________________________________________________________________ / \ /______________> > > DREAMCAST WEEKLY MAGAZINE < < <_______________\ //// \\\\ //// ~ Issue #93 -- Aug 6th 2000 ~ \\\\ \\\\ //// \\\\ Sponsored by http://www.PrimaGames.com //// \\\\ //// \\\\ Best read with the Courier New font. //// \\\\ //// \\\\ Past issues at www.DreamcastWeekly.com //// \\\\____________________________________________________//// \________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( DREAMCAST WEEKLY INFO ))) | Page 1 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dreamcast questions can be e-mailed to webmaster@vg2.net > For daily game news, over 200 Prima Fast Track Guides(tm) online, codes, downloads, and contests every day, be sure to visit Primagames. 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Then in the news page Quake 3 takes the headline, literally putting the PC and Consoles head to head for the first time in history. Plus Red Hot Rumors brings details of an upcoming price drop. Then we've got Q&A on Free Internet Access, cheats for the arcades with Zombie Revenge and San Francisco Rush 2049, and much much more. Finally if you have any Dreamcast questions for our Q&A page, please e-mail them to David on webmaster@vg2.net - who is also opening his website, http://www.udreamcast.com on August 8th. Until next week then remember, The Game Is Never Over! - Graham "Tails" Parker (Editor) .oO Page 2 - Cover Story Oo. .oO Page 3 - The Weeks News Oo. .oO Page 4 - Red Hot Rumors Oo. .oO Page 5 - Prima Games Corner Oo. .oO Page 6 - Q & A Central Oo. .oO Page 7 - Top Tips & Cheats Oo. .oO Page 8 - Into The Web Oo. .oO Page 9 - Our Support Sites Oo. .oO Page 10 - Credits Oo. HOT QUOTE from this issue: "" -- - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( COVER STORY ))) | Page 2 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Games For August 2000 - Written by Tails You can already feel the Christmas season drawing nearer. Big name titles like Power Stone 2, Sega GT, D2, Ecco The Dolphin, Sydney 2000 and Seaman are all due out this month. Almost twenty titles to be exact, so we've had to split the Games Of August 2000 over two issues again. Plus two titles, Railroad Tycoon II and Hidden & Dangerous have both already been released this month. Dates provided from EBWorld.com >>>> Aerowings 2: Airstrike - Wednesday 9th /- $49.99 \- Players: 1-2 /- Genre: Shooting The sequel to stunt-flying Aerowings has landed, and the changes are far more than just a little extra scenery. To be exact, the entire game has changed from a flight simulator to an air-to-air combat title. While this may be disappointing to fans of the original who used Aerowings to get away from all the shooting games, Crave have managed to pull off the sequel off very nicely indeed. To begin with there's a training mode for beginners like me. I honestly have never understood air-to-air combat in the past, I just can't seem to keep a lock on the targets. But Aerowings 2 will teach me the tricks of the trade step by step until I'm ready to fly solo. Pack that with 25 different planes, a 2 player VS mode, replays (which you can save to show off later), and several one player modes, and you've got what looks to be a promising title. The developers have certainly done much more than simply slap on a few guns for the sequel, and anyone who's interested in planes would be highly recommended to give Aerowings 2 a test flight. -- Anticipation: 7/10 >>>> Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 - Wednesday 9th /- $49.99 \- Players: 1-2 /- Genre: Sport The Dreamcast is the console of choice for racing fans, there's no doubt about that. But Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing is hardly enough to satisfy motorbike fans. Now Acclaim presents the V-Rally of dirt bike racing with Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000. Including 16 courses, a track editor, several different game modes, and naturally a wide variety of bikes, Acclaim have put everything a good racer should have into this title. But it's the extra mile they've gone that could turn this into a classic. Motion captured bikers, official sponsorship signs, a bike editor, and of course the input of Jeremy McGrath himself on the control issues, all add to an already fine racer. Put simply if you enjoy dirt bike racing, or want something different to drive, Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 is the title for you. -- Anticipation: 9/10 >>>> Deep Fighter - Wednesday 9th /- $44.99 \- Players: 1 /- Genre: Adventure I have to admit Deep Fighter isn't a title I've kept up with so well. The concept of an underwater adventure in a submarine just never really got to me. Although now just before it's release as I look around at the new screens and details... I find myself amazed at what Ubisoft have produced here. Each mission has clearly been thought about carefully and designed to be as original as possible. Rather than simply churning out mission after mission, you'll really look forward to what's next. It's that care that's been put into the development of Deep Fighter than will hopefully really show in the end, and make for one top notch game. It would be a real shame for Deep Fighter to get lost in with all the other top titles due out around the same time, so I urge readers to take a look at this game, and if nothing else it might make a good title to rent for a change of pace. -- Anticipation: 7/10 >>>> Caesars Palace 2000 - Wednesday 9th /- $44.99 \- Players: 1-4 /- Genre: Simulation This is the latest in Interplay's gambling series, and has been delayed countless times to date. Caesars Palace is the virtual casino, including games such as Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, Slots, Video Poker, Mini- Baccarat, Keno, and Poker Challenge. If you really enjoy Casino's, this is the only title on the Dreamcast for you. But for most people however, the $50 is almost (almost?) certainly better spent somewhere else. -- Anticipation 3/10 >>>> Seaman - Wednesday 9th /- $49.99 \- Players: 1 /- Genre: Erm... Would you spend $50 on a talking fish? Sega Of America hopes so, and I would have to agree. While it's a risk bringing over this very, very bizarre Japanese title (as seen by Sega Of Europe's lack to even give a release date for the game) I for one think Sega have a hit on their hands here. Seaman is the type of game Sega needs, to show off how original they are. To be honest you don't get much more original than this! The game is going to draw attention to the Dreamcast, and is bound to be a title you can show off to all your friends. Just don't try to explain it before hand (you'll get some very strange looks - trust me). Give them a chance to talk with your fish at home however, and they'll be hooked. I'm even importing the game from the US myself, and while I'm not quite sure what Seaman will make of our accents down here in New Zealand, I've already thought of at least a million questions I want to ask the fish. There's plenty of sure fire hits this month - Power Stone 2, Sega GT, Ecco The Dolphin... but if your after something different to play for once, this is as 'different' as you'll get. -- Anticipation 9/10 >>>> Ecco The Dolphin - Wednesday 16th /- $49.99 \- Players: 1 /- Genre: Adventure Ecco makes a come back, only this time he's packing 128-bit graphics over the 16-bit Mega Drive days. Everything we loved about Ecco The Dolphin has been perfectly re-created on the Dreamcast console, and it's a game that's been well worth the wait. The graphics in particular are just mind blowing, and if your like me and are more than impressed by the beauty of the first few levels... wait until you get further into the game! Even if your just buying it for a way to show off the Dreamcast's power, you can't go wrong with Ecco. However... if your a casual gamer, unfortunately you may never reach those later levels of aquatic marvel. Ecco has an unbelievable difficulty level in terms of it's puzzles, and while the promise of all the eye candy you can eat sounds good, it's still not enough to fix the bordem you'll get when stuck. If you don't mind looking at a game guide as you play, by all means you should have the experience that is Ecco The Dolphin... it's one you won't forget for a long time. But if your fairly new to games, or don't fancy yourself as a MENSA level problem solver, a little more thought might be required before deciding on this game. -- Anticipation: 8/10 >>>> WWF Royal Rumble - Thursday 17th /- $44.99 \- Players: 1-4 /- Genre: Fighting Ok I'm going to admit it straight away, I don't like wrestling. Which would normally mean I'm not the best person to write this preview, but I think even I can tell WWF Royal Rumble isn't anything too special. Starting with the games modes, which there are only three of. Exhibition is the first, which lets you play in six different arenas. The variety here is impressive, ranging from a steel cage to the kitchens and even a parking lot. But then even though the arenas are all fairly different, having only six of them will lead to repetitiveness in fights. The second mode is a VS game, which lets you choose from the good range of 21 wrestlers. The final mode is Royal Rumble, of which up to four players can join in at once, and up to nine wrestlers can be in the ring at any one time. Easily the top point of the game, but surely some more modes wouldn't have been hard to include. As with the hi-res Playstation style graphics, it just seems the programmers haven't put the effort into WWF Royal Rumble that Dreamcast games deserve. Overall I think if your after a wrestling game this could be the title for you, but the Dreamcast really can handle much more. WWF Royal Rumble is no revolution to the genre that's for sure. -- Anticipation: 6/10 >>>> Sydney 2000 - Saturday 19th /- $44.99 \- Players: 1-4 /- Genre: Sports "Attention To Detail" is the name of the developers beyond the official Olympic Game for 2000, and the name couldn't suit them better. The sheer detail that's gone into this title is... well nothing short of perfection. Starting with the real life commentary team, be it the BBC for Europe, or NBC for America, that's a impressive start. But Attention To Detail went further and got all the camera positions that the TV stations will be using, even down to what type of camera is in each spot! Plus they got the full architect plans from each Olympic venue, and again went further and took photo's of everything, even the type of brick used. It's clear that Sydney 2000 is leaps and bounds over past Olympic efforts, but not just in terms of graphics. The gameplay is on a totally different level to past titles, beginning with the Virtual Gyms. You see you have to build up your athletes before they can enter the big event. Trips to the gym to build up those muscles and other skills are required, then you have to qualify. The list of events include a brilliant range: 100 Meter Sprint 110 Meter Hurdles Hammer Throw Javelin Triple Jump High Jump 100 Meter Freestyle Swimming Olympic Sprint Cycling Skeet Shooting Super Heavyweight Weight Lifting 10 Meter Platform Diving Kayak K1 Slalom Which is certain to impressive sport fans. Overall if your even slightly interested in the Olypmics, check out this title. Sydney 2000 sets a brand new standard for the official licence, and if the gameplay lives up to the hype you couldn't ask for more in a game. -- Anticipation: 9/10 >>>> NFL Quarterback Club 2001 - Wednesday 23rd /- $39.99 \- Players: 1-4 /- Genre: Sport Just mentioning the title can bring up memories best forgotten from last years version of NFL Quarterback Club. Up against NFL 2K, it not only didn't stand a chance, but it didn't even look like it was on the same platform as Sega's masterpiece. Now for 2001, have Acclaim got something worthy of challenging NFL 2K1? In a few words, it doesn't seem so, no. While the game looks much, much better than last years offering, Sega's own game is again going to blow it out of the water. NFL Quarterback Club 2001 has some innovations like the "Ooomph" button for extra power, but then NFL 2K1 has franchise mode and online play. So those looking for NFL action are highly recommended to wait for NFL 2K1, but if that's not enough action for you, this title could be at least worth a look. Featuring updated stats for this season, improved gameplay and graphics, NFL Quarterback Club 2001 does sound like it's miles ahead of last years mess. Just a pity that isn't enough though. -- Anticipation 6/10 >>>> Next Week: Test Drive V-Rally The Ring D2 Power Stone 2 Demolition Racer Ultimate Fighting Championship Spec Ops: Omega Squad Sega GT Super Runabout San Francisco Edition Gun Bird 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( THE WEEKS NEWS ))) | Page 3 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> QuakeCon 2000 QuakeCon is an annual frag fest on a massive scale. This year it's going be even bigger as fans of the series get to play a console version at their festival for the first time. "Gamers can now experience Quake III Arena, one of the Internet's most popular games, online with Dreamcast," said Charles Bellfield, director of marketing communications, Sega of America. Several Dreamcast units will be setup and allow players to battle against PC users for the first time in history. Using a Dreamcast keyboard and mouse it will be interesting to see how console gamers play against those with the familiar PC setup. The Sega Dreamcast version of Quake III Arena has exclusive new arenas, a completely re-designed user interface and menu system, as well as an innovative two to four-player split screen option for non-stop action. Players are invited to test their skill against history's fiercest warriors while prowling dark hallways and courtyards in gothic arenas and frightening futuristic spacescapes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( RED HOT RUMORS ))) | Page 4 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each week here we'll keep you up to-date with the latest rumors going around, but please remember these are only rumors. >>>> Dreamcast Price Drop Rumors are all but confirmed that after the $50 rebate offer ends, Sega will drop the Dreamcast's retail price to US$149. This is great news as the Playstation 2's launch draws closer, as even though the $50 rebate offer was nice, you can't beat an actual price drop for sparking extra interest in a console. Sega appear to be lining themselves up in a great position for Christmas 2000, and hopefully this rumor will become solid news shortly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( PRIMA GAMES CORNER ))) | Page 5 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> A Little Q&A With Prima Games Q: How do I get past the bullets in level four of The Ancient World in Super Magnetic Neo? Find out the answer, plus ask your own questions here... http://www.primagames.com/guides/ask.php?ID=110 >>>> FIGHT! The Ultimate Fighting Championship is coming to Dreamcast, and Primagames.com has the lowdown on all the Octagon action in this exciting preview. If you think you have what it takes to be the champ, click the link below and put up your dukes... http://www.primagames.com/news/previews.php?ID=1937 >>>> Check out these hot new Dreamcast titles that recently received Prima Official Strategy Guides(tm): Resident Evil: Code Veronica http://www.primagames.com/guides/posg.php?ID=4572 Super Magnetic Neo http://www.primagames.com/guides/posg.php?ID=4965 Space Channel 5 http://www.primagames.com/guides/posg.php?ID=4909 Rainbow Six http://www.primagames.com/guides/posg.php?ID=4942 >>>> World Series Baseball 2K1 Fast Track Guide: When you first see the pitcher kicking up a cloud of dust as he digs into the mound, you get the feeling that World Series Baseball 2K1 is more than just another game of roundball. After the first pitch is thrown, you will experience the sights and sounds of major league baseball at a level of detail never before seen in a console baseball game. And, the closer you look, the better it gets. Just wait until the camera zooms in on your left fielder as he chases down a line drive off of the Green Monster at Fenway. World Series Baseball 2K1, however, is more than just a feast for the eyes, it is stimulation for your baseball mind. In the dugout, you pull all the strings as you manage your favorite major league team to the divisional championship, league championship, and hopefully, the World Series. Along the way, you'll set lineups and pitching rotations, your defensive alignment on the field, and control your pitchers and hitters in one tense matchup after another. The Prima Fast Track Guide for World Series Baseball 2K1 contains some brief tips and hints to help you play a better game. Pitching, hitting, and team management are all covered here. http://www.primagames.com/guides/pftg.php?ID=275 Remember, Primagames.com has more than 250 Prima Fast Track Guides online for you to check out right now. For the best, fastest, and most up-to-date game strategy you'll find, Prima's the ticket. Click the link below for the Fast Track Guide index: http://www.primagames.com/guides/pftg.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( Q&A CENTRAL ))) | Page 6 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To ask questions, please send an e-mail to webmaster@vg2.net but be SURE to change the subject to "Q&A". The best questions will be selected weekly and then answered here. >>>> FreeWWWeb Shut Down Q) Recently, Freewwweb (the ISP I used with my Dreamcast) stopped providing service, so now I'm without an ISP! Are there any other free ISPs that work with the Dreamcast, besides WorldShare? I tried WorldShare and they charge for the service now. Thanks - Snowfox16 A) Good question, you know the other day I put in the web browser and, while on freewwweb, it still connects, however goes strictly to a "Download the Junco/Freewwweb account now to continue your free service". Not being able to download big files via Dreamcast, this is now a impossible choice. I was mad, but see where they are coming from. Anyway, I have yet to find a new free ISP for the DC, however as soon as I do I'll be sure to let all the loyal DC Weekly readers know it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( CHEATS ))) | Page 7 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Zombie Revenge Arcade -- Change outfits: Step 1: Insert coin Step 2: Select any character Step 3: Hold down "STAR" (don't let go) Step 4: Press either punch or kick to start the game. P.S don't let go of the "Start" button until you are able to control your character. - From by BHJ >>>> San Francisco Rush 2049 Arcade -- Drive a Cop Car: When you join team rush type in 911 as your code - From "Bread Fan" -- Mirror Mode: Pressing 666 on keypad during game mirrors the screen instantly. - From "Leobaby" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( INTO THE WEB ))) | Page 8 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Lik-Sang Update: -- New Products Lik-Sang now have a new selection of Dreamcast products, including a Dance mat for Dance Dance Revolution at $13, a new 3rd party light gun at $18.90, a 4M Memory Card WITH built in Vibration for $19, a new 1M memory card for $9, plus you can pre-order a 16M memory card which works with both Playstation and Dreamcast for $29. Hot new products from: http://www.Lik-Sang.com Lik-Sang don't pay Dreamcast Weekly in exchange for writing about them each week, after the great feedback we've had for our readers about them, we just believe they are the best importer on the web. >>>> NextGenVideos: -- Reviews Check out the new Virtua Tennis and Ecco The Dolphin reviews at NextGenVideos. Plus great news for Australians - importing may soon be legal! Check out the full news: http://www.NextGenVideos.com Why are they featured in Dreamcast Weekly? Because the movies are quite possibly of the highest quality on the net, that's why. If you haven't checked them out yet, now's a good time to start. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( OUR SUPPORT SITES ))) | Page 9 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dreamcast Weekly goes out to around 40,000 gamers every week. How did we get so many people signed up? With the help of these websites, that's how. 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Then in the future... who knows, we might start up an HTML version, and hopefully be a print magazine one day (Hint to any publisher that may be reading this :) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( CREDITS ))) | Page 10 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Editor: Graham Parker "Tails" - Madcow@ihug.co.nz O Q&A: David Altschul - Webmaster@vg2.net Thanks goes out to all our support sites above, along with our sponsor, PrimaGames.com, all for helping make Dreamcast Weekly as big as we are today! >>>> http://www.DreamcastWeekly.com - Our Official Website! >>>> http://www.PrimaGames.com - Our Sponsor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright 1998-2000 Graham Parker - Madcow@ihug.co.nz Written and edited by Graham Parker. No parts may be copied without prior permission or correct credit where due. 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