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• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Its laborious pacing and artificial-intelligence issues not withstanding, NFL Head Coach is a worthwhile first attempt at a football-management simulation. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Tiburon, Sports, Sports - football management, Realistic, 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: Everyone, EA Salt Lake, Sports, Sports - golf simulation, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Don't think too much about statistics, and you'll be rewarded with enjoyable hardball that often bears a strong resemblance to the national pastime. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Sports, Baseball Sim, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.6 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Soccer Mania is geared towards children, but that doesn't excuse the problems with its controls, loading times, and slowdown. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Silicon Dreams, Sports, Soccer Arcade, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.7 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: EA Sports has finally hit one out of the park with MVP Baseball 2005. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Sports, Baseball Sim, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: PGA Championship Golf 2000 is currently the unrivaled king of golf sims. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Sierra Entertainment, Sports, Golf Sim

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: When it comes to re-creating the experience of playing pool and giving you plenty of ways to do it, Expert Pool delivers the goods. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Visual Sciences, Sports, Billiards, 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: It's a simple pinball game that's just trying to provide some innocuous fun. Read review

Specs: Everyone, 3D Ultra, Pinball, Pinball, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Tiger Woods 12 for the PC is a cut-rate and buggy golf sim that shares little more than a name with its superior console counterparts. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Electronic Arts, Sports, Sports - golf simulation, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This is EA Sports' best soccer game to date on the pitch, but it's really unfortunate that the career mode isn't more user-friendly. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - soccer simulation, Realistic, 1-8 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, Sports, Golf Sim

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Everyone, Humongous Entertainment, Sports, Basketball Sim

• 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: VR Baseball 2000 is a decent game but one that does not hold a clear edge over any of the others in the genre. Read review

Specs: Everyone, VR Sports, Sports, Baseball Sim, 1-2 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: Hole for hole, it offers as much challenge and fun as you could hope for in a golf sim. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Sierra Entertainment, Sports, Golf Sim, Realistic, 1-64 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, Microsoft Game Studios, Sports, Golf Sim

• 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: EA has built the foundations of a terrific title with NHL ‘96. Let's hope they finish the job with NHL '97. Read review

Specs: K-A, EA Sports, Sports, 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: Everyone, Atari, Sports, Sports - baseball arcade, 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: It's obvious the company spent a lot of time and energy correcting the problemsof the '96 edition. Read review

Specs: K-A, Sierra Entertainment, Sports, Baseball Sim, Realistic

• 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: The sense of satisfaction I get from victories or even hard-fought losses more than compensates for any frustration I'm experiencing. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Sports, Ice Hockey Sim, 1-12 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It is still computer golf's de facto standard, worthy of consideration even by those who previously purchased last year's model. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Headgate, Sports, Golf Sim, Realistic, 1-8 Players