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. 9, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 57 Salad Shooters -- written by OtakuBoy - " are more fun than some games." 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 ========================================= Wowza! I canna' believe all de news a-reportin' today! It's like someone took a biggie fries and put them in a salad shooter and pressed "go." It's like Robin Williams once said: "My knees explode and my socks fall off." It's like I'm making absolutely no sense. ----------- D r e a m c a s t & S a t u r n (DC & SAT) But maybe this does make sense. You see, Sega's always said that the Dreamcast had, like, major upgrade options. Major, man. Major! Like, for instance, DVD? Imagine this scenario -- the PSX2 is announced and Sony's all happy that not will their machine have 72 Megs of RAM (a current rumor, see below OtakuBoyeees), it'll have DVD up de wazoo. Well, then Sega smiles and says, "HAH! Take a look at our upgrade, Dreamcasters! Full-on DVD and more RAM. HAH! Take that Sony." And Sony says, "CURSE YOU SEGAAAAAAAAAH!" Anyway, GameSpot has the rumor/news straight from an industry pub that Sega's got some o' these upgrades floatin' around their offices in Japan. -- The Dreamcast to become a DVD machine? - News/Rumor? -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/09_vg_dvddc/index.html Wow! I really want a DVD player. I hope that I'll be able to rent Air Force One AND NiGHTS 2! Anyhoo, that's more of less rumor ya know. Over the weekend, Sega sup- posedly made some big announcement about all kinds of Euro-Dreamcast stuff. Like what? Well, how about a BLUE Dreamcast logo? How a list o' launch titles? The news is ALL over the Internet today. (In fact, I don't know who broke the story first. I heard it from SegaX first! but it seems like this d00d in Germany, who runs a site called GAME-OVER sent mail to nearly every single gaming site out there.) Anyhoo, if you want to quick skinny, check out FGNOnline's story. It's quick and lists all the pertinent facts. Gaming-Age's news is a little more extensive, but what's really important here are the hands-on impressions of MONACO GP buried within. (Oh, and there's a bit about the Euro Launch Date!) -- More news? Euro logo Blue? 9/9/99? - News/Rumor? -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990208_eurodc.htm (I heard it from here first!) -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1999-02-09 -- "DC Rumor Reach Warpspeed" -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/february99/020899h.htm (more hands-on, quite extensive, include Monaco GP first-impressions) Meanwhile, you want to check out SegaX even if you get the rumor-news elsewhere. Cause the guys posted a mini- interview with Sega Europe confirming some details, playing 'not sure' on others (WOW! Less than 97 no-comments?) Also, 9/9/99 seems to be a good Dreamcast Euro-date. But what about America. Yeah, yeah. Everyone's been sayin' the same date, but it seems like the Associated Press has a different idea. SegaX has the summary of the AP story, and I've in- cluded a link to the AP story belooooooooow. -- SegaX chats with Sega Europe - Mini-Interview (confirms color, but not modem) -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990208_modem.htm -- Maybe AP had release date right? - News (November?) -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990208_usdclaunch.htm -- http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_story.html?FRONTID=TECHNOLOGY&STORYID=APIS6QV6H180 HARK! Are you still trying to download those Sonic menus in English. STILL! Well, Sonic Zone tries to help. And, wow! They even have screen shots and sound clips to aid you along. (Boo HOO! I can't seem to understand the darn sound clip!) -- More on Sonic English menus - Feature/Sound Clips -- http://szone.simplenet.com/soniczone/news/feb99/020899a.html Yo yo yo! A shout out to all my Anime-lovin' homeys kick- in' up on that west siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide! (Wow, I think that actually sounds pretty good. Send criticisms to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com.) Anyway, SENTIMENTAL GRAFITTI is comin! Honest and fer true! Just as ole Sega X, who seems to have a big lock on the news today. Whoops! I'm not explaining myself fully. You see, SENTIMENTAL GRAFITTI is what they call one of those dating games. You know! You pick your opposing (or simliar) gender, the prospective dates all scroll across the screen in the old Atari 2600 TARGET FUN type action. You shoot questions as them as they go by -- "Wanna go on a date," "Wanna dance" -- and after they all turn you down, the game's over. It's quite the challenge. -- Sentimental Grafitti is comin' - News -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990209_sentgraf2.htm Yeah, yeah, yeah! REDLINE RACER is comin' to DC. It's the super motorcyclin' arcade game. And SegaX has shots. -- Redline Racer is comin' - News/Shots -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990208_redlinedc.htm Meanwhile, IGNDreamcast has actually updated their site two days in a row. I think Christ will be comin' soon. Any- hoo, the ole boys got to check out POWER STONE recently, and they have shots taken from a shoulder mounted camera. Hehehehe... It's kinda fun to watch. -- Videos of PowerStone (Arcade) in action - Preview -- http://dreamcast.ign.com/news/6799.html What's this? An IGN64 link in the DC section? Am I in- sane? Am I trolling? Do I want to start a flame war? NO! You see, at the very bottom of the READY 2 RUMBLE preview, is a tiny note: It's comin' out for Dreamcast! -- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing - Preview -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6828.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) I hope you didn't get all nervous over that silly news about Dreamcast bein' all upgradable and stuff to DVD! Don't worry about yo' pretty little heads. Cause word on PSX Nation that the PSX2 is gonna come with 72 FRIKKIN MEGS! (FRIKKEN MEGS are actually 156 pin chips that really scream! ;) Ah, well, it's all a rumor anyway. -- 72 Megs o' RAM!? - Rumor -- http://www.psxnation.com/news/020999a.html YOW! Super! SUPER! S U P E R ! feature on the POCKET STATION over on Gaming-Age. So super, I like read the whole thing nine times before I managed to simply copy the URL and put it in O.O. Right. Right. Anyhoo, this feature goes over everything PocketStation, from the outside all the way to what you can do if you gots STREET FIGHTER ZERO 3. The d00dz even have MP3 filez of the sound this little puppy works up. Definitely worth the click. -- The PocketStation - Feature -- http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/pocketstation/ IGNPSX has a super ROLL CAGE interview. They ask the game a lot of questions, but there's not too much dialouge really. I mean they ask the game a question and it sits there... playing with itself. (Demo mode.) So, they got ahold of Chris Gibbs, Managing Director (he manages to direct). The interview's all about ATD, their gameography, how ROLL CAGE came out about (oh, you Sega Rally, you... you inspire the mighty game o' out lives). And always re- member that OtakuBoy brought you news of the FIRST Roll Cage interview, which I seen over on PlayStationFan. So, I went there and found they have a new preview AND REVIEW! And they're both on the same page! That's JUST JUST JUST UN-NATURAL! -- The Roll Cage Interview - Interview -- http://psx.ign.com/news/6792.html -- http://www.playstationfan.com/preview79.htm (Preview AND Review) Is NAMCO on the fence about which Next-Next-Generation console to support? Will they support two? Three? Will they create their own console? Will they leave the games busi- ness all together and go into oven-mitts? (Hey, the Strohs company just left the beer business, so anything's possi- ble.) Anyway, all these questions and MORE in Kingboxer's Rumors on PSXMax. -- Kingboxer's Rumors - Feature (Namco on the fence?) -- http://www.consolecity.com/psx/rumors/ Ah, wouldn't life be grand if U.S. game companies adver- tised new games on the radio. Imagine driving down the street, bopping to Barry Manilow (wheeeeeeeen willl iiiiii hold yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou, again?) and a FINAL FANTASY ad pops on? Gosh, it might just like sound like the one over on Gaming-Intelligence! -- FF8 Ad - News (Audio File) -- http://www.gaming-intelligence.com/psx/ff8/ff8media19.html Yo! Yo! Yo! Another shout out to all my Anime-lovin' homeys doing that thing over on the west siiiiiiiiiiiiiide! (Ah, it doesn't sound good anymore.) Anyway, word from Magic Box is that Konami's TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL VOL. 3 is comin' to PlayStation reeeeeel soon. -- For all my Anime-lovin' fans - News (Tokimeki Memorial Vol 3 is comin') -- http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/5534/gaming.htm -- "Konami's Tokimeki Memorial..." And HEY! More stuff on Gaming-Intelligence. This time it's-ah movies and a big preview of the RPG GUARDIAN'S CRUSADE! And Gaming-Age has new pics and a preview of EHRGEIZ! -- Guardian's Crusade - Movies/Preview -- http://www.gaming-intelligence.com/psx/guardc/guardc.html -- It's Ehrgeiz - Pics/Preview -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/february99/020899j.htm Really, now. Is BUST-A-MOVE '99 all that and a bag of Frito Scoops? Honest! Well, I can't tell what IGN is sayin' in this preview on IGNPSX. It's a bit campy, a bit satiri- cal, a bit cynical, a bit humorous, a bit callous, a bit bittersweet, a bit sad, a bit loony, and a bit -- just a touch -- anxious. -- Bust-A-Move '99 is a bag of Frito Scoops? - Preview -- http://psx.ign.com/previews/11069.html Have you ever wanted to make your own fighter? Hey, that sounds like a song Olivia Neutron-Bomb once sang: "Have you never wanted to make your own fiiighter! Have you never wanted to make a super stronger character that could grind all other characters into the ground. Have you never let someone else be strong?" Anyhoo, Game Informer previews FIGHTER MAKER! And I'm a might scared. I remember all those "construction sets" on previous computers that didn't go all that well. OH, this one was pretty cool: Anyone remember ADVENTURE CONSTRUCTION SET? -- Fighter Maker - Preview (Like Fighting Construction Set.) -- http://www.gameinformer.com/pviews/feb99/fighter/fighter.html N i n t e n d o 6 4 (N64) When E.F. Hutton talks, readers of this newsletter don't listen. But when Nintendo talks, they do. And Nintendo has spoken. (Tis time for another Mighty Lips comment, brought to you by the prose-wranglers at Videogamers.com.) Nintendo opened their mighty lips and said that POKEMONSNAP and POKEMON STADIUM will come on N64! Woohoo! Details on IGN64. -- It looks like PokemonSnap and Pokemon Stadium (not to mention Mario Golf) are coming. - News -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6807.html Are you dying for ANY info regarding Capcom's plans for the N64! Are you searching Capcom's Web site over and over again for any mention of the N64? Well, wait no more, true believers! For Nintendojo, the Web site of Nintendo record, has a mini-interview. It's real small, d00dz. "Do you have time to talk?" No. >Click< -- Capcom and N64! Focus on E3 - Mini-Interview -- http://www.nintendojo.com/news/infocus/1999/february/0208.htm 3DO... Or not 2 3DO. IGN64 previews ARMY MEN: SARGE'S HEROES! (Why is it that all the Sarge's Heroes are dead?) Anyway, a big preview over on IGN64. Also on IGN 64, take Take Mario Kart 64. Now add Looney Tunes characters and backdrops. Stir. Now you have LOONEY TUNES: SPACE RACE. At least this is what IGN64 says in their preview of it. -- Army Men: Sarge's Heroes! - News/Preview (3D0) -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/1944.html -- Looney Tunes: Space Race - Preview (Kinda Acme Mario Kart 64, yah, yeah.) -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/10074.html Hey! How about a game that comes to America with abso- lutely NO change... no dialogue changes, no Amercianization o' the plot. Nothing. Just a straight port. (Well, with a but of subbing for good dialogue measure.) That's GOEMON'S GREAT ADVENTURE (not it's real name, I'm protecting the innocent). Game Information has a preview. Check out the wacky URL! -- Goemon's Great Adventure - Preview -- http://www.gameinformer.com/pviews/feb99/goemon'sga/goemon'sga.html February 8 is/was MARIO PARTY day! Yep, the weird and wacky party/parlor (?) game debuted. I have the press re- lease from Nintendo.com, which has a decent introduction to the game, and a review over on Nintendo Underground. Well, it's more like a preview. "Hello, it's me! Wario! It should be my party, so I'll cry if I want to." -- February 8, Mario Party Day - Press Release (Decent introduction to the game.) -- http://www.nintendo.com/corp/press/020899c.html -- http://www.nintendorks.com/previews/carl/mario_party/ (Have a review) I betcha didn't know Zelda 64 had its own audio CD! I bet! I bet! Well, Soundtrack Central keeps up with all that stuff. And heck, check out some of the other CDs about. Some even have MP3 samples! -- Did you know there was a Zelda 64 audio cd? - News -- http://www.soundtrackcentral.com/news/index.htm#zelda64arranged OH! Don't forget the online Mario Party at Nsider on Nintendo.com! It's comin' soon! SOON! SOON! Check out the link below for the info. You can win stuff and everything. They say they'll have "Cyber-jocks." Do you think one'll be Howard Stern. "Take off your clothes! Robin, is that wrong?" "heheheheheheheheheheheh" -- The Online Mario Party *Win Stuff!* - Announcement -- http://www.nintendo.com/nsider/index.html G a m e B o y C o l o r (GBC) The BIGGEST news for the GameBoy Color today is that Activision is bringing ASTEROIDS over to the little color portable that can. I saw this story all over the place. TONS of sites. But only one I ran across had PICS! Give it up for GBCdojo! -- Here comes Asteroids - News/Shots -- http://www.nintendojo.com/gbcdojo/ -- "Rock Your Solar System" Hmmm... I don't remember why I'm including this... OH yeah, the guys over at GameBoy Euro-Asia said that this game was like super popular when it came out. So this new one YU-GI-OH!!!! Dual Monster II, should be even whackier and MORE popular. So, maybe you know about it, eh? -- Yu-Gi-OH! Dual Monsters II - News -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "As expected, work..." ASCII's new DERBY STALLION will have your 64GB hook-up. Use up to FOUR GBCs to place your bets. (Perhaps one of them can be the bookie! Check out the story on GameBoy Euro-Asia. -- ASCII's Derby Stallion to use 64GB - News -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm -- "ASCII is expected..." And in the review corner today, Graphics GOOD!, Gameplay BAD! That's what Console Domain says about CARROT CRAZY. And I gotta admit, those graphics look some spiff! Check out Console Domain for the review. -- Carrot Crazy (Graphics Good. Gameplay BAD!) - Review -- http://www.consoledomain.com/gameboy/reviews/Carrot_Crazy.html M u l t i - F o r m a t & M i s c Oh my God! ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod -- a REAL FINAL FANTASY MOVIE CLIP! HOOO FRAK! SOMEONE HELP ME! MY EYES ARE LEAKING! LLEEEEEEAAAKKING!!!! HELP! Ahem. I have FOUR links to the clip! Slow server? QUICK! Click on another! -- A FINAL FANTASY MOVIE CLIP! -- http://www.gaming-age.com/media/fftmclip.mpeg -- http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bkshoema/fftmclip.mpeg -- http://www.gaming-intelligence.com/features/ffmovie/media3/fftmclip.mpeg -- ftp://wahoo.cx/fftmclip.mpeg GameSpotUK interviews Peter Molyneux. He's the d00d that used to head BullFrog, but now he's like at Lionhead. They talk about the state of gaming, where the industry can go and blah, blah, blah. Meanwhile, he also tired of the rising cost of French Fries. (Actually, that's not in there. I'm just grasping at straws. The truth: It's a decent interview if you like Peter Molyneux. And who doesn't, right?) -- Peter Molyneux - Interview -- http://www.gamespot.co.uk/interviews/1998/milia/46.html Now THIS is a good interview. Tommy Tallarico. Do you know him? Well, I gotta admit that I didn't until now. He's like a MEGA videogame-music composer. The interview at Dimension-S goes all through the American videogame music industry, the genres that are best and worst with their sounds and more. Plus, a lot of rumors and tidbits. COOL! -- Tommy Tallarico, videogame music composer - Interview -- http://www.dimension-s.com/transmissions/features/tallarico_interview_feb_99/index.htm AAAH! SNK vs. Capcom comin' to the ARCADE?! NO WAY! Both SegaX and Gaming-Age carry the news. It's an arcade game, ya know. Arcade. But still, I'd forgo my Dreamcast one more month for a turn at KING O' FIGHTERS vs. CAPCOM! -- WOW! SNK vs. Capcom?!?!?! - Arcade News (King o' Fighters and Capcom games.) -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/february99/020999a.htm -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990208_snkcap.htm Gamecenter? Builds the PERFECT gaming system? Is this some sort of sick joke? But, NO! It's not! They really do try and they go after the look o' the console and every- thing. It's kinda ... well ... obsessive, really. I LOVE IT! -- GameCenter builds the perfect gaming system - Feature/Sick Joke? -- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Features/Perfect/ Ok, ok. I admit this is more of a PC thing. But, JEEZ! It's JAY WILBUR, man! The d00d that did Doom. That's a pret- ty cool sentence, I think. The d00d that did Doom. Note to Self: Send to Reader's Digest. Anyway, check out the inter- view. -- JAY WILBUR, man! - Interview -- http://www.game-online.com/cfdocs/site/features/epic/main.htm It's spiritual in a way. See the job. Do the job. Build the sub. Fight the sub. It's a preview of the game DIVE ALERT for Neo Geo Pocket! Check out GameFAN! I'M NOT BOY! -- Dive Alert (Build a Sub. Fight a Sub.) - Preview (NGPocket) -- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=307 And upcoming for Bandai's WonderSwan is super new WONDER STADIUM. (IT's soooo wonderful!) Check out Gamers Republic for the slap-happy preview. Also, bunches of Wonderswan game shots on Magic Box. -- Wonderswan's Wonder Stadium - Preview (Baseball game) -- http://www.gamersrepublic.com/02_08_1999n5.html -- And bunches of Wonderswam game pics - Shots -- http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/5534/gaming.htm -- "A number of new screen shots are released..." And you're like super excited about the news that STREET FIGHTER ZERO 2 figures are out. Right? Well, I AM! Check out National Console Support for the pics. (Figures in boxes never photog well.) -- Street Fighter Zero 2 - Figures -- http://www.ncsx.com/ncs020899/sfz2.htm 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. 9, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 57 Salad Shooters -- written by OtakuBoy - " are more fun than some games." 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