Share the love! Forward OtakuBoy Online to a friend. You'll be glad you did. :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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 -- Feb. 6, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 56 ;) :) :D -- written by OtakuBoy - " ^____^ " Contibutor: TANSU 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. =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. ----------- 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 ===========OTAKUBOY SAY TO VISIT THIS DUDE, EH!============= Want to have a second opinion on anime/manga? Don't know where to surf for good images and fan contri- bution? Want to decorate your desktop with over 200 anime wallpapers? Sick of listening to the same music all the time? Browse over to Anime Genesis dot com at http://anime-genesis.com Your online anime/manga companion. ============================================================ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 -- Feb. 6, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 56 ;) :) :D -- written by OtakuBoy - " ^____^ " Contibutor: TANSU Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, do you like OtakuBoy? Please forward it to a friend and tell 'em to send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com