Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Samba de Amigo


Related Topics

  
  QK6 - Video Game Review for Samba de Amigo on the Sega Dreamcast
Basically, the on-screen display is meant to reflect six different zones of the human body, (thigh-level, midsection-level and head-level for both the right and left hands) and players are meant to shake their maracas in those specific areas in time with the music when indicated.
Samba is one of my first choices when I'm drunk beyond all reason and want to play a game, not to mention one of the few I can attempt successfully in such a state.
Amigo, a sombrero-adorned, maraca-bearing monkey, is the main character (who's never named, and I've only dubbed 'Amigo' because I'm thinking the game was titled after him) and the closest thing you're gonna get to an on-screen representative of your actions.
www.drqshadow.com /reviews/samba.cfm   (2223 words)

  
 Samba de Amigo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samba de Amigo is a video game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2000 by Sega in arcades as well as for the Sega Dreamcast video game console.
The player is represented on-screen by "Amigo", a grinning monkey with a square head and a sombrero.
Samba de Amigo was named Best Puzzle Game of 2000 by GameSpot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samba_de_Amigo   (730 words)

  
 Future Games Network -- Samba de Amigo (Sega Dreamcast))
Samba de Amigo, developed by Sonic Team, is one of the latest games to embrace the rhythm craze that’s sweeping across the videogames industry.
The mechanics of Samba de Amigo are manifested with hand movements that keep to the beat and correspond with on–screen instructions.
Samba de Amigo is unique in that the hand movements involved in shaking the maracas requires minimal effort, giving you the freedom to let your body get into the groove of the music —; this game truly lets you dance.
www.fgn.com /reviews/sega/samba_rev.html   (785 words)

  
 [No title]
The premise behind Samba is simple: shake the maracas in the correct position in accordance with the on-screen commands.
Samba de Amigo is due for a North American release later in 2000, so if all else fails, simply wait for the U.S. release to get the controllers.
Samba de Amigo is the third Dreamcast/Naomi game (not counting Sonic Adventure International, which is simply a re-release, for all intents and purposes) from Sonic Team.
www.cheatcc.com /dc/sg/samba_de_amigo.txt   (3904 words)

  
 Samba de Amigo
Des billes partent du centre de ce cercle vers un de ces ronds, il s'agit alors d'appuyer sur la bonne direction (ou de 'shaker' avec les maracas) quand la bille atteint le rond.
De temps en temps, l'ordi génère une 'pose', c'est à dire une position de maracas à; tenir pendant une à deux secondes.
Ce type de jeu reste cependant un fruit pour un groupe de consommateurs assez restreint, assez mal vu en France, mais est envers et contre tout une véritable évolution dans le jeu vidéo, un bon défouloir qui donne une excellente alternative à tous les autres écrabouillages et massacrages en règles.
www.krinein.com /jeux-video/Samba-de-Amigo-351.html   (670 words)

  
 Samba de Amigo - Dreamcast Preview - Game Revolution
Samba de Amigo, another of Sega's wacky music/rhythm games, is getting set to explode onto the Dreamcast scene.
Samba de Amigo features five different modes of game play and a few mini-games to keep you entertained.
Samba de Amigo is due out in August for the Dreamcast.
www.gamerevolution.com /oldsite/previews/featured/samba_de_amigo.htm   (284 words)

  
 NTSC-uk review > Sega Dreamcast > Samba De Amigo Ver.2000
Samba was released at a time when rhythm action in the arcades was losing its way.
In Samba de Amigo Sega produced a game that was instantly enjoyable, a game that deliberately appealed to everyone.
The most entertaining aspect of Samba is the amount of physical freedom the game provides, allowing players to adopt their own style.
www.ntsc-uk.com /review.php?platform=sdc&game=SambaDeAmigoVer2000   (1039 words)

  
 test samba de amigo Dreamcast : jouer aux jeux PC et consoles
Les musiques de leur côté sont celles que l'on connaît déjà et qui ont toutes sans exception fait plusieurs fois le tour de la terre.
Des animations sympathiques et de beaux décors, voici pour l'essentiel.
Samba De Amigo devrait néanmoins s'avérer bien plus intéressant au cours de sympathiques soirées que dans les parties en solo.
www.jeuxvideo.com /articles/0000/00001121_test.htm   (886 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Samba de Amigo Maracas: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Samba de Amigo is the *perfect* party game, because absolutely everyone comes over to see what is going on, and even the stiffest square will eventually give it a go.
Samba de Amigo is a music game, in which you shake maracas to the beat of the music.
Samba de Amigo is undeniably the most fun and original game created for the Sega Dreamcast - indeed, for me, it's the best console game ever (well, since the original Mike Tyson's Punchout).
www.amazon.com /Samba-de-Amigo-Maracas/dp/B00004WKN4   (1054 words)

  
 Samba De Amigo (drm: 2000): Reviews
Samba de Amigo is a seminal title amongst the Dreamcast’s mighty games catalogue, a game that truly stands out.
Like "Mario Party," " Bust-A-Groove," and even "Tetris" and assorted Tetris-clones, Samba De Amigo forces you to have a good time despite the fact that you don't want to caught dead shaking a pair of plastic maracas in front of your friends.
Recent studies conducted by my crack team of scientists (*cough* The D-Spot Staff) show that it is physically impossible to not enjoy Samba De Amigo, no matter how good or bad you may be.
www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/dreamcast/sambadeamigo   (528 words)

  
 Welcome to the GameVortex
While those who are actually playing the game will not have much of a chance to look at Samba de Amigo's visuals, they are quite stunning.
With lush visuals and a delicious musical soundscape, all that Samba de Amigo needs is playability to be a big hit.
While Samba de Amigo isn't perfect, it's truly innovative, which more than makes up for the tiny shortcomings that it has.
www.gamevortex.com /gamevortex/rp_dc_samba.html   (1122 words)

  
 Samba De Amigo Review for Dreamcast - Gaming Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
There aren't many games out there that cater to both hardcore gamers and non-gamers alike, but Samba De Amigo for the Dreamcast is certainly one of them.
As a result, Samba De Amigo is the US's first real taste of the interactive rhythm/music genre, and so far, it has been extremely well received.
Amigo the monkey is just too cool, as are the rest of the cast.
gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=dreamcast&game=samba-us   (786 words)

  
 Samba de Amigo | Sega Dreamcast Video Game Review | Maracas | Music
Samba De Amigo is a dance beat game with a mexican flair for your Sega Dreamcast.
Grab the maracas and shake, shake, shake along with Amigo and Linda - the coolest duo since Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera.
Samba De Amigo's breaking new ground with one of the best party games you'll ever plug in.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p676.htm   (220 words)

  
 Amigo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amigo Mobility International Inc is located in Bridgeport, Michigan.
Amigo (restaurant) is also the name of a French restaurant at Happy Valley in Hong Kong.
Surf Amigo is a towel and a garment all in one, used by Australian surfers, produced by Australian surfwear company SLAB.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amigo   (228 words)

  
 IGN: Samba De Amigo Review
It makes you wonder what the hell Sega was thinking when they went out on a limb to bring their arcade phenom, Samba De Amigo to the States.
That title is Samba De Amigo and if you don't have any plans to go pick it up, stop for a second.
Despite the strong gaming presence inside the walls of the newly-constructed IGN fortress, We work in an office full of suits, and you'd be shocked to see how many people who saw us playing would stop and bang on the demo room door until we let them in for a go at it.
dreamcast.ign.com /articles/164/164748p1.html   (1172 words)

  
 CNNfyi.com - Review: Get your maraca-shaking fix with 'Samba De Amigo' - November 23, 2000
Sega's latest kooky game is a monkey-filled rhythm challenge called "Samba De Amigo." Imagine if you will a game where the object is to shake plastic maracas in time with popular dance music and you'll have a pretty good idea of what to expect.
While the shaking part of the equation is fairly easy to handle, getting the maracas in the right position can be frustrating at times for a beginner.
The driving force behind "Samba De Amigo's" addictive game play is the music.
edition.cnn.com /2000/fyi/gameroom/11/23/maracas   (674 words)

  
 IGN: Samba De Amigo Ver. 2000 Review
The normal Samba play requires that you do one of the following: shake your maracas in one of six positions relative to your body (sometimes fast, sometimes slow), or sustain an extended goofball looking pose with the maracas.
Also included is a silly volleyball mini-game in which you play as Amigo the monkey and attempt to take on the various other characters in a fifteen game match.
The characters dance and have a fiesta de Dreamcast in the background as you play, and although you probably won't notice it, there's an amazing graphical showcase being put on, with tons of animation, blazing color and dynamic changes.
dreamcast.ign.com /articles/165/165504p1.html   (1286 words)

  
 Gaming Target - Dreamcast: Samba de Amigo - Review
Samba de Amigo is one of those not so rare cases of a great game gone completely unnoticed.
Even though they clock in at a monstrous $80 a pop, and the game will run about cool $40, Samba is well worth the ludicrous amount of dough: But only if you’re a lunatic with a decent overall sense of rhythm, otherwise, don’t even bother with this one.
Amigo’s maracas turn golden and his eyes become stars as he convulsively shakes about as if suffering from a major stroke.
www.gamingtarget.com /article.php?artid=2546   (1329 words)

  
 kanegon.com presents: Samba De Amigo Catcher Toys
Samba De Amigo was an entertaining game for the Sega Dreamcast, in which the player used Maraccas as controllers, and danced along with Amigo the Monkey.
As far as I know, there were two regular sized plush sets (One for the first SdA game, the second set based on the sequel) as well as a large set.
This set was based on the Samba De Amigo Ver.
www.kanegon.com /ufo/samba.htm   (221 words)

  
 HTGuide Forum - Game Review: Samba De Amigo
Spend a bit more and get Samba De Amigo and get a game that will never be shelved, for it is truly unique and will provide countless more hours of fun than any silly fighter ever will.
I did not mean to compare the fighting genre to Samba de Amigo.
Let's face it, Samba is the kind of game that could turn a lot of non-gamers into fanatics.
www.htguide.com /forum/showthread.php4?t=6659   (1652 words)

  
 Samba de Amigo (solution for maracas detection problem)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
This small page is dedicated to the Samba de Amigo games from SEGA, more specifically, the Dreamcast versions (i.e., both "Samba de Amigo" and "Samba de Amigo ver.
Just like a lot of other players, I bought (from an importer) a set of 3rd party maracas (named "Cha Cha de Amigo") to play Samba de Amigo as it was meant to be played.
But sometimes, when you have to shake the maracas a lot, the cables are over the ultrasound sensors or you simply get out of the detection area, the maracas position is lost, the game "resets" itself and say "Now recognizing the Maracas Controller.
sites.mpc.com.br /ric/samba_de_amigo/index.html   (392 words)

  
 Avalanche Online - Samba de Janeiro Soundtrack Review
The music by Bellini takes the well known "Samba de Amigo" song (a chart topper in the UK and in clubs over the world) with its dance tunes, anthemic trumpets and crowd songs and basically stretches the entire song into a Non-Stop-Best album in support of the game.
"Samba de Amigo" is a great song no denying that, as is the following tack "Me Gusta la Vida" which takes a more dance orientated outlook on things before "Catch da Samba" & "Samba de Janeiro (reprise)" gets out all the samba drums for a very 1990's dance track and finally a real samba song.
Add to that the fact that 5 of the 15 songs are remixes of "Samba de Janeiro" and another is a slightremix of the ultimate eurodance song "Saturday Night" (no 1990's child in their poptastic mode doesn't know this classic) that is played to death at every club - you must make a choice.
www.avalancheonline.com /sambadejaneiro.htm   (509 words)

  
 Samba de Amigo -- DC -- No Rating At This Time
Samba de Amigo was going to be the Dreamcast game of the year.
But, alas, Samba De Amigo is one of the few games where the controllers are not optional.
I was counting down the days until Samba De Amigo came out.
www.gamesfirst.com /reviews/jfrank/samba/samba.htm   (792 words)

  
 Samba De Amigo for Dreamcast at nGaming
There are 1 Samba De Amigo cheats in the nGaming database.
Samba De Amigo has not been rated yet.
Search for Samba De Amigo and related products on eBay.co.uk.
www.ngaming.co.uk /games/583.php   (147 words)

  
 TGS: Samba de Amigo 2000 Announced - Gaming Age
In addition to the Autumn Tokyo Game Show, the JAMMA Show, an arcade-centered expo, has had Sega and Sonic Team revealing the follow-up to their hit musical maraca title, Samba de Amigo.
More of an update than anything else, Samba de Amigo version 2000, from what we can tell, seems to add new music and an extra gameplay element.
In the previous game there were points where the game asked for you to stand still in a single position, but in Samba de Amigo version 2000 makes it so you sometimes have to perform a motion back and forth.
www.gaming-age.com /news/2000/9/21-155   (199 words)

  
 Cheat Index - Samba De Amigo Dreamcast Review
Samba De Amigo is Sega's attempt to cash in on the music game craze that Konami started back in 1998 with its DJ simulator, BeatMania.
The game tells you exactly how, where, and when to shake your maracas, and provided you shake on beat and in the right location, your score rises appropriately.
Behind your circles and balls lies a small world filled with tons of colorful characters, including Amigo, the maracas-shaking, pants-wearing monkey.
www.cheatindex.com /dc_review.html?game=Samba+De+Amigo   (461 words)

  
 Dreamcast: Samba De Amigo
If, along with the rest of the planet, you were impressed with the Dreamcast version of Samba de Amigo earlier this year, then the sequel should be enough to make you pop your cork.
News: After playing the fantastic Samba de Amigo for five minutes, you'll know why we're grinning from ear at the news that it's being seriously looked at for a European release.
Sega is to launch Samba de Amigo into UK stores at a whopping £100 this December.
www.computerandvideogames.com /games/dreamcast/samba_de_amigo.html   (547 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.