Console games usually fall into one of several well-worn categories. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find anything that tries to be different. But sometimes you stumble across a game that's so unbelievable, so wonderful, that it completely restores your faith in human nature and makes you think that, yes, maybe we do deserve more than just a fiery nuclear death. Samba di Amigo is such a game. The problem is that it's a Dreamcast game. They don't make Dreamcasts any more. And if you have a Dreamcast you're going to have real problems getting hold of a copy. It had a pretty small release in this country (it was very expensive, retailing ...  Read the complete review

Samba De Amigo is one of those classical games that will always be remembered on the Dreamcast. The basic aim of the game is to use the two maracas that you buy the game with to dance to a song of your choice. Of course the songs are limited but they are all great songs to dance away to The game is a great one to play when you have a mate around. This is for the one reason and that is that you look like a complete idiot dancing away on your mat to this song with your maracas. It?s a great laugh and its one you only get with this game. It is more of a party game than a single player game. You only have a limited amount of a thing that you can do on this ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I realise that Samba De Amigo 2000 isnt going to be released in the UK, as a result buying 2000 isnt going to be cheap and Im guessing that only people with the original Samba will actually seek it out. This review assumes a certain amount of Samba knowledge. So, is it worth it then? YES! Without doubt this version is a winner. Having played and loved the original Samba in one and two player I feel safe in saying that 2000 is quite a lot better. For a start there are more modes of play including the highly amusing "Jive" mode where you have to swing the marracas around rather than just shaking them in time. I would say that some of ...  Read the complete review

This is the only game I have ever seen proper grown ups play and enjoy. And it stars a monkey shaking maracas, a bee with a tiara and a cross dressing leopard. No, really. Now harder to find than dodo eggs, at least in the UK, Samba De Amigo is based on a Sega arcade game of the same name. It involves the crazy task of shaking electronic maracas in time with Latin-flavoured songs (think Ricky Martin and Tequila, not the impossible to learn ancient language) to achieve a sort of super-funky high score, while impressing your friends and relatives with your smoothness. Samba is a sheer joy to play. You feel like an idiot at first - after all you are stood, ...  Read the complete review

Samba De Amigo is a brilliant party game, and we all had a great laugh with it this Christmas (my PS2 was faulty so I had to get out my Dreamcast for the kind people!). Everyone seemed sceptical about it, up to the point when the Dance Mat and Maracas were taken out of the box! I had played previously on Samba for a few goes, but my mate Neil really showed us all up with his incredible rhythm! Samba is a game unlike any other – its convention defying, and yet you don’t feel at all nervous when you start to dance to a well-known Latino tune in front of around 8 people! It’s a great laugh, but very hard work if you select normal or hard ...  Read the complete review