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E3 2000 Classic Game Overviews
E3 2000 Classic Game Overviews

Galaga: Destination Earth Breakout Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge

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T he attacking space bugs are back and are ong the Paddle breaks out of his prison (he F rogger has returned and is holding
making a beeline towards earth (why, to destroy it, was a Ponglitical prisoner, I believe) and travels his chin high after being critically brow-
of course!), and it’s up to you to stop them. across many lands doing battle against knights, beaten in his first Hasbro adventure. Critically
We were eager to finally get our hands on this dragons, and the ever evil Tower of Pisa. slammed, yes, but the games flew off the store
remake at Atari’s booth and walked away fairly Graphically, this game is a stunner and it’s a shelves in record numbers. So, it goes to show
impressed. Hasbro/Atari has done exactly as you lot of fun to play. However, like its predecessor you...what do we know?
would expect with the title: 3D graphical enhance- Pong, Breakout has some control problems when This time the frogging duties have been
ments, power ups, gimmicks, challenging environ- using the PlayStation controller. It’s just too easy passed on to developer, Interactive Studios, and
ments, plus the bonus of infinite levels for maxi- to miss that ball! We’d definitely recommend the by the looks of things they’ve made some major
mum scoring. PC version, as the mouse gives you precision improvements. The first Frogger had those wacky
But, how did it play? At E3, not too great, but control and sharper, more colorful graphics than camera movements that caused your poor am-
at CGExpo we were able to play a much improved its PlayStation counterpart. phibian to accidentally commit suicide In Frogger
version. They were able to smooth out the con- Breakout will be available this Fall for your 2 the camera is much more stable, thus making
trol, which was the main flaw in the first beta/E3 PSX or PC. the game much more playable. The graphics are
release. We have much higher hopes for it now. suitably enhanced and the levels are challenging
Galaga: Destination Earth will be available this without being totally impossible (like in the first!)
Fall for the PlayStation and PC. Frogger: Swampy’s Revenge will be available
this Fall for the PlayStation and PC, and is ru-
mored for the Dreamcast.

Hologram Time Traveler Dragon’s Lair/Space Ace (DVD) Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness

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emember Hologram Time Traveler? Go ther Digital Leisure releases for your DVD H
ot on the heels of their success with Pac-
R on, think about it...we’ll wait right here. player are the original Dragon’s Lair, Man World, Namco is following up with Ms.
Yeah! That’s the one! That hologram game that Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp, and Space Ace. Pac-man Maze Madness.
gave you headaches when you played it! Right! By using your DVD remote control, you can Solo gameplay features Ms. Pac-Man journey-
Well, get ready to play it again, only without the make the split second decisions that will result in ing through four worlds containing 12 stages, 4
headaches. saving the heroine or lead you to your doom. All hidden stages, 3 bonus round mini-games, a
The good folks at Digital Leisure have resur- three games are the arcade perfect originals and BOSS round, and a secret BOSS round. Ms. Pac
rected this rather obscure Sega arcade game and include helpful hints to get you through your mis- will face 15 new enemies (in addition to the usual
are making it available to play via your CD-Rom or sions. Plus, as a bonus, you can simply “walk gang of ghosts) who block her path to the Witch's
DVD player. The object of the game is to travel through” the game without having to play. Not Castle, where she must defeat her foe and rescue
through time to rescue the Princess of the Galac- that you would do that though, right? Professor Pac and a princess.
tic Trade Federation. On your journey you’ll do Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness will feature multi-
battle with cavemen, space knights, robots, ninjas, player modes as well. Ghost Tag will allow one
and other 3D nasties. player to be "it" as Ms. Pac-Man, while the other
If you’ve never seen this game in person, players will be the ghosts trying to hunt her down.
you’re missing out on quite an experience. Char- In Dot Mania, players compete to chow down the
acters would appear on a tabletop as if R2-D2 most dots in a maze.
himself were projecting them (but there was al- Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness will be avail-
ways that aforementioned headache effect). able this Fall for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64
Luckily, the home version is playable in 2D or 3D and Sega Dreamcast.
via the 3D glasses included.
Hologram Time Traveler will be available this
Fall on CD-Rom and DVD.
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