New preview. Screenshots too. Looks great (unless you hate Gauntlet games)... well, except for the fact that it's not coming out for Cube, but that preview says that there's going to be a PC version in addition to PS2 and X-Box... :) (And they might eventually add a Cube version... maybe... they did with Mortal Kombat Deception, after all.)
According to Matt Cassamassina. That's really good. He added:
Quote:It was the best-seller for the month. Outsold GTA, Mercenaries, Need for Speed 2 and Halo 2, among other games. And it did release on Jan. 11, let's not forget. I expect sales of 500,000 through February/March, which is not bad.
Quote: Prepare to Test the Limits of Speed and Catch Some Serious Air while Racing to the Finish Line in Eight of Midway's Greatest Racing Games Ever Midway Games Inc, a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced the newest addition to the company's Midway Arcade Treasures franchise, Midway Arcade Treasures 3. The third installment in the successful Midway Arcade Treasures series, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 follows in the wake of million unit seller, Midway Arcade Treasures (2003) and the 2004 holiday hit, Midway Arcade Treasures 2. Scheduled to ship Fall 2005, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 is in currently in development for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCube with a suggested retail price of $19.99.
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 includes: Badlands, Hydro Thunder, Off Road Thunder: Mud, Sweat 'N Gears, Race Drivin', San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition, San Francisco Rush 2049, S.T.U.N. Runner, Super Off Road & Bonus Tracks Pack.
The only catch, of course, is that these will be the arcade versions... meaning better graphics than most of the home ports, but missing the additional features the home ports added... which doesn't matter for some of those games, but it matters a LOT for the Rush games and to a fair extent for Hydro Thunder (four vehicles and two or three tracks are console-exclusive)... still a very nice package, but it doesn't replace the N64/DC version of Rush 2049 for sure (because the arcade game has no battle or stunt modes, and perhaps also no coins... and presumably no (or much less) stat-tracking... leaving just the base racing game.
But still, it's an awesome collection, even if I DO have two Rush games and Hydro Thunder, in their more feature-rich home versions, already -- I mean, Race Drivin'? Super Off-Road (Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off-Road? Great arcade game! I want it! :))? S.T.U.N. Runner? Rush 1 (home port didn't add nearly as much as Rush 3's port did, and Rush 2 was N64-exclusive with the exception of the Alcatraz track...)? Off-Road Thunder? Nice collection. :)
Of course, it's not complete. No Arctic Thunder (which I think was released on PS2 at least, perhaps explaining that) and no Cruis'n games, for instance... but the eight games in the collection are a pretty good overview of Midway's racing game history.
Oh yeah, and it'd be a really nice touch if they added splitscreen play for the games that had multi-system multiplay, like Hydro Thunder and the Rush titles... those games with no multiplayer would definitely not be as good.
Not just some cute little bonus like a DVD with the making of, though there is that too. This special edition you have to preorder actually has an exclusive character with special abilities.
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In other words if you have interest in getting this game, you better preorder or you'll be playing this game with the nagging realization that you'll never be able to experience the WHOLE... experience.
Touched is coming out tomorrow and for some stupid reason the msrp is $40 so you're gonna have to fork over that much at places like eb and gamestop, but with those BB coupons you can get it there for $30 (the regular BB price is $35). Crappy, huh? Reviews have been out for a while and everyone says that while it's a lot of fun, Wario Ware Twisted (which comes out next month for the GBA), is even better. So yay! Two Wario Wares in two months!
*parties on the beach in an awesomely-gay full-body leotard*
Check out that video! Looks amazing. Nintendo should really be hyping this up because it simply looks terrific. Best of the dual screens so far, definitely. Love the visuals and music, too.
I recently hunted down a copy of Katamari Damacy, since I'd heard so much about it. I've had a tough time finding it around here, but I finally found a copy at GameStop.
The one catch: The box and manual were missing. The manual I can live without, but I'd really like box art on the case. So what I'd like from one of you is either a scanned copy of your box art that I can print out and put in the case, or a link to where I can find it.
Your assistance would be much appreciated, thank you in advance.
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