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Mars: The Red Planet
If you are one who remembers the landing of the Pathfinder on Mars or any other mission, and ate up every bit of the media coverage, or waited impatiently for the latest pictures to be beamed back to earth, then you are going to absolutely love this DVD.
Packed with extras upon extras, we are given an in-depth look at the red planet and how it has influenced and intrigued man. Now it's easier than ever to bring the marvels of the planet home, and much closer to get hold of with a local store selling the disc only about 50 million miles closer than going to the planet yourself. A must have for any space buff and sure to be a favourite among younger space enthusiasts, I know I would have gone crazy for this disc when I was about 15, not to say I didn't enjoy it thoroughly even now.
Over and above the many great extras on the disc, there are plenty of hidden extras sure to keep you hunting for hours. In fact, you may call us crazy and who are we to argue, but we did indeed spend hours at DVD NOW to bring you the list of more than 200 hidden extras on the disc (listed below review). Now I wouldn't go and ruin your fun by simply using our list - remember finding them is half the fun.
In addition to the numbered hidden extras, we also found a few additional hidden extras, as well as a few minor bugs in the disc.
The two hidden unnumbered extras we found were, a heart picture which looks like it may be on the surface of Mars that is accessed by pressing the select button on the last dedication screen of the credits. The other was a 6 1/2 minute musical slide show of space that is found by either pressing the title button at the main menu, or by going right at the optional mode selection and pressing select.
As for slight glitches in the disc, in the Mars surface maps, if you go to (Lat 40s-50s) (Long 50w-40w) you will find the Surface Features title missing. The more interesting glitch is to be found at (Lat 40s-50s)(Long 60w-50w) where you will find two of the same locations beside each other by going East or West, one will contain hidden page #167, the other will send you to the wrong locations if you go North or South.
One of our only disappointments with the disc was that after a long search for the Cydonia Region (Lat 40n-30n)(Long 20w-10w), there was no hidden screen with any pictures of the faces or pyramids on Mars at this location.
Before giving you our list of hidden pages, here are a few locations on Mars we found of interest.
Cydonia (location of Faces and Pyramids) (40n-30n)(20w-10w)
Beer crater (There may be cheese on the moon, but there's Beer on Mars) (10s-20s)(10w-0w)
Playfair (We even get some good advice studying the planet)
Viking 1 landing site (30n-20n)(50w-40w)
Viking 2 landing site (50n-40n)(130e-140e)
Mars 2 landing site (40s-50s)(50e-60e)
Mars 3 landing site (40s-50s)(160w-150w)
Mars 6 landing site (20s-30s)(20w-10w)
Pathfinder landing site (20n-10n)(40w-30w)
Last but not least, to check out the Internet extension of this DVD, go to: www.marsdvd.com
The disc is single sided - single layered and contains the original full frame version of the program. The mastering is good but the video interlaced, and the extras are terrific.
Mars: The Red Planet DVD International/ Alpha DVD 1999
Rating:- Running Time:-
Picture:(side 1) Full Frame
Sound:5.1 Dolby Digital
Languages:English
Subtitles:none
Extras:Mars Maps, Photo and Art Galleries, Video of Planet, Look at Missions to Planet From the Past and For the Future
THE HIDDEN PAGE LIST
0 - Face on Mars Cydonia Region (Go up at Martian Coronae Screen) VIDEOS 1 - Olympus Mons-624km (20n-10n)(140w-130w) 2 - Ma'adim Valles-861km (20s-30s)(170w-180e) 3 - Mars Pathfinder landing site - Ares Vallis (20n-10n)(40w-30w) 4 - Candor Chasma-816km (0s-10s)(70w-60w) 5 - Coprates Chasma-962km (10s-20s)(70w-60w) 6 - Tharsis Montes & Valles Marineris (10n-0n)(120w-110w) 7 - Mare Australe (80s-90s)(80e-90e) 8 - Hellas Basin-1,800km (40s-50s)(60e-70e) 9 - Mare Boreum (90n-80n)(60w-50w) 10 - Nilosyrtis Mensae (40n-30n)(60e-70e) 11 - West Candor Chasma (0s-10s)(80w-70w) 12 - Chryse Outflow Channels (0s-10s)(50w-40w) 13 - Deuteronilus Mensae (50n-40n)(20e-30e) 14 - Alba Patera-1,200km (50n-40n)(120w-110w) 15 - Phlegra Montes (50n-40n)(160e-170e) 16 - Kasei Vallis (30n-20n)(70w-60w) 17 - Aram Chaos (10n-0n)(30w-20w) 18 - Gill (20n-10n)(0e-10e) 19 - Baldet-195km (30n-20n)(60e-70e) 20 - Amenthes Fossae (20n-10n)(100e-110e) 21 - Mangala Vallis (0s-10s)(160w-150w) 22 - Noctis Labyrinthus/ A complex system of fault valleys (0s-10s)(110w-100w) 23 - Capri Chasma (0s-10s)(40w-30w) 24 - Schiaparelli-461km (0s-10s)(10e-20e) 25 - Huygens-456km (10s-20s)(50e-60e) 26 - Tyrrhena Patera-597km (20s-30s)(100e-110e) 27 - Apollinaris Patera-198km/ Al-Qahira Vallis-546km (0s-10s)(170e-180e) 28 - Sirenum Fossae (30s-40s)(160w-150w) 29 - Claritas Fossae (30s-40s)(100w-90w) 30 - Vogel, Hartwig & Galle (30s-40s)(20w-10w) 31 - Dao Vallis-763km (30s-40s)(90e-100e) 32 - Peneus Patera-123km (50s-60s)(50e-60e) 33 - Kepler-219km (40s-50s)(140e-150e) 34 - Aureole deposits North of Olympus Mons (40n-30n)(140w-130w) 35 - Tempe Terra Province (50n-40n)(80w-70w) 36 - Sklodowska-116km (40n-30n)(10w-0w) 37 - Lyot-220km (60n-50n)(20e-30e) 38 - Topography of the Hellas Basin/ The Center of the Hellas Basin is almost 5km lower than the outer rim (80s-90s)(60e-70e) 39 - Olympus Mons/ Noctis Labyrinthus/ Valles Marineris (30n-20n)(50w-40w) 40 - Carbon Dioxide Frost/ Schiaparelli (30s-40s)(40e-50e) 41 - Elysium Mons/ Tartarus Montes/ Amazonis Planitia (50n-40n)(130e-140e) 42 - Topographic Map of Mars (30n-20n)(100w-90w) 43 - Oenotria Scopulus (0s-10s)(60e-70e) 44 - Reull Valles (40s-50s)(100e-110e) 45 - 3D View of the North Pole (90n-80n)(90e-100e) 46 - Flow-Ejecta Crater in Icaria Planum (40s-50s)(120w-110w) 47 - Nanedi Vallis (10n-0n)(50w-40w) 48 - Hecates tholus/ Elysium Mons/ Albor Tholus (30n-20n)(140e-150e) 49 - The South polar residual cap is about 400km across/ It is thought to consist primarily of carbon dioxide frost (80s-90s)(10e-20e) 50 - Scylla Scopulus (20s-30s)(20e-30e) PICTURES 51 - Antowiadi-381km (20n-10n)(60e-70e) 52 - Agaro-154km (10n-0n)(20e-30e) 53 - Bakhuysen-167km (20s-30s)(10e-20e) 54 - Becquerel-167km (30n-20n)(10w-0w) 55 - Cassini-415km (30n-20n)(30e-40e) 56 - Copernicus-292km (40s-50s)(180w-170w) 57 - Darwin-166km (50s-60s)(20w-10w) 58 - Dawes-191km (0s-10s)(30e-40e) 59 - Dejnev-156km (20s-30s)(170w-160w) 60 - Denning-165km (10s-20s)(30e-40e) 61 - Flammarion-160km (30n-20n)(40e-50e) 62 - Flaugergues-235km (10s-20s)(10e-20e) 63 - Gale-172km (0s-10s)(130e-140e) 64 - Galle-230km (50s-60s)(40w-30w) 65 - Graff-157km (20s-30s)(150e-160e) 66 - Green-184km (50s-60s)(10w-0w) 67 - Henry-165km (20n-10n)(20e-30e) 68 - Herschel-304km (10s-20s)(120e-130e) 69 - Janssen-166km (10n-0n)(30e-40e) 70 - Kaiser-201km (40s-50s)(10e-20e) 71 - Kovalsky-299km (30s-40s)(150w-140w) 72 - Lohse-156km (40s-50s)(20w-10w) 73 - Lomonosov-151km (70n-60n)(10w-0w) 74 - Lowell-201km (50s-60s)(90w-80w) 75 - Lyot-220km (60n-50n)(30e-40e) 76 - Mariner-151km (30s-40s)(170w-160w) 77 - Molesworth-175km (20s-30s)(140e-130e) 78 - Hutch-200km (10n-0n)(60w-50w) 79 - Newcomb-259km (20s-30s)(0e-10e) 80 - Newton-287km (40s-50s)(170w-160w) 81 - Phillips-183km (60s-70s)(50w-40w) 82 - Proctor-168km (40s-50s)(20e-30e) 83 - Ptolemaeus-184km (40s-50s)(160w-150w) 84 - Rayleigh-153km (70s-80s)(120e-130e) 85 - Schaeberis-160km (20s-30s)(50e-60e) 86 - Schiaparelli-461km (10n-0n)(10e-20e) 87 - Schmidt-194km (70s-80s)(80w-70w) 88 - Schroeter-337km (0s-10s)(50e-60e) 89 - Secchi-218km (50s-60s)(100e-110e) 90 - Stoney-177km (60s-70s)(140w-130w) 91 - Tikhonravov-390km (20n-10n)(30e-40e) 92 - Trouvelot-168km (20n-10n)(20w-10w) 93 - Vinogradov-191km (10s-20s)(40w-30w) 94 - Wallace-159km (50s-60s)110e-120e) 95 - Al-Qahira Vallis-546km (10s-20s)(160e-170e) 96 - Arnus Vallis-288km (20n-10n)(70e-80e) 97 - Axius Vallis-316km (50s-60s)(60e-70e) 98 - Bahram Vallis-403km (30n-20n)(60w-50w) 99 - Clasia Vallis-240km (40n-30n)(50e-60e) 100 - Cusus Valles-234km (20n-10n)(30e-60e) 101 - Dao Vallis-667km (30s-40s)(80e-90e) 102 - Granicus Valles-445km (30n-20n)(130e-140e) 103 - Harmakhis Vallis-585km (40s-50s)(90e-100e) 104 - Hebrus Valles-299km (30n-20n)(120e-130e) 105 - Himera Valles-218km (20s-30s)(30w-20w) 106 - Hrad Vallis-719km (40n-30n)(140e-150e) 107 - Hypanis Valles-270km (20n-10n)(50w-40w) 108 - Indus Vallis-253km (20n-10n)(40e-30e) 109 - Licus Valles-616km (0s-10s)(120e-130e) 110 - Loire Valles-670km (10s-20s)(20w-10w) 111 - Louros Valles-423km (0s-10s)(90w-80w) 112 - Mad Vallis-460km (50s-60s)(70e-80e) 113 - Maja Vallis-1,311km (20n-10n)(60w-50w) 114 - Mamers Valles-945km (50n-40n)(10e-20e) 115 - Mawrth Vallis-575km (30n-20n)(20w-10w) 116 - Nirgal Vallis-511km (20s-30s)(50w-40w) 117 - Protva Valles-213km (30s-40s)(60w-50w) 118 - Samara Valles-575km (20s-30s)(20w-10w) 119 - Simud Vallis-1,074 (10n-0n)(40w-30w) 120 - Tader Valles-275km (50s-60s)(160w-150w) 121 - Tinjar Valles-390km (40n-30n)(120e-130e) 122 - Tisia Valles-390km (10s-20s)(40e-50e) 123 - Uzboi Vallis-340km (30s-40s)(40w-30w) 124 - Aganippe Fossa-329km (0s-10s)(130w-120w) 125 - Ceraunius Fossae-711km (40n-30n)(110w-100w) 126 - Corberus Fossae-1,254km (10n-0n)(160e-170e) 127 - Chasma Australe-491km (80s-90s)(100e-110e) 128 - Chasma Bureale-318km (90n-80n)(50w-40w) 129 - Coracis Fossae-747km (30s-40s)(90w-80w) 130 - Cyane Fossae-292km (40n-30n)(120w-110w) 131 - Echus Chasma-613km (10n-0n)(80w-70w) 132 - Eos Chasma-963km (10s-20s)(50w-40w) 133 - Erythraea Fossa-248 (20s-30s)(40w-30w) 134 - Fortuna Fossae-309km (10n-0n)(100w-90w) 135 - Ganges Chasma-541km (0s-10s)(60w-50w) 136 - Gigas Fossae-328km (10n-0n)(130w-120w) 137 - Halex Fossae-22km (30n-20n)(130w-120w) 138 - Hephaestus Fossae-528km (20n-10n)(120e-130e) 139 - Icaria Fossae-2,153km (40s-50s)(140w-130w) 140 - Ismeniae Fossae-858km (40n-30n)(30e-40e) 141 - Jouis Fossae-412 (20n-10n)(120w-110w) 142 - Labeatis Fossae-616km (20n-10n)(100w-90w) 143 - Medusae Fossae-291km (0s-10s)(170w-160w) 144 - Melas Fossae-313km (20s-30s)(80w-70w) 145 - Memnonia Fossae-1,370km (20s-30s)(160w-150w) 146 - Nectaris Fossae-664km (20s-30s)(60w-50w) 147 - Nia Fossae-333km (10s-20s)(80w-70w) 148 - Nili Fossae-709km (30n-20n)(70e-80e) 149 - Olympica Fossae-573km (30n-20n)(120w-110w) 150 - Oti Fossae-231km (0s-10s)(120w-110w) 151 - Sacra Fossae-461km (20n-10n)(80w-70w) 152 - Sirenum Fossae-2,712km (20s-30s)(150w-140w) 153 - Tantalus Fossae-1,990km (50n-40n)(110w-100w) 154 - Tempe Fossae-1,553km (40n-30n)(80w-70w) 155 - Thaumasia Fossae-1,118km (40s-50s)(100w-90w) 156 - Tractus Fossae-535km (30n-20n)(110w-100w) 157 - Ulysses Fossae-720km (20n-10n)(130w-120w) 158 - Uranius Fossae-438km (30n-20n)(90w-80w) 159 - Albor Tholus-165km (20n-10n)(150e-160e) 160 - Ascraeus Mons-462km (20n-10n)(110w-100w) 161 - Charitum Montes-1,412km (50s-60s)(50w-40w) 162 - Erebus Montes-594km (40n-30n)(180w-170w) 163 - Hellespontus Montes-681km (40s-50s)(40e-50e) 164 - Hibes Montes-177km (10n-0n)(170e-180e) 165 - Libya Montes-1,229km (10n-0n)(80e-90e) 166 - Meroe Patera-60km/ Nilipatera-70km (10n-0n)(60e-70e) 167 - Nereidum Montes-1,677km (40s-50s)(60w-50w) 168 - Orcus Patera-381km (20n-10n)(170e-180e) 169 - Sisyphi Montes-198km (60s-70s)(10e-20e) 170 - Tartarus Montes-1,100km (30n-20n)(170e-180e) 171 - Gusev-166km (10s-20s)(170e-180e) EXPLORE SURFACE - Push up while at views 172 - Barnacle Bill 173 - Boo Boo 174 - Chimp 175 - Cradle 176 - Ender 177 - Flat Top 178 - Grommit 179 - Half Dome 180 - Hippo 181 - Jenkins 182 - Mermaid Duneform 183 - Mini Materhorn 184 - Moe 185 - Roadrunner Flats 186 - Rock Garden 187 - Shark 188 - Souffle 189 - Stimpy 190 - Wedge 191 - Yogi 192 - Zaphod 193 - Flute Top MENUS 194 - [Picture of Mars] (Go up at Interactive Mode on First Menu) 195 - [Picture of Mars] (Go Right at Credit/Copyright Menu Option) 196 - [[ WE'RE STILL LOOKING!!! - LET US KNOW IF YOU FIND IT!!! ]] 197 - [[ WE'RE STILL LOOKING!!! - LET US KNOW IF YOU FIND IT!!! ]] 198 - Tharsis Volcanoes (Go up in DVD Previews Screen) 199 - The True Color of Mars (Go up in Help Screen) 200 - Coprates Catena (Go up in Advanced DVD-ROM Features List Screen) 201 - High resolution image of face on Mars (Press Select at Egg #0 - Martian Coronae Page)REVIEWS
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