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extensive play time with this
game I have one conclusion, IT
ROCKS!!! After putting $6.50 (at
.50 a play) into the machine in
one sitting I still want to go
back and play it again and again.
Here is the scoop: You have 4
selectable drivers that have
their own unique cab (and a
secret motorcycle as well). Axel,
a green haired, shorts wearing,
gen X'er. B.D. Joe, a shade
wearing, big grinned Jamaican.
Gena (I think that's her name),
the obligatory female of the
group, a crazy red head. And Gus,
a somewhat veteran cabbie with a
bald spot. Out of all of them I
found Gus to be the best. He is
the fastest as far as I can tell.
Well,
let's get to the game itself.
Basically you run around picking
up passengers and dropping them
off at their chosen locations
under a set time limit.
Performing
dangerous tricks to
give the passenger a little
thrill will earn you extra cash.
Take care not to mess this up
however or you will have a very
angry customer. Such tricks as I
mentioned come in the form of
riding between cars at a high
rate of speed, zooming inches
away from a car (yet again, at a
high rate of speed), making wild
jumps, turning sharply, among
others. The game is quite
simple... but incredibly hard at
the same time. For each play you
get a time limit, picking up
passengers will give you more
times but dropping them off
won't. Eventually you WILL run
out of time, no matter how hard
you play or how skilled you are
that timer is not going to last
forever.
This
is one of those addicting games,
like the Pac-Man and Galaxia of
the old days, simple and
addicting, a very, very good
formula. The Dreamcast version of
this game will feature a map
three times as large as the
arcade version. Along with that
(as if it weren't enough) comes a
large number of mini games,
details are sketchy on what they
will be or how they will play but
I heard one consists of you
running into a pole as hard as
you can to send the passenger in
your backseat flying. If that's
only one I can't wait to see the
rest. Other extra's to the
Dreamcast version are bound to
come up sooner or later. I would
make this longer but I am
planning a review on this game
and I don't want the review to
sound just like the preview.
All
I can say is, if you have this
game in your local arcade (or if
it is in another town, trust me,
the trip is worth it) play it!!!
Never before have I spent all my
tokens on one single game, except
of course, for The House of the
Dead... and that is the ONLY
other game. That's gotta say
something. Dream Machine will get
a review up on the Dreamcast
version and all it's extra's
shortly after it is released,
until then, happy gaming.
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