Jet Set Radio

• Choose from 10 cartoon-style characters.
• Go on 18 missions in 3 worlds.
• Create your own logo by combining letters, colors, and special effects.
• Cars and pedestrians move in real time.
• Urban-industrial soundtrack.

Product Description ------------------- In the 21st century, the Tokyo city government bans kids from expressing themselves in any way. Only three things keep their spirits alive: Overdriver magnetic-motor skates, graffiti and a pirate radio broadcast called Jet Set Radio. Explore and, uh, decorate three fully interactive worlds where traffic moves at real time and pedestrians wander the streets. Watch out for who will want to nab you for breaking the law and rival crews that want to deface your artwork. The "Cartoon Dimension" art style gives the appearance of a 2-D comic, but the characters move through it in complete 3-D. Animation runs at 30 frames per second. Ten characters are available at the outset; each has their own style and abilities. .co.uk Review ------------- In Jet Set Radio, you play the role of a whacked out kid who is completely torqued off about the system. It seems that the city of Tokyo to is not terribly "kid friendly" and they want to keep things neat and pretty. You, the skater punk, figure the only way to rebel is with your inline skates and a couple of cans of Krylon. That kind of attitude can lead to trouble when you are in the real world, but in the world of Jet Set Radio there are no paint fumes and its all done in the name of fun and scoring points. Jet Set's gameplay has some of the feel of Crazy Taxi. As you skate you see little floating arrows that indicate where you should go (and where you should be tagging). Underscoring all of this action is a deejay at the local hip-hop station, who spins cool tunes while you tear up Little Tokyoto. The game starts out with a training course designed to bring you up to speed. Pay good attention to this section; it teaches you the basics and you are tested on one of the lessons right away. Once your skating skills are set, you will learn the spray can side of things, and manoeuvre around the city spraying to your hearts content. Much about Jet Set Radio has "classic" stamped on it. With its fresh characters, cool design, great music and audio, and high replayability, Jet Set Radio is likely to lodge itself into the libraries of many Dreamcast owners. --Todd Mowatt