The single biggest change made to MechWarrior is in speed. Gone are the days of slow, plodding robots.

Stylish and fun despite some repetitiveness, this is one of the better action games you can pick up this year.

The quintessential Harvest Moon, and Natsume will be hard-pressed to top this one in terms of added gameplay, additional farming tasks to complete, areas to explore and women to woo. For fans of the series, this is a must-buy, and a must-see for those looking for something a little different.

Finally and least forgivable, important terrain features and items pop into existence only when the Grinch comes close, and disappear again if he moves away. This is endlessly irritating.

Tomb Raider junkies will like the new levels, but anyone that got sick of this back in 1997 isn't going to have a sudden change of heart.

Problematic gameplay and terrible control mar an essentially goofy and slightly fun offering.

Though it doesn't stand out technically, the physics and gameplay modes lend themselves to hopping right in and hitting the dirt.

We come not to bury Spider-Man, but to lament that more could not be done to make the Nintendo 64 version of the game as sharp as its counterpart.

It offers more than "Civilization 2," but not a lot more. Fighting has been expanded in strategically interesting ways, but additions to diplomacy, technology and interface are primarily cosmetic and flat.

The graphics are just plain ugly, the gameplay is utterly monotonous, and the whole affair has the freshness of sun-dried milk.

Is Gunman Chronicles a good total conversion? For the most part, yes. Is Sierra trying to milk the Gordon Freeman cow one too many times? Absolutely.

Spankings are in order for the lamentable pile of dung titled Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker, and there aren't enough asses or paddles out there to make restitution possible.

If "Knockout Kings 2001" weren't on the market, this game might earn a severe MISS rating. But compared to that excellent game, HBO Boxing isn't worth the disc it's encoded on.

With new tag-team maneuvers that are remarkably easy to execute and more backstage areas than ever before, this is still the best PSOne wrestler and a great game for fans looking for something to play with their friends.

The levels in Banjo-Tooie border on being too large -- it's rather easy to get lost in many areas. The level design, though, is superb, and the visuals are top-notch for the N64.

Even players who aren't die-hard fans of the shooter genre will enjoy the game, if they give it a little time to grow on them.

One of the coolest and most absorbing games we've played all year.

Contains fleeting moments of fun, but the weak control of the game makes playing it more of a chore than anything.

In short, this interactive bit of testosterone-laden tomfoolery is just like the movie.

Failing to pull through with what could have been a very interesting premise, however, EA has given us the keys to Bond's wheels but included with them jagged visuals, uninteresting level designs and some of the least polish we've seen in a while, making this game something of a clunker.

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

All flash and no substance, Gunbird 2 is too hard, too short and too boring to even bother looking at.

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.

This horrible travesty might cheat a couple of otherwise unsuspecting parents, who meant to buy Madden, out of their hard-earned money with a game that even a chimpanzee with a transplanted goldfish brain could see was unfinished.

Some fun can be extracted from the deep bowels of Blues Brothers 2000, but the lack of innovation, short game length, disgusting camera control and uninspiring license lead to a game not even deserving of a rental.

The son of Zeus should not be dropped into the most generic and bland series of environments that make the hellish pit of New Jersey seem as diverse as the Amazon rain forest.

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

Some players may not find it terribly thrilling, but for those who are looking for aerial excitement, Sky Odyssey is a must-own.