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PlayStation Underground - Volume 4, Issue 3
Background Data
Published By: Sony Developed By: Sony, with Game Demos by their Respective Companies Released: Fourth Quarter, 2000
Barcode: None PSRM: 021100 / 021110 ID Tag: SCUS - 94620 / 94621
CDs: 2 Players: 1 ESRB: Rating Pending to Mature
Accessories: Memory Card Downloads Size: 420 / 595 MB Digital Press Rarity: Not Available

Description / Review
The 4.3 issue of PlayStation Underground features downloads for several key PSone titles, a sneak peak at the PlayStation 2, and more. A full detail of Disc 1 follows:
  • Debriefing
    • E3 Video of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty including an interview with Hideo Kojima, the game's creator.
  • Behind the Scenes
    • Interview with skater Daewon Song
    • Closer look at Grind Session
  • Event Center
    • Takes a look at the Hard Rock Cafe: Rock Party which was a collaboration between Sony and Hard Rock. Shows off the PlayStation 2 Tour Bus and interviews several band members and some crowd participants about the system.
  • Download Station
    • Grind Session - Unlock All Characters and Levels
    • Crash Team Racing - Unlock All Characters and 3 Extra Battle Tracks
    • Tenchu 2 - Unlock all characters and levels
    • Gekido - Unlock characters, Shadow Fighter, Team Battle, and Survival
  • Research and Development
    • A Special Look at the original unveiling of the PSone
  • Tech Q & A
    • Inside your console - How the PlayStation Displays its visuals.
  • Cool Moves
    • Medievil II
    • Wild Arms 2
    • Speed Punks
    • Tomba 2: The Evil Swine Return
  • Bulletins
    • PlayStation Online
    • Issue 4.2 Hidden Codes
    • Threadz and Accessories
    • Speak Your Mind
    • Coming Next Issue
    • Credits
    • Fine Print
       

 

  • Trivia
  • All regular Underground Issues up until the first PS2 version came in 2-CD sets. One disc contained the Playable Demos, while the other contained the downloads, interviews, features, and more.


  • The "interactive" process of creating a game series, dubbed Project Wormhole: How to Make a Game, was chronicled over 6 issues of the Underground, starting in Issue 2.2.

  • The Director Clipboard shown during the Behind the Scenes section flashes 4 sets of numbers, with one set having a red digit. That red digit number is EN05, which is a tribute to the original URNOTE ("You Are Not Ready"). EN05 backwards is "Sony [is] Ready".


  • Disc 2's Demos are as follows:

    • PLAY
      • Spyro the Dragon
      • Crash Bash
      • Grind Session
      • Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
      • Sydney 2000

      VIDEO

      • NFL Gameday 2001
      • NCAA GameBreaker 2001
      • Cool Boarders 2001
      • Final Fantasy IX
      • Parasite Eve II

      PlayStation 2 Round Up

      • Dynasty Warriors 2
      • ESPN Winter XGames Snowboarding
      • Silent Scope
      • MotoGP
      • Star Wars: StarFighter
      • Smuggler's Run
      • Tekken Tag Tournament
      • Ridge Racer V
      • TimeSplitters
      • Midnight Club
      • Unreal Tournament
      • Dead or Alive 2
      • ATV Offroad Fury
      • Summoner
      • SSX
      • FIFA 2001
      • NHL 2001
      • Madden NFL 2001

Greatest Hits
Not applicable.
Variations / Misprints
No variation or misprints known for this version of the Underground.

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