Shop for legacy game platforms

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.0 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NASCAR Challenge is a dull racing game that doesn't have much going for it. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Morning Star Multimedia, Driving, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.3 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: You're still better off tracking down the arcade versions of these games. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Digital Eclipse

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.7 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Playing Maximum Force is a one-time deal. Read review

Specs: Mature, Mesa Logic

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: MKM is a pretty amazing meld of fighting and platform jumping and is sure to please fans of MK and platform games alike. Read review

Specs: Mature, Avalanche Software, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Players who are still playing Twisted Metal 2 can finally retire their TM2 disc and move over to Vigilante 8. Read review

Specs: Teen, Luxoflux, Inc., Action, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.7 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Circuit Breakers is a rip-off of the Micro Machines series of games. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Supersonic

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.7 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: 989 has opted to take the easy road this time around, and the result is a basketball game that remains virtually unchanged from last year's version. Read review

Specs: Everyone, 989 Sports, Sports

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.4 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The game could have been a modest success, as it has scores of teams to choose from, a bevy of options, and even an indoor soccer game that plays ten times faster than the regular form. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Tiertex Design Studios

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.9 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Experienced and discerning gamers would do well to steer clear of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, as the game is simplistic and light. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Traveller's Tales, Action, Third-Person Shooter, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: With no stat tweaking and no licenses, Tennis Arena is arcade-style tennis at its most fundamental. Read review

Specs: K, SmartDog

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.3 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn can be written off as a survival-horror game sans the horror: In place of unholy biological mutations, you have fanatical terrorists crawling around a cramped bullet train. Read review

Specs: Mature, Sugar & Rockets, Adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: For a game developed more than ten years ago, Crystalis is still surprisingly relevant, and it's a testament to tight, polished RPG game design. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Nintendo, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone, Digital Eclipse, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Teen, Kodiak Interactive, Sports

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone, Mass Media, Compilation, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone, UDS, Sports

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: K-A, Rare Ltd., Driving, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.1 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: EA's Backstage Assault is a novel idea, but in the end, it doesn't have enough variation to make it worthwhile. Read review

Specs: Teen, Kodiak Interactive, Sports, Wrestling

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.9 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Maybe Midway knew what it was doing when it dropped this project. Read review

Specs: Teen, Player 1, Action, General Action, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.1 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you've beaten Dynamite Cop in arcades there's no real reason to buy the game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Sega, Adventure, Beat-'Em-Up, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.9 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The repeating questions, repeating speech, and dull minigames keep it from being a game you'd want to pop in whenever you need a simple party-style game. Read review

Specs: Mature, Acclaim, Trivia / Game Show, Triva / Game Show, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.3 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The game is flawed on so many levels that only the most dedicated survival-horror fan might get some enjoyment out of it. Read review

Specs: Mature, K2 LLC, Adventure, General Adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.9 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Experienced players will breeze through the game in less than five hours, almost never having to push the limits of their gaming prowess. Read review

Specs: Everyone, CyberConnect2, Action, General Action, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.7 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Consider it short-lived fun, at best. Read review

Specs: Teen, Rage Software, Action, General Action, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.3 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Overall, NASCAR 99's numerous options make it the most authentic NASCAR game to date. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Stormfront Studios, Driving, Stock Car Racing, 1-2 Players