Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
Developer(s)	Takara
Publisher(s)	Takara BAM! Entertainment
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64, PlayStation
Release	October 01 1999 July 12 2000
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals is a fighting game for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. It was released in 2000. Though the Playstation version was available at regular mass retail, the N64 version was avaliable only for rental at Blockbuster Video and eventually sold as a used game. The game is based on the Beast Wars toy series.

General Info

The Button Layout:

• A Button:Vehicle/Robot Mode
• B Button: Vehicle/Beast Mode
• C Left:Charging Projectile (Similar to a Fatality)
• C Right: Single Shot Projectile
• C Up: Missile
• C Down: Defense/Blocking
• Z Button: Jump
• A or R buttons: life force attack

In Robot Mode , your energy drains slowly , and you must change to beast mode to recharge , then you will have unlimited energy (only on Very Easy and Easy , In Normal , Hard and Very Hard your energy drains again).

This game is most notable for the voice acting, which employs many of the actual voice actors from the cartoon to replay their characters. Both versions of the game were also very different from each other:

• Aproximately four characters (Starscream, Waspinator, Airazor, and Terrorsaur) are missing from the Playstation version, replaced with Windrazor, Quickstrike, Rampage, and Silverbolt.
• The Playstation version only had two endings, one for each faction; the N64 version had individual endings for all characters.
• The N64 version contained a slew of mini-games that can be played; the Playstation version has no such games.

Characters

One of the primary differences between the Playstation and N64 versions of this game was its cast of characters. All of the characters appear in their Transmetal forms in both versions, however.

Maximals:

Optimus Primal (Both)

Rattrap (Both)

Cheetor (Both)/Ravage (Both) /Tigatron (Both)

Airazor (N64 Only)

Silverbolt (Playstation Only)/Windrazor (Playstation Only)

Predacons:

Megatron (Both)

Tarantulas (Both)//Blackarachnia (Both)

Waspinator (N64 Only) /Starscream (N64 Only)

Terrorsaur (N64 Only)

Rampage (Playstation Only)

Quickstrike (Playstation Only)

Reception

• IGN:3.7 (Bad)
• GameSpot: 5.7 (Mediocre)/ 7.2 (Decent)
• Nintendo Power: 6.1 (Average)

Voice Cast

• Gary Chalk-Optimus Primal
• David Kaye-Megatron
• Scott McNeil-Rattrap/Waspinator
• Ian James Corlett-Cheetor/Tigatron
• Pauline Newstone-Airazor
• Doug Parker-Terrorsaur
• Alec Willows-Tarantulas

Quotes

Optimus Primal: Well , that's just Prime!

Cheetor:(Winning)Mission accomplished , big bot!/Score one more for this cool cat!

Rattrap:(Winning)Sorry...NOT!/Get lost or get vaped!

Airazor:(After being selected) Ascend!

Terrorsaur:(After being selected)Well , well.