Way of the Warrior is Universal Interactive's (courtesy of developer
Naughty Dog) first foray into the 3DO fighting world and, coincidentally
is also the first fighting game for the 3DO. WOW combines features
found in some of the best arcade fighting games of the past few years
and puts them together in a graphic tour-de-force. It has the in-and-out
scaling of SNK's Art of Fighting, the digitized character graphics,
death moves and blood and gore of Mortal Kombat, the play mechanics of
both Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2, and the backgrounds that, right
now, only the 3DO can deliver. It is obvious that the designers and
artists at Naughty Dog have done their homewoSupreme Court Allows Suit on Camel's 'Old Joe' Cigarette Ads
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The Supreme Court Monday refused to block a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and two advertising agencies on whether a Camel cigarette advertising campaign improperly targets minors.
The lawsuit, filed in California state court by Janet Mangini in 1992, charged the advertising campaign featuring a cartoon character called Old Joe Camel seeks to unlawfully make smokers of teenagers.
The suit named R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which makes Camels, as well as a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies and Young & Rubicam Inc., the advertising agencies that helped develop the campaign.
The lawsuit charged the defendants engaged in unlawful and unfair business practices because the advertising targets minors for the purpose of inducing and increasing their illegal purchases of cigarettes. It also alleged the defendants were unjustly enriched by the advertising campaign.
According to the lawsuit, teenager smokers accounted for $476 million of Camel sales in 1992, compared to just $6 million in 1988 when the advertising campaign started.
The lawsuit seeks to stop the advertising campaign and to require the defendants to undertake a ``corrective" advertising campaign warning of smoking's health hazards.
The defendants argued that the federal cigarette labeling and advertising law takes precedence and bars the lawsuit from being brought under California law. They said the suit should be dismissed.
Six months after the lawsuit was filed, the Supreme Court in a landmark decision said smokers and other plaintiffs may sue under state laws.
The 1992 decision rejected the tobacco industry's sweeping argument that the federal cigarette health warning law adopted in the 1960s shields cigarette companies from such suits.
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is coming under pressure,due to
the emergence of the new systems over the next year,and is looking to
expand by another 10 to 15 members.
"As eveyone knows now the industry has been going through a period of
limbo between the 16-bit and future systems.But with the emergence of
the 32 and 64 bit systems this year and next,the industry is going to
enter a very exciting time" predicts Finnegan.
Striker on the3DO has been in development for the past six months,since
the arrival of the programming hardware from Japan.
The entire team express enthusiasm for the new CD-ROM based Console as
it removes their dependance on chip manufacturers and the economic
constraints therein.
"At the end of the day"remarks Paul "Software companies have taken the
blame for the price of the chips".
Importantly CD Rom based systems,he suggests,mean great value for money
for the all important consumer.
The team is equally excited at the prospect of the increase in power.
Striker on 3DO has enabled Rage to create visuals that were just a
dream back in the days of the early Amiga and Atari ST.
Essentially the teams desire is to create the gameplay,renowed on the
older formats,but with the sense of reality generated by the 3DO`s
custom graphic chips.To highlight this point,the opening sequence
consists of a high speed flight into a fully rendered football stadium
and arrival in front of the scoreboard to witness FMV footage taken
from the FA and BBC Granstand archives.
On the field the graphics are equally impressive combining a pitch
looking like it actually is made from grass with scrolling that moves
rapidly whilst maintaining essential fluidity.
The playing angle is set moving up field at about 30 feet above ground
level but zooms in to capture important action.To generate the player
sprites,actors were used against a blue backdrop,digitised and built up
running at about 8 frames a second.Alongside the usual moves,headers
and passes additional one touch pass feature has been included to add
more pace.
Striker 3DO kkeps up with the times by paying close attention to rule
changes.In particular tackles from behind are now illegal resulting in
an instant frrekick and a yellow card.The issue of defence plays a
major role in the game, as for the first time a shielding option is
present.A flick of the button allows the player to move around the ball
fending off the opposition a gives a strker valuable time to power up
that vital shot.When a goal hits the back of the net and the crowd
jubilation dies down an action replay in true TV tradition.Covering at
present 4 angles,the view is quite spectacular.
After months of programming the team are over the moon about the end
result "we are amazed at how lifelike the whole experience looks"says
Paul,"with the digitised players,the film clips and the action replay
its just like watching TV!
But as we speak the league table is beginning to fill and the playoffs
start in the battle for the number one slot.As ever CVG will be on the
ball with the news.
Time doesnt stand still for the Rage team as the future holds more in
store on the MegaDrive 32-bit add-on,the Saturn and Sony`s eagerly
