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Gameboy Advance Console World Charts Issue 1
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Gameboy Advance Console World Charts for March 26 - June 30, 2001
Issue Number 1, Released July 1st, 2001
- Staff! - Dropcom & ennay
Featuring Guest Commentary by: WayneKerr
.- Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------.
Yes, you're not dreaming, Console World is back! For those who don't know,
Console World were the premiere charts for the console scene during the
16bit era.
Time for scene history 101, Fallen Angel started these charts as a response
to the biased scene charts released by Toyax/RMK back in 1993 (Damn its
been 8 years already?!) and it was continued on by Dragon Avenger & Night
Assassin until December 1995. It was quite a success, and with the help of
Elitendo, 2 issues in SMC format were made.
We've always felt that Console World helped contribute to the 16bit scene
by keeping a small history of things that went on. And now that the GBA
has been released, the things which made the 16bit scene so great are
beginning to appear.
Now before you cry plagiarism, we've gotten full blessing from the original
authors of Console World. The point system is based on Rotox & WayneKerr's
GBC Scene Charts with a few modifications here and there. And YES, they've
given us full permission to use their format.
Another interesting feature of the Console World charts was the guest
commentary from people who contributed to the scene (Fservs and emu lamers
and webwarez NOT included). We will definitely include this in our issues.
Enough jibber jabber, let the charts BEGIN!
- ennay
RULES & POINTS
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-1 Point - DUPE: Released a game, but only after another group already beat
you? -1 point then.
DUPE TRAINER: A Late Trainer with the same or less options.
BROKEN: If you release a game/trainer/crack that doesn't work,
-1 time!
+0 Points - BETA: Beta releases are cool to check out, but they are not
the real deal. No points are given or taken for these.
TERRITORY DUPE: If a game is released in Europe first and
contains English, then a following USA release is considered
a territory dupe. If a game is released in the USA first,
and it releases later in Europe with no additional languages,
it is also considered a territory dupe. Games that have
additional game features/levels/etc. added are void from
territory dupe rules. Only Roms that contain differences
when file compared fit into the territory dupe category,
if a Rom is the exact same in 2 territories, it fits into
the -1 dupe category. Territory dupes receive 0 points.
FIX: A non-protection related fix for a released game gets 0
points.
+1 Point - TRAINER: Any selectable trainer including a menu receives
1 point.
MULTI: A European Multi Language release of a previously
available US title.
FOREIGN: A German/French/Spanish/Etc. release of a
previously available English title.
TOOL: A tool for the PC that is useful for Gameboy
Advance purposes gets 1 point.
EEPROM FIX: A fix for games containing EEPROM saves, to
allow the game to run without EEPROM saving on the
current GBA copiers. These get 1 point for now, they
will get 0 once flash-carts featuring EEPROM saving
become more mainstream.
+2 Points - AVERAGE JAPANESE: An average Japanese game. Most RPGS,
Mahjong titles, Slot games, Sims, Adventures, etc. will be
put into this category. These receive 2 points.
FOREIGN WORLD FIRST: If a German/French/Spanish/Etc. game
is out before the English version, it gets 2 points.
CRACK: A crack for a protected/non-working game gets you 2
points.
+3 Points - ENGLISH WORLD FIRST: The first release of a game in English.
This is generally the first release of the game available,
either in Europe or the USA. These receive 3 points.
QUALITY JAPANESE: A quality Japanese title that is either
highly awaited or playable will receive 3 points. Generally
games from major companies due out for release later
in English will fit into this category. Most action games,
fighting games, etc. will also fall under this category.
TRANSLATION: Translating a non-English game to English =
3 points. The points reflect the major amount of work this
requires!
+4 Points - MAJOR: Usually the best/most-anticipated game of the month.
.- Charts for the Month of June 2001 --------------------------------------.
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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April 09 F-Zero Advance +4 Trainer - Nintendo JPN/IPS +1 SCENE 1ST
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Total Points - 01
Comments:
Dropcom:
Anthrox came out with the 1st trainer on the GBA. Great work! It takes
a lot of work to do something original on a brand new console. It's
too bad that there is a lack of trainers after the first 2 released
by Anthrox & Capital.
ennay:
Anthrox brings the world's first GBA trainer. It's great to see this 16bit
group back, but can we expect more from Pan?
WayneKerr:
Anthrox make a welcome return to the console scene with the 1st (released)
trainer for GBA - Pan even managed to wake up TWK long enough to code a
little menu too, whatever next? :)
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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April 13 Mr. Driller 2 - Namco JPN/32 +3
ChuChu Rocket - Sega JPN/32 +3
Castlevania Circle of The Moon - Konami JPN/64 +3
Advance GTA - MTO Inc. JPN/64 +2
Wai Wai Racing - Konami JPN/32 +2
April 14 Super Dodgeball Advance - Atlus JPN/32 +2
Pinobee Quest of Heart - Hudson JPN/64 +2
Powerful Pro Baseball 3 - Konami JPN/64 +2
Napoleon - Nintendo JPN/64 +2
Top Gear All Japan GT Champ. - Kemco JPN/32 +2
April 15 Fire Pro Wrestling A - Spike JPN/64 +3
Tweety & The Magical Jewel - Kemco JPN/32 +2
Golf Master - Konami JPN/64 +2
April 16 Castlevania COTM +4 Trainer - Konami JPN/IPS +1
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Total Points - 31
Comments:
Dropcom:
Capital did an amazing job in April. They got many of the best Japanese
launch titles. Personally, I loved Castlevania and ChuChu Rocket. Their
release of ChuChu Rocket was fully Multi-Language too! Capital also
brought us the 2nd trainer on the GBA, sporting a really impressive
trainer menu by WayneKerr. They went silent after April, but I'm sure
that these guys will be back before we know it.
ennay:
The overall friendly group in the scene kicked some major ass with a lot of
the major Japanese titles. Following in the footsteps of Anthrox, they also
bring you a much needed trainer for Castlevania. If you follow the GBC
scene at all, you can pretty much expect Capital to bring you quality
trainers and much fixes in the future.
WayneKerr:
Well, I don't like to toot my own horn (it hurts my back), but CPL had a
good start to the GBA scene with most of the major Japanese launch titles
getting dumped - pity we haven't released a single thing in over 2 months
since, but hey, it's summer...
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.----\/----|/----------------------\ /------ Cezar ------------------------
Date Game Name / Company \/ Info Pts N o t e s
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June 14 Konami Krazy Racers - Konami EUR/32 +0 TERR. DUPE
June 18 Rayman Advance - Ubisoft USA/64 +4 FINAL
Castlevania Circle of The Moon - Konami USA/32 +0 TERR. DUPE
June 22 Super Mario Advance - Nintendo EUR/32 +0 TERR. DUPE
Rayman Advance - Ubisoft EUR/64 +0 TERR. DUPE
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Total Points - 04
Comments:
Dropcom:
Cezar brought us several territorial dupes that had no visible differences
in them. The only legit release from them is Rayman Advance.
The release of this game was quite confusing. The original Rom released
by Menace was a European beta. Cezar later released the USA Final, which
was the first Final version of the Rom out. About a week later, Cezar
also released the Euro Final, which is considered a Territory Dupe after
the USA release.
ennay:
Cezar manages to release plenty of territorial dupes, and I expect the same
from these guys in the future. I guess there are plenty of people who there
who care more about collecting roms than playing the game itself.
WayneKerr:
Releases for "rom-collectors" I guess, but it was nice to get the store
final of Rayman finally - smacked hands for Menace and their beta-warez...
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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March 31 Rockman EXE - Capcom JPN/64 +2
Kuru Kuru Kururin - Nintendo JPN/32 +2
May 18 Super Mario Advance - Nintendo USA/32 +4
May 25 Final Fight One - Capcom JPN/32 +3
Bomberman Story - Hudson JPN/32 +3
May 30 Iridion 3D - Majesco USA/32 +3
June 04 Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 - Midway USA/32 +3
Pinobee Wings of Adventure - Activision USA/64 +3
June 06 Castlevania Circle of The Moon - Konami EUR/64 +4
June 08 Army Men Advance - 3DO USA/32 +3
June 20 Tactics Ogre Knight of Lodis - Nintendo JPN/64 +2
June 23 Tweety & The Magic Gems - Kemco EUR/32 +3
June 27 Yushun Rhapsody - Capcom JPN/64 +2
Choro Q Advance - Takara JPN/32 +2
June 28 Toy Robot Force - Global A Entertainment JPN/64 +2
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Total Points - 41
Comments:
Dropcom:
Eurasia currently maintains the #1 position on the Gameboy Advance!
Eurasia was one of the first groups to receive their backup units,
which explains them being able to release many of the American games
that were out on storeshelves prior to the American launch of the GBA.
In May, Eurasia brought us 2 very nice Japanese titles in Final Fight One
and Bomberman Story. In June, Eurasia released every single Japanese
title that was released on the Gameboy Advance. They have had a very
strong performance on Japanese titles on all consoles this year - Not
just GBA. It does not seem like it will stop either.
ennay:
Great work to the folks in Eurasia. These guys manage to score plenty of
the playable Japanese stuff as well as some major US titles. This group
has proven themselves in the Dreamcast scene and I'm sure they'll do fine
in the GBA one. Greets to Fredro, loaded and Zigor.
WayneKerr:
Eurasia 0wn Japan, plain and simple. Lots of nice Jap titles, especially
Final Fight One, and also a couple of quality USA/EUR launch titles thrown
in for good measure. I suspect the .jp domination to continue, but can
Eurasia continue to get USA/EUR titles now that other groups have backup
units? Only time will tell...
_______ -poyZ!
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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March 26 Super Mario Advance - Nintendo JPN/32 +3 SCENE 1ST
F-Zero Advance - Nintendo JPN/32 +3 SCENE 1ST
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Total Points - 06
Comments:
Dropcom:
To many people's surprise, the first GBA releases were dumped independently.
They were dumped first by a well known Asian website (www.billyjr.com)
ennay:
The first ever GBA releases. Nuff said.
WayneKerr:
The first dumps, and F-Zero really impressed me with it's SNES-like speed
and playability - a great start to the GBA's life :)
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/ _/ _ /_/_ // _/____/_/___lIGHTfORCE'
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___\ _____\__\____\ ____________\------------ Lightforce -------------------
Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 15 Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 - Midway EUR/32 +1 MULTI
June 25 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - Activision GER/64 +1 FOREIGN
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Total Points - 02
Comments:
Dropcom:
Not very much to comment on. Lightforce's releases explain themselves.
They did not manage to scoop up the European originals, so they ended up
releasing Multi/Foreign versions of games that were previously out in
English. It is nice that they made no errors with their releases, many
other groups made slight mistakes; which are to be expected at the start
of the scene.
ennay:
Lightforce provides some GBA titles geared towards the Europeans, its all
good as long as there's people willing to check them out.
WayneKerr:
Nice guys in Lightforce, but not high quality releases from them in some
time now :( One euro multi and one german-only title doesn't exactly strike
fear into the hearts of other groups - here's hoping they get their act
together soon.
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 06 Rayman Advance - Ubisoft EUR/64 +0 BETA
Konami Krazy Racers - Konami USA/64 +3
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Total Points - 03
Comments:
Dropcom:
Menace put out 2 games in June. I was pretty surprised that they did not
get involved on the GBA earlier. They were one of the dominant groups
on the Gameboy Color. However, they have been pretty inactive on the GBC
throughout 2001. One thing that I found surprising was that Menace and
Eurasia kept claiming that their releases were pre-releases in their
NFO files. In reality, all of the games that these 2 groups called
pre-releases were available in shops besides Super Mario Advance from EUR.
Not a huge deal anyway. It seems that Rayman Advance did come from a
pre-release source, as it was a beta version. Hopefully Menace can
pickup things and show us the same performance that they displayed back
on the Gameboy Color.
ennay:
One of my all time favourite GBC groups, Menace comes to the GBA scene with
two pretty decent releases. I personally don't mind betas, as I feel its
pretty interesting to check out. Greets to rza & optic freeze. Miss ya!
WayneKerr:
The GBC all-time dominators brought us two titles this month, I'm surprised
they didn't get in on all the Jap launch-title action but they at least
scored a nice release with Konami's Mario-Kart clone Wai-Wai Racing. Pity
Rayman turned out to be a beta, but fingers crossed Menace return with more
GBA releases soon.
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 26 F-Zero Maximum Velocity - Nintendo EUR/32 -1 DUPE
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Total Points - -1
Comments:
Dropcom:
This release is a 100% dupe of the Mode7 USA release. There are no
differences to qualify it as a Territorial Dupe.
ennay:
These guys don't deserve a comment. Other than their FZero was a byte for
byte duplicate of Mode7's release.
WayneKerr:
Nothing to see here, move along...
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 08 Earthworm Jim - Majesco USA/64 +3
Pitfall The Mayan Adventure - Majesco USA/32 +3
Super Dodgeball Advance - Atlus USA/64 +3
F-Zero Maximum Velocity - Nintendo USA/32 +3
Fire Pro Wrestling - BAM Entertainment USA/64 +3
June 21 Kuru Kuru Kururin - Nintendo EUR/32 +3
Top Gear GT Championship - Kemco EUR/32 +3
June 29 Hot Potato - BAM Entertainment USA/32 +3
June 30 Bomberman Tournament - Activision USA/32 +3
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Total Points - 27
Comments:
Dropcom:
Mode7 dominated the month of June in Europe & America. Once everyone had
their copiers, the scene started to become about supply speed. This is
where Mode 7 excelled. After the release of the Flash Advance, Mode7
scooped up nearly all English originals. Their early release of Bomberman
Tournament was a great way to close off the month as well. I've been
waiting for this one.
ennay:
June was a great start for this new group in the GBA scene. You can tell
a lot from a group by analyzing their NFO file, especially in their greets
section. :)
WayneKerr:
A new group come to handheld to (apparently) dominate the USA & European
releases - nice to see some fresh blood, with only a couple of oversize
dumps early on tarnishing an otherwise impressive beginning. Let's hope
this kicks some established handheld groups into action :)
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 12 Super Mario Advance Crack - Nintendo USA/IPS +1 EEPROM FIX
Super Mario Advance Crack - Nintendo JPN/IPS +1 EEPROM FIX
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Total Points - 02
Comments:
Dropcom:
NBC brought us some nice patches. These allow Mario Advance to play on
emulators and copiers that do not have an EEPROM Saving feature. Good job.
ennay:
Much needed Save fixes from NBC. Great work guys, but where's the one for
Tony Hawk?
WayneKerr:
A nice piece of work from NBC - something the scene had been waiting for...
I'm surprised they haven't released any further fixes, or that some other
group hasn't file-compared and created similar patches themselves! Seems
everyone on the GBA is lazy - not a good sign only a few months into the
new scene...
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`-- l_____|\_____/____|-rtx!l_____| ------'-- Rapid Fire -------------------
Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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April 15 Winning Post - Koei JPN/32 +2
Silent Hill Play Novel - Konami JPN/64 +2
April 16 Dungeondice Monsters - Konami JPN/64 +2
I Am An Air Traffic Controller - TAM JPN/64 +2
J-League Pocket - Konami JPN/64 +2
Monster Guardians - Konami JPN/64 +2
Momotaro Festival - Hudson JPN/32 +2
June 13 Flash Advance Lockup Fixes - Various ALL/IPS +0 FIX
June 18 Very Leet Filesize Fixer - RPF WIN/TOOL +1 TOOL
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Total Points - 15
Comments:
Dropcom:
RPF brought us many mediocre Japanese titles. The only one that stands out
in this bunch is J-League Pocket. That's the only Soccer game on the GBA
currently. The Filesize Fixer is a remedy for end-users so they do not
have to waste time downloading dupe releases that are re-sized.
ennay:
Rapid Fire brings you most of the unplayable Japanese stuff for the GBA.
The Very Leet Filesize Fixer is a simple tool that eliminates the need for
resize lame repacks that other groups seem to take credit for.
WayneKerr:
Rapid Fire released all the japcrap that certain other groups would be
proud to put out :) And the filesize fixer was a nice tool, if only to
stop the unfeasably lame resized repacks being spread by certain gimps.
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 07 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - Activision USA/128 -1 BROKEN
GT Advance Championship Racing - THQ USA/64 +3
Namco Museum Advanced - Namco USA/32 +3
ChuChu Rocket - Sega USA/32 +3
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Total Points - 08
Comments:
Dropcom:
TC had a great day on June 7th. They received their Flash Advance unit
before any of the other groups, so obviously they ran out to the shops
and grabbed some of the games that were sitting there unreleased. Tony
Hawk's Pro Skater 2 ended up being oversized due to a bug in the
Flash Advance software. 128Mbit Roms are not usable for anyone right now,
so this release is considered Broken.
ennay:
Some pretty major releases from the original N64 release group. They had a
kickass day on June 7th, but went silent after that. I'm sure these guys
will be around more often in the future.
WayneKerr:
I must admit to being very surprised when I saw these nice releases from TC,
it's just a shame they screwed the major one up... but credit to them for
getting their grubby mitts on Namco Museum and Chu-Chu which are both decent
titles.
.-fRG!
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Date Game Name / Company Info Pts N o t e s
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June 07 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - Activision USA/64 +4 PROPER DUMP
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Total Points - 04
Comments:
Dropcom:
Total Crap brings us the resized/working version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
2. This is a legit release because the original Corporation Rom was too
big to work on any copier, thus it was considered broken.
ennay:
Total Crap brings the fixed dump of Tony Hawk Pro Skater, probably one of
the best launch titles on the GBA.
WayneKerr:
I guess someone had to do it :)
.- Group Totals & Summary -------------------------------------------------.
Rank Group Points All Time Points
1. Eurasia 41 41
2. Capital 31 31
3. Mode7 27 27
4. Rapid Fire 15 15
5. The Corporation 08 08
6. Independent 06 06
7. Cezar 04 04
8. Total Crap 04 04
9. Menace 03 03
10.a Lightforce 02 02
10.b Nintendo Backup Crew 02 02
11. Anthrox 01 01
12. Milkmen -1 -1
The number one group at the present moment is EURASIA. Good work!
.- Conclusion -------------------------------------------------------------.
The Gameboy Advance scene had been really slow throughout the months of
March, April, and May. The reason being that almost noone had a copier,
and the console had only launched in Japan. June brought a real explosion
for the GBA scene. We got the launch of the American and European system,
and the 1st copier - All in the span of 30 days.
At the beginning of the scene, we saw 2 Roms dumped independently, and
said wow. These were dumped nearly right after the release of the
Gameboy Advance in Japan. Over the next couple weeks, things were very
slow. That's where Capital & Anthrox came in. Capital dumped the whole
Japanese line-up of games that was not dumped independently within the
span of a few days. Anthrox released the 1st trainer, and Capital
followed with the 2nd one. Rapid Fire managed to "steal" Roms from
Capital. It was a very exciting bunch of days. Following them, came
yet another drought.
Towards the end of May, things picked up again when Eurasia started
dumping games. They gave us many nice releases like Final Fight One,
Super Mario Advance, and Bomberman Story. At the beginning of
June, Eurasia started dumping the games that were trickling onto
USA storeshelves prior to the launch of the system. A few days later,
most of the scene had their Flash Advance copiers in their hands.
The scene was completely changed. It was now about speed of the supply
rather than who can dump the games. Mode 7 and The Corporation entered
the scene at this point. The Corporation released 3 games on one day.
The following day, Mode 7 released 5 games. For the rest of the month,
the scene was very competitive. Mode 7 managed to dominate the English
releases, and Eurasia won every single Japanese game.
While the major players were at work releasing original games and
contributing to the scene, there was also 2 groups that did nothing but
release dupes, un-selectable trainers, and patches that patched the
exact same bytes for dozens of games. Most people know who these groups
are, and they will not be mentioned in Console World unless they can
provide the scene with useful and original releases.
Overall, it has been a great start for the Gameboy Advance, and the
system already has several impressive titles. Many people refer to
the console as a portable SNES, and make comparisions between the
GBA scene and the SNES scene. Although the scene has not been
that amazing yet, I would expect it to pick up as soon as the
amount of games being released picks up. See you in next month's
edition!
-- Dropcom
.- Greetings & What We're Playing Currently -------------------------------.
Dropcom - Currently Playing:
- NBA Street / PS2 - The best arcade basketball game, period. EA BIG rocks.
- Twisted Metal: Black / PS2 - An amazing sequel on the PS2. 60fps mayhem.
- Paper Mario / N64 - Although kind of kiddie, it's still a load of fun.
- ChuChu Rocket / GBA - The great puzzler finally makes it to a handheld.
Greets to : Noone, you all suck.
ennay - Currently Playing:
- Castlevania COTM / GBA - Currently in Thief mode, 98.7% completed map.
- Mosquito Ka! / PS2 - Totally kickass and fun Mosquito simulation!
- Final Fantasy Chronicles - 16bit Squaresoft classics on the PSX.
Greets to : Anyone who remember's the old Console World issues, and anyone
who is reading this right now. Congratulations for scrolling
all the way down.
WayneKerr - Currently Playing:
- Kuru Kuru Kururin / GBA - Simply the best game on any platform for months!
- Winning Eleven 5 / PS2 - Football as it should be (except in Japanese).
Greets to : Those who love me (Hi Mom!), those who hate me (Hi everyone
else!), and those who couldn't care less...
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