Although Mad Maestro is plenty novel, quirky, and cute as a button, it doesn't have enough depth or replay value to justify its price.

There are no PGA courses or players, but what it does have to offer is a gameplay style so simple it truly is good for everyone.

A good title, but also frustrating because of its PS2-quality graphics.

What really breathes longevity in Agent Under Fire is the bot support, something missing from the PlayStation 2 version.

It's part turn-based strategy, part role-playing, and part action-oriented real-time strategy wrapped up inside a highly playable design. And best of all -- it's a lot of fun to play.

Not much has changed since last year, and not much is different (other than the graphics) between the 2001 version and 2002.

3DO's High Heat 2003 will be more fun over more time, but if you like your games as pretty as a lingerie model, Triple Play's cup runneth over.

Despite the at times questionable competition of Sled Storm 2, the actual racing is always fun and borders on addictive.

Better than the original in every way. It even manages to trump the GameCube triumph, "Rogue Leader," in at least one key way as well -- it has a cooperative play mode.

A dull game accompanied by a truly horrid save system.

Especially boring was the fact that characters that die cannot be brought into the game immediately -- you have to go back to the nexus (that's not what it's called, but hey, it's my review) and get them, restarting the level again in its entirety. Ugh.

HH 2003 isn't a particularly awful game, but rather it's a bit dull and unrefined. It should have had a lot more conditioning before being released for the public.

Injects a good dose of originality and fun into what can often be an unoriginal genre.

A cheery-looking game world but lousy, sleep-inducing gameplay.

The gameplay is fast and furious and fun for about three fights. Unless button mashing becomes the latest fitness craze, Knockout Kings 2002 will not impress you or your fitness instructor.

What's most important, though, is that the classic, exciting Tony Hawk gameplay is still very much in evidence. Taken in its own right as a GBA game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 soars high.

The Xbox version beats the other two in all the right ways.

Not only is RalliSport Challenge one of the best rally racing games ever, it may be the most fun ever to rumble on a console.

Still the best thing out there...Hopefully the developers will make next year's version less arcade-like and implement more simulation aspects that take advantage of the fine engine.

If you want something casual and wild, go for a different game, but if you want a simulation, a challenging one at that, Konami's got you covered.

When compared to "Sim Golf," this game isn't as refined, isn't as addictive, and simply isn't as much fun.

Heavy on eye candy but disappointingly light on game.

Out of the Park Baseball 4 is such a great online game that I can't stop singing its praises to anyone who will listen.

It's not a game style that many can master; in fact it's downright frustrating and not always satisfying. Tapping two buttons like a madman will never feel like Skating, and neither will the twitch puzzle used for Figure Skating performance. But there isn't a better way.

Even with multiple solutions to some situations, the game follows a largely linear path. Except for the user's material participation in combat, Bridge Commander can feel like a pure adventure game.

It's not "Medal of Honor," but if you can get past the first-generation engine and various technical and design glitches, there's still a good deal of fun to be had.

Poor sound effects, sometimes misused, uninteresting music, bad voice acting, merely decent graphics, the same enemies over and over again, only seven and a half hours of gameplay, and the game still manages to be fun.

A very well done strategy game that suffers from, of all things, an overload of story and linearity.