________________________________________________________________ / \ /______________> > > DREAMCAST WEEKLY MAGAZINE < < <_______________\ //// \\\\ //// ~ Issue #95 - Aug 20th 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 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please send Dreamcast questions 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. Prima is the number one source for video and computer game strategy in the world! ---------------------- http://www.PrimaGames.com ----------------------- ---------------------- http://www.PrimaGames.com ----------------------- > For the latest game news, reviews and previews visit the premier video games site TotalVideoGames.com With over 300 archived news articles & the greatest game reviews. Updated throughout the day with everything! ------------------- http://www.totalvideogames.com --------------------- > You can unsubscribe from http://www.dreamcastweekly.com > Our domain name is provided thanks to Total Video Games, the UK's premier video games magazine updated daily, and The Junction, the best place for Teens to chat. -------------------- http://www.the-junction.com ----------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( EDITORS COMMENTS ))) | Page 1 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How about we kick off this week by giving someone a free month of Unlimited Game Rentals from RedOctane? Simply e-mail us with the subject "Free G3 Month" and tell us why you should receive the month of rentals. That's as many games as you can handle, holding up to three titles at any one time. Are you a South Park fan? Before picking up their latest game, South Park Rally, read our review in this weeks cover feature. Then if your into shaking, fragging, or... bungee jumping (!) the weekly news round up is a must see. Wrestling or driving is more your thing? Ferrari 355 and WWF Royal Rumble are in the cheats page, and finally... this issues rumors take gaming to the next level of realism, seriously! Until next time (as our 100th issue draws closer) 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 - Top Tips & Cheats Oo. .oO Page 7 - Into The Web Oo. .oO Page 8 - Our Support Sites Oo. .oO Page 9 - Credits Oo. HOT QUOTE from this issue: "If you're in Australia than its time to party!" -- Australian Price Drop - The Weeks News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( COVER STORY ))) | Page 2 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> South Park Rally PAL Review -- Written by Tails Omigod... YOU killed Kenny! South Park Rally is the latest attempt at brining the sophisticated humor (heh) of the hit cartoon show to your videogame console. From the poor shooting game on the N64, to the horrible Chef's Luv Shack on the Dreamcast, South Park's license has been somewhat of a curse to developers in the past. But could the tried and tested kart racing genre finally put the Beefcake back into South Park? Upon booting up, South Park fans will instantly be rewarded as the well known intro song plays, and several farting sounds await you on the main menu. All your favorite characters from the show are playable, including Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, Wendy, Chef, Officer Barbrady, and Uncle Jimbo. But that's only the beginning, there's a total of over 20 different characters waiting to be unlocked, from Big Gay Al, to Satan himself! This is where the games first problem comes up however, while there are enough characters hidden away to excite any fan, the actual gameplay just isn't interesting enough, and you'll soon get board. Be it out of the repetitive gameplay or the frustrating missions South Park Rally will soon be put back on your game shelf to gather dust until your friends come around and say, "A South Park game? Kick Ass!!!". Unfortunately to get more than one multiplayer track to have fun with your mates you'll have to work (it really is work!) your way through the single player missions, and the chances of doing that is about the same as Cartman going on a diet. The second level for example has you playing capture-the-flag with a trophy which you must take over all four checkpoints. But unless you've got Mr Hankey protecting your kart it won't be long until another character steals the trophy from you and the frustration begins. The next mission gives everyone a healthy dose of Madcow disease, and you must hold on to the cure until your disease-free. Sound familiar? Or how about grabbing Satans Dimensional Key and holding it for two minutes? Each of the games 14 missions are far too similar for it's own good. The result is even though there are plenty of characters to unlock, you just don't feel bothered to try and complete the game. The controls don't help either, which clearly could have benefited from some extra play testing before the games release. For general racing they are fine, but in missions when you hit a train crossing the road, and the trophy is stolen off you, reversing, turning around, and chasing after them can be very frustrating indeed. Many a time have I given up on this game, and literally dreaded trying the mission again later. Don't even think about plugging in that steering wheel! But there are good points to the South Park Rally, it's just a pity they can't compare to it's problems. Power-ups and weapons are littered throughout each course, and all will bring a laugh from regular viewers of the cartoon. Using an Anal Probe to fire a laser at Cartman, or freezing your opponent with the Mexican Staring Frog adds much needed fun to the mix. Over 20 power-ups are included, and each one can be explained during the loading screens. The graphics aren't too bad either, but they certainly aren't going to impress anyone. Other cartoon style racers such as Wacky Racers show how it can be done. While I'm glad they opted for 3D graphics, over the shows 2D cut-outs, I can't help but feel the developers could have done better. Matt Stone and Trey Parker have done the honors of making sound bites just for South Park Rally, but if only they had given it a good playing through before allowing it's release. Overall I'd advise giving this a miss, and the money is better spent buying the movie, Bigger, Longer & Uncut. It's got far more humor, a much higher lastability rating that this game, and of course the brilliant songs. Blame Canada... Gameplay: 65% Graphics: 63% Sound: 83% Lastability: 58% OVERALL: 65% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( THE WEEKS NEWS ))) | Page 3 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Weeks News page is presented by Sega X: http://www.segadreamcast.net >>>> New Games This Week After the games canned last week it's nice to see some developers continue their Dreamcast support and reveal new titles. Star Wars: Demolition is the first, and is a combat driving game from the minds behind Vigilante 8. With the help of LucasArts this will be the first game to include vehicles and levels from every Star Wars film. From Luke to Anakin, Star Wars Demolition is being released on the Dreamcast this fall. The next title to be announced was Xtreme Sports from Infogrames, and is due out this October. Sports include Snowboarding, ATV racing, Mountain Biking, Hand Gliding, and of all things, Bungee Jumping! Quite how the last sport works remains a mystery at the moment, but more will be revealed before the games release in two months. Finally Xtreme Sports allows you to download ghost players and new tracks off the internet, along with posting your highest scores on a table. - Tails >>>> US Release Dates When are the biggest games due out in the next two months? These are the dates to remember: Ferrari 355 - September 1st NFL 2K1 - September 6th Half Life - September 8th Bleemcast - September 15th Quake III: Areana - October 11th Jet Grind Radio - October 18th >>>> Dreamcast Price Drop Down Under If you're in Australia than its time to party! Ozisoft, Dreamcast's distributor in the land down under, has announced it will be dramatically slashing the price to $299 AUD, or $175 American. What's even better, this means the Aussie Dreamcast is the lowest prices console, prior to rebate in any of the territories. As you already know, Sega of America currently offers a juicy rebate on their console after you pick one up for $199. Considered a wise move by Ozisoft, its hoped this will help increase interest in the console. Furthermore, it coincides with the company's new move onto the entire, using DreamKey. We'll keep you abreast of any future drops in Australia and around the world. - Mike Bess >>>> Samba De Amigo Stateside! Ready to shake those maracas Sonic Team style? On October 18th the import game that's had gamers and professional editors dancing as if no one was watching finally gets a US release. The title will be sold at a slightly cheaper price of $39.99, but if your serious about your fun you'll want to pick up the maracas too. These shakers will put you back another $79.99, pumping the total up to a high $120, but it's well worth it to get into the true Samba spirit. - Tails ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( 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. >>>> Can You Smell That? Recently, a new kind of hardware device was created for the Dreamcast system. "Ismell" created by Joel Bellenson and Dexster Smith, is a new system that sends out a smell into your room from your Dreamcast system. The new Ismell system sends out an odor from a can shaped system that plugs into your Dreamcast console. The Ismell system receives digital signals from the game that your playing and transforms them into a smell. The system includes a line of oils and other compositions that mixes together to form the scent that you're expecting to smell from your system. The system also includes a built in fan to get the smells out into the air so you can enjoy the sweet scent of your game. This system has been picked up from the company Eidos (ever wondered what deodorant Lara Croft wears? - Tails), so you may find this item sniffing its way into your house in the near future. A price has not been set for this system yet. A release date has not been confirmed for this system either, but it should be within a year. Stay tuned for more information on this topic as it comes in. By: Michael Monahan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( PRIMA GAMES CORNER ))) | Page 5 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Retrospeculative: If You Want Something Done Right... Mr. News Guy attempts his own game. Don’t get him wrong. There are plenty of great games out there to spend your money on. But there just isn't anything being made the way that he would make games. In his off hours, Mr. News Guy has been consulting with his peers and cohorts. He's assembled a team of crack code monkeys and graphic artists. He's been weighing the pros and cons, considering the risks and benefits. And after many months of sweating bullets and burning the candle at both ends, he's ready to make the big announcement. Faithful Primagames.com readers, Mr. News Guy is proud to announce: Rabid Legume Productions http://www.primagames.com/news/article/2043/ >>>> 20,000 Cheats Prima Games, the company responsible for those brilliant strategy guides launch their cheats database... and they feature more games than you can shake a stick, no a whole danged tree at! http://www.primagames.com/strategy/codes/ >>>> 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 >>>> Dreamcast Collection Strategy Guide Book: All the classic Sega Dreamcast games in one guide! AeroWings, Blue Stinger, Flag to Flag Racing, House of the Dead 2, Hydro Thunder, Mortal Kombat Gold, Monaco Grand Prix, NFL 2K, Power Stone, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Sega Bass Fishing, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Online, Soul Calibur, and many more! http://www.primagames.com/strategy/guide/1205/ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( CHEATS ))) | Page 6 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Ferrari 355 (import): -- More Passwords: At the options screen, press X + Y, then choose the "Passwords" selection. Enter one of the following case-sensitive passwords to unlock an additional course: KualaLumpur DaysofThunder >>>> WWF Royal Rumble: -- Wrestle as Shane McMahon Win the Royal Rumble on any difficulty setting. From tcout41@hotmail.com -- Wrestle as Vince McMahon Win all ten matches in exhibition mode on any difficulty setting. From: Brett55569@aol.com -- Infinite double team moves Knock out the ref by hitting him with a weapon twice. If done correctly, a message stating "The Referee Is Knocked Out" will appear. "Double Team" will now light up in different colors. You can now perform double teams moves as many times as desired. -From: chadbo@pulsenet.com -- Avoid attacks Hold Block and repeatedly press the D-pad in all directions. Your wrestler will dodge every time your opponent punches or grapples, and an opening will eventually appear. -- Stay in Royal Rumble longer Rotate the D-pad when your wrestler is holding on to the ropes to stay in Rumble longer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ((( INTO THE WEB ))) | Page 7 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Lik-Sang Update: -- New Products! Along with piles of new memory cards, Lik-Sang now sell 3rd party Dance mats for Dance Dance Revolution at $13, a fishing rod for $28, a Bio-Gun with built-in vibration for $18.90, and finally a Dreamcast replacement lens incase your console is in need of repair for $52. 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: -- Dreamcast Interview From ASCII ASCII posted an interview with Sega's Tetsuya Mizuguchi, best known for his work on Sega Rally 2 and more recently Space Channel 5 who was recently named director of Sega subsidiary 'United Game Artists'. Get the story. 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 8 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. Thanks to them Dreamcast Weekly has become the huge e-magazine it is today. >>>> Sega X - http://www.segadreamcast.net A website with plenty of news, and always the latest game reviews, but also a IRC Java chat room where you can chat about all the latest Sega topics. THE must see Sega site each and every day. >>>> Sega 2000 - http://www.sega2000.net Sega 2000 is back online! Come see our new design and meet many of the new faces on the staff. >>>> The Next Level - http://www.the-nextlevel.com The Next Level is a multi-platform gaming magazine focused on current and upcoming next-generation systems. We provide up-to-date news, in-depth reviews, reader reviews, intriguing editorials, and more. >>>> Perfect Zero - http://204.30.23.21/ The Perfect Zero server is in trouble! Because their host server has died, the staff have put an emergency version online at the above address. Help support their comeback by visiting Perfect Zero today. >>>> The Sonic Zone - http://www.suneet.com/soniczone/ Updated daily with a HUGE amount of Sonic content that is sure to blow you away! From Fan Fiction to Chatting, and even Fan Created Games, this is your one stop Sonic site. >>>> Gaming Central Starpath - http://www.startpath.com/gamingcentral This site contains hundreds of links for anything a gamer might be interested in, no matter what format, including some game specific links. >>>> Future Games - http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/6831/ What used to just cover Dreamcast now covers Playstation 2, Dolphin, and X-Box platforms too. A great site to visit for keeping an eye on the competition, but also for the latest in Australian Dreamcast news. >>>> Dreamcast Weekly - http://www.DreamcastWeekly.com The official website for the Dreamcast Weekly is right here. It includes our history, back issues, and more. 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 9 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Editor: Graham Parker "Tails" - Madcow@ihug.co.nz O Q&A: David Altschul - Webmaster@vg2.net O Red Hot Rumors: Michael Monahan - Mikelad1@aol.com 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. There should probably be a pile of other legal lines here, but please just play nice and don't steal. Thanks for reading DC Weekly!