The audio effects sound crude and the view of the action tends to be awkward for the downhill and Curling events, but the game gets a gold medal as far as variety and graphics. [Feb 2002, p.154]

Simply standard when compared to "Ecks vs. ever," Majesco's Dark Arena comes off as Quake Light. [Mar 2002, p.136]

With great sim style and arcade jams, NBA Courtside 2002 nets the best of both worlds. [Feb 2002, p.148]

The courses are too small for the type of frenetic game play it offers. [Feb 2002, p.149]

Perfect for the hard-core strategy pro. [Jan 2002, p.132]

It's simple but furious. [Jan 2002, p.134]

QB Club has shoddy graphics, iffy play control and a tiny list of options and modes. [Feb 2002, p.151]

They have such wonderful monsters to draw from, but don’t really use them. [Jan 2002, p.127]

Load time can be as slow as Homer's wit, but that's small beans when Road Rage is one of the wildest – and funniest – rides around. [Jan 2002, p.126]

For older gamers, E.T. offers little to phone home about. [May 2002, p.142]

The excellent epic still holds up. [Dec 2001, p.170]

It's a great, bouncy ride. [Nov 2001, p.148]

Catchy music, silly graphics and old-school action highlight a likable romp that arcade fans will dig. [Feb 2002, p.154]

The swashbuckling action is great, but you can actually run past most enemies without even fighting them. [Jan 2002, p.132]

Not hot enough to melt the snow. [Jan 2002, p.134]

While the stylized visuals are AWOL, Army Men's classic objective-based missions return for duty. [Jan 2002, p.132]

Smash Bros. is known for its deep game play, and Melee is a bottomless pit. [Dec 2001, p.166]

A riot of stressful action and multitasking that's fun every time you play it. [Dec 2001, p.164]

Wonderfully addictive. [Dec 2001, p.168]

Zany vehicles - such as the jet car - give an otherwise so-so racing game a little boost of horsepower. [Dec 2001, p.172]

The standard jump-climb-shoot action is far from out-of-this-world. [Mar 2002, p.137]

Surprisingly unique and monstrously funny. [Jan 2002, p.136]

Addictive. [Feb 2002, p.153]

With rich graphics, fun combat and personalized possibilities, MRA is monstrous fun. [Dec 2001, p.172]

As far as handheld first-person shooters go, Ecks vs. Sever deserves to be number one with a bullet. [Mar 2002, p.136]

Special bubbles and pinball bumpers in the playing field freshen up the tried-and-true, colorific fun. [Mar 2002, p.137]

There are only 12 cycles on a huge track, leaving you by yourself for much of the race. [Jan 2002, p.128]

The graphics are rich and the dinos are wily, but the play control is lacking. [Jan 2002, p.136]