Issue 19 - Chipsworld Corporate

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summer 06
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ps3 & nintendo wii
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DS lite – it’s here!
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sensi masterclass
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oliday games
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sims 2 tipped
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viva pinata,
metroid prime
pinball, big brain
academy, lotr
& MUCH MORE!
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INSIDE...
news
W
e are now
well into our
20th year
celebrations. What
a great year! This
month, we bring you
all the latest on the
much-anticipated PS3
and Wii which will
be released later this
year. We also take a
look at some fantastic
new games and have
THREE competitions
on offer.
Page 6 Micro Machines V4
Page 7 Viva Pinata
Page 5 New Super Mario Bros.
f e at u r e s
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HEAD
head
Editor
Debra McCabe
we take a k
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closer lo
at the ps3
and wii
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The latest games news and the
new DS Lite
Design
20 & 24 Instore
Joe Burt, Trevor Wyatt
Words
We visit David Colls in Darlington
and Ant Meehan in Ormskirk
25 Chips Chat
The latest gossip from CHIPS, from
competition winners to babies
26-27 Tips
Get the best cheats for top games
30 Letters
Your questions answered
Gideon Kibblewhite, Steve
Faragher and Anne Smith
18-19 Gear
Gadgets and gizmos aplenty
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22-23 B
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Games to suit your budget
31 THREE smashing competitions
Your chance to win Cars, Monster House and
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SUMMER 06
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS
NEWS
W I R E D !
Hear the Fear:
Forbidden Siren 2
>> PS2
Mushroom
magic
It’s ah mee again!
A
fantastic treat for DS owners, this latest
outing of the ever-popular Mario series
evokes the heroic plumber’s earliest
adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom. It’s just you, your moustache and some totally classic old-skool platform gameplay.
As in the original, Mario gets a power boost
with old favourites like flame-giving fire flowers,
invulnerability-inducing starmen and, of
course, the mushrooms that turn him
into Super Mario. Then there are
some new power-ups like mega
mushrooms for super-sized growth
and mini mushrooms for water walking.
Always fiendish, surprising and imaginative, it’s
one of the best 2-D games to come our way in ages.
The main game is the star of the show but a great
bonus is a two-player Mario versus Luigi game.
This puts you up against a mate for a
rollocking star-collecting contest. Hit
them with fireballs or jump on their
head and they’ll drop their stars. Doh!
Format: DS
Release date: Out now
Publisher: Nintendo
LORD OF THE RINGS:
BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH 2
RINEGR
BASH
This is
a horror
survival
sequel
set on a
seemingly
deserted
island. A group of unsuspecting shipwreck
survivors are washed ashore only
to discover that, while they are the
only living people on the island, they
are most certainly not alone… Use
the light to your advantage. Failing
that, there’s always violence to fall
back on.
Super Dragon Ball z
>> PS2
This
return to
form by
Atari’s
classic
fighter
has an
old-skool
fighting feel married with newskool graphics and a solid roster of
combatants. Technical combos that
reward practice and skill are back
in; power bar juggling is definitely
out. Featuring 13 characters which
include Goku, Gohan and Vegeta.
Tenchu:
Good Lord! Or Dark Lord… It’s up to you!
A lready a smash hit on the PC, this now comes
to the Xbox 360. Elves, humans, orcs, dwarves,
goblins and trolls all await your orders in
this epic Tolkien RTS sequel. The first game
focused on the three films and their famous battles
such as Helm’s Deep. Battle for Midde-Earth 2
expands on that and lets you explore parts of MiddleEarth only mentioned in the book. As
either good guys or the bad guys, your
aim, though, is still simple: build up
a vast army of soldiers, archers and
cavalry and then save or enslave the
world! To strengthen your army you
can hire special units like Aragorn (hurray!) or the
Narzgul (yikes!).
War of the Ring-mode, where you try and
conquer all of Middle-Earth one province at a time, is
especially fun because you can arrange your factions
any way you like. Elves fighting humans, even goblins
fighting orcs – the choice is yours! Bigger and better
than the first game, and easier to learn, you’ll get
utterly engrossed in your battles for Middle-Earth.
INCOMING! Grand Theft Auto IV coming late next
– rumours suggest an online multi-player element…
year
Time of the Assassins
>> PSP
This Ninja
stealth
romp
transfers
superbly
to the
PSP, its
complex
3D environments included. In this
version, every enemy is susceptible
to your carefully-planned kills!
Format: Xbox 360
Publisher: EA
SUMMER 06
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NEWS
W I R E D !
Micro Machines v4
Field commander
>> PSP
Forward!
This
rumbles
onto
the PSP,
as the
system’s
first
turn-based military strategy
game. You take the role of a field
commander fighting with freedom
forces. With 3D graphics and
loads of visual and audio effects,
Field Commander lets you battle
wirelessly and online.
Syphon filter:
dark Mirror
>> PSP
The
classic
spyshooter
makes
it to the
PSP
intact and
with spot-on graphics. As agent
Gabe Logan, you’ll be taking on a
series of goon-infested missions,
avoiding detection if you can,
killing or disabling when you must.
You will be interrogating terrorists,
picking locks, deactivating mines
and generally running amok.
Chickens, guided missiles… What’s going on!
T his classic party game racer has always been
bonkers – and now it’s completely insane!
This time around, you take your tiny,
skiddy weapon-laden vehicles not just on
crazy courses about the house but on treacherous
tracks through the garden too. You can almost smell
the cat poo in the grass cuttings – when you’re not
veering wildly from hazards such as chickens bent on
pecking you up. Dangers back in the house include a
breakfast table littered with cereal spills, a blazing hot
cooker and an overflowing bath. And your rivals are
still trying to take you
out with rockets!
Miniature
madness!
If you’ve never played Micro Machines before,
here’s how it works. Each race is split up into intense
10-second chunks, during which you earn points both
for damaging rivals and for your current race position.
The winner of the whole contest is the car with the
most points, not necessarily the first to cross the line.
It is a format that has always made for amazingly
fast, edge-of-your-seat fun – and Micro Machines v4
continues the series’ in fine crackers form.
Format: PS2, DS, PC, PSP
Publisher: Codemasters
TITAN Quest
Untold legends 2:
the warrior’s code
Keep and eye out for Cyclopes!
>> PSP
This
is the
follow-up
to the
absorbing
top-down
RPG. The
combat
this time around has been
revamped to create less
hacking and slashing and more
opportunities for well-timed blocks
and critical hits. Visually spruced
up and playable both online and
co-operatively, The Warrior’s Code
provides plenty of reasons to go
dungeon-crawling once again.
W
ith more than a hint of Diablo, this is a
simple but engrossing point and click RPG
steeped in Greek myth. Titan Quest’s epic
story sees the titans escape from their
supposedly eternal prison to wreak havoc on mankind.
Your job is to search the ancient world and discover
the secrets that will once again banish the monstrous
demi-gods. As you do so, you get to admire some
beautiful scenery which is populated with the whole
index of the Monsters of Greek Myth Handbook.
As you quest and explore, you advance in level
pleasingly quickly. And, in an improvement over
Diablo, instead of predefined character sets, you have
INCOMING! Vice City Stories to be released on PSP later this year...
SUMMER 06
Epic
struggle!
a vast array of skills combinations for which
you can train and combine with the items you
pick up. The settings of ancient Greece,
Egypt and China make for some rousing
and interesting quests which are full of
enemies. Expect to meet hags, draconians,
tiger men, croc men, mummies, djinn and
many other creatures of legend as you
boldly go forth, sword in hand.
Format: PC
Publisher: THQ
INCOMING! Despite rumours, Microsoft say no XBox 360 price cut this year...
Metroid Prime Pinball
NEWS
W I R E D !
Zoo Tycoon:
African Adventure
>> PC
Flippin’ Get your feet under the table…
‘eck!.
M
ario Pinball may have been a
disappointment but Metroid Prime
Pinball totally rocks. It both evokes the
Metroid Prime games beautifully and,
most importantly, it works as a pinball game really
well. The dual screens of the DS are used brilliantly,
representing the tables in their entirety. The result is a
game that’s as addictive as a real life table.
There are two single-player modes. In Score
Attack, you play a classic pinball game on a table of
your choice. Meanwhile, adding a healthy dollop of
bonkers sci-fi to the mix, Multi-Mission Mode lets
you play through six different pinball table regions,
each with them own Metroid themes, hidden artifacts,
weapon upgrades, battle bosses and mini-games. And
if that doesn’t get your balls rattling, simultaneous
eight-player games action is also on the menu. In your
battle for the top score, the idea is to hit targets that
release Metroid enemies on your opponents’ tables…
And with the DS Rumble Pak plugged in, you get loads
of rumbling and vibrating in response to the action on
the screens.
Format: DS
Publisher: Nintendo
VIVA PINATA
BREEDING
FRENZY!
T Let’s make (Pinata) babies!
he whole idea behind it seems absurdly
simple. A strange cross between Animal
Crossing, The Sims and Nintendogs, it’s
basically a species-rearing game. A ‘Pinata’
rearing game, to be precise. To get started, you get
yourself a plot of land, grow a few plants and trees
and hope a few of these Pinata creatures stroll by,
like what they see and decide to say. Taking care of
your burgeoning ecosystem, you then try and make
sure your Pinatas thrive, grow big and strong and
mate to create little Pinatas. Happy Pinatas even let
you play mini-games with them. But careful! Some
breeds (there are hundreds of ‘em) – called ‘Sours’
– are bad and eat others… It’s insanely deep – and
just the kind of crackers game the Xbox 360
has needed for ages.
Viva Pinata also utilises the Xbox
Live service really well. You can visit
other people’s gardens and trade goods
or Pinatas. Your Pinatas will carry a tag on
them so if you plan to send a friend a Sour
Pinata, it can be tracked back to you!
Add a
touch of
African
biodiversity
to your
wildlife
park
business with this intrepid
expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon
2. Now you can set up sprawling
African Savannah-themed Jeep
tours of predators attacking prey
and animals gathering in herds…
With 20 new African animals
include meerkats and wilderbeests.
Sudoku
Gridmaster
>> DS
It is
Sudoku!
Yes, the
numberbased
puzzle
game
that has
taken the nation (indeed, the
world) by storm has now got a
dedicated game for the DS. Sudoku
Gridmaster uses the touch-screen
to speed up your puzzle solving,
and features more than 400
Sudoku puzzles. Addictive.
Astonishia
Story
>> PSP
A nofrills,
classic
2D game,
in which
you play
a knight
on a
quest for a sacred relic. Its simple
battle system lets you enlist
wizards and warriors as you take
on bandits and
beasties.
Format: Xbox 360
Release date: 24 November
Publisher: Microsoft
INCOMING! Nintendo to release Zelda: Twilight Princess simultaneously on Wii and Gamecube... INCOMING! New Wipeout planned for PS3...
SUMMER 06
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The Ride of
your life
Uncover the secrets of Liberty City with
the official strategy guide
Ë
E x te n s i ve a r ea maps of Liberty City
Ë
A v i r t u a l s h owroom of all
t ra n s p o r t a t i on
Ë
W a l k t h r o u g h s of each mission
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M any secret locations and item s
revealed
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ocations of weapons, armour, h e a l t h ,
bribes and adrenaline
Other strategy guides available / coming soon include...
Cars
Dragon Quest
– The Journey
of the Cursed
King
The Elder
Scrolls IV:
Oblivion
Guild Wars
Factions
New Super
Mario Bros.
Titan Quest
Ultimate PS2
Cheats, Codes
& Secrets
Volume 8
World of
Warcraft®
Dungeon
Companion
DS LITE
NEWS
W I R E D !
Shin Megami Tensei:
Digital Devil Saga
>> PS2
Object of
desire
Hey good-looking!
I f it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? Tell that to Nintendo!
So far, the N64 is the only one of its consoles to
escape the makeover treatment, and now the
DS has emerged from the labs with a complete
re-style as well. And in terms of both its looks and its
technology, the DS Lite is so much of an improvement
over the ‘mark one’ that it’s hard not to advise you
to put your hands in your pockets again even if you
adore your trusty original.
The spanking new model still has that classic
screen-saving clamshell design, but it’s much slimmer
and sexier than its predecessor. It’s 39% smaller and
21% lighter, to be exact – making this truly pocket-
sized. And despite its petite size, you still won’t
need to squint to see the screen, which remains the
same size. The DS Lite also sports revamped screen
brightness controls which lets you pump up the
luminescence to PSP-beating levels. In short, just as
you can be sure that you’ll be playing a raft of great
new games on your DS Lite (like the wonderful New
Super Mario Bros, see P5), you can also be sure that
you’ll certainly be turning heads. What a looker!
Format: Hardware
Publisher: Nintendo
BIG BRAIN ACADEMY
Grey
matters
A
Chromehounds
>> Xbox 360
Set in a
war-torn
future,
this is a
splendidlooking
mech
battler.
It’s towering metal war machines,
packed with advanced weapons,
are called Hounds. Giant battle
zones, co-operative squad-based
tactics and intense battles against
other real-time players over Xbox
Live are all part of the fun.
Over G Fighters
>> Xbox 360
Train that brain!
fter the mind-blowing success of Brain
Training, this sequel to expand our grey
matter still further was always on the
cards. But, while Big Brain Academy still
seeks to build up our neural networks, it does so in
a manner that’s a bit more entertaining. Big Brain
Academy is fronted by a Dr Lobe – a funny bloke
wearing a mortarboard, who is much friendlier than
Brain Trainer’s Dr Ryuta Kawashima. The main game
is made up of a series of categories – Compute,
Memorize, Identify, Analyze and Think. Each of these
categories features three animated mini-games to
challenge you. The better your score, the heavier your
The
popular
3D RPG
returns,
set in a
whole
new scifi/fantasy
world. The story sees you take
the role of Serph and attempt to
defeat five rival tribes on your way
to the paradise of Nirvana. New to
proceedings is a pod that gives you
the ability to change into demon
form and suck up enemies… Burp!
Excuse us.
brain. Visit the game everyday and, in theory, your
brain will become a right fatty so and so!
That’s the meat of the game, but it’s BBA’s multiplayer mode that really provides the incentive to put
your hands in your pocket for this sequel. This mode
lets up to eight players compete on a single cartridge
for brain supremacy. It’s surprisingly fun and addictive
– and who knows, it probably really is actually good
for your brain.
This
brings
the action
into the
era of jet
fighters.
Head to the
skies in a zippy plane and take
on a world-threatening terrorist
organisation. Chocs away!
Format: DS
Publisher: Nintendo
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SUMMER 06
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Mario’s gone back to his roots with this marvel-filled,
fiendish 2D platform adventure exclusive to the Nintendo DS
= Jump, bounce and stomp your way through amazing worlds
= New moves and awesome mushroom-fueled power-ups
= Classic enemies, new foes, big bosses and unbelievable challenges
= Wireless two-player battles
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FEATURE
The world’s gone games console mad! Not only do we have the
amazing Xbox 360 to play on already – now we have Sony’s PS3
and Nintendo’s Wii on the horizon too. We give you the low-down.
PS3 your mind...
I
f you want a console with mega-sized bells on it, this is it. The PS3
is quite simply humongously powerful – 250-times more powerful
than the PS2 to be exact. According to the BBC, if the PS3 existed
in 1998, it would have been the mightiest super-computer in the
world! Sony’s console also uses a new and very high-tech type of disc
to store information called Blu-ray. These discs hold up to 25Gb of
data, compared with the 4.7Gb
of the Xbox 360’s DVD. It means
developers can create games
which have astonishing clarity
and detail. When the PS3 is
hooked up to a swanky hi-def
TV, the graphics will blow your
pants off! The PS3 also has an
online service to rival the Xbox
360, letting you play games
online or just surf about. The
fact it can also download and
manage music and movies too
means it’s also a beast of a
home entertainment hub.
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Wii will rock you…
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t’s not called the Revolution anymore – but it’s still going to
revolutionise the way we play games. It’s all thanks to the Wii’s
fantastic remote controller. It may only look like a flash TV flicker,
but because of its super-accurate multi-directional motion sensor,
it is actually a totally brilliant games invention. You hold this wireless
‘wand’ and get to control all the action by pointing and waving it at
your TV. So instead of hitting a button to kill an enemy with a sword,
instead you will actually be making the
slashing movements with the controller…
Good, eh? You’ll be using it as a gun, as
a fishing rod, a lightsaber… in fact you
won’t believe all the things you will find
yourself doing with it! Neatly plugging
into a ‘nunchuk’ controller, which you
use to do stuff like moving about, the
Wii’s remote is all about letting gamers
play a completely new breed of totally
interactive games. The Wii will also let
you browse the web, download classic
Nintendo games, and it’ll let you play
any of your GameCube titles too!
Flex those specs!
Sony PS3
Nintendo Wii
UK Release Date: 17 November 2006
Price: £400+ (a cheaper non-Hi-Def 20Gb
model will be available later)
Processor: Cell Processor PowerPC-base
Core @3.2GHz
Graphics: RSX @ 550MHz
Memory: 256Mb XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz,
256Mb GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
Hard Drive: 60GB
Inputs: USB front x 4, rear x 2 (USB 2.0),
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO, SD
standard x 1/mini x 1, CompactFlash
(Type I, II) x 1
Outputs: HDMI output, AV multi output,
Digital out (optical)
Internet Connectivity: Ethernet
Controllers: Wireless
Disc Media: Blu-ray, DVD
Backwards Compatibility: With
PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games.
UK Release Date: Late 2006 (To be
confirmed)
Price: Around £175 (To be confirmed)
Processor: CPU IBM Broadway 729MHz
Graphics: GPU ATI Hollywood
Memory: Internal Storage 512Mb Flash
Memory
Hard Drive: No sir
Inputs: 2 SD Memory expansions, 2 USB
Ports (USB 2.0)
Outputs: AV Multi output
Internet Connectivity: WiFi 802.11b/g
Controllers: 4 Wireless Wii, 4 GameCube
Disc Media 12cm Disc Capacity 4.7Gb
(single)/8.5Gb (dual) optical disk drive
– compatible with 8cm GameCube discs
Backwards Compatibility: With
GameCube plus downloadable content from
the NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis and
Turbo Grafix
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INCOMING! The Wii brings a new dimension to Tony Hawk...
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FEATURE
PS3
our fab five PS3 Games!
PS3
Metal Gear
Solid 4: Guns of
the Patriots
PS3
Slither and crawl your way to the nervewrenching climax of the king of the stealth’em-ups – which, this time, is populated
with some of the most realistic-looking and
animated people ever seen in a game. This
version is set in an evil corporation-led world
where weapons and war zones are controlled
by nano-technology, Solid Snake’s last mission
will rock big time.
Published By: Konami
PS3
PS3
PS3
Heavenly
Sword
PS3
PS3
PS3
This awesome-looking fantasy slasher sees
Nariko, our fiery red-haired heroine, take on
whole battalions of enemies at the same time.
Kicking over tables, chucking enemies into
the scenery – and other enemies – is all part
of the fun. Swords, spears and even a rocket
launcher are all in her closet of goodies. Why
not put them to good use?
Published By: Sony
PS3
A futuristic world where our heroine wields a gunblade
FINAL FANTASY XIII
There has only been a tantalising amount
of information about this game released as
yet. How mean! This, the first episode of the
smash RPG series to hit the PS3, is going
to drive fans into an excited frenzy. Prepare
yourself for some drop-dead gorgeous
graphics as well as some fantastic effects and
real-time battles.
Published By: Square Enix
PS3
Put your swords and spears to use. Hack! Kill! Slay!
Experience the array of hugely realistic animation
Vision GT
PS3
It certainly isn’t over the top to attach
Most
the label ‘photo-realistic’ to the
anted
W
latest instalment of the classic racing
sim Gran Turismo. Twelve times
sharper and clearer than GT 4, Vision
GT is a sight to behold in its full HD glory.
Indeed, standing back and admiring it really
is so much like watching racing on the TV!
Everything is as real as it gets – pit crews
at work, the countryside rolling by and the
beautiful cars themselves – you can almost
smell the exhaust fumes.
But the successful formula for the game
remains intact, of course. This is a PS3 version Stand back and admire this beauty! As true-to-life as ever, Vision GT now brings you online gaming and bikes
of a driving sim that was never broken and
certainly didn’t need fixing. And that means
true-to-life handling and a car park full of
licensed cars that includes everything from
The Devil May Cry series, ever since it was
about-town trundlers to amazing superfirst released on the PlayStation 2 in 2001, has
charged monsters. A whole new range of
seared our souls with some of the best action
vehicles has also been added – such as
and graphics we’ve ever seen on the system.
trucks, vans, Formula One-style racers and, for
Now we can expect ultra beautiful bladethe first time, bikes and scooters. And that’s
swinging and gun-blazing mayhem,
forgetting another first – online play. What a
battling demons through spooky
great addition! Vroom…
castles. We just can not wait to get
Published By: Sony
our hands on this…
Devil May Cry 4
PS3
Action and graphics to die
for from the latest edition of
the favourite Devil May Cry
INCOMING! Sonic the Hedgehog finds a friend in the new PS3 version…
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INCOMING! Put on your dancing shoes for Bust-a-Move on Wii
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Wii
Steel
This provides just the sort of
breathless fun the Wii system was
designed for. This is the amazing
shoot-’n’-slice ’em up that we
have all been waiting for. Red Steel
sees you take on Tokyo’s underworld
single-handed. Your Wii remote comes into its
own acting as both a gun and a sword. One
moment you will be riddling around rooms
full of goons and the next you’ll be going
toe-to-toe with a boss character in a samuraistyle duel. Winning each duel gains their
respect and you also get to enlist their help to
complete your bloody, vengeful quest. If you
don’t kill them that is!
There will no shortage of stylish swords
available to help you cut your way through
the criminal ranks, and there’s an impressive
arsenal of firearms for longer-range slaughter.
Add to that bullet-riddling and limb-severing
slow-mo attacks and you’ll be kept busy
cleaning up Tokyo into the Wii hours…
Published By: Ubisoft
Most
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Prepare to be throwing yourself around the sofa like a maniac
Mario Galaxy
It’s a Mario! But not as we know him. Using
the pointer and the nunchuk attachment,
rather than stomping through typical Mario
worlds, this new version allows you to fly
between colourful planetoids floating in space.
Each one has its own enemies, gravity and
perspective. Climb inside and explore! You
may begin salivating!
Published By: Nintendo
Metroid
Prime 3:
Corruption
Climb inside and explore this new flying Mario world
Wii Sports
Save Hyrule from yet another
pesky infernal darkness.
The Legend of
Zelda: Twilight
Princess
Prepare to ride into battle on horseback
against troops of exceedingly-foul beasties.
For this game, you get to use the Wii bow
and arrow. All you do is stretch the wand and
nunchuck apart and then – twang! Perfect
shot! It’s all highly instinctive – and thankfully
also extremely good at taking out those evil
critters from afar.
Wii
Wii
For hot and sweaty action and amazingly
accurate technology, look no further than Wii
Sports. Anyone for tennis? Then simply grab
the wand like it is your racket and swish away.
Fancy some Baseball? Grip the wand with two
hands, keep an eye on the ball and swing...
And for a more sedate experience, there’s
always Wii Golf... Fore!
If you thought you knew
what it felt like to be the
bounty hunter behind
the visor in this classic
sci-fi shooter, think again.
The latest from Metroid
Prime allows you to take off on a
murderous rampage against space
pirates. Your arm-cannon is controlled
by your wand and your energygrappling hook controlled with your
nunchuk… This is fantastic fun. And
remember, it’s all in the wrist!
Get inside the mind of a bounty
hunter with this sci-fi shooter.
Wii
Get off the sofa, grab the wand and interact
INCOMING! Experience mind-blowing puzzle levels on the new Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz for the Wii, out 2007…
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Head to Head
These two new consoles are very different machines. But which will
come out on top in our battle royale…
PS3
Wii
PlayStation 3
Nintendo Wii
come on then,
who’s the hardest?
Ah! Now then. My immense processing power and my
Blu-ray discs that can store shed-loads of info means my
games look just like real life! Almost.
10/10
Splutter! Games aren’t just about good looks, you know!
ARE YOUR GAMES
ANY GOOD?
Good! Tekken, Vision GT, Metal Gear Solid 4… I’ve got a
line-up of games that everyone will want to play. And I’ve
got some great new titles also on offer...
10
How very predictable and safe. My games – like Wii Sports
and Red Steel will have you jumping around and getting
involved like you’ve never seen before.
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Loads! More than him!
Bah! More than enough, actually…
HOW MANY GAMES
WILL YOU HAVE?
are you backwards
compatible?
9/
10/10
Naturally. I can play both Psone and PS2 games.
10/10
9/10
10
9/10
No problem. You can download 20 years worth of Nintendo
classics on me – and play GameCube titles too!
10/10
How pricey are
you?
I’m a snip at £400+ and you’ll also get a Blu-ray player. I
can also be download, manage and play films and music.
Right, CONVINCE ME!
Look. I’m going to have an amazing roster of fantasticlooking games and I can download and manage tunes
and flicks! What more is there to say?
10/10
Do I look bovvered? I’m going to change the way people
play games. That’s why Nintendo began by calling me
the Revolution… Wii-va la Revolution!
10/10
VERDICT
Sony knows what its doing. Its games will rock your socks
off and its PS3 also acts as a powerful home
Total
entertainment hub.
Nintendo has pulled off an amazing trick with its exciting
new controller. The Wii is also cheaper and its Total
games will be too.
9/10
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INCOMING! The first PS3 chapter of the favourite fighting game Tekken...
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up train-spotting? Tidy our rooms? Do bloomin’ other (sigh) choors? No! We going too
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The Yellow Avenger
VeggieTales:
LarryBoy and the
Bad Apple
Why not jump into the boots of LarryBoy, the
super-hero alter ego of VeggieTales’ Larry the
Cucumber? You’ll certainly have your work
cut out, mind. Cripes, Bumblyburg town has
been taken over by a spider-legged shevillain known as the Bad Apple, who’s wants
everyone to give into their sugar cravings. It’s
up to LarryBoy to restore common sense and
save everyone’s veggie bacon.
Luckily, for an oblong object with no
hands or feet, LarryBoy is surprisingly
resourceful. He can double jump, glide
with his cape, grab hold of things with
his plunger ears and perform a nifty
spin attack, too. He is also armed
with a magic spritzer bottle that
somehow makes energy-giving
mushrooms grow! This is a
funny and simple game
to pick up and play. We
reckon this will keep you
happy as Larry.
Format: PS2, GBA
Release date: 1 August
Publisher: Crave
TBC
He’s square, he’s yellow, he lives in a
pineapple on the bottom of the sea – and
he’s making his PSP debut! Yes, everyone’s
favourite porous hero makes a welcome leap
to the handheld with this fantastic sidescrolling platformer that sees SpongeBob
take on the dastardly Dirty Bubble and his
legions of evil-doers.
It’ll be no easy task to restore order
at Bikini Bottom (snigger), but at least
SpongeBob has the use of Mermaid Man’s
super-hero belt. Shrink Ray, along with
Water Ball, Raging Whirlwind, Summon Sea
Creatures, Sulphur Vision, Magnetise, Super
Speed, Super Jump and Super Super Strength,
will all be at you disposal…
Full of the TV series’ silly humour, we
reckon Yellow Avenger is visually fab. The
graphics look almost as good as they would
on a console, and the cast of characters all
look just like their Nickelodeon counterparts.
Alex Rider:
Stormbreaker
It sounds like some sort of snowboarding
game, doesn’t it. But no! This is so much
cooler than that. This is all about a boy, your
average everyday teenager – except that he’s
also literature’s youngest spy…
As told in the movie based on the series of
books by Anthony Horowitz, already orphaned
in a mysterious plane crash, the 14-year-old
Alex Rider discovers his uncle murdered in
circumstances that can only be described as
highly dubious. Showing a knack for sleuthing
that he never knew he had, young Alex sets
out to discover what’s happened to his uncle.
And hey presto – he soon finds himself
recruited by UK intelligence (his uncle was
already on the MI6 pay roll, it turns out). From
then on, it’s the jet set life for young Alex,
who’s suddenly allowed to shoot people and
use wicked gadgets. Join in the fun and get
fully immersed in Alex’s various adventures.
Everything from gun fighting, martial arts,
parachuting, scuba diving, racing and a
number of gizmo-based mini-games are all on
the agenda…
Format: DS, GBA
Publisher: THQ
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Dance Factory
Sony is inviting us to rock out with this, the
fifth game in its tonsil-tastic karaoke series.
In case you haven’t already auditioned,
Singstar’s genius is in its Pitch and Timing
indicators, which tell you if you’re belting ‘em
out like an idol or like a cat drowning in vat
of boiling acid. This constant feedback can be
unnerving at first, but once you get used to it,
it’s amazing how you can improve your rockbased warbling.
The 30-song track list includes Nirvana,
Franz Ferdinand, Blur and the Stones. Modewise, Pass the Mic offers two teams of four
the opportunity to battle each other with their
tonsils. You’ll be performing at Glastonbury
before you know it!
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Publisher: Nintendo
Singstar Rocks!
Format: PS2, GBA, PC
Publisher: Midway
Nintendogs
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What! You’ve got a DS but not a Nintendog?
Where have you been! Bad boy! Or, err, bad
girl! Dalmatians & Friends is the latest
edition of the impossibly cute, smashhit puppy-rearing game. It has six of the
most popular mutts from previous versions,
including everyone’s favourite spotted dog,
the wonderful Dalmatian.
Those clever clogs at Codemasters have
given the dance mat game a glorious new
twist! With the PS2-exclusive Dance Factory
you can whack any music CD you want into
the console and the game instantly turns the
beats into moves on your TV. Cool or what! It
works with everything from classic disco to
rock and R&B. If it has a beat, you can move
your feet.
Numerous play modes are on the menu
– including Fitness Mode, if you feel the need
to get yourself in shape.
You can even unlock
animated creatures
which can be
enticed to dance
along with you. And if
a rush of creativity
overcomes you,
Recorder Mode
allows you to
program your very
own dance moves for
a tune of your choice.
You can then dance along
to
with it and see if what you’ve
created could win Strictly
Come Dancing.
Format: PS2
Publisher: Sony
Monster House
Haunted houses are merely chilly buildings
infested with spooks rattling chains, right?
Monster houses, on the other hand, eat people
– as three kids discover one Halloween in this
great game based on the Spielberg movie.
When you explore this particular monster
house, you’re armed only with a squirt gun…
Water is an effective defence against most of
the things in the house.
There are lots of puzzles to
solve and items to find if you are to
progress. But can you make it through
this scary house of horrors? See P31 for our
Monster House competition.
Format: PS2, DS, GC, GBA
Publisher: THQ
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This marvellous six-legged action-adventure
pitches you into the role of Lucas, the
misunderstood kid who gets magically shrunk
as a punishment for flooding an innocent ant
colony. In your new ant-sized world, you learn
just how tough and dangerous life can be for
the little beggars when you’re forced to help
them out in their daily struggle for survival…
As you progress through the game, you
earn new ant abilities. In no time, you’re
climbing walls and lifting things many times
your weight. Eventually, you’ll even be
telepathically commanding your ant coworkers to form ant bridges as you explore a
series of hazardous, giant creature-infested
areas. Lava silk squirters, seed bombs and
dart bows are among the weapons at your
disposal as you and your troop go in search of
lava silk, sweet rocks and ammo upgrades.
Always engrossing, after playing The Ant
Bully, you’ll never want to stir up an ant’s nest
ever again!
You can rear up to three cuddlesome little
doggies at a time and go puppy-mad teaching
them tricks, buying them toys, taking them
for walks and even entering them in shows.
You can also speak and whistle into the DS’s
built-in microphone and get them to perform
to taught voice commands. Siiiit! No, no,
no – down, girl! No! Don’t do that on my
expensive carpet! Pet your mutts by rubbing
the screen, and with the DS’ wireless magic,
use Bark Mode to let your mutt play with your
friends’ pedigree chums. Woof! And you don’t
even have to put newspaper down…
DISCOB
The Ant Bully
Format: PS2
Release date: TBC
Publisher: Codemasters
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n Price: £29.99 n Release date: Out now
With the Multireader 360, it is now possible to attach a
wired controller, listen to your iPod and view a slideshow
of your favorite photos simultaneously! This three-port
USB hub plugs into the front of the Xbox 360, allowing up
to four wired controllers to be connected at once. The USB
ports can also be used to attach multiple devices, such as
USB Flash Drives, iPods, MP3 Players and PSPs.
Keep your DS Lite safe from scratches and smudges with
these clever adhesive screen protectors. The pack comes
with two sets of protectors. They’re easy to apply,
leave no sticky residue and won’t distort your
DS Lite’s images.
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protector & stylus pak
With this handy pack, you can both protect your
DS Lite’s screens and replace a lost stylus.
The screen protector is specially designed
to keep you DS Lite safe from dust and
scratches. The pack also offers three
replacement styluses. As a bonus,
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a snap-on cooling attachment that easily
connects to the console to significantly
reduce its internal temperature. It does
this by increasing the air-flow throughout
the console, allowing the internal circuitry
to perform at a cooler temperature and
reducing wear and tear on the unit. This
requires no internal modification or
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n Price: £19.99
n Release date: Out now
This self-programming remote lets you
control your XBox 360 and TV with one handy
remote. Simply select the function on the remote
that you would like the Intelligent Remote to learn,
point the remotes toward each other and with the
press of a button, the data is transferred instantly.
Make your XBox 360 your entertainment centrepiece.
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Personalise your XBox
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your DS Lite gaming experience. The kit comes with a protective EVA
case which has space for extra accessories and up to six games.
The kit also includes a car adapter, a microfiber cleaning cloth and a
replacement stylus that fits inside your DS Lite stylus slot.
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Play your DS Lite games wherever you go by car, safe in
the knowledge that you’ll be fully powered-up. The Mad
Catz car adapter for the DS Lite simply charges your DS
Lite’s battery through a car’s cigarette lighter. With its
six-foot extension cable, it will easily reach into the back
seat or the third row of any car or people carrier.
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World of Warcraft
(PC)
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Halo 2
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Mario Kart
(SNES)
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Super Ghouls &
Ghosts
(SNES)
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Goldeneye
(N64)
Twenty-four-year-old games fan Ant Meehan has returned to his old
university town of Ormskirk to become CHIPS’ latest franchisee. As
well as his passion and knowledge of the video gaming industry, Ant’s
marketing and computing degree and his background in retail will
invaluable in making a success of this latest CHIPS store.
Quick Q&A
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What was your first console?
My first ever console was the
Commodore 64.
What is your favourite game?
That has to be World of Warcraft.
What do you like about it so much?
The “never-ending” story element.
Blizzard always bring out new levels and
characters to keep the game exciting and
players interested.
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What consoles do you play?
At the moment, I mainly play on the
PSP, DS and Xbox 360.
What has been your strangest
incident/request in the store?
I’ve only just opened CHIPS Ormskirk
so haven’t had any yet. I am sure I will!
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Why did you open a CHIPS store?
Games are my passion but I always
shied away from opening my own games
store because I thought it would be too
difficult without support. However, I was
on the Internet and came across CHIPS,
the only games chain in the UK to offer
franchises and started to investigate.
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Who will be helping out?
My dad and I are the joint franchisees
and my brother Andrew and sister Caroline
will be helping out behind the counter.
Meanwhile, my mum Susan and fiancée
Jennie will also give me support – but
more behind the scenes.
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Why did you chose Ormskirk?
I was a student myself in Ormskirk and
had lived in the town before that, so I just
know it will be a great success – not only
with the under-graduates but with the rest
of the town’s residents as well.
how to find us
CHIPS Ormskirk
34 Church Street
Ormskirk
Lancashire L39 3AW
Tel: 01695 580080
Opening Hours:
9.30am-5.30pm Mon to Sat
> TO FIND OUT HOW TO BECOME A FRANCHISEE VISIT WWW.CHIPSWORLD.CO.UK OR CALL 0870 013 0028 TO ORDER A FRANCHISEE PACK
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laundry bills up and down the country soared
when it was first released on PC. A classic-type
first-person shooter, its gameplay is hardly
innovative. But it more than makes up for that
with amazing graphics, a spooky soundtrack and
a bunch of truly terrifying monsters. The game
begins after a massive demonic invasion has
overwhelmed a Mars research facility. As one
of only a few survivors, it’s up to you to take on
the infernal horde. An arsenal of blooming great
guns and your local launderette are your only
friends... We dare you to play it with the lights off
and the sound up! ■
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➔ Saddle up for battle with bean-eating
cattle rustlers, corrupt lawmen, murderous
preachers, renegade army psychopaths,
merciless outlaws and evil tycoons in this
rousing action-adventure that plays like Grand
Theft Auto in the Wild West. Swapping a car for a
trusty steed and an Uzi for a good ol’ fashioned
six shooter, you’ll play young tyke Colton seeking
revenge after your papa is brutally gunned down.
The horse-riding is great fun and the very bloody
gun fighting – which lets you target individual
body parts – is very well done indeed. Are you
quick enough on the draw? ■
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➔ This top-notch sci-fi shooter carries on
from the ending of Quake II and once again
chronicles the battle between humanity and the
Strogg (cyborb aliens that are a bit like the Borg
from Star Trek). In a bid to stop the body-part
stealing fiends for good, humanity decides to
invade the Strogg homeworld. It’s a task which
becomes complicated when you’re captured
by the Strogg to be assimilated. The process
and try and guide them through the trials of
life. But everything else has been expanded
and improved upon in this great sequel.
For starters, the graphics engine has been
completely overhauled. Your Sims now all have
facial expressions and their world looks more
lifelike than ever. They also now age, have
children and grandchildren and can be assigned
“Aspirations” for their life. These aspirations
can be anything from a career to marrying that
someone your Sim has fallen head-over-heels
for. (Even a Sim can be a fool for love, it seems.)
A variety of “Fears” on the other hand – such
as loosing their hair – can ruin your Sim’s
happiness. Can you keep your Sim stress-free
enough to keep theirs? If you've got a console
version of Sims 2, see P26 for our simply
marvelous tips. ■
[+] Format: PS2 [+] Released: 21 July
[+] Publisher: EA [+] Price: £14.99
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your human mind (phew!) and yet also make
use of some nifty new superpowers. Tanks and
mechanised walkers are also on offer as you
stomp off on your heroic mission into the heart
of the Strogg war machine. Using an improved
Doom 3 engine, it looks great, and there are
muliplayer options aplenty. ■
➔ A fast-moving action-adventure with
lots of exploration, even more fighting (hurrah!)
and a little bit of puzzle-solving, this is a much
better Shrek game than the first one. This
time round, you get to manage a team of four
fantastic heroes – all with their own skills.
Shrek’s ogre-style brute strength is handy when
it comes to lifting heavy objects, Donkey’s swift
burro kick opens doors and locked gates and
Princess Fiona’s ability to slow time helps beat
up the hordes of bad guys a whole lot more
effectively. Shrek, Fiona and Donkey are still the
stars of the show, of course, but this time round
you also get to play Gingerbread Man, Lil’ Red,
Puss in Boots and The Big Bad Wolf. Shrek 2’s
great multiplayer mode, meanwhile, allows up to
three more people to join in at anytime without
stopping gameplay. “Hero Time”, which are
special mini-quests which feature one character
at a time, add to all the fun. The Shrek 2 movie
was great and we reckon if you loved that, you’ll
love this too. Do you dare take on the terrors of
the dreaded Darven Mines? ■
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making? If you are, you can put both your
directing and your producing skills to the test in
this brill game by the king of ‘god games’ Peter
Molyneux. The Movies does nothing less than let
you micro-manage your very own movie studio.
And that means working poor writers into the
ground and dealing with actors given to hissy
fits, nerves and food and drink problems. You
can hire and fire them all as you see fit. How
seriously to take it all is completely up to you,
which is the real beauty of The Movies. Should
you want to, you can try and create a celluloid
masterpiece – from any genre – and paste it
lovingly together scene by scene and see if it
becomes a hit for your studio. If you think it’s
good enough, you can then post it for judgement
on the The Movies website. Quentin Tarantino,
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Burnout Legends, the
must-have racer for
anyone with a hankering
to be a dangerous driver.
We’re also pleased to
see Harry, Ron and
Hermione make it onto
the Platinum list with
Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire, which
lets four of
you take on a
fire-breathing
dragons and win Quidditch World
Cups. Other fantastic Platinum
games include Everybody’s Golf,
World Rally Championship,
F1 Grand
Prix, Medievil
Resurrection,
collecting artefacts is the name of the game
– as is taking on fearsome trolls, umber hulks
and giants. The Baldur’s Gate collection features
both the venerated original Baldur’s Gate and its
sequel, Shadows of Amn. For yet more escapist
adventure, try Icewind Dale I and II, set in a
frigid corner of the Forgotten Realms. See you in
about two years... ■
Ridge Racer, Virtua Tennis, Smackdown vs
Raw 2006, Need for Speed Underground
Rivals and Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Go on,
help yourselves! ■
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agony to your rivals, hilariously barbaric Buried
Alive fights provide all-in sweaty mayhem. Add
ridiculous ‘feuds’ and fights in the car lot and
this is still the king of the ring. Two ah! ■
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➔ Two huge, classic Advanced Dungeons
and Dragons game compilations for you.
Complete and utter bargains, they’re both set in
the Forgotten Realms world made famous
by the RA Salvatore novels. We’re talking
dungeon-crawling adventures here with the
emphasis on exploration and battles rather
than roleplaying. Acquiring awesome spells and
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One ah! This year’s Smackdown vs
Raw dumps the arcade dullness of the last
game to provide us instead with a full-blown
fight simulation. This time around, you have
to think about stamina, which makes sensible
tactics like conserving your energy come in
to play. But don’t worry! There’s still plenty
of comedy violence to administer. A new
submission system brings a whole new world of
Stop the Nazis! Try and delay their
development and deployment of the Tiger Tank...
Even more importantly, stop the crazed loons
from developing and harnessing atomic energy.
In the pursuit of these goals, you’ll be thrust
into the thick of it in North Africa, Stalingrad
and the Battle of the Bulge in this great, moviestyle first-person shooter. Intelligent enemies,
an atmospheric score and a
gentle difficulty curve keep
the action accessible and
addictive. The future is in
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4 Chips darlington
Chips
store
david coll’s Top
Five Games ever
gton
in
darl
David Colls
1
PGR
(Xbox 360)
2
Radiant Silvergun
(Sega Saturn)
3
Final Fight
(Sega Mega CD)
4
Mario Kart
(DS)
5
Castlevania
Symphony Of The
Night (PS One)
David Colls, manager of CHIPS Darlington, began his career with CHIPS
way back in October 1996. Starting on a youth training scheme at
CHIPS Redcar, David quickly worked his way up and became manager
at just 19 years old. Since 2004, he has settled at the Darlington store
and is now the manager there.
Quick Q&A
Q
A
What was your first console?
The first console I ever owned was
the Sega Megadrive. But the first machine
I owned which played games was the
Amstrad CPC6128.
Q
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What is your all-time favourite
game?
All time favourite game? I think I
would have to say Mario Kart on the
Nintendo DS.
Q
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What do you like about it so much?
It is just such an addictive game to
play. The one-player game has plenty for
you to do. The Time Trials feature is one
of the major things that stands out as it
allows you to exchange your times with
all your mates. But, in addition to this, it is
the great multi-player aspect that is just
so very addictive. You just cannot beat the
feeling of hitting a friend with a shell in the
last corner and stealing their victory away
from them.
Q
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What consoles do you play?
I own all the major formats that are
available. But I also have a fairly big
collection of older machines, including
Sega Megadrive, Mega CD, Master System,
Saturn, Dreamcast. Nintendo 64, SNES,
NES, Gameboy and the NeoGeo Pocket
Color, among others.
Q
A
What is the strangest incident or
request you have had?
I have had all sorts of random people
coming into the store. We have even had
old people asking if we sharpen scissors
or repair blankets! Also we have people
ringing up and asking if we are the
department at the council that deals with
housing. Or if we pick up and dispose of
fridges? I have even had someone recently
asking if there was a certain type of adult
entertainment nearby.
how to find us
CHIPS Darlington
Clarks Yard
Darlington
DL3 7QH
Tel: 01325 381048
Opening Hours:
9.30pm – 5.15pm Mon to Sat
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chips chat
What’s going on at your local CHIPS store? We go behind the scenes
to bring you all the latest news from around the country.
Tourist Trophy
Orpingto n dad Ray Byrne was
delighted when he scooped the
CHIPS Orpingto n Tourist Trophy
during the store’s CHIPS 20th
anniversa ry celebratio ns.
Ray, pictured with his t wo
sons Flint, seven, an d Blane, nine,
won a Tourist Trophy game after
recording the fastest lap time
during the in-store competit ion.
HAPPY 5TH B’DAY
Cong ratul ation s to Susa n Lake ,
of CHIPS Staff ord and Pete &
Trish Hard y, of CHIPS Skip ton,
who are celeb ratin g their
store s’ fif th anni versa ries.
Staff ord and Skip ton open ed
their doors with days of each
othe r in July 2001.
Susa n and Pete & Trish were
the first fran chise es to open
a CHIPS store af ter the highl y
succe ssful fran chise pilot at
CHIPS Bisho p Auck land.
New ba by fo r Ibby
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SK IP TON DEinLIG
the Robi nson
There was double delight
10, and
hous ehold in Skip ton. Fras er,
ton, owned
Lew is, 7, popp ed into CHIPS Skip
d thei r
by Pete r and Trish Hard y, to spen
first prize in
ped
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day
birth
anni verthe New mar ket Stre et’s 20th
sary prize draw.
ers of
The lads are now the prou d own
Lew is has
a fans tast ic Gameboy Mic ro.
he was a wee
been shopping at CHIPS since
azine that
five year old. He told CHIPS mag
he thin ks “CHIPS is brill .”
H us sa in
Co ng ratul at ion s to
CH IPS Sto ck ton fra
nchis ee Ibby
Hussa in an d pa rtn
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th of th eir firs t
son . He we igh ed in
at 8lb 9oz to th e del
igh t of his
sis ter Lia la, wh o is
16 mo nt hs .
CHIPS Bishop Auckl an dCelebrati on
CHIPS Bisho p Auck land reall y went to
town during the CHIPS 20th birth day
ed
celeb ratio ns. Man ager David Hunt deck
and
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store
the
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created a real part y atmo sphe re in his
Newg ate Stree t store .
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doo rs in Dec emb er 2005
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s in sty le.
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and joined in the
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I’ve wo n!!
CHIPS Orpington regul ar
Matt hew Hall, 11, was
deligh ted to hear he had
won first prize in the CHIPS
maga zine Chick en Little
Comp etitio n. Matt hew
scoop ed the GameBoy
Adva nce game plus a
watch and keyri ng.
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keeping up with the joneses...
›PSP ›XBOX ›GC ›PS2
It’s now easier than ever to help (or ruin) the lives of your little pet people!
PSP
Xbox
3) Give money
R, L, Z, Right and Left
Enter these codes during gameplay after
you’ve entered the cheat gnome code.
1) Unlock
cheat gnome
1) Unlock
cheat gnome
Up, X, Up, Right, Z
L, R, Up, A and Z
L, R, Up, A and Z
5) Set
skill level
2) Give
money
2) Max
all motives
Y, X, B, Z and Left
R, L, Z, Right and Left
D-Pad Up, B, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Right, White
6) Team picture
3) Advance time six hours
3) Change any Sim’s skill
Right, Down, Right, Down, Right
X, B, L, Up and Down
Y, B, X, Black, D-Pad Left
7) Unlock
all fashions
4) Set skill level
4) Gives household £10,000
B, Z, Down, Right, B
Y, X, B, Z and Left
R, L, Black, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Left
8) Unlock all objects
5) Unlock all lots
5) Advance time six hours
Z, X, Down, Left, Up
B, X, L, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Down
8) Unlock all recipes
6) The master code
Z, B, Up, Down, Right, A
Up, X, Up, Right, Z
Y, B, X, Black, D-Pad Left
7) Unlock
all objects
7) Unlock all story mode
locations
PS2
X, Z, Left, X, Up and X
6) Max all motives
Z, X, Down, Left, Up
B, White, D-Pad Left, B, D-Pad Up, B
8) Unlock all clothes
X, Black, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Right, X
White, B, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Left,
D-Pad Up
10) Unlocks all lots/locations
1) Unlock
cheat gnome
L1, R1, Up, X, R2
2) Advance
time six hours
Circle, Square, L1, Up, Down
3) Max
all motives
Up, Circle, Up, Right, L2
4) Set
skill level
12) Unlocks all story mode
locations
5) Unlock
all fashions
Triangle, Circle, Square, R2, Left
B, White, D-Pad Left, B, D-Pad Up, B
Square, R2, Down, Right, Square
GAME CUBE
1) Unlock
cheat gnome
L, R, Up, A and Z
2) Advance
time six hours
X, B, L, Up and Down
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B, White, Left, B, Up, B
Enter these codes during gameplay
after you’ve entered the cheat
gnome code.
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4) Max
all motives
L2, Circle, Down, Left, Up
7) Unlock
all recipes
R2, Square Up, Down, Right, X
8) Unlock
all lots
Circle, L2, Left, Circle, Up, Circle
9) Give
money
R1, L1, R2, Right, Left
tips the codebank
›PC ›PS2 ›Xbox ›X360
Hitman:
Blood Money
Complete your missions in
clinical fashion with these ruthless
codes. Just enter them in the cheat menu…
Beam Here Teleports Agent 47 to where
ever the player crosshair is
pointing
Teleport Teleports Agent 47 to certain
points in the level
Show OSD
1 to display HUD, 0 to hide it
Time Multiplier
Speed up time
Invisible Mode
Invisibility
God Mode
No damage
Complete level
Finish all objectives in level for
silent assassin rating
InfAmmo
Infinite supply of ammo
InfClip
Same as InfAmmo – and no
reloading!
Test Cloth
Change agent 47’s disguise
– clown anybody?
Hot
tip of the issue!
The Da Vinci
Code ›PC ›PS2 ›Xbox
›X360
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon:
Holy smoke! Unearth a globetrotting conspiracy with the help
of these church-shattering codes.
Simply go to the options menu
then type the code in…
Et In Arcadia Ego
All bonuses
Apocrypha
All Visual Database entries
Sacred Feminine
Double Health
Vitruvian Man
God Mode (infinite health)
Advanced Warfighter
TEAM INVINCIBILITY!
Make your team of super-soldiers utterly invincible!
How? It’s cheating, really! Pause the game. At
Clos
the pause menu hold down the Back button,
Luce 1519
the Left Trigger and Right Trigger at the
Select the
same time before entering: X, X, Y,
level
RB, Y, LB
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Perfect Traction, Down=Car Hop
L1, UP, LEFT, R1, TRIANGLE,
CIRCLE, DOWN, X
Media Attention Meter
L1, UP, RIGHT, R1, TRIANGLE,
SQUARE, DOWN, X
Commit Suicide
L1, DOWN, LEFT, R1, X, CIRCLE,
UP, TRIANGLE
All Green Lights
TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE, R1,
SQUARE, SQUARE, L1, X, X
Aggressive Drivers
SQUARE, SQUARE, R1, X, X, L1,
CIRCLE, CIRCLE
White Traffic
X, X, R1, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1,
TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE
Black Traffic
CIRCLE, CIRCLE, R1, TRIANGLE,
TRIANGLE, L1, SQUARE, SQUARE
Spawn Trashmaster
TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, DOWN,
TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, UP, L1, L1
Cars Drive On Water
CIRCLE, X, DOWN, CIRCLE, X,
UP, L1, L1
Follow Me
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE,
L1, R1
Bobble Head World
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, CIRCLE,
CIRCLE, X, L1, R1
Change Bike Tire Size
CIRCLE, RIGHT, X, UP, RIGHT, X,
L1, SQUARE
All Vehicles Chrome Plated
TRIANGLE, R1, L1, DOWN,
DOWN, R1, R1, TRIANGLE
Phillips Exeter
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One Hit Fist Kil
Royal Holloway
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One Hit Weapon Kill
Grand Theft Auto:
Liberty City Stories
›PS2
It’s out on the PS2! And with these codes, it’s going
to be mayhem on Liberty’s street’s… Just enter the
following during gameplay.
Weapon Set 1
UP, SQUARE, SQUARE, DOWN,
LEFT, SQUARE, SQUARE, RIGHT
Weapon Set 2
UP, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, DOWN,
LEFT, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, RIGHT
Weapon Set 3
UP, X, X, DOWN, LEFT, X, X, RIGHT
Get $250000
L1, R1, TRIANGLE, L1, R1,
CIRCLE, L1, R1
Weather: Sunny
L1, L1, CIRCLE, R1, R1, SQUARE,
TRIANGLE, X
Weather: Clear
UP, DOWN, CIRCLE, UP, DOWN,
SQUARE, L1, R1
Weather: Overcast
UP, DOWN, X, UP, DOWN,
TRIANGLE, L1, R1
Weather: Rainy
UP, DOWN, SQUARE, UP, DOWN,
CIRCLE, L1, R1
Weather: Foggy
UP, DOWN, TRIANGLE, UP,
DOWN, X, L1, R1
Spawn Rhino
L1, L1, LEFT, L1, L1, RIGHT,
TRIANGLE, CIRCLE
Faster Clock
L, L1, LEFT, L1, L1, RIGHT,
CIRCLE, X
Destroy All Cars
L, L1, LEFT, L1, L1, RIGHT, X,
SQUARE
TIPS
Restore Armour
L1, R1, CIRCLE, L1, R1, X, L1, R1
Restore Health
L1, R1, X, L1, R1, SQUARE, L1,
R1
Increase Wanted Level
L1, R1, SQUARE, L1, R1,
TRIANGLE, L1, R1
Wanted Level Never Appears
L1, L1, TRIANGLE, R1, R1, X,
SQUARE, CIRCLE
Random Pedestrian Outfit
L, L1, LEFT, L1, L1, RIGHT,
SQUARE, TRIANGLE
Pedestrian Riot
L1, L1, R1, L1, L1, R1, LEFT,
SQUARE
Pedestrians Attack You
L1, L1, R1, L1, L1, R1, UP,
TRIANGLE
Pedestrians All Have Weapons
R1, R1, L1, R1, R1, L1, RIGHT,
CIRCLE
Faster Gameplay
R1, R1, L1, R1, R1, L1, DOWN, X
Slower Gameplay
R1, TRIANGLE, X, R1, SQUARE,
CIRCLE, LEFT, RIGHT
Share it with us…
Got any great tips or cheats
you want to share with CHIPS
Magazine readers? Email them to
[email protected] and see
your name in print. We might even
find a prize for the best!
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HINTS AND TIPS
Jon Hare, the daddy of Sensible Soccer, gives you
all the inside information you need to become a winner at this
footy favourite, from scoring goals to defence and tactics.
Scoring Goals
pulling back on the stick at the same time as you curl the ball into the
The secret of scoring is to be very accurate where you are aiming
before you kick the ball. Other football games are more forgiving, but
in this game, it is down to you pointing the player’s arrow in the right
direction and getting the timing, power and aftertouch of the shot just
right. There are many ways to score, here are a few to get you started:
penalty area. This is all done by feel alone. Then, whilst the ball is in
the air, wait until it is near one of your men in the box and aim towards
the net and press the kick button, then watch your man throw himself
at the ball and hopefully head it straight into the back of the net.
The powered curler
The secret of scoring from freekicks is to hit the ball softly enough that
you can get it over the wall and dip it back down again before it goes
over the cross bar. Practise makes perfect with this skill and dipping
is one of the most difficult skills in the game. Remember to push the
stick forwards to dip the ball the moment you have pulled back to loft
it, try adding a bit of curl too to really trick the goalkeeper.
Run a man down to the edge of the D, aim just off-centre of the goal
and then, holding the kick button down to power the shot, curl the ball
away from the keeper and into the corner of the net.
The near post tap in
Get a man to run diagonally into the penalty area with the ball and as
the keeper comes out, power the ball just inside the near post.
The far post slide
The dangerous freekick
Ball Control & Aftertouch
Get a man to the edge of the penalty area and pass the ball across the
goal towards where another player is running in. As the ball passes in
front of him, press the kick button to slide him towards the ball and
push it into the back of the net.
The secret to becoming a top grade Sensible Soccer player is to
learn how to master the all important art of aftertouch. What should
be remembered is that aftertouch is analogue and it is all about feel.
Also, it should be remembered that it is used throughout the game
for clearing the ball, crossing and playing through balls, as well as for
shooting.
The open play header/volley
Curling the ball
Run a man down the wing and cut him in field so that he is pointing
at about 45 degrees into the pitch, then play a lofted cross across the
pitch and curl it hard in field so that by the time it reaches the goal
area it is travelling across the face of the goal. While the cross is in the
air, this is the time to run another player into the goal area and press
the kick button to hurl him towards the ball and make him head or
volley it into the net.
The long shot
Not as easy as some of the older versions of Sensible Soccer, but it
is still possible against the weaker goalkeepers to launch a very long
high shot from just past the centre circle and manage to dip it and curl
it just under the bar and into the net.
The corner
The easiest way to score directly from a corner is to aim the ball at
about 30 degrees away from the goal line and then add a bit of loft by
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Get the feel for how much curl you get for different lengths by how
long you push the stick to the side directly after kicking, sometimes
you will want maximum curl but at other times you will only want very
little curl to get the ball exactly where you want it.
Clearing the ball
The basic loft shot is essential in defence if you want to clear your
lines quickly. A quick yank back on the stick after a fully powered
shot normally does the trick.
The ball over the top
A more sophisticated approach to clearing the ball is to play a
powered lofted clearance and then to dip it by pushing forward again
very quickly after lofting it, almost in a very fast rocking motion. If this
is played from the midfield and is aimed and timed right, it will cause
the ball to drop just in front of your strikers and allow them to run onto
the ball and maybe create a chance on goal.
hints and tips
The through ball
The sliding recovery
An effective way to produce a through ball is to kick the ball and
deliberately curl it into the path of another of your players. Played
right, this is an effective way to cut through the opposition’s defences.
The key element to winning a game of Sensi is the ability to dominate
the battle for the loose ball. If you see a ball running harmlessly out
of play, don’t give up on it but chase it down and slide one of your
players at it then, while he’s sliding, redirect the stick so that when he
gets to the ball, he will kick it into the path of one of his team mates.
The chip
My personal favourite, but it is very hard to pull off and is almost
impossible when sprinting. It involves letting go of the left stick
entirely just after the point when the kick button is pressed. This
causes the player in possession to kick the ball very softly up into the
air, so that it soon comes back down again. It is perfect for chipping
the keeper from the edge of the box if he is off his line.
The glancing shot or header
One skill that only more experienced players tend to use is to deflect
the ball at an acute angle as they are jumping to head the ball or
sliding to kick it. This is done by redirecting the left stick just after the
kick button is pressed and as the animation of the player going for the
ball is being played. This skill will make you more deadly in front of
goal and better at keeping possession when the ball breaks loose too.
Defence & Winning the ball
Like all good football games, in Sensible Soccer, possession is only
half of the fun. It is just as much fun to hassle and harry and tackle the
opposition into submission to win the ball back.
The sliding tackle
You have to be careful with sliding tackles in this game. Quite simply,
a sliding tackle from behind will nearly always result in a freekick and
very often in a card too. It is best to slide tackle players face on as you
are very unlikely to get penalised then. The slide tackle is not quite
as long as on the original Sensible Soccer and you have to make sure
that you time it right or else your player will miss the tackle entirely.
The running tackle
You will be more likely to dispossess the opposition by running into
him if you approach him head on. If you approach him from the side,
he will often hold you off, particularly if he is stronger than you.
Closing down a man
Remember the selection process is automatic. Just push the man you
want towards the ball and the AI should automatically select him as
your next current man. To close a man down quickly, you should use
the sprint button. Remember sprint is more effective for defenders as
it does not effect their ability to kick the ball as it does for attackers.
Moving the goalkeeper
The right stick moves the goalkeeper to come out or go back and to
cover his left or right post. Goalkeeper movement is particularly useful
for bringing the goalkeeper out when one-on-one with an opposition
striker, just watch out for the chip. If the goalkeeper is moved left or
right it will help him to save shots played that side of him, but will
put him at a disadvantage for shots played the other side, particularly
during penalties. The goalkeeper’s party piece is moving the walls at
dangerous freekicks, they automatically cover the vulnerable side of
the goal as the keeper moves from side to side between the posts.
Running clear
The only easy way to keep the ball once you have it is to sprint as fast
as you can away from the opposition, but be careful that you do not
inadvertently run the ball out of play or make it impossible for you to
get a shot away as the ball runs away from your feet. The best way to
use sprint is in a lot of short bursts in a mazy run and change direction
frequently as you pick your way through the opposition’s back line.
Passing
The key to passing is to learn to be accurate with where you are
aiming the arrow before you press the pass button. Although players
with greater passing skill have a wider margin for error, you’ll still
need to concentrate in order to play a decent pass. Passing is at its
best when several are strung together in quick succession, as the
opposition defence is shot to bits. Remember that a pass receiver
will play a first time shot when he gets the ball if the kick button is
pressed before he receives it.
Tactics
The tactics in Sensible Soccer are fairly simplistic but it is important
that the player uses all the tricks available to him if he is going to win.
Avoiding the offside trap
With the introduction of the offside law, special care has to be taken
by attacking teams not to overload their attack against a defence of
lesser numbers. A four-man attack line against a three-man defence
will usually incur many offsides and it is up to the attacking player to
acknowledge this and to change his formation accordingly or suffer
the frequent sight of the flag being raised against his players.
Using sprint and substitutes
Each player has his own individual sprint energy and when it has
run out, it is not easy to get back again. Do not waste sprint energy
chasing a totally lost ball. Having no sprint energy left is one of the
main reasons that a player might be substituted within a game. Also
using a substitute striker with full sprint energy against a defence with
little or no sprint energy left can be very effective and dangerous.
Picking a formation to suit your squad
Each squad in Sensi only has 16 men, so there are certain formations
that are much more natural for some squads to play. Players should
bear in mind the formations that they prefer before choosing the
custom team type that they want the team to be based on.
Learn the player types
There are 21 different player types in Sensible
Soccer 2006 and they are all very different from
each other. Take the time to read the manual
and learn the strengths of each one.
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