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The Gallant, a galactic space
cruiser which looks like an auburn crustacean, stumbles
majestically when a rescue expedition to Planet 202 goes awry.
A planetary disaster damages the ship and renders it a
floating hulk. The onboard biology lab gets the brunt of the
bad vibrations and a mutagenic toxin leaks into the hallways
and corridors, turning the crew into brisk, human-like
creatures. To add to the jollies, an alien invasion bumps up
the ship's guest list with a
slew of slavering flesh eaters. At the outset, lieutenant Jude
Sutcliffe and two members of his DaCR the team venture into
the ship to search for survivors and to find a way to escape
from the dead vessel. Two other characters are eventually
controllable by the player: Aila Hoeybraaten and Renee Hearn,
both of whom collaborate with Jude to reach the
end-game.
Phase Paradox melds a blend of 'off the shelf'
3-D exploration
action and lush cinematic interludes. The game boasts four
hours of interludes to add atmosphere, drama, and storyline as
you and cohorts work to survive the deep space horror.
Although not very original, the game joins a procession paying
homage to the style of game started by Bio-Hazard. Phase
Paradox speaks English but the in-game text is all Japanese -
so, it's fairly import friendly and playable for those
illiterate in Japanese, or the kanji-capped. In stock,
US$68.
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Trading Cards: |
Two Sakuras
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After months of waiting, the Sakura Taisen 3 trading cards
arrived this morning along with new Card Captor Sakura trading
collections. The boxes are shown to the left. Due to a little
equipment malfunction over the long holiday weekend, we're not
prepared to update these cards today although they will be
posted for sale online this afternoon. An update featuring
packs and individual cards will be posted on Wednesday
morning. The Sakura 3 box includes 15 packs of cards and the
Card Captor boxes include 20 packs inside. Complete boxes and
individual packs are on offer as follows.
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Box
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Sakura 3
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US$4
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US$55
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CCS Trading
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US$3
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US$55
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CCS Exciting
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US$4
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US$70
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| Import
Outlook |
PSO
v2.0
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Two Dreamcast imports are slated tomorrow, in the form of Exodus
Guilty Neo and Crazy Taxi 2. The USA localization
of Taxi 2 is expected simultaneously. On the
Playstation, D3 Publisher bangs out The Gun Shooting 2,
a Simple 1500 shooting game. An assortment of restock
including PS2 Beatmania IIDX 4th Style and Wonderswan
accessories should also make it in by Wednesday.
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Phantasy
Star v2.0 was expected this week but saw a bit of a delay to
next week. Pre-orders ship to customers on June 03. The USA
version of PSO v2.0 ships on July 11, 2001.
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