Microsoft Games
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98
So you've had a rough day. The boss is on your case, the kids are whining and the car's making that noise again.
Project Gotham Racing 3
So what stands out as a next-gen game? Well the most obvious place to start is with the graphics. Everything is gorgeous from the city streets to the cars themselves, it's definitely eye candy (at least running at 1080i).
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Well it definitely leaves a similar mark, but not in the way of innovate gameplay.
Jade Empire
To start, a solid story is developed with twists and turns that will keep you pushing well into the night.
Azurik
Azurik is a young 'Lore Guardian' who is given the task to protect the elemental discs that contain the souls of the Elemental Guardians.
Kakuto Chojin
What starts out as possibly an intriguing fighting game simply stalls 6 steps into its sprint.
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
Somehow, even when I think I've found the Mech game that'll end my need for these silly action games, providing me with a title that really, really sucks.
Urban Assault
War and pestilence have brought the Earth to the brink of destruction. Since “The Big Mistake,” Earth's surface is up for grabs.
Crimson Skies
Nathan Zachary, gentleman air pirate and leader of the Fortune Hunters, is back at it again.
Links LS 2000
Whoever said that golf was a relaxing game should be slapped up side the head with a 1-wood, because in all my gaming adventures I never swear so much as when I’m playing Links 2000.
Baseball 3D
Have you had enough baseball yet? If the answer is no, then Microsoft might just have the ticket you are looking for in Baseball 3D
Starlancer
The solar system erupts in war! Eastern Coalition forces, led by the devious Admiral Kulov, have launched a surprise attack on the Western Alliance.
Top Spin
While tennis games have never been main stream, the success of Sega's Virtual Tennis has helped push them in the right direction.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
Flight enthusiasts have been using MS Flight Simulator for years and have watched it evolve from monochrome line graphics up to graphics so real..
Bicycle Casino Games
Time to hit the ATM, pull out your life savings, amble up to the roulette table and put it all on red. Don't like roulette?
NFL Fever 2004
Even more challenging would be pushing that lineman back and sacking the quarterback, which Microsoft is far from achieving.
Links 2004
Links 2004 offers the standard gameplay options but most of the single player features are focused around the career mode.
NBA Inside Drive 2002
Basketball is perhaps one of the most popular sports currently practiced professionally in the US.
Amped 2
First, you may struggle with the way this game controls, especially if you're used to arcadey sports titles.
Sneakers
In this latest game released by Microsoft for the Xbox, you play Apollo the leader of a gang of mice who's looking for a fight with the local gang of rats, ala West Side Story.
Blinx 2: Masters Of Time & Space
You've got basic run, jump, grab and gun gameplay, mixed with some interesting time controls and a weapon that can suck up any nearby junk to shoot back at the enemy.
Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus
Both groups are trying to gather together a collection of artifacts that will grant their owners immortality, and of course the best way to gain artifacts is to beat the hell out of each other.
Hellbender
"Six years ago the Coalition of Independent Planets defeated their most fearsome enemy, a race of warriors they had created -- the Bions..."
NFL Fever 2003
With football season approaching, a number of highly rated football games are reaching the market.
Microsoft Golf 1998
Microsoft has a new developer to carry on its line of golf simulations.
Microsoft Golf 3.0
It's perhaps telling that if you visit the Microsoft Golf 3.0 website, one of the first things you see in the "Inside golf" link is the catch-phrase: "Adjust your grip on reality.
Dungeon Siege II
It is near the end of the Second Age. You have been hired as a mercenary by Valdis, prince of the North, to eradicate the enemies of his reign.
Fighter Ace
Darwinism has truly reached the gaming community, and now only the strong will survive.
MechCommander 2
There are three things that I love to do when playing video games.
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings
Unlike many other reviews you will read, I will not start this review off by comparing MMORPG's to drugs and the players to drug addicts.
Microsoft Soccer
Goal! Not! Microsoft takes a stab at the world's #1 sport, and unfortunately misses high over the crossbar.
NBA Inside Drive 2003
Unfortunately, the lack of a franchise mode, coupled with suspect AI, left many sim fans longing for more.