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NOURS Magazine – Volume 16 – Summer 1997

October 25th, 2022

Page 3: 特集
都会の黄金郷！INTI渋谷
INTI 渋谷オープン記念いいたい放題【女の子編】【男の子編】

Page 14: タマキミ通信
筋肉少女隊ボーカル大槻ケンヂ VS 「鉄拳3」開発担当新宿平八

Page 16: ナムコ・ワンダーエッグ2
カーニバルアーケード大攻略

Page 18: ナンジャ回覧板

Page 20: 連載『日本を遊ぶ』　●in HIMEJI
	
Page 24: あなたはノーマル？それともかなりのアブノーマル？
『アブノーマル チェック お試しテスト』

Page 26: PS子育てクイズマイエンジェル／PSガンバレット／
PSテイルズオブデスティニー／PSエースコンバット2／
PSタイムクライシス／Windows 95 対応ナムコヒストリーVOL.1

Page 30: MEDIA WAVE　CINEMA/VIDEO/CD/BOOK

Page 32: NEW MACHINE FLASH　新製品を狙え！
●ドッカーンマウンテン　●ポケットレーサー
●くるくるゴジラメリー

Page 36: 読者参加企画　『読者大いに語る 』
	
Page 38: NOURS INFORMATION
	
Page 40: 読者PRESENT

Page 3: Special Feature
Golden Town in the city! INTI Shibuya
INTI Shibuya Open Memorial All-you-can-eat [Girls] [Boys]

Page 14: Tamakimi communication
Kinniku Shojo Squad Vocal Kenji Ohtsuki VS "Tekken 3" Development Manager Heihachi Shinjuku

Page 16: Wonder Eggs 2
Carnival arcade big capture

Page 18: Namja Circulation Board

Page 20: Serialization "Playing Japan" ● in HIMEJI
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Page 24: Are you normal? Or is it quite abnormal?
"Abnormal check trial test"

Page 26: PS Child-rearing Quiz My Angel / PS Gun Barrett /
PS Tales of Destiny / PS Ace Combat 2 /
PS Time Crisis / Windows 95 compatible Namco History VOL.1

Page 30: MEDIA WAVE CINEMA / VIDEO / CD / BOOK

Page 32: NEW MACHINE FLASH Aim for new products!
● Dockern Mountain ● Pocket Racer
● Round and round Godzilla Merry

Page 36: Reader participation plan "Readers talk a lot"

Page 38: NOURS INFORMATION

Page 40: Reader PRESENT

Enjoy it now. PDF compressed with OCR, CBZ and RAW scans:
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ARMADILLO RACING Arcade Soundtrack 003 EX

July 14th, 2022

Materials scanned at 600DPI, leveled and descreened.

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Wonder Spirits Soundtrack Data

June 6th, 2022

Between 1997 and 1998, Namco released 18 arcade game soundtracks on the Wonder Spirits record label. Among those are 5 soundtracks that include a special data track on then, allowing them to be inserted into a PC or Mac of the era and you would be treated to videos, images, a CDDA music player, and (by 1997 standards) high-resolution booklet artwork. For many years these were almost never distributed with the music on the disc, and to my knowledge, there was no central repository for this seminal Namco work. It’s clear some people spent a ton of time on these Macromedia Director presentations, and they deserve to be celebrated. This will be done in 4 parts:

Videos: A YouTube playlist of all of the original video files found on the discs. These will generally be poor quality, washed out, highly compressed .mov files, but this more or less in line with what was available from multimedia of the day (especially when the same CD also must fit 350-ish megabytes of uncompressed audio.
765Style: These are what I’ve been posting on this site, and on Twitter. This is the process of me mounting the CD, pulling off the data track files, taking the protected Macromedia Director files off the disc, removing that protection, and then exporting all images used. In rare cases, I use a slightly different frame export process in cases where the intended viewing of something is a composite of a number of images.
Raw Data Track Files: This link will appear as a directory view, it would simulate you putting the disc into your PC and clicking on the drive in “My Computer”, the files will appear at the do on the disc, including .ini files, readme files, the covert artwork, and in some cases, even a Quicktime installer. (This can also be downloaded all at once.)
Raw Binary Files: A straight link to the 1-for-1 bytes version of the data track as it’s burned to the CD, this would also contain Mac files and other files that would be hidden on Windows partitions.

	Videos	765 Style	Raw Data Track Files	Raw Binary Files
Armadillo Racing	view	download	download	download
Prop Cycle	view	download	download	download
Tekken 3	view	download	download	download
Time Crisis	view	download	download	download
Tokyo Wars	view	download	download	download

Data Track Dump: Armadillo Racing

May 5th, 2022

Have a need for a bunch of images used in a Macromedia Director presentation for Armadillo Racing? Use these as you wish.

Note: This data track is video-heavy, and I haven’t posted them, but I hope to in the future. If there’s want for them, just ask. Thanks!

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NOURS Magazine – Volume 21 – Autumn 1998

May 1st, 2022

If you’re into motion capture, then this issue if for you. However, it’s not just basic motion capture here, this outlines and documents the motion capture process for both SoulCalibur and Tekken 3! Both complete landmark games. It’s quite a great look behind-the-scenes.

Additionally, there’s some other SoulCalibur character relationship pages, which is something to see, as the game had only hit arcades a few months earlier, and the Dreamcast version was still months away.

There’s an early peek at Armadillo Racing again, and some other wacky redemption-based games. We also see Gunbarl! Which I believe it Point Blank 2, as well as some other PSX titles coming home soon.

There’s Techno Drive in here, which never came home in any form, I believe it’s been emulated, though. One heck of a cabinet on that one.

Page 3: 特集
「キャラクターに息吹を」
モーションキャプチャー大研究!!
ゲームを支える先端ＣＧ技術
「モーションキャプチャー」の秘密を徹底解剖する

Page 11: 『ソウルキャリバー』

Page 14: 新製品ルーツを探る ナムコ知新
第2回格闘ゲーム編

Page 16: 隠れキャラ・裏技 大・公・開
第2回トラックボールレース・測定編
『技脳体』『アルマジロレーシング』

Page 17: WE2『ワンダーラリー』が登場！！

Page 18: 超ビギナー御用達
今さら聞けないゲームマニュアル
●第3回メダルゲーム『プッシャーマシン』

Page 20: 連載『日本を遊ぶ』拡大版
　●in SAGA ●in IIDA ●in IWATSUKI

Page 24: ナンジャ回覧板

Page 26: エンターテインメントグッズストア
初のナムコオリジナルグッズ専門店が仙台に
オープン

Page 28: NEW SOFT INFORMATION
PS ガンバァール／PSナムコアンソロジー2／
PSスマッシュコート2

Page 30: MEDIA WAVE　CINEMA / VIDEO / CD / BOOK

Page 32: NEW MACHINE FLASH　新製品を狙え！
● テクノドライブ　●スウィートランドIII

Page 34: 読者参加企画　『読者大いに語る』

Page 36: NOURS INFORMATION

Page 3: Special Feature
"Breathe into the character"
Motion capture research !!
Advanced CG technology that supports games
Thorough dissection of the secret of "motion capture"

Page 11: "SoulCalibur"

Page 14: Exploring the roots of new products Namco Chishin
2nd Fighting Game Edition

Page 16: Hidden character, crash crash, public, open
2nd Trackball Race / Measurement
"Technical Brain" "Armadillo Racing"

Page 17: WE2 "Wonder Rally" is here! !!

Page 18: Super beginner purveyor
A game manual that I can't listen to anymore
● The 3rd medal game "Pusher Machine"

Page 20: Enlarged version of the series "Playing Japan"
● in SAGA ● in IIDA ● in IWATSUKI

Page 24: Namja Circulation Board

Page 26: Entertainment Goods Store
The first Namco original goods specialty store in Sendai
open

Page 28: NEW SOFT INFORMATION
PS Gunbarl / PS Namco Anthology 2 /
PS Smash Court 2

Page 30: MEDIA WAVE CINEMA / VIDEO / CD / BOOK

Page 32: NEW MACHINE FLASH Aim for new products!
● Techno Drive ● Sweet Land III

Page 34: Reader participation plan "Readers talk a lot"

Page 36: NOURS INFORMATION

Enjoy it now. PDF, PDF compressed with OCR, CBZ and RAW scans:
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NOURS Magazine – Volume 15 – Spring 1997

April 29th, 2022

What we have here is a lightning powerbomb of nostalgia for me in this issue. Consider this:

A wonderful spread about Namco’s Wonder Tower, 6 floors of arcade insanity.

The first coverage of the arcade version of Tekken 3

The premiere of Armadillo Racing

Time Crisis, Ace Combat 2 and Xevious 3D/G+ for PSX

Read it, consume it, enjoy it, please.

Page 3: 特　集
集え若衆！遊援隊
店頭アンケート324人!!
ナムコ･ワンダータワー京都店 オモシロ度徹底比較
	
Page 14: 『鉄拳3』ハード＆ソフト開発スタッフインタビュー

Page 17: 『子育てクイズマイエンジェル2』

Page 18: トラックボールでアルマジロを走らせろ!
画期的な新感覚アニマルレース・ゲーム
『アルマジロ・レーシングコース』
	
Page 20: PS タイムクライシス／PS エースコンバット2／PS ゼビウス3D/G+

Page 24: 祝! ナムコ・ワンダーエッグ2　5周年
結婚資格判定アトラクション『ウェディング・ジャッジ』登場

Page 26: おウチで簡単イタトマ料理
「手長エビのトマト風味スパゲッティ」
	
Page 28: NEW MACHINE FLASH　新製品を狙え！
●スピン・ザ・スピン　●パックアドベンチャー　●パックエイト

Page 30: 読者参加企画 『読者大いに語る』

Page 32: NOURS INFORMATION

Page 34: 読者PRESENT

Page 3: Special collection
Gather young people! Relief corps
In-store questionnaire 324 people !!
Namco Wonder Tower Kyoto Store Thorough comparison of fun
.
Page 14: "Tekken 3" Hard & Software Development Staff Interview

Page 17: "Child-rearing Quiz My Angel 2"

Page 18: Run armadillos with a trackball!
Breakthrough new sensation animal racing game
"Armadillo Racing"
.
Page 20: PS Time Crisis / PS Ace Combat 2 / PS Xevious 3D / G +

Page 24: Congratulations! Namco Wonder Eggs 2 5th Anniversary
Marriage qualification judgment attraction "Wedding Judge" appeared

Page 26: Easy tomato dishes at home
"Spaghetti with tomato flavored scampi"
.
Page 28: NEW MACHINE FLASH Aim for new products!
● Spin the Spin ● Pac Adventure ● Pac Eight

Page 30: Reader participation project "Readers talk a lot"

Page 32: NOURS INFORMATION

Page 34: Reader PRESENT

Enjoy it now. PDF, PDF compressed with OCR, CBZ and RAW scans: archive.org

Wonder Spirits

January 21st, 2021

Q. What is Wonder Spirits – namco presents i/o?

Coming off a successful 27-volume series of Namco Game Sound Express, Namco set out to further release a set of 18 soundtracks for their arcadereleases at the time (1997-1998). As I worked at a Namco arcade in Boston from 1997-1998, I’m very, very interested in these.

Within Pony Canyon distribution, a famous Japanese record label, lies an imprint/sub-label named Wonder Spirits, the majority of which were these late 90’s Namco arcade game soundtracks (an even small imprint/sub-label, namco presents i/o).

This collection will include just the Namco arcade game soundtracks on this record label. There is an exceedingly strange assortment of other games with soundtrack releases on the rest of the label, which will not be included here as this sub-label clearly dominates the output.

Q. What makes these discs special?
Out of the 18 releases, 5 of them have a special data track, containing interviews, videos, and information about the game. Most of the assets can be accessed from any computer, but the full experience requires a Windows 95 computer with Macromedia Flash and Quicktime 2.1 These so called “Enhanced Discs” are denoted with “EX” in the title, and a “Made with Macromedia” logo on the Obi. Not only are the games fairly rare in some cases, some of them are so small time that it’s amazing a physically-pressed CD collection of soundtracks for them exists.

Q. What are you doing for preservation?
Aside from ripping FLAC, Log 100%, including the best scans I can make at the time, I’m also submitting the discs’ information to Redump.org, which catalogs and preserves physical media.

By dumping these discs, like I have done for Namco Game Sound Express, there is now a group of people who have a bin/cue copy of the album, which is a byte-for-byte dump of the disc. There’s no loss, no compression, just the full disc recordings. If the entire torrent-sphere blew up, with all the copies of the FLAC rips, one could get the disc image from Redump.org, and make your own (Logless) rips, lossy or lossless. The disc is truly preserved.

My goal is to preserve all 18 discs.

No.	Catalog No.	Name	Best Available	My Release
1	WSCAX-10001	TEKKEN 3 arcade soundtrack 001 ex	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
2	WSCAX-10002	TIME CRISIS Arcade Soundtrack 002 EX	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
3	WSCA-00001	XEVIOUS 3D/G+ PlayStation soundtrack 001	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
4	WSCAX-10003	ARMADILLO RACING Arcade Soundtrack 003 EX	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
5	WSCA-00002	ALPINE RACER 2 Arcade Soundtrack 004	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
6	WSCA-00003	ACE DRIVER Series Arcade Soundtrack 005	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
7	WSCAX-10004	PROP CYCLE Arcade Soundtrack 006 EX	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
8	WSCA-00004	FINAL FURLONG Arcade Soundtrack 007	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
9	WSCAX-10005	TOKYO WARS Arcade Soundtrack 008 EX	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
10	WSCA-00005	AQUA JET Arcade Soundtrack 009	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
11	WSCA-00009	NAMCO CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL.1 arcade soundtrack 010	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
12	WSCA-00010	ALPINE SURFER Arcade Soundtrack 011	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
13	WSCA-00012	NAMCO CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL.2 arcade soundtrack 012	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
14	WSCA-00013	DANCING EYES Arcade Soundtrack 013	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
15	WSCA-00015	RAPID RIVER Arcade Soundtrack 014	MP3 VBR V2
16	WSCA-00016	TEKKEN 3 PlayStation Soundtrack 002	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
17	WSCA-00017	DIRT DASH arcade soundtrack 015	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here
18	WSCA-00021	TIME CRISIS II Arcade Soundtrack 016	FLAC (Log 100%)	Here

Only Rapid River remains, if you have an original physical copy, please get in touch!