while in the air, Air Boardin' allows you to jump onto
Make sure to look both ways before air boarding across the street.
Check out the big man with the air board skills. Seriously, could a man that size do that?
multiple objects and environments. For example, you can jump on a ramp, then land on an oil barrel, then hop onto a rail and finally do a quick tail grab before you land. You can literally spend hours setting up combos like this, potentially giving this game replay value unseen in similar products.
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elieve it or not, it's been over 10 years since Konami released the original Blades of Steel on the NES. Now, two generations of systems later, they've finally decided to resurrect the old classic for the Nintendo 64 (and also the PlayStation). But as you may have expected, aside from the name and the fact that it's a hockey game, there's really nothing at all that the old Blades and NHL Blades of Steel '99 have in common. Even though the version being previewed here is only 70 percent complete, it seems pretty far along. Gameplay could best be described as a cross between Gretzky's 3D Hockey and NHL 99— not necessarily a bad thing, but the game does have some problem areas that need work. Most notably, the controls aren't quite as responsive as they could be (which may very well be fixed in time for release), and despite
For a first effort (of this decade, at least), NHL Blades of Steel ‘99 looks pretty nice, and it plays well too.
there being several camera angles, none of them feel all that comfortable. On the upside, the game moves quickly, has a lot of options and has surprisingly good
play-by-play announcing.
If Konami can work out the kinks, Blades of Steel '99 could be a serious contender. We'll let you know what we think of the final version next month. @
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Like its coin-op counterpart, California Speed has а lot of tracks—14 to be exact. Each course is like a minitour of a particular city. In San Diego you hit the harbor and race on the decks of ships. In San Francisco you can ride the suspension of the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. Fantasy portions include a romp through the innards of a computer, a roller coaster, a psychedelic highway, a mall and more. The game, of course, has keys and shortcuts.
California Speed has some peculiar vehicles: a forklift, a front-end loader, a golf cart and a semi. Strangely enough, these vehicles don’t take advantage of their equipment. It'd be fun to spear other cars with the forklift.
Take the driving gameplay of Rush 2, the look of Cruis'n World, sprinkle in some Off-Road, add a touch of Cruis'n USA and wham —you have California Speed. It's that easy, kids! Actually, while that Sounds a bit sarcastic, it's really close to what California Speed has to offer. And while we often
scoff at the simplicity of these games, we realize
lots of you like them. So we'll hold our tongues for the rest of this preview.
Overall, the control is decent. Let's be thankful they didn't use the lackluster Cruis'n USA engine. The frame-rate is actually very good, but the trademark Midway two-speed theory applies — full speed or stop (there doesn't seem to be middle speeds in their games). For those who enjoy the simplistic play of an arcade racer, California Speed will no doubt satisfy.
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2 e established Nintendo characters and placing them in Pokémon And A Pink unusual situations. If there is one genre of gaming that has been sadly Я lacking on the N64, it's fighting. Without exception, Blob Have A Fight every single effort to date has been a steaming pile of smelly stuff that could barely hold its own against even the majority of 16-bit fighters. Although by no means a traditional take on the genre, this is Nintendo’s response to the constant criticisms.
If we were forced to make comparisons about the gameplay style, we'd have to say that it has an awful lot of AMi's Virtual On about it. The
Four Nintendo characters kicking the bejeezus out of each other has an eerie quality about it.
N64 fighting
games don't have a bouts aren’t your traditional good track record. one-on-one punch-ups, you For that matter, see. They're all situated in Nintendo itself has less-than-typical arenas, and never excelled in the the attacks the fighters can 3 area. Killer Instinct use are often long range М С ^d may have been rather than your usual stuff. ~ exl 59 innovative but № was As an added difference to the | yo yt ew ew Ч hardly a gaming usual layout, there is the Е ж great, was it? Smash opportunity for four-player 8 B Brothers again shows fights, lending the whole thing innovation, but a sort of cartoony street brawl there's something a atmosphere, which is certainly very weird. game for each player than you'd traditionally see in a bit odd about Mario From looking at the screen shots we have here, fighting game, and each player has more of a chance and Link beating the you'd be forgiven for thinking Smash Bros. is aimed at of coming back from behind. crap out of each a younger audience. But like all the best Nintendo There are eight basic characters available initially: other. games, it's the underlying sense of fun about the Mario, the “all rounder”; Donkey Kong, who is more -John Davison game that helps it hold its own. Probably the easiest powerful but slower than other fighters; Link, who has way to illustrate this is to just lay it out for you Most both his sword and boomerang; Samus, who's good importantly, the bouts themselves are all designed to with long-distance attacks; Yoshi, who can lick his make sure all players gets to enjoy opponents until they, | dunno, can't handle it themselves for the whole duration; ring anymore; Kirby (surprise...HAL had to bring him back outs don't wipe you out completely— eventually), who can absorb his opponents abilities; you have a time limit to get back in the Fox McCloud, armed with a blaster; and then the odd ring. Secondly, the scenery uses different опе...Рікасһи, who apparently is able to turn around evels and even moving platforms in really quickly and fire electricity out of his ass. Not a places to keep things a bit more bad basic lineup— something for everyone Кот the interesting. Finally, the *winner" of each Nintendo camp. Rumored "secret" characters (or ight is the player with the most “hits” possibly bosses) include Blue Falcon from F-Zero X, and the most energy at the end of each Bowser, Luigi, Princess Peach and Ganondorf. None of timed round—so this isn't a fight to the these is confirmed yet, but we'll make sure we let you death. The result is basically a longer know as soon as details are available.
with a massive fart, knocking Link Тоо much hairspray and a naked flame Pikachu try to stare each other out.
Mario cocks his leg and lets rip Samus' head inexplicably catches fire. Link prances about while Mario and clear off his feet. Probably not. can have frightening results. Not sure what Samus is up to.
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Perfect Dark
The development on Rare's highly anticipated 3D spy game continues at a heady pace. Although the game's using the GoldenEye engine, a number of significant refinements quite clearly have been made and the project is shaping up to be one of the most impressive looking games on the system. Despite feverish denials from Nintendo last May when the game was unveiled that it would use the 4Mb Pak, it’s now apparent that Perfect Dark will make use of it for increased resolution. As with all Rare projects, there is still no release date for the game— although indications seem to be that it may be toward the end of the year.
Triple Play 2000
EA's first Triple Play for the №64 will have a host of improvements over last year’s PS edition. For one, hitting in TP2000 is slightly easier due to a bigger batting sweet spot. In addition, base running and fielder selection are simplified by use of a “smarter” interface. In the outfield, multiple camera angles (up to 75) focus on the action as it happens. EA hopes this new view feature will increase control as well as the interactive element of the game. Increasing the realism overall are new emotion-driven facial expressions and individual player sizes and weights. Better still are promises of a fast frame- rate and quicker-paced games.
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In March, Activision is planning on releasing Quake II. From these screens, you can already tell this game is shaping up to be one of the best-looking titles on the system yet. Quake II for the N64 already looks better than its software-run counterpart on the PC (meaning, a PC without a $200 3D accelerator). Four- player split-screen Quakefests will be in, too. Look for a full preview next month.
Jet Force Gemini
Rare's studio must be a hive of activity at the moment, as there are now five major N64 projects in motion: Perfect Dark, Twelve Tales: Conker 64, Banjo-Tooie, Donkey Kong 64 and then the one no one's quite sure what to expect from...Jet Force Gemini. What little information that has been leaked from Rare's offices seems to indicate that the game is very much an action title with lots of shooting and cartoon violence. As ever, with each new batch of Screens released the presentation looks better and better. Expect to see a release before the summer.
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Twelve Tales: Conker 64
In development for so long that there were rumors starting to circulate that it had been canned, Conker now sounds like it may be just about ready soon. Apparently a lot of the holdup is owing to the “emotion” system that is being employed in the game. Both Conker and his female sidekick Berri the chipmunk display a variety of facial expressions and emotional reaction to their surroundings and situation —and it's been the application of this that's slowing things down.
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Mario Golf 64
Hot Shots Golf was a big hit due to its simple yet addictive gameplay (you know, the type that gets non-golf enthusiasts to play golf games). Now Camelot, Hot Shots’ developer, is teaming ир with Nintendo to bring us Mario Golf 64, a one- to four-player game starring 10 characters from the Mario universe like Luigi and the Princess. The game will be easy to get into, ensuring widespread appeal. At the same time, Camelot is working on including a very realistic physics model and little features like changing times of the day (so you may be swinging clubs around at night...a very dangerous activity indeed). Nintendo recently announced Mario Golf 64 will be released in the States sometime in 1999.
Vigilante 8
Just as we went to print, Activision announced they will be adding a new Nintendo 64-exclusive level to Vigilante 8 called Super Dreamland 64 (sounds like a game in itself, doesn’t it?). This cartoony world will be stocked with rainbows, mushrooms, knights, chickens, cannons, magical wells, pigs and even an “evil” castle.
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Behind The Screens
Hanno Lemke, senior producer of High Stakes, has been a racing game fan for years. One of his earlier games was Test Drive ІІ: The Duel. He said he liked the Super Nintendo version best.
Need For Speed: High Stakes .
ne new concept for the Need For Speed series, as the title alludes to, is consequence. What kind? The worst, of course: dollars. High Stakes has a monetary system set up so you can earn money to buy cars and their parts—one area where Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit fell short in comparison with its main competitor, Gran Turismo. Although perhaps inspired by GT, High Stakes takes the system a step further with realistic damage and the need to pay to repair it.
After an unscheduled meeting with a wall, the cars show visual damage. While this might be neat looking, it's not so cool when you see how much it costs to repair it —which has to be done since the damage not only is visual but also affects the car's physics. When using the Dual Shock controller, for example, repeated trips into the wall will cause your car to pull to one side, an act that forces you to hold the stick a bit to one side to compensate.
This economic structure along with the car damage really gives you a strong sense of ownership. This makes High Stakes' Pink Slip Mode extremely powerful. This mode lets two players compete against each other using their earned cars in a race where the winner literally takes the loser's car. After the race, the loser's car appears on the winner's memory card. (And no, you can't yank your card out early, because both are pulled out at the race's outset.)
But when you're not racing for slips or trying to amass a fortune you can still have fun outrunning the cops in Hot Pursuit Mode, as in Need For Speed III, although in High Stakes you can also play as a cop and chase down perps. The challenge here lies in beating the clock that counts down with each fleeing suspect. If the clock runs out before you force him off the road, it's over.
Visually, High Stakes looks incredibly
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Just look at this screenshot. Just look at it! Ain't it purdy? The beautiful colors, the lighting effects...
promising. Most noticeable at this stage are the cars' transparent windows, which allow you to see the interior and driver. And on the audio side, the chatter on the police scanner is for more than effect. Now the radio transmissions clue you in to police activities. If you're playing as one of the cops, the radio is a tool that you can use to call for backup, a spike drop or the almighty roadblock.
While Need For Speed: High Stakes looks like it's on track to being a worthy sequel, we'll have to wait to see how the final version of the game comes together this March. @
Back In Action
Need For Speed: High Stakes marks the return of the Porsche license to the Need For Speed series. It has been noticeably absent from racing games for the past year ever since the release of Porsche Challenge.
It's hard to see here, but that license plate reads “EGM.” No, we didn't touch up the screenshot—like Midway's Rush 2, NFS: HS has ап ЕСМ car. Cool, eh?
Listen, we don't care what they do over in England. In America, we drive on the right side of the road!
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making its way to U.S. shores surprisingly fast. Boasting an innovative new battle engine called the “Tactical Arts System,” Legend of Legaia attempts to take the RPG genre in new directions with this unique new approach. While not exactly Tekken 3, think of the battle-system used in Xenogears but pumped up on steroids and you might get the picture.
The world is being enveloped by a mysterious mist,
Catch your sissy neighbors blubbering about the matters at hand.
and people are turning into strange and horrible Unlike Wild Arms, Legend of Legaia is a completely # creatures whenever they come into contact with it. 3D RPG. Every detail, from the towns to the ж Assuming control of the main character, Vahn, you characters, is rendered in polygons, as are the battle must attempt to save the world by reviving the many scenes. Legaia is also compatible with the Dual Shock d Genesis Trees found throughout the land. These trees analog controller and provides force-feedback effects ~ d will destroy the mist, with the help of you and your during battles. With Final Fantasy VIII scheduled to ¥, #7 With all the highflying friends Noa and Gala. Assisted by magical creatures arrive in America much later in the year, the timing | flip-kicks in the game, called “Ra-Seru,” you and your comrades will use a looks to be perfect for Legend of Legaia. In any case, you'd figure you were J-C wide variety of Super-Arts to defeat the many this RPG will definitely warrant a look from hard-core VanDamme or something! enemies you'll encounter. RPG fanatics and casual fans alike. @ 2 Gamer’s Edge The Tactical Arts System is reminiscent of the battle engine in Xenogears. Instead of inputting circle's and x's, you press up, down, left and right for punch, kick, low attack and high attack. Later on in the game, you are able to input more powerful commands. The battle scenes look like a simplified fighting game, and that's what gives this RPG a 4 y unique twist. Further on in the game you'll Damn bugs! Where's learn other Tactical Arts, like Super-Arts, that Black Flag at? that offer more spectacular results. (EGM) You'll learn the ropes from your mentor, who During battle, you'll learn new special
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Driver
Those Madmen Behind Destruction Derby Are BACK!
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Driver is going to be an awesome game. While you're being wowed by the fast-paced action, don't forget to make the most of the game’s strategic elements. Use alleyways and every shortcut you can. Drive through fences, outdoor cafes and whatever else looks like a beeline to freedom. Use traffic conditions to your advantage and whack oncoming cars in the bumper, causing them to spin out and leaving chaos behind. There's all sorts of things you can do beyond simply driving fast. The quicker you pick these things up, the more successful you'll be and the more fun you'll have.
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t's been a long time since anyone mentioned the name Destruction Derby 2, hasn't it? What's it been, like a million years or something? Well, that's because Reflections, the masterminds behind DD2, has been laying low, preparing to unleash their newest driving opus, appropriately titled Driver, to the masses.
Certainly no stranger to vehicular combat, Reflections has developed a stunning game based around the story of a classic gangster-style getaway driver. However, this isn't your typical getaway driver. Oh no. This game takes you on a variety of missions (around 25 or so) in four different cities spread around the country. South Beach Miami, New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco are all fair game for the alley-crashing, sidewalk-smashing, police-car colliding, go-anywhere driving game.
Unlike similar games like Felony 11-79, the gameplay in Driver is augmented by the wide variety of mission objectives on hand. None of that simply driving from A to B within a predetermined time limit. Instead, Driver sets you off on your mission and gives you around 30 square miles in which to achieve it. Like any good chase-film, the game requires you to shake the long arm of the law by any means necessary. Barrel down a cluttered alley, vault through a crowded outdoor cafe, whatever— just as long as you get the job done.
Like in Destruction Derby 2, Reflections' expertise with vehicular physics is immediately apparent at the very first high-speed corner you take. It's awesome to see your car leaning on your front-right tire as you peel around a curve at 9o miles per hour. The replay system in driver is excellent as well, offering cinematic perspectives that rival the chase scenes in the classic Steve McQueen movie Bullit. The realistic car-collision engine also makes a return, as damage to your vehicle is readily visible whenever you take a hit. High-speed jumps (especially in San Francisco, of
This game will remind you of every car chase
bit you've seen in movies and TV.
KRRRRASHH!! Driver knows no boundaries, or orange cones, or fences for that matter!
course) and multi-car pileups all add to the edge-of- your-seat sensation.
Recently acquired by GT Interactive as an internal developer (like Singletrac), Reflections is on target for a late March release. Knowing their track record (no pun intended), it looks like the team is on to something special, but we'll have to wait until the final product ships to know for sure. In any case, Driver is shaping up to become on of the new year's most exciting releases. Keep your eyes peeled.
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Tenchu Meets Parasite Eve?
Block dat stuff!
In Soul of the Samurai, the key to surviving this game is to know when to block-which is to say just about all the time. When you're not swinging, keep that sword up. While you may be able to skate through the initial stages while taking some hits, you'll definitely wish you had that health back later after you've run out of healing herbs. Block! Block! Block!
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Soul of the Samurai
ushido Blade meets Resident Evil, or Tenchu on crack? Either way, Konami's newest up and comer, tentatively titled Soul of the Samurai (and formerly titled Japan), has a lot of potential. Like Resident Evil (or Parasite Eve if you prefer the comparison), the backgrounds in Soul of the Samurai are all prerendered while the characters are fully polygonal 3D models. Set in ancient Japan, when the samurai were still in prominence, Soul of the Samurai attempts to do for the burgeoning samurai genre what Tenchu did for the ninja game.
After watching the CG introductory sequence, you're thrust into the game as a sword- wielding samurai, basically learning the controls on the fly while attempting to rendezvous with your sexy female counterpart. All the while, katana-carrying goons try to halt your progress every step of the way. From the outset, like Tenchu, you can select either Kotaro, the hunky samurai, or Rin, the waif-like chick extraordinaire with two knives. Even the Select Screen is similar (read: exactly) to Tenchu's, and while this arrangement may seem a little too close for comfort, hey, who's complaining?
Apparently Kotaro's parents died while he was only a child. Having nothing to restrain him, he returned to the countryside and met Rin. She seemed to be running from something, but Kotaro never asked what it was. He only wanted to see his old friend Yukinosuke. As he made his way back to the countryside, he encountered and killed many
“уаКипт.” When asked why. Kotaro would simply reply that "there's something strange in their eyes."
Homicidal madman, or man on a mission? That's what you'll find out later this year when Konami releases Soul of the Samurai. Right now it's a bit of a hack-’n’-slasher, with little variety except for increasingly stubborn enemies, but if the gameplay can match up to the intriguing storyline, Konami just might have another hit on their hands.)
Many of the game's elements are reminiscent of Tenchu.
"Who's ya daddy?" asks our friendly neighborhood samurai warrior.
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The cool trivia loading screens from last year's Triple Play have unfortunately been taken out. They have been replaced with gameplay help Screens to aid beginners get used to the controls.
Triple Play 2000 will feature Sammy Sosa, the 1998 National League Most Valuable Player, as the spokesman for the game. He will appear on the cover of the title, and lend his knowledge to help the game developers refine the game.
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Triple Play 2000
hose who thought Triple Play 99 was a bit dull aren’t alone. The producers of Triple Play 99 felt that they had focused on simulation and realism so much that they had forgotten that playing the game was supposed to be fun. So the emphasis for Triple Play 2000 has been shifted, not necessarily away from simulation and realism but toward making the game simply a whole lot more fun to play.
One of the ways the team at EA chose to do this was by increasing the number of times the batter makes contact with the ball. In part this has been accomplished by adding more frames of contact to each batter’s swing. Keeping within the philosophy of more is better, the developers decided to make hits, in general, go toward the wall more often than not.
From an Al standpoint Triple Play 2000 is going to be a lot cleaner. There were some obvious base- running Al problems in last year’s Triple Play that EA says have been addressed.
In Triple Play 99 everyone, whether a fan or not, agreed that the frame-rate was a bit on the low side. It was actually running in the neighborhood between 15 and 2ofps (if you’re unfamiliar with frame-rate neighborhoods, 15-20 fps could be considered the ghetto). Triple Play 2000 however, is running at a constant 30 fps, which is average but when compared with last year’s title looks fantastic. And so do the new physical and facial animations. EA Sport’s Triple Play 2000 producer, Mark Dobratz, explained, “New emotional reaction animation captures the intensity of the Major Leagues [while] pitchers in Triple Play 2000 will not only have unique pitch animation for different pitches, they will receive signals from the catcher in their own unique styles as well.”
Some of the best animations range from the disappointed look of a pitcher who just served up a meatball that was blasted over the wall to the
Check out the nice detail in the stadiums. Also check out the extraordinarily long arms on this pitcher.
Good ol’ Mark McGwire. You can always count on him for a home run or two in the regular season.
jumping, fist-pumping batter who sent the pitch to a new zip code without using a stamp.
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oping to duplicate the success And You enjoyed by its critically panned yet freakishly popular Frogger update, Hasbro Interactive is preparing to Thought Frogger drag another '8os arcade classic kicking and screaming into the "905. 12 In Hasbro's Centipede, players Was Bu In assume the role of Wally Gudmunzsun, an unlikely 90 ove half-wit selected to save the world from a horde of giant armored beasts. After jumping behind the controls of a one-of-a-kind hovercraft known as The Shooter, you and Wally must blast your way through 23 levels and four unique worlds to end the insectoid menace. In addition to its updated 3D graphics, Hasbro’s Centipede has a number of
brand-new play mechanics, such as The more you zoom in on the action, the more jumping, strafing and rescuing maze-like Centipede’s levels become. diminutive townsfolk, who reward your efforts with a comically high-pitched Additional classic enemies—including mushroom- “Thanks, Wally!” planting fleas, poisonous scorpions and elusive
Your primary enemies, as the game’s spiders—also return. title implies, are enormous centipedes, If Centipede’s Adventure Mode isn’t your cup of tea, which descend on your lone craft in you can give your trigger finger a workout in the wave after deadly wave, tirelessly game’s Arcade Mode, certain to look more familiar to winding their way through a forest of twenty-something gamers. If that weren’t enough, giant mushrooms. Destroy one of your Hasbro’s Centipede is rumored to contain a pixel- foe’s body segments and a mushroom perfect port of Atari’s 2D classic.
will appear in its place, causing the creature to make an abrupt 180.
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It seems like a natural marriage: skateboarding skater's jumping power, cornering, speed and =— d and PlayStation, two of the hottest pop-cultural acceleration with its unique skills editor.
т. IRST TRICK 70.55 forces on the planet. Surprisingly enough, While reasonably cool looking, the preview version digas FIR 285 however, Electronic Arts’ Street Sk8er is the first of Street Sk8er we received is a bit on the easy side; 82. dedicated skateboarding game to appear for jump anywhere near a handrail and your skater will
= Sony's ultra-successful system. magically perform a flawless grind! We also managed
Following the well-marked trail originally blazed to pull off some of the sport's most difficult tricks
by Sony's Cool Boarders, Street Sk8er combines without breaking a sweat—the first time we tried the
four real-world skateboarding events, eight game. If EA pumps up the difficulty a bit more, they
colorful skaters and three unique venues into one may have something here.
non-stop shredfest. Street Sk8er also includes 20
original skateboards from Powell, Eternal and
Warp Magazine as well as an alternative
soundtrack featuring the likes of Pie Tasters, Gas
Huffer and Less Than Jake. In the game's Street Tour Mode, players race
against the clock, attempting more than 200
authentic tricks to score points— and also to
unlock hidden routes, characters and custom
Skateboards. Free Skate, in contrast, allows
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Boardin' ’99, Street Sk8er allows you to boost your
reet Sk8er's 20 boards 5 eval МЕ deck Pew Street Sk8er's 200 motion-captured tricks look from major manufacturers. cool but are ridiculously easy to pull off.
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lectronic Arts expands on its extreme sports line with Rush Down, a racing
game featuring mountain bi snowboarding and kayaking. The game lets you test your skills on five
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and Tokyo.
Graphically, the game isn't really awe-inspiring, but thanks to a
healthy frame-rate of about 30-6ofps the game moves tremendously
Taking а cue from 5СЕА5 Extreme Games, EA's offering not one but several extreme sports in one package.
iving you a real sense of when racing down the
mountains and rivers. Especially nice is the water effect when you're kayaking down a river. You can see into the water and actually watch it flow. On the audio side, EA is trying to spruce up the game with louder sound effects and real music from some French jungle and rock fusion bands.
Fans of ESPN's X Games should definitely look out for Rush Down when it hits stores this March. @
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The TV cam has a very nice looking perspective, although for game playing purposes, it may not be the most efficient.
In the Zone '99 is quite ambitious this year. Rather than bowing down (or out) to the *big two" (SCEA's NBA ShootOut and EA's NBA Live), it's slugging it out,
touting its own special attributes. Slick new animation and a load of new options have (ЕсМ\ made it more competitive. Granted it hasn't 88
reached the same level of gameplay as the other two titles, but it's taking steps in the right direction.
Beyond the usual NBA licenses, teams, players, arenas, etc., a new crop of animation has substantially beefed up the realistic punch. Subtle moves such as the forearm block and the jump-and-throw-pass look life- like. The crossover dribble and the block animation are decent and lend style and complexity to the package.
For kicks a 3-point shootout mode lets you test your skills against several all-stars. To sink a shot you must stop the rising meter on the correct spot. If you hit it right, the ball sails right in. For the slam contest a series of icons must be pressed in the correct order.
The tricky part is remembering the order since it disappears just before you start.
At this point (75 percent completion) the most obvious flaw in the game is the jerky frame-rate. For example, a jump or steal animation will look good for a moment but doesn't blend well with the prior movements. Also suspect is the overall Al. At times it seems brilliant, blocking players out, setting formations and 50 on. Yet at other times it's completely out of whack. Let's hope they fix these flaws before release.
All-Star play features a 3-point shootout as well as a slam-dunk contest.
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pparently Fisherman's Bait is a popular arcade game in Japan right now. Would such a coin-op game fly in the states? Possibly. Konami's going to give it a try on the PlayStation just the same. In Fisherman’s Bait, the fishing is amazingly simple with a sizable slant on the action element, if you can believe that. From the beginning you can select Beginner Mode to immediately acquaint yourself with the game. An on- screen tutorial shows you what to do as it happens. The general idea is to catch as many fish as you can in the allotted time frame. Variables include the threat of a snapped line and catching non-game fish like Bluegill and Snakehead. You may also compete for top three fish (in size) or total weight of all fish caught. The lure selection is vast as well as an important part of the game. If weather conditions are rainy and cold, for example, certain lures will attract the fish faster. Once on the line, reeling them in is done by rotating the right analog stick clockwise. The left stick controls the rod
All The Action Without The Smell
The red meter on the far right indicates line tension. The trick is to land the fish without breaking the line.
Notice the timer on the top. Land as many fish as you can within the limit.
placement. We have to tell ya, when the big fish bites and the controller starts vibrating it’s quite exciting. The challenge of fighting the fish, while keeping an eye on the line-tension meter as well as the clock makes for an exciting bit of game playing.
It’s safe to say Fisherman’s Bait has broken new ground in the fishing genre by introducing previously unheard of “excitement elements.” Nice graphics and competent gameplay should send it to the top of the digital angler's wish list. @
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Recently released in Japan, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 is the second Chocobo- related addition to Chunsoft's Mysterious Dungeon series. Featuring, naturally enough, the Chocobo (Square's official mascot), as the game's protagonist, CMD2 offers more of the same randomly generated dungeon-based action while adding minor improvements to the gameplay. For those of you not familiar with this title, the Mysterious Dungeon series has always been about exploration and item management, with little variation to the formula. Basically an action-RPG (think the Legend of Zelda, but only in dungeons), СМр2 has you guide the Chocobo through а seemingly endless series of dungeons, where you'll meet numerous monsters and creatures, the majority of which would like to make a barbecue out of you. Monsters aside, there аге a plethora of hidden traps and special items for you to discover and/or use during your travels.
In CMD2, the graphics engine has remained basically the same while spell-effects and loading times were improved. Also, in CMD2, you no longer
have to wander through the monotonous-looking
This is one of the few times you'll find yourself outside during the whole game, hence the "dungeon" part.
dungeons alone. Now you can wander through the monotonous-looking dungeons with your pal Mog. While not a major leap in terms of quality over the first, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 is a solid, if unspectacular, title that relies less on flash and more on exploration. Aimed largely at a younger audience, CMD2 is a lighthearted alternative to the more serious efforts coming out of the Square camp. Currently, CMD2 is not scheduled for U.S. release.
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Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII is almost upon us...at least in Japanese form. We just learned of a new mini- game called the Card Battle. Throughout FFVIII, you can obtain special cards by defeating monsters. With these cards, you can challenge townsfolk to a Card Battle in order to win more cards. Some are more difficult to find, but if you can get them all, you'll earn a special reward. You can see screens of Card Battle on this page, along with some other FFVIII images.
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Street Fighter Alpha 3
Capcom just doesn't stop! Last month we found out that three new characters would be added to the home version of Street Fighter Alpha 3: Fei Long, T.Hawk and Dee Jay. We also learned of PocketStation support, and the new World Tour Mode and some of its features. This month, it gets even better. If you work your way through World Tour Mode, you'll be able to open up yet another three new characters: Evil Ryu, Shin Akuma and Guile (Yes, Guile!!). And better still, you'll be able to open up several other new modes of play, including Team Battle (up to three-on-three team fights), Survival Mode (like SFA2's Survival Mode, only with several different variations to choose from), Dramatic Battle (two humans vs. one computer opponent) and more. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is currently due to be released in March, but it may experience some delays if the PocketStation isn't yet ready for retail at that time.
sis a preview of a Japanese title that may or may not be released in the U.S. It is designed to run on а Japanese system. Import at your own risk.
Smash Court 2
The sequel to Smash Court, Namco's Japanese-only polygonal tennis game, Smash Court 2 features more of the same hard- hitting tennis action, with the usual bundle of goodies Namco's famous for. While the game doesn't scream "blockbuster" like Namco's flagship titles, Tekken and Ridge Racer, Smash Court 2 is a standout game on a system with a dearth of good tennis games.
Populous: The Beginning Sweetening the pot is the ability to play as
Heihachi, Yoshimitsu, a character from Tales
Bullfrog is currently working on a PS version of the third game in the series that of Phantasia, the girl from Ridge Racer and invented the “God game" genre, Populous. Populous: The Beginning will feature Pac-Man himself. No word on whether Namco several improvements over all other editions (including the current PC version), like will bring this one over here.
full speech, redesigned spells and effects, new worlds and much deeper gameplay. Electronic Arts is planning on bringing this one out in March.
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Chocobo Racing
It’s not enough that we have Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Rockman Battle & Chase and Sonic В. Now we've got Square entering the mascot-racing "genre" with Chocobo Racing, a racing game featuring the world-famous Chocobo and a handful of his cohorts. Each player has a different method of racing (i.e., Chocobo uses in-line skates, Mog uses a motorized skateboard, etc.) and can select a different specialty before each race. No announcement has been made as to whether or not this title will make it over here, but this would be an easy conversion.
Internal Section
Can you say "Tempest?" Square's newest non-RPG attempt at a well-worn genre now focuses "squarely" on old-school arcade-style thrills. Internal Section can best be described as a '9os update to the classic arcade hit Tempest. IS runs at 60 frames per second and isn't nearly as annoying as №20. One big difference is the wide array of weaponry at your disposal, all with strange names like *monkey" and “sheep.” No word yet on whether or not Internal Section will make it to the U.S.
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SaGa Frontier 2
A substantial shift in style is the order of the day for SaGa Frontier 2, the sequel to last year’s so-so RPG marathon. While the gameplay remains largely {һе same, a unique graphical overhaul has taken place: Replacing-the cold, prerendered style of the Асе Сот bat 3 first installment, is a hand-drawn, watercolor
approach that is nothing short of gorgeous (those
Air Combat 2 (Ace Combat 2 in Japan) was a big hit in the EGM offices, earning are actual in-game screens below). While the newly Game of the Month honors for our August 1997 issue. So naturally, we were formed Square/Electronic Arts hasn't mentioned a drooling when we saw these screens for Ace Combat 3. So far, Namco is possible domestic release yet, expect to hear working on creating a more intelligent game with smarter enemies (who will try something soon.
their damnedest to tail you in order to get you in the rear). The game will also feature Dual Shock support and spruced up visuals.
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è Crazy Castle. But that’s OK, we’ll help Thing him get out of this jam. In order to get his greedy paws on what’s said to be a giant carrot (a treasure to a bunny as hungry as Bu 5 [6 Bugs), he must prove himself by passing through 60 0 1 different puzzle-like rooms that increase in difficulty. Bugs will have to make his way through areas filled | r ( with enemies, doors, traps and enough keys to make [5 razy you feel like a high school gym teacher. Find eigi keys in a room and you'll advance. See, there's that puzzle element we were talking about. Remember Bugs' friends from the cartoon? (I guess they weren't always friends per se, but they weren't necessarily enemies.) Well, now they're definitely enemies. Characters like Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety and Taz, among others, will render Bugs dead if he
This is a world where Daffy Duck cyborgs rule, vicious Tweety Birds run rampant and Yosemite Sam gets REALLY upset! It sounds pretty scary to us...
merely comes in contact with one of them. certainly welcome. Thankfully you're not completely unarmed, even Of course, the little cart is backward compatible though you'll be running more than you'll be with older Game Boy systems. (8)
fighting. In the various levels, you can find guns, bombs, skull-crushing anvils and other weapons.
Adding to the action/puzzle game experience, each enemy behaves in a specific manner.
Sylvester will chase you wherever you are on the screen, whereas Tweety continues to fly back and forth on a particular platform.
Graphically, Crazy Castle utilizes the Game Boy Color's impressive palette, making for a bright, cartoony experience. Another nice feature is being able to scroll around a particular room when the game is paused. This allows you to plan ahead and get a grip on your surroundings. After all, this is a "Crazy Castle." Seriously, later levels will prove to be a pain in the rear end, and a little extra help in finding power-ups or unopened doors is
You can run but you can't hide from Sylvester...well, actually you can just go up the stairs. But there are more Sylvesters up there. Look out!
What's more fun than watching cartoons? Playing 7 levels of Game Boy Color Looney Tunes with all your favorite characters!
The seriously addictive, classic tile matching game, with all new levels and layouts!
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Carrot Crazy
n the same way Ronald McDonald goes batty Even More when the Hamburglar steals his precious meat patties (who wouldn't?), Bugs and Lola Bunny . go crazy when mischievous hooligans gank their Craziness From prized carrots —hence the name Carrot Crazy. In this 15-level platformer from Infogrames, it's your job to find your beta-carotene-rich veggies Bu 5 and do away with a few baddies like Yosemite Sam 0 and many others in the process. The cartoon-inspired worlds —each made up of
Isn't it funny how Bugs three stages—are called Treasure Island, Looney
Bunny always Town, Taz's Zoo, Marvin's Spaceship and Elmer's
unknowingly stops Forest. And yes, the straightforward names pretty
Marvin the Martian from much sum up the look and feel of each of the worlds,
blowing up Earth. Yep, although the levels in each are varied. In addition,
that's what we call there are 10 bonus levels you can take part in if you
funny...mm-hmm. find special hidden carrots. Yosemite Sam is quite a versatile villain. He
{ can live large as а gun-totin' Техап or kick the
The game's pirate style. levels take youtoa You alternate between controlling Bugs and Lola variety of from one level to the next. This throws in a little locations something extra to the somewhat simple gameplay from below and adds variety to the levels. What's more, each ground all character has his/her own unique abilities to make it the way to through a particular level. For example, Bugs uses a outer space. hammer, can tunnel underground and is stronger
than Lola, allowing him to move big rocks and such (Warner Bros. cartoons were never politically correct). On the flip side, Lola uses a special umbrella to break her fall and glide to otherwise unreachable areas, can combat enemies with a huge rolling pin (now that's politically correct) and can also teleport (yes, that does say teleport). Both characters can fly thanks to their floppy ears. (68)
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Nintendo took that card game and made it back into a Game Boy title. That game is Pokémon Card GB.
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matches, except this time they're enhanced
Pokémon is no longer just an addictive Game Boy through new, different cards and power-ups. game. It's also an addictive card game (released by The strategy involved is easy to learn (luckily Wizards of the Coast in the U.S.). In Japan, the card your first battle is a tutorial) yet challenging game has become very popular on its own. So to master.
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George Gomez is the project leader for Revenge From Mars. Gomez originally started out designing video games (one of his projects was the ever- popular Tron). He then went on to head up the teams for several very successful pinball games such as Corvette, Johnny Mnemonic, Pin-Bot and NBA Fastbreak.
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illiams-Bally-Midway has been at the forefront of pinball games. While other companies like Capcom's and Sega's pinball divisions and the now defunct Gottlieb often take a flashy license and stick it on an already completed pinball game, Midway always strove for the best in gameplay, no matter what title the game had. Innovation was at the top of the company's list, and they've definitely done it again with their latest hardware. Pinball 2000 promises to revolutionize the pinball industry by utilizing hologram technology, much like the old Holiseum fighting and card games did years ago. This technology is developed by Williams Electronic Games, although the game'll be released under the Bally label.
The first Pinball 2000 game is Revenge From Mars, the sequel to Williams' Attack From Mars. It combines classic elements of pinball with state-of-the-art technology. It includes a CPU and a monitor in the backbox. A signal is transmitted onto the playfield, and 3D virtual targets then interact with the ball using optical sensors. When the ball *hits" a hologram of a Martian ship or an alien, it goes through the image and the hologram explodes. This imaging technology opens a whole new dimension for the programmers.
Revenge From Mars has a ton of targets and enemies on the field at one time, much more than the handful of stationary pieces of plastic that we're all used to seeing in traditional pinball games. They are all animated extremely well with cool effects. One target, for example, is a missile launcher that when hit launches a missile and destroys a huge spaceship.
There are nine stages to defeat in Revenge From Mars, each having elements of skill, humor and special effects. One wave is set at the Lincoln Memorial, where
Lincoln is transformed into a huge robot! This scene is actually a parody on fighting games— Lincoln performs a variety of special moves until finally *Lincoln Wins!" is splashed across the screen.
Pinball 2000 is unlike anything we've ever seen in arcades, and for a first-generation title, Revenge From Mars is mighty impressive. If this is what we can expect from the next generation of pinball, we've got nothin’ to worry about folks. (8)
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The Ultimate Four-Player Bash
ake a second to count the number of joypad ports pok- ing outta your Nintendo 64. Back when it was time to design the system, it seems Nintendo knew from the get-go that four players are better than one. And the N64's four-player, no-need-to-fuss-with-a-multi- tap functionality has been proven worth- while many times over by some of the greatest multiplayer console games ever released—GoldenEye 007 and Mario Kart 64 being the most obvious examples. But considering that Nintendo's “Рип Machine"
often dishes out the most fun when gamers gather in a crowd, isn't it odd that no N64 title has been designed mainly with multiplayer in mind? Well, the Big N was no doubt thinking the same thing when it licensed its biggest stars to Hudson, whose Mario Party is the first game you really, really need to play with pals to appreciate. Weighing in at a massive 256 Megs (the same size as Zelda 64 and Turok 2), Mario Party plays like the ultimate video game/board game hybrid. It features six Nintendo characters — Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Princess Toadstool and Wario —who act as playing pieces on one of several different game boards. At the heart
of everything lies the game's massive col- lection of minigames— 50 of them (not including secrets) — which have the players competing in free-for-alls, ganging up against each other in three-on-one bouts, pairing off in teams and going solo in sin- gle-player challenges. The games come on a surprisingly large variety, and we describe each and every one in the follow- ing pages.
Aside from that, Mario Party is full of surprises. It packs a one-player game that captures the theme of Mario's side- scrolling adventures. You can amass coins and stars to purchase options and open secrets. You can even purchase the individual minigames and tailor their options to your own
Spend coins on oddball options such as this bird who mimics all the characters.
Fishing Derby
Time your casts just right and you'll reel in goodies with 360-degree twirls of the Analog Stick.
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Control is simple here— just tap A to leap the flaming rope. Jump it до times to earn your coin prize.
Hammer Brothers
Scramble for coins dropped from the hovering Hammer Brother. Avoid his hammers and the platform's edge.
custom multiplayer tastes.
But we'll get to all that later. First, let's delve into the real draw of Mario Party: its multiplayer board games.
Parker Brothers is gonna be jealous of this thing. Mario Party's seven board games are fast-paced and amazingly addictive, with enough unpredictable gameplay events to keep shifting which player holds the lead. This is one of those games the Review Crew is salivating to play when we start reviewing the English version next month. Heck, we've already
Party, as the accompanying pictures of the editors and their significant others show. The game starts once everyone picks a character. And note that the board games support between one and four players. If you have less than four human players, the computer controls the remaining play- er pieces (you can adjust the CPU difficulty level), so you always have four characters roaming the board. Next you pick one of the six main game boards. Just as each racer in Mario Kart has his or her own track, each character in Mario Party has his or her own board. You can choose from Yoshi's Tropical Island, Mario's Rainbow
Cannon Attack
Cannon fire from the pirate ship sends your tiny island rocking and reeling. Stay dry to win coins.
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Race to the bottom to col- lect chests full of gold coins while avoiding sharks and other predators.
Bat Bobomb
Toss the lit Bobomb to other players and hope the little guy doesn't detonate in your hands. Keep it moving!
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Leap gaps and pue brick roadblocks while nabbing gold coins. Avoid jumping too much to build speed.
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Bowser Balloon Race
Quickly tap A and B to work your pump, which inflates your Bowser balloon. First to pop his balloon wins.
Castle, Donkey Kong’s
Dirt Diggin’
Tap A to tunnel through dirt and look for the hidden treasure chest. Arrows point the way to your prize.
Block Smashin’
The easiest game of all, this one has you leaping into the mystery blocks and knocking out coins.
Use your jackhammer to trace the image on the con- crete. Whoever follows the lines most closely wins.
10 coins every time you slide past him). So, Mario Party games continue until you reach your turn limit. Twenty- turn games last about зо minutes, while 50-turn games keep your party going nearly all night long.
So what exactly is the goal in Mario Party? According to the game's story, all the Mario characters have gath- ered together to see who can become a superstar. And to reach this goal, they compete to see who can collect the most stars and coins. As in a traditional board game, turns begin with players rolling dice, moving së A a the indicated number of spaces and № landing on a variety of blocks (see Access all of Mario Party's modes and sidebars for a complete description). options through Toadstool Village.
Jungle Adventure, Luigi's Engine Room, Wario's Battle Canyon and Princess Toadstool's Birthday Cake (there's also a board called Minigame Stadium, which offers а scaled-down game — more on that later). The boards come in varying difficul- ty (Mario's is the easiest; Luigi's is the trickiest), with the tougher boards packing more traps and extremely convoluted routes around the playfield.
Next up, you pick how many turns you want the game to last — whether it's 20, 35 or 50 turns. You see, unlike a traditional board game, the boards in Mario Party don't contain any particular "finish" spot. You just keep going around and around the boards, as in Monopoly (there's even a “ра55 go" spot, where a Koopa hands you
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Prance around the frame to make it lean, thus guiding a sliding shell that uncovers the hidden picture.
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All four players cooperate to lug a light bulb down a cor- ridor, where a lamp awaits to scare away the Boos.
Wreckin' Balls
Balanced atop a rolling ball, you try to ram other players and push 'em in the drink. It's trickier than it looks.
Musical Mushrooms
Circle the shiny red mush- room till the music stops, then scramble atop it to nab the treasure chest.
Lava Boardin*
Tap A to build your skate- board's speed, then hit B to leap obstacles. One slip and you wind up in lava.
Circle behind other players and ransack their back- packs for coins. You can jump to avoid attacks.
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Everyone works together to carry the key past the bad- dies to the keyhole. All par- ticipants earn 10 coins.
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Kick and butt-stomp the pile of crates to uncover coins. Booby trapped crates fling you across the room.
It's simple: The boat captain signals the letter B, you tap B. If he signals A, you tap A. It can get tricky, though.
Blue spaces— which are the most com- mon — grant three coins. The much rarer red ones take away three. And it is these two colored blocks that determine the type of minigame players compete in (a minigame begins every time all four players complete their turn). If all the play- ers wind up on a blue space, they engage in a four-on-four minigame. If one lands on a red space while everyone else is on blue, a three-on-one game begins. In the rare instance two players wind up on red and two land on blue, the players pair off in a two-on-two minigame. Finally, if a player
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stops on a star-shaped space, he or she jumps into a sin- gle-player minigame. Minigame victors win coins, which are often taken from the losers. And players use these coins to buy stars from Toad, who sells them for 20 coins when you pass his spot on the board. The ultimate winner is the player who has collected the most stars at the end of the game.
Toad isn't your only supply of stars. A ghostly Boo also occupies a spot on every board, and he'll steal another player's star for you if you pay him 50 coins (or he'll steal coins if you pay him 20). Land on the exclamation-point-shaped space and you enter a minigame that lets you try to swipe stars or coins from other players. But it's not just other contestants you have to worry about. Stop in front of Bowser (who Swaps places with Toad when someone
your poor joypad. After all, several games—such as the fishing derby and ghost bicycle race — have you wiggling your Analog Stick in 360-degree circles like mad, while other games demand furious, Track-and- Field-style button smashing. Still, most minigames require careful timing of your taps and wiggles rather than full-out abusive speed. And we suppose a busted joypad is worth the risk, seeing as how the games
lands on the question-mark space), and you lose зо coins—or sometimes face even more gruesome conse- quences. There's also a Bowser-shaped piece to worry about, although its effects are far more unpredictable (but rarely ben- eficial to your coin supply).
More stars are doled out when the game reaches its conclusion. The character who won the most coins from minigames earns a star. Another star goes to the player who collected the most coins overall. And a third star is bestowed on the character who landed on the question- mark blocks more times than anyone else. These stars are added to the number of stars characters nab from Toad and the Boo during the game, and the player with the most stars wins and is named
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Right, so it all sounds good on paper, but is Mario Party really fun? Absolutely. When we first heard about the game, we were a little concerned that the minigames would be too sim- ple and get old quickly. Then we got our Japanese copy, and we played this thing way more than we needed for an eight- page feature. The minigames, which have you doing everything from racing to fishing to deep-sea diving, are all so var- ied that they never really get boring. The board layouts nearly always ensure a close game. And above all, there's just something really cool about a Mario- themed virtual board game. The charac- ters are well rendered, with quips, grunts and other sounds taken mostly from Mario Kart 64. Mario Party is simply the perfect game to bust out anytime you have a
One player walks a tightrope while the other three try to blast him into the drink with cannonballs.
Teeter Flower
The player on the flower has first dibs on the coins, but the three below can nab the falling sloppy seconds.
All-Stars Bowling
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Pipe Dream
Remember the layout of the pipes and drop the chest so it lands on your character and not the other three.
Got no friends? No worries. Mario Party packs a single-player board for solo play.
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One player guides Bowser, who must avoid the squeaky hammers of the other three characters.
One character flees the
marauding plant, while the other three ride a cloud and egg the plant on.
loser (or, more likely, you're not too keen on plunking down cash for a multiplayer- only game)? What does Mario Party offer gamers seeking a solo-player experience? Enough. From the Main Menu in Toadstool Village you can choose the Minigame Island solo adventure. Here, you're faced with what looks like another board game, but it's actually a winding map that has you taking on all 5o minigames in a level- by-level style similar to the old-school Super Mario games. Sections of the map are divided into worlds, and each world contains five or more minigames, which always have you competing against CPU- controlled opponents.
For every game you beat, you earn an extra life—as well as some gold coins. Collect 100 coins and you earn another life. (Oh, and in a gameplay strategy remi- niscent of the Super Mario side-scrollers,
Hammer Smasher
The player with the hammer smashes blocks for coins.
The other three move faster and can snatch up the loot.
River Wild
Using 360-degree twirls of the stick, you try to row your opponents into the spear-wielders on shore.
Bowser Tug-o-War
Another game that requires 360-degree joypad swirls, this one ends with one side falling in the canyon.
you can always go back and replay easier minigames to col- ect coins and earn more lives for the trickier games that lie ahead.) You'll also find save points between each world. This one-player game is fun for what it is, but the real perk ere is that it offers lots of practice with all 5o minigames. Beat the one-player game and you should have no problem whupping Mario Party newbies when you jump back to the our-player mode.
And, of course, you can always play one of the six regu- lar board games by yourself. Sure, playing with three CPU opponents isn't nearly as fun as osting a full-blown, four-player Mario party, but the computer characters can be pretty savvy. Besides, playing solo is an easy way to amass stars and coins. Toadstool Village's bank keeps track of all your winnings from the board games, and you can use these collected stars and coins to purchase the goodies described in the next section.
OK, here's where we get into some potential spoilers, so we'll keep this bit a little vague. Suffice to say, you can use your saved coins to buy some pretty funky items from the Toadstool Village shop. For instance, you can purchase a record that lets you hear all the music in the game, or you can buy the bird who mimics the voic- es of the characters. You can even save up for power-ups you can wield during the board games.
Mario Party gives you a quick way to
All-Stars Basketball
In this two-on-two b-ball minigame, the first team to slam dunk into the Bowser head wins.
One-Two Race
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the form of another multi-
player board called Minigame Stadium. This simple, scaled-down playfield has players competing solely for coins instead of stars, and it lacks some of the fancier play spaces such as the Bowser head, exclamation point and question mark. You can also set the turn limit to as few as 10 turns. Minigame Stadium thus delivers all the minigame fun of the six regular boards without you having to worry about dealing with Bowser and Toad. This board is ideal for when you just want a fairly quick, no-fuss multiplayer game that'll help
Mine Car Race
Players press their sticks in a rhythmic left-then-right pattern to keep moving. A false step stops you cold.
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mine car's speed, while the. other leans into turns and
build your bank account. Still, you're not gonna want to neglect the six regu- lar board games — mainly for the stars you win from them. All we'll say is something special happens when you col- lect 100 stars. Aside from power-ups and options, you can also purchase the minigames themselves. Once you play a minigame in the one-player Minigame Island game, it becomes available to buy at the minigame shop. Not all games
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Pairing up in teams of two, the four players race the same icy course from Super Mario 64’s snow level.
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Which Boo hides the chest? Look closely as they circle you. The one who turns a bit faster holds your prize.
Koopa Shell Game
A koopa hides his coin under a shell then shuffles all four around. Pay atten- tion to where it winds up.
Tap A to move forward and bend backward to clear the poles. Lean back too far and you fall.
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coins per try. After you purchase a game, it gets checked off in a special minigame roster. Your eventual goal here is to pur- chase all the games and thus have them all checked off in the roster.
Although we're not ready to review Mario Party just yet, we will say it's a game that delivers on many levels. (And it's already done well in Japan, selling 150,000 copies the first week of its release, by the way.) At its heart, Mario Party is a fantastic four-player experience that could very well inspire similar titles featuring franchise characters — not to mention give you and your pals something else to play besides GoldenEye, Mario Kart 64 and Turok 2. Better still, the game's one-player mode and tremendous selec- tion of secrets and odd little features will keep you partyin' even after everyone has gone home or passed out in their punch. e
Mario Party packs six differ- ent multiplayer boards — each one tailored to a particular aracter (oh, and there's also a scaled-down playfield called Minigame Stadium, which lacks most of the specialized paces shown here). Examine the periphery of each board and you'll see plenty of other characters from Mario's world. L с
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anticipated Perfect Dark, which increasingly appears to be a game that takes everything cool about GoldenEye's game- play and adds every clever idea you could possibly think of. Then there's the long-await- ed (and oft-rumored to be can- celed) Twelve Tales: Conker 64, Banjo-Tooie and finally the big surprise that wasn't really a big surprise— Donkey Kong 64. We've all been gossiping about the possibility of this for some considerable time now, and it seems that Nintendo is encouraging a repeat perfor- mance with the DK franchise. After convincing everyone that the Super NES still had juice left in the tank with Donkey Kong Country, it seems that the N64 is to get the same treatment—and it's safe to assume that it could be some- thing special. Miyamoto recently stated in an interview with EGM that "Mario used about бо percent of the N64’s power, whereas Zelda probably uses 9o percent of the technol- ogy. There is definitely room for more." If Rare is indeed pulling all the stops out, we could be in for something pret- ty special.
On the third-party front,
Nintendo is keen to make a big noise about the franchises it has attracted. Pulling up soon we'll see Duke Nukem: Zero Hour, a port of the highly acclaimed PC real-time strate- gy game StarCraft, Acclaim's incredible-looking Shadowman and Boss Games' racer Boss Rally (previously known as
GT World Tour). These games are all either big-name fran- chises or are being pushed based on their pedigree. There's a very high chance that the previously noted "quality over quantity" philosophy for N64 publishing is more appar- ent than ever.
The only question has to be, is it all a bit too late? If indeed Zelda (along with Turok 2 and Rogue Squadron) did attract a large audience back to the N64, can Nintendo sustain the positive vibe for a whole year? If the releases of the big titles manage to filter through the year with some regularity, then it could remain the “enthusi- ast" machine of choice. Die- hard fans of Nintendo will no doubt be seething and spitting blood at the very idea of this question, but it has to be said that gaming as an entertain- ment form has changed. The
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For the future, it's clear that а new machine is looming. Amid the
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launch in 2000. First, we have heard that an early “work-in-progress” System exists and that there is currently one game up and running on it. Rumor has it that high-profile developers are slowly but surely traveling out to Japan to take a look at the thing, while other teams are currently being pieced together with an eye simply to work on development. As we revealed in EGM #109 Nintendo has again partnered
with Silicon Graphics to work on the chipset for the machine, along with 3D specialists ArtX. When questioned last year, Nintendo of America chairman Howard Lincoln said, *They [ArtX] are our partner in the next-generation product. ArtX is a small, Silicon Valley-based company that we think has some of the best 3D graphics engineers in the world." Also concerning future plans for a new system, he stated in the same interview, “I think there's a high probability that the next system we do will not be car- tridge-based." Also, indica- tions seem to be that Nintendo's next major Space World event in Japan has been delayed until May 1999 so that an announce- ment can be made concerning the new machine.
So is 1999 the year
Nintendo gets it right? From the indi- cations so far, it's obvious that they know what can be exploited, they know what people want—and that is what is being delivered. With luck, N64 owners can look for- ward to a steady supply of high- quality games —hopeful- ly without the deluge of extremely inferior products that seem to have slipped through the third-party cracks throughout 1998.
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They're both classy 3D shooters for the N64, and they'd be easy to compare on just about any level-but how do they square up when it comes to multiplayer? Can Turok 2 topple the aging classic?
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Mario Party
Crispin Boyer
Cris spent his holiday break with his folks in Boone, N.C., which is about as far from civilization as you can get without moving to the moon. When he wasn't chopping firewood and killing animals for food and pelts, Cris tried to turn his younger brother, Max, on to the
Favorite Genres: RPGs, Action
John Davison
Returning to his native land for the holidays, Johnny England spent a week trying to convince Mrs. England to put down the Game Boy Color so they could actually go out and do something. Upon achieving this he traveled to London, met old chums, drank in excess of a gallon of beer and then perfected the art of the technicolor yawn in an Italian restaurant at 1 a.m. А jolly good time was had by all.
multiplayer wonders of Hot Shots Golf. Max, no fan of golf games, wasn't impressed, so they played Point Blank till their fingers bled.
Current Favorites
Turok Civilization ||
Favorite Genres: Action, Adventure
Current Favorites FIFA 99
Fisherman's Bait
NCAA Final Four 99 NCAA Football 99
Favorite Genres: Sports, Racing
Shoe did nothing over Christmas...that is, nothing besides play
Dean Hager
Traveling to Maine to visit family over the holidays gave Dean time to think about his new year's resolutions. He's kept them simple
and well within reach. "Why set yourself up for failure," he says. His goals include: playing at least two RPGs (including Zelda, of course), using the analog stick for all sports games, and becoming the champ at Madden and GameDay. And finally, growing a giant white-man afro.
Dan Hsu Current Favorites
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Zelda: Link's Awakening
Castlevania, Zelda DX and Civilization |! over and over (all in the name
of work, of course). Otherwise, it was a fairly uneventful week for him.
He did get Xenogears as а Christmas gift, but we guarantee he'll never get around to playing it. After all, signing on as an EGM editor pretty
Castlevania Civilization ||
Favorite Genres: Strategy, Puzzle
much means the death of any free time outside of work...
Current Favorites Castlevania
Zelda: Link's Awakening Street Fighter Alpha 3 Mario Party
Favorite Genres: RPGs, Action
Shawn Smith
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John Ricciardi
John had an eventful holiday, for sure. On his little two-week adventure out to New York he managed to spend time with his family, hit the Letterman show with his pal Parisi, chill with his boy (and ЕСМ contributor) James "Milkman" Mielke at his bar in NYC, kick the new year off in style with a bunch of his friends and then escape to Vermont for a few days with a "special" someone (hm
Current Favorites
Castlevania the patented ЕСМ Holiday Break. Shawn remembers it well.
What did he do with his time off? Well, first he drove about 40 minutes to where he used to live, just south of the EGM offices. Then he par- took in family festivities with much food, chalices of ale, merry song and thoughts of the impending EGM deadline right after the break. Santa brought clothes, books and a freaking bread machine!
R-Types Zelda: Ocarina of Time Snowboard Kids 2
Favorite Genres: Action, Adventure
Current Favorites Street Fighter Alpha 3 Civilization II
NBA Live 99
Sonic Adventure
Favorite Genres: Fighting, RPGs
Sushi is a good ninja, so he visited his family over the holidays. Well, maybe not all that good, since he split his time between playing Dreamcast, GB Color and Zelda: Ocarina of Time over and over and over. He's glad the NBA lockout is over and has started playing Live 99 again against archnemesis, or as he would say, "whipping boy" Ricciardi. "Both on and off court, | own him," says the b-ballin' ninja.
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While I’m sad to see the 2D side-scrolling days of this series go bye-bye, the high quali- ty of this title makes the transition to 3D an easy one. N64's Castlevania may disappoint some of you (without regard to the 2D/3D thing). Unlike Symphony of the Night, it is lighter on combat and collecting items; the emphasis instead is placed on 3D platform gameplay. The result? This Castlevania plays more like a gothic mix of Tomb Raider and Mario 64 than...well, Castlevania. Is that necessarily bad? As you can tell by my score, no. Castlevania is a work of art. Many people may dismiss it fairly quickly, as the first few stages are fairly boring. But trust me when I Say the game gets really good after the first few hours. Once you get into the main castle, you'll find huge, sprawling levels with great, original gameplay ideas sprinkled through- out. All this goodness, however, doesn't come without several catches. A lack of a map*hürts imsome areas. The camera angles аге really shabby as well. But worst is the jumping around/platform part of the game— you will miss jumps, you will fall to your death, you will curse Konami over and over. Despite these frustrating moments, | still found myself glued to my N64. Castlevania just offers so much;including a second char- acter's quest with new stages! Dan
Castlevania turned out to be a surprisingly satisfying 3D adventure/platform hybrid that packs great graphics, an awesome story and challenging (though at times frustrating) gameplay. It starts off slow, but things pick
up steadily as you progress. | like the fact
that each character has exclusive stages, making, it worthwhile to play through more {Вапхопсе. Is it as good as SotN? Мог. БИ it's still an overall great game. John R
For the first 3o minutes or so, you'd be forgiv- еп ог dismissing Castlevania as another crappy 3D action/platformer. Stick with it for longer, though, and it reveals itself to be an atmospheric and superbly designed adven- ture that seems to increase in quality the further you progress. Sure the combat is a
bit tedious and repetitive, but the puzzles are extremely imaginative and there's plenty of variety for fans of the series. John D
Three words best sum up this game: It gets better. After a dull first few levels, Castlevania delivers atmospheric, massive environments and clever puzzles that are challenging but never to the point of frustration. The adven- ture itself is satisfyingly long (especially since you can see new stuff when you replay with the other character). The animation and music are fantastic; | only wish | didn't have to fight the camera so much.
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The original Snowboard Kids was an odd but endearing game, and this sequel follows closely in its footsteps, making it almost as likeable. It offers a few gameplay tweaks— multiple flips and spins are easier to pull off, and you're no longer knocked to the ground if you try to pick up a power-up you can't afford. Otherwise, SK2 looks and plays much like the first game—which is fine, since con- trol is as tight and intuitive as ever. The graphics are about the same quality (although multiplayer is a little choppier), and the music is still as catchy. You do get a few more courses, and nearly all the tracks here are well designed. The race environ- ments are a little more imaginative this time around, with tracks winding underwater, down waterfalls and through outer space. The one-player Story Mode has been spiced up quite a bit. Taking a cue from Diddy Kong Racing, the game has you racing bosses on three of the tracks. A Paperboy-style minigame has been added, as well as a speed course, along with a speed track simi- lar to that of the first game. Despite all this, the game just doesn't seem like a big enough improvement over the original. The charac- ters and their story lines are even more annoying, and it still takes too long to build up speed after you wipe out.
| really enjoyed the first Snowboard Kids, and І"п һарру to say part two is just as fun, despite its lack of new features. This game has something for everyone: stunt and speed tracks for snowboarding fans, cute and inno- cent gameplay for kids, and addictive single апа multiplayer racing action that is as fun as anything Mario Kart 64 or DK Racing has to offer. The new courses are nice, but a few new ideas would've been nicer. Dan
If you were a fan of the original Snowboard Kids, chances are pretty good you'll like the sequel. The game engine is exactly the same, but there's a bit more of everything —more courses, more boarders, more power-ups and more story. There's a good amount of challenge, too. It's definitely more of a Mario Kart-esque party-style racer; but it's not quite as fun. Still, it’s an all-around good sequel,
and an excellent four-player game. John R
Snowboard Kids 2 sports some nice graph- ics—much better than those in the original. Problem is, the graphics make for some slow- down in the multiplayer modes—even in two- player! Fortunately, this sequel retains the same fun and addictive qualities of the first game, both in the single and the multiplayer modes. | also like how offensive-and defen- sive tactics play such an active role-through- out the races in each mode of play. Shawn
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You'd be forgiven for having the initial reac- tion of “ugh...it’s just like Pitfall 3D," but despite the superficial similarities, once you've played Akuji for a while you'll realize that it's actually pretty enjoyable. Its Gex roots are perfectly visible for all to see. While the voodoo-inspired graphics are all very dark, moody and distinctive, the "feel" of the Gex engine shines in the way the camera sys- tem is employed. Run around and play the thing like a platform game until you can't see what's going on— and then tap the camera button to line things up behind the hero. Not perfect, but as good a method of handling it as we've seen elsewhere. As far as gameplay mechanics go, it's clear that Akuji has bene- fitted by borrowing ideas from Banjo-Kazooie, Tomb Raider and even the upcoming Gex 3 game from Crystal. There's an elaborate sys- tem of collectables for you to chase around after, and amongst the zapping bad guys with differertspells'and hitting them wit Soe nasty-looking knives, there are some nice moments; It's not going to win any awards for being overly complex or original...but the system of collecting souls to satisfy the boss- es is effective, and the action stays pretty consistent throughout. It's not a.particularly tough game-but the'dark look and feelis a welcome change of pace. John D
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Out of all the PlayStation 3D action/adven- іше games I’ve come across in.the past year ог so, only а couple can compare with Akuji. This game simply feels good and is a hell of a lot of fun to play. It's a solid experience throughout and doesn't leave you scratching your head wondering why a particular game- play element wasn't tweaked or why there were so many cheap deaths in a certain area.
| would buy this game for sure. Shawn
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In а sea of mundane 3D action/adventure games, Akuji stands tall. It actually looks and feels tike Pitfall 3D should have.The environ- ments are not spectacular, but they look fair- ly nice (lots of good lighting). The levels are easy, but interesting enough to keep your attention. The emphasis is on finding items rather than killing multitudes of enemies. The camera is a bit tricky but can be adjusted easily. Overall, Akuji is a solid title. Dean
Being in the shadow of Kain is tough, but Akuji manages to show some personality. The voice acting and overall story really save
what would normally be a very generic adventure game. The graphics are good, but marred by a bad frame-rate and a camera
that must constantly be wrangled into sub- mission. | would’ve liked to see more trans- formations and voodoo-related powers other than projectiles. Good for beginners. Sushi
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Developer: Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
8 p.m.: | boot up the PS version of my all-time favorite PC game. 8:01 p.m.: Besides not get- ting to pick a map (no real worlds here, only randomly generated ones), | find out the rest of the options are in. Even the kick-ass music 15 intact. It's looking good so far. 9 p.m.: My society has now learned how to write and make basic bronze weapons...time to rock. But where's the little box that shows how close you are to completing a unit or build- ing? What a silly little oversight by the devel- opers. And what's up with the instant advice? It isn't very helpful. Why is it telling me I should build a temple to make my people content, when they are already content?
11 p.m.: I'm getting further in the game. All the marvelous and epic gameplay from the PC title is obviously intact (but if you own the PC version, you have zero reason to get this one...it's the exact same game, only without the mouse controls). I've discovered gunpow- der.and my musketeers are making their. way toward my enemies to the south. Awesome. 4:30 a.m.: I'm getting tired, but | need to keep sending my stealth bombers out on strafing runs. Unfortunately, the Al “thinking” times are getting really long. 8 a.m.: Uh-oh. | have to go to workwBut | haven't slept or showered... Ah, maybe Ill take a sickday, and go to.sleep now. Sure, just after a few more tums... Dan
This is the perfect evangelist product for this kindof game on consoles. СМ 1/15 revered.on the PC for many\good reasons, and this port to the PS is pretty much perfect. It may not have much superficial glitz or eye-candy, but. the gameplay is absorbing and addictive and probably has more longevity than any other game on the system. If you've ever wanted to get.into more cerebral strategy gaming, try this. You'll lose days of your life: John D
Don't be intimidated by the sizable manual, the'detailed charts and the words "strategy game." This is one title most of you won't want to miss. Civ || is grand: You start. ош in ancient, primitive times with nothing and advance through the ages until you've
learned space flight. Taking a nation through the paces of civilized history isssomething
you just.can't do in. your average video game. Patient gamers should check it out. Crispin
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first game, but the attention to the comput- ers Al is so much better now, Your actions have deep impact over the cultures you encounter. It should be said you'll need to invest a lot of time'into this game, but your patience will be rewarded. Excellent. Sushi
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Contender is to Knockout Kings as NFL Blitz is to Madden NFL 99. It's a scaled-down ver- sion of essentially the same thing, with a lot more arcade action thrown in. Problem is, Contender isn't nearly as enjoyable as NFL Blitz...relatively speaking. It's somewhere in between NFL Xtreme and NFL Blitz, actually. This is how Contender breaks down for me: Contender isn't a technical representation of boxing—it doesn't want to be. This game prides itself on being fun and easy. Problem is, while the game is fun some of the time, it's just a little too repetitious for my liking. I'd say it’s because this game doesn't really have а set identity. It's supposed to be an arcade boxing game but it really plays like a half-rate fighting game with some strategy elements thrown in (since you can't just go to work on your opponent without blocking, ducking and weaving). Hence, fighting a bunch of boxers with a few body and head punches and a few defensive tactics in your arsenal gets stale. In Contender's defense, it has good number of boxers, some interesting camera views and a save feature that allows you to save your character and fight your pals. But then, the two-player mode isn’t all that fun either. Overall, you can’t.expect much from Contender: Rent it, play through a few circuits and see how you feel. Shawn
Contender looks and feels more like a traditional fighting game than a boxing game. The characters are goofy and robotic and don’t look realistic in any way. Taking a fighter through the ranks is really fun even if it is a little easy at first. It'd be nice if there were more punches available, but having the super punches is cool. Overall it’s enjoyable as a lighthearted contest, but realbboxing
fans should stay with Knockout Kings. Dean
While EA's Knockout Kings is more of a slow- paced, realistic boxing sim, Contender is geared more toward fans of adrenaline- pumping “knock your opponent's teeth out" excitement. Which do | prefer? Contender,
but not by much. Even though | appreciate KK's attention to detail, I'd rather enjoy quick, precise action-packed gameplay. The one- player game is a bit on the easy side, though. Real boxing fans should stick to кк. John R
| love fighting games, but as with EA's more sim-like Knockout Kings, | found Contender to lack that special something that makes it fun. To be completely honest | just found the thing quite spectacularly boring. | know there’s strategy to the timing of punches but! just couldn't get used to the sluggish nature of-the-controls. It all seems terribly robotic and monotonous. An odd choice of signing
from SCEA. John D
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It’s interesting that “fishing” has become a specific game genre. It’s not a novelty any- more—people are buying these things. Anyway, as you know if you read the preview, FB is currently a popular coin-op game in Japan. The reason it works in the arcade is the same for this PlayStation version—the challenge of the time limit and the insatiable quest for bigger and better game fish. The focus of this title is not on the serene waters and relaxing atmosphere, as other fishing games have tried. Instead, the objective is to land as many game fish (Large Mouth Bass) as you can in the time limit. It’s actually quite exciting. The rod mechanics have been well represented by the analog controller. You rotate one stick for the reel while the other is for rod placement. Trying to land a “lunker” is the pinnacle of excitement. Heavier fish will push the line and tackle to their limits. While it seems simple, actually becoming good requires knowledge of weather condi- tions, fish feeding habits and the proper lures to use. You can most efficiently use your knowledge in Tournament Mode, but two- players. Mode is by far the most entertain- ing way to play. Both players appear on the same screen fishing side by side. We had a blast playing this.way-if you're looking for a fun fishing game'to buy, this is it. Dean
| would never have guessed in a million years that l'd actually enjoy a fishing game, but Fisherman's Bait works wellibecause of its. simplistig, arcade-type action. Anyone can pick it up and start fishing in a matter of moments. Two-player FB is more fun, because it adds a little competition; This isn't the type of game that will keep you “hooked” for hours or days оп end, but it shouldbe fun to pick up once in a while. Dan
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best fishing game in the world and it proba- bly wouldn't matter. It certainly looks very пісе (the fish look very...um, fishy”) and it has а certain:oddly relaxing quality about it— but it's definitely something for a niche audi- ence. Most people who like fishing аге Standing up to their armpits in a river some- where already, aren't they? The two-player game is oddly compelling, though. John D
FB brings back memories from my childhood, which may be why | like this game so much. | think there’s more to it, though. Unlike most other fishing games, FB truly captures what it’s likeito spend a day at the lake, thanks to some fancy rumbling, simple but effective analog control and a solid fishing system. No, the graphics aren't all that impressive (except for the 3D fish themselves), but Юга fishing game this опе is a definite keeper. Shawn
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I'm afraid the general gaming public can do without another average snowboarding game—which is exactly what Freestyle Boardin' '99 is. So that about wraps it up. Oh, you want an explanation? Of course. First, the graphics just don't cut it. We're talking first- or second-generation stylings here. They're just unacceptable. Maybe if the gameplay was stronger and the control more intuitive, the game's substandard graphics wouldn't matter so much, but that's not the case. Take Steep Slope Sliders on the Saturn, for exam- ple (yes, I'm making a cross-platform compar- ison). Steep Slope Sliders pretty much looked like crap іп the grand scheme of things, but the game had an incredible feel. It was ridicu- lously fun to play, and as smooth as Barry White's lyrics to control. So ultimately it was a good snowboarding game. Ah, but this is far from the case in Freestyle Boardin'. The biggest problem is the unintuitive control. Why it's So/hard to land in this game is. beyond me. | thought at some point it would become clear. “Oh | just have to hit the X but- tonwwhen landing" or something. Море. Nothing like that. | would just flip end over end after a trick and bale, of land perfectly without trying. It seemed random sometimes. Overall, | can’t figurevout,why you'd. want to buy this one. It’s a'rental'at best. Shawn
Where can | possibly start? It’s another one of.those frickin’ snowboarding: games, isn't it? Another tedious knock-off/job trying to capitalize on the popularity of the sport. Only Freestylé Boardin’ '99 is slow as hell—so it's not very exciting, and the graphics are chop- py and scruffy at best. It may have a variety of-racing styles and tricks, but you can get that (тот апу of the other three zillion snow-
boarding games out there. John D
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tricks was so challenging. Thengit became very annoying. There doesn’t seem to be a
set technique, other than luck. That's my
main complaint— otherwise ЕВ "99 breaks по new ground in the genre whatsoever. Same ol’, same ol’. Rad boarders, half-pipe, slalom, jumpystwo-player race, etc. It's functional and slightly fun, but it offers nothing thatisn’t done better in Cool Boarders 3. Dean
Yep, it’s yet another snowboarding game, and this oneypacks everything I’ve cóme to expect from this tired, overcrowded genre. You get the generic high-energy music, the lame alterna-dude announcer, adequate but not stéllar graphics and lots of courses. The tricks themselves are really easy to initiate but frustratingly difficult to land. The only novel thing is your ábility:to earn experience points and build your skills.
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EA has taken big strides in improving their basketball lineup. Granted, March Madness 99 is nowhere near as innovative as NBA Live 99, but its TV-style presentation and fresh animation offer an interesting twist to the somewhat stagnant genre. While MM 99 is not as exciting as Final Four 99, it is techni- cally better as well as much nicer looking. This is not а “hold-down-Turbo-and-jam” basketball game. In fact, if you can bust the lane and dunk more than four times a game, you're doing well. This one requires strategy. Setting up plays as you drive down court, using icon passing to take advantage of the open man in the post, etc. Plus, lots of fake shooting and passing to draw defenders
away from the ball is key. In short, it's the way a basketball game should be played. A few things bug me, though. Switching to the player nearest the ball doesn't work very
well. It's quite sluggish actually. Speaking of sluggishythe frame-rate is todislowlandjat times jerky. Plus it'd be nice to а һауе а sea- son mode rather than the somewhat confus- ing Dynasty.Mode. In short MM 99 is on the tight track but doesn't quite hit the mark. The Slow gameplay really brings it down, espe- cially for multiplayer. It's still a competent title, but.you may wantite rent it Ше with Final Four 99 to make your own call. Dean
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Even though | much prefer college football to college basketball, | still had.High hopes. for this one. l'm glad to report that on almost all counts, March Madness 99/delivers big-time. It's got everything а sim fan could wish for: а great presentation and atmosphere, plus. plenty of options. So why the 7.0 score? The game suffers from sloppy control (especially analog) and a poor frame-rate. If you can get past this, MM 99 is excellent. John R
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Staying true to the whole simulation style of play ЕА#5 known for, March Madness 99 is а pretty basketball game with solid play for the college b-ball fanatic who's into realistic moves and stats. Problem is, outside of the gameplay, these nice-looking graphics make for some unacceptable slowdown. And if there's one thing you don't мали та fast- paced game of hoops, it's.slowdown: Overall,
it's good but | prefer Final Four. Shawn
March Madness is so close to being the game | wanted, it hurts. Simple gaméplay andideep, deep coaching options are the highlights. | can't tell. you how cool it is/to set individual rebound aggressiveness and inbounding plays. EA has thought of everything — except for fluidity. The frame-rate is just bad and is tough to deal with when coupled with the slow game speed: Pop in Final Ғош-апа then play ММ апа you'll see what | mean. Sushi
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I'm a pretty big fan of Capcom's Vs. series, despite the fact that it centers mostly on flashy graphics and exaggerated, "spazzy" play (which seems to offend Street Fighter purists, for some strange reason). Even though X-Men vs. Street Fighter was a major dud on the PS, Capcom has bounced back nicely with Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. Still, it's hardly perfect. You still can't play regular 2-on-2 tag team matches like the arcade game (which sucks), but it's not like that wasn't expected. The PS simply can't handle it. What's nice is that Capcom went out of their way to make up for this by includ- ing two extra modes of play (Hero Battle and Cross Over), as well as some other little extras. In Cross Over Mode, you can actually play tag-team matches so long as both teams choose the same two fighters—a nice feature that was in XMvSF, but hidden. As far as graphics and animation go, MSHvSF looks sürprisingly'good, and the massive slowdown that plagued XMVSF has been greatly reduced. This is the best thing about MSHvSF, because it actually makes the game playable, even if it isn’t exactly like the arcade. The whole game just seems much more polished. | do wish there was ап option to turn off super cancels, though, but oh мен Њуои liked XMvSF, you should definitely check this out. John R
“| don't expect an arcade-exact, character- swapping, animation-perfect translation. |
just want'a good ol’ 2D fighter with a tot of flash." If,you stick with this philosophy, you'll enjoy any of Capcom's PS Vs. games. While | consider MSH vs. SF to be merely a rest stop оп my way to Marvel vs. Capcom, it’s Still ah enjoyable title in its own way; Thankfully, the slowdown is less/fioticeable and the frame- rate's improved over X-Men vs. SF. Dan
These Capcom Vs. games will never be argade-perfect.on the PlayStation, but they,
do seem to be getting better. Marvel vs. SF has faster graphics and plenty more play modes than the disappointing X-Men vs. SE. There's more than enough stuff here to keep two players busy for а long time. Above all, the flashy, easy gameplay is just plain fun. Still, уои тау want.to wait for the truly excel- lent Street Fighter Alpha 3. Cris 1 in
While | wasn’t crazy about the Vs. fighting thing, it's starting to grow on me. Capcom is starting to nail 2D fighters on the PS, and
the action is almost perfect. Big characters like the/Hulk and Blackheart don't play as
well as the smaller guys, but it’s acceptable. The Cfoss Over Mode finally allows true vs. action, like the arcade. The, Ending Collection and hidden artwork аге пісе incentives for beating the game repeatedly. Sushi
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Here’s a game that looks great on paper but in execution it’s just plain awful. The good news is, Monkey Hero is an obvious homage to old-school Zelda: The overworld is covered with blocked regions you can't breach until you find certain items; instead of hearts you have peaches; you shoot spears instead of arrows; the dungeons are filled with familiar puzzles, etc., etc. And while | think the PlayStation needs more action/RPGs, this one suffers so many annoying flaws it just ain't worth the frustration. The game's mix of sprite characters and polygonal environments doesn’t come off right at all. Enemy anima- tion is pathetic, as are most of the anima- tions for the main character. Monkey Hero suffers from slowdown even when there’s hardly any enemies on screen. Collision detection is iffy. Many dungeons and outdoor areas are too dark. Yes, | know graphics aren’t the most important thing in the world, but in МоткеуНего case, the awful Visuals just get in the way of the gameplay. And then you have the bland music and lame, cartoony sound effects (ог, rather, lack of sound effects— most enemies make nary a whimper when they attack you). Underneath all this mess аге some clever dungeon puzzles and cool items, but therejjust. isn't enough here to make the game worthwhile.
The developers used the old Zeldas as a model for Monkey Hero, and ityshows...sont of. While you can clearly see the Zelda influ- ences—almost blatant rip-offs— this game comes nowhere close to that level of quality. Frankly this game looks, sounds and plays inferior.to many.8-Bit titles; Everything you see here 15 derivative...and done poorly at that. A better game'engine with more’
thoughtful puzzles might've helped. Dan
| want to like Monkey Hero for its apparent old-school look and feel. But instead | find. myselfifeeling frustrated at the game’s lack- luster gameplay, extremely choppy animation (so;much 50 it affects control), below average graphics and unnecessarily childish sound éffects..applaud Blam! for giving Monkey Него а shot but the end product just does not live up to today’s standards. Perhaps if the game came out two years ago... Shawn
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| found myself getting totally engrossed in this title. The strange thing is, Final Four 99 has its share of problems but still manages to be fun to play. Problems: Some of the shots you can get away with are just plain stupid. Sometimes players will throw the ball over their head while running away from the hoop and make the shot. Other times shots can be sunk from far behind the glass. And finally, the computer gets too many offensive rebounds. Still, the game can generate a fair amount of excitement. Beyond the cookin’ frame-rate (actually a bit too fast), the maneuvers you have at your disposal are really nice. The auto-guard option is fantas- tic. It allows you to shadow an offensive play- er as long as you have the Triangle button held down. It makes playing defense a whole lot easier. The fake shot is also a nice move. When used, about half the defenders will jump, leaving you with the open shot. For var- ied'gameplay the difficulty levels are Dal- anced very well. On Freshman you can practi- cally sinksevery shot. Try Senior and quickly come back to earth. Multiplayer is OK but it томез 50 fast it prevents you from using real strategy. Bottom line—if you can take the mediocre graphics and the other faults, Final Four'99 is fun to рјаул 5 not anything to go nuts about but it gets the job done. Dean
Even though Final Four isn't quite as “smart” as EAS March Madness (the Af iS’ as good, the gameplay isn't as balanced and there. aren't asmany sim-style options), it looks a lot better and it moves quicker, which ulti- mately makes it more fun to play, The Turbo button is way too effective, though, and it’s actually difficult to miss shots, so if you're looking for a sim оп: оок here. Руси want fast-paced fun, however, this Si. John R
989 Studios is good at working with its devel- opers to provide sports titles.that have an arcade-tike feel. Yeah, maybe these games, have minor flaws in the technical areas but they're easy to play—and more fun for a guy like mé; Final Four is no different. The graph- ics aren’t exceptional but the speed is up to snuff, and the overall experience is more fun and fluid than March Madness—and that's
what really matters. Shawn
Final Four is quite a surprise. I thought I'd geta watered-down version of Shoot Out,
but this 15 something else. Customizable game speed and smooth action give.it.a big edge over Match Madness. It’s too bad 989 couldn't incorporate a lot of cool coaching options (they really matter in college OOPS), because sometimes it all Гееј ке a dunking contest. That brings down ту score; Би it
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Anyone who's been playing games since the 8-Bit days surely knows about R-Type. To this day, it still stands as one of the best shooters ever made, even if it has (naturally) become a bit dated in the graphics department. Personally, just being able to own a perfect version of the original R-Type would be more than enough reason for me to purchase R- Types; but also getting the rarely seen 1989 sequel, R-Type II (which has never been port- ed to a home system before), makes the disc that much more worthwhile. Both games are 100 percent identical to the arcade versions, with the exception of new FMV ending sequences that are (unfortunately) pretty lame. There's also an interesting little feature called R's Library that allows you to delve deep into the R-Type background story and check out the various ships from the first two games. It's nothing mindblowing, but fans of the series will appreciate it. Still, despite all this; 'n disappointed that гел во the extra mile and include Super R-Type and the awesome'R-Type ІІІ (SNES), or even R-Type Leo (Arcade). How hard would it have been? Anyway, if you're a shooter fan, R-Types will make/a great addition to your library, espe- cially if your main concern lies with great gameplay. But if it's'flash you're after, you may Want to look somewhere else. John R
If you've never played the original R-Type before...shame on you. One of the greatest shooters ever, its intense gameplay and ingenious level design have rarely. been rivaled/So snap up this compilation if you've always wanted an arcade-perfect translation (yes, even more perfect than the TurboGrafx version). And R-Type II—although not quite a classic (it just seems cheesy in places)—is certainly a solid shooter, too. i
Ahhh, this brings back some memories. It's been a while since | last рІауед: Туре andto be honest Га forgotten just how influential а game it was. New shooters may have flash polygon graphics, but deep down all the new boys are still aspiring to offer the excellent balance of gameplay found here. Both R- Types plus a DVD-style extra bit with ships and histories and stuff can't be bad. A classic and very nostalgic Shooter. John D
Being a huge shooter fan and a huge R-Type fan, | must say this collection isz.disappoint- ing. Don’t get me wrong, R-Type | and ll аге great games worth owning. Each is great in
its own.right:But I can't help but feel Ascii could've worked in a few more classic R- Types т this two-game “compilation.” On
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I'm sure many of you are anxiously awaiting Let me get this off my chest first: Where the to find out what scores we gave this game, heck is Pat Sajak? Sure Vanna White is a big especially considering 989 Studios' recent part of the show, but Pat's the host for good- track record. Well, to be honest I'm going ness' sake. How do you re-create the show back and forth on Syphon Filter even now as | without the man with the note cards in his write this review. On one hand Syphon Filter hands? That said, Vanna does manage to do is a lame attempt at a Metal Gear Solid-type a nice job of pulling double duty as host and of game. It has several minor but annoying letter person. Fairly quick loading full-motion graphical and control glitches, in addition to video keeps the show's personality factor several examples of cheap deaths. But then alive. Wheel of Fortune is moderately enjoy- on the other hand there are some original able as a one-player game, but you shouldn't areas in many of the game's levels, and an even consider buying it unless you're going interesting plot twist or two that get you to play with friends. Hasbro has done a great wrapped up in the game's intriguing story. job so far of translating board game experi- Then I realize Syphon Filter can actually ences to the PlayStation and they can add TV stand on its own two legs without having to game shows to that list too. Wheel of Fortune rely too heavily on the hype caused by MGS. has appeared on many previous systems, but There are enough cool areas and well-execut- this is by far the best one I’ve ever played.
ed ideas in Syphon Filter to pull this out of There are over 2,000 different puzzles, which what could've easily been a nose-dive right makes for very little overlap, but I'd sure like into mediocrity. | give Eidetic a lot of credit. It to see an expansion-style disc that contained couldn't Have been easy to таке а game like тоге puzzles апа maybe Pat Ѕајак Соте (о this—especially considering that it's out not think of it, | haven’t watched the show for a too long after the monumental Metal Gear While so maybe he’s not on it anymore? (which\own but never formally reviewed). So Judging.-by the box art and in-game footage, if.you can overlook the minor problems I’ve Vanna looks a.lot older than | remember too. mentioned, you should find you've purchased If Hasbro is listening, please find Pat and get yourself a nice little title. It’s certainly more him some work. After that, do a version of interesting than most people thought it was Family Feud, The Рисе о Right and Press Your going to be. | would buy it. Shawn Luck next...No Whammy, baby! Sushi
| pretty much need to tailor this review for two kinds of gamers: those who played the original Game Boy Zelda and those who haven't. If you've never touched the thing, buy the DX version immediately. It delivers an excellent story, superbly designed dungeons and puzzles, the classic Zelda tunes and more than a few gameplay twists that were borrowed by Ocarina of Time. Heck, just as Ocarina of Time is reason enough to own a Nintendo 64, this game is reason enough to own a Game Boy Color. Now, if you played Link's Awakening years ago, should you buy this colorized update? Yep. Sure, the list of new stuff isn't especially long. You get the new color dungeon, which is actually pretty lame: It's short, and its puzzles are mostly of the Lights Out, stomp-on-the-floor-tile-to- change-its-color variety. The printer-compati- ble snapshot feature is a cooler perk. Finding all 12 of the hidden photo-opportunities is по easy feat, but you'll easily stumble across four or five of them. And, of course, every- thing looks nice in the sharp color screen. Above all, this is such a great game that it just deserves a replay. And here's an interesting side note: | have yet to change my GBC's bat- teries, despite playing through Zelda DX's 15- hour quest and logging lots of Tetris time. The GBC just keeps going and going. Cris 1
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glance, but unfortunately the gameplay 15 nothing-like what you'd expect. Imagine Duke: TTK without the good bits and you're pretty much there. Throw in some appallingly oversensitive controls and an.equally over- simplified combat system and you have your- selfa fairly mediocre experience. John D
This game is really tight and functional. | could see how cutting from the wheel to the puzzle to Vanna could be slow, but it’s not. It clicks right along. Even Vanna’s ЕМУ stuff is smooth; The graphics are nothing special but it really doesn’t matter in light of the superior gameplay. | still don’t like the idea of passing one controller around but it’smoybig deal. Multiplayer is great. This is truly a game that will entertain the whole family. Dean
Needless to say (but I’m going to say it any- way), the single best Game Boy title on earth just got better, The new color, which by itself justifies the $30 purchase, adds vibrant life to an already fine game. Unlike with Tetris DX, I'd strongly recommend Zelda DX for own- ers ofthe black and white edition—this game is well worth playing again in color. This re-release will probably be the best the GB Color will offer for years to come. Dan
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But for edge-of-your-seat, sniper-fueled Fortune isn't littered with AI problems. This action, SF outshines both MGS and GE. Add game; however, doesn't make as exciting a
to that competent and semi-innovative level party game since only one player goes at a designs-and the result is a well-rounded, time. The Solo Mode (no other contestants) is gripping action/adventure game: Dean a nice touch for you lonely types. Dan
It's been five years, and Link's Awakening still reigns supreme as the best Game Boy game available. Be warned, though—aside from the beautiful colorized graphics and a slightly updated ending, Zelda DX isn't all that differ- ent from the original game. Collecting all 12 photos for the Camera Shop makes for a nice added challenge, but the new dungeon is а total disappointment (too short, too easy). Still, a must-buy for any GBC owner. John R
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Syphon Filter takes a lot of cool Metal Gear Solid-inspired ideas and crams them іпіо-а slick package. It delivers a great story line; lots of weapons; realistic, highly interactive environments; and a rewarding emphasis on stealth and sniping. The only major downfall game is just a lot of fun to play. The Solo isthe control. It just isn't precise enough for Mode is пісе too, since it allows you to play a а game that requires so much aiming and АР game without having to wait for stupid, sneaking, You'll need patience to get used to slow computer opponents. Multitap support your-character’s quirky motion. Cris Di would've been nice, though. John R
Well, well, another month, another great game show conversion. Like Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune for the PS is an excellent party game and a must-have for fans of the show. The presentation is very nicely done, and the
This is the hand-held gaming equivalent of the Star Wars Special Editions, when you think about it. A classic game, which still has no equal, brought up to date to take advan- tage of more modern technology...and with some extra bits, too (new dungeon, Camera Shop, etc.). It's definitely worth buying whether you've played the original or not. The story is superb, and the gameplay—while
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
What we said:
“Shigeru Miyamoto and the wizards at Nintendo have delivered a truly epic gaming experience that no one should be allowed to miss...Amazing visuals, beautiful music, a superbly crafted story and rock-solid gameplay...The dungeons are masterpieces of level design...Is it the finest game ever made? Quite possibly. Only Miyamoto seems to be able to bring out the kid that lives deep down inside everyone.”
How we rated it: 10 10 10 10
What you said: Without a doubt, Zelda 64 is the BEST game I’ve ever played!!! Nintendo did a great job with EVERY aspect of this game. | hon- estly thought Га get let down with the game, due to my enormous expectations. However, the game succeeded my high standards. The depth is unbelievable, the mood constantly changes at just the right time, and the puzzles are outstand- ing. As far as I’m concerned, Zelda deserves a 10.5 from you guys. Mike J. Schneider goldeneyecodeshq@juno.com
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the bosses. Don’t get me wrong— they’re cool, but they are so damn easy. lm not that great of a player or anything but it only took me one try to defeat the last boss, and | never died more than twice on any other boss. Still, Zelda is an awe- some game and is probably one of my best buys, if not the best. Again, I'm glad it got a Platinum Award. Quoc Nguyen soul-savior@juno.com
| don’t understand why this game is being so critically acclaimed. It looks just like Mario 64 (and every other 3D-clone N64 game), and the control is poor (mainly due to the horrible N64 controller). But my biggest complaint...IT’S BORING! Sure, it's a long quest, but who wants to run around with this prod- uct for 100+ hours? Not me! This game follows the same stale mold of every Nintendo-produced game...it's all been done before. Paul Duet i eat fishGhotmail.com
Zelda: Ocarina of Time is by far
the best game released on the
Nintendo 64, and | have to say
the greatest game released, ever.
| have a PlayStation, and have
no bias either way, but still—Zelda
64 blows away all PS releases.
David Мипсу
david1@inetone.net
I'll stick to the flaws of this game, because the rest is unbelievably perfect. The music is well com- posed, but it isn't Zelda music! Nintendo revived old music with F-Zero, but not Zelda? Makes no sense. Another gripe | have is that once you fig- ure out what you're supposed to do, the challenge is lost. The bosses in partic- ular, even the last one, are really easy once you get the hang of Z-targeting. Don't think I’m just cutting this game down, though, cuz it really does live up to every drop of hype. Chris Vanden Heuvel rogueleader6@juno.com
One disappointment about Zelda was the camera angles. Half the time you couldn’t even see
“the bad guy” unless you kept
Z-targeting. | miss the days of 2D games that could produce a quality game without the bells and whis- tles. Zelda doesn’t belong in a 3D world, and now we see why. Johnny Schaefer SCDDPFAN@aol.com
Zelda has simply not caught up with the times. Its severely limited map and simple plot line leave it behind in 1990. But video games have changed since then, my friends, and story, rather than puz- zles or “being in the game” matters more to an action/RPG. Zelda 64 feels distinctly pre-Secret of Mana with its atmosphere of simplicity. This game is probably the pinnacle of entertainment on the N64, but | regret to say that that’s not saying much. If only the Zelda series could have matured as much as its audi- ence, then it would truly have been a masterpiece.
Jeff Juhasz mastero_j@yahoo.com
| agree with your Zelda: Ocarina of Time review more than | have ever agreed with one of your reviews before. It is the best game | have ever played. It’s got a great story, great graphics, great sound and innovative controls. Perfect Game!!! Justin Franks Justin6918@aol.com
No one should miss this. Hoa Lu adasad@hotmail.com
South Park What we said:
“Definitely something for fans of the show. Nothing revolutionary, but extremely entertaining...There’s a somewhat dull game under all the fart jokes and high jinks...Gameplay is extremely simplistic...Multiplayer is where you'll get your kicks.”
How we rated it: 8.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 What you said: Boring, dull, repetitive, foggy, bland and a mere worthless piece of pro- paganda that will only be bought by lunatic fans of the show who can't bring themselves to say it just sucks. Save your money, and buy Turok 2. Dante Biasatti db3db3@juno.com
If it didn’t have the South Park name, this game would be a total piece of crap. Fortunately though, it does. So it’s not bad. | wish it had more multiplayer modes, though. They could’ve done so much more with that. Matthew Taylor (Address Withheld)
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
What we said:
“Captures the feel of the Star Wars flicks—and that alone is enough to pump up the game's 5соге...! only wish it had multiplayer...Incredible hi-res graphics, tons of voice and an overall solid feel...The attention to detail is stunning...The missions are diverse and challenging...Be sure to play with the Expansion Pak!”
How we rated it: 8.0 8.0 8.5 8.5 What you said:
| just got Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for Christmas and it 15 THE BEST DAMN STAR WARS GAME EVER!! It’s so cool because you get to fly more than the basic stuff— you also get to fly a TIE Interceptor, the Millennium Falcon or a T-16 Skyhopper!! The missions are very cool, but very, very, very HARD. If you liked the parts of Shadows of the Empire where you flew ships, this is the game for you.
Nigel Krick cyclops_47@hotmail.com
Right from the start, RS’s most obvious flaw blares at you. The music SUCKS! Some idiot at LucasArts decided he needed to destroy the glory of John Williams’ beautiful soundtrack with a crappy 50-cent MIDI system (probably
to make room for all those voices). Super Return of the Jedi had
better music! The graphics suck without the RAM Pak, the pop-up is horrendous, the voice actors sound
nothing like their movie counter- parts —what's good about it? The action of killing things in Star Wars vehicles is captured very well. Just don't run out and buy it based on your liking of Shadows of the Empire's first level, cause there's some mighty big differences. Chris Vanden Heuvel rogueleaderóGjuno.com
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil What we said:
“Easily one of the most visually impres- sive games оп the N64...There really aren't enough save points...The game's atmosphere and graphics kick ass (despite some slowdown)...Not quite as good as GoldenEye, but close...An excellent example of how to make a proper sequel.”
How we rated it: 8.5 8.5 8.5
What you said: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a very impressive game. The graphics are gorgeous, and the textures are just amazingly smooth. The sound effects are awesome, and the music is CD quality. | recommend this game to all of the N64 owners who loved the first one. Alex Hussein Metalika86@aol.com
8.0
Turok 2 was overrated. They had all this time to improve upon GoldenEye in multiplayer, and did they? No! There may be more stages and a couple of fun modes, but the gameplay is hardly bal- anced at all. Anyone who's good with a crossbow can destroy his or her competition with ease (head shots are way too easy to pull off), and the slowdown gets ridicu- lous at times. This just makes me want Perfect Dark even more. | admit, though, that Monkey Mode is really hysterical. Alex Munoz Seattle, WA
I think you guys gave Turok 2 somewhat of a bad rap. How can you complain about a game being too large?! It’s definitely not GoldenEye, but it doesn’t have any major bugs either. It was overhyped but underrated. It should’ve gotten at least 9’s. Ryan Eid CREMEid@aol.com
I'm glad | waited for your review before | decided whether or not to get Turok 2. It's nice to know that the review I’m reading is based on the same version of the game that I'm potentially buying, which is more than | can say for some other magazines out there. Rob Castelli (Address Withheld)
Simply put, this is the best first- person shooter ever made. Beats GoldenEye in every category. Dante Biasatti db3db3@juno.com
They had all this time to improve upon GoldenEye in multi- player, and did they? No! This just makes me want Perfect Dark even more.
Alex Munoz Seattle, WA
Turok 2 has some very obvious strengths: incredibly detailed envi- ronments and stunning animation for every creature. But the multi- player game just lacks a general sense of urgency that GoldenEye was able to capture. Still this is probably the pinnacle of good looks for the N64. Che Chou chespace@concentric.net
Bust A Groove
What we said:
“Excellent dancing animation and some great music...Lots of replay value as both a one-player game and a two-play- er game...Doesn’t have anywhere near the personality, fun or quirkiness of SCEN's rappin’ game (PaRappa)...If you liked PaRappa the Rapper, you're gonna like Bust A Groove...Great party game."
How we rated it:
8.0 3.0 8.0 8.0
What you said: Bust A Groove is an attempt by a classic RPG developer (Enix) to diversify its lineup while subscrib- ing to an unappealing trend in gam- ing, the reactive musical genre. While PaRappa was cute and appealing, the Grooovers are gross and appalling. The music isn't par- ticularly appealing either. As far as “gameplay,” find me some, show me it, and we'll talk. Christian Nutt kaoru@systorm.com
| agree with you guys. Even though this game doesn’t have the same charm that PaRappa did, it’s still grossly addicting and fun to play. Dan Pearson (Address Withheld)
| was really mad at Dan Hsu (Shoe) when he reviewed Bust A Groove. It’s a good game—not great, but it didn’t deserve the scores it got from Dan. For a clone of PaRappa
the Rapper, it was the best. Anyway, | did agree on everyone else’s scores. But 3.0? You went too low, Shoe. (Name Withheld) QBone22@aol.com
Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf
What we said:
“The lack of ‘classic’ golf game detail and the infusion of cool quick-play ele- ments is a nice change...Tiger Woods is nowhere near as slick and fun as Hot Shots Golf...Watching Dean play was about as exciting as watching weeds grow...The frame-rate stinks...The sim aspects of Tiger Woods are topnotch.”
How we rated it: 7.0 6.0 4.0 7.5 What you said: | was anticipating probably the great- est golf sim on the PS to date...EA has had three chances to get it right, and | know Tiger Woods actually plays video games or least he says he does, so without renting it first | purchased TW 99. I feel like I'd been robbed! This is the worst golf sim that EA has ever pro- duced, period! And what's worse, Tiger himself sounds a little touched (in that sweet kind of way) when he says, "Its in the hole!" The frame-rate is not accept- able, the music is not consistent with the golf theme, there aren't enough PGA players...overall this game sucks big time...if you know what | mean!
Barry Dillard zionwarrior_99@yahoo.com
Tomb Raider III What we said:
“It just doesn’t make a broad enough leap in graphics or gameplay to get
me overly excited about Lara’s third outing...The entire game suffers from little bugs, making me think it was rushed for the holidays...The new ana- log control system is weak...The vehi- cles are pretty cool and some of the stage layouts are пісе...! think it’s about time Lara retired.”
How we rated it: 7.0 7.5
What you said:
| must say that | am shocked and appalled at your review of Tomb Raider Ill. You give an average rat- ing of 7 to a game that deserves an 8 at least. (Editor's note: Since
5.5 7.5
when is "7" average? Not т this magazine...) Sure, it doesn't offer anything in the way of innovation, but neither did Crash 3, and you guys were all too eager to give that a nice 9.o. Your gripes with TR3 are predominantly focused on the “cheap deaths" and lack of a "save anywhere" feature, which in my book translate into "challenge." You see, back in the hardcore, old-school days of gam- ing, | died playing games all the time, and damnit, | liked it. Like a crack addiction, you Review Crew types have become complacent with the PS's easy-as-hell, cookie- cutter, sequel-based games library. Yeah, so the bugs really suck, as does the ending, but the levels are where TR3 shines, and this game certainly delivers.
(Мате Withheld)
ADSvp@aol.com
And the series takes a dive... Prime time to retire that bitch. Let's bring her back when we get our hands on the next-generation sys- tems though. Dante Biasatti db3db3@juno.com
God bless EGM and the Crew for risking the wrath of TR fanatics and all those dollars in Lara Croft ads in order to tell it like it is. And a big #$%! you to Eidos and Core for AGAIN tricking the Crew into reviewing a lackluster game weeks after it's been on the market. First Deathtrap Dungeon, then Ninja (ugh!), now they go and do it AGAIN with this rushed-to-market crap, which was obviously a futile attempt to beat Crash 3, MGS and Abe's Exoddus to the holiday rush. Eidos and Core should be ashamed, and fans of TR should just save their money for the aforementioned three games and renew their sub- scriptions to their favorite Nude Raider sites. Mike Vargas prossvar@earthlink.net
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МІ Characters in Multiplayer Mode - To unlock all the characters in multiplayer mode, enter the
password OMGTKKYB.
All Weapons -
For all weapons, enter the password
FATKNACKER.
Invincibility -
For God Mode enter the password
ASSMAN.
Level Select - D NES
Enter the password THEEARTHMOVED. Play as Gold Dural in Training Mode: At the Character Selection
Pen and Ink Mode - Screen press Start+X+A at the
Enter the password PLANEARIUM. same time.
Infinite Ammo - ۴
For unlimited ammo, enter the Godzilla
password FATTERKNACKER. Generations оет Note: This trick works on the Japanese version of the game and is subject lo change.
Nuno Marques Hidden Characters Kearny, NJ Play as Godzilla 15:
Play through the game as the basic
Win Games and Accessories for your Tricks!
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Godzilla to unlock him. Play as Godzilla USA: Play through the game as Godzilla 151.
Play as Minilla:
Play through the game as Godzilla USA.
PenPen Trilcelon Dreamcast
Mole: This trick works oa the Japanese version ol tbe game and is subject to change. Play as the Hidden Racer
Now you can play as Hanamizu! He becomes playable after you beat all
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tracks and earn all Silver medals. He's unbelievably fast and a little tricky to use.
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Hoops "99
Various Codes Enter the following codes at the Secret Codes Screen under the
ды. Secret Codes
Options Menu for various results: NOGGIN - Gives you Big Head Mode.
GHOST - Players become partially transparent. Z-WOOD - Secret Court TEAM-Z - Secret Team NOFANS - Remove bleachers and crowd. TRAILS - Transparent trails will follow the basketball. BUZZ - Disable the Shot Clock. THIRTY - Activate a 60-second game HOMIE - The referee calls fouls that favor the home team.
Miguel Contrevas
Hidalgo, TX
Hidden Pictures
Find the place in the Hyrule Castle courtyard where you meet Princess Zelda for the first time. To your left and right, there will be windows. Look (with Up-C) to the right window and you will see pictures of Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, Bowser and Princess Toadstool! Now, take aim with your slingshot and shoot at the window. A red rupee will pop out, and you can collect it for a gain of 20 rupees! If you take aim and shoot the window on the left, a guard will pop out, scold you and throw a bomb back at you!
Rotate CPU Cue Stick
While the CPU is taking a shot, press R to change to the overhead view. You can now rotate the CPU's stick to mess up its shot.
Codes, Codes and
More Codes
To use the following codes press Start to pause the game while playing. Enter the following C- buttons while it is paused.
Infinite life: Up-C, Up-C, Up-C, Up-C, Up-C, Right-C, Down-C, Right-C
Speed up spell: Left-C, Left-C, Right-C, Up-C, Right-C, Left-C, Down-C, Down-C
Frog spell (become a frog): Up-C, Right-C, Down-C, Right-C, Up-C, Left-C, Left-C, Up-C
Secret cheat: Down-C, Up-C, Right- C, Right-C, Down-C, Left-C, Right-C, Right-C
Call ball: Up-C, Left-C, Left-C, Up-C, Right-C, Left-C, Down-C, Up-C Checkpoints: Down-C, Down-C, Right-C, Left-C, Up-C, Up-C, Down-C, Left-C
Death spell: Up-C, Left-C, Left-C, Left-C, Left-C, Up-C, Right-C, Up-C Low gravity: Left-C, Left-C, Up-C, Left-C, Right-C, Up-C, Up-C, Up-C Shift camera to the left: Right-C, Down-C, Right-C, Down-C, Up-C, Up-C, Right-C, Left-C
Hercules spell (big Glover): Down-C, Down-C, Down-C, Left-C, Left-C, Down-C, Right-C, Left-C
Frog spell (turn people into frogs by pressing R): Down-C, Left-C, Down-C, Down-C, Left-C, Down-C, Up-C, Left-C
Open portals: Up-C, Right-C, Right- C, Down-C, Left-C, Down-C, Up-C, Right-C
Locate garibs: Left-C, Up-C, Right-C, Down-C, Left-C, Up-C, Left-C, Left-C
КІ cheats off: Down-C, Down-C, Down-C, Down-C, Down-C, Down-C, Down-C, Down-C
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Cheat Menu
At the Main Menu Screen, quickly press C-Left, C-Right, C-Left, C- Right, R, R. A Cheat Menu Option
—
will appear below the other menu items. Access this option to change the player types, sizes, checks and glass break percentage.
Cheat Menu
To access the Cheat Menu, access the Password Option from the Main Menu. On the Password Screen, enter the code Left, Up, Down-C, Left-C, Right- C, Up-C, Left-C, Down. A Cheat Menu will appear that will allow you to Choose your starting level, have unlimited continues and even play
as a monster!
Many Cheats
Infinite Lives Cheat: At the Passcodes Screen enter IGIVEUP.
Luke Gets A New Head Code: At the Passcodes Screen enter
PASSCODES
V
START OPTIONS.
SELECT YOUR CRAFT
THE AMTERGERTOR
HARDROCK. Then go back to the Main Screen and wait until the demo begins. Once it starts, press A to go back to the Main Screen. A man with a beard will be pasted on top of Luke's head!
Shark Codes
PlayStation:
BOMBERMAN WORLD
Infinite Time 80078bf84000 Infinite Lives 800710380009 800cdb700009
G. DARIUS Infinite Credits 800abd800003 Infinite Lives P1 800ba69e0003 Invincibility Pt 800ba6a200e2 Infinite Capture Balls P1 800bac2a0400 Max Missiles P1 800babd80502 Max Bombs РІ 800bac080202 Max Arms P1 800bac280402 Infinite Lives P2 800badaa0003 Invincibility P2 800badae00e2 Infinite Capture Balls P2800bb3360400 Max Missiles P2 800bb2e40502 Max Bombs P2 800bb3140202 Max Arms P2 800bb3340402
HARDBALL '99
Home Team Scores 0 300е3ее90000 Home Team Scores 50 300е3ее90032 300е3ее8 0000 300е3ее8 0032
Away Team Scores 0 Away Team Scores 50
METAL GEAR SOLID
Infinite Air 800aelac03e7 SOCOM Pistol And Ammo800b75320019 FAMAS Rifle And Ammo 800b75340065 Grenade 800b7536000c Nikita And Ammo 800675380004 Stinger And Ammo 800b753a0004 Claymore 800b753c0006 C4 800b753e0006 Stun Grenade 800b75400006 Chaff Grenade 800675420006 Р561 Rifle And Атто 800075440006 Ноте Team Score 0 8008fd5c0000 Away Team Score 0 8009116с0000 Home Team Score 255 8008fd5cOOff Away Team Score 255 — 800911bcOOff Home Team Baskets Worth 5 More 801200008009
801е00023с01
801600040822
801100060031
801100080002
801600021820
801е000е2400
801е00100005
801e00122442
80100140008
801е001603е0
801е001а2400
90081520001
800833е08000
40081520001
800b33e20c07
Fly the Millennium Falcon: At the Passcodes Screen enter FARMBOY
Fly the TIE Interceptor: At the Passcodes Screen enter TIEDUP. The TIE Interceptor is hidden behind the Millennium Falcon. After you have entered both the Millennium Falcon Cheat and the TIE Interceptor Cheat, go over to the Millennium Falcon then press Up on the Analog Stick. The camera will pan around to the TIE Interceptor!
All power-ups:
At the Passcodes Screen enter TOUGHGUY.
Music test:
At the Passcodes Screen enter MAESTRO.
View all cutscenes:
At the Passcodes Screen enter DIRECTOR.
Better radar:
At the Passcodes Screen enter RADAR.
View the credits:
At the Passcodes Screen enter CREDITS.
Access secret AT-ST Level:
At the Passcodes Screen enter CHICKEN.
Play on hard level:
At the Passcodes Screen enter ACE.
Rush 2 Extreme м Racing USA
All Cheats
At the Setup Screen, hold C-Up+C- Down+C-Left+C-Right+ L+R+Z. The Cheat Menu will appear. Then go into the Cheat Menu, highlight
CONE MINES CAR MINES BURNING WRECK | WITH. SMOKE
TRACK. ORIENTATION: 3 NORMAL,
SUPER SPEED INSIDE-OUT. CAR DAMAGE INVINGIBLE INVISIBLE CAR INVISIBLE TRACK
any cheat option and press L+R+Z+C-Up+C-Down+C-Left+C- Right repeatedly until each cheat becomes selectable.
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PSYBADEK Infinite Lives Have 999 Stars
800226986300 800b05e403e7
RESIDENT EVIL 2:
DUAL SHOCK
(CLAIRE)
Li+L2 Health Restore — d00ce2b40005 800cfd0600c8
Li*Triangle For Grenade Launcher d00ce2b40014
800d49f4ff09
L1+X For Grenade Launcher (Fire) d00ce2b40044
80044914 0а
Li*Square For Grenade Launcher (Acid) d00ce2b40084
800d49f4ffOb.
L2*Triangle For Bowgun d00ce2b40011 800d49f4ff0c
L2*Square For Spark Shot d00ce2b40081
800d49f4ff0e
R2+Triangle For Submachine Gun d00ce2b40012
800d49F4ff0F
R2+X For Rocket Launcher d00ce2b40042
80044914111
R2*Square For Gatling Gun d00ce2b40082 800d49f4ffl2 Infinite Health L2*X For Colt S.A.A. 80044914104 (LEON) Li+Triangle For Magnum 400се21с0014 800d4a3cff05
L1+X For Custom Magnum dOOce2fc0044
800d4a3cff06
Li+Square For Shotgun dO0ce2fc0084 800d4a3cff07.
L2+Triangle For Custom Shotgun 400се2іс001
800d4a3cff08
L2*Square For Submachine Gun d00ce2fc0081
800d4a3cffOF
R2+Triangle For Flamethrower 400се21с0012
80094а3с #10
R2*X For Rocket Launcher dOOce2fc0042
800d4a3cffil
R2*Square For Gatling Gun 400се21с0082.
800d4a3cff12
11412 Health Restore 400се2іс0005 800cfd4e00c8
800cfd0600c8 d00ce2b40041
Twisted Metal III +
More Tricks
These codes are to be entered at the Password screen:
Smart seekers - Triangle, Left, Down, Right, Up (Helps improve
PASSWORD 1)...
homing missiles.)
Seeking Rain Missiles - Up, Down, Up, Down, Up
Super Napalm - RI, RI, L1, L1, И
God Mode - L1, Square, X, R1, Start
CPU ignores health power-ups - Down, L1, Down, Start, Triangle
Unlimited Ammo - Triangle, Circle, Up, Right, Down Shaun Pierce West Milton, OH
DarkStalkers 3 +.
Secret Characters
Play as Male Shadow
At the Character Selection Screen, highlight the “?” box, press Select (five times), then press any button.
Play as Female (Marionette) Shadow
At the Character Selection Screen, highlight the "?" box, press Select (seven times), then press any button.
Play as Image Talbain
At the Character Selection Screen, highlight Gallon, hold Select
then press all three Punch or
Kick buttons.
Play as Oboro (Shin Bishamon) At the Character Selection Screen, highlight Bishamon, hold Select then press any button.
Tenchu: Stealth +. Assassins
Debug Menu
While playing the game, press the Start button. While the game is paused, hold L1+R2. While holding
L1 and R2 press Up, Triangle, Down, X, Left, Square, Right, Circle. Then, release L1 and R2, and then press L1, R1, L2, and R2. Now press Start and immediately press L2+R2 at the same time.
If you do this correctly, a blue screen will appear and many
options will be available like stage select, charged items, layout enemy, etc.
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Cool Asteroids Codes On the Title Screen when "Press Start" is flashing, press and hold
the Select button and press the following buttons in this order for the results as shown:
Unlock Classic Asteroids - Circle, Circle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle
Unlock the Fourth Ship - Triangle, Circle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Circle, Square
Level Select - Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle. Once you are in a game, you can change levels, zones
and turn the collision off by simultaneously pressing Select+Start and then choosing the option you want and pressing Li to activate that cheat.
Classic Asteroids Codes - The following codes will work once you pause in the middle of the classic
asteroids game.
Add One Life - Up, Down, Left, Right, Circle, Square, X, Triangle 99 Lives - Up, X, Down, Triangle, Left, Square, Right, Circle Invincibility - Down, Down, Up, Up, Circle, Square, Triangle, Triangle
Cheat Names Enter each cheat below as a name in Tournament Mode to get the
JOSHUA 56001
various results.
WONITALL - Access to every course OPEN EM - Access every boarder and board.
BIGHEADS - Get huge heads
More Cheats
Last month, we gave you some awesome cheats on Apocalypse. Here's even more to add to the list: AREA SELECT:
Pause the game, hold L1 and press Square, Circle, X.
INFINITE LIVES:
Pause the game, hold L1 and press Triangle, Circle, X, Square.
FILL HEALTH:
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ROGUE TRIP Enable Goliath Enable Alien Saucer Enable Helicopter Infinite Armor P1
301b39a80001 301b39ab0001 301b39ac0001 801d80b4014a
S.C.A.R.S.
Have All Cups/Tracks 801295d20001 801295d40001 801295d60001
Have All Challenges 801f58d60001 801f58d80001 801f58da0001 801f58dc0001
801295d00001
801f58d40001
SMALL SOLDIERS Infinite Ammo 8007bc462400
Infinite Lives
Infinite Lives
Nintendo 64:
DUAL HEROES Infinite Energy P1 8122671c00fa Infinite Energy P2 8122671e00fa Infinite Time 81226724003c
1 Win To Win РІ 802267150001
P1 Never Wins 802267150000 Lasers Never Overheat 81170b9842c8 Infinite Shield 8117008С42с8 Infinite Nitros 811706660003 811700620003
100 Points
801838330064
d007bc46a462
d0048a7aac62 800483722400
9022671с0000 9022671е0000 102267240000 002267150000
802267150001
FLYING DRAGON Infinite Health P1
No Health P1
Infinite Health P2
No Health P2
Infinite Special P1
No Special РІ
Infinite Special P2
No Special P2
8020b7b100c8 8020b7b10000 80206с0с00с8 8020bc0c0000 8120aeb40190 8120aeb40000 8120b1b00190 8120b1b00000
RUSH 2 Always Place Ist Extra Cars 810cldbcffff 810cldbeffff 810cldcOffff 8l0cldc2ffff 8l0cidc4ffff 810cldc6ffff 8l0cidcaffff 810cldcaffff 8tOctdccffff
801125890000
Pause the game, hold L1 and press X, Triangle, Circle. SKIP CHECK POINTS: Pause the game, hold L1 and press Triangle, Square, Circle, X. Jay Wade Rockford, IL
Alternate Music
To change the background music at the File Selection Screen, begin a new player and enter your name as ZELDA (capitals only).
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All Power-ups
Enter the password 5656 to start with all power-ups.
Passwords
Forest World
Area 1 - 7693
Area 2 - 3905
Area 3 - 2438
Area 4 - 8261
Area 5: Boss - 1893
Enter
Password
Ocean World
Area 1 - 2805
Area 2 - 9271
Area 3 - 1354
Area 4 - 4915
Area 5: Boss - 8649
Wind World
Area 1 - 0238
Area 2 - 5943 Area 3 - 6045 Area 4 - 2850 Area 5 Boss - 8146
Cloud World
Area 1 - 9156
Area 2 - 2715
Area 3 - 4707
Area 4 - 7046
Area 5: Boss - 0687
Evil World
Area 1 - 3725
Area 2 - 0157
Area 3 - 5826
Area 4 - 9587
Area 5: Boss - 3752
Toys Gadgets Electronics Accessories New Media
Cool stuff you could probably live without, but shouldn't
Kick-Ass Stereo, MD...And CD!
Kick jams in style with the from
Aiwa. This little unit features both a CD player and a MD
player/recorder for making your own custom mixes.
The fold-down front panel reveals an array of buttons and knobs for easy editing and control. In addition, the unit has a digital AM/FM tuner for radio-heads. Price: Around $500
Eee www.aiwa.com
Pika Up This DVD
Follow Ash and Pikachu as they begin their Pokémon journey in
from Viz/ Pioneer. This volume contains three episodes of the TV series based on the popular Game Boy title. This DVD has both awesome sound and an incredi- ble picture. More volumes are scheduled for March. Price: Around $25 www.viz.com
Home Theater On Your Mind
Sony’s
is best described as the world’s smallest home theater package. In addition to having a simply beautiful sound, the light- weight headphones and base unit make for a completely wire- less audio experience. Multiple headphone sets work with the infrared heart of the setup as well. Sure, the price is a little high but it’s a small amount to pay for such advanced technolo- gy. Look for them in March. Price: Around $500 www.sel.sony.com
DVD Release List ao: 01/13/99
February Time Bandits: Spec.Ed Broken Arrow Mighty Aphrodite
1941: Special Edition Twilight Zone #6 Cartoons That Time Forgot Platoon (DTS)
Antarctica: IMAX Twilight Zone #7 Die Hard Poseidon Adventure
City Slickers Twilight Zone #8 Die Hard 2 Romeo Is Bleeding
Crooklyn Vampyros Lesbos Die Hard 3: With A Vengeance Rush Hour
Double Impact Die Hard Triple Pack Shawshank Redemption: Spec.Ed Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp March Friday Speed 2: Cruise Control
Escape From New York A Fish Called Wanda Halloween: H20 The Nutty Professor
Nosferatu The Vampire Apollo 13 (DTS) Heathers Volcano
Ronin: Special Edition Batteries Not Included Iron Eagle 4: On The Attack Waterboy
Snake Eyes Black Hole Jackie Chan's First Strike
Sounds Like Capcom
Viz Music has been releasing soundtracks to popular video games and anime series for a little while now. Its latest releases, soundtracks for Resident Evil 2 and Night Warriors are now available. Both CDs are a must-have for any hardcore gamer or anime otaku. Price: Around $17 each
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Sorry...Can't Get Some!
OK, maybe we're somewhat sadistic for even showing this to you N64 fanatics out there, but the Nintendo 64 Gold Edition is simply too cool not to show. Why are we sadistic? Chances are you will never be able to lay your hands on this item since it's a Toys 'R' Us exclusive...in Japan! The gold system works like апу other N64 s made by Nintendo. 01
Special Edition (much like the Extreme Green or Atomic Purple versions a ble here).
Price: Y 12,800...or $114 U.S. dollars
Web site: n/a
Spinnin' The Wax
If you've ever seriously pondere: becoming a DJ, then take a lo t the turntable considered the standard in professional DJ circles—the SL- 1200MK3D quartz synthesizer direct drive turntable from Technics. And believe it or not, it's the turntable's 25th anniversary. Now that's what
we call a long shelf-life!
Price: Around $650 www.panasonic.com
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