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  • DC-UK (November 1999)

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    Source: DC-UK – Issue Number 3 – November 1999



    The Dreamcast was Sega’s last console and one of my favorites. Unfortunately, it led a relatively short life and magazines for that system were few and short lived. Issue number 3 of DC-UK, a Dreamcast magazine published in the U.K., from November 1999, includes the following:

    Features

    • The Padstow Bass Project – Sega Bass Fishing incensed us to try some of that angling stuff ourselves. However, we didn’t allow for freak weather conditions or vengeful seagull attacks.
    • Return to the Forbidden Planet – The Saturn has been almost universally slammed, but some of its games were actually rather good. These are the ones we’d like to see updated for Dreamcast.

    On the cover

    • Pure Soul – Namco’s Soul Calibur reviewed in full
    • American Dream – The US gets DC fever
    • Bass Project – We try to get bass
    • Forbidden Planet – The Saturn’s good bits

    DC-NOW

    • Soul Calibur is fully reviewed by DC-UK. Find out for yourself what we’ve been raving about since issue 01.
    • Hydro Thunder
    • Sega Bass Fishing
    • F1 World GP
    • Buggy Heat
    • Suzuki Alstare
    • Jimmy White’s 2: Cueball
    • Marvel Vs. Capcom
    • Import chart
    • Dreamcasters
    • Expert Witness: Oliver Gavin and Jamie Davies

    DC-EXPRESS

    • The US Launch happened on September 9 – what did our American cousins make of Dreamcast? Well, they seemed to quite like it…
    • Tokyo Game Show
    • Naomi games
    • DVD peripherals
    • Shenmue delayed
    • Neo Geo Pocket Color
    • TV infiltration
    • Gaming weather map
    • From PC to DC
    • Trumps: Soul Calibur

    DC-FACES

    • Dave Perry is the man behind Shiny Entertainment and, more importantly, Earthworm Jim
    • Teruaki Konishi and Shinobu Nimura are the names behind Soul Calibur. We talk to them in Japan.

    DC-NEXT

    • Fighting Force 2 is a run-around-and-shoot-people kind of game. Keep an eye out for the review in the near future.
    • Red Dog
    • Virtua Striker 2 Ver.2000.1
    • Worldwide Soccer 2000
    • Furballs
    • Planet of the Apes
    • Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
    • South Park Rally
    • NBA Showtime
    • NBA 2000
    • Worms: Armageddon
    • Stunt GP
    • Metropolis Street Racer

    DC-WORLD

    • Review listings with every single review we’ve had in the mag so far
    • What to write and eager fans
    • Ask Auntie Esther
    • Sonic guide: the last bit
    • Calibur and Hydro Thunder cheat
    • Coining it
    • Import gaming
    • Surf’s up: Internet stuff
    • Playtime toys
    • Team Diary and body parts

    Regulars

    • Editorial intro
    • Letters
    • Subscriptions
    • Next month
    • Brain in a jar

    …and more!


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  • DC-UK (December 2000)

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    Source: DC-UK – Issue Number 16 – December 2000



    The Dreamcast was probably my favorite Sega console and the only one I owned when it was active. Like most consoles, it had magazines dedicated to it. DC-UK, as you might imagine, is a U.K. based Dreamcast magazine. The December 2000 issue includes:

    Features

    • From Geek to Chic – Ex-Edge editor Jason Brookes explores how videogames suddenly became an okay thing to do with your mates rather than a stigmatizing bedroom hobby beloved of lonely boys. From DJ culture to the cynical world of licensing, Brookes assesses the individual elements with the intellectual rigor of a rocket scientist. If you want to know why it is that you’re playing games rather than, say, hanging out at that new wine bar that just opened on the high street, you must read this.

    DC-Preview

    • Quake: Arena – We bench-test the Dreamcast online happening of the year. Can it live up to the legendary PC experience?
    • Le Mans 24 Hour – The classic French race is here! And you can actually race it for 24 hours!

    DC-Express

    • Tomb Raider 5 – Lara Croft is back in her absolutely very last (honestly) Tomb Raider adventure. So how did she get out of that tomb in the end of Last Revelation? The answer is not as simple as you think…
    • Unreal Tournament – More snippets about this main contender to Quake IV’s multiplayer FPS throne.

    DC-Review

    • Jet Set Radio – Sega’s skating, spraying and running from the law sim finally reaches UK shores. So does it play as good as it looks?
    • Half-Life – The game voted “best PC game ever” by readers of PC Gamer is now on Dreamcast. Not only is it a perfect translation, it also adds a whole new mission. But just what is Blue Shift?
    • UFC – There are men in spandex out there who demand to be beaten up. Make their wishes come true in the fisticuff competition known simply as the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
    • Silent Scope – Take out scum from the rooftops in Konami’s invigorating and ethically dubious sniper romp. They are terrorists so they deserve it.
    • SFIII: Third Strike – If you thought the first or second strikes hurt, wait till you feel the third one.

    DC-Tips

    • Virtua Tennis – Are you as useless as most British people when it comes to this sport? Don’t fret – unlike our real life tennis hopefuls, like that Henman fella, you can be trained in the art of the raquet.
    • Codes – Beat games the easy way – you cheating monkeys!
    • F355 Challenge – Having trouble making it out of eight place? No wonder! You’ve got all the assists on you fool! Read our guide and be done with them forever.

    DC-Interactive

    • Q and A
    • Challenge
    • D-M@il

    Regulars

    • Editorial intro
    • Internet News
    • Subscriptions
    • Next Month
    • Team Diary

    …and more!


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  • Jet Set Radio (Sega Dreamcast)

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    Selecting Mew, from ‘Jet Set Radio’ on the Dreamcast.
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    Despite the relatively short life of the Sega Dreamcast, it had a number of unique and high quality games. Jet Set Radio, originally retitled Jet Grind Radio in North America for licensing reasons, is one of those games. While it did not sell in big numbers upon its release, it has since become a cult classic.

    Jet Set Radio had some unique features for the time. It was among the first games to use cel shading which gives the game a unique comic book or cartoon-like appearance. It was also one of the first games to feature an open world setting which was relatively difficult to do on hardware of that era. The gameplay was unique also. As the player you control one of several inline skaters/graffiti artists. Your goal is to tag all the graffiti spots in a given area before time runs out. There are obstacles of course, including police who will pursue you on foot and in tanks and helicopters (seems kind of extreme for graffiti if you ask me).

    This is very much an arcade style game with relatively simplistic controls. In theme it reminds me a bit of California Games. Though Jet Set Radio was not hugely successful initially and it isn’t really my type of game, it was certainly unique, innovative and of solid quality.

    Jet Set Radio was initially released for the Dreamcast in 2000. A Game Boy Advance version followed in 2003. High definition versions were eventually released for the PS3, Xbox 360, Windows, PlayStation Vita and iOS and Android devices in 2012. This game is one that is at least worth trying. These days its probably easiest to play one of the high-def ports but the original Dreamcast version is excellent as well.


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