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Game: Ecco The Dolphin: Defender Of The Future
Console: Dreamcast

Cheat:

Full pause screen

Press Start to pause game play, then press X + Y.

Active map

Hold X (sonar) during game play for a long time. Press X again to return to normal.

Glitch: Swim outside the game world

Encounter the Boss in the "Blades..." level. It is a large room with a Boss that resembles a large dragonfly larvae. Go to the bottom of the room where you can refill you air supply with the bubbles coming out of the ground. Next to the bubbles on the floor near the wall is a small hole. Go through it and get outside the game world.

Dolphin Soccer

This secret is found on the Powers of Levitation level.

To play dolphin soccer against a warring Clan member, the first order of business is to swim to the large central building underwater. Circle it until you find the Information Shard. Enter the central structure here and head down the tunnel until you find an oval door near the bottom. This passage is split up by several organic doors that dilate when you get near them, allowing you to pass. Ignore the side paths for now, just head down the tunnel until you reach the chamber at the end. There is a Clan member here and a bubbler in the center of the room. If you turn and face the entrance, you'll notice an oval section of wall to the left moving slightly in the current. Swim through it to find a secret room. Inside is a Stealth power-up. Grab it and head straight back. There are a pair of yellow lights at the back of the room. Touch your nose to the right one to be taken to Dolphin's World Championship, a soccer match between you and a Clan member.




Manufacturer: Sega of America, Inc.
Release Date: 18 August, 2000
ESRB Rating: Everyone


Description:
Ecco the dolphin has always played the part of Sega's more sedate mascot, providing a relaxing contrast to the hyperactive Sonic the Hedgehog games. Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future continues this tradition on the Dreamcast, putting the title character in charge of saving the world yet again. An alien force (creatively called The Foe) has abducted all the humans and most of the dolphins from earth, leaving only a tiny force of dolphins to restore things to normal. As Ecco, players must travel through an enormous underwater world, interacting with other sea creatures and solving puzzles in a quest to stop The Foe once and for all.

The Dreamcast's power is exploited to beautiful new extremes in this game. The underwater environments are filled with shimmering rocks, colorful plants, and outcroppings of coral. Families of turtles slip through the water in a stately line, while schools of fish dance in circles and translucent jellyfish sit suspended in the depths. The most amazing creatures by far are the dolphins--including Ecco--as they are rendered in perfect detail and benefit from incredibly fluid animation. This is one beautiful game, and the serene soundtrack adds to the overall atmosphere.

Unfortunately, the gameplay is about as shallow as the ocean is deep. There are many missions to complete, from dolphin races to killing teams of sharks, but there are so few controls that nearly all assignments are completed in the same way. Tasks become much harder as the game progresses, and the lack of direction given to players players needlessly adds to the difficulty. We wasted countless hours of trial and error trying to figure out what we were supposed to do--time that would have been saved had the mission objectives been clearer. Still, Ecco the Dolphin is an engaging way to waste time, thanks to its open environments and hypnotic beauty. --T. Byrl Baker

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