Newsletter: Sega World Weekly issue 47 (then Dreamcast Weekly)
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======| EDITORS COMMENTS |================================
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This week we being the search for the "Ultimate Sega
Professor"! Were asking you 100 questions about Sega, and
the person with the most correct answers has truly earned
the title. The winner will be known to almost 18,000 gamers
world wide, and printed on Sega2000.net, as the "Ultimate
Sega Professor".
But of course there's more than that... as the release of
Cool Borders Burrn comes closer in Japan (Aug 26), that
features in our previews section. There's 4 new cheats
for Soul Calibur in our Cheats section, and plenty of
BIG news in the weekly update.
The biggest news this week includes Dreamcast and Arcade
machines Vs over the network, a new name for Sega (!),
Bernie leaving SOA, and much more.
Until next week then, Happy Gaming!
~ Graham "Tails" Parker (Editor)
.oO Page 1 - Cover Story Oo.
.oO Page 2 - The News Oo.
.oO Page 3 - Rumors Oo.
.oO Page 4 - Importing Oo.
.oO Page 5 - Feature Oo.
.oO Page 6 - Cheats & Tips Oo.
.oO Page 7 - Around The Web Oo.
.oO Page 8 - OUR SUPPORT SITES Oo.
.oO Page 9 - Credits Oo.
HOT QUOTE This Issue: "The amount of background objects
is simply amazing."
-- Cool Borders Burrn Preview
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>>>> 100 SEGA QUESTIONS
>>>> Written By Ivan Mecking (Imecking@globalxs.nl)
>>>> Edited by Tails
Spread over 2 issues, we're on the search for the "Ultimate
Sega Professor"! We'll ask everyone 100 questions about
Sega (and if anyone gets all 100 I'll eat my shorts!), and
the person with the most correct answers has truly earned
the title.
The winner will be known to almost 18,000 gamers world wide,
and printed on Sega2000.net, as the "Ultimate Sega Professor".
>>>> Please send your answers to Carger2000@hotmail.com
>>>> Please send your answers to Carger2000@hotmail.com
Let the search begin...
01.Name the two new characters in VF3 that were NOT in VF2?
02.What is "Streets of Rage" called in Japan?
03.Give the name of the Master System's light gun?
04.Give the name of the hippopotamus in Pen Pen Trilcelon
(Dreamcast)?
05.Name the two tracks from "Manx TT" (Saturn)?
06.Who is developing "Ecco The Dolphin" for the Dreamcast?
07.Which three city's are completely reconstructed in
"Metropolis Street Racer" (Dreamcast)?
08.What is the main character from "Shen Mue" (Dreamcast)
called?
09.Which animal can you ride in Daytona and Daytona CCE as
a secret vehicle?
10.Which country is 'Rami" (Keijo Flying Squadron) going to
visit when she finds the six orbs and the treasure?
11.Name the final Boss from "Space Harrier" (Game Gear)?
12.Which character can NOT be found in UMK3 (Saturn);
Human Smoke, Reptile or Baraka?
13.What animal can "Kumanchan" (Fighting Vipers) fight as,
except a bear?
14.In which city do you fight Balrog in "Super Street
Fighter 2"?
15.What was the third spirit to discover in "Story of Thor
2: Legend of Thor)?
16.Name the two children that appeared in NiGHTS and
Christmas NiGHTS (Saturn)?
17.What animal that is a boss from "Bug!" (Saturn) is also
a secret vehicle inside "Wipeout 2097" (Saturn)?
18.Which cop from "Virtua Cop II" features in "Fighters
Megamix" (Saturn)?
19.Name the three "Sega Rally" tracks in order of hardness
and name the secret track?
20.Which Sega system, which in fact was a Megadrive with
a built-in 32X, was never released inside the shops?
21.In which two colors is "Dural" from VF2 (Saturn)
playable?
22.Which Megadrive race game features in "Shining Force
III" (Saturn) as an attack?
23.Which Mega-cd game featured "Mike Haggar" as a
character?
24.Was was the main character in "Dragons Lair" (Mega-cd)
called?
25.As which member of "The Adams Familiy" do you play in
"The Adams Family" (Megadrive)?
26.Who is the owner of "Warp" (Japan)?
27.Which two characters were on the front of the "Sonic CD"
box (MCD)?
28.Who developed "Saturn Bomberman" for the Saturn?
29.What was the secret track inside "Wipeout" (Saturn)
called?
30.What is "Candy" (Fighting Vipers) called in Japan?
31.What was the "Saturn Only" secret level, designed by
lobotomy inside "Duke Nukem 3D" (Saturn)?
32.Which "Worms"-like game was inside "Duke Nukem 3D" (Saturn)?
33.Name the two main characters from "Resident Evil" (Saturn)?
34.What are the bird like animals in "Sonic 3D" (Megadrive)
called?
35.Name the sequel to "Bug!" (Saturn)?
36.Who is the final boss in "Fighting Vipers" (Saturn)?
37.What animal is secret fighter "Roo" from "Streets of rage 3"
(Megadrive)?
38.What animal is "Vector" from "Knuckles's Choatix" (32X)?
39.What is "Torico" (Saturn) called in the U.S?
40.Where is "Tina" (Dead or Alive) from?
41.In which zone of Sonic 3 can you ride a snowboard?
42.As what two animals can you can race in "Steep Slope
Sliders" (Saturn)?
43.Who do you play as in "Blam! Machinehead" (Saturn)?
44.Name the two main characters in 'Pandemonium" (Saturn)?
45.Which city do you play in on the first level of "Cobra
Command" (Mega-cd)?
46.What car are you driving in "Out Run" (various systems)?
47.Name the portable Megadrive/Genesis console?
48.What animal is "Big" from "Sonic Adventure" (Dreamcast)?
49.What were the three games you could play in "Parlour
Games" (Master System)?
50.What game was packed with the Mega CD 2?
>>>> FINAL PART NEXT WEEK...
>>>> Please send your answers to Carger2000@hotmail.com
>>>> Please send your answers to Carger2000@hotmail.com
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>>>> New Sega Details: Including Sega To Change Name!!
>>>> Written by www.gamefan.com
During Sega's Coin-Op Distributor's Meeting at the
Silverado Country Club on July, 29th, Mr. Isao Okawa
(Founder, Chairman and C.E.O., Representative Director
Chairman of CSK Corporation, Sega Enterprises, Ltd... whew!)
gave a speech that contains revelations you will not believe.
Sega is gearing up to create some real serious thunder in
the video game industry.
First of all, he assured those on hand that Sega would not
abandon the coin-op industry, but that they would guarantee
over thirty new arcade releases over the next year... most
of which will be Naomi-based. Their intention is to create
a strong synergy between the home and arcade; but not just
through quick ports of arcade games. Mr. Okawa went on to
explain that the Heat-based network being set up for
Dreamcast will also allow DC owners to compete with players
in the arcade, over a network supporting 200,000 people
simultaneously! Though no time-frame was mentioned for arcade
vs. console competition (this will require Sega to migrate
toward high-speed connections through their alliance with
AT&T and TCI in America), it is a more than tantalizing
prospect. He also indicated that as time wears on, more and
more Sega arcade games will feature the network option.
Not stopping with that revelation, Mr. Okawa pointed out that
before Christmas of this year, Sega will be delivering both
a microphone and camera for the Dreamcast... which will
allow for teleconferencing and video E-Mail! He indicated
that players will be able to talk with one another across
state lines while seeing the image of their opponent talking
back, and hearing their voice! Unbelievable...
But perhaps most startling is the fact that Okawa-san plans
to change the very name of Sega! He continued by saying that
he knew everyone on hand had probably heard negative things
about Sega's past, but that these were all mistakes he fully
intended to keep in the past, by taking on the leadership
role himself and establishing a "New Sega." How, you may ask?
By creating a completely new IPO, ushering in Sega's rebirth
as 'Sega.com'. It looks like their reasons for putting
Sega.com on every advertisement and video they crank out is
not merely in advertisement of their website, but also the
future name of the company!
These are some fairly massive revelations from Sega's
distributor conference, and though we were not given any
time-frames on any of these announcements, they still mark
an enormously bold direction for Sega, and we can't wait to
see how all this stuff works out!
>>>> Bernie Stolar Leaves SOA
Shocking news this week from Sega Of America, Bernie
Stolar has left SOA! Toshiro Kezuka has replaced him
effective immediately. Later this week it became
clear Bernie wasn't fired, but he didn't just decide to
leave on his own either.
Sources say he was under more and more pressure from SOJ
lately, as they looked closely at everything he did. The
sources also said he knew about this, and about a possible
US$5 million severance package, so was not too worried
about being removed from his position. Well it's now
official that he got the $5 million, and there's some
more related news...
Both Working Designs (yes Victor will be very happy now
Stolar's gone), and surprisingly EA are talking about DC
development. I wonder why EA wasn't happy with Bernie,
but this seems to have fixed their problem.
- Written by Tails
>>>> Quake 3 On Dreamcast
From the recent QuakeCon...
Things were moving along great between id and Sega before
there was a hitch with a mutual NDA agreement that Sega
didn't want to sign, and then things got quiet for a
while. They've recently started chatting again about a
possible Q3:A port to Dreamcast. "Hardware-wise, is't the
closest thing to a PC we've got," Carmack explained. They
would be able to port basically the entirety of Quake 3
onto the console.
Needless to say, the Dreamcast's built-in modem makes
this all the more exciting. It may be possible in a Quake
3 port to play against other console-users over the net
(it would certainly be silly to port the game over without
adding this feature.) "Bringing console gamers on to the
Internet is one of the biggest things we need to do,"
Carmack said. - Written by 3D Action Planet
>>>> Olympics Sydney 2000 Revealed
An Official Olympics game is nothing new, but of course
the Dreamcast version is going to be something else.
After seeing the Sega sports range, Olympics Sydney 2000
is going to look awesome! Imagine what they can do with
3 million polygons, a modem, and a VMU... a World
Records page online where people can post the best times?
Well, at the moment there aren't many details, but Sega
2000 has uncovered a few... (please note none of these
have been confirmed yet, as details are scarce)
ATD, producers of the Rollcage Playstation game got the
official licence. From when they were offering jobs, I
noticed there will be Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and
Dreamcast versions. The Dreamcast version is highly
lightly to be a port of the PC game, using Windows CE.
They also advertised for a person to work on mini games,
so we can except at least one VMU games inside.
As development continues, we'll keep you up-dated.
- Written by Tails
>>>> Sega Crashes Sony's Golf Party
Sony Computer Entertainment of America held an executive
golf tournament on Monday at The Course at Wente Vineyards
in Livermore, California. This event was thrown by key Sony
executives including Phil Harrison, vice president of
third party relations and research and development for
SCEA. In attendance here several Sony third party developers
and select members of the media. Also in attendance - albeit
uninvited - was Sega of America.
Sega crashed Sony's party by having the golf course rigged
with several golf balls sporting the Dreamcast logo. In
addition, Sega had someone dressed up as Sonic the
Hedgehog to parade around the course and parking lot. And
if that didn't distract Sony and its third party developers
enough, perhapsthe plane flying around all afternoon
displaying a "Sega Dreamcast 9-9-99" banner did.
- Written by Videogamespot
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Welcome to the rumors section of Dreamcast Weekly, each
week we'll keep you upto-date with the latest RUMORS going
around. Written by Tails.
>>>> No Rumors
Well I think about everything that was un-believable
enough to be a rumor was confirmed this week... Sega
changing their company name, Bernie leaving, and video &
microphone accessories before the end of 1999. Wow!
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w w w . e x t r e m e - I m p o r t s . c o m
_______ooo000ooo www.extreme-imports.com ooo000ooo______
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|| We'll keep you upto date with the latest news on the ||
|| importing scene - Tails. ||
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|| >>>> NEW WEBSITE OPENING SOON ||
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|| A couple more bugs to sort out with the new shopping ||
|| cart system and we'll be ready to go. Expect to see ||
|| the all new look of eXtreme Imports by the end of ||
|| this week. ||
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|| >>>> AUS$399 FOR A DREAMCAST - AROUND US$199 ||
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|| Now you can import a Dreamcast for the same price as ||
|| it will retail for... or if you live in Australia or ||
|| New Zealand, cheaper than it will retail for! All ||
|| the details are at www.extreme-imports.com ||
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|| >>>> IMPORTING A US DREAMCAST ||
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|| Extreme Imports will be stocking the US Dreamcast ||
|| early September this year. The system will come with ||
|| one controller, demo disk and 56k hardware modem. ||
|| We'll be selling the system for $499AUD - this ||
|| includes a step down converter (240~220V - 100~110V) ||
|| for European and Australian customers. Games will be ||
|| no more than $99AUD with a high possibility of ||
|| $89AUD or less. Pre-orders will commence as of ||
|| today. Due to limited numbers, a $50AUD deposit will ||
|| be required to secure a system. ||
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|| To pre-order, please visit our website. ||
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>>>> Cool Boarders Burrn
>>>> Written by Kevin DuPuy
>>>> Release date: August 26th 1999 - Import
A simple question: What two snowboarding games have left deep
impressions on the history of the 32/64-bit consoles? If
you answered Cool Boarders and 1080 Snowboarding you are
correct. Now you have the honor of reading the rest of this
preview. If you didn't, well, you should keep reading anyway.
Although skiing and snowboarding themed arcade games have been
around for years, it wasn't until Uep Systems' Playstation
version of Cool Boarders that console gamers were introduced
to the world of snow thrashing. While critics and fans had
less than enthusiastic reactions to the title, the genre had
finally been busted open. But while Uep Systems introduced
snowboarding, Nintendo perfected it. With well under a year of
development time, the creators of Wave Race, with the help of
Shigeru Miyamoto, managed to release a title with tighter
control, more impressive physics, and enough gameplay to keep
analog sticks furiously rotating long after its release date.
And even after two valiant efforts after 1080, the Cool
Boarders series never hit the star status its N64 rival did.
So today, while Nintendo's EAD team "investigates new hardware,"
Uep Systems has returned in an effort to give Dreamcast fans
the first true snowboarding game for the next generation of
consoles.
So far, little has been shown, but much has been promised. At
this year's E3, Cool Boarders only had two tracks and two
characters playable. Don't fret though as there will be a
healthy amount of characters, courses, and snowboards, hidden
and otherwise, to choose from in the final product. Characters
are the typical "thrasher" types with baggy clothing and
plenty of "attitude". Courses, though, are much more unique.
While the basic idea is still to go from the top of the hill
to the bottom, Uep Systems makes sure this isn't such an
easy task, even for the most experienced gamers out there. One
level has you boarding down a hill almost perpendicular to
the ground at blinding fast speeds. This alone may be difficult
to navigate, but add obstacles such as sheep, rock clusters,
and an entire alpine village and you've got yourself a challenge.
Other courses promise to boost the challenge level, not to
mention add a bit of graphical flair, with a plethora of
obstacles and different scenarios scattered throughout your
path to the finish line. Better start practicing now, it might
get a little rough.
Uep Systems says that the game will contain plenty of modes to
keep gamers busy. There will be championship, time attack,
half-pipe, and a few others right from the start. Half-pipe
alone seems to be the one that keeps players coming back for
more, as the constant battle to see who can rack up the most
points and perform the greatest tricks is always healthy
competition among friends. Gameplay-wise, if you've played a
snowboarding game in the past you'll feel right at home
here. The analog stick smoothly controls your character, the
acceleration button doubles as a jump button for precise
jumping, a veering button makes sure you can make those
turns and quick actions without wiping out, and a combination
of all these buttons allows one to perform special moves.
String those special moves together and you'll get some
impressive looking and score-inducing combos.
Graphically this title is head and shoulders above anything
we've seen before in this genre. While the usual techniques
such as lens flair and trailing snow particles are all here,
these have been severely upgraded and others have been
programmed in--- all this thanks to the power of the
Dreamcast. Like we're seeing in other DC titles, developers
are adding more and more detail to their titles, and Uep
Systems is no different. If you think sheep on the course
is an interesting sight, just wait until you see some of
the other animals and things whiz by you in the middle of
a race. The amount of background objects is simply amazing.
Not only that, but the graphics are smooth and sharp,
animation is silky, and the pop-up is minimal. The amount
of draw-in is so small that you'll certainly have no
problem seeing where the track is going to change well in
advance. Impressive stuff for a first generation title.
Right now Uep Systems has shown the public a title that
has more than enough potential. While previous Cool Boarder
games haven't been all that impressive, the obvious
advantages the Dreamcast has over the Playstation have given
the series a new hope.
--- You can preorder from www.extreme-imports.com for
August 26th
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>>>> Soul Calibur - Import
O Extra Survival Mode:
Obtain all pictures in the second collection in the Museum
to unlock this mode which allows you to play an alternative
type of survival mode. - Submitted by Jesse Hon
O Metal Mode:
To activate the Metal Mode, first earn the option via
Mission Battle, then while selecting any of the characters
simply hold R. You should now be covered in a shiny metal
coating while fighting. - Submitted by Paul Townsend
O Opening Direction Mode:
Obtain all pictures in the third collection in the Museum to
unlock this mode which allows you to edit the introduction
sequence. - Submitted by Jesse Hon
O Play as Edge Master:
To unlock Edge Master, first beat the game with all the
regular characters. This will unlock secret characters. Then
beat it with the secret characters (so basically beat it
with ALL characters and Edge Master should be unlocked. -
Submitted by Brian LaCount
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======| AROUND THE WEB |==================================
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Please don't ask to be added to this section (I'm sure you
can imagine how many hundreds of requests I'd get every
week!). Sites will be selected.
>>>> JK's Sonic Cel Animation Art
>>>> http://members.aol.com/Sonic46953/Sonic.html
If your a fan of any Sonic cartoon (I love satAM!), this
page might interest you. JK has lots of official cells from
the different cartoons.
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There are sooooo many Sega sites across the web, wouldn't
it be great if one place listed the most interesting bits??
Presenting the "Best Of The Web" section...
>>>> Sega X - www.segadreamcast.net
Plenty of news added every day, and the best coverage of
the US Launch details you'll find anywhere.
>>>> Sega 2000 - www.sega2000.net
Sega 2000 is back, and with plenty of news. You have to join
in the interactive 10 Most Wanted section too.
>>>> Media Site - http://media.seganet.com
A brand new design, and what a design!! You have to see this!
They have the biggest collection of video game mp3's, video's
(including some Saturn video's you've probably never seen
before) and more. Also don't forget to vote for your favorite
staff member.
>>>> The Sonic Zone - www.suneet.com/soniczone/
Updated daily with a HUGE amount of Sonic content that is
sure to blow you away! From Fan Fiction to Chatting to
Cheats and even Fan Created Games this is your one stop
Sonic site. You can now send online postcards too!!
>>>> Gaming Central Starpath - www.startpath.com/gamingcentral
Our newest support site and provides hundreds of links for
anything a gamer might be interested in.
>>>> SegaDC - www.segadc.co.nz
Updated daily with lots of news, a forum and more, this is
a must see site for any Sega fan.
>>>> DC Australia - www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/6831/
Dreamcast Australia has all the latest coverage of the
Dreamcast delay in Australia (yes, it's official) with a
full press release from Ozisoft surrounding the
circumstance. DCA has also put up the latest OziSoft's
interview which covers almost everything related to the
Dreamcast launch in Australia, as well as general
topics. Don't forget the monthly poll, daily news and much
much more.
The official website for the Dreamcast Weekly is now open at
www.dreamcastweekly.com :) We've got the history of the
magazine, daily news and plenty more. Specially if your a
webmaster, there is lots of great information about how
you can be involved as well! Then in the future... who knows,
hopefully we'll be a print magazine one day :)
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O Writer: Graham Parker "Tails" - Webmaster@sega2000.net
O Co-editor: Steve - Steve@sega2000.net
O DC Questions: Please send to - Steve@sega2000.net
But please NO tips questions
>>>> www.DreamcastWeekly.com - Official Website!
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Copyright, 1998-9 Graham Parker - Webmaster@sega2000.net
Written and edited by Graham Parker. No parts may be
copied without prior permission. I would have to send
out my group of highly trained thugs otherwise, who will
have a tea party with you until you crack and your mind
turns into jello... MMmmmmm.... Sweet Sweet Jello....
hehe.
