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"New NGC"

Yeah, it's good. If you don't want to know every single thing that appears in the mag (almost), then don't read this. :-)

The free gift is 'The Ultimate Guide To Hitman 2'.

It's got loads of previews of some top games. All the previews:
Judge Dredd - no score
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 5
Sphinx And The Shadow Of Set - 3
Metal Gear Soldi: The Twin Snakes - 5
Bill Hatcher And The Giant Egg - 3
The Simpsons Hit And Run - 4
F-Zero GX - 5
Worms 3D - 5(!)
Gladius - 4
Beyond Good And Evil - 5(!)
Viewtiful Joe - 5
WWE Wrestlemania X-9 - 4
SSX3 - no score
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (possibly the longest game name ever) - no score
James Bond: Everything Or Nothing - no score

There's a Special Investigation on Star Wars Rogue Squardon 3: Rebel Strike

And the Big Q is 'Was the N64 better than Gamecube?'. Heh.

GC Reviews:
Wario World - 86%
Dead To Rights - 60%
F1 Career Challenge - 81%
WWE Crush Hour - 43%
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut - 38%
Speed Kings - 57%
SX Superstar - 71%
Big Mutha Truckers - 71%

GBA Reviews:
Golden Sun: The Lost Age - 91%
Sega Smash Pack - 69%
Stuntman - 80%
Disney's Magical Quest 2 - 68%
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Wrath Of The Darkhul King - 21%
Sega Arcade Gallery - 75%
Donkey Kong Country - 80%
Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire - 90%

There's a big new I'm The Best as well, which is nice.



Yeah, well, there's my complete runthrough of the recent NGC, covering pretty much the whole mag. Yup, I'm very bored.

Heh, i got the issue on saturday.

I didnt notice my letter was printed. Bonus. I wish they still gave away the free pin badge if you got into print though.

Cool I thought you had early on subscription. Well that's me off to the shops, that should cure boredom for me for about 10 mins.

my subscription doesn't start til the month after, will have to go to Smiths later

No, it was in the shops.

My subscription ran out months ago and I couldn't be assed getting myself another.

I assume you've got a subscription copy, or is it in the shops ?
My subscription copy should have arrived this morning hopefully :)

And at the end of the year, the people with the top 5 scores on the scoreboard win "big prizes".

Example:

Burnout 2:

We want your highest chain.
You can do it on any track you want.
To qualify you must have at least 9 chains.
A pic of the results screen is required.
Points - 20.

So if you're top of that this month, you'll get 20 points onto your name on the big scoreboard.

I've got loads of games now so I such brush up on my gaming and get out there!

First I'll buy the mag though.

It's a points system now.

There are Pikmin, Hitman 2, Mario Sunshine, TimeSplitters 2,etc challenges, and the more difficult they think the challenge is, the more points it is worth.

They have a Top 50 scoreboard, and you'll be entered onto it if your score is in the Top 50.

There are a lot more challenges than before, though, so it's a lot harder to get a good score unless you have a lot of games. And they add new challenges as well, every month or so.

Should be quite good.

Oh, and there's also a FIFA 2003 Spot The Ball competition they'll be doing every month for the chance to win extra points. Only one wins it though.

Whats the "Change" to the I'm the best thing?