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• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.4 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This game sucks all the fun out of drag racing, presenting the sport as slow and tedious instead of fast and furious. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Bethesda Softworks, Driving, Racing / driving - drag, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.2 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 27 reviews

The Bottom Line: Half-Life 2 is a very impressive and engaging shooter, and a faithful follow-up to one of the greatest PC games of all time. Read review

Specs: Mature, Valve Software, Action, First-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Featuring many fun, faithfully adapted games from the '80s and '90s, the Sega Genesis Collection offers a fantastic value and a big slice of gaming history. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Eclipse, Action, Miscellaneous - arcade, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Need for Speed Underground 2 is pretty good, but unfortunately most of the stuff you do in between races keeps you away from the game's best moments. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Canada, Driving, Racing / driving - GT/street, Racing / driving - stock car, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sims 2: Pets for the PSP might have been a decent port of the console versions, if it would've just stopped loading for a second. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.4 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: After playing through Army Men: Sarge's War, it's likely that you'll find yourself wondering why anyone bothered to salvage the Army Men license at all. Read review

Specs: Teen, Tactical Development, Action, 1 Player

• 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: It may be yet another racing title for the PSP, but this Pixar-movie-licensed game is probably one of the better options available for younger kids. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Locomotive Games, Driving, Racing / driving - arcade, Racing / driving - rally / offroad, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Anyone with an interest in classic gaming will find plenty of reasons to pick up this compilation. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Contraband Entertainment, Compilation, Compilation, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Need for Speed Most Wanted is a great racing game that injects new life into the series thanks to its creative use of law enforcement. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Canada, Driving, Racing / driving - GT/street, Racing / driving - stock car, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.5 stars Abysmal

  Overall score: 1.4 (0.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Ambulance Driver is a horrible mistake of a game that should never have been made. Read review

Specs: Teen, Antidote Entertainment, Driving, Simulation - car racing, Simulation - medicine, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Steering Cars with the Wii Remote works pretty nicely, but some of the minigame control schemes and a few bugs conspire to drag down this film-licensed racer. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Rainbow Studios, Driving, Racing / driving - arcade, Racing / driving - rally / offroad, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.2 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It pretty much delivers everything you'd expect from a PC version of the TV game show. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Jellyvision

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.0 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If this haphazard collection of minigames was the best the developer could muster for an Apprentice game, The Donald may be due for a firing spree. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Legacy Interactive, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Adventure - first person adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Serious webheads will get something positive out of Ultimate Spider-Man, but they should do so with one of the console versions, as the PC version of the game isn't the ideal one. Read review

Specs: Teen, Beenox, Action, 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: It's likely that only those players who have already acquired a taste for Metal Slug's rich blend of crazy, manic violence and goofy humor will fully appreciate this package. Read review

Specs: Teen, BrezzaSoft, Action, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.3 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The sum of Revenge of the Sith's parts is simply a repetitious and fleeting experience that won't appeal to anyone outside of Star Wars' most devoted audience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Double Helix Games, Action, Action - adventure, Science-fiction

• 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:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Re-Volt has its share of problems and ends up being only decent when it could have been great. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Acclaim, Games - racing / driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.1 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: An ugly collection of poorly conceived minigames, The Polar Express is a failure by the standards of any medium. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Blue Tongue Entertainment, Action, Action - adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The pacing and story aren't as good as Half-Life's, but the character interaction and angelic powers elevate the game beyond many other shooters. Read review

Specs: Mature, Cyclone Studios, Action, General Action, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: This compilation has an incredible number of games for a budget price, but the translations of some of the better games unfortunately have some quirks. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Digital Eclipse, Action, Compilation, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.5 stars Abysmal

  Overall score: 1.3 (0.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: KISS fans will be disappointed by the distinct lack of KISS, and pinball fans will be disappointed by the distinct lack of pinball. Read review

Specs: Teen, Wildfire Studios, Pinball, Pinball, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The PC version of NightFire makes an excellent case for leaving James Bond on console systems. Read review

Specs: Teen, Gearbox Software, Action, First-Person Shooter, Modern, 1-32 Players

• 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: Final Fight represents straightforward arcade brawling at its absolute best. That the entire arcade game now fits in your pocket is quite frankly insane. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Sun-Tec, 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: While there's definitely a deeper overall package, it still lacks captivating gameplay, or characters you can even begin to care about--the two things you need most in creating an enjoyable platformer. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Artoon, Action, 1-4 Players