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A soccer simulation game which takes place in your preference of side, top or 3/4 overhead view. The game dynamically zooms in and out at certain points of the game like a long goal kick. The mode of play are pre-season, custom teams, continental cup, nations shield, custom trophy and practice. Options to change the match length, weather and game speed are available.

World Masters Golf is a golf game featuring four gouraud-shaded courses. Modes of gameplay are Tournament, Match Play and Practice. Up to eight players are allowed to compete. Players can either use existing golfers or create and customize their own. The game allows golf handicapping, and features a mode 7 view camera that follows the ball after it is hit.

Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally is a motorcycle racing game that involves racing AI opponents across tracks coast to coast in America. There are 20 motorcycles licensed and designed after real Harley-Davidson's from Softail, Dyna, Touring, Sportster and others. The bikes can be tuned, styled and upgraded in ways which involve over 1000 possibilities according to the developers. The gameplay involves dodging traffic, obstacles and other drivers while gaining points for making jumps, drifting, drafting, kicking opponents off, speed boosting and your position during the race. The game accelerates at a high sense of speed when you drive using speed boost. Head on crashes with debris and such are shown in different angles. The game features licensed music from acts like George Thorogood, Heart, Poison, Great White and others.

Chaos League is a game that blends real-time strategy game elements with action, into a sports game. The game is played in the form of a hybrid football style sport. Fantasy creatures from races like trolls, elves, demons etc are chosen to make up the teams, each with their own skills. The action is fierce and can be brutal, with over 100 powerful moves, spells and techniques. The game can be played in a real-time mode, or turn based. You compete for the ultimate trophy in various 3D modeled arenas with their own unique pitches. The Matches are played with live commentary and can be replayed.

In Tabloid Tycoon you become the head of a newspaper company. You must manage staff and budget to create a successful newspaper empire. The game simulates different weekly aspects of running a newspaper company including finding leads, putting photographers and reporters on a job, planning sabotage on rivals, settling lawsuits and making stories. Along the way you can encounter special shortcuts, win awards, buy things from vehicles to gadgets to improve your paper. With more money, prestige and public praise you can make your newspaper bigger and upgrade your facilities.

The news stories can range from funny, weird, to plain bizarre and can be randomly generated and edited. The game also comes with a custom story editor to make your own stories with custom photos. You can save your newspapers to html. Modes of gameplay include scenarios, enterprise, and freeplay.

Separation Anxiety is a 2D side-scrolling platform-action beat 'em up game featuring several prominent characters from the Marvel Universe and gripping storylines taken from the popular Spider-Man comics. The game is based loosely on a mini-series of comics about the Venom saga. In this game, 1-2 players can select and take control of Spider-Man and/or his on-and-off again arch-nemesis Venom. As Spider-Man and/or Venom, you must set off and stop the life foundation that has spawned out 5 symbiote offsprings from Venom and plans to bond them together with its soldiers in order to assemble and form a vast deadly army. As Venom recovers from his wounds, he thus realizes and decides that he must set out and fight them off either alone or with the aid of his old arch-nemesis Spider-Man.

The game allows you to punch, kick and swing your way as well as execute combos throughout the streets, the woods and even through the underground complexes towards accomplishing your main goal. Along the way, the player(s) can also find and pick up some helpful superhero ally icons that allow you to summon a few of Spidey's greatest allies to your aid including Captain America, Hawk-Eye, Ghost Rider and Dare Devil.

WWE Day of Reckoning is a wrestling game that uses the World Wrestling Entertainment license. The game incorporates gameplay elements from WWE WrestleMania XIX and builds upon them, while introducing new features.

The game offers new character models and graphics for the WWE superstars, including custom face-shaping. Traditional wrestling moves as well as trademark moves and finishers of WWE superstars are simulated. Over 40 WWE superstars are selectable. Among the new features are the ability to reverse any moves and a momentum meter. The momentum meter can let the wrestler gain a last second comeback. It will also let smaller characters build up their momentum to execute lift moves on bigger characters.

The game feature a story mode where the player starts off taking a character through minor shows like Heat and Velocity. The goal is to make it to the big shows, such as RAW and Smackdown, and become a champion. Another new mode is the Bra and Panties match.

Create-a-Wrestler mode comes with a variety of customization available to the player. The player can now create entrances with fireworks and pyrotechnics. WWF legends such as Andre the Giant and Bret Hart are also playable in the game.

Shark Tale is a game based on the Dreamworks animated film. You play as Oscar the speedy, talkative, little fish, who finds himself becoming a hero. The game takes place in over 14 missions, in a variety of over 6 locations.

Shark Tale delivers a variety of gameplay experience.You explore Reef City in full 3D with locations from the movie and also new areas. The player is allowed to sidetrack and interact with the urban environment. The gameplay includes races and chases in which you dodge obstacles such as buildings and bridges. You will have to outrun foes such as sharks, while smashing boxes and such for power-ups and items. There are also dance elements to the game, where you dance to hip hop moves. You have to mix and match moves to the vibe.

The sound features humorous and hip voice acting similar to the film. Music is made up of a combination of original and licensed R&B/Hip hop music from classic & current artists.

Backyard Hockey returns for 2005 with a new lineup of NHL kids and new 3d gameplay. This year you can draft from 30 backyard kids and 14 NHL Stars. You can also create custom players that improve with experience. All 30 NHL teams are included along with favorite backyard teams from earlier editions.

The game features three modes: Quick play, Season Play and Exhibition. The games can take place in nine different rinks including Sharkbelly Shores, Ice Castle Arcade and street hockey areas. As you progress you can unlock secret NHL players, rinks, bonus music etc.

The game keeps stats of players and teams throughout the season. Also a bonus Air Hockey Mini-Game is included.

NoLimits Roller Coaster Simulation recreates a true to life and authentic roller coaster simulation. The game allows you to ride from existing coasters, to building your own from 13 different track styles. The game comes with a detailed track editor and a terrain creation tool. You also have the ability of including 3D (3D Studio) objects in your track. The tracks can be created and driven during different weather conditions and hours. Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 tracks can also be imported and driven.

The simulation part of the games allows you to drive and view coasters in a realistic 3D mode. You can have multiple trains running at once, in which you can view from any angle or use flyby and custom cameras. You can play the dispatcher and control the trains. 3D sound effects and animation are added for the realistic experience.

The long and rich history of the Asterix comics continue with its newest game entry, Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix. The story of the game involves Asterix and Obelix returning to their village in Gaul, after a day of hunting. They come to find that all their fellow village people have been captured. Along with their capture is also the theft of their magic potion, a potion that gives them superhuman strength. Caesar has captured the Gauls and spread them out to the furthest corners of the Roman Empire. Asterix and Obelix must find and free their friends and get the potion before it reaches Caesar.

The gameplay consists of the ability to switch between Asterix and Obelix at different times, using each one's skills to your advantage. Through the adventure, you will unlock and gain powerful combos and attack moves to help you. This large adventure takes you through six different countries made up of 47 areas, totaling 40 plus levels. The gameplay is varied from battling hundreds of Romans at once to riding/racing sequences and puzzle-solving. The graphics have vibrant colors, picturesque backgrounds, exciting special effects, and humorous animations. The sound includes zany effects, a range of music from roman to Egyptian, and good-humored voice acting.

EA sports long running hockey franchise continues for the 2005 season. This year tweaks features from last year and adds some new enhancements to the game engine.

The graphics have been even more improved from last year. Now the 'cyber players' look so close to their real life counterparts that their hard to distinguish. Player models are updated with more life like skin, hair and features. This includes more facial animations and emotions. The coaches are also redone in this manner. The in-game meanwhile adds a whole slew of new animations, cutscenes, goalie animations and enhancements to the fighting engine.

In the control department, NHL 2005 adds a new feature called Open-Ice control. This feature lets you potentially control players without the puck, set up for picks, double team and more. Shooting wrist shots and slap shots are also now mapped to separate buttons for more flexibility.

The gameplay introduces a new feature as personalities for players. Such that a player like Tie Domi will play more like an enforcer, while Markus Naslund will rely more on finesse and skill. You will be relied on to balance this personalities on each line of a team to create chemistry. The dynasty mode has been redone with a new interface and tweaks. Free Agency and Trading has been tweaked along with the handling of a team. The new system allows you to keep up to date on weekly injuries/streaks reports, letters from your owner, players, etc.

This year adds new modes such as the World Cup tournament and Free-for-All. In Free-For-All players compete 2 on 2 trying to score on the other while also defending. Along with the modes come minor tweaks, such as the options for no touch icing, delayed offsides and shootout options for tied games. The create a team feature remains in this year but create a player didn't make it in. Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson return with commentary.

Spider-Man 2 is an almost completely different game for PC than its console counterpart. This is not a console port as expected, but a different 'kiddie' version brought to you by 'The Fizz Factor' and Activision.

As Spider-Man you must battle out through 8 chapters of mischief and mayhem to succeed. Along the way you will encounter and have to battle old foes like Rhino, Mysterio, Puma, Doc Ock and more. The game interface consists of a simple point and click system coupled with keyboard movement. Unlike it's console counterpart there is no free swinging movement but one designed with kids in mind.

Fighting consists of basic punching, kicking, jumpkicks and a power meter that lets you do a supercharged attack. 'Spidey' can also zip to walls and objects and use his web to do basic attacks on enemies.

NBA Give 'N Go is different from usual basketball games of the era because it is played at court level with the player with the ball. Most basketball games previously had a side scrolling or isometric view. Building upon this technique, the game features large player sprites and graphics. The game features the NBA roster from 1995 complete with player ratings. Gameplay consists of true 5 on 5 basketball but in a more arcade like style with alley-oops and high flying dunks. The audio includes action oriented commentary, in the style of NBA Jam.

S.W.A.T Kats is a game based on the short lived cartoon series S.W.A.T Kats: Radical Squadron. The series would only last for 2 seasons but built a sort of cult following afterwards.

The Swat Kats are a duo of mechanics by day, but secretly also a group of superheroes defending their home, MegaKat city, from creatures and evil villians. Swat Kats is essentially a side-scrolling action game. You start off using T-Bone and Razor and guide them through 5 different worlds of action packed excitement. Game levels are based on different episodes of the show. As you progress through the game you can increase your weapon levels and gain new weapons. Mode 7 graphics are featured in some parts of the game. A unique feature to the game is the ability to start on different levels.

Lords of EverQuest is a real-time strategy game with role-playing elements. The game is set in the EverQuest universe and takes place ten thousand years before the events of the original EverQuest. Players can choose to control any of the three alliances, each composed of different races: Shadowrealm (dark elves, ogres, and the iksar); Dawn Brotherhood (humans, barbarians, and dwarves); and the Eldaar Alliance (high elves, wood elves, halflings and froglocks). The single-player mode offers three campaigns, one per alliance. Each alliance has its own motivations for war, and the three stories are intertwined.

Each alliance has five "lords" (equivalent to "heroes" in other strategy games), making a total of fifteen lords with different abilities. The player chooses one of these lords to help his units in battles. The lords greatly enhance the performance of friendly units and can also sabotage the enemy. The units consist of race-specific soldiers and can be selected before each mission; a certain number of them can be transferred to the next one. Both lords and units level up, learn new abilities and become stronger, in a RPG-like fashion.

Resource management plays a lesser role in the game than in most other games of its type. Only one type of resource (platinum) is available for mining.

Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance is an action game that takes place in the times of the Roman empire. You take control of Invictus Thrax, a Roman slave, who ascended through the ranks to become champion of all gladiators. Favored by the emperor, Invictus was to be granted his freedom. Mysteriously though, the emperor was killed and replaced by a crazy man named Arruntius. Arruntius, so full of himself, has decided to destroy Rome and replace it with a city named Arruntium. As the game begins, an epic event is staged with Invictus as the gladiator. Invictus fights bravely, but he is killed by an unknown and possibly un-human creature. In the afterlife, Invictus meets the sons of Jupiter. They inform him of how Arruntius' power came from help of the gods of terror. They charge him with the task of eliminating Arruntius and restoring Rome to glory.

Gladiator is essentially an 3d action/combat game which features hand to hand combat with weapons, combos and magic. The action also includes maneuvering around, from gliding down ropes to jumping traps. Challenges are scattered around the game world, which when defeated, unlock magical powers granted by the gods, such as Pluto's power, which raises spirits from the dead to help you in battle. A unique feature of the game is the execution maneuver. Upon the near death of certain enemies, you can execute this maneuver which will result in a cinematic random brutal execution by Thrax.

The game's graphics try to recreate the atmosphere of gladiator films such as Spartacus. A wide range of characters are featured from opposing gladiators to mythical enemies like cyclopes, demons. and skeleton warriors. Audio features include a blend of soft and hectic tunes, and voice over acting.

Sitting Ducks is a game based on the TV cartoon of the same name. In the world of Sitting Ducks lives Bill, a friendly but misunderstood duck. Bill is imaginative, quirky and adventurous. Bill's best friend meanwhile, is a big alligator named Aldo, who has a tough exterior but is soft hearted.

This mission-based game is primarily aimed at children. The player explores a large city and its surroundings, guiding Bill and Aldo through more than twenty missions, which are mainly composed of mini-games. Progressing through the game, the heroes will be able to get different modes of travel including skateboards and scooters. The game environment includes side missions and interactive areas such as a soccer field, swimming pool, skating arena, hockey rink and more.

'The Rescue' is another game in the storied Frogger franchise. You play as Frogger who must "hop-n-dodge" his way through 7 worlds and 25 plus levels. All this in search for his girlfriend. The gameplay follows in its predecessors' footsteps with challenging puzzles and enemies. On your quest, you will also encounter mini-quests and side stories adding to the fun. In addition to the story mode is a multiplayer mode for up to 4 players to compete in action.

Beanotown Racing allows players to race with characters from the popular Beano and Dandy comics in the U.K. The respective characters are competing in the Beanotown championship challenge race. Races take place in six special tracks set around Beanotown. Graphics have a unique comic style, cell shaded like effect, while gameplay consists of wacky weapons, power-ups and speed boosts. Characters include: Plug, Bea, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Desperate Dan, Roger the Dodger, Brain Duane, Korky the Cat, Gnasher and Bananaman.

'Shrek: Hassle at the Castle' is a game based on the Oscar award winning movie Shrek. In the game you travel through various stages on tasks which follow the plot of the movie. As you move along the game you will be able to gain control of not only Shrek, but also Donkey and Princess Fiona. Each character has the strengths and weaknesses and you will have to maneuver between the three to be successful. There is also a multiplayer fighting mode which can be played with a single game pack.

Dual Blades is a side-scrolling fighting game which takes place in 150 B.C amid the Hun Empire. The worlds greatest warrior, Alperen has gained incredible energy by merging his soul with Dual Blades, a mysterious sword. The sword gives him powers beyond belief and immortality. All combatants from the past and future are summoned to fight him for its immortality or to face death.

The game features head to head fighting action with a cast of 9 unique characters. The character graphics are big and take place in colorful multi-scrolling arenas. There are unique features in the engine including combos, blood and gruesome death moves. Gameplay consists of Arcade, Versus, Battle and Training modes. Two players can go head to head via the Game Link cable.

The fourth game in the Hard Truck series features you as a trucker who is building his business to an empire. A true trucking simulation in which you can control up to 15 different trucks travelling up to 80mph. You haul from over 30+ different type of products across 1000 miles of highways from the 48 continuous states. The game comes with prebuilt scenarios and a free mode in which you must build up your trucking empire. Gameplay is very realistic as you travel through many highways and inner city roads transporting your goods, while trying to avoid accidents and paying caution to weather, traffic and the police. It's a true lifelike driving experience in which you have to watch your fuel tank, damage, turn on headlights during the night, and even avoid falling asleep at the wheel. Game maps are huge and simulate many different major and inner highways across the U.S. Also, while driving you see major sites, like seeing the Golden Gate bridge as you travel in California, or the bright lights of Vegas. Plus you can add your own driving music to the jukebox. At the Game Map, you'll see the cities of the US. Plus you will see the highways.

This high speed racing game takes gamers on races across 18 cities around the world including London, Paris, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles.

Enhancements like nitro boosts emulate the sensation of speed. Compete in championship mode unlocking new cars and tracks. Race against lifelike A.I opponents in single player mode or challenge friends in the two player and multiplayer modes.

While racing you will have to try to lose the police and watch out for traffic, which you can use to your advantage in causing crazy accidents. Breaking through roadblocks and rules will help you win.

Gameplay is in the style of Midtown Madness.

Backstreet Billiards is one of the most unique and full fledged pool simulations for Playstation. This game offers a wide variety of pool and carom games: 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Rotation, Basic Pool, 141 Continuous, Bowlliards, Cutthroat, 5-9 and One Pocket. Carom games include: 3-Ball, 4-Ball, Free, One Cushion, and Three Cushion. Adding to that are timed, trick shot and practice modes. The most unique aspect of the game though is a story-mode. This mode consists of a adventure game where you play as a character on the search for his father's famous pool cue. The story mode allows you to visit different locations and challenge opponents who get tougher along the way. Hidden items and ability upgrades help you along the way in this RPG like mode. Four player's are supported with or without multitap.

40 Winks is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle ghosts, goblins and other monsters in their dream-world. They must try to capture 40 winks scattered around the world in order to stop an evil old man named Nitekap. Nitekap wants to turn the winks into hood-winks, the things responsible for nightmares. You also have to find the 12 dream keys to unlock the boss level. A unique aspect of the game allows the players to temporarily morph into different costumes with special abilities. The costumes include a Prehistoric Man, Jester, Super Hero, and Ninja.