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 links to the best vid-gaming sites' content http://www.otakuboy.com -- Feb. 25, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 64 How about a -- written by OtakuBoy - "fine Beaujolais?" 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 ========================================= I'm SO SORRY! (There, I promised I'd never start a news- letter with those three words, but I had to this time so I thought I'd just get it outta the way first and foremostly.) Anyway, there are many reasons why you're staring at a terribly late issue. Mostly, though, it's about writing a feature story for a magazine which had to be in the ready this week. Lots of work. I missed looking for cool stories. Good thing I got to it today!!! ----------- D r e a m c a s t & S a t u r n (DC & SAT) -- WOOOHOOO! GUNDAM MOVIE - Movie Boy, it's such a long running series, that Gundam. It just keep goin' and goin'. I guess it just translates well from anime to game. Dunno. Anyhoo, check out this GUNDAM SIDE STORY MPEG! Hey, the links go to the same movie; one's just a mirror. SegaX has quite a bit about how the game will run, too! -- http://128.11.10.58/video/gundam.mpg -- http://www.gamefan.com/video/gundam.mpg -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_990225_gundam.htm -- WOOOOHOOOOOO! BLUE STINGER MOVIE! - Movie/Pics Meanwhile, and super happy hooray especially, here's a new BLUE STINGER MOVIE, courtesy of Minaduki, super Japanese videogame site. (And pointed out to me by GameFAN!) Oh, it's like 14 MEGS! So, if that's too much, check out the IGNDreamcast link for a buncha pics. -- http://128.11.10.58/video/blue.mov -- http://www.gamefan.com/video/blue.mov -- http://dreamcast.ign.com/news/7068.html -- Puyo-Puyo 4 - Preview Dimension takes off the wraps of PUYO-PUYO 4 and I gotta tell you -- I haven't seen all that much of 3! WHAT HAPPENED?!? Anyway, looks like much of the same blobby fun. -- http://www.dimension-s.com/previews/showpreview.cfm?id=690 -- Power Stone - Review/Movie COOL! We're starting to see POWER STONE reviews and that's darn nifty, sister-babe. That's what I say. Tell me what I say. Anyway, check out this review. It's pretty good and really rips into the so-called fight-mechanics of 3D fighters. SegaX? Well, those guys love everything Sega, now don't they! THAT'S WHY THEY RULE! No, seriously, they take a look at POWER STONE and how it falls within the current genre of fighters. But what's more important is there super cool 1 minute long movie! Meanwhile, check out the POWER STONE FAQ on Dimension-S! -- http://www.gamefan.com/gmx/standardRE.asp?game=910 -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/reviews/import_powerstone.htm -- http://www.digitalsea.net/extreme-imports/movies/powerstone.mpg -- http://www.dimension-s.com/resources/dreamcast/pstone.html -- On OtakuBOY.com -- Dark Eyes! - News -- HOTD1 in HOTD2 - RUMOR -- TACKLE ME! - Pics -- Power Stone - Guide/Feature -- MORE links to good content! -- http://otakuboy.com/sega.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) -- A BUG in FF8?!?! - News Yoiks! Word is there's a problem in FINAL FANTASY VIII. Something to do with clearing a certain area in a certain amount of time. Oh, I don't know if I understand it cause I don't have the game!!! So, go read this news item on GameSpot, which also gives you a tip on how to avoid it! -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/26_vg_bugs/index.html -- The PlayStation Meeting - Recap/Buzz-starter GameFAN kinda rekindles the fire about what could happen at the big-wig Sony meeting next week. Will they announce the PlayStation2? Can developers start talking about the supposed PSX2 development kits floating about? Well Sony move away from electronics and into birth-control devices. GameFan explores all the possibilites and THEN SOME! -- http://www.gamefan.com/newhotinfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=534 -- DINO CRISIS! - News Cool! This sounds better than that TRESPASSER stuff! You basically like run away from Dinos. They suck, especially when they eat you. Durn it. Gaming-Age has a nice story, but I like IGNPSX's better. They've got LOADS o' info on the plot. Could be a new Lara in the making? Check out the se- cond link which has some pictures. (The IGNPSX link has pics, too.) Notice any similarities between Jurassic Park and DINO CRISIS? Hmmm.... -- http://psx.ign.com/news/7091.html -- http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/february99/022699e.htm -- Final Fantasy VIII's Guardian Force Summons - Movies A neat idea, whose time has come. We will sell no wine before you pay for it, etc. Gaming-Intelligence has a big collection of the Guardian Force summons in FINAL FANTASY VIII. Bring along your T-1. -- http://www.gaming-intelligence.com/psx/ff8/ff8media29a.html -- Have pointy head? Touch things. - Japanese Game Preview What is the SEGARE IGIRI? Someone tell me. No, seriously, I understand it, but it's quite weird. You have a pointy head, you have touch things so you can grow? -- http://www.gamersrepublic.com/02_25_1999n5.html -- On OTAKUBOY.com -- HAHA! 14.4 MODEM?! - News -- The Resident Evil JUGGERNAUT! - News/Feature/Re-Cap -- Capcom's PSX2 Rumors - Feature/Rumors -- Seiken Densetsu 4 BEYOND THE RUMOR GRAVE!!! - News -- Silent Hill - Opposing Review -- MORE links to good content! -- http://otakuboy.com/sony.html N i n t e n d o 6 4 (N64) -- The Resident Evil JUGGERNAUT! - News/Feature/Re-Cap Cool, it's a big recap of all things RESIDENT EVIL up- comin' for all the different platforms. (Except handhelds! WHY GOD!) Dreamcast, PSX, N64. What's all the hub-bub, bub? Then read it the hub-bub here, bub! -- http://www.gamefan.com/NewHotInfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=507 -- Monster Truck Madness! - Preview WOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWOOW! Yeah, we got sooo many car battle games, but not a-one MONSTER TRUCK battle game! And that's where MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS comes in! That's right! Super, dooper, electric para-trooper cool signalfying MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS! The IGN64 preview is super details and makes you weep with delight. (Or with pain, if you don't have an N64...) Meanwhile, check out the MINI-INTERVIEW with Edge of Reality, yo olde developer. -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/3908.html -- http://www.nintendojo.com/news/infocus/interview/mtm64.htm -- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - Review So, is this just like the arcade game? Worse? Better? Is it like butter? Is it like chocolate covered pretzels? (You know, those made me really, really sick one time.) Anyway, IGNPSX reviews and they aren't completely pleased with this new fighter. -- http://psx.ign.com/reviews/10442.html -- $900 of Domain names -- Site/Feature Nintendojo is in EARLY! N2000 is comin. What will its official name be? What's will the hardware be like? Well, NO ONE knows... except maybe for Nintendo. In the meantime, Nintendojo opens up a section dedicated to the next Nintendo machine. And here's a cool feature... Nintendo suddnely re- gistered a bunch of domains... Hmmm.... -- http://www.nintendojo.com/n2000/ -- http://www.nintendojo.com/n2000/eyeopeners/022499a.htm -- On OtakuBOY.com -- HAHA! 14.4 MODEM?! - News -- The brief Stunt Racer 3000 news item - News -- WOW! Fighting Force 64 actually comin'? - Preview -- World Driver Championship (gauntletlegends) - Review -- MORE links to good content! -- http://otakuboy.com/nintendo.html G a m e B o y C o l o r (GBC) -- COOL! MOsysFX - News This is pretty neat. Ever wanted to make music on your GameBoy? Sure you have. You've sat up long nights, turning your GBC on and off, hoping against hope that some mystery music-making menu will come up. But it didn't so you fired up your old Commodore 64 and Music Construction Set. And as your tears dropped on the keyboard, you wished aloud for a GameBoy music composer. WELL WAIT NO MORE MY WATERY-EYED FRIEND! -- http://www.nintendojo.com/gbcdojo/ -- "MO Better Sound" -- It's Game & Watch Gallery 3! - News Egg, Green House, Turtle Bridge -- all old Game & Watch games comin' to GameBoy very soon! Cool! I really liked those old games... and all my Japanese "friends" had them but wouldn't tell me where to get them. Oh, that's why I'm in therapy. Anyway check out the news on GameSpot. -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/26_vg_ninwatch/index.html -- On Otakuboy.Com -- Kirby's Star Stacker - Review -- MORE links to good content! -- http://otakuboy.com/nintendo.html M u l t i - F o r m a t & M i s c -- Break into Videogames - Feature Well, I know this comes from a Nintendo site. But, you see, this is good news for everyone about how to break into the Videogame industry. Basically, it involves lots of money. Let me save you the trouble. -- http://ign64.ign.com/news/7079.html -- Lara bounces for Number 4? - News No word on consoles or platforms, but Eidos says that another "iteration from the Tomb Raider franchise" is comin'. And more stuff from Eidos at the number one with a gun GameFan news bulletin. -- http://www.gamefan.com/NewHotInfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=520 -- Pokemon Card Shuffle - News Are you in Chicago? Denver? Or any number of other U.S. towns. Yeah, neither am I. But if you can GET THERE, then you can attend Wizard's of the Coast POKEMON CARD GAME mall tour. Yahoooooooooooo! -- http://gameboy.s-one.net.sg/news_flash.htm AND REMEMBER, folksies. There's MORE on www.otakuboy.com!! Cheers, OtakuBOY ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. 25, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 64 How about a -- written by OtakuBoy - "fine Beaujolais?" http://www.otakuboy.com Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 AND THE WEB!! http://www.otakuboy.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, do you like OtakuBoy? Please forward it to a friend and tell 'em to send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com