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Just when things start to look their worst, Tiger steps forward and offers some juicy informational tidbits that make everything look bright again! The below post from Gary Webel brought to light several such bits o' goodness:

Greetings, straight from the Tiger's mouth:

I'm group coordinator for game.com at Tiger, and I'll try to set the record straight concerning most of the questions I've seen here.

1. game.com.pocket pro will DEFINITELY be out this month. It's smaller,holds one cart, runs on 2 AA's instead of 4, and, best of all, has a backlight.

2. Resident Evil 2 will also ship in October. The RE2 Web Link contest will run from Dec. 1 to Jan. 15. The best posted score (the shortest time to complete the game) will net the winner a $10,000 savings bond. Look for ads in upcoming issues of EGM, Game Pro and Expert Gamer. (Similar Web Link contests are coming soon for 99x Crash Bandicoot and WCW Giga Fighters.)

3. To facilitate the contest, Tiger is giving away free Web Links. Check out our web site, www.game.com, for details.

4. I understand the frustration with the delay in game releases. More are in development all the time, and dozens more are in the works for '99, including Holyfield Boxing, NASCAR, Madden Football, NBA Live, WCW, MetalGear Solid,and Command & Conquer Red Alert.

5. Yes, the Furby toy (doll?) is a huge hit. No plans for a Furby cart, though.

6. Thanks for your continued support and interest in game.com. Feel free to e-mail me with questions/comments at gary@tigertoys.com

Gary Webel






Besides the RE2 contest that we're now familiar with, the posting revealed some more upcoming titles for us to look forward to! As just about every single agvtg-c regular has begged and pleaded for, one of the new titles listed is C&C: Red Alert. That should make plenty of folks happy :) NASCAR makes the list, which will hopefully provide a suitable replacement for the dismal Indy 500. PSX fans have another treat in store after RE2 with the announcement of Metal Gear Solid.


I'll not comment on "WCW" - I've little to no knowledge about such matters :)


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Apparently several folks on agvtg-c had some questions about Holyfield Boxing, and one of the helpful folks at Tiger produced the answers. Thanks to Thomas Fessler for the info!

I hope this answers some of the questions that are going around about Holyfield Boxing's "in development" features.

  • A 3/4 overhead perspective that delivers full movement in the boxing ring with 8 directions of fighting action.


  • "Real Deal" boxing A/I and tactics, Not just side scroller punch left/right duck OR a copy of other 1st person punch / punch / block / games. You will get full range of movement in the boxing ring. Push your opponent into the corner / back out and move in to deliver that KO punch.


  • 10 Different punches, Blocking, weaving, and AWESOME KO animations to name a few


  • Animations created using state of the art 3-D animation software delivering realistic motion and fighting action.


  • TV-style on-screen stats and displays


  • This game is being built from the ground up with one consideration - great game play.
Thanks!
Thomas Fessler

Don't know about the rest of you readers, but this information made me do an about-face. I've never been that much of a sportsgame fan, not to mention the fact that I haven't seen a well-done boxing game since playing [the name eludes me] on the c64 some 15 years ago. The game described above sounds less like a boxing game and more like a boxing simulation, which sounds amazing to me. I keep having imaginative images of Lara Croft with boxing gloves :) Anyway, this title is IMO looking to be the most promising title for the Com to date.... until Red Alert info starts to filter out!