Delivered in a nasal surfer tone that makes people think disparaging things about California, the main character's comments sound like a 40-year-old ad exec's idea of what "the kids" think ...
VR Baseball 2000 is a decent game but one that does not hold a clear edge over any of the others in the genre.
Heart of Darkness is the latest platform/puzzle game from the creators of Out of this World and Flashback.
Mission Studios has essentially taken the Jetfighter III engine and wrapped it all in a cinematic narrative that would have shamed Digital Pictures.
There's no denying that M.A.X.2 has all the ingredients of a great game, but strange quirks in the game engine and some downright bugs prevent it from reaching its full ...
Consider it short-lived fun, at best.
The game puts you behind the wheel of an ammo-decked patrol car, motorcycle, or wing vehicle to fight crime and annihilate anything that gets in your way as you do ...
The game just doesn't have the polished look of Triple Play or MLB.
It's a noble effort to both cannibalize the best elements of classics of the genre and also provide a number of refreshing innovations.
This isn't a cookie-cutter sequel at all. It's half shoot-em-up, half laugh riot - and that adds up to a damn good deal to me.
At its worst, it seems more like the second season of Twin Peaks, when the obscurity gets self-serving, and the payoff is meager compared with its initial pretensions.
If you're a fan of powerboat racing and think it's neat that it has been turned into a video game, don't get your hopes up.
M1 Tank Platoon II is still an extremely well-done and researched simulation, and is almost worthy of the name.
Die by the Sword goes well beyond its almost admirably typical premise to deliver a visually stunning, terribly challenging, and often awe-inspiring dungeon hack.
What begins as an interesting tale of conspiracy and murder ends up a confused and confusing gore fest of the not-so-supernatural.
Aesthetically, Star Trek Pinball contains a rather uninspired suite of flashing lights, shooting cues, and sound effects.
All 12 games in the package remain enjoyable to this day, each in turn a testament to the timelessness of the genre.
If you don't already know the dos and don'ts of castling etiquette, don't expect to win many games here.
Red Asphalt is a solid contribution to the "drive 'n' kill" genre.
Screamer shuns the pit stops, personnel moves, and car equipment upgrades that have become familiar to racing fans in favor of colorful, straightforward, hard-driving action.
It's a video game, it's a cartoon, it's a toy, it's a lunch box, and now it's a PC CD-ROM game.
Though the tabloid alien-abduction plot feels a bit dated, there's more than enough splatter and gags to compensate.
Starfleet Command is undoubtedly the best combat-oriented Trek game yet.
It improves in almost every conceivable way on its predecessors and reestablishes the series as the premier example of the play style it single-handedly pioneered.
Virtual Pool 2 succeeds as being both an entertaining game and an instructional tool.
Messiah is relatively short, and the memorable set pieces are interrupted by too many uninspired jumping puzzles.
The core elements of 1997's best role-playing game are intact and, in several ways, have been improved.
Baldur's Gate largely manages to meet, and even surpass, gamers' high expectations for this ambitious game.
If you're not adverse to a little lowbrow humor and a lot of violence and mayhem, you'll find plenty of action and still more fun in Carmageddon II.
Earthworm Jim 3D has something to discourage all types of people from playing it.
Baseball 2000 feels, plays, and looks just the way its name sounds: generic.
It's an extremely ambitious simulation that provides plenty of original gameplay but fails to adequately refine its presentation.
The real shame of it is there is a fine, fine flight simulator at the core of Aggressor.
It's clearly the best traditional computer role-playing game of the year and is bound to be an all-time favorite for many of its inevitable fans.
FreeSpace 2 is one of the best space sims ever made and is a solid candidate for game of the year.
This is a great deal for those who've never played the games.
Atomic Bomberman is one of this year's biggest missed opportunities.
Baseball Edition 2000 is more of a "my favorite team just got whipped in real life so I think I'll take out my aggressions on the computer's weak AI" sort ...
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