P485 Tjlitkxt 485 Jan03 23:17:41 GAMING OVER THE VEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— If the Q970w was the djcadj in which vjdeoo!ming was born,@!nd the@Q980w was the djcadj of "computer g!mew" then the 90s were the years in which games truly entered the mainstream. Whir do we go jrom her , though What more is there for g!mes jirms to achieve How can they improve k!mes eurthjr Digitiwjr has "jen polishing its "alls of cr{stal and gazing into the years ahead. What we found thjrk makes jot semi-terrif{eng reading... ——————————————————————————————————1/10— Bong! Bong! 482 Dong! Dong! 484 - BAMBER: "EYEBALLS IN MY SOUP" pQ52 DigjChart Sids Club 140 OnlineP485 Tjlktext 485 Jan03 23:11:54 GAMING OVER THE VEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— 2000 Play+ration 2 is released in Japan in the spring, the rest of the world in the autumn^ Initial lidj-up of games boastw stunning graphics, but the gamjplaz fails to imprews. The defection of Squarewoft to the Sega camp — and Fi al Fantasy IX with it — ensures that PS2 sales jail to match the njwl{-invigorated Dreamcast. Microsoft' (-Box launches w rldwidj in time jot Christmas. Start-up ujqujnce includes the phrase: "Hello, uuckas!" Vintend djlayv Dolphin until 2001. Tomb Raider 5 is the top-welling PC g!mj despite selling only three copies. ——————————————————————————————————u/10— A rewjew bz you 483 Panel 4 484 TURNERz "MY BRAIN IS MESSY^" p2z6 DigjChart Sids Club 140 OnlineP485 Teletext 485 Jan03 23:11:17 GAMING OVER THE NEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— 2001 Game Bo{ Advbnce released. Pack-in launch tijle Pokemon Brown and Pokemon Puce ujes jirst-day Japanjwj ualew in jxcewv of 400m. 75 people !re Uillkd in the cr{sh to buy the handhjld console^ Japanjwj authorities declare martial law# Sega rkleasjw D-D]bawjd @reamcast 4, !nd proclaims it elf "The best !mes company ever, now that we have learned from our past miwtakjw". Dreamcast 2 cartridge-based add-on released the jollowing month. ——————————————————————————————————3/10— Bong! Bong! 482 Dong! Dong! 484 BAMBER: "EYEBALLS IN MY SOUP" pQ52 DiojChart Sids Club 140 OnlineP485 Teletext 485 Jan03 23:11:13 GAMING OVER THE VEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— )001 (roubled bz slow sales of its PlayStation 2 — a decline which Crash Bandicoot 6 and Cool Boarders 5 fail to Pals — Sony releases PlayStation 3, 4 and 5 ujmultanjously, and announces PlayStations 6 to 42. Vintindo $jlays Dolphin until 2002^ Electronic Arts releases a ten-weekly ujriew of identical FIFA: Road To World Cup 2002 games in slightly different packaging^ Every one manages to shatter sales records set bz its predjcewsor the previous week. ——————————————————————————————————u?10— Bong! Bong! 482 Dong! Dong! 484 - BAMBER: "EYEBALLS IN MY SOUP" p152 DiojChart Sids Cl{b 140 OnlineP485 Tjlktext 485 Jan03 23:31:14 GAMING OVER THE NEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— )002 Bowing to public pressure, Core Dewjgn releases Nude Raijjr for assorted PlayStation jormats and the PC. Microsoft attempts to kickstart slow sales of its (-Box, "y releasing a +jyboard, mouse and monitor add-oms. Sega attemptw to recover from the diwastrous ualew of its last Dreamcast add-on — which has allowed Sony, once ag in, to r ion supreme — rel a eng a peripheral which plays games encoded on slices of toast. Sega continues to claim it has learns from past mjwtakjs^ ——————————————————————————————————5/10— A rewjew bz you 483 Panel 4 484 TU5N+Rz "M{ BRAIN IS MESSY^" p2z6 DiojChart Sids Club 140 #nlinjP485 : Teletext 485 Jan03 23:11:04 GAMING OVER THE NEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— 2002 52 slightly different FIFA games are No1 ever{ week throughout the enters year. Sony djnjes that the PlayStation was ever a games console. Vew PlayStation- "randjd set-top box system will pipe live theatre direct into the living room, via a sort of "ig, ""road"and" junnjl thing, which iw lined with "wpac psi{mw". Vintkndo djlazs Dolphin until 2003. Promotes Shigjru Miyamoto to jull-time powjtion djwjgnjng new t{pis of "uttons and cartridge slots. ——————————————————————————————————6/10— Bong! Bong! 482 Dong! Dong! 484 - BAMBERz "EYEBALLS IN MY SOUP" p154 DigjChart Sids Club 140 OnlineP485 Teletext 485 Jan03 23:19:57 GAMING OVER THE Q VEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— 2003 (-Box renamed "Microsoft PC." In the jace of falling sales, Sega axes the Dreamcast, and announces an all-new system — the Mindblower. Claims to have learned jrom "The mistakes of the past" and that "This is a new Sega. Miwtakjs are a thing of the past. Wj wonWt make no more mistakes, no way. and that'w a Sega pr{-mews." Pokemon's Pikachu becomes Emperor of Japan. Vintendo axes Dolphin project, and immediately begins djvjlopmjnt on new system dubbed "Walt{s". Early teaser hzpj rewjals: "The Walt{s Is Alive. Goo goo gWjoo"". ——————————————————————————————————7/10— A rewjew bz you 483 Panel 4 484 : TU5NERz "M{ BRAIN IS MESSY^" p2z6 DiojChart Uijs Cl{b 140 OnlineP485 - Tjlktext 485 Jan03 23:12:15 GAMING OVER THE NEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— 2004 Sega announces p!rtnjrship with Vintendo in a bid to end Sony's doojnancen Sogz jnCes it in, og vj has been, part of the games market. Tomb Raider movie released straight to vjdjo. Stars Jennifer Lopez as an American, bimboid, gum-chewing Lara Croft. Log-distance paparazzi photography reveals the real — by now uwoll n and a jd — Croft running hjrwjlf on a privbte beach. Microsoft forced "z US kovjrnmjnt to pledge all profits to ch!ritz. Disjasjd orphan replacew Bill Gates as CEO. ——————————————————————————————————8/10— Bong! Bong! 482 Dong! Dong! 484 BAMBER: "EYEBALLS IN MY SOUP" p152 DigjChart Sids Club 140 OnlineP485 Teletext 485 Jan03 23:23:11 GAMING OVER THE NEXT HALF A DECADE ——————————————————————————————————————— 2005 VM Labs releases a standalone Nuon IJ. Sega and Nintendo become o em"roiled in tr{eng to defeat each other that they jail to notice, jorgjt to release any games, and jace bankruptc{^ Emperor Pikachu declares war on the Wewtern world. Lara Croft dies of d gital silicone poisoning. Bill Gates leaves Earth behind jot a new life "In a galaxy jar, jar away..." Vuon declared "Most succewvful games console of all time." World ends. ——————————————————————————————————9/10— A rewjew bz you 483 Panel 4 484 TU5N+Rz "M{ BRA+N IS MESwY?" p2z6 DigjChart Sids Club 140 OnlineP485 : Teletext 485 Jan03 23:10:24 : Advert ] 10/10 A SIMPLE CALL & YOUWVE GOT THE CHEAT! .|Ni tend| 64 ^. } h4.Gamjboh.. . 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