Judging by last year's success rate, we couldn't have been more wrong if we'd said that time travelling technologically advanced chickens from the future would come back in time and declare war on Humans for years of abuse, while dogs start evolving the ability to speak and use their pack-hunting skills to defend their beloved Human masters from the chicken invasion - just in the nick of time, as the chickens were perilously close to victory and nearly wiped out all of mankind by pecking their way through power lines and nuclear weapon fail-safe mechanisms. Let's see how we see 1999 happening:
Jon's predictions for 1999:
Dreamcast has a stunning early Euro launch at the end of August priced at £199, with Sega Rally 2 and Sonic Adventure selling large quantities (both feature improvements over the Jap versions) It's the British designed games that really have gamers drooling though.
SOE set up a Euro based internet Dreamcast gaming league.
UK:Resistance finally get a proper server and '.com' address
Sonic - slagged by pretentious Mag But are still largely ignored. UK:Resistance appear in some form in a Dreamcast game.
Gary makes the headlines after a steamy affair with Carol Vorderman. Sonic Adventure only gets 8/10 in the EDGE review.
Jon and Gary get supplied with free Dreamcast review machines and promo copies of all game releases. Gary gets a job at SOE.
Gary gets sacked by SOE.
Gary's predictions for 1999:
The UK Dreamcast will cost £189.99 when launched here - the modem is relegated to 'add-on' status.
Future Publishing's "Official Dreamcast Magazine" is launched in the same week as the machine, featuring a disc with a playable demo of Daytona USA 2 and several other key DC games.
I gain notoriety and fame by becoming the UK's most prolific serial killer.
Gary - avoid during 1999 Jon goes deaf in his left ear, after a bizarre sex game goes tragically wrong.
Sega have to recall all Japanese Dreamcasts, due to several machines becoming 'self aware' and using their Internet access to attempt a nuclear strike against key Sony distribution and manufacturing facilities.
Sega's slogan for the DC launch is: "Don't wait for PlayStation 2!"
Everybody waits for PlayStation 2
All of the above fail to come true, as the world comes to an end on August 11th 1999.
