It's astonishing just how much Driver 2 Advance looks, feels, and plays like the PlayStation version of Driver 2.
It may be a little rough around the edges, but it's both exciting and technically impressive enough to stand up to its full-priced competition.
The game has a decidedly dated and awkward feel to it, though GBA owners who are also D&D fans will find some redeeming qualities.
The Nicktoons characters go to battle in this party game from Infogrames. As one of eight characters (including Jimmy Neutron, Angelica Pickles, and Eliza Thornberry) you can battle your friends ...
The rules play faster and 3D environments fill the center of the board in this update to the classic Monopoly game.
TransWorld Snowboarding is an all-around solid game with some spectacular visuals and fun multiplayer modes.
It's a faithful and occasionally challenging adaptation of the game show, though it's doubtful that many players will get excited about winning imaginary money and prizes.
Backyard Hockey is a GBA hockey game in the kid-friendly and humorous Backyard Sports style.
Newcomers will likely find RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 enjoyable, but if you were a fan of the original, you'll probably have a hard time believing that you waited so long for ...
Zapper delivers challenging action puzzle gameplay in a colorful, upbeat setting.
While it could easily tide over Godzilla fans for a while, it ultimately relies on the strength of its license to compensate for its weakness as a game.
Thomas & Friends: Building The New Line lets you build tracks and take your favorite engines from the TV series for a spin.
If you can get past the lackluster presentation, irritating pauses, and low-quality video, you may find Jeopardy! 2003 to be a surprisingly challenging and enjoyable pastime.
While it's not all that it could have been, Unreal Tournament 2003 does deliver tons of bloody, in-your-face combat in some beautifully designed arenas.
The only glaring mark against V-Rally 3 is its problematic control, but if you can see past this issue, then you'll likely enjoy this game.
Scrabble Complete is basically just Scrabble, which, if you're a fan of the challenging board game it's based on, is a good thing.
In the end, Superman: Shadow of Apokolips is just an average action game.
Unreal Championship is a great game that is filled with action-packed, bloody shootouts that are especially fun online, but it lacks polish in a few spots.
Its frustrating reliance on awkward platform jumping and its poor camera keep it from being recommendable to anyone at all.
The Terminator: Dawn of Fate is a mediocre action game with a terrific license.
On top of its technical demerits, the game fails to capture the essence of the vicious slapstick comedy that makes the Looney Tunes cast of characters so endearing.
After ten years, it's nice to see Mega Man branch out.
Play as either Nikita or Section One operative Michael in this fast-paced action game.
Based on Scholastic's book and TV series, Animorphs is a turn-based tactical combat game featuring 12 animal morphs, which you must gather to defeat your enemies, the Yeerks.
Particle Systems has successfully created the type of game that fans of the space sim genre have been waiting for years to play.
Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball makes a good attempt, but its inconsistencies and shoddy control detract from the overall experience.
Monopoly Tycoon uses the popular board game as the base on which to build a strong and innovative, and great-looking, real-time game of business management and city building.
Die-hard survival-horror fans might possibly get a quick fix from this game, but even that's questionable.
IMPORT: Asterix: The Search for Dogmatix is one of the better combinations of platformer and plot to come out in recent years.
Infogrames' Looney Tunes Collector: Alert! may not be Pokémon, but it's a finely polished puzzle-quest action-RPG nonetheless.
If you've ever wondered what Micro Machines would be like with NASCAR drivers, Majesco's NASCAR Heat is the answer.
Adventures in Time is an attempt to bring Pac-Man back to his roots, but with surprisingly solid 3D graphics, good level design, and a few new gameplay features.
BeachHead 2000's limited gameplay won't hold your attention for long.
If you're in the mood for a game where each event is reasonably well designed and integrated into a greater, meatier whole, then Infogrames' Xtreme Sports should prove satisfying.
If you enjoyed the first two Moto Racer titles, the third one is shaping up to be more of the same, only better, flashier, more detailed, and more varied.
Motor Mayhem is different enough that it will appeal to those gamers who have an interest in the car-combat genre or aren't excited about the new turn for the morbid ...
One could go on for hours ripping this game apart, harping on its intolerable load times, useless physics engine, or haphazard AI, but it all boils down to one inescapable ...
The vivid and inviting setting in Desperados can't make up for some substantial gameplay flaws.
If there's a silver lining to Animorphs: Shattered Reality, it's that it would make an excellent game for children who aren't yet old enough to tackle the meatier fare of ...
Space Race probably wasn't the best game to port to the PS2 untouched, though Looney Tunes fans ought to give it a look.
On its own terms, Enforcer is a fast-paced and rather fun shooter, though it'll prove too easy for veteran players.
Infogrames' V-Rally 2 includes 16 officially licensed rally cars with more realistic physics.
Real Pool offers most of the same elements as Q-Ball Billiards Master, but it goes about it in a bare-bones way.
Looney Tunes Racing has a way to go before it can stack up to the big boys.
Bugs & Taz: Time Busters does an excellent job of capturing the humor and personality that the Looney Tunes franchise embodies.
This ambitious game actually isn't so much a flight simulation as it is a role-playing game that takes place aboard a bomber.
Whereas Hasbro's previous game tried to improve upon the board game, Surface Thunder has a very different approach: It's a simplistic 3D arcade shooter.
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