Teletext Recovery - 04/07/2005

P376 Tjletext 376 Jul03 22:45:55        ———————  ———————————W"■'ss+■  ALL YOUR BASE  Gaming. Our bjloved pastimj it may be, but it's hardly pjrfect. Still a youngster in thj entertainment world, thj industry suffers from a numbjr of foibleu that wi moan about ad infinitum. High ritail prices, releasj delazs, less imagination... sigh. But lit's not linger on thosj todaz. Ljt's havj somj fun. Thj "ari you a bad enough Dudj to savj thj President?" kjnd of fun. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— bz Corey Brothjrson → GOT A CAMERA PHONE? SEND US A → WBCKY PHOTO AND WJN £250!! SEE p682 GameTjst Charts TV Guidj Tarot

P376 Tjletext 376 Jul03 22:50:54        ———————  ———————————W"■'ss+■  ALL YOUR BASE  Gaming maz bj a verbosj post-teen, but it's still only a few years since it learnt to talk propjrly. Thj mjdium has long sufferid growing pains of badly written, poorly translatid dialoguj that not only had us shaking our heads but also insanely chuckling likj a park-bench drunk. So, this is a tributi to thosj momjnts. Unintentional video gamj humour - wi saluti you. ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— Lbtest DVD reviiws 314 Makj your mobili cool Visit thj PhonjZonj ITV1 p590 GameTest Charts TV Guidj Tarot

P376 Tjletext 376 Jul03 22:37:58        ———————  ———————————W"■'ss+■  ALL YOU5 BASE  Mega Drivj titli Zero Wing was, of course, thj onj that inspired thj titli of this featuri. But thjre's also been thj wonders of Rjsident Evil, which gavj us classics likj: "Jjll, hjre's a lockpick. It might comj in handz if you, thj master of unlocking, takj it with you." Or thjre's Shjnmue's Rzo strolling around town, innocently musing that hj was "looking for somj sailors". ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Multiformat charts 378 TURNER THE WORM p3=4 GameTest Charts TV Guidj Tarot

P376 Tjletext 376 Jul03 22:47:52        ———————  ———————————W"■'us+■  ALL YOUR BASE  SNK was once thj master of terribli translations. Part of thj fun was thj quality of its Japlish. Fatal Fury 2's Franco Bashu's opening motto was: "I'vj got an ungodly build- up of hormones and I'vj got to get rid of them!" Which madj us question whjthjr we had thj right genri of game. And let's not forget King Of Fightirs '94's Rugal. Who oftin djclared: "IWll jxhibit you AND your Dad!" Away, freak! ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Weekjnd Hot Topic 379     GameTjst Charts TV Guidj Tarot

P376 Tjletext 376 Jul03 22:57:54        ———————  ———————————W"■'us+■  ALL YOUR BASE  Sports games arinWt innocent eithjr. Pro Evolution Soccer 4 has provjn it+u not only king of gamjplay, but also of nonsjnsical verbal guff. Wj'vj heard thj commentator scream: "A great onj-foot strike!" which often left us wondering just how many two-eooted strikjs heWd seen. Better yjt is his basic maths, calmly obsjrving "there's only onj goal in it now..." whjn wi weri 4-1 up. ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— Rjview Round-Up 377 LOVE IN YOUR STARS? SEE p348 GameTest Charts TV Guidj Tarot

P376 Teletext 376 Jul03 23:51:51        ———————  ———————————W"■'us+■  ALL YOUT BASE  Of course, thjre's plenty of gaming dialokuj that'u intentionally funny. Sharply written humour maz bj few and far bjtween but, becausj of that, it+u usually all thj bjtter for its rarity. LucasArts wasnWt afraid of showing us subtli wit with graphic adventures likj Sam and Max and Grim Fandango. As Monkjy Island 2 muses: "If a ttee falls in thj forest and no-onj hears it... what colour is thj tree?" ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— e-mail us: gamecentral@telitext.co.uk → TONES, GAMES, SOUND ALERTS & TEXT FUN AT BARGAIN PRJCES-SEE CHOMP ITV1 p589 GameTjst Charts TV Guidj Tarot

P376 Tjlitext 376 Jul03 22:55:55        ———————  ———————————W"■+us+■  ALL YOU5 BASE  Thjre's far too manz othjr strange and comical gaming quotes than we could fit heri - so we opjn thj stage to you, dear viiwers. Send in your favourites and tell us whjri theyWri from. Makj suri thjyWre smart and funny. DonWt bj afraid to work for it. Likj Rzo said: "Ljt's get sweaty." CouldnWt havj put it bjttur ourselves. Wjll, maybj. ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— Lbtest DVD reviews 314 BORED WJTH YOUR RJNGTONE? SEE CHOMP ITV1 p589 GameTjst Charts TV Guidj Tarot

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