It looks great, plays smoothly and comes packed with that fuzzy warm feeling that invariably comes from the Disney experience.

Melodramatic dialogues precede and follow each fight, and they're handled with the same mildly illiterate aplomb as most anime translations -- meaning that they're longwinded, heavyhanded and occasionally unintelligible to all but the most diehard of fans, which is just how we like 'em.

The control is a travesty that could've been resolved with either proper joystick implementation or configurable controls. Shame on Konami.

In the end, though, the lackluster graphics, frustrating gameplay and repetitive actions make it a slightly entertaining romp through a scary theme park, but not fun enough for us to recommend as one of the DC's best.

The sort of videogame that needs to have the epilepsy warning printed in 72-point Helvetica bold. This game is so colorful, fast and disorienting that we came close to passing out a couple of times and poking ourselves on the "Seaman" microphone.

The real appeal of a surfing game is the feel of the board responding to the waves, however, and Championship Surfing captures that beautifully.

Its personality, attractive graphics and RPG elements could've spawned a fun and frantic 3D RTS, but the game ends up feeling like an incomplete action game that's a little "ruff" around the edges.

It's such a banal misuse of a popular franchise that its mediocrity really shines through.

The included events -- Long Jump, High Jump, 110M Hurdles, 100M Dash, Shot Put, Javelin Throw and 1500M Run -- all involve the same control scheme. Each is equally frustrating.

As a pinball game, the tables are too barren and as an action/platform-like game, the pinball control is out of place.

An ugly, hollow mess that disgraces its storied predecessors in every way.

Two-player mode, as well as some nice VMU games, and even a rather uninspired 3D "fighting" game option make Revenge a great rental, but there's just not enough meat (living or otherwise) to warrant shelling out $40 at ye local videogame store.

With its myriad bugs and lack of real multiplayer component, Jet Fighter IV is the sort of game that should have spent a few more months in the hangar.

This version of Sarge's Heroes seems to be the most workmanlike, competent and graphically solid of the bunch.

A decent game that could have been great if it had been released three years ago.

Misses the mark by just a tad, but that shouldn't halt the admiring throngs.

Lacking in gameplay and visual splendor, Evergrace doesn't do enough to provide a quality next-generation RPG experience.

Alas, KISS Psycho Circus just plain sucks.

A thin game that is sometimes fun, but mostly routine, and with less depth and imagination than the great games it is copying.

It's simplistic and mechanical, and just doesn't deliver the feel of a smoky pool hall where skill rules out over luck.

With bland graphics, poor gameplay balancing and -- worst of all -- terrible controls, so much of the game is so much of a drag that it falls short of the anemically rising levels that set the 3D action/adventure standard.

While it graphically looks fairly good, its simulation of the sport places the emphasis squarely on offense, and that's just not how baseball is played.

Though "PGA" plays the simulation angle well, the easy putting, occasional quirks in control and lackluster graphics that actually affect the gameplay adversely all leave this title mired in mediocrity.

As the Whatsit says, " @!#?@!"

We can think of plenty of ways to blow a Benjamin, but few would offer quite as much bang for the buck.

After the first half hour, however, we discovered that while the game does have some mindless aspects, it's a surprisingly fun action title with some worthwhile puzzles and even an intriguing storyline.

Crave's "Sno Cross" is a far better game and is five bucks cheaper at $9.99.

The problem is that its main competition, EA Sports' Madden series, has most of the same features, plays a much better game of football and looks a lot better doing it.