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Capcom has recently announced
their decision to port the 3D arcade game "Justice Highschool" The the
Playstation.
The percentage of completion is not yet announced,
but the game is scheduled for release in July.
Snk has announced their scheduling
of the cartridge version of RBFF2 for release on 4/29/98.
The CD version is not yet decided but is announced
as "98' spring".
In the illustration collage book "The King Of Fighters Perfect Art Collection" by Shinseisha Publishing Co, an interview with SNK's main public representative Eiichirou Takatsu is written. In the interview, Takatsu speaks briefly that KOF98' will be coming out.
Takatsu also mentions that although the Orochi Episodes
will be over, Kyo, Iori and Shingo will be coming out in the next game,
and the plot of 98' will be a mystery and may stay a mystery even after
the game is released.
SNK recently announced their seqel to the Fatal Fury series, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 -The New Comers.
Although there are no details on the game and its platform as well as specific release dates, it has been announced to be shown in the upcoming AOU show.
As always the Madman's Cafe will bring in new information
as they are obtained.
-Done on 2/8/98-
In Japan, an animation named "Pocket
Monster" came to deep heat as one of its broadcasts caused more than 100
children sickness due to frequent screen flashes in blue and red. This
caused Nintendo's stock to fall right the next day as the news was announced,
since the Pocket Monster games were scheduled to become one of Nintendo's
primary income sources.
-Done on 12/21/97-
SNK announced their release date
of the home version of Last Blade.
The Cartridge version is scheduled to be released
on 1/20/98, and the CD version will be released on 3/26/98.
-Done on 12/21/97-
Spreading like wildfire on the internet, the news of a 3D King Of Fighters has been proved a rumor. This rumor first started when Gamest magazine posted pictures of a 3D Geese Howard, Eiji Kisaragi and Rody Birts fighting each other. This in fact was a set of well done CGs predicting what KoF98 may look like, and at the end of the 2 page article was a guess that the old USA team will ressurect.
This article is present in Gamest Vol 209. In Gamest
Vol 210 the continuation is written, with even more CGs and prediction
of teams, one which even included Todo.
-Done on 12/21/97-
SNK announced their decision to
convert their latest sequel of Fatal Fury, Real Bout Special to the Playstation.
No details, dates or price has been announced yet.
-Done on 12/21/97-
In an interview done by EGM with SNK's Kouki Hayamizu (director of SNK's Asian operations), it was revealed that KOF98' will be created for the NeoGeo, not the Neogeo 64 and it will be 2D. Also announced was SNK's plan to support the old NeoGeo for another 2 years.
This article was done by EGM and posted in Gamespot
Online. All credits go to the two companies for this scoop. For the actual
article, please refer to the following URL:
http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_11/18_jammasnk/index.html
Note: This interview article is not done by the Madman's
Cafe. Thus the Madman's Cafe will not be taken liable for any misinformation
on this subject.
-Done on 11/13/97-
Sony announced their decision to drop the price on their hit game machine, the Playstation in Japan from 19800 yen to 18000 yen (roughtly 18000 Dollars).
The newly priced playstation will also come with a
new model of Joypad wich has analog stickpads as well as the classic button
pads.
-Done on 11/13/97-
SNK announced their decision to port their latest Neo Geo hit game, the King Of Fighters 97' to the Sega Saturn and Playstation.
The price, extras and specifics seem to not yet been
decided on, but the game is scheduled for release for spring next year.
-Done on 10/15/97-
SNK announced their next Sega Saturn conversion, Real Bout Special to be released in Japan at 12/25/97.
There is no word yet if the game will have any extra
additions.
-Done on 10/15/97-
SNK announced their next Playstation conversion, Samurai shodown 4 Special to be released in Japan at 12/25/97.
In addition to the original Samurai shodown, this game
will have extra modes such as practice, and although limited only to the
Versus mode, Cham-cham will be playable in the game as an extra character.
-Done on 10/15/97-
Squresoft's announced the release of the arranged soundtrack for Final Fantasy 7. According to head musician and FF7 music composer Nobuo Uematsu, the CD will include 19 scores based on player's reply letters. Nobuo stated that player's opinions and his were not always the same, as for an example he hated Rufus theme but players liked it.
Included in the 19 tracks are 3 scores which are orchestrated. Nobuo comments that this CD's orchestrated music is perhaps the best in the Final Fantasy series since he took time and effort to contact and keep relations with the musitians instead of just giving them the scores and a sample music, telling them the best of luck like the way he previously has.
The CD is due on sale 10/22/97 in Japan, but no date
for the US is known at this moment.
-Done on 10/15/97-
Sega has finally obtained their patent over switching of views in racing games. This patent numbered #2687989 registered in the name of Yu Suzuki has been waiting to be approved since 1992 when the polygon racing game "Virtua Racing" made its debut.
Sega plans to charge royalties to other companies that
uses the same effect as the one registered in their corporate name. Sony
Computer Entertainment as well as other game corporations are giving no
comments to this matter yet.
-Done on 10/15/97-
In an article from the Nikkei economics newspaper from 9/7/97, Sega was said to be developing a new 128 bit machine with support from Microsoft Co. According to the article, Sega and Microsoft has teamed up to create a 128 bit machine which uses Windows CE as the OS, uses a 128 bit Hitachi micon chip as its CPU, has about 10 times the power of the Sega Saturn, comes equiped with a modem and will cost under 30,000 yen (approx. 300 dollars). The article also notes that an official announcement to the beginning of the project will be anounced as early as October, and that the machine will be released in 1999.
Although Sega denounces the legitimacy of this article,
they did admit to the Research and Development of a 128 bit machine since
the creation of the Sega Saturn. Sega also added that their main concern
as of now was the promotion of the Saturn.
-Done on 9/19/97-
According to an article in the
Fami-tsu Magazine from Ascii Publishing of Japan, the next in the Street
Fighter Zero series (known also as the Street Fighter Alpha series) is
under development and is likely possible to be released near the end of
1997.
-Done on 9/19/97-
Square was rumored to release a Chocobo fighting game for the arcades. This was a misunderstanding created by viewers who have seen a displayed game at the Los Angeles convention from 8/3 - 8/8.
The game was created by the Square USA staffs with a machine known as ONIX 2, with a technique called Nerves (* may be misspelled) which is different from Polygons. The game was only a project experiment for future Square games to find ways of converting Nerves to Polygons.
There are no schedules to release the game on the market
at the moment.
-Done on 7/17/97-
While the popular SNK series "King Of Fighters 97'" has been officially announced for release in the home cartridge version on 9/25/97,
the CD version of the game has been scheduled for 10/30/97.
At the time there are no infomations on any additions to the CD version.
-ReDone on 9/19/97-
On 7/2/97, The Asahi NewsPaper of Japan interviewed Nintendo's CEO Mr. Yamauchi with startling news that he will retire from his chair after seeing the result that his next biggest project will have on the game industry.
The Project he is refering to can be interpreted as
the 64DD.
-Done on 7/17/97-
In July 1 1997, SNK Co. opened
a private showing of their already finished product,
the "Hyper Neo Geo 64". Two games where presented
there, one which was the "Samurai Shodown" polygon fighting game and the
other which was the Car game "RoadTrip RV". The HyperNG64 is scheduled
to be In arcades in August, and has no plans for home systems yet.
HardWare Specs:
CPU- 64 Bit RISC Chip
RAM- 4MB (MB- Mega Bytes)
Program Memory- 64MB
Color- 4096 simultaneously out of 16.7 Million
Sound- 32 Channels
Wave Memory- 32MB
Sampling- 44.1 KiloHertz
3D
Vertex Memory- MAX 96 MB
Texture Memory- MAX 16 MB
2D
(Sprites)
Display Number- 1536 per Frame
Character Memory- MAX 128MB
Extra Abilities: Enlarge, Reduce, Flip Vertical/Horizontal,
Chain, Mosaic, Mesh, Action
(Scroll)
Screen Numbers- MAX 4
Character Memory- MAX 64MB
Extra Abilities: Enlarge, Reduce, Rotate, Morph, Split
Vertical/Horizontal, Line Scroll Vertical/Horizontal
-Done on 7/17/97-
SNK Co. Announced 2 weeks back
about their change in schedule for the release fo the King Of Fighters
97' in the home consoles. Currently The Cartridge version has been re-scheduled
for late September and the CD version for October. No exact dates have
been set yet.
-Done on 7/17/97-
SNK Released the list of Characters
to be in their New 3D Samurai Shodown. The following are the members.
Haoh-Maru
Genjuro
Nakoruru
Rimururu
Ukyo
Hanzo
Galford
Sogetsu
Kazuki
Yagyu Hanma
Shiki
The last two characters are totally new.
Yagyu seems to be releated to the SS series's Jubei,
since they both have the same name. Shiki is a Japanese female character
with Tatoos on her body, including her back.
The Game seems to be concentrated on 3D playability.
For instance, the Shouji wallpaper may break during the fight, revealing
a new room to fight, or the flooring may open up, resulting in the same
surprise.
-Done on 7/17/97-
SNK Co. announced their decision to create a Fatal Fury Fan CD. The CD will include Data, illustrations, etc on Fatal Fury, but unfortunately will only be available for the Playstation & Saturn.
MadMan's Rumors in the Air: A new Fatal Fury game is
on the works. If this is true, wait for new info around November when the
KoF97' craze will be over.
-Done on 7/17/97-
Today Panasonic Co. announced
their withdrawal from the 3DO as well as the creation of the M2 system.
One of the reasons for their decision seems to be the existance of the
Nintendo 64 which appaered in the game market as a 64 bit machine even
before the M2. Other reasons such as the competitive pressures from Sony
and Sega can be speculated as well.
-Done on 7/3/97-
The third game included in Capcom's
Street Fighter Collection formerly mentioned in the Cafe' has been uncovered.
The Third game will be called Street Fighter Zero Dash, and is said to
be based on Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (not to be confused with Alpha
2). Thus The seven hidden characters from the arcade version will be included,
along the Super Akuma mode & new moves such as Sakura's Basket drop
and Guy's Level 3 Devastation. Some other surprises seem to be scheduled
for the SFZD as well.
-Done on 6/28/97-
Capcom announced their decision
to release a director's cut of their hit game BioHazard, also known as
Resident Evil. The game will have three modes, "Original"-- which is basically
the same as the original BioHazard, "Beginner"-- which is arranged to be
beaten easily, and "Arrange"-- which is the director's Cut version. Also
as a bonus, a playable demo of Biohazard 2 -AKA Resident Evil 2 will come
along, free with purchase. Unfortunately the game seems only scheduled
for Japan.
-Done on 6/28/97-
SNK Co. Announced their decision
to convert the Neo Geo hit action shoote Metal Slug to the PSX.
Hopefully the game will have as much extra additions
as the Saturn version did.
-Done on 6/07/97-
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