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   Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 nabs a respectable "7.0" score in the Review Section of the magazine and next week's Death Crimson OX ranks a "6.33". So, Ecole's next gun shooter doesn't exactly suck but it's not impressing the writers either. This bodes well for a fourth Death Crimson game since the increasingly better scores may instill confidence in the publisher. 
   Virtua Fighter 4 continues it's assault on the pages of DCM with new screenshots and updated character stories on why they're returning for the fourth bout. Comic Party, Fate of Heart, Crazy Taxi 2, and Sonic Adventure 2 appear in previews. In the CT2 feature, many locales are shown in detail including a stately Burger King, FAO Schwarz, a GAP store, HMV, and the Hard Rock Cafe. 
   Sakura 3 coverage continues and a section of the feature checks out the mini-games found in the third Sakura. A Naomi coin-op write-up details four games including Monkey Ball, Virtua Strike 3, Gundam, and Zero Gunner 2. ZG2 appears to be a highly desirable Raystorm-ish shooter with helicopter gunships as the tools of destruction. 

   Heavy Metal Geomatrix runs hot.

   Maneuver your Monkey Ball in a 3-D maze of platforms, routes, and pedestals 

   Capcom's Gundam coin-op  

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