The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 14, 1999, Image 4

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Senxoxr Week April 19-24, Ring Dance
ADDII 'id 't OQn 1999 ADDII O/l dQQO
APRIL 19-23, 1999
APRIL 24, 1999
Monday - April 19th
Bowling at Wolf Pen 9 pm to 12 am
$1.75 per game
Time: 9 pm to 1 am
Tuesday - April 20th
Texas Aggie Baseball vs. Houston
7 pm - $1 entry with Ring or 99 Shirt
Place: MSC & Rudder Complex
Theme: Around the World in 99 days
Wednesday - April 21st
Muster BBQ with Class of ‘49
Academic Plaza - 11 am to 2 pm
Tickets: Available April 5-24
$60-couple/$35-individual
MSC Box Office
Thursday - April 22nd
SENIOR BASH at Hurricane Harry’s
8-9 pm Swing Lessons
Free until 11 with Senior Ring
Dress: Formal Attire
Pictures: Start at 10 am in Rudder
Entertainment: Top 40, R&B, Latino,
Country, Swing, Coffee House,
Karaoke, Piano Bar & Casino
Special Thanks to:
Exclusive Formal Wear Provider for Bing Dance 1999
Kinko’s, Appletree and Messia Hof
Door Prizes & Free Picture Frames
Midnight Yell & Class Gift Announced
More information available at http://class99.tamu.edu
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Page 4 • Wednesday, April 14, 1999
GGIELIFE
‘Micro Machines’ does not match quality
racing games, ‘Syphon Filter’ provides ac
Micro Machines 64 Turbo
System: Nintendo 64
Developer: Midway
Genre: Racing
B Rr
“Micro Machines 64 Tlirbo” is the Houston Rock
ets of the Nintendo world. The game has all the po
tential to be great, but just does not come through in
the end.
All Nintendo racing games are held to the “Mar-
ioKart ” standard, which is why most prove to be in
adequate. Even without this high standard, however,
this game would be difficult to swallow.
The game offers many different tracks and varia
tions to tracks on which the players can race, which
is a big plus. The downside is that, unless playing a
certain mode of the game, the track determines
which vehicle the player controls.
This leaves the player constantly changing vehi
cles, all of which drive differently, and having to
master driving several different cars instead of just
one or two.
Like most racing games, in “Micro Machines" the
player has several different skill levels to advance
through before reaching the top divisions of the
game. The problem is trying to find the patience to
do so.
This game also has far too many bells and whis
tles. There are more options on this game than on a
new Mercedes. Once the player determines which
version of the game to play, they must then deal
with the constantly changing and confusing camera
angles of the game.
“Micro Machines” is a racing game in theory
only, because it is not the first person across the fin
ish line that wins but the person that screws up the
least.
When one person messes up, the other players
get points, and the person who gets a certain
amount of points or has the most points at the end
of the race is the winner, even if they did not finish
first.
The idea is that the good drivers will not give
their competitors points. It is a bad idea. The winner
of a racing game should be the first one to finish.
The biggest flaw this game has is fe-
split screen for multi-player use.Thesp!IB
tors every playei theii invn view of wlu e
but with “Micro Machines," every playe:l|M'a
the same screen, m.ikms; n difficult to:- azy •'
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ioKart" instead. (Grade. D + )
Syphon Filter
System: Playstation
Developer: 989 Studios
Genre: Action
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Playstation. The game ended up being Edrur
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and playing cat-and-mouse in a tuxedt !
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very realistic, with echoes of trains th Vyrs
subway tunnels, terrorists yelling Iron
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most action movies T he h 'ed all
most spy games that just let the player :luse u
enemy base. Geor
The controls are simplistic, but can Ytynette
at times. Some items are intentionally larsh
and make the game frustrating, sinceE jec) ^
straightforward in this game and thepUi r
to figure things out — imagine that.
This game is action and suspense M .
lets up — original and exciting. (Graded-
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