Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Robert Ryan Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: ECTS - impressions Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 13:54:50 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 63 Message-ID: <35F5291A.7669@england.com> References: <35F2C138.6D3E12E9@nospam.easynet.co.uk> Reply-To: sol.campbell@england.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mudskipper.d1.taps.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Phew! I only showed up on Sunday. Could anyone who stayed the distance let us know if we missed anything? I joined in the rush for the freebies they were chucking out at the Eidos and Playstation stands. I managed to get away with about 5 copies of the winter '98 demos disk (unintentionally; they all fell into my bag and I never noticed), a Lara Croft deck of cards, a Playstation mug, a couple of copies of the Carmageddon 2 demo (only zombies this time), a couple of bags, a Tekken 3 calendar, a Lara Croft postcard, a Yaroze pen, a playstation pen, a few sweeties and a load of bruises. I also caught a brief glimpse of Michael Owen at the Eidos stand. The Vm Labs stand was closed off to the public. I was hoping to swipe a Project X prototype =) (and maybe get a glimpse of Mr Minter). It was also my first opportunity to see some of the GDUK entries. It's clear that none of you were exaggerating; the demos were all absolutely amazing. A few updated classics with a couple of brand new games. Sony have got to give us the opportunity of getting one of these disks. Total Soccer Yaroze on it's own is worth at least a tenner of anyones money. It was great meeting up with some of you guys. Nice to see Rob(Swan) and the Teapot guy again (sorry; not you Herbs. Another teapot guy (not some sort of camp double entendre by the way). I'm sure someone knows what I mean). Also got to meet Mr Rutherford on Saturday (then brag to all my mates that I met Mr Frosty in person). It was also nice to see DEnnis (of course), Nick F, Scott C (who I managed to thank for the beginners tutorials), the guys from Mobius, and a load of others. I think I was the only one there who didn't have a demo to their name yet. I was supposed to be meeting some of my mates for a trip to the Filthy Truth sponsored piss-up on Blythe Street to see if we could blag some free drinks. We got seperated though, so I ended up wandering round like a lost soul for most of the afternoon. Most of it was pretty much what I was expecting. Zelda and MGS were both what I was anticipating (all the more reason to get them), and Sony's 'Big Announcement' was kind of a dissapointment. I also had a few tries at Medieval and Klenoa (and added both to my shopping list). Other than that, I spent a rather unhealthy amount of time trying to ogle the dancing girls at the Akklaim stand. Just a quick notice: I've taken other people's advice, and posted up what I've got working so far (just to show that I haven't just been scratching my arse for the last 3 months). It's called Virtua Chicken. The current demo has a very low release number. It's only 15k, and I wouldn't recommend downloading it unless: a) You fancy a laugh, or; b) You're feeling so out-classed by the GDUK entries that you need to see a rubbish demo to get your confidence back (in which case, I sympathise). It's sort of a game, only without gameplay, collision detection, scrolling, or a chicken for that matter. On second thoughts: don't download it. It's really embarrasing. =) Rob.