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January 20, 2000

The State of Gaming

by Kosta Andreadis - 7:42 pm EST
Source: DFC Interview

Research firm DFC have assembled an in-depth report on what the future of console gaming looks like.

A recent study conducted by research firm DFC intelligence called 'The State of Gaming Technology 2000' revealed that the gaming industry will be the key driver in broadband services in the near future. "The game industry is forecasted to become a $20 billion worldwide business in the next two years,"... Read more...

January 19, 2000

Gravity Games!

by Billy Berghammer - 7:16 pm EST
Source: Daily Radar

Midway announces that Gravity Games will be coming to all systems, including the Dolphin.

Midway plans to bring the popular Gravity Games to every single living console on the market, including Dolphin. Sounds like good news to me. Here's the full story from the Daily Radar:

Midway plans to publish Gravity Games-themed titles for platforms including Dolphin, PlayStation2 and Dreamcast.... Read more...

January 18, 2000

Beyond Main's Speech GC

by Mike Revier - 5:22 pm EST
Source: Gaming Age

An investment firm pays a visit to Nintendo and looks into their financial standings.

Well the folks at Gaming-Age had this up their stocking. It appears that Morgan Stanley Dean Witter made a visit to Nintendo and was told about Dolphin's expected sales and about the third party developers. It is known that no developers have signed up as of yet, but there are first and second parties for it! Dolphin launch in US first? Here's the scoop...

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January 14, 2000

Peter Main Transcript GC

by Billy Berghammer - 4:56 pm EST
Source: Dolphin Cove

Peter Main spews forth Dolphin goodness, Fran of Dolphin Cove get juiced on caffeine and types it up.

Because Fran has sucked down enormous amounts of Mountain Dew he is able to stay up all night, get tweaked on caffeine, and type all the Dolphin goodness (plus more!) Peter Main spewed forth in his Webcast. Wanna read what he had to say? It's over at Dolphin Cove....Click here!

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No young Olympians? GC

by Mike Revier - 4:48 pm EST
Source: Nintendorks

Well it looks as if Young Olympians will come to Dolphin but only under a new name.

Well Nintendorks said it is presumed to be called: Saffire. Why? Well because of the USOC for a (in my opinion), dumb reason. Read on...

You heard right, Saffire's Young Olympians will never make it to Dolphin...or Playstation 2 for that matter. Why? Because Young Olympians no longer exists. Saffire filled us in on all the details earlier today.

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January 13, 2000

E³ online registration begins today!

by Billy Berghammer - 10:07 pm EST
Source: The official E³ site.

It's E³ registration time!!!

May 11-13, 2000....Hell yeah baby! Need to register online...click here! Planet N2000 will be there, firing it up hardcore live from LA!!! Getting all the Dolphin - GBA News, Screenshots and possibly some Video for you. After yesterdays news about details coming soon, and GBA release info, I have a good feeling we will be seeing a lot of these following items this year in LA :)

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GBA in November! GBA

by Kosta Andreadis - 7:29 pm EST
Source: GameSpot

Nintendo announces a U.S. launch of November 2000 for the Game Boy Advance.

Just when we thought Nintendo wouldn't and couldn't release some more great news comes this. According to the company they are planning to release the Game Boy Advance in the US in November with an approximate 1 million units for the fiscal year. This will follow Nintendo's plans to release the GBA... Read more...

Dolphin info coming soon! GC

by Kosta Andreadis - 7:27 pm EST
Source: Nintendojo

Peter Main revealed that new details and info about the "Dolphin" will be released in 10 to 15 days!

Thanks to Nintendojo for the news. Peter Main, Nintendo's executive vice president for sales and marketing, revealed that NCL or Nintendo Co. of Japan will release new details and information regarding the Dolphin in the next "10 to 15 days". Main said, "Further detail on Dolphin will be forthcoming... Read more...

January 12, 2000

How powerful is the GBA? GBA

by Billy Berghammer - 5:35 pm EST

A Japanese TV show reports that the GBA will have better visuals than the Sega Saturn.

How does, better than a Sega Saturn sound? Hmmmm. Not bad! But I sure hope the GBA's lifespan and success turns out a tad better than the Saturn fared. Very promising! The boyz over at Gamespot say that a Japanese TV show said the GBA will look better than the Saturn....read on...

As GameSpot... Read more...

January 11, 2000

Porting games made easy GC

by Kosta Andreadis - 7:19 am EST
Source: IGN 64

Saffire talks about the Sage framework (multi-platform game engine).

Many of us believe that when the Dolphin is fully launched we will see a horde of Playstation 2 titles being ported over to the superior Nintendo console. Well this may seem simple but developing and 'porting' for that matter to various consoles can be a pain staking and sometimes unsuccessful process.... Read more...

January 9, 2000

Revamped Retro GC

by Kosta Andreadis - 3:21 pm EST
Source: Retro Studios

Retro shows off their pad.

The ambitious group of people at Retro Studios have given their site a decent overhaul providing more info about themselves and their relationship with the Dolphin and Nintendo. Don't know who they are? Well when the Dolphin launches you definitely will, as they have 5 games planned for the big launch.... Read more...

January 7, 2000

Dolphin screwed? GC

by Michael Sell - 12:14 pm EST
Source: Nintendojo

Nitendojo predicts gloom and doom for the GameCube in Japan.

Those crazy guys over at Nintendojo have come through with a new editorial on how the Dolphin might fair in Japan. Entitled "Is the Dolphin screwed in Japan before it even comes off the ground?", it will captivate you while informing you of what might be to come...... OK, while it might not captivate... Read more...

January 6, 2000

GBA dev tools a GO! GBA

by Kosta Andreadis - 8:11 pm EST
Source: GameSpot

Nintendo gives Cygnus Solutions the job of creating GBA dev tools. Exciting stuff...

Thanks to GameSpot for the info. Cygnus Solutions, whom have struck a deal with Nintendo, were given the task of creating software development tools for the GBA. The tools are currently being supplied to Game Boy Advance developers everywhere which would provide them with an environment to rapidly... Read more...

The Australian Report Version 1.0 GC

by Kosta Andreadis - 4:11 pm EST

Wondering what's going on in the land down under?

First and foremost, it's good to be back! So good in fact that PlanetN2000 will now cover news and Dolphin related titbits that occur in my homeland, which happens to be down under. Under what I'm not exactly sure, oh yeah, underneath "America". Ha! Well as this is the first issue of the ever popular new section I think I'll kick it off with a mediocre bang.

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January 4, 2000

We're Back.

by Billy Berghammer - 9:51 pm EST

We survived the non-existant Y2k destruction.

Finally. Everything seems to be back to normal. I hope. And no folks it wasn't Y2K related. Our actual host server had to make a move. Not a good thing. So the Internic had to work it's so called "magic" with the address changes. Not too speedy either. My ISP is going through some changes and had to move me around. I sincerely apologize for being down. This was a totally unplanned event that shouldn't have taken place.

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How to court 3rd parties

by Billy Berghammer - 6:34 pm EST
Source: GameFan

GameFan reports on Nintendo holding out on 3rd parties.

Nintendo holding out? GameFan reports that in the latest issue of Game Developer Magazine they had an interview by Author Mark DeLoura about how Nintendo has been keeping programming techniques from 3rd parties. Not a good way to make 3rd parties happy.

Happen to pick up the November 1999... Read more...

Miyamoto bonus!

by Mike Revier - 6:10 pm EST
Source: Nintendorks

Nintendorks spot a Miyamoto interview in Nintendo Power.

In a recent interview in the Nintendo Power bonus issue, Miyamoto talked more about his dream Mario game. What made me a little frightened is when Miyamoto used the phrase "another developer will". Thanks to Nintendorks for the word. Read on...it will make you wiser...

In the recent Nintendo... Read more...

Rush 2049 Dolphin bound? GC

by Mike Revier - 6:01 pm EST
Source: IGN 64

Ed Grogg talks about Dolphin a bit in an interview.

Darn, that always feels weird writing the 00. Anyhoo...IGN64 caught

up with Atari games man, Ed Grogg, to talk about the new Rush game, as well possibilities . Here is a hunk of the interview...

IGN64: What are the chances that we'll see a Dolphin version of Rush 2049?

Ed: I'd like... Read more...

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