Outrun 2006: Coast2Coast

[S0L]

Yeah, the lads spent some time tweaking it for D-Pad, glad it paid off

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[Silvergun X]

I can't sign in with the PSP.

The network connection works fine, i've tested it, but whenever I try signing in to play online, all I get is 'netplay sign-in failed' over and over again.

At completely random times it'll work.

Everything ok on your end Sol? Or is it a problem with my network?

Also I believe the friends list is bugged.

I signed on and added one person as a friend, they accepted. The next time I signed on they weren't there and my list was empty, however I got accepted by another friend.

I've now signed on, and the first friend that I added has come back, while the second isn't there.

[J0e Musashi]

Yer I had trouble accessing the high score board yesterday. Sometimes it would work, sometimes fail. Weird.

[Silvergun X]

Twice now i've beaten an online Heart Attack record, but it's frozen at the end and just said 'Lost connection to online service' and not posted it.

I know it's not wireless signal problem as i'm sitting right next to the router when playing it.

[Darwock]

That's quite a claim to make, I've never encountered a wireless network in my life that wasn't without it's fair share of weird random glitches. That's not to say it isn't something server side of course.

[Silvergun X]

Well, my DS is working perfectly fine over wi-fi.

[fatty 99]

just got the ps2 version , got say it is very impressive for the ps2 theres still life left in the old dog yet. big thanks to sol and sumo.

[S0L]

No worries

I think the servers are being cleared of times from QA - I'll check with Sega but they should be back on soon. First day teething troubles - *sigh*

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[SegaMark]

Haha, at last, review of the year!http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrank...eviewid=677675

The graphics are colourful and move fast, but the gameplay looks rather staid and very dated compared to something like the unsurpassable Burnout Revenge, and your car doesn't appear to turn much, if at all, when moving in either direction.

2.5/5

Haha what an excellent indepth review!

[MikeF]

xMikeFx is my PSP online name, seems to be OK to me, had 1 disconnect so far

[Kotatsu Neko]

Haha, at last, review of the year!http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrank...eviewid=677675



2.5/5

Haha what an excellent indepth review!

Yeah, clearly it's not brown enough. And there are no EA TRAX.

SEGA, when will you ever learn!

[Silvergun X]

Servers seem to be alright to me now.

I've connected fine, and i've just managed to post two Heart Attack records up without disconnection.

Edited: Well, I can connect no problems but my friends list has been erased AGAIN and I can't get to the scoreboards. I guess they're still working on it.

[S0L]

DVD Fever Website - Reviewed by S0L

Back in the early 90's a new invention came to life, the world wide web. Quite a bit of time has passed since then, with many innovations, so I was quite excited to see a new video game website.

Sadly, it seems that the development team behind the game reviews haven't really capitalised on many of these. Where to start, well there is a review there and it does seem to cover some of the questions you have, like what the game is about and it's features.

However the execution wasn't all that great. First the writer employed a less than objective review style, this wasn't helped by some weak attempts at humour, especially likening an in-game character to Britney Spears.

I also found that the choice of colours, white on black, was a little hard on the eyes. It also seems that the website obviously values generating revenue, rather than provided thoughtful, objectionate reviews, since it is hap-hazardly covered with all kind of banners and links to many an online retailer.

The game being reviewed was OutRun, presumably on PS2, though this in itself was hard to fathom. A number of facts look to require some more research, the game was quoted as not supporting 60Hz (which it does) and doesn't appear to have a music track called 'Summer Breeze' either.

I can see that the reviewer did put some effort in by randomly placing words in some form of order, but would suggest they actually play the game before committing their thoughts to screen.

Overall, I'd give DVDFever's games review about 1/5 - simply as they managed to post it to the web unaided

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[Silvergun X]

Quality

[Concept]

Presumably unaided. :P