D-MAIL Team DCM
A
LETTER OF THE MONTH
lthough underpaid, overworked, and bordering on
DCM team prides itself on knowing more about Sega Dreamcast than is Should you have the misfortune to run into them on the street, do not approach them. They are highly trained and may try to sell you a subscription... the psychotic, the
strictly healthy.
Christmas Past 1 so well. It was a cold Christmas day back in 1988. % ^ ’% had just finished going through $ my stocking stuffers and was li | ready to unwrap my other gifts. As ** j opened what considered to be % my only important gift that morning Fans have seen more than a my only hope was that it was what few incarnations of their had asked for. ripped apart the I
remember
it
I
:
SIMON COX
:
I
Editor
in
Chief
BACKGROUND Previously Executive Editor
with Imagine’s ground-
life)
(in
an unbelievable final fight (Darkfalz you bastard!), and an incredible story to tie it all together. still have the game in my possession today and it I
is
the only
game
that
I
will
never get
can only hope that Sega will make a Phantasy Star for the favorite ps characters through Dreamcast but as for now the wrapping to find exactly what had the years, including Myau. system and games look incredible asked for and, although didn’t and will be waiting for Project Ares. Keep up the realize it at the time, what would turn out to be the excellent work and let's go Sega! greatest game that would ever play... Phantasy Gamefanl28@aol.com Star. was so excited that ran over to my Master System and didn’t get up for two days (It took me Some of us here remember that day just as well, that long to find the dungeon key in the original give or take a few details (like being at your house maze! Ha-ha...). I'm sure that the ecstatic smile on Christmas day, and all...) and your letter really that wrapped around my face while playing made rid of.
I
I
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breaking /Vext Generation
magazine and
UPPp
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a horde of monsters, numerous weapons and armor, great dungeons,
I
a former
full-time Englishman.
I
I
FAVORITE SEGA
I
I
GAME
Arcade classic Out Run.
my mom feel ok with spending $70 on a Sega game! Over the next few weeks spent more time
RANDY NELSON
struck a chord with Francesca,
begged
I
Senior Editor
game
playing that
tirelessly for Internet
games
destination IG/V.com
and
life)
came
(in
FAVORITE SEGA
GAME
Our
Inflatable Frisnds
Well,
Gunstar Heroes
besides the fact that your
magazine kicks total ass, was wondering where you got that blowup furniture on the first page of Issue 01? If you could supply me the information on how could get I
that
same
chair,
Game
Players,
PSM,
and /Vext Generation magazines and (in a former life) coffee shop slave.
FAVORITE SEGA Shining Force
GAME
II
in
the mail!
whenever you have it in your controller and you turn on your system. The only thing you cannot do
when the
battery dies
play stand-alone
is
games, like Chao Adventure. But the have on the VMU will not be erased.
VMU
mini-
you
files that
They'll
stay put
you replace the battery.
Garrett Lubertine
stagar98@borg.com props for a photo shoot, we picked up a pair of those inflatable chairs from a & Beyond store here in San Francisco.
On a whim
Star writer for Imagine’s Ultra
practically
would be greatly appreciated.
it
Reviews Editor
BACKGROUND
who
Phantasy Star IV for Christmas several as well. For the memories, you win from
loudly
until
I
FRANCESCA REYES
for
later,
Sega
4
EB sales guy.
years
Letter of the Month. Expect a box of cool loot
close. Four characters
(you gotta love Myau), three worlds,
Previously seen working
a former
than doing anything else. Nothing
else at that time even
BACKGROUND
to find
Lara on DC? Will
silly
a Tomb Raider
$30 a piece. Though we can’t actual name of the company that
They ran us around
so
remember the makes them, you can probably
footsteps.
find
them
department store like Target or WalMart furniture" department.
at in
I’m
VMU
When was I
DC,
Will Willson
wwillson@lcc.net
the "disco
Never Dies reading the instructions for the
128-bit glory,
VMU
So my question is: Will the VMU save files even when the battery is dead or do need to buy two VMUs so when need to change the battery
is
for the
any
in
Will.
wanting to see Miss Croft in full But as much as we’d love to join
Lara on yet another lever-pulling, key carrying, tiger-
it was stated that the unit’s battery life is about 100 - 140 hours. In Sonic Adventure you use the VMU to train your Chao and that could easily take up quite a
bit of
2
hoping Lara follows Hawk's
You aren't alone
The
game be
released for Dreamcast? Eidos releasing Fighting Force
8ed, Bath
killing
expedition into the jungle,
Eidos
still
Sony
for
hope
that there’s a glimmer of
life.
it
might be awhile.
has an exclusivity agreement in place with PlayStation, but it ends soon. This means for Lara to land
on DC.
I
I
we eempatibli?
copy files to the other one? If you could answer this one question would be very
Are
appreciative.
compatible with Japanese
batteries
I
just
I
Thanx, Joshua Boensch
Good
question, Joshua. The
pretty cool
in
that
it
VMU
What’s the word on the
mahjong players want
Mike MiKey0123@aol.com
is
allows you to
save and upload files to Dreamcast games, even when the battery is completely dead. You can tell that the battery is dying if the VMU beeps
Future compatibility between
Official
Sega# Dreamcast Magazine 01/00
US and Japanese we
Dreamcasts seems
highly unlikely. But, while
cannot recommend
it,
there probably are
ways
of either modifying your system or using peripherals
in
order to get
games. But you
8
US Dreamcast being games? All us die-hard
to know.
it
to play import
didn’t hear that
from us,
Mike.'..'..
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