This is a first-rate product.

Meat Puppet's execution leaves boundless room for improvement.

Pacific General is a grand strategic game with a charming simplicity.

Pandemonium! really takes off in the second half.

If the higher production values and lower IQs of recent adventure titles have got you down, then belly up to the Space Bar.

It's the actual playing you want to avoid in Tony La Russa 4.

Fans of adventure games will not want to pass this one up.

WarGods fares much better as a PC game than it did amidst its quarter crunching competition.

Strap yourself in, pile on the revs and watch for the flag. You're one of motorsport's elite, facing 28 grueling stages in the world's toughest test on wheels - the Network Q RAC Rally! Rally Championship in THE definitive motorsport simulation of the decade! It's al there, from frighteningly realistic handling of six high-performance cars, to superbly textured 3D panoramic views of nearly 300 miles of roads and tracks. Driving in rain, snow and fog through both day and night, you must cope with different vehicle behavior on a variety of surfaces. Shave off the seconds with power slides on the bends, and you're top of the high score table. Make a minute error of judgement and you're on the roof with adamaged vehicle to repair! You select your car from an impressive line-up complete with sound effects recorded from the actual vehicles and hundreds of different options ensure that you need never drive the some race twice! It's not surprising that Rally Championship is the only product of its kind to be officially endorsed by the RAC Motorsport Division. The only way you'll beat it is to jump in a car and do the real thing!

A rich strategy game that is both intuitive and challenging, both innovative and polished.

With a little improvement, future versions should produce a true contender.

Climb in and help Pajama Sam control the Sock-O-Matic Mark III, the sock-sorting dream machine the makes chores fun! Concentration is the key as Sam tries to control that crazy contraption. Chutes, pushers, slides, and swing arms are just a few of the gadgets you'll need to guide Sam's socks into the baskets. The Sock-O-Matic even has a Custom Level Builder that allows kids to create their own puzzling levels!

Putt-Putt, the lovable little purple convertible car always helps his friends. Mr. Firebird’s time machine has accidentally taken Putt-Putt’s lunch box, calculator, history report and his best pal Pep, the dog and scattered them through time. Help Putt-Putt find Pep and his school supplies and return them safely to the present and close the time portal.The best fun learning, quality screen time available for your children. A rich, colorful adventure travelling through time including the Age of the Dinosaur, Medieval Age, the Old West and even into the future.This junior adventure game plays differently each time you play and includes several mini games including: Jumble Picture Puzzle game, Watch and Copy Simon game and Shooing the Crows Away. With read-along text sub-titles. You now have the option to turn on (or off) text that matches each line of dialogue. Perfect for the hearing-impaired, early reading and learning English. •Listen – Think – Explore•Encourages teamwork and critical thinking•Fosters listening and memory skills•Reinforces good social skills•Promotes pattern recognition•Each experience for your child lets them explore different ways to play, again and again •Interactive touch screen reveals hundreds of hidden surprises! •Challenging puzzles, Fun mini games•Fantastic new friends •Encourages creativity, helps teach spatial relations and sharpens problem-solving skills •Feature-film quality animation and original music enhance the power of a child's imagination•Integrated with Apple’s GameCenter with exclusive in-game achievements

MAMMA, BOUNCA, BUTCH, and CAP'N HANDS are back and have been joined by SISTER MAQPIE and THE CONSUMER in the roll-call of shame, blasting their way through huge blood soaked worlds to inflict brutal revenge on C.H.E.B., who is hell bent on universal domination. PREPARE YOURSELF for an even heavier dose of maximum annihilation across 6 enormous 3D levels of terrifying morphing terrain which will leave you shell shocked and powered up with an array of awesome machinery and death sequences. Your bloody path is fraught with enemies to obliterate and riddles to solve in your quest to save the universe - If Loaded was twisted, then Re-Loaded is twisteder!!!

THE ASSAULT HAS BEGUN A vast armada of Alien warships unleash a deadly assault on the Earth. Taken by surprise, Earth's forces are crushed and only a small squadron of experimental fighters remain. The only chance for survival lies with you and a band of crack fighter pilots. Counterattacking from the orbital space carrier OMAHA, use all of your piloting skills to drive the Alien invaders out of Earth's cities, past the Moon, and back through the mysterious JumpGate from which they came! Intense, high-speed combat action. Fully functional cockpit with reactive audio/visual displays. 50+ minutes of Hollywood-style video captivates you in the Shockwave drama. Over 15 furious combat missions carried out over photo-realistic landscapes. Mission checkpoints allow you to continue the action mid-flight. Stunning 3D terrained based on aerial photographs; from the deserts and jungles of the Earth to the craters of the Moon.

News has come back to Earth of an intergalactic war rapidly approaching. A Krakin spacecraft is rapidly approaching Earth. After Humans and their Kerkop allies take one last stand against their enemies, they are victorious but the Krakin ship still remains. The Kerkop flee and Mankind is left on the edge of extinction. There is only one hope left. You. You are a member of the Proteus army, robotic soldiers with the souls of former humans that have given up everything to fight the menance. You have to destroy the ship and whatever evil remains lurking within. Are you up for the challenge of saving the entire human race from extinction?

All I can think of as I drag my putter through this unimaginative game is its unrealized potential.

The square footage of Ecstatica II far surpasses that of its predecessor.

It feels as though the game itself has been buried in a tomb for years.

It's obvious the company spent a lot of time and energy correcting the problemsof the '96 edition.

The best features of the game did not live up to their obvious potential.

It's full of interesting and unique features, but not all are executed particularly well.

Shadows over Riva offers a long, challenging, compelling quest.

Combat is where Ardennes distinguishes itself.

Triple Play 98 feels and plays great.

X-MEN UNLEASHED! A 100% conversion of the arcade mega-hit! It's here! Ultimate combat! Mutant mayhem! X-Power! Special moves! Mid-air action! Big characters! Sizzling graphics! Exactly like you played in the arcade! You will need all your mutant powers, all your speed, all your strength... for this is the ultimate combat! Have you got enough to defeat Magneto, Omega Red and the Sentinel? Are you tough enough for Wolverine, powerful enough for Cyclops, cool enough for Iceman... are you good enough to join the new breed of mutant heroes? X-Men Children of the Atom - the fighting game to end them all!

It's beginning to look like there will never be a truly great Star Trek game.

Shadow Warrior is pretty fun despite its dated qualities.

It's fast, it's frantic, it's furious, it's the first racing and fighting game for four players... It's STREET RACER! Race and fight with 24 different tracks, 5 game modes with tons of options, and 8 street racers to choose from!

F/A-18 Hornet 3.0 continues the noble tradition of creating a great sim andforgetting to put a game inside of it.

Dedicated wargamers will want to experience the depth of the Battleground games and will weather the flaws in order to do so.

The superior depth in which these battles are rendered will overrule any qualms many gamers will have.

British Open Championship Golf is a unique entry into the world of golf sims that is sadly brought down by a few flaws.

Spider Robinson's tongue-in-cheek writing rarely elicits the laughter it deserves.

Capitalism Plus is an overall improvement to the original system, not a complete rewrite.

Front Page Sports: Golf certainly has some fun surprises, taking the stuffinessout of your typical golf sim.

The Price of Loyalty expands the realms of Heroes of Might and Magic II with four new campaigns and a slew of critical enhancements. Discover new heroes and artifacts as you explore and conquer 24 new campaign maps and numerous stand alone scenarios.

Sierra has done an admirable job of creating a sharp and faithful rendition of poker.

The Enhanced Campaign CD is a good package, but more is needed to bring JF3 up to speed.

MDK is frequently fun, sometimes frustrating, full of surprises, and visually stunning.

This should truly be awesome...and it is - if you have the recommended Pentium 166.

Fast it is not. And that's the most exciting thing about it.

The first class audio and visuals simply cannot mask the fact that Power F1 contains a fundamental flaw.

Probably the most interesting thing about Sentient is that it does make you feel as if you're onboard a space station.

Soldier Boyz is proof that companies still do use video footage in games - and that the results are as unsatisfying as ever.

It may be a half-baked, flawed product, but it's one you just can't stop playing.

Though the tabloid alien-abduction plot feels a bit dated, there's more than enough splatter and gags to compensate.

In addition to creating a plethora of wacky questions pertaining to film, the producers have also given this version a movie motif.

NovaLogic is back with a sequel worthy of giving Longbow a spin.

Exile III: Ruined World is the triumphant conclusion to the Exile trilogy, a massive epic with elegant interface, fascinating plot, and beautiful graphics and sound. A more fascinating and playable game, one will be very hard pressed to find. In Exile, you were cast down into the underworld by the Empire. In Exile II, you claimed the pit as your own, and fought off the Empire. In Exile III, your battle is to return home, to return to the surface and the sunlight you had thought lost forever. The problem - the surface is being destroyed, and nobody knows how or why. Move fast, or there will be nothing left for you to return to.

The plot in Shivers II is hauntingly intelligent.

In the first adventure, "Supernatural Private Eye" Edward Carnby is confronted by the many faces of evil in the darkness of Derceteo, a house where entering is the easy part and leaving could be hell! In part 2, Carnby battles against the powers of voodoo to save an eight-year-old girl kidnapped by a gang of evil zombie bootleggers dwelling in the aptly-named "Hell's Kitchen." In his final quest, Carnby faces the ultimate challenge in Slaughter Gulch, a Western, wilder than you could ever imagine! [I-Motion]

An adventure game with no adventure and no game.

Although this game doesn't include everything it should, there are some tasty extras.

From the opening level, you'll know you're in for a movie-worthy experience.

Grab your lightsaber and get ready for terrific Star Wars adventuring in Yoda Stories, the newest in a series of easy-to-play Desktop Adventures from LucasArts. Join Luke Skywalker as he trains to become a Jedi with Yoda, then harness the Force and cross the galaxy to meet exotic aliens, collect stange devices and weapons and deal the Galactic Empire one crippling blow after another - all within an hour!

The charming, uniform graphics also invoke the warm nostalgia of a bygone era.

The game is a real blast.

It plays wonderfully, looks absolutely fantastic, and serves up hours upon hours of wicked deep space warfare.

There's a lot to like in this low-priced gem.

Enemy Nations presents real-time strategy gamers with, if not something exactly new, at least a new combination of gaming styles.

The backgrounds in Eve are attractive, but the redundancy becomes tiresome.

Sound like standard empire builder fare? Yes and no.

A little patience goes a long way with HeliCOPS and leads to an overall satisfying experience.

iM1A2's complexity and realism will certainly appeal to simulation wonks, while the intense real-time strategy should endear it to the hearts of strategic wargamers.

Vale of Sorrow doesn't change Meridian drastically, but the improvements it makes are useful and well implemented.

Most of the new weapons in Dissolution are refined versions of hacks previously available on the Web.

Mech-to-mech combat is similar to others of this genre, with a couple of exceptions.

For those of you who never played the "non-gold" edition of Settlers II, it's best described as a mix of SimCity and Civilization.

Assume the role of Robert Cath, an American who recieves a mysterious dispatch from a friend to meet him on the Orient Express. However, once you get there you discover that things aren't quite as they should be! The game is set during the run up to World War 1. It has a very impressive recreation of the Orient Express and features a historically accurate background.

Theme Hospital is at heart a god-game in the vein of SimCity or Populous.

This typing tutorial stars Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool.

Test Drive: Off-Road is pure arcade action.

It's a fine piece of work with only a couple minor flaws.

Play Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles AND Sonic 3 and Knuckles! Save the world from destruction by defeating the evil Dr. Robotnik with your choice of Sega's best heroes... Sonic, Knuckles and Tails! Blast through huge zones, check out cool 3D special stages, discover bonus levels, and compete in 2-player split-screen competition. Complete with famous special moves, catchy soundtracks and fast action play, Sonic & Knuckles Collection delivers hours of great PC gameplay.

You'll battle cultists, gargoyles, zombies, hellhounds, and an unholy host of other terrors in your quest to stop Tchernobog. You must not only defeat the Cabal--you must scour its dread name from human memory. If that means eradicating everyone and everything the Cabal has ever tainted, so be it. Of course, you'll first have to make your way through fortresses, castles, mines, mansions, and estates guarded and kept by Tchernobog's malevolent servants. Fortunately, it is wits that make the hero, and although you're in serious danger of losing yours, you've got enough left to improvise some pretty effective tools of destruction. Aerosol hairspray can be frightening enough on its own, but apply it to a lighter flame and you've got an instant flamethrower (kids, don't try this at home!). Likewise, a flare gun can brighten your prospects considerably against even the grimmest odds, which is to say nothing for shotguns, Tommy guns, and dynamite. Who knows, you may even find that there are some spirits on your side when you find yourself clutching a voodoo doll. [Monolith]

Not nearly as original as its unorthodox title may imply.

I can't stop playing Realms of the Haunting.

A 60-year-old unsolved murder mystery... An ancient Indian myth called the "Cave of Death"... A strange note, a desperate plea for help... Adventures await you along the trails of the Great Northwest as you pursue unsolved mysteries in the role of Detective Chuck McBlade. Hiking, Hang-gliding, Rock Climbing, White Water Rafting, Wild Animal Encounters, Nature Discoveries, and much more...