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| Crazy
Taxi 2 details... |
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26-Feb
01:19
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Posted
by Michael |
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Okay,
so PS2 owners are getting the original in April, and Xbox owners
are getting the third next year, but in a few months, all those
faithful to the DC will be getting the 2nd in the
series! It’s currently 60% complete, and looking similar to the
original, what we do know at the moment is that the new city will
be based in New York, it will have more traffic than the original,
there will be 4 all new characters similar to CT1’s but whether
the original crew will feature in it or not is currently unknown.
Even more interestingly, there will now be a jump button!
Unfortunately, No online play or multiplayer modes are planned. We
should be seeing this gem to be this summer!!!
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DC loses more
exclusives :(
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Okay,
we’ve got over Zombie Revenge, Crazy Taxi, 18 wheeler, SC5 game
and Virtua Fighter 4 going to PS2 as well as/instead of DC, but
now Sega GT and Sega Bass Fishing are heading to the PC! (Oh well
at least it isn’t another console!) Empire have just swiped the
rights to publish both games on PC, which will add to their back
catalogue of Sega games including Sega Rally 2, The Typing of the
Dead, and House of the Dead 2!
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Sega Vs K-Mart,
round 2 FIGHT!!
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Remember that argument between K-Mart
and Sega a while ago? Well now it’s back, and involves Sega
filing a $2.2 million law suit against K-Mart, as like Sega said,
they sold Dreamcasts and Software to customers, and then didn’t
pay Sega back for it…cheeky bunch! More on this as we find out!
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Black and White
finished
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Well,
the PC version of Black and White has just gone gold. No
news yet on a release date for DC version, but it can’t be that
far off. As always we’ll let you know when a release
date for the DC version is confirmed…Time to mess with the Gods
again, and I aren’t talking about playing tricks on Faz!
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Game gear
resurrection!
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In
America, Majesco have got the rights to manufacture those little
Game Gears from 10 years ago! They will be retailing the machine
sometime soon for $29.99 and releasing new games to go with it, as
well as resurrecting some classics! The GGs will only be available
exclusively through Toys R Us (Hmmm, maybe the UK Toys R Us will
reduce it’s stock of old Game Gears from £79.99 now!)
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| Unreal
Tournament details... |
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28-Jan
16:08
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Posted
by Faz |
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Just when you thought you had it
all with Quake
3 Arena, in comes Unreal Tournaments to help the
Dreamcast raise it's head proudly to the FPS genre. Unreal
Tournament [UT] for the DC will include:
Broadband support - If
you've got one of these monsters, then frag online with less lagging
(delay in onscreen actions due to connection speed).
8-player over-line play -
That's double that of Quake
3 Arena!
65 maps - Yes! Who
cares if we cannot download new arenas? With 65 maps we got
no complaints!
VGA support - Just like Quake
3 Arena, you can hook UT up to your crystal clear PC
monitor and enjoy super-sharp looking graphics!
4 player split screen -
Prepare for mayhem, cuz when you've got 4 players on the one
console it gets a bit hectic!
 Madcatz
Panther controller compatibility - Remember that cool looking
joystick that was released a while back? Well, you can use
it with UT!
Unreal Tournament is scheduled for
release on the 1st March 2001 in the USA and 30th March 2001 for
the UK.
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| X-Box
to play Dreamcast games? |
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28-Jan
16:08
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Posted
by Faz |
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A few days back rumours were
circulating about the possibility that the X-Box (Microsoft's
upcoming console) would be able to play Dreamcast games!
Both Microsoft and SEGA are denying this, claiming that the X-Box
will not include a Dreamcast chipset. I personally think
that if this rumour did turn out to be true, it would be for the
best with regards to SEGA. Next year the Dreamcast will have
stiff 3 way competition from Playstation 2, GameCube and
Microsoft. SEGA will be able to broaden their target market
if the X-Box can play the Dreamcast games, hence make more
money. X-Box owners would be able to appreciate the true
talent that SEGA posses. I'd love to see the look on PS2
owners faces when both DC and X-Box owners get to play the likes
of Crazy Taxi 2 and Shenmue 2! Time will tell..
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| F355 to go onto PS2? |
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27-Jan
23:06
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Posted
by Michael |
 Well, a news story on
SegaWeb mentions a US retailer has put the DCs crown jewel racer Ferrari
F355 challenge up, as a Playstation 2 title to be available from September this year, now could this be one of those 5 PlayStation 2 titles Sega have confirmed they are in negotiations over?
A major blow for any proud DC owning racer fan (like myself)! We'll bring you more on this as we find out.
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| SEGA
to combat piracy head on |
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21-Jan
19:51
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Posted
by Faz |
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SEGA are making a serious move to
counter the increasing amount of piracy that is plaguing the poor
Dreamcast console. An updated console is being sold, that
patches up a glitch in the BIOS of the original system, which
allowed punters to play their home-brewed copies. Known as
'back-ups', by the dealers to save their own asses, the pirated
games fit on a conventional CD-ROM by means of compression and by
excluding FMV footage, or even soundtracks in some cases.
All the existing Dreamcast models will be restocked with the
2nd-generation model as they are sold. Oh incase you're
wondering, the new version will still be able to play Audio
CDs. If you ask me, I bet the older systems will be in
greater demand than the new stuff.. hmm.. wonder why...
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Illbleed release
date set for Japan
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That flickin gore
tastic Illbleed has a release date of the 29th March set for
Japan. The publishing was taken over by Jaleco after Sega apparently
dropped the title. The US should see the game soon after but
it seems that there is still no publisher to distribute the title
for European, nooo! Let's just hope.. or else I'm off to the
import shop!
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| A
chest of news for ya all! |
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04-Jan
23:17
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Posted
by Michael |
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Good News for
beat ‘em up fans. Capcom have just announced a JoJo’s Bizarre
Adventure 5, sadly a Dreamcast Conversion of the now fully 3D
series looks unlikely as it has been switched from the NAOMI
chipset to Namco’s Playstation 2 compatible System 246.
Famitsu has
posted their sales charts from the last issue, dated Dec. 28.
Phantasy Star Online grabbed the No. 8 spot, with 80,666 units
sold since its launch on Dec. 21. Also on the list is Let's Make a
J-League Pro Soccer Club!, which took the No. 7 spot with its
85,991 units
Lucky
Americans have had the Broadband Adapter confirmed for a January
9th release, which means they’ve not only beaten to having a
console with online capabilities, but they’ve beaten them to the
lightning connections Sony proudly claimed they were waiting for.
It will only be available from Sega.com and will cost
$59.99
Off
Roader, 4x4 Evolution is evolving! Extra tracks will be
downloadable from the official web site. Also tracks created on
the PC track editor will be downloadable onto the DC VMU to be
used in the DC version, Cool huh? Now we need this for a good
game!
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| It's
the X-Box, baby! |
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04-Jan
23:17
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Posted
by Andy |
 Yes,
that SEGA friendly company known as Microsoft and their much
anticipated X-Box console... WOW! First pictures are out!
Published in a feature in American EGM magazine, these guys beat
Microsoft to it! The grand unvieling of the X-Box is set for
this Saturday, but it looks like we have an early viewing!
One thing though... the controller
reminds me of the Dreamcast pad. While that is no bad thing, why
copy SEGA when you have such a huge budget to spend on creating
a controller? Maybe it's just because the DC pad is excellent!
Well, it looks like the console
itself has a front loading DVD tray... which is nice. And there
is a big green light on top. Hmm... Well, lets put it this way.
IT'S FAR BETTER THAN THE 'SEQUEL'!
We don't want to post up these
unofficial tacky images, we would rather treat you to the
OFFICIAL high res screens that will be on this site this coming
weekend, so stay tuned!
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| Phantasy
Star Online to hit the shops EARLY! |
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04-Jan
22:52
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Posted
by Andy |
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It looks like SEGA are going to do it
again! Last time we saw this was with Shenmue, which was released
a week early! Well, PSO is being moved forward from its original
release dat of February 23rd to the 9th! Cool, huh?
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SEGA making games
for Ninty? YES!
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It's true! SEGA are making games for
the GameBoy Colour and the soon-to-be-released GameBoy Colour!
Well, I suppose that is good, 'cos SEGA haven't got a handheld of
their own... Looks like there is a mini partnership going on!
Anything between SE4GA and Nintendo is good!
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| Wild
Riders: The next Jet Set Radio? |
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02-Jan
19:50
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Posted
by Andy |
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SEGA has a treat in store for us in the coming
year, that is for sure! A game with all the graphical style of Jet
Set Radio and the controversial gameplay too, Wild Riders will be
released in the arcades of Japan later this year. Utilising the
new NAOMI 2 arcade boards power, this game looks amazing! Your
task is to race away from the cops on your motorbike, pulling off
tricks on your way to get past the many obstacles in your way
(i.e. - over turned trucks or road blocks). A wild combination of
Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio... SEGA can't possibly fail to make
this game a hit!
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| NO!!!
Say it ain't so! |
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29-Dec
02:14
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Posted
by Andy |
 Oh
dear! It looks as if we will never be seeing a sequel to Space
Channel 5! Thats right, space cats! Ulala may never grace our
screens in the funky dance game again! The president of Sega of
America, Peter Moore stated in a recent interview with IGNDC
that a Space Channel 5 sequel "doesn't exist and probably
never will."
BUT... and there is a big BUT....
the president himself (Sega of America's president, silly!) said
that sexy space reporter Ulala could well appear in another game
and be a glimmering star in another genre. We can only hope! But
I really just need to cry now... No sequel! :(
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| Stone
me! Sega are promoting at last! |
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19-Dec
18:38
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Posted
by Andy |
It looks like Sega are trying to (at
last) advertise their games and console to a broader audience!
Included in the next issue of The Rolling Stone music
magazine will be a demo disc including demos of Speed Devils
Online and Pod: Speedzone! Both games will have online racing
capabilities, when released. Sounds cool to me! Lets hope
that promotion at this stage of the game works, and gives Sega a
needed boost!
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| Speed
Zone |
Speed
Devils Online |
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| Crazy
PS2 owners get a Taxi! |
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13-Dec
14:27
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Posted
by Michael |
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Now this may sound shocking, but
latest rumours suggest that as part of the Deal Sega made with
Acclaim to publish F355 in Europe and America, Acclaim managed
to get permission to publish some of Sega's Arcade games to
PS2, the games in question were 18 Wheeler, Zombie Revenge and
Crazy Taxi,
The only game currently expected to actually
materialise is Crazy Taxi, a huge blow for the DC you might
think, exactly what I did, but then looking deeper into it, it
might just have been a damn clever move from Sega.
Now this is expected around X-mas
2001, well, how many people are gonna buy a DC for Crazy Taxi
then? Not many, but think how much the can make outta them game
starved PS2 owners desperate to play some good games! More money
for DC projects and sortin Sega's financial situation out,
also...DC owners will have been thrashing away with Crazy Taxi 2
for a good 6 months. Then there is the Memory worries over PS2,
Crazy Taxi can be one hell of a VRAM eater, DC has 8 Megs of the
stuff, lovely for pushing those nice textures that make M-SR
look so good, also added texture compression so that they eat
less of the memory, PS2 has 4Meg, and NO compression, also a
lack of Full Screen Anti Aliasing leading to the possibility of
a 2 year old DC game looking worse newly released on PS2 than it
did on DC.
Only time will tell, but I think
Sega may have a cunning plan up their sleeves with this, so don't
throw your DC away just yet.
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| Phantasy
Star Online rated one of the top three EVER in Japan! |
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13-Dec
12:53
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Posted
by Andy |
 Famitsu
magazine, the mag that makes or breaks games in the Land of the
Rising Sun, has just reviewed PSO. And guess what? It has been
ranked alongside 'Zelda: Ocarina of Time' and 'Soul Calibur' as
one of the greatest games ever! With a top notch 40/40, PSO is the
second DC game to get such an honour. Isn't that fantastic? Two
exclusive Dreamcast titles that have been deemed the best!!! Hold
on... there wasn't a PlayStation game in there! HAHAHA! It seems
that Sega and Nintendo truly are the best!!! Don't forget to
download our exclusive Phantasy
Star Online wallpaper and read the preview!
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| Sega
and Namco in arcade deal |
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13-Dec
12:53
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Posted
by Andy |
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If you didn't know, Namco (creators of
Soul Calibur) have been having a few financial troubles lately,
mainly due to their arcade sector which isn't doing too well. So,
the great Sega have stepped in, and as of 1st April 2001, will be
taking over the distribution of Namco arcade games across Japan!
With this tight partnership, it seems that us Dreamcast owners may
be in for some rather groovy DC exclusive titles from Namco in the
future!
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| Toy
Racer date set, and a surprise or two.. |
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11-Dec
18:38
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Posted
by Faz |
 The anticipated 'sequel' to Toy Commander will be hitting our shores on the 15th of December. Boasting power ups, crazy circuits and a wacky online multiplayer mode where you can battle it out with 3 other mates will make this game a blast! The best part is that the game will cost just £4.99 and get this, £1 of this will go to a charity. Incredible! Sega are just the best!
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| Quake
3 Arena released on the DC |
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08-Dec
15:11
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Posted
by Faz |
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Get ready for non stop fragging on
your Dreamcast, courtesy of Quake 3 Arena. Not to worry
about the not-exactly-Ferrari-speed 33.6 Kb/s Dreamcast
modem. Sega of Europe have assured us that the online action
will not disappoint, although there is a limit to 4 players in an
online match. A keyboard and mouse will be favoured over the
Dreamcast controller for those accustomed to the world of PC first
person shooters. You can pick up Quake 3, a keyboard and
official mouse for just £74.99 from DreamArena. Our
partners Gameswire
have a Quake 3 + mouse deal for a comfy £57.99. Frag in
peace...
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| Triple
arcade pack confirmed! Yipee! |
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02-Dec
19:33
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Posted
by Andy |
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Have
you ever heard of fantastic arcade games 'Emergency Call Ambulence',
'Jambo Safari' and Brave Firefighters'? They were all made by
SEGA, and are now confirmed to be hitting the Dreamcast very soon!
What is even better is that the three games will all come on ONE
DISC! That is right, you will get 3 amazing SEGA arcade games for
the price of one! Looks like it could be a case of 'Crazy Taxi'
all over again! Lets hope so!!!
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They
say you’re ready to tackle the real world at 18…not in
Sony’s case!
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01-Dec
22:45
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Posted
by Craig |
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Sony
fans be afraid…very afraid. Figures today show that Sony
is in big trouble with the PS2 here in the UK. There is
still speculation that not even the 80,000 units made it
through! But even worse reading are the game charts for
the week. “Tekken Tag Tournament” sold over 15,000
copies being top of the PS2 charts, however,
“Fantavision” sold just 825 copies, yet wait,
there’s more! “Midnight Club” sold a whopping 18!
Was that a typo? Let me say that again.18! Huh? 18…yes,
that’s right. It looks as though Sony’s success will
kill them; they saturated their own market! Merry
Christmas Sega and Nintendo!
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