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The best news from the best vid-gaming sites
-- Feb. 6, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 56 ;) :) :D --
written by OtakuBoy - " ^____^ "
Contibutor: TANSU
Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515
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OtakuBoy loves you. OtakuBoy cares. That's why OtakuBoy
unleashes his virtual scrubbing bubbles onto all the
online console video game sites -- even on sites you've
never heard of before -- to scour out the best features,
reviews, previews, and news. Then OtakuBoy tells you where
to go get them.
OtakuBoy loves you. Now, love OtakuBoy back.
=OtakuBoy Speaketh =========================================
I am going to try something today that I hope you'll
like. Yep. Yep. Yeppers. I am going to tinker a bit with the
format of OtakuBoy Online. Let me know if you like, or don't
like.
All of this is in preparation for www.otakuboy.com.
(Which is a bit operational. At least you can see the spiffy
design.) You see, on this new-fangled Otakuboy.com, I'll be
a-publishin' all this info you see here to the Web. Wow.
It'll be sooper-dooper! Then, when the e-mail newsletters
come out, they'll be shorter, containing only the cream! The
best o' the best. I'm out of cliches.
It'll all be exciting. Yeah. Fo'sho.
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D r e a m c a s t & S a t u r n (DC & SAT)
What's also exciting is this super-super interview over
on SegaX with Sarah Dixon, business guru of Bizarre
Creations. Don't know who dey be? Think F1 CHAMPIONSHIP
EDITION. Now, you remember. Welp, they're working on
FURBALLS and METROPOLIS now. Sega X gets down to their skins
to see what makes Bizarre Creations tick!
-- Sarah Dixon, Bizarre Creations - Interview
-- http://www.segadreamcast.net/interviews/bizcreations_980205.htm
Hey, remember last week when ole National Console Support
did an impromptu review of the Dreamcast VGA Box? They said
like Sonic looked all cool and stuff. Well, GameSpot has
their review now, and they take you through all kinds-a
games.
-- The VGA Box - Review
-- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/04_vg_dcvga/index.html
Word is that Sega is all set to debut STRIDER 2 at the
AOU arcade show, soon. So says GameFan! Also, DEAD OR ALIVE
2! Wow! Check out that whacky arcade cabinet. The days of
bulky wooden boxes are comin' to an end. :(
-- Here comes Strider 2 ! - News
-- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=270
WOW! a POWER STONE commercial has shown its mug on
Japanese TV! COOL! Fortunately, sites like GameFan have the
movie. Also, National Console Support has one lonely POWER
STONE pic. One sad, lonely POWER STONE pic. But do not weep
for the POWER STONE pic. He'll be happy if you go and see
him for a bit. (Hey! That rhymes!) (P.S. There's also a
MAKEN X video, but it's not a commerical. Boring, if ya ask
me.)
-- Maken X and Power Stone - Movies
-- http://www.gamefan.com/NewHotInfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=257
-- http://www.ncsx.com/ncs020299/ncs0201.htm (one lonely powerstone pic)
And speaking of POWER STONE, SegaX has news about all the
VMS games inside. Get to play "psudeo darts" in 2-but color!
How else could you have fun. And, hey, while you're at SegaX,
check out these pics of SEGA RALLY 2 in network play mode.
It's sure to stun you. (Hmm.. looks like Sega Rally 2 in
regular play mode.) AND SegaX also has a list of EVERY
SINGLE SEGA RALLY 2 CARS! It's got a million of 'em....
er... sorta.
-- Power Stone's VMS games - Preview
-- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990205_pstonevms.htm
-- Sega Rally 2 in Network Play - Feature
-- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990204_sr2net.htm
-- And all of Sega Rally 2's cars - Feature
-- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990204_sr2cars.htm
Ummm... what? Is this Off-Track Betting for kiddies? Sega
Otaku profiles (in real short form, folks, not much is known
about this game) DIGITAL HORSE RACING. You see, silly me
thought you were gonna be a jockey. But nooooooooo. You get
to go to the horse track, look at the horsies stats, place
your bet, and then, when you lose, get beat up in the back
by Vinnie, to whom you promised the winnings. Be on the
lookout for the secret mode where you get to sling bourbon
in the nearby bar. The meter off to the side indicates how
much emotional pain you've managed to dull.
-- Digital Horse Racing?? - News
-- http://www.sega-otaku.com/news/0299/20499e.html
Dreamcast Insider has news that the 2D arcade shooter
PILOT KIDS is comin'. This is good news... right? I've
never played the durn thing.
-- Pilot Kids is comin'. Yeah! Right? - News
-- http://www.consolecity.com/dc/
FGNOnline has news of a full-on flight stick comin' from
ASCII soon. It's called the MISSION STICK and it's gonna
have all kinds of flight-type thingies to fool with. Maybe
it'll work with AERODANCERS, eh?
-- Mission Stick from ASCII! - News
-- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1999-02-05
Game-Online is in P. RIME! position to attend the ATEI
show in London. (Game-O's in the U.K., dontcha know.) Any-
hoo, they get to see all the cool Naomi stuff debuting and
they bring it all to you... with pictures and EVERYTHING!
Watch out for the tiny body type, though. SQUINT! SQUINT!
-- The ATEI Show in London! - Feature/Preview
-- http://www.game-online.com/cfdocs/site/features/atei99/atei1.html
A number of weeks ago, everyone was all a-titter that the
arcade game HYDRO THUNDER would make its way to Dreamycast.
Well, IGNDreamcast finally got the news. Hah HAA! Anyhoo,
they road-trip out to a local arcade and play the arcade
game and then, in dreamy fashion, dream a little dream of
what this game might look like when it gets to Dreamycast.
And HEY! While you're on IGNDreamcast, take a look at the
spiffy new SONIC ADVENTURE postcards. Only problem is...
YOU CAN'T HAVE 'EM!
-- Hydro Thunder - News
-- http://dreamcast.ign.com/previews/10949.html
-- Sonic postcards. Only problem is, you can't have 'em. - News
-- http://dreamcast.ign.com/otaku/71.html
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P l a y S t a t i o n (PSX)
SCORE ONE! for Connectix. You see, big, bad Sony tried
to slap a mean-old injunction on Connectix's PlayStation
emulator. Poor Connectix. SOooo misunderstood. Anyhoo, a
judge said, "Like no way d00dz." And then pulled out a
Powerbook from under his robe WITH THE EMULATOR ON IT!!!!!
(Just kidding.) Anyway, GameFan has news about the failed
injunction AND a response from Sony.
-- Score ONE for Connectix - News
-- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=259
-- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=273 (Sony responds)
WOW! Are you a Mortal Kombat fan? Do you wish you could
make money from your obsession, especially after having to
spend $70.00 a month on a Prozac prescription to combat the
obsessive thoughts? Where am I going with this? I have no
clue. Anyhoo, check out this great interview with John
Tobias, Lead Designer (yes, he's made of LEAD) on MORTAL
KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES. (What's so special about it? It's
just another group of people that beat another group of
people up. Oh. Well, I guess you have to read the interview
for the full skinny.)
-- John Tobias, Mortal Kombat: Special Forces - Interview
-- http://psx.ign.com/news/6761.html
For those of you who've played any pen-and-paper based
RPG, you know that you can get experience in all kinds of
ways. INCLUDING staying away from a fight you've no business
getting yourself into. Well, IGNPSX is surprised you can do
this in FINAL FANTASY VIII. It's part of their update on the
game which is comin' like THIS WEEK, folks! Feel the ex-
citement. And while we're on the subject of FINAL FANTASY,
check out the news on RPGamer about the upcoming FINAL
FANTASY MOVIE. Actually, it's mostly a link to another
story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. But they've got a cool
picture of one of the actors!
-- More stuff from Final Fantasy VIII - Preview
-- http://psx.ign.com/previews/3847.html
-- Wow! Big news on the FF Movie - News
-- http://www.rpgamer.com/news/020599a.html
A buncha sites report that an online store (I didn't note
which) had an upcoming game in its list called A WEEK IN
SOUTH PARK. Sounds, cool, huh? Well, everyone reported it.
GameFan called Acclaim and they said it's been scrapped.
Guess no one else called. Anyhoo, Acclaim DID say that a
PlayStation SOUTH PARK is in the works! COOL. Check out
GameFan.
-- PlayStation South Park in the works. - News
-- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=272
Try not to pee. And while you're at it, would you please
use your farts to propel yourself into the air, please?
Thank you. Am I NUTS?! I'll answer that question later, but
what's important here is farting and peeing. It's a new set
o' games called PIKARI. They're comin' out for the
PlayStation and Gamers Republic has the info.
-- Peeing and Farting in Pikari - News
-- http://www.gamersrepublic.com/02_04_1999n2.html
Woahoooooo! First screens of GRAN TURISMO 2. And you
know, they look darn good. So good, that I'm wondering if
these are REALLY shots of the game! Anyway, Silent-News.com,
who broke the story (all over the place... what a mess) has
the pics.
-- SHOTS!!!!!! Gran Tourismo 2 - Pics
-- http://www.silent-news.com/news/1999/february/05_c.html
Think Tohshinden. Think Tobal. Now think FF7. What do you
get? A mess. And I'm not cleaning it up. Fortunately, I
didn't have to. Instead it's all been cleared and put to-
gether nicely in a new game called ERATZVAJU. So says
GameFAN in their preview.
-- Eratzvaju - Preview
-- http://www.gamefan.com/NewHotInfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=253
-- http://www.gamefan.com/gmx/pictures.asp?game=876&group=preview (pics)
-- http://www.gamefan.com/gmx/standardMEDIA.asp?game=876 (movies)
Think Roll. Think Cage. Think Explosions. Now think
ROLLCAGE. Then think, "Gaming-Age has a preview on their
site." And here's another preview. Think Dance. Think Dance.
Think Revolution. It's DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION, along with
a nice pic of the spiffy new controller.
-- Think Roll. Think Cage. Think explosions. - Preview
-- http://www.gaming-age.com/ga2/previews/psx/rollcage.shtml
-- Think Dance. Think Dance. Think Revolution. - Preview
-- http://retokyo.com/games/news/end90204.htm
Oooh. Sorry, here's one last thinking game. Think Mario
Kart with bombs. That's what BOMBERMAN FANTASY RACE is
gonna be like, according to PSXMax and their preview.
-- Bomberman Fantasy Race - Preview
-- http://www.consolecity.com/psx/games/pre_bfr.html
WOW! Already! A SYPHON FILTER review. It's over on
PlayStationFAN. (In fact, the good ole Webmaster himself
buttonholed me in ICQ to tell me that it was the BEST GAME
HE'S EVER PLAYED. Well, maybe I'm embellishing it a bit.
But it's fun, dammit. (The game, I mean.) Also, take a
look at the ASCII SPHERE 360. It's that weird controller
with the big rubber ball on it. Don't play with the ball
too much! Anyway, GameCenter reviews.
-- WOW! A Syphon Filter - Review
-- http://www.playstationfan.com/review195.htm
-- The ASCII Sphere 360 is mucho nice! - News
-- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Hardware/Sony/Sphere/
Nintendo 64 (N64)
ALL BEHOLD! IGN64 picks the BEST of 1998. The best games,
the best graphics, the best sound, and the Special Achieve-
ment award! HooFAH! Feel the award-ness.
-- IGN's Best of 1998 - Feature
-- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6773.html
-- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6783.html (graphics)
-- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6784.html (Sound)
-- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6785.html (special achievement)
REPEAT PARAGRAPH ALERT! Are you a Mortal Kombat fan?
Do you wish you could make money from your obsession,
especially after having to spend $70.00 a month on a Prozac
prescription to combat the obsessive thoughts? Where am
I going with this? I have no clue. Anyhoo, check out this
great interview with John Tobias, Lead Designer (yes, he's
made of LEAD) on MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES. (What's
so special about it? It's just another group of people
that beat another group of people up. Oh. Well, I guess
you have to read the interview for the full skinny. (It's
... ahm... comin' out for N64, too.)
-- John Tobias, Motal Kombat: Special Forces - Interview
-- http://www.ign64.com/news/6748.html
The question is: Why is BEETLE ADVENTURE RACING an N64-
only game? Truth be told? Okay. Millions of PSX gamers have
lost sleep over this very question, sparking a boom in psy-
chologist and social worker employment. Well, Next-
Generation Online gets to the bottom of Why.. WHY WHY!!!
Also, over on GameFan, a big super, duper, nifty special,
hoofah, thing-a-ma-bob BEETLE ADVENTURE RACING movie!
-- And What BAR is N64 only - Feature
-- http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5757.html
-- Beetle Adventure Racing - Movie
-- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=282
I'm sorry! I can't figure it out! I read, on a buncha
sites, that BATTLEZONE is N64 bound. All these stories point
to this article, referenced below. But THIS article says,
MAYBE! Please stop toying with me. Gamers, have you a better
clue than me on this one? Send the light to Otakuboy!
-- Battlezone comin'? - News
-- http://www.nintendojo.com/news/infocus/1999/february/0203.htm
-- "Battlezone N64 Bound?"
Well, lookie what we have here. It looks like Nintendo
may sue those emulatin' d00dz that IGN64 profiled last week.
Power of the press, right? Actually Nintendo says that the
d00dz (and if you program emus, you qualify as a d00d --
zeros and all) must have cracked Nintendo's security scheme.
And that ain't too cool. Check out the story at Gaming-Age.
-- Nintendo may sue Emulator d00dz - News
-- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/february99/020499e.htm
Har har har! This is kinda funny. On 64 Source's Web
site, you're bludgeoned over the head with "BREAKING NEWS"
that Smash Brothers is comin' to U.S. N64s in April. This
is cool news. But the story is ambiguous. All they say is
they overheard it? How? Huh? What? A source? A birdie? My
cat, "Mouse?" Check out the "details" at 64 Source.
-- Er.. 64 Source OVERHEARD April for Smash Brothers - News
-- http://www.64source.com/news/020499.html
Wow! This game sounds a lot like a super cool console
version of AD&D. What am I talkin' about? Why OGRE BATTLE 3.
Nintendo Underground has the details. Here's a tidbit. Say
you meet a Lawful Evil character, what Nintendo
Underground's reviewer calls a "misguided" character. Then
you might be to convert him to your cause. WOW!
-- Ogre Battle 3 - Preview (And I agree, it sounds like D&D)
-- http://www.nintendorks.com/previews/brandonm/ogre_battle_3/
Still up late at night wondering if you should plunk down
that credit card for ROGUE SQUADRON? Well, The Nth Dimension
has their review and, by golly, they say you should. JUST DO
IT!
-- Rogue Squadron? - Review
-- http://www.nth-d.com/reviews/starwarsrs.shtml
I know. I know. I. Know. You just can't help yourself.
You buy EVERY SINGLE N64 fighter available cause there
just aren't that many of them. *sigh* You're only hurting
yourself and your family. Not to mention your fragile
state o' mind. In fact, IGN64 says that FIGHTING DRAGON
just might do you in if you aren't careful. :(
-- Fighting Dragon - Review
-- http://ign64.ign.com/reviews/1913.html
G a m e B o y C o l o r (GBC)
Remember the news about the 64GB and GameBoy and how they
could be hooked up for whacky multiplayer action? (Hmmm...
come to think of it, it IS like an impromptu VMS and
PocketStation.) Well, GameBoy Euro-Asia has a nifty picture
of how it works.
-- The 64GB in action - News
-- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm
-- "Here's a picture..."
Tabaluga! It's not a curse word. No! It's a fantastic new
drink with 45 less calories than the competing soda. Er...
It's not that either. Rather the previewer over on GameBoy
Dojo says it's a 56-color mode Zelda. Sounds cool.
-- Tabaluga A 56-Color mode Zelda? - News
-- http://www.nintendojo.com/gbcdojo/
-- "Tabaluga"
Someone asked ole OtakuBoy some time ago for help in
Wario Land II. But ole OtakuBoy couldn't find _any_ infor-
mation on it. None! NONE! :( Well, I've just heard (through
GameBoy Euro Asia) that Nintendo has posted a strategy
guide AND FAQ.
-- Wario Land II Guide & FAQ
-- http://www.nintendo.com/gb/wario_land_ii/1.html
-- http://www.nintendo.com/gb/wario_land_ii/faqs.html
M u l t i - F o r m a t & M i s c
Now this is SUPER COOL! A Videogame Aptitude Test over
on Videogames.com. Not only do you get to answer multiple
choice trivia-type questions, but you get to identify screen
shots, sound clips, and match certain items to their games.
It's really, really COOL! (It's also really long. Pencil
in about 30 mins for it.)
-- COOOL! The Videogame Aptitude Test - Feature
-- http://vgat.videogames.com/
Loonygames -- er... umm... I'm not exactly sure what this
site is, yet. Anyway, they take a look at racing games, from
Pole Position on up. It's the kind of heartfelt nostalgic
look at old games that'll leave you half-naked and weeping.
What could be better than that, really?
-- A lookback at racing games - Feature
-- http://loonygames.com/content/1.23/ph/
Couple-a quick anime/videogame notes. GameSpot reports
that TEKKEN is on DVD and ready to buy! COOL! Also, PANZER
DRAGOON anime, the Saturn's "last hurrah?," is comin' to
the states. Prepare youselves.
-- Tekken on DVD - News
-- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/05_vg_tekdvd/index.html
-- Panzer Dragoon in the States - News
-- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/05_vg_pan/index.html
Cherrios, folks! (Rice Krispies, Cocoa Puffs, etc.)
See a cool story? cool site? Send it to me!
Otakuboy@bigfoot.com
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-- Feb. 6, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 56 ;) :) :D --
written by OtakuBoy - " ^____^ "
Contibutor: TANSU
Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515
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