We know it sounds weird and wild, but trust us, once you see the game in action you'll almost understand why it has, at times, totally dominated not only the Daily Radar office, but that of our parent company Imagine media as a whole.

Everything about the game is fun and everything about the production value says quality.

With only a few camera issues to stomach and a raised eyebrow given to the level of difficulty (especially in later stages), Ecco's 25+ stages of fluid, gorgeous gameplay show it has the brawn to back up its beauty.

Although it doesn't make full use of Sony's new 800-pound gorilla, it does have spectacular and colorful graphics, ingenious level design, a wonderful cast of characters and an enormous game world to explore.

The city-building series has been popular before, but we think Zeus has the potential to blow this series up big-time.

With just about every conceivable option for a basketball game available, Live 2001 is even better than last year's excellent effort.

So vastly improved over its predecessor that it easily wrests away the title of "Best Football Videogame of All Time" and easily scores a direct hit.

If you like Tekken then you have to have this, the most, biggest, best bag of Tekken so far. A droolworthy launch title.

We predict with confidence that Excitebike 64 will go down in gaming history as the best motorcycle game ever.

Oh yea, oh yea, glory hallelujah -- this is the game we've waited so long for.

The best wrestling game ever made and one of the best games ever to appear on the N64.

The original Dreamcast game blew us away, and there are so many improvements to this version it'd be impossible to list them all.

Beautiful graphics, huge courses, great multiplayer and infinite replayability round out the package to make this hands-down the best game on the PS2.

One of the most compelling, beautiful and impressive pieces of code we have played in a long, long time. It is also insanely addictive.

Colorful, fun, hopelessly addictive and a great way to introduce others to videogames.

Innovation, game play and design are blended in near-perfect measures, resulting in a game that's such a delight to play that I'm already begun working our way through it for the second time.

It's Number One, baby! Hi, Mom!

The fact remains that if you want to own the best possible basketball game for the PC, this is the one to get. The graphics are, as usual, simply spectacular, and the production values, from the snappy menu system to the hip-hop timeouts, are the best in the business.

The best $20 computer game we've ever played.

Another excellent addition to the series, a great example of pure pinball simulation.

Dance games will probably never get any better than this.

It's as if Michaelangelo came down, picked up an already beautiful painting and made it a masterpiece.

The best adventure game in years. That's one of the easier ways to describe The Longest Journey. It's also the longest, the most rewarding and the most mature.

There are a few weaknesses with the collision detection, but on the whole "Tenchu 2" is gripping, sleek and cool.

The characters and the storyline are so superbly written, illustrated and realized that it'll be impossible for any RPG fan to not find something to like in Skies of Arcadia.

Let's start by clearing up the silly notion that Fear Effect 2 is the games equivalent of a skin flick, shall we?... Creative, deep and addicting, Retro Helix is one of the best action adventures we've ever come across.

Luckily, the lame story is the one glaring flaw in an otherwise stupendous role-playing game.

This is the most beautiful fighting game ever to grace a home console.