January 2000 Videogame Babes January 29 - Updated by Tweek @ 2:27am EST Ernie's new feature article, Videgame Babes, is about women in the videogames industry. Make sure you check it out. And don't forget the chat session tonight at 9:30pm EST! New Mailbag! January 28 - Updated by Tweek @ 6:40am EST I've completed the latest edition of the mailbag. Twenty mailbag questions and comments submitted within the last six days have been answered! Make sure you don't miss this edition. Click here! Plus, later today, we'll have Ernie's next editorial which is about women in video games. PD Chat Session January 25 - Updated by Tweek @ 2:20am EST It seems we've started a new craze. Almost every PD site is now holding weekly chat sessions. We certainly won't sway you into coming here by saying we'll have special guests and not tell you who

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By the way, our new hosted Rare and Perfect Dark GB sites are cooming along nicely, so stay tuned! And, don't forget our contests!

Fan Art
January 25 - Updated by Tweek @ 2:20am EST

I've made a new Fan Art section, and it top it off we've got some more artworks! Make sure you check out our readers' fan art! We're also giving prizes to the best artists, too. So you'd better get cracking on those masterpieces!

And, keep visiting the site, because in the next couple of days we'll have a new edition of the mailbag, plus a new editorial by Ernie. He tells me that this week's editorial is about women in videogames.

Competitions!
January 25 - Updated by Tweek @ 12:40am EST

For our first ever competitions, we're giving away free Prima Games Strategy Guides! To be in the running for this competition, go to our contests page now, before it's too late!

PD Toys, TV Shows, and even Movies!
January 25 - Updated by Tweek @ 12:35am EST

Here's some interesting news. Rare has signed a licensing agreements with 4Kids

Entertainment which will allow Perfect Dark merchandise, and even a Perfect Dark flick. For the full story, go to GameFan and IGN64.

Hosted Sites
January 24 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:45pm EST

We'll be announcing the opening of two of you newest hosted sites soon. The first has already moved in, and it's our very own PD GameBoy site. If you're interested in running this site for us, please visit the site for more info. And, our second hosted site is dedicated to Rare, the company behind Perfect Dark, and all of their games. We'll be opening that site soon, and it will have a new layout made by myself. If you're interested in the free hosting services we offer, please click here.

Staff, Editorials, Compos, and More!
January 22 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:19am EST

As promised, there's a new editorial in our features section, written by the latest addition to the dataDyne HQ team, Ernie. He'll be writing a new editorial every week, as well as answering questions and comments regarding hot topics. This week's editorial tells the top ten reasons why Perfect Dark may not be such a "Perfect" game afterall. This article will definitely cause some disagreements, which is why Ernie will be answering your emails about it. Click here to head over to the features section, or go straight to the article.

Make sure you sign up for our newsletter before the 1st of February so you can be in the running to win a free Prima Strategy Guide of your choice. We'll be giving them away regularly, so make sure you subscribe now. Enter your email address in the form located in the features column on the right.

And lastly, don't forget the tonight's chat at 9:30pm EST!

Build Your Own PDGB Site
January 22 - Updated by Tweek @ 8:31am EST

If you're interested, we're looking for someone who'd like to run a Perfect Dark GameBoy site which would be a part of dataDyne HQ. We'd provide free hosting, a free layout, and all the technical help you need. All we want you to do is provide the content. Please email Tweek if you'd like to have the job.

We're Back!
January 22 - Updated by Tweek @ 2:58am EST

I'm sorry, I've missed a few things lately. I've been unable to update this site for four days, and I don't have any staff members to help me. The good news is that we've got heaps of fresh (well, semi-fresh) PD info, a recent addition to the staff, plus a new editorial every week starting from now. Here's the news I missed.

Co-op Mode Makes a Return

Rumor has it that Nintendo's official Swedish website announced that Perfect Dark will have a two player co-operative mode. However, don't get your hopes up, because it has not been confirmed at all. I don't really consider this news to be completely true, since it has come to us from a relatively unreliable source considering the news was not originally in English. All I'm wondering is, if the people in Sweden know about it, how come the official website of Nintendo of America hasn't announced anything? Or even Rare? Don't get too excited, but it would be pretty cool, huh? Now that you understand that this news may not be true, I'll tell you what is apparently planned for the co-operative game. In Perfect Dark there'll be two types of co-operative missions. One mode allows players to take on the roles of Joanna Dark and her unamed sister, and the other mode allows for one player to be an enemy in the game, such as a dataDyne guard, who must try to stop Joanna from completing her mission. Let's hope this news is true, and that Perfect Dark was delayed for more reasons than we originally thought.

PD for GBC

Rare has released the first ever

Now that you've caught up with the PD news, it's time to catch up with what's happening at the site. As I said earlier, we have a new addition to the staff. Our new member, Ernie, will be writing a new editorial every week plus numerous other things around the site. His first article is bound to make some people angry, as it is about the things that may go wrong with this so called "Perfect" game. We're sure any of you will be disagreeing with what Ernie has to say, so we'll give you a chance to email him your comments so they can be answered on the site. The first editorial will be coming later today.

And, don't forget the Perfect Dark Chat session tonight at 9:30pm EST. This time I'll be there, I promise. Plus, we'll have a new edition of the mailbag very soon, and make sure you head over to our ever-popular forums.

Lastly, we're coming up with several ideas for the site for when Perfect Dark is actually released, so if you have any ideas for new sections, please email me.

Tonight's the Night
January 15 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:46am EST

Don't forget to come to our PD chat at 9:30pm Eastern Standard Time tonight!

Saturday Night Chat!
January 14 - Updated by Tweek @ 12:00am EST

We've changed the day of our Perfect Dark chat session. Instead of Tuesday nights, the PD Chat will be held on Saturday nights at 9:30pm Eastern Standard Time.

By the way, Nintendo have said that PD will be coming out one day earlier - April 10th. And, we'll be sending out a huge first issue of our newsletter very soon, so if you haven't signed up yet, you should!

PD Interview
January 14 - Updated by Tweek @ 1:10am EST

IGN64 have interviewed the Perfect Dark team, plus they've provided us with more juicy details about the game. Click here to have a look.

Site Features
January 13 - Updated by Tweek @ 10:52am EST

I know I keep reminding you of these things, but there's heaps of cool stuff around the site you can interact with. The forums, I'm pleased to say, are going really well considering the time they've been online. Plus, we're giving away prizes in February too. All you have to do too win is sign up for our newsletter which is located in the features column to the right. Each month we'll give prizes to our subscribers, and if you wan't much, much better odds of winning a prize, try sending us some of your artwork for our Fan Art page!

PD Chat
January 13 - Updated by Tweek @ 1:10am EST

Just to let you know, we're planning to change the chat time to Saturdays so more people can join in. We'll keep you posted.

The Saga Continues
January 12 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:55pm EST

Well, it's not really a saga at all, and it certainly doesn't deserve this sort of publicity, but I thought I should just clear up a few things about my comments earlier. I'm sure many of our readers don't care (or have no idea what is going on), and I'm sure just as many are finding this very entertaining and amusing. Here are my final thoughts on the site wars.

Some of you thought what I said about the other sites was spot on, and some of you have misinterpreted what I said completely. Firstly, I never doubted that the interview would take place, in fact I'm really looking forward to it. And secondly, my comments were not made to cause hard feelings or to make enemies with other sites. And to tell you the truth, I'm quite surprised and relieved that both sites respected what I had to say and did not take it any further. But, you ask, if I wasn't questioning the topic of the interview, what was I talking about? Well some of you asked me what the point of my little statement was. Well, my problem was how both PD sites conducted themselves over pretty much nothing. I'm sure you understood that from what I originally said.

And just so you know, I've just talked to staff members from both sites and I think that what I've said has made a little bit of difference, so now I'll step away from it. And by the way, I'm sure that interview with Rare will come, but I know that a time can't be decided on just yet, as the PD team are more concerned about getting this game finished on schedule, because that's what really matters, right? We'll tell you when the interview comes, too. Don't you worry about that.

I've got plenty more I wish I could say, but I think I've gone on about it a bit too much already. It's time to concentrate on more important things, and I assure you, we will have new features on the site soon.

Site Wars - Our Statement
January 12 - Updated by Tweek @ 8:45am EST

Yet another site war on the PD front. We tried never to get involved with the verbal diarrhoea that goes on between PD sites (and, for some reason it always seems to be the same one), but today I just got sick of seeing the most cocky PD site on the 'net giving even more crap to other sites.

I don't want to mention the names of the two sites involved, but I would like to say to one of them (you know who you are if

EGM Screenshots
January 12 - Updated by Tweek @ 8:30am EST

The PD chat went really well, but we'd like

Zelda Gaiden Headquarters
January 12 - Updated by Tweek @ 8:27am EST

I'd like to announce that our first hosted site, Zelda Gaiden HQ, has offcially opened. It'll me redesigning soon too, so be sure to watch out for this one, Zelda fans. If you'd like to get hosted, please have a look at the great services we offer.

PD Chat Tonight!
January 11 - Updated by Tweek @ 12:25am EST

In just nine hours the Tuesday Night PD Chat will officially start, at 9:30pm EST. Of course, you can join at any time tonight (American Time) and hopefully the chat will be successful. We'd like you to invite as many people in as you can. Click here to go to the chat page.

Forums and Chat
January 10 - Updated by Tweek @ 10:45am EST

Come in to our ever popular forums and chat about PD! And don't forget, tomorrow night at 9:30pm EST is our online chat. See you there!

dataDyne HQ Free Hosting
January 9 - Updated by Tweek @ 10:14am EST

With the up and coming announcement of our first hosted site, Zelda Gaiden HQ (which has not yet moved in), we thought it would be a nice time to get a better hosting page up. It describes the

We'd like you to send in something to our Fan Art section, because next month we'll be giving away prizes to the Fan Art pic of the month.

PD Chat and Contests
January 8 - Updated by Tweek @ 9:07am EST

We've decided to try something on the site we've never tried before -- an organised chat session. From now on, every Tuesday night is PD chat night. We ask you to join the staff and other PD fans at 9:30pm Eastern Standard Time every Tuesday night, including this Tuesday, January 11th. For more information, or to go to the chat page, click here.

Also, as you may have gathered from the headline, we'll be giving some cool prizes

New PD Info!
January 7 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:13pm EST

Well, just after finishing our PD multiplayer preview, I've have aquired some new information. The following info has apparently been confirmed. PD will include:

• 60 Minutes of Cinema Scenes
• 10 Multiplayer specific levels (plus 20 single player levels to be used for multiplayer).
• Up to 4 bots can be playing at once in the multiplayer along with 4 humans.

Thanks to our readers who sent me that info after reading it in Electronic Gaming Monthly.

New Multiplayer Preview!
January 7 - Updated by Tweek @ 10:52am EST

It's here! With new info provided by our favourite Perfect Dark site, Pdark, we've developed a brand new multiplayer preview. With new details on levels (including movies and screens) and multiplayer options, this is the multiplayer preview that no PD fan should miss. Click here to check out the best multiplayer preview out there!

Your PD Wish List
January 7 - Updated by Tweek @ 6:58am EST

Submissions for the Wish List have been closed, and we've compiled the final list, consisting of 74 submissions from our readers. Click here to see the final Wish List by dataDyne HQ's readers.

And later today (or early tomorrow), we'll be adding a ton of new info to our Multiplayer section. We'll have all you need to know about PD's multiplayer levels, weapon selection and more, thanks to our friends at PDark, who have kindly donated the info to us.

Staff, Forums, Newsletter....
January 6 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:48am EST

While we have nothing else to offer, please check out our forums. People have told us that our forums are the best

We just started a new Perfect Dark dataDyne HQ newsletter to go with the new dataDyne HQ. So if you were a member of the last one, or if you're interested, join by clicking here.

Newsletter
January 5 - Updated by Tweek @ 7:16am EST

Our old newsletter no longer works, so please sign up for our new newsletter. Joining the newsletter means you'll get news earlier, and you might even be in the running for some of our compos when they get started. So, to join, click here, or fill in the form in the features column on the right.

Yay! Our Forums are Working!
January 4 - Updated by Tweek @ 10:55pm EST

Yes, it's finally happened! The Forums, the MailBag, Wish List, and everything else is working again!

Not Long Now!
January 4 - Updated by Tweek @ 9:27am EST

With less than 100 days to go, Perfect Dark's release date is getting nearer and nearer. Yesterday, RareNet said that after talking to Rare, they learned that the PD team are getting ready to put the final touches on PD. How exciting.

Oh, and RareNet also released ten new screenshots, so have a look.

By the way, I'd like some more ideas from you for what would be good specials and sections. So if you have any ideas, or if you just have any general comments, please email tweek@datadynehq.com!

And if you're not busy, how about taking some interest in our sponsor's banner at the bottom of the page? You could also click on it for me if you were really bored.. heh heh.

Best N64 Shooter of 1999
January 2 - Updated by Tweek @ 12:00am EST

The new poll is up and running. You can vote on which N64 shooting game was the best of 1999. It's on the right of the screen in the features bar.

And also, N64Shooters.com are runnning a poll about Perfect Dark. The question is, "Do you think Perfect Dark will require the Expansion Pak?", and at the moment, 70% think it will.

New Affiliate
January 1 - Updated by Tweek @ 11:54am EST

Please welcome our new affiliate, PDark.com. They're one of the best PD sites around.