Nonetheless, nostalgic-minded gamers will get a kick out of Bubble Bobble Revolution. [Oct. 2006, p.91]

King Kong is known for achieving great heights, but this game runs out of steam before reaching the top. [Feb 2006, p.100]

You'll enjoy Sega Casino for the range of games it has to offer-just don't expect to be wowed by the presentation. [Jan 2006, p.105]

The game is a s good as its GBA predecessors, but it doesn't stand out in any significant way. [Dec 2005, p.111]

Slow goal keepers ensure high scores and an exciting enough experience. [May 2006, p.94]

It's not about to bump Mario Kart from the pole position, but NASCAR Kart Racing is a surprisingly solid effort. [Feb 2009, p.90]

It's like fighting a fireworks display. Sometimes the enemy blows up. Sometimes you do. There's no strategy; no hook that makes you think about how you'll do better next time. [Feb 2006, p.99]

Simple, but fun. [June 2003, p.137]

Although play control and character actions are well-tuned, some platforms are frustratingly difficult to reach. [Mar 2004, p.118]

Still, Alien Syndrome delivers solid arcade-style action, and the inclusion of a four-player co-op mode always helps to mitigate a game's shortcomings. [Oct 2007, p.89]

Nanostray 2 is an odd mix of old and new; it looks and plays better than any of those old games, and it has the polish of a fresh title, but its brand of twitchy, frenetic action and one-hit deaths is so 1985. [Feb 2008, p.89]

I'd had my fill of destruction after an hour or two. [Nov 2010, p.87]

As you win matches in the four-round knockout tournament, you'll earn stats to make your team better. [Feb 2003, p.160]

Challenge Mode presents five objectives in each of six locations. [Jan 2003 p.173]

The trouble comes when Slimy has to slingshot himself into enemies, causing damage to himself more often than not. [July 2008, p.88]

Yes, Vanguard relies heavily on all the cliches of a World War II shooter, and what little new material it has fails to make the same impact as those now-standard genre elements once did. [June 2007, p.103]

The Transformers may be vehicles only part of the time, but their DS games--Transformers: Autobots and Transformers" Decepticons--could have nonetheless used a bit more polish before pulling out of the garage. [Sept 2007, p.86]

If you have a yearning for pure sudoku in video game form, Dr. Sudoku will provide a cure, but more options and a sharper presentation would have gone a long way. [May 2006, p.94]

The mixture of shame and frustration it instills will make you raise your eyebrows, turn on your heels, and snicker as you walk away. [July 2005, p.99]

Multiplayer skirmishes still make for a good time, and I definitely support the return to 2-D, but this series just can't seem to take a real step forward without taking two steps back. [Apr 2008, p.85]

As a budget-priced title, Ty delivers satisfactory entertainment for platformer fans. [Dec 2005, p.122]

This hard-boiled detective is a bit underdone. [June 2009, p.90]

Save your money for a better action-sports game. [Jan 2009, p.89]

The side-scrolling fight formula isn't new by any means, but the sumos give it their own fun spin. [Dec 2003, p.151]

What Carbon does right bodes well for the racing genre on the Wii; what it does wrong bodes poorly for the future of this once-entertaining franchise. [Feb. 2007, p.96]

Control is solid, but some puzzles are nonintuitive. [Nov 2004, p.133]

The action can get fierce, the motion is fairly smooth and the four-player battle mode is an absolute blast. [Nov 2001, p.148]

The control is tight. [Dec 2003, p.144]