News From 08/31/02

The King Of Fighters 2002 - Eolith Site Opens [ Eolith | KOF2002 ]

Eolith has opened their site of their upcoming 2D sequel with Playmore, "The King Of Fighters 2002". The site currently features a series of mid-sized, quality screen shot images of the game and character illustrations, all in Macromedia Flash format. For the site, check Eolith.

BeatMania III - The Final, Official Site Opens [ Konami | Beatmania III - The Final ]

Konami has opened their official site to the Last of their music game series, "Beat Mania III - The Final". For the site and its list of tracks to be included in the game, check Konami.

Short Comment- Videogames Banned by Government in Greece

At first I thought it was a bad joke, but it seems to be true: Videogames are now banned in Greece. According to one Greece based videogames site "Gameland", Arcade games, home consoles, and PC games are all Banned by the Greek Government, escalating from a movement to control modified arcade sets used as gambling machines. Details can be found in the [ Site ] , so check it out for more details. (note: the site runs ona 128K line, so reaching it might be a bit hard.) Special thanks to George Anastasiadis for the news. - Henry A. Moriarty

Short Comment- Bald World Cup Judge Collina, Eats Balls

Anyone who's checked out the World cup should remember the Judge Pierluigi Collina, known for his scary bald almost-octupus look. Well, here's another look at Judge Collina, this time posing for a Japanese Octapus snack balls commercial. It's got no sound, but it gives a behind-the-scenes look at the ad being created. Man, I can't believe he actually agreed to do it. For the footage, copy & paste the long eerie URL under his image in the DOA fan site, [ DOA ONLINE ]. - Henry A. Moriarty