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| ISSUE 46 |
| An Innovative Creations production April 25 - May 18, 1994 |
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| Part 5 of our Ultimate Mortal Kombat II guide |
| Project TNT: But wait, there's more! |
| Email contest: can you come up with somethng better? |
| NEWS: Sega + MGM, Atari 3rd party games to come |
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Ace's Angles
What Amtrak is really like, and more information
Email Contest
mario@italian.stereotype.nintendo.com? You can do better!
Project TNT update
_THE_ source of Summer CES info!
The NEWS
Sega and MGM team up, Atari releases new 3rd party titles list
Ultimate Mortal Kombat II Guide, part 5
Chess: Zen and the art of character selection
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You never really know how big this country is until you travel it via the
trains. Hi gang, it's Ace back again for another episode of Ace's Angles.
Amtrak is a great way to relax, play some Game Boy [my Lynx was packed by
accident] and think about how good things are with the magazine. Issue 46,
the CES coming up... and no issues for a month.
Wait, a month?! Yep, sorry about the delay but we are BACK and BETTER than
ever. And wait until issue 50! Can you say, Front End?
But enough about that, lets get to the rumors!
Mortal Kombat II for the Super NES? Yes, that's a given. But without the
blood? HELL NO! With Williams' new deal with Nintendo [see NEWS, below]
rumor has it that there will be no stopping the pit this time. NOA the
upcoming rating system will be in place by the time it's released. We have
heard conflicting reports: August and October 15th have both been given as THE
day.
Street Fighter for the Jag? Could it be? YES. Super Street Fighter II
Turbo should hit the Jag first, even before the Super NES. And here's why:
Capcom has got to be unhappy with NOA's deal with Williams. Capcom has never
been happy with their games on the Genesis. So.. JAGUAR TIME!
Well, got deadlines to meet. Cya's at Blockbuster's World Game Tourney!
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version. Jaguar press release and video tape information was discussed far in
advance of the system's first official press conference. Gamers received
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on the show floor, even though the major magazines waited months to say the
exact same things RTU said.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Sega of America Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Inc. will jointly create video games, movies and television programs.
The companies said the new products would be based on original ideas -- a
first for such a collaboration. But Sega and MGM said they also may decide to
develop games based on upcoming movie releases.
MGM and Sega will invest undisclosed amounts in the venture, which was
announced on Wednesday.
"Clearly this deal allows us to blend the strengths of both companies,"
said Alan Cole-Ford, MGM's executive vice president for strategy and
development.
The deal blends the studio's expertise in developing and writing stories and
access to acting talent with Sega's technical and game-playing know how, he
said.
Sega and MGM said they would immediately start work on titles for Sega
compact disk, its Genesis 32-bit cartridge player and still-in-the-works
Saturn CD player.
The CD games would feature real actors, whose recorded actions would respond
to players' commands.
"We've believed the melding of live-action video and computer technology as
a great means of delivering a cinematic experience on an inexpensive home game
system for some time," said Tom Kalinske, president and chief executive
officer of Sega of America.
The deal is not the first involving a video game company and a film studio.
But it is the first in which such companies will collaborate from an idea to
completed product.
Sega, part of Sega Enterprises Ltd. of Japan, has worked with several
studios, including Walt Disney Co., which helped develop Sega's hit
"Aladdin" game, which was based on the movie.
Also on Tuesday, Warner Bros. and Acclaim Entertainment Inc. reached an
agreement to make video game versions of the upcoming movie "Batman
Forever."
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (GMJ) -- Atari has furnished us with a list of companies
and the games they are working on for the Jaguar. The list is unedited to
show "holes" in the list as it was given to us (Atari could not give us a
complete list, but they could tell us the incomplete parts.)
Do not call these companies as most customer service reps will not have info
on these games. Stay tuned to GMJ, your Jaguar information source.
THIRD PARTY CHECKLIST
PUBLISHER DEVELOPER TITLE (- CD title) IN STORE
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All Systems Go All Systems Go Hosenose and Booger 4th Qtr 94
All Systems Go All Systems Go -BIOS Fear 4th Qtr 94
Anco Software Ltd Anco Software Ltd Kickoff 3/World Cup July
Beyond Games Inc Beyond Games Inc BattleWheels December
Beyond Games Inc Beyond Games Inc Ultra Vortex September
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DTMC DTMC Lester the Unlikely -N/A-
Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Graphics Zool 2 October
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Ocean Krisalis Software Soccer Kid June
-N/A- Loriciel S.A. Extreme Skiing/Snwbord -N/A-
__________ __ ___________ __ _______ ____ _____
-N/A- Microids Commando December
-N/A- Microids -Evidence 1995
MidNite Ent. Inc MidNite Ent. Inc Air Cars October
MidNite Ent. Inc MidNite Ent. Inc Dungeon Depths October
MidNite Ent. Inc MidNite Ent. Inc Assault 1st Qtr 95
Telegames Millenium/Teque Brutal Sports Football July
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Ocean Software Ltd Ocean Software Ltd Ape Sh_t (WT) December
Ocean Software Ltd Ocean Software Ltd -Lobo 1995
Ocean Software Ltd Ocean Software Ltd Theme Park 3rd Qtr 94
Ocean Software Ltd Ocean Software Ltd Syndicate 3rd Qtr 94
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-N/A- Photosurealism Galactic Gladiators 4th Qtr 94
PIXIS Interactive PIXIS Interactive -Neurodancer -N/A-
-N/A- Virtual Xperience Zzyorxx II July
-N/A- Virtual Xperience Indiana Jag July
-N/A- Silmarils -Robinson's Requiem September
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Telegames Telegames Ultimate Brain Games September
Telegames Tradewest Double Dragon V July
Telegames Tradewest Troy Aiken NFL Ftball July
Trimark Interactive Trimark Interactive White Men Can't Jump October
U.S. Gold Ltd. Tietex/Delphine Flashback July
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21st Century 21st Century Pinball Dreams September
Virgin UK Argonaut Creature Shock ____
V-Reel V-Reel Horrorscope ____
V-Reel V-Reel Arena Football ____
Readysoft Readysoft Dragon's Lair ____
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Ultimate Mortal Kombat II guide, part 6
"Chess", or choosing your character
One of the most overlooked parts of Mortal Kombat is character selection.
What character you pick -- and when you pick it -- is almost as important
as knowing when to uppercut or to throw a fireball.
First, answer a few simple questions. Who are you good with? Who are your
three best and worst characters? Can you compete using any of the 12
characters?
Figure out what match-up you DO NOT want for each character, and which one is
IDEAL for each character you'll play. You should learn several characters so
you do not get trapped into a match-up you can't win. Learn your strengths
and weaknesses so you know what is coming at all times.
Find your strong character and choose him or her often. But don't be obvious:
play _The Game_. The Game is the 15 second period before the fighting starts
where the two players choose characters. Learn the count -- the length of
time between you press START and your character is chosen automatically by the
computer -- and use it to your advantage. Learning the count will allow you
to get the match-up YOU want, not one your foe wants.
For instance: Lets say that you are good at Raiden. You want to be Raiden,
unless your foe is Liu Kang, because Raiden vs. Liu is suicide for the Thunder
God. So, you want to be Scorpion if he's Liu.
OUTCOME #1:
When you press start you are on Liu Kang, and your foe is on Reptile. He
moves over to Liu Kang, you move to Scorpion and press block (or any other
button) to choose him. Then HE moves to Jax, someone you aren't good against,
chooses him and proceeds to trash you. What happened?
Well, this is a common mistake. NEVER PICK YOUR GUY/GAL FIRST. EVER. This
is how you lose. Selecting the character first puts you at the mercy of your
opponent, allowing him to pick his best character against the one you have
chosen.
OUTCOME #2:
Instead of moving to Liu he moves to Shang Tsung. You think "Cool!" and go
over to Raiden, and because you have learned from your mistake from #1, you
wait. He doesn't want that match-up, so he moves to Liu. You move to Scorp.
He goes to Jax. Time runs out, ou get thrashed. ACK!
You moved to your character-of-choice too soon! This gets you in a game of
"tag", where you pick a guy, then I do, then you move, then I do, and so on.
This is avoided by waiting until time is about to run out, then move to your
guy.
OUTCOME #3:
You wait 12 out of the 15 seconds and then move to Raiden. You have your foe
trapped on a wierd (to him) character, and thrash him throughly!
Congrats - you have learned The Game. Most people call this Chess... because
it's all a mind game.
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Anthony Shubert "Ace" Publisher / EIC
Lives in Quincy, MA
Loves Virtua Fighter
Dislikes flames
Reny Falzarano "Da Phunky Home Systems Editor
Pheel One" Lives in Massachusettes
Loves Disney's Aladdin and Super SF2
Dislikes deadlines
Learns from his high school
CJ Mushala "Instigator" Home Systems Editor
Lives in Massachusettes
Loves his Sega CD
Dislikes deadlines
Learns from his high school, too
Tanya N. Kutasz "Arkady" Future Wave Editor
Lives in Pasedena, California
Loves netDOOM
Dislikes travelling to Southern Cal and back
Learns from Caltech
David Rubin "Cue" Contributing Editor
Lives in Manhattan, New York
Loves the Jaguar and ALL new games
Dislikes deadlines and UNIX
Learns from his high school, three
Sharon Birdsall "Shez" Spokesperson / Gamer
Lives in South Carver, Massachusettes
Loves her Game Boy
Dislikes road trips
"Learned all I needed a while ago!"
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| ISSUE OF... * Blockbuster World Game Championship update |
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Producer: Anthony Shubert Online Layout Editor: Anthony Shubert
Head Writing Staff: Contributors:
HOME SYSTEMS Reny Falzarano Mr. Sims, the Pepperidge Farmer,
HEAD REVIEWERS CJ Mushala Mr. Mojo Risin', Aquarius,
FUTURE WAVE Tanya Kutasz Eli, Sai-Blade, Matrix, Shez
CONTRIBUTING ED David Rubin
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