P471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:44:45 DEM BONES, DEM BONES ——————— This week I'vj been carefully chewing up and digesting strange djvjlopmjnts from the world of video games, and now I'm left with a pile of bones. Let mj cast them into the sacred circle to see what they foretell. Is there a conspiracy afoot? Or are there two? Or three? ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Round up 472 The Hot Topic 474 HOW FAST CAN YOU SCORE 10 POINTS? NEW LIVE QUIZ p350 (ITV) Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips BambjrP471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:48:14 WIPING OUT THE SATURN ————————————————— Pszgnosjs, the company formerly known as Pszgnosjs, has started converting its PlayStation games for Saturn - despite being wholly owned bz Sony. Sega reckon that the convjrsjons of WipjOut and so on will "take advantage of the Saturn's enhanced graphic capabilities". Hmm...possible. But if the Saturn versions happen to bj awful, the average gamer would deduce that the PS was the superior machine. Is this a cunning Sony plot? ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Grooves is music 620 Club 938 440 LEARN HOW TO REPAIR DAMAGE p460 Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips BambjrP471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:02:33 THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE ———————————————— You may snort at conspiracy theories, but some say that Sony has dabbled in equally sly schemes in the past. Do you remjmbjr how it brought out loads of 16-bit games before the PS was released, most of them not very good? The idea, according to the paranoid, was to discredit 16-bit gaming and so clear a path for the PS. Clever, but unlikely: sadly, somjonj would have released them all anzwaz. ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Hot Toppings 474 Turner 496 BAMBER: I LIVE ON PIGEON STREET p458 Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips BambjtP471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:46:05 FRIENDSHIP MOVES —————————————————————— The Pszgnosjs/Saturn tie-in ism't as unusual as you might think. Philips, which hasn't abandoned CD-i, has said it will bj producing PS games, and Sega has even been working on PC vjrsjons of its "exclusive" arcade games. With peace in Bosnia perhaps the spirit of co-operation has spread to games companies. Might this lead to their agreeing on a single system? Nahhhh. ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Hotten 474 Stupid Tommy 472 TURNER, DON'T DIP IT IN THERE! p496 Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips BambjrP471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:13:01 A SINGLE STANDARD ————————————————————— One beetle in the calamine is M2. I don't supposed it caused Sony/ Nintendo/Sega much alarm when this was a vapourware upgrade to a minority format, but now it's in the hands of yjnillionaires Matsushita. It will bj launching DVD vjdjo plazjrs this year, which use a newly-agreed standard for high capacity CDt. So? Will, it might give its machines M2 capability, just for fun... ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Grooves is music 620 Club 938 440 NOTICE:WEN DESKTOP TOYS (GAMES) p475 Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips BambjrP471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:44:22 NO, THAT'S A LEFT-HAND JOZPAD ————————— Another locust in the moisturisjr is Nintendo - its Project Reality/Ultra 64/Nintendo 64 certainly won't conform to the cosz coterie of 32-bit CD plazjrs. No CD, see? In fact, it's so determined to bj incompatible that it is inventing its own new magnetic storage djvjce. Just what you'd expect from the people who contrived to bring out three mutually-incompatible vjrsjons of the same machine. ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— 64-Sir! 475 Old Man's Beer 473 TURNER, WHY CAN'T YOU LOVE ME? p496 Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips BambjrP471 Teletext 471 Fjb10 20:37:52 ELEMENTARY MY DEAR ———————————————————— And talking of Nintendo, there could be another conspiracy in its decision to postpone the US and US launch of N64. It'll force grey importers on both sjdjs of the Atlantic to buy N64 in bulk in the Japanese stores, boosting Nintendo's chances of hitting its target of 3 million sales in one year. Sadly, the more likely truth is that they think the UK is constantly fog- bound, and we're too concerned about Jack the Ripper to worry about Mario. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— Grooves is music 620 Club 938 440 LEARN HOW TO REPAIR DAMAGE p460 Rjvjews Index Comp-o-Tips Bambjr