Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Rikki Prince" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Ssssh! Dreamcast talk... Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:27:12 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 45 Message-ID: <7pvgtg$6lp12@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <7pts91$6lp5@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-gt144-174.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 > (Everybody quiet now...) > > Has anyone played on the new Dreamcast demo machines which popped up in > games stores (and Blockbuster Video) over the weekend? After playing on one > yesterday for an hour (with Senor Frosty), here are some impressions / tips: I played a demo 'pod' about 2 weeks ago in a cinema in Basildon (next door to the new Special Reserve shop, in fact). One thing I must say, I loved the control pads. The pictures of them look awful, but they were almost semi-comfortable. I only really had a whizz on Sega Rally 2, and I liked the 'one trigger for acceleration, one for braking', though I was concerned at the position of the anaolgue stick/d-pad (can't remember which), looks uncomfortable. > First up, note that the disc in the machine contains *numerous demos*. For > some reason, the public-at-large seem unable to grasp this concept and end > up stuck playing the dull-looking boxing game 90% of the time. So remember - > quit to the main screen! D'oh, didn't bother trying, had to go watch SW E1... [snipped demo reviews] > Is anyone else here definitely getting a Dreamcast? Well a mate is none stop at me to get one, and I'm considering it, coz I've got a spare PSX laying about (since I got the Yaroze), and I've seen an advert for getting the DC for £100, if you trade a PSX in. Only thing is, the only reason to get one is to keep me going until the PSX2, but I might as well just spend my money on PSX1 games... > Nick "Pong 3D" F > ------------- > www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf > www.loonygames.com > www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rookie1 > > "Game over, man. Game over!" Rikki