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 http://www.otakuboy.com -- Feb. 12, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 58 Then you can let me know -- written by OtakuBoy - "What the dill." Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 AND THE WEB!! http://www.otakuboy.com 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 ========================================= IF YOU haven't tried out OtakuBOY.com, then you GOTTA! It's more fun than a sack full of dead rats! No, seriously. You will notice that this issue is quite short. That's because the newsletter now lists only the most important stuff three-days-a-week, while the Web site now lists EVERYTHING as soon every day! WOW! It's like major cool with a big stick and stuff. Huh? ----------- D r e a m c a s t & S a t u r n (DC & SAT) -- Piracy on Dreamcast?! ALREADY!?!?! - News Oh my Gawd! Darlin' I've been hearin' about ya piracy out dere and it's not too good, y'know. Piracy steals outta people's pockets and stuff. yeah. yeah. So, why dey gotta start pirating Dreamcast discs alweady? Ahem. SegaX has news that an import shop has already figured out how to pirate DC discs. -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990210_dcpirating.htm -- Goro Fukagawa - Interview Sega X sits down (no, really they SAT down) with Goro Fukagawa. (They call him Fukagawa-san or something.) Any- way, the guys talk about SEVENTH CROSS, how sales have been, what the Dreamcast's chances are in the marketplace. Etce- tera. -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/interviews/neche_990210.htm -- New story details on UnderCover - News SegaNet has cool new story info on the UNDERCOVER. It looks really good, folks. The story really unfolds as you go. Lots of intrigue. Meanwhile, SegaX has new pics and be sure to check out Sega Japan's OFFISHUL Web site. -- http://www.seganet.com/news/021299b.html -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990211_undercoverpics.htm -- http://www.sega.co.jp/dreamcast/software/u_cover/ -- Ole SHENMUE's finally gonna show its mug! - News Looks like Shenmue is gonna spike some meaty stuff. Wait, that makes no sense. Seriously. It looks like SHENMUE will show up at the Tokyo Game Show in March! WOW! -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/11_vg_shen/index.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) -- The Final Fantasy VIII Intro movie & graphics - Movie OH MY GAWD, DAWLIN! Look at this whopper 30 megabyte movie. Why download all this? Because it's the INTRO TO FINAL FANTASY VIII! AGH! I could just die. AAAAAAAAAAAAH! It's on RPGamer. Also on RPGamer, more pics. The second link'll take you to that story. -- http://www.rpgamer.com/newmedia.html#021299b -- http://www.rpgamer.com/newmedia.html#021199b -- Defeat the FF8 lockout - News Hey, Gaming-Intelligence done found a way to beat that ole nasty mod lockout stuff. Yep. Turns out all ya need is love. Wah wah wah wah wah <-- Beatles music. Actually, all you need is a few Game Shark codes. Ha HA! -- http://www.gaming-intelligence.com/news/n990212a.html -- NO SNK vs. CAPCOM?! - News AAAAAH! NO! Dear GOD NO! It seems those "news" stories about a planned arcade SNK vs. Capcom fighter are WRONG! AGH! Both SNK & Capcom have denied the rumors. Oh, jeez! Help me, I think I'm falling. In love again! Help me, ... sorry, I broke into song. -- http://psx.ign.com/news/6822.html -- Might & Magic coming to PlayStation! - News So, does the fact that there's no MIGHT AND MAGIC for consoles get you down? It does it to me, man. I cry, cry, every night. But I don't have to cry anymore! Cause word it the THE CRUSADERS OF MIGHT AND MAGIC is comin! And 3DO d00d, Trip Hawkins (*Trip*... OW. Hey, are you 'ok'?) says there's gonna be less slow interacting stuff in it, like talking. Yeah, man. TALKING SUCKS! --http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=340 -- G Police: Weapons of Justice - Preview SUPER COOL preview of G POLICE: WEAPONS OF JUSTICE on Videogames.com. I especially like what Psygnosis has come up with to take care of that pesky graphics pop-up problem in the first G POLICE. Think wireframes, then renders. -- http://www.videogames.com/psx/shoot/gpolice2/ -- Destrega - Review How would you like a fighter where the all the characters seem to act about the same in every respect? Sound um... well... positively boring. (Or good, depending on whether you SUCK at fighters like me.) Well, IGNPSX looks at DESTREGA and they're none too pleased. -- http://psx.ign.com/reviews/3838.html N i n t e n d o 6 4 (N64) -- HEEEY! My Main MAN! - Speech Er... I hope you can forgive the cheesy title. :( You see, Peter Main of Nintendo spoke at the 1999 Toy Fair and, well, he's the MAIN MAN! Sorry, that joke's gone nowhere. Anyhoo, it's a really long speech that goes into the de- tails of the industry. Read it all if you want, but IGN64 has posted next to the full interview, the news about the new games contained in the speech near the top. Check it OUTTTTTTTTT! -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/6845.html -- Have emu? Will sue. - N64 News Jeez! Those ULTRAHLE emu developers better run for the hills. Nintendo is none too pleased that they released their little ole emulator. Next-Generation Online has a statement from the Big N. -- http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5810.html -- Motal Kombat: Special Forces - N64 Preview What's the dill with Mortal Kombat? Puzzle-solving and cameras like "Zelda?" Gameplay like "Tomb Raider?" Are we sure this is a fighter anymore? Check out Videogames.com for their preview with just a few words from the developer itself. -- http://www.videogames.com/n64/adventure/mkspecial/ Micro Machine 64 Turbo - N64 Review Game Informer has a pretty quick hands-on of MICRO MACHINE 64 and WOW!... Check out all the different tracks here, d00dz, especially the Table of Elements chart. -- http://www.gameinformer.com/news/feb99/021099d.html G a m e B o y C o l o r (GBC) -- WHY hook up a CELLULAR PHONE to your GameBoy? - GBC News Here's a neat daydream on GameBoy Euro-Asia. Apparently, a lot of stuff is in the works for the GameBoy... like a TV tuner? A cell phone hook up? Wow! The little porto-color thingy that could.. CAN! -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm Cherrios, folks! OtakuBOY =========================================================== XXXX HEY! Wanna see MORE?! -- http://www.otakuboy.com XXXX ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. 12, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 58 Then you can let me know -- http://www.otakuboy.com written by OtakuBoy - "What the dill." 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