!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene The best news from the best vid-gaming sites -- Dec. 15, 1998 Vol. 1 No. 34 The name of the place is -- written by OtakuBoy - "I Like it Like That." Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 Resouces obtained through Gaming Central! http://www.startpath.com/gamingcentral/ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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. _____________________ Sponsor's Message ____________________ ConsoleCity is three (click) three (click) three (click) three sites in one! First, there's PSXMax, a premier PSXsite with all things PlayStation. (You have to check out Kingboxer's Rumor Mill!) Then there's The Nth Dimension, with their oft-scoops on cool movies. And, finally, there's Dreamcast Insider, which sticks to Dreamcast like cooked rice sticks to a bride and groom. OtakuBoy's always heading there for the latest info. Why not you? http://www.consolecity.com _____________________ Sponsor's Message ____________________ =OtakuBoy Speaketh ========================================= Hey-ya folks! Couple of OtakuBoy-Business notes to get through today. Firstly, remember how all those gaming sites took off for Thanksgivin' while, your good old friend OtakuBoy stayed on-call because -- AHEM -- the videogame world also extends to Europe and (especially) Japan where *GASP* they don't celebrate Thanksgivin'. (I don't know if they eat turkey.) Well, good old friend OtakuBoy has to take a couple of days. Thursday, the next pub date, I'll publish a smaller MUST-CLICKS newsletter. I won't publish on Saturday. Why, you ask? I am going to Grand Isle, Louisiana on magazine article assignment. But, here's some good news! Are you interested in writing this heah newsletter? SURE YOU ARE! In fact, you'd might even be interested in writing a WHOLE section. Imagine, the fame that comes with being an OtakuBoy Staff Member. Seriously, I am interviewing for staff positions and want _you_ to contact me for more info! Otakuboy@bigfoot.com So do it! DAMN IT! But enough of that... on to... ----------- Nintendo (N64, GameBoy) ... "Turok 2!" Oh my GOD! What happened to make all this Turok 2 stuff appear all of the sudden? Yeah, I know it's been released, but take a look at all this: IGN64 interviews Dave Dienstbier, Turok 2's Project Leader. (He put muzzles on all the dinosaurs.:I ) It's a two-parter, both links are below. Also, IGN64 probes the innards of the game to find out if there are any bugs. (Seems some of them are freezing up on people.) 64 Source has been hearing that the coupons supposed to work with the purchase of Turok 2 (and Rogue Squadron) aren't being honored. WHY?! And 64 Source also has their own Initial Impression of the Dino-title. Nintendo, can you hear me? Can you feel me near you? Good! Then get off yer arse and make Metroid 64, will ya? Details about the Web-Wide petition on 64 Source. Also on 64 Source, a bit of a preview (more newsy than preview-ish) of "Pikachu Genki Dechu," the N64 Pokemon title. "California Speedin'" on such-a spring-ish daaaaaay! FGNOnline has the release date (March) and IGN64 has movies of the game play. Answer one question: How many three-foot Italian plumb- ers do you know who love golf? Ok, answer another: Do you ever feel like one when you play golf? You see, 64 Source calls "Mario Golf 64" a 'totally realistic and immersive experience.' Wow! So, I guess this means you will know what it means to an Italian plumber-golfer. Anyway, check out 64 Source's news/preview. IGN64 has a big "South Park 64" preview, so big your monitor's likely to explode. So watch out -- that active matrices are especially sharp! Also on IGN64... (Are you beginning to see a theme in the sites today -- IGN 64, 64 Source, IGN 64. What can I say?) Also on IGN 64, new pics of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and a review of "Golden Nugget 64," a gambling sim. A "gambling SIM?!" Their words, not mine. Ooops... Sorry, I think the pattern's going to break... Yeah, here it is: Videogamers.com reviews "Top Gear Overdrive." (No relation to Bachman Turner Overdrive or Maxium Overdrive.) GameBoy Euro-Asia publishes a number of cool items -- so many I'm overwhelmed. Sob! First, they have news of a true collectors items. A few lucky stiffs are going to get their very own Panasonic GameBoy Color. Second, two -- count 'em -- two Bomberman RPGs are set to come out in Japan, "Bomberman Quest" and "B-Daman." Third -- we're still at GameBoy Euro-Asia -- a report from the Phillipines on how the GameBoy Color is doin' over there. And here's more from GameBoy Euro-Asia (which, if you're a GameBoy fan, you should just poke around for awhile). In Japan, they're buying up clear shell and hazy colored Game Boy Colors. GameBoy E-A has the pics. And last, the guys have picked up the latest "Zelda DX" release date, December 14. (HEY! That's Yesterday!!! (or the day before)). GameBoy-Nintendo-finally, FGNOnline has news that "Las Vegas Cool Hand," "Montezuma's Return," and "Rats!" have all been released to GameBoy Color. FGNOnline has a tiny bit-o'-detail on each game. Dreamcast & Saturn (DC & SAT) SegaNet wonders -- ALOUD -- why Bernie Stolar, COO of Sega of America, in his recent essay for the new Games Business magazine, doesn't reveal or say anything. WHAT?! A company head saying nothing? Nooo.. Say it ain't so. But SegaNet's on to Stolar. They dissect and translate the Stolar essay. Dreamcast import prices are starting to come down. De- tails on that over at National Console Support. (Inciden- tally, I should mention that they are not taking orders anymore. Which may be why they lowered the price. (Hey! It's free. But you can't order it anymore. Har!)) Meanwhile, Dreamcast continues to sell in Japan! Wow. Details at Dreamcaster. If you happen to work for a big company in Japan, do not mess up. You'll get demoted publicly. One of the Sega-o'- Japan heads found himself demoted after Dreamcast shortages started poppin' up. GamersRepublic and GameSpot try to sort out what happened. A couple of sites report that Nintendo head Yamauchi "slams" Sega in a recent interview. I've read it. Is it a slam? Well, in Japan, they slam you politely, I suppose. Anyway, I have two stories -- FGNOnline and Gaming-Age. I suggest Gaming-Age for the bigger, more in-depth story. But maybe there could be a problem with Sega and Dreamcasts, as Yamauchi suggests. With the shortages, Sega isn't having a real easy time of it. I know! Let's get the Japanese press DRUNK! Sega's sending bottles of wine. Gamers Republic has pictures. If you work for the American press, though, Sega wants you to be on-time. Dreamcast watches are poppin' up in U.S. editorial offices, and Gaming-Age prints pics of 'em. So... they call it VMS. I call it the Dreamcast PDA. Gaming-Age and SegaNet has pics showin' how "Climax Landers" will use the device. And speaking of "Climax Landers," FGNOnline knows when it's gonna land. Next-Generation, among others, said last week that "Incoming" had gotten piss-poor reviews in the Japanese press. Well, Dreamcaster says that ain't true. Anyway, I gots you the Next-Gen piece and the Dreamcaster piece. Did you know you could attend the Shenmue conference over the Internet? It's happening on December 19 (20 in Japan). I found the news over at Dreamcast (who got it from SegaNet -- see how incestuous this can all be?). Now you have links to the Dreamcast story and the actual site where you can listen in. (Hint: Don't tell your friends or you'll never get a stream.) "Maken X," Nazis. Nazis, "Maken X." Everyone's all a- titter over the use of Nazis in the game. SegaX has a gang buster preview, while Atlus Japan launches the official site. Over at DreamcastIGN, a big preview of "PowerStone." And, Dreamcast-finally, a big preview, which is more like a review, of "Sega Rally 2." It's over at ConsoleDomain. PlayStation (PSX) Hey. Bay-bee. You can not pass up ze new detailz on Fee-nal Fantasee 8. IGNPSX has news of new charactairs for you and much lovey-poo. Also, ahem, Game Informer ('We inform games!') has some pics, too. Is the "Legend of Lagaia" headed toward the U.S.? Yes, oh, god YES! And Sony America is bein' soo secretive about it. But PSXNation found out the truth. And speaking of truth (or false), Kingboxer's back on PSXMax with rumors out my wahzoo! PSX2 Developer Kits out to devlopers already? Oh, do tell. Dooooo tell. IGNPSX snags an informal interview with the developer of driver. (An informal interview, in journalism, is when you, the reporter, go to a party where the subject (develop- er) shows up. You harang him at the punch bowl where he spits punch in your face. You then chase him down and pro- mise not to print stuff about his mother like last time and he (developer) grants you a few questions. It's all very simple, really.) But here's an formal interview (where you sit down and stuff) with Kev Shaw, PR Manager (OBJECTIVE ALERT!!) of Eutechnyx, developers of "Max Power Racer." It's over at Game-Interviews.com. Woah! A demo and movies of "Saga Frontier" and "IS Internal Section" on the new Japanese "Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon" disc? Yep. FGNOnline has the details. Remember last issue where a site claimed to have found the sequel to "Mega Man Legends?" Well, GameFan has the full story and, YES, it is a sequel -- er, sorta. Meanwhile, check out Gaming-Age for screens of a really frikkin' weird game, "Tron and the Serverbots." Are you a member of PlayStation Underground? Me neither. But apparently you're going to get some nice stuff if you are. Details at PSXNation. Game Informer previews "Bass Lander." IGNPSX breaks apart the new "Bust-A-Move 3." Videogames.com finds what could be the game that can claim no genre, "Irritating Stick." (How- ever, the title, all of a sudden, sounds like an STD.) GamersRepublic shows us that we've come a lonnnng way from Activision's Skiing for the Atari 2600 with their preview of "Tricky Sliders." And Game-Online previews the new multi- generational RPG, "Dragon Valor," comin' from Nammie-co. Get "Apocalypse" now! Get it? Apocalypse is a game title? Apocalypse Now is a movie title? Ha. Well, if you get it, then I made the joke up. If you don't, then blame Console Domain and their view of the UK version of "Apocalypse." And more at Console Domain: A review of the UK version of "Actua Soccer," and the Japanese version of "Ridge Racer Type 4." IGNPSX reviews "Formula 1 '98," and could it be that gameplay has been thrown into reverse? And PSX-finally, GameCenter reviews "Bushido Blade 2." Multi-format Tired of running out to EB for Zelda only to come home with "Busby 3d?" Then you need Videogames.com's guide for Videogame Bargins! Yes, you do. Sega X put together a nice report on all things Sega and arcady. They have reviews of "House of The Dead 2," "The Groovin' Flash Beat" and "Zombie Zone." Oh, you want to see all of these. Cheers, folks. See a cool story? Send it to me! Otakuboy@bigfoot.com ============================================================ Nintendo 64 Links: -- Interview with Dave Dienstbier, Turok 2 Project Leader -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6094.html -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6121.html -- The Turok 2 and Rogue Squadron coupons not happening? - News -- http://www.64source.com/news/121498.html#3 -- Bugs in Turok? - News -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6120.html -- Initial Impressions Turok 2 - Review -- http://www.64source.com/impressions/justin_turok2.html -- Nintendo, you will make Metroid 64! -- http://www.64source.com/features/demaran/ -- Pikachuuuuu, I see you! - News (Pikachu Genki Dechu) -- http://www.64source.com/news/121498.html#2 -- California Speedin' on such a spring-ish daaaaay! - News -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1998-12-15 -- "Midway Announces CA Speed" -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/9860.html (movies) -- Mario Golf 64 - News/Preview -- http://www.64source.com/news/121498.html#1 -- Da BIG South Park 64 Preview - Preview -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/10075.html -- New pics for Neon Genesit Evangelion - Preview -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6128.html -- What is a Gambling Sim? (Golden Nugget 64) - Preview -- http://ign64.ign.com/reviews/10083.html -- Top Gear Overdrive - Review -- http://www.videogamers.com/reviews/n64/tgo/ -- A TRUE collector's item! The Panasonic Color GameBoy! - News -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "Panasonic Japan has..." -- 2 Bomberman RPGs? Bomberman Quest AND B-Daman RPG?! - News -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "It's Bomberman season..." -- Report on Color GameBoys in Phillipines -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "Our Buddy Heiss..." -- Clear Shell Color GameBoys! - News -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "Shoji reports that..." -- Zelda DX on shelves Dec. 14 -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "Lancelote Leong reports..." -- GameBoy Color Titles debut - News -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1998-12-14 -- "Take Two Ships Three For GBC" Dreamcast links: -- COO Talk vague?! NAAAAH! - Feature -- http://www.seganet.com/news/121598a.html -- DC prices start to come-a down! - News -- http://www.ncsx.com/ncs121498/ncs1214m.htm -- Dreamcast continues to sell! Will wonders never crease. - News -- http://www.dreamcaster.net/news/121498-02.htm -- Work in Japan? DO NOT MESS UP! - News (Hidekazu Yukawa) -- http://www.gamersrepublic.com/12_14_1998n1.html -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_12/14_vg_segadc/index.html -- Is this a "slam"? - News -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1998-12-14 -- "Yamauchi Slams Sega" -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/december98/121198f.htm -- Work for Japanese magazine? Sega wants you drunk. - News -- http://www.gamersrepublic.com/12_14_1998n5.html -- Work for Gaming-Age? They want you to be ON TIME! - News -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/december98/121498a.htm -- They call it VMS - Preview -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/december98/121498e.htm -- http://www.seganet.com/news/121598b.html -- Here's comes Climax -- HONEST! - News -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1998-12-14 -- "Climax Sets Date to Land" -- "Incoming" Bad? - News -- http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5300.html - Is too! -- http://www.dreamcaster.net/news/121498-01.htm - Is NOT! -- ShenMue Conference over the Internet - News -- http://www.dreamcaster.net/archives/december/121198/121198-02.htm -- http://www.shenmue.by.arena.ne.jp/ -- The event! -- And Maken X! The Preview - Preview -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/previews/makenx.htm -- The official MakenX site! -- http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/new/makenx.htm -- I turn to Power Stone, when you are gone. - Preview -- http://dreamcast.ign.com/previews/10637.html -- Sega Rally 2 - Japan Version Review -- http://www.consoledomain.com/dreamcast/articles/Sega_Rally_2_Preview.html PlayStation links: -- Who can pass up details on FF8? (New Characters!) - News -- http://psx.ign.com/news/6099.html -- And new FF8 pictures! - News -- http://www.gameinformer.com/news/dec98/121598c.html -- Legend of Lagaia Headed to U.S. - News -- http://www.psxnation.com/news/121498a.html -- Rumors! Rumors! PSX2 Dev Kits?! - Feature -- http://www.consolecity.com/psx/rumors/ -- A bit of an informal interview with the developer of Driver - Interview -- http://psx.ign.com/news/6123.html -- Just in time for Christmas! - Feature -- http://www.consoledomain.com/psx/articles/Sony_Playstation_Buying_Guide.html -- Interview with Kev Shaw, PR Manager of Eutechnyx (Max Power Racer) - Interview -- http://www.game-interviews.com/miniviews/maxpower.htm -- Demos and movies on Chocobo's J-PSX disc. - News -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1998-12-14 -- "A Square Surprise" -- Yep! It's the sequel to Mega Man Legends.. sorta. - News -- http://www.gamefan.com/hotinfo/12_98/12_14a.htm -- Tron and The Serverbots (Tron Ni Kobun) - News -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/december98/121198d.htm -- New incentives over at PlayStation Underground - News -- http://www.psxnation.com/news/121598b.html -- Kinda preview of Bass Landing! - Preview -- http://www.gameinformer.com/news/dec98/121598d.html -- How's Bust-A-Move goin' smack down yo' ass? - Preview -- http://psx.ign.com/news/6118.html -- Irritating Stick. Irritating Game? - Preview -- http://www.videogames.com/psx/puzcla/irritating/ -- A lonng way from Activition Skiing. - Preview -- http://www.gamersrepublic.com/12_14_1998n2.html -- Namco's new multi-generational RPG! Dragon Valor - Preview -- http://www.game-online.com/cfdocs/site/news/newstemp.cfm?newsid=1095 -- Get Apocalpyse NOW! - UK Version Review -- http://www.consoledomain.com/psx/reviews/Apocalypse_UK_Release.html -- Actua Soccer - UK Version Review -- http://www.consoledomain.com/psx/reviews/Actua_Soccer_3.html -- Another RR4 Review - Japanese Version Review -- http://www.consoledomain.com/psx/reviews/R4_Ridge_Racer_Type_4.html -- Formula 1 '98 - GamePLay in REVERSE?! - Review -- http://psx.ign.com/reviews/10187.html -- Bushido Blade 2 - Review -- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Bushido2/ Multi-format links: -- Tired of missing out on Zelda? Go for bargains! - Feature -- http://www.videogames.com/features/universal/hitlist/index.html -- SegaX reports on the Sega Arcade Scene! - Reviews -- House of The Dead 2 -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981215_hotd2imp.htm -- The Groovin' Flash Beat -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981214_flashbeat.htm -- Zombie Zone -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981214_zombiezone.htm ----------------------------------------------------------- And, hey, when you wanna go out and surf on your own, stop on by Gaming Central. They're linked to every gaming site in the world! They kick TOCK! (As in But-TOCK!) -- http://www.startpath.com/gamingcentral/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Thus ends another ish of OtakuBoy Online. The place for the squeeky clean zine scene... and those zines better get to writin' better features. Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene -- Dec. 15, 1998 Vol. 1 No. 34 The name of the place is -- written by OtakuBoy - "I Like it Like That." Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!