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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.6 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It's well suited for fans of Black Isle Studios' previous games, classic hack-and-slash AD & D computer games, and anyone looking for an action-packed role-playing game with a lot of depth. Read review

Specs: Teen, Black Isle Studios, Role-Playing, General Role-Playing, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.1 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: 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 is "cool" "these days." Read review

Specs: Teen, Shiny Entertainment, Action, General Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.4 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Super Hornet contains none of the extras that make a flight simulation a complete package, even though there's a good flight simulator at its core. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Integration

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: I can't stop playing Realms of the Haunting. Read review

Specs: Gremlin Interactive

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.2 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It's a definitive role-playing experience, and the only reason it can't be called the best game in its class is because in a sense there's nothing available that compares to it. Read review

Specs: Teen, BioWare, Role-Playing, PC-style RPG, 1-6 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: It's basically a simple, mildly entertaining, and somewhat uneven quasi-futuristic dungeon crawl for one or two players. Read review

Specs: Mature, Interplay, Role-Playing, Action RPG, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: 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. Read review

Specs: Xatrix

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.0 stars Terrible

  Overall score: 2.7 (1.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: 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. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Promethean Designs, Driving, Snow / Water Racing, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Pro Pinball is one of the most realistic pinball simulations in the computer gaming circuit. Read review

Specs: Empire Interactive, Pinball, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Games - simulation, Games - action, Science-fiction

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Games - action, Action - third person shooter, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Norse by NorseWest is a good puzzle game. Read review

Specs: Beam Software, Action, 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: Gremlin Interactive

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you're looking for a quick fix of heavy action and a fun multiplayer game, then Hunter: The Reckoning is definitely worth it. Read review

Specs: Mature, High Voltage Software, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Teen, Interplay, Role-Playing, Third-Person Role-Player, Fantasy, 1 Player

• 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: Starfleet Command is undoubtedly the best combat-oriented Trek game yet. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Quicksilver Software, Inc, Strategy, General Strategy, 1-6 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you either don't have a PS2 or overlooked Dark Alliance last year, then you shouldn't miss this opportunity to get what's easily one of the finest action RPGs ever made. Read review

Specs: Teen, Snowblind Studios, Role-Playing, Action RPG, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: With inviting gameplay and an abundance of hidden characters, Gekido is worthy of the acclaim given to Streets of Rage 2, Guardian Heroes, or Die Hard Arcade, provided you're a fan of the genre. Read review

Specs: Teen, Naps Team, Action, General Action, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.7 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The player spends a lot of time shuttling Casper through places he's already been, looking for the one doorway or vent he missed. Read review

Specs: K-A, Funcom, Adventure, General Adventure, 1 Player

• 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: This is a convincing simulation of pinball, but it falls short when compared to other video pinball games. Read review

Specs: K-A, Empire Interactive, Action, Pinball, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II will surely satisfy players looking for a well-crafted, accessible action RPG experience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Black Isle Studios, Role-Playing, Action RPG, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.0 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Despite its lengthy development cycle, RLH still feels rushed and incomplete. Read review

Specs: Mature, Digital Mayhem, Adventure, First-Person Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1 Player

• 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: The game just doesn't have the polished look of Triple Play or MLB. Read review

Specs: Everyone, VR Sports, Sports, Baseball Sim, 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: Games - action, Games - strategy / tactics / wargame, Action - adventure, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Fantasy