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In some cases, bugs make it impossible to finish a game, but we identify situations where that has occurred. CGW consideration the preferences, back- ground and possibie biases of the reviewer and, where possibie, we find peopie with actual iife experience or speciai backgrounds that match a game. We believe this policy enhances both the credibility of the review and the enjoyment of gameplay when the real world and the game world are competently compared.

We believe such gilts have a tacit assumption ol coverage attached to them. Addict them first, charge them later. Distributing Shareware via the Internet has proven to be a great promotional channel for marketing games: See which games made CStfs list of top 15 shareware games of all time hint: Download these greatest-shareware games from our AOL site, and see for yourself just how addicting they are. Coming Next Month Our annual Holiday Buyer's Guide returns with more than 50 pages of gaming goodies lor the holidays.

The rare game that gets it all -right, The graph- ics, sound, and gameplay come together to form a. A I high-quality game I that succeeds in i many areas. Can be a game that reaches for the stars, but falls short in several ways. Can also be a game that does what it does well, but lacks flair or originality. A game with serious prob- lems. Usually buggy, seriously lacking in play value, or just a poorly-conceived game design- you should think long and hard before buying it. The rare game that gets it all wrong. This is reserved for those products so buggy, i!

It is available online at http: Visit your favorite retail haunt or to order direct, dial , or summon us on the Web: Group One; Move to the river crossing. Move south and fire on the forces before you. The battle is over, dozens of vehicles destroyed, and even more troops sent to their electronic graves. Here I sit, the adrenaline rush subsiding, coming back to earth. Suspension of dis- belief suspended. Oddly enough, in many ways tonight was a lot like a night some 15 years ago when I sat in front of a different computer, turned my little single-prop aircraft around at about 24, feet, and aimed it at a postage-stamp-size grid floating far below me on the computer screen.

In that world the enemy fighters were nothing more than simple white dots on the screen that flirted about like rocket-powered fireflies. Reality in ultimate abstract. A dot, nothing more, represented my determined opponent. Yet, I was totally engaged. It was just me and the dot. No mercy, no quarter. There is a small mailbox here. Somehow, recall- ing these games is a bit like attending your high-school reunion. It brings back a lot of memories. The first issue of Computer Gaming World appeared 15 years ago this month.

Now, 15 years doesn't seem like a long time when you consider the likes of The New Yorker or Reader's Digest. However, in the world of computers and computer games 15 years is a! A fair por- tion of the games were distributed on cassette tape. The name Lord British was unknown, except to a few folks in Texas, and Trip Hawkins was a young executive at fledgling Apple Computer who dreamed of starting his own game company one day. I was right about the hobby and industry, but quite wrong about being a computer game designer. You see, in those days the designer and the programmer were the same person.

After spending only two weeks with the Applesoft tutorial manual. The blistering action takes you through flesh-eating tunnels and booby-trapped sewers with only your wits separating you from a body bag. Well, wits and whole bunch of guns, knives, grenades, and rocket launchers. The garrulous Johnny Wilson Is at left. While trying to figure out how to get the computer to pay for itself, I was playing a lot of games.

Driving along the freeway one day in March , 1 was thinking about the game. Mulling over the fact that a programming error caused the MES in the game to turn more tightly than they should have, I wondered if others had noticed the same problem, i wanted to read a review of the game and see if others saw the problem.

It occurred to me that no one was reviewing computer games in those days. Outside of a brief mention of an arcade game here and there, none of the existing magazines covered games. Use the Force, Russ! And I did learn. Now, 15 years later I look with pride at what CGW has accomplished over the years and at what if is today. In those 15 years CGW has reviewed thousands of computer games and entertained millions of gamers. But more importantly, CGkYhas helped mold and shape the look of the computer gaming as both hobby and industry.

We played a key role in building the community of com- puter gamers. This is the greatest legacy a magazine could hope to attain. Computer Gaming World has done the job. And I am very proud of her. He still plays games. Publications Group President, U.

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Find out why the critics are calling Down in the Dumps the funniest, best-looking and smelliest 3D graphic adventure game ever to dis grace a computer screen. The first thing attendees saw upon entering the hall was a genuine, bright- red Fokker Triplane hanging over the Empire booth promoting Flying Corps. The award for flashiest premiere has to go to DID, who earlier in the week had invited journalists to the Farnborough Air Show to unveil the new 3dfx update of EF, What better way to show off EF than with a show that featured a flying display with the re3l Eurofighter, as well as MiGs, Sukhois, and even a B-2 flyby?

You control one character who is assigned a covert mission from the Emperor, but how you complete that mission is up to you. Although a sequel to The Elder Scrolls; Arena, Daggerrall offers plenty of improve- ments over its progenitor. Landscapes are no longer flat, and the use of 3D in stairs, balconies, and roofs makes everything seem more real. Fast travel is easy, reduc- turn-based game, and build weapons to fight off a relentless alien race.

Gremlin had a number of impressive titles on display, including Fragile Allegiance, seemingly a hybrid of Master of Orion and Deadlock. It looked better than it sounds. Ocean's Dreadnought evokes thoughts of the frighten- ingly bad Air Power, with fantasy triplanes Connecticut.

Theme Hospital, on the other hand, is just what it sounds like— Theme Park gameplay set in a hospital. More excit- ing is news of Populous 3, which will merge the Warring Gods strategy game with an enhanced Magic Carpet engine to give you amazing views of your dominion. Nostalgia buffs will also want to be on the lookout for Lunar Landing, a detailed Apollo simulator by U. Finally, some of the biggest buzz at the show concerned the announcement of the U.

But while their large capacity MB has helped usher in this new era, their speeds and access times have left more than a few gamers twiddling their thumbs waiting for insfallaiions to finish and scenes to load. Improvements should come not only in speedx i works out to a swift 1. What does ; that mean for gamers? Faster installs, scene loads, and I general file 1 0, and In applications- that hit different i parts of the CD-ROM, faster accesses-which promises i less thumb-twiddling for us ail. Denying that financial difficulties motivated the decision, the Redwood City, California-based company stated that il was difficult to justify being dependent on outside compa- nies to manufacture their game console, which floun- dered amidst the competition.

Cutting its staff by one- third-primarily outside developers, with the remaining layoffs coming from within the hardware division-3DO says il wants to focus on the "next generation of gaming technoiogy. Meridian 59, made its official debut immediately on the heels of the amowcemenl-Jill Anderson ing the burden of some of the Fed-Ex-delivery- person scenarios, and even such mundane details as negotiating with shop owners is more fun.

Also, combat seems both tougher and more interesting than il did in Arena, since you have different strokes with your weapons. Whoever controls the planet will be declared victor, and the rest of the galaxy will be spared bloodshed. But those who must bat- tle for rule over this planet will pay the price, for blood will be spilled in the battle for the lush planet, Gailius IV. The conditions for victory: This is the premise behind Deadlock, another space strate- gy game in the same vein as Master of Orion.

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Deadlock should satisfy sci- fi gamers, at least until the Antarans return in Master of Orion 2. The only quibbles I have are the slightly weak Al and a few interface quirks. But in the end Deadlock is just plain iun. For those who thought space colony man- agement games died out alter Outpost as i did , this is a game for you. Or how ATI's new 3D.

With face-blasting speed, butter-smooth detail and 65, crazy colors. All because wc build more features right onto the board than Matrox, Diamond or anyone else. Really cool stuff like Gouraud shading, bi-lincar filtering, perspective-correct texture mapping and fog effects. Which, as wc all know, means scarier realism and fiister respon. Plus you get the ATI Sofrw. Available in 2MB or 4MB versions. See it now at your dealer. Call us at press 2 for faxback. Or check out all the details at vww. Sierra asked for authorization to create an add-on pack called Total Meltdown, including original sounds and art- work in addition to levels created from the official level editor.

GTI denied Sierra's request; however. Total was on the for wo weeks GTI confronted Bellevue, Washington-based company regarding copyright infringement. Sierra agreed to stop pro- duction, pay an un- disclosed settlement, and destroy the remaining copies of the disc after selling the 50, copies it had already distrib- uted. Carlsbad, Califormia- based Micro Star has developed its own add-on pack.

GTI has insisted that Micro Star stop distributing the discs, citing copyright infringement. Micro Star is using Apogee's characters-pig cops, the one- eyed monster, the trooper, and other images-on the packaging. Micro Star has filed a counter suit to keep GTI from threatening legal action against retailers that carry Nuke It, and a suit for damages, stat- ing that GTI is infringing on its business practices, a move that Miller believes is an attempt to stall the short-term injunction and keep the product on store shelves through the holidays.

The case was set to be taken to the Federal Court in San Diego county in late September, and is expected to set prece- dence for intellectual copyright infringement cases in the future. No Remorse have come to know and love. Among the additions to the game are a freeze gun that both freezes and then shatters your opponent in Terminator 2 iesh'm, a deadly gun that reduces your enemy to flesh chunks; and a new mech that can morph into such mundane objects as vending machines.

The Al is supposed to be better, and some enemies will actually roll and duck for cover while blasting you. Still, if you like to see things blow up, and you love to flame, freeze, disintegrate and oth- erwise obliterate your foes, then you should definitely reserve a spot on your hard drive for Crusader: The new Jagged Alliance game comes with a nicely done cam- paign, but the focus is on scenario design and multiplayer competition against teams of mer- cenaries commanded by other humans.

Each bat- tle now has turn limits, which has proved contro- versial among former players Sir-Tech has announced a patch that will make turn limits optional. Both sites currently provide reviews, tips, hints, and features to almost half a million visitors each month, Ziff strategists hope to draw twice this number by offering a one-stop gaming shop for Web surfers. According to publisher Dale Strang, the merger brings game fans the best of Ziff-Davis' online and magazine resources: You can access CG-Online at www. With the Rendition deal. Sierra hopes to provide gamers with high-performance acceleration hardware, in an attempt to take Sierra titles to the next level.

Duke Nukem 3D maintains a Top 3 position, for the fifth consecutive month. We mail a survey to 1, random- ly-chosen subscribers each month, and we use the results to cal- culate the Top and Playing Lately each month. Last Month Months On Chart 1. Civilization II MicroProse 2 6 2. Duke Nukem 3D 3D Realms 3 7 3. Command and Conquer VirginAVestwood 4 12 5. MechWarrior 2 Activision 5 11 6. Doom II id Software 6 8 1 7. Steel Panthers SSI 8 11 i 8.

Wing Commander IV Origin 10 10 range from killing everything in sight to pho- tographing the objective. Multiplayer options include modem and network play for up to four people, but no specific Internet support. Game play is addictive, and the only downside is the plain-vanilla VGA graphics. Maybe you had to be there. Anyway, now Devo has a computer game. Adventures of the Smart Patrol, and boy does this thing stink. The plot, such as it is, involves some sort of nonsense about bringing down an evil corporate empire and stopping a genetically mutated creature called Turkey Monkey. Most disappointing— considering that Devo really were music-video pioneers— is how awful the game looks, with third-rate animation; jerky, out-of-synch video; and an atrociously annoying interface.

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And never forget, that while love may conyuer ail, a pair of high- powered pistols will blow them straight to oblivion. The developers at New World had cleverly devised two inlerlocking games that, when connected, gave a sum greater than that of the two separate parts. The game world will be designed by a former architect who is supposed to use real-world logic in creating lioor plans that make sense, cities which reflect the transactional and traffic flow of the city, and settle- ments that make the best use of existing natural resources. In this way, the artists can work on the environment using existing 30 tools while the programmers are still building the engine.

Even Ihe objects which can be manipulated in the game will all be defined objects with analogs to real-world objects. Most should be released soon. Off the track, NASCAR 2 sports inter- face improvements with lighter menus, upper and lower command bars and a single-screen setup routine that contains a spot lor comments-a nice touch. Race-time graphics are cleaner loo, with a far more sophisticated look that includes clouds, prettier pavement, and generally more-stable movement. One recurring complaint about the original, coming mostly from outside the core Papyrus audience.

In short, it was just too darned hard to handle, espe- cially on road courses. Jarrett, who coaches you about that car in your right or left blind spot, current lap count and the pit-lane speed limit. Uh-oh, better get Maaco! The Succession Wars I n the great fantasy tradition of sequels and trilogies, authors have given us hours and hours of fascinating reading by taking us beyond the "happily ever after" of their first books and introducing us to the trials and tribulations of their offspring.

Gamers choose between playing the bad son and the good son in two different campaigns, Still not satisfied? Best of all, van Caneghem has managed to add role-playing ele- ments to a well-balanced strategy game without messing up the play- balance that made the original so addictive. Graphically, the towns offer a more realistic feel.

The castles are based on historical archi- tectural styles, instead of the fantasy illustra- tion of the original, and the buildings are ren- dered in 3D so that they cast the right kinds of shadows and then textured with hand- drawn 2D art to remove that sterile feel most 3D art has. Unlike the first game, in which you built dwellings once and were rewarded with one type of being to recruit, HOMIl allows you to upgrade nearly half the dwellings in the game.

Even some familiar buildings from the origi- nal have new value in HOMMli. Thieves Guilds now provide more detailed references, and tav- erns add rumors that can be useful. Further, you can now divide creatures into attack groups. In the original, a player with 60 centaurs had to leave them in one group of That way a rival sorcerer could tie up all 60 centaurs at once. Judging from our initial play sessions of HOM- Mll, it is possible to make a great game even bet- ter.

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Each race does have different strengths and weaknesses, and the campaigns are very different lor each race. With Its differ- ences and fun gameplay. War Wind should hook all those WarCbaft fans who are looking lor new fantasy real-time battles. Look for War Wino to hit store shelves in early November. Think you could handle the pres- sures of Hollywood? Obstacles arise out ol nowhere: During production, costumes may be delayed and actors may tarry in Makeup.

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The detail was such that even non-player characters would react to you based on your charac- ter's reputation, as word traveled from town to town of your actions. What the dialogue lacked In clever- ness, it made up for with an authentic, gritty feel rarely found in other games. For the first lime, NPCs became true companions, rather than bun- dles of statistics to help in combat. Mule EA, F our players try to colonize a planet while simultane- ously driving the other players out of business.

Named after the robotic "mule" that enables you to farm, mine and transport equipment, the game contains no bombs, guns or missiles-just offers an exciting game of cutthroat competition complete with live auction that actually made eco- nomics fun. Rotary aircraft snap to the right, machine guns jam at the worst time-just exactly how you would expect these rickety constructions of wood and fabric to behave.

A tribute to the design is that despite its dated VGA graphics, it is still selling. If Red Baron II is anywhere near as good, flight sim fans will have ample reason to rejoice, 5. ID Software, S imply the best action game of all time. Sim Cin Maxis, T he ulti- mate in software toys almost never got pub- lished. After you built your city from scratch, you had to run it, and the continued success comes not so much from the mechanics, but from tapping into the sheer joy of discovery.

Challenging on many levels, it evaluates your perfor- mance even as you enjoy it. But Wing Commander was the first to successfully blend interstellar action with a storyline.

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While the theme-a valiant struggle against a seemingly overwhelming foe-was typical sci-fi, the designers did a good job of developing the tensions inherent in the situation. Ostensibly a game of planetary conquest, complete with a sci-fi wrapping in the documentation, the game was really a delightful multi- player version of strategic level WWiI era warfare.

Production level determined economic level which determined the potential number of military units avail- able. Wasteland Interplay, A fascinating science fiction story set in a post-nuclear world of dis- integrating technology, dysfunc- tional society and mutant organisms.

Ask the party o divvy up the cash and one or more might refuse. Play it your- self. It also introduced the useful and neces- sary wingmen and the first truly dynamic flight sim campaign. The fact that the game Is still in the shelves more than five years after its initial release is testament to its quality and advanced design, FPS Football Sierra, M ost pigskin games are either realis- tic stat-based sims dryer than our favorite martini, or so reflex-dependent that your gridiron savvy is rendered totaliy irrelevant.

Instead of rely- ing on statistics, this models the physics of the game on the field; the fluid rotoscoped movement of the play- ers; the quick release of a Dan Marino pass; the blocking power of a pound offensive lineman. From the play editor; to the updated rosters of NFL players who actually play like their real- life counterparts , and the career league options, no other game brings its sport to life quite like this one.

This diabolical puzzle game starts with simple challenges and works you steadily towards ultra-challenging conundrums that require split-second timing with the mouse. In its initial release, the PC version was a poor imi- tation of its Amiga predecessor, but the Win 95 update included with Lemmings Paintball should be snatched up by all who missed this classic. From here began a magic journey into the land of Frobozz. This seminal Infocom text adventure combined chal- lenging puzzles, wonderful descriptive prose, and a touch of humor to create a rich universe that existed not in SVGA graphics, but within your head.

A far different tone than the campy Return TO ZoRK or the dark Zork Nemesis made this a universe many early gamers would spend all their non-school houR glued to until it was fully explored. Gabriel Knight 2 Sierra, A haunting tale from Jane Jensen, the interactive Ann Rice, which suc- cessfully blended the psychological and supernatural, an adventure game inter- If personal comput- ers had been more commonplace in , it darned well might have succeeded.

The seemingly simple task of matching falling blocks would become an obsession, to the point that many gamers would find themselves rotating Tetris blocks in their dreams. Panzer General SSI, M ost of US that play wargames began for a variety of reasons, but chief among them was that we wanted to be Patton, or Lee, or Rommel for a day Panzer General lets you do just that, in a series of tough scenarios and exciting campaigns.

But what the game lacks in historical insights, it more than makes up for in vari- ety: Pai General made more realistic games like Steel Panthers possible, becaus it made wargames fun— anti mar- ketable-again. A quest that will pull you into the very depths of hell itself.. MicroProse, The Amiga version of this I hybrid game of exploration, combat and role-playing was by far the best, with smooth ship combat and fast-action sword- play, Secret of Monkey Island LucasArts, W ho could ever forget the Insult-driven duel sys- tem or the identity of the mysterious Swordmaster?

Too bad the later versions gave it a black eye. Star Control 2 Accolade, S tarControl 2 was a fast-paced space game with a stunning blend of adventure, action, and humor Populous Bullfrog, A s the father of real-time strategy games. Populous gave you the opportunity to play god. M-1 Tank Putooh MPS, s the first simulation to allow you to command multiple vehicles, M-l Tank Platoon addressed several issues of combat doctrine ignored in other tank games.

Day of the Tentacle LucasArts, D orr completely blew away its ancestor. Maniac Mansion, with its smooth animated sequences, nifty plot and great voiceovers. For the Korean War, this is the only flight sim which has addressed it. Quake Id, T he ultimate implementation of the deathmatch. Quake also creates the spookiest atmosphere ever presented in an action game, Duke Nukem 3D Apogee, A close match for Quake, with any deficiencies in its 3D engine made up for by its bizarre, and sometimes earthy, humor.

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It also presented a bril- liant treatise on the danger of prejudice. Chessmaster Software Toolworks, T he best of a competitive pawn-push- ing lot, Chessmaster stays ahead of the competition with Al opponents based on real-life Grandmasters. Pinball Construction Set EA, T he first entertainment software that allowed you to build your own pin- ball machines and give them to friends. F Stealth Fighter MicroProse, T he first flight sim where you actually won by staying out of a dogfight, this game almost presaged the Gulf War The beginning of a new breed? Stabfught Electronic Arts, N ot only was this the first game to use fractal graphics to define plane- tary surfaces, it was a rich science fic- tion role-playing game, as well.

Suspended Infocom, C ontrolling remote robots gave this SF text adventure a unique flavor. Gettysburg SSI, T his first in a best-selling series of American Civil War games was the first to experiment with a randomized reinforcement schedule for the order of battle. EF Digital Integration, G raphics, sound, and realism took a flying leap fonward in this combat sim, Seven Cities of Gold EA, O zark Softscape's fantastic game of New World exploration offended some with its accurate treatment of autochthonous tribes. TIME QQP, T his unique game not only provid- ed a iarge variety of solitaire games, but two different styies of campaigns transcontinentai trip and haunted house in which to try them.

Syndicate Bullfrog, A fter a hard day, it was just fun to mow down civilians in this strategic action game of futuristic gang warfare. Ultima Underworld Origin, W ith the 3D look that paved the way for other point-of-view games, the Looking Glass design team immersed gamers in a more intense Britannia. Quest for Glory Sierra, W hoever heard of combat in a Sierra adventure?

Corey and Lori Incredible Machine Sierra, T his Rube Goldberg-style puzzle game was fresh in concept and long on game- play. There is a rumored update cross your fingers. Shadow of the Beast Psygnosis, P arallax scrolling and fast action made this Amiga arcade game bet- ter than anything you could drop quar- ters in. Best fanta- sy strategy game until Warcraft II. Fught Simulator li SubLogic, F rom the Atari to the Amiga, this civilian flying simulator brought virtu- al flight to the masses. Lode Runner Broderbund,, T he father of all platform games, this game of run and gun was much better in its original incarnation than its Win 95 zombie reincarnation.

Loom LucAsAFrrs, L oom featured one of the most beautiful scores ever to grace an adventure game and a musical staff interface that was most original. Many keep old computers around just to play it. Rise OF THE Dragon Dvnamix, S O good that a rival publisher tried to steal it, this cyberpunk game used rotoscoping, hot spot mapping, and cine- matic cuts before they were standard.

Prince of Persia Broderbund, Pfince of Persia A n acrobatic platfomer with amazingly fluid action, Prince of Persia let you become the leg- endary Thief of Baghdad. Then, the pro- grams fought it out on-screen. Judgement Rites Interplay, T he first Star Trek game that truly captured the feel of the classic origi- nal episodes.

The CD features voice- overs from Shatner, Nimoy and compa- ny. Under a Killing Moon Access, C ampy humor combined with amazing 3D scenery in this futuristic film noir Kampfgruppe SSI, V ehicle silhouettes, great sound effects in the Amiga version, and the tactical combat scale gave a differ- ent texture to this game of Eastern Front combat.

Gunship MPS, In the days of the abominable Super Ihuey, this relatively simply sim with detailed campaign was the only authen- tic helicopter simulation. The Gathering; Draw on a mystic armoiy of spells to invoke a supernatural legion of creatures and powers! In the vortex of warfare eveiy unique spell reacts differently to every other spell. Prepare yourself for another level of strategy! Duel rapid-fire, real-time with up to 4 players over a PC network, modem or the internet!

Or wage a necromantic campaign against Battlemage Ravidel and an alliance of wizards in the vast uncharted 3-D world of Corondor. Welcome to the ultimate War of the Wizards! Deadline Infocom, D eadline was a tough text adventure that placed you in the midst of an intri- cate police procedural and let you wander around a Bahle Chess Interplay, S tar Wars' Chewbacca would have felt right at home with this chess game enhanced by funny, elaborate ani- mated sequences and spectacular spe- cial effects. T he low unit density and the vast sea of North African sands gave you plenty of room to maneuver making this the best game of the World At War series.

Football was to pTesent athletic action like you see it on television. Jagged Auiance Sir-Tech, Beachhead i Access, T he smooth sprite action in this beach-defense arcade game could! Pinball Dreams 21st Century Entertainment, S mooth scrolling and great ball physics made this Amiga game a wizard's choice. Deathtrack AcTivisiON, D ynamix developed this seminal car- to-car combat simulation where Car Wars-style action had become a nation- al sport, Warcraft Blizzard, A spirited real-time rendition of the age-old conflict between Ores and Humans, with an especially elegant net- work setup routine.

Ogre 0RtGifJ, O rigin worked closely with Steve Jackson Games to create this faith- ful conversion of the boardgame based on taming one gigantic and futuristic supertank. President Euct SSI, P laying this strategy game of public appearances, campaign financing and debate gave one an entirely new appreciation for presidential politics.

NukeWar Avalon Hill, C an you believe we fought global thermonuclear war with text and sprites on the C64? Dark Castle Silicon Beach, F or years, Macintosh owners would point with pride to the fact that this fluid, fantasy-based arcade game was only available on their platform. The multiball action leaves Tristan in the dust, Sword of Fargoal Epyx, T his dungeon romp for the VIC required a massive 16K expander and may have been the most ambitious game to ever appear on that platform, Tigers on the Prowl HPS. Still, this game is the most realistic tactical WWII land combat wargame ever, and the tough Al doesn't cheat, StarFleet [ Interstel, T he classic grid-based Star Trek game went commercial in this sim- ple but addictive game.

Punch out a clown. Let's give a big Bronx cheer and three-fingered saiute to the 1. Outpost Sierra T he idea was a good one: What would it be like to found a colony on an alien world? Overly complex algorithms had you micro-managing oxygen levels in habitats, among other minu- tiae. DefCon 5 is the most peace- ful setting. From there, the game went downhill with an irritating log-on procedure and arcade sequences that bore little resemblance to any SDl-style sys- tem. Add dull graphics and lousy sound and you get the picture— DefCon None. But even the most forgiving of comput-: Blue Angels featured alt the adrenalin rush of memorizing multiplication tables.

The entire game was memoriza- ; tion, pattern recognition and reflex response. Much of the game is spent flying through wire-frame rectangles in order to memorize your "routine. Give me the flash cards, please! Paragon opted to take another classic pen-and-paper game and con- vert it to silicon.

Unfortunately, MegaTraveller I consisted of a back- ground story that felt tossed off by Traveller creator Mark Miller from rehashes of pen and paper modules he had designed in the past. Finally, they designed it so that the player would have to run away from the first encounter or be killed within two min- utes of spending 30 minutes to an hour generating a character. MegaTraveller I was easily the Mega- worst role-playing experience of all time, especially since its failure kept many other deserving paper RPGs from traveling to the computer for nearly a decade.

Clown Capstone, H omey D. Clown was the epito- me of the bad cartridge game on the PC. Capstone tried to cash in on some of the cachet associat- ed with In Living Coloi; but defaulted to the simplest, most inane adventure elements to flesh it out. It lives on something to scream about.

It revs all 3D and 2D games and software, but when you match S3d logo hardware with S3d logo software, the results are extreme; the best 20 graphics, the most realistic 3D. Because you want 3D so real it screams. They surrounded her v;ith an entire houseful of scantily clad Junior Misses and sent aliens to drill their brains out— literally. Unfortunately, that meant before you saw the cool special effects.

So, how many pre- and early adolescent gamers do you suppose saved the girls? Star Fleet II was supposed to take this idea further with planetary assaults In a number of star systems. The first couple of sce- narios were fairly inter- esting, but after that, the programming was so bad that you could never get any farther into the game.

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It was sort of shareware-except that you had to pay full price for a limited version. The latter part of the game was released some years later by Mindcraft, but it was leap years rather than lightyears too late. Star Fleet II remains an unfor- tunate monument to buggy, Incomplete products. The weaponry modeling was so homoge- neous that WWII scenarios differered little from those of the 19th century. However, the worst thing about UMS II was the incredible time that the Al took to make a single move-often as much as hours-and the move, once fin- ished, was invariably terrible.

The only thing "universal" about this entire series-including the recent War College-was the consistently low quali- ty. UMS II, however, is so bereft of any redeeming factors that it justly deserves the title of worst wargame ever 9. The concepts-training, production, supply-made sense individually, but failed to give any real feel for the con- flict. This could just as easily have been The Wars of the Austrian Succession, for all the historical flavor it served up.

Finally, throw in a lame strategic over- lay, and you have a good idea of how these disparate elements became even less than the sum of their parts. You thought the planet was uninhabited You thought you'd be home for dinner Immerse yourself in the jmysterious world of Albion. The vast beauty wiil captivate you.

The life forms will challenge you. Question everything, but trust mwne. Prepare yourself for the role-playing journey of a lifetime! Throw in the power pills, players that leap higher than Superman, horrid graphics, a ball that never goes out of bounds, and you have a game that looks embarrassing on a SNES, much less a PC. For those that like this sort of thing, we understand that Mario has a mean behind-the-back slam.

Hell lived up to the first part of its name. Crashes, sound problems and other bugs were more interactive and ener- getic than the actual design was in this El-Fish was the ultimate execu- tive toy. It required the fastest proces- sors of its day to spend up to an hour rendering artificial fish for your artificial aquarium. The movement was lifelike and the fish behavior intriguing, but there was no game there.

After spend- ing hours catching fish, mating them, rendering them and setting up the aquarium, you had a screen saver. Ringworid Tsunami, L arry Niven's epic novel about an enormous world in which you could lose an entire star system was here reduced to the most insipid level of adventure games. The puzzles were either incred- ibly dull and predictable, or so obtuse as to defy any logic whatsoever. None of the puzzles had much to do with the plot. The characters were remarkably unmemorable, quite a feat considering the source material. On top of all this, you had to sit through end- less screens of the Ringworld-featuring plenty of places where you could not land or explore-without even the oppor- tunity of clicking past them.

While there may have been worse games, few quite defined the essence of tedium quite so well as this one. Read the painfully obvious clues. Save this person you've never heard of, Indy. Do it again-different name, different body. Unfortunately, the prototype has unpredictable side effects, creating erratic global weather patterns and rifts in space and time that have caused some people to vanish. As he drives home from the testing facility, Buchanan himself is caught in one such rift. Buchanan and his futuristic computer-controlled car reappear in Switzer Universal Classic Monsters is a phrase used to describe the horror, fantasy, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Pictures during the decades of the s through the s.

The production sets we This is a list of films with live action and animation, films that combine live action and animated elements, typically interacting. She has also performed activities as a singer under the name of MIRI. Filmography TV anime Boys Be Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character lab assistant to many types of Gothic villains, such as Count Dracula or Dr. Victor Frankenstein, familiar from many horror movies and horror movie parodies.

Frankenstein had a hunchbacked assistant in the film Frankenstein, his name was Fritz; in the original Mary Shelley novel, Dr. Frankenstein has no lab assistant nor does a character named Igor appear. Origins Dwight Frye's hunchbacked lab assistant in the first film of the Frankenstein series is the main source for the "Igor" of public imagination, though this character was actually named Fritz. Fritz did not originate from the Frankenstein novel, and instead originated from the earliest recorded play adaptation, Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein, where he was played by Robert Keeley.

This character, however, is neither a hunchback n Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf is a animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series. It marked Scrappy-Doo's last appearance as a protagonist in the Scooby-Doo franchise to date; he would not appear in a Scooby-Doo production again until the live-action Scooby-Doo movie in , where he was the main antagonist. Snyde, Swamp Thing, and Dragonfly gather at Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania for the "Monster Road Rally", an ultimate road race similar to Wacky Races, awarding the winner with the "Monster of the Year" award as well as many other prizes only monsters would enjoy and one prize — a trip to Hawaii — that none of the monsters want.

This year, however, Dracula receives a postcard from the Wolfman stating that he has retired to This is a list of films that feature extraterrestrial life. A Space Odyssey [3] The Sequel [12] Algol: Plot A small team of oil rig workers are searching for undiscovered oil at the oil rig Sector 7, off the coast of Jeju Island. After the tension builds from countless failures, the main character Hae-joon's uncle returns with the hope of searching the untapped wells of oil.

What they don't realize is that he has a much different motive. Working together with a researcher on board the rig, he plans to breed a newly discovered life-form whose bodily fluids can burn for longer than 30 hours, as a new form of fuel instead of oil. But tragedy strikes as the specimen escapes with deaths of the researcher, the doctor, and another worker to follow. With the loss of the main power, the workers become stranded as the creature begins to hunt for its next meal.

Armed with nothing but a few guns and the knowledge of the Earth's Greatest Battle is a Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced by and distributed by Toho. This film also marks the first appearance of King Ghidorah, a recurring antagonist of the Godzilla franchise. It is the third film in the Godzilla franchise and Showa series and the first of two Japanese-produced films featuring King Kong. It is also the first time both characters appeared on film in color and widescreen.

Produced as part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration, this film remains the most attended of all the Godzilla films to date. The American production was released theatrically in the United States in the summer of by Universal Pictures. The film was released in Japan on August He later founded the company Game Republic.

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The film is set in the future, when Earth is at war with the Kaiju,[a] colossal sea monsters which have emerged from an interdimensional portal on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. To combat the monsters, humanity unites to create the Jaegers,[b] gigantic humanoid mechas, each controlled by at least two pilots, whose minds are joined by a mental link. Focusing on the war's later days, the story follows Raleigh Becket, a washed-up Jaeger pilot called out of retirement and teamed with rookie pilot Mako Mori as part of a last-ditch effort to defeat the Kaiju. Principal photography began on November 14, , in Toronto and lasted through April The film was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by War Ella Ballentine born July 18, [1] is a Canadian Screen Awards-winning[2] television, film and stage actress.

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