November 2003. Covers Net Select: Salaryman Kintaro, Guilty Gear Isuka, Force Five.
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Sammy's first Kintaro advert promises nationwide play in three-player mahjong, Daifugo, Reversi and a fourth game, Tactics, aiming for winter 2003. It shows the touchscreen cabinet, with screens marked as in development. Tactics was dropped before release. The footer sells AW-NET in general: live rankings, play against other arcades, and saved play data.
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つながる。("Connect.") Sammy's advert for Isuka promises a winter 2003 release, two lines to fight on, team play for up to four people, and detailed results and editing through AW-NET. The Atomiswave line-up below shows Demolish Fist and Dolphin Blue on sale, The Seven Spirits due in winter 2003 and Force Five in early spring 2004. Only Isuka and Force Five carry an AW-NET badge.
Scan 8
The contents page and AM Show round-up. It mentions the AW-NET network concept and four-player Isuka, and points to early previews of Force Five and Kintaro.
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Sammy calls Isuka the first AW-NET game, with records and character customisation through AW cards. The photos show a prototype card with Isuka and Kintaro art, and the card reader on the show floor.
Scan 11
Arcadia's show preview lists what Isuka's AW-NET would offer: ringtones and phone wallpapers after you'd played with a card and joined by phone, shared points to spend on characters, votes on new content, player names, rankings, clear times and player search. The colour screenshot is labelled as Guilty Gear XX, not Isuka.
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The AM Show report announces SNK's planned King of Fighters for Atomiswave and AW-NET, aiming for spring 2004, and shows Kintaro as a nationwide table-game service. Its diagram of AW-NET links arcades, AW cards, personal data, matches, play results, the AW-NET data centre, paid content, membership, the phone site and the PC site.
Scan 16
SNK plans a new KOF series on Atomiswave for spring 2004, alongside its Neo Geo games. The Kintaro preview lists Daifugo, three-player mahjong, Reversi and Tactics, with chat during matches and data saved through AW-NET.
Scan 57
A short report from the 11 September 2003 AM Show naming Net Select: Salaryman Kintaro among the network games that caught visitors' attention.
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Sammy gave Arcadia five limited-edition AW cards from the 2003 AM Show, with Isuka and Kintaro art on an orange show-souvenir backing. Readers entered by posting the magazine's survey by 24 October.
