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19.09.2005
uk Preview 2006: Sega's preview

Preview 2006: Sega's previewNamco is not the only company preparing some surprises for Preview 2006. Let's see what main competitor's cooking: aside its vending machines and other pushers (including Disco Dream that should be the "most beautiful pusher in Europe" with its glitterball and its 12 mini-TV screens), Sega will unveil 3 new video games; World Club Championship Football European Clubs 2004-2005, The House of the Dead 4 et Dinosaur King. The first one is a football management game played with Panini collectible cards. As the previous episode was only released in Japan and Italy, it's with great pleasure we learn that this title will be released in english for the first time. Even if the machine's size restricts it to larger locations, its success is practically guaranteed. More especially since 256 players of the biggest european clubs (Ajax, Manchester United, Inter and AC Milan, Chelsea, Barcelona, ...) are accurately reproduced on the field. One of WCCF's originalities is that players in the game move accordingly to human player's cards position in real time! This game will be available in november for whole Europe. The House of the Dead 4 running on the Lindbergh (not using a Hitachi/PowerVR combo as previously announced but powered by Pentium 4 processor/nVidia graphic chip, it's in fact a PC-based system). The cabinet will be using a widescreen 62" (158 cm) flat monitor, the picture will be projected by a DLP (Digital Light Projector) and the overall design will be "unique" (very "undead" styled). This shooter will be played with UZIs that will be much needed to face the hordes of zombies which come from everywhere. It's said to be graphically astounding. At last, Dinosaur King which shares Mushiking's gameplay (fights of creatures found as collectible cards) but with dinosaurs instead of beetles. That should better match european kids' tastes. Moreover, the game will be released in Europe and USA prior to Japan because the Mushiking fever didn't fall down yet there. To supplement this nice offer, this year's hit games will be showcased too; OutRun2 SP deluxe, Initial D Version 3 Cycraft and the compact version of Derby Owner's Club.

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12.09.2005
uk Free Tekken 5.1 upgrade & Mario Kart Arcade GP to hit Europe!

Free Tekken 5.1 upgrade & Mario Kart Arcade GP to hit Europe!Free Tekken 5.1 upgrade & Mario Kart Arcade GP to hit Europe!

Mario Kart Arcade GP & Asuka Kazama (Tekken 5)An upgrade for Tekken 5 named "Tekken 5.1" will be available in the forthcoming days. All operators who purchased the original Tekken 5 game can obtain this upgrade free of charge from their local Namco distributor. This version 5.1 tunes numerous moves to make characters appear more "human" and restore a better balance between opponents. Talking about this, remember you can still read our review of the original version in the articles. The other news of the day is that Mario Kart Arcade GP will be showcased at Preview 2006 (12 & 13 october at Novotel London West). This confirms the european release of this crazy racer featuring Nintendo characters! Super Mario Kart entertained millions of players since its release in 1992 on 16-bit home system. 13 years later, Namco at last brings us an arcade episode in this unique series which is still very popular among players. Mario Kart Arcade GP will undoubtedly be THE racer of the year (and surely the most fun)!

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06.09.2005
us Incredible Technologies DVD

Incredible Technologies DVDAmerican manufacturer Incredible Technologies made a special video DVD showcasing all its 2005 titles. Aimed at operators, this DVD showcases the Golden Tee LIVE golf game, Silver Strike Bowling and Big Buck Hunter 2006 - Call of the Wild, a hunting simulation. Aside gameplay details, each game features and regional earning reports, the disc also includes interviews of 4 of the most successful american operators sharing their thoughts about the different titles. This DVD can be obtained free of charge from Incredible Technologies' Sales Department. Golden Tee series is very popular in the USA where each new edition is a sure bet for operators. Moreover, its creators won many prizes during the years (as AMOA awards for Innovation and Most Played Game). Incredible Technologies games are distributed in Benelux by L.J.D. (Strassen, Luxembourg).

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14.08.2005
jp Sega: The future is now!

Sega: The future is now!On 18 march 2004, Sega and Imagination Technologies announced licensing agreement to develop the next arcade platform based on the latest high end PowerVR chip. It's not the first time these companies work together since PowerVR chips already handle the graphics in Naomi and Atomiswave systems. After one year and a half of development comes the result: Lindbergh! PowerVR chips are known for the undisputed quality of their graphics. It even gets better this time with the usage of high definition screen! The followers in several successful series will be released on this system; Virtua Fighter 5, The House of the Dead 4 et Afterburner Next (return of the R360?). These games were presented at E3 2005. You can download the video of the presentation by clicking here. The recording quality isn't very good but pay attention to e.g. the VF5 characters animation, it's never seen before and is the proof that Sega masters this hardware. Of course this is a high end system so to follow Sammy's philosophy (formerly Sega) which tends to offer a relatively low-spec affordable system, another system is being developed. Named Aurora, it's based on a all-in-one chip solution lowering the production cost. This processor will include an optimised Hitachi SH-4 CPU clocked to 300Mhz (the same processor that's powering the Naomi, tuned a bit and running faster), a PowerVR MBX GPU (with an additional Vertex Geometry Processor) running at 150Mhz and a basic SPU. Performances should be between Naomi and Naomi 2. The rumor says the Aurora is running Linux embedded. This system which is jointly developed with SI-Electronics is aiming at replacing both Naomi and Atomiswave but the first titles will only be released in 2006. Whatever, we're looking forward to review the first Lindbergh powered games!

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31.05.2005
uk Tekken 5 UK Tournament result

Tekken 5 UK Tournament resultThe Tekken 5 nationwide U.K. Tournament saw the victory of Ryan Hart. This 26-year-old londoner defeated Eze Izundu during the final that was held on saturday at the Namco Station County Hall (London). This tournament began three months earlier in several arcades accross the country and gathered U.K.'s best Tekken players. Ryan, who works as a product specialist in the consumer video games industry, received a cheque for £1000 (about €1480) from John McKenzie, Namco Europe Commercial Director. He also won a unique IC card embedded with "UK Champion" status. Well done Ryan!

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29.05.2005
be OutRun2 SP - Special Tours review

OutRun2 SP - Special Tours reviewThree months after its release, here comes at last the OutRun2 SP review. Sega brought many changes and new features to its well-known title making it more attractive. Go to the articles section to learn more about today's best racer. This game is the first one in a series reviewed in february. You'll discover the other reviews in the forthcoming weeks.

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24.05.2005
uk Maximum Tune 2, Faster than Speed and Mario Kart Arcade GP

Maximum Tune 2, Faster than Speed and Mario Kart Arcade GPMaximum Tune 2 has just started shipping, this follow-up to the well-known streetracing game from Namco features 6 new cars, 10 new adversaries, a new ranking system, the legendary Hakone circuit and up to 4 players simulatneous play! The ability to save your progress and your vehicule's tuning on a IC card is ofcourse still present. Interesting fact, cards are totally interchangeable between both versions of the game. Another streetracer; Faster than Speed by Sammy offers you an amazing sense of speed, especially with the nitro boost enabled. Above this, 12 different (tunable) vehicles are available to race on the 12 featured circuits. This game is available as a dedicated cabinet, a kit (fitting almost every existing cabinet) or a simple Atomiswave cartridge (to replace very easily and at low cost the disastrous Maximum Speed). Like all Atomiswave games, its low price is its most appealing characteristic. While we're at talking about racers, a Mario Kart Arcade GP location test will take place in the UK, we'll give you the date very soon.

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03.04.2005
no DDR European PG Cup 2005: And the winner is...

DDR European PG Cup 2005: And the winner is...Here's the final ranking of this european championship that took place last weekend in Norway. The swedish Kasu wins the cup. The 2nd and 3rd positions are occupied by the englishmen K-Dogg and Stelisevil. The norvegian Snute finishes fourth and the dutch T_Bone_X_Zeo is fifth. Follow; 6th: Haggar (Norway), 7th: Drummer (Italy), 8th: Bonzo (Norway), 9th: OJK (Norway). Notice our national Eric's very good performance who ranks 10th! Well done Eric! Considering this ranking, we see that players from the northern countries are the best at this kind of game. This event was the opportunity to experiment large scale multiplayer gaming with a demonstration of 20 players simultaneously dancing on 20 different mats... You can consult the complete ranking at this URL: http://home.samfundet.no/~sesse/ec2.pl.

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30.03.2005
us Eugene Jarvis awarded for his career

Eugene Jarvis awarded for his careerAfter Will Wright (Sim City), Yuji Naka (Sonic), Gunpei Yokoi (Game Boy) & Marc Cerny (Marble Madness), Eugene Jarvis received the "Game Developers Choice Award for Lifetime Achievement" during the ceremony that took place on march 9th at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. This prize, awarded once a year by the International Game Developers Association rewards developers who dedicated their life to improve video gaming. Former Midway employee, Eugene Jarvis is known as the creator of Defender, Robotron: 2084 and more recently the Cruis'n series. While developing games, Eugene always tries to offer the highest amount of "fun" to the player and always managed to find the means to achieve that. You can enjoy the meaning of the word "fun" by playing his two latest titles (made by his "Raw Thrills" company); The Fast and the Furious and Target: Terror. Both distributed in Europe by Namco. A new version of this last one was just released. Named "Target: Terror Gold", this upgrade offers 10 bonus games, new graphical effects and a new scoring system. This game is available as a kit fitting any cabinet (whatever the screen resolution is)!

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24.03.2005
no DDR European PG Cup 2005

DDR European PG Cup 2005The DDR European PG Cup 2005 will take place this weekend during The Gathering 2005 demoparty (that began yesterday) at the Vikingskipet in Hamar (Norway). Organised for the second time in a row by Positive Gaming & M-Games, this tournament gathers the 20 best european Dance Dance Revolution players and 40 highly skilled challengers. The opponents will do their best on 3 Dancing Stage EuroMIX 2 machines from Konami. Here's the schedule: on friday 25th at 18:00, surprise tournament lasting 40 minutes, then at 20:00, local communities leaders meeting to talk about including all communities into a large european one. On saturday 26th: official tournament from 9:00 to 19:00. Finals will begin at 17:00 and will be displayed on big screens. Eric Fjøsne from Brussels will represent Belgium at this tournament. Good luck Eric! S'Tsung who ranked 2nd at the DDR Belgian Tournament will represent Czech Republic. The event can be followed in real-time on IRC: #ddrnorway on efnet. And for the Dancing Stage addicts, one URL: www.ddrbelgium.be.

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