New Dreamcast demo with magazine
Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, News, Retro. Tagged with Dreamcast, RedSpotGames.
German gaming magazine “Retro” is sporting a new demo for upcoming Dreamcast game, Wind & Water: Puzzle Battles. Ok it’s not one of the biggest gaming magazines out there, but it’s still on the front of a magazine, and that’s something.
The game is being developed by Yuan Works and published by RedSpotGames - famed for publishing the scrolling shooter, Last Hope on the Dreamcast a couple of years ago. Wind & Water was originally announced for both the Dreamcast and GP2X, but was released first, as a retail game, on the GP2X.
Wind & Water is a puzzle-battle game, where you to rotate tiles representing the elements of wood, earth, metal, and fire; into a diamond shape of 4 or more matching blocks. There are also void and wind blocks which are used as special blocks with abilities to pull off special clears. In other difficulty settings they may appear as simply another element with no special capabilities.
The goal of the game is to keep the flow of blocks coming in order to prevent, or lower the press which will limit the amount of space you have to clear blocks unless you are able to clear them fast enough.
The demo version is said to have several playable missions and about 5 hours worth of gameplay - which sounds like rather a lot for a demo game… but the full game is said to offer over 30 hours of gameplay, in the story mode alone!
The full game features:
- Hand Drawn Graphics.
- Arcade Mode (as featured in the demo).
- Mission Mode (with more than 100 missions).
- Story Mode (with interactive map).
- Mini-games from a variety of game genres (including; Racing, RPG and Skill-based mini games).
- Plenty of unlockable content.
- Online ranking boards - with your own custom sprite-based image (to help show off how damn sexy you are, at the game).
To be honest I’m not a massive fan of puzzle games, but I am interested in this one. The Story Mode and mini games sound pretty interesting to me. I reckon I might just try and get the full game once it’s released, hopefully get you a review for a new Dreamcast game in 2008 ;)
Naturally the magazine is in German, and only for sale in German stores. However, anyone from overseas can order the magazine from their website.
For more information on the full game, check the official website, here.
Additional Information:
Wind And Water: Puzzle Battles
Developer: Yuan Works
Publisher: RedSpotGames
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1 - 4
Media: 1 CD-ROM
VMU Minigame: TBA
VMU Blocks Used: TBA
Compatible Peripherals: TBA
50/60Hz-Mode: TBA
VGA Compatible: Yes
Online: No
Release Date: 2008
JAN-Code: N/A
Price: TBA
Rating: (not rated yet)
[Source: Retro.de Via DC-Scene]
[Special Thanks: Cube_b3 Via The Forums]
Comments on this article
There have been 21 responses to this article.
Rise from your grave… with Wind And Water: Puzzle Battles!! :D:D
crackdude
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 4:52 am.
Get ready for another shooter announcment next week.
cube_b3
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 6:08 am.
Sadly, does anybody even own their Dreamcast (No offense.)
CaptainUlt
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 7:12 am.
@CaptainUlt.
If you are asking is anyone still has a Dreamcast, then yes.
Technically I have 4! (two are unofficial)
Graham
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am.
Damn straight I have a Dreamcast! Evolution: World of Sacred Devide for Life!
By the way, is there any way to get a hold of a dreamcast development pack? must… make… games!
Taco Lord
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 9:02 am.
Sorry for the Double post…
I meant to say Device instead of Devide.
Taco Lord
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 9:03 am.
@Taco Lord - I’m often seeing the Dreamcast Dev Kit for sale on eBay and some other random sites.
-Sometimes they aren’t too bad value.
Graham
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am.
The official dev kit isn’t officially released despite Dream-Alive’s(C) best effeorts.
However head over to http://www.dcemulation.org, we have some nice dev kits which are regularly updated.
cube_b3
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 10:30 am.
I also on 4 Dreamcast’s by the way, all official.
cube_b3
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 10:31 am.
@Taco Lord
theres DC Dev Kits running around everywhere on the net
http://snesorama.us/board/showthread.php?t=18901
http://assembler.roarvgm.com/Dreamcast_Developer_Unit/Dreamcast_Development_Unit_2/dreamcast_development_unit_2.html
lol good luck :)
Kyle
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 10:32 am.
I have 2 DCs.
ratix240sx
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 10:39 am.
I think most people on this forum have a dreamcast.
emmett The Crab
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 10:46 am.
There is no Sega love, withour Sega Hardware love.
cube_b3
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 11:02 am.
not only do I have a dreamcast, but I just ordered a Broadband adaptor for it :D
SOUP
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 11:21 am.
Soup you are one lucky son of a gun!
Have fun with it :)
Graham
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am.
Thanks guys!
It’s good to hear more Dreamcast games constantly coming out!
Taco Lord
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm.
3 here, though I only use the SEGA Sports Edition one. Black is the color of cool.
This game sounds really fun for a puzzle game. A try, I shall give it.
Dub
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 1:12 pm.
1 PAL broken, 1 PAL functionally, 1 NTSC region free functionally and one portable black Treamcast.
I’m not buying this game, Last Hope was one of the worst games I have ever purchased… at least I’m not buying it before “trying” it…
landman
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 3:59 pm.
Yes, people still do have Dreamcast systems. In fact, Dreamcast gained a little more popularity earlier this year. There are two Dreamcasts in my house, and I hope to get a Treamcast soon.
Oh, and the PSP is kind of like a Dreamcast, so I have three Dreamcast systems in the house.
Gamerschoice
Posted June 10th, 2008 at 11:43 pm.
Are you kidding? My Dreamcast will never leave my side! And my Dreamcast won’t leave my Saturn’s side, and my Saturn won’t leave my Genesis/CD/32X’s side, and my Genesis/CD/32X won’t leave my, Master System’s side…
Volvagia
Posted June 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am.
@Gamerschoice.
If/when you get a Treamcast - make sure you get the TFT version.
“Treamcast SE” (I think it’s called) - The Black model.
The screen vastly superior to the original LCD one. (I have both) :o)
Graham
Posted June 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm.