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For centuries, would-be heroes have been piting there skills against the Crypt of the Ancients. Controlled by the seemingly ageless arch-mage Alaric, it is believed to have been built over five thousands years ago as a resting place for 'The Ancients' - Demigods who created the world. Now, the Crypt is a way to earn money, as Alaric offers a prize of 50000 gold coins for anybody who enters the Crypt and lives to tell the tale.
Ancient Evil is a nicely put together Isometric RPG in the graphical style of Fallout.
System requirements: Pentium 120, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
Armour Command is a quite exciting entry into the realm of the Real Time Strategy Game. It offers a fully 3D battle ground with support for major 3D accelerators. With a dynamic camera the action is spectacular being able to easily change from a satelite view to one from your units perspective wjere the action is.
You can Select, navigate and target vehicles and groups with a mouse click. Re-program your troops on the fly without superseding your initial commands and launch cluster assaults in packs of up to 8 units simultaneously.
System requirements: Pentium
90, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This games supports Direct
X
Officially licensed and developed for the 1997 World Champions, Castrol Honda Superbike is a fast motorcycle racing simulation that takes a shot motorcycle racing realism with every aspect of the 1997 World Championship winning bike: the awesome 190 MPH 160 BHP Honda RVF-RC45 simulated.
To win the championship you will have to master the bike and its setup for every track. Multiple options are included to allow complete control of the simulation environment, from the level of the computer opponents to tire wear and whether or not an accident will put you out of the race.
System requirements: Pentium
90, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This game supports Direct
X
CROC is a new 3D platform game that brings Console fun into the world of PC's. Featuring excellent graphics, animation and immense cuteness you have to guide Croc so he can rescue his peace loving friends the Gobbos from the grasp of Baron Dante.
CROC can waddle, run, swim, swing and even fly (with a little help) around his environment to rescue his little friends. It's cute, it's cool, I love it.
System requirements: Pentium
133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This game supports the 3Dfx/Direct
3D
Deep in space a beacon sends out a weak signal . . . a message from thousands of years ago. The message tells of a powerful artifact -- The Gift3 Messiah--which lies somewhere on the 3rd planet of the Gift system. It has power to such an extent, that man has never before seen. Four distant races discover the beacon and follow its signal to the planet.
Above the planet, Instead of peacefully negotiating with new found alien races over there being brought together by the mysterious artifact, instead (naturally) a massive battle ensues!!
Humans, Darkens, Mercs and Scorps fight to prevent the others from reaching the planet. Only small drop ships with skeleton crews can make it through the chaos.
You are the leader of one of these crews. . . .
System requirements: Pentium 133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
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to Hard Disk
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from CD
Here's a genuinely interesting twist in the whole Real Time Strategy genre. Instead of using your Strategic abilities for causing (virtual) death and destruction, using it to save (virtual) lives.
Command police cars and fire engines and save people from desperate, life-threatening situations. Worth a try.
System requirements: Pentium
90, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This game supports Direct
3D
Extreme Tactics doesn't offer fancy 3D battlefields opting instead uses the old sprite based 2D terrain system. What it does offer though is unsurpassed customisation of war machines.
With the ability to strategise before you hit the battlefield and creating and specialising each unit from scratch, choosing among thousands of variations, Extreme Tactics promises a greater use of the cerebellum then other strategy games.
System requirements: Pentium 90, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
Formula 1 was not only one of the first 3Dfx games to make everyone go wow, it was also proof (at last) that consoles no longer had a strangle hold on fast 3D or essentially more adrenaline induced gaming.
Formula 1 97 is essentially an impovement over Formula 1 that beautifully drives a further wedge between consoles and the PC (We being now superior with our 3Dfx's et all.) Some of Formula 1 97's new features are car damage, crashes and multi-player options with vertical and horizontal split-screens.
System requirements: Pentium
133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This game supports Direct
3D/3Dfx
Hexplore is a new and rather exciting gaming experience. It's essentially a RPG, but more in the style of the old Super Nintendo classics. There's plenty of evil to kill, lot's of tactics between the 4 members of your party and a 3D rotatable playfield.
It's 1000 AD within a world of lost treasures and forgotten realms. In this world, a secret brotherhood of dark sorcerers is searching for a secret manuscript called the book of Hexplore. This book reveals the precise location of the Garden of Eden, the source of the Divine Knowledge. Foreseeing the danger, 4 heroes decide to save the precious book.
Hexplore is a ton of fun and a must try.
System requirements: Pentium 90, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
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to Hard Disk
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from CD
Nightmare Creatures is "the one" and the wildcard of this CD. It plays fantastically, rather like a mix between Tomb Raider and Blood. The creatures look genuinely scary and move with a violence and agression that'll get the old adrenal glad flowing.
A definite magic gaming moment is skillfully evading a zombies advance to powerfully decapitate it in a spray of blood. There's plenty of character moves too from kicks to impressive combo displays of staff or swordmanship. There's also the totally impressive, grab a gun stick it in the creatures face and singing it a "lull-a-bye".
System requirements: Pentium
133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This game supports Direct
X
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to Hard Disk
Run
From CD
THE official Quake 2 Demo. What else can I say?
System requirements: Pentium
166, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
This game supports the 3Dfx,
OpenGL, Power VR
Swarm
- Reflexive Entertainment
Arcade Action
Swarm is a really nice return to the fast-paced days of 2D action. This reminds me a lot of the old classic from the 64, Pirates of something. If you know your 64 games when you try Swarm you'll know what I mean.
Otherwise, it's an intense game of destruction thats taken the popular genre of 2D action arcade shoot-em-ups and incorporated high resolution color graphics, gripping sound effects, immersing soundtracks, and an intuitive mouse interface.
System requirements: Pentium 133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
See this exclusive preview of Wartorn from a group of Australian developers from Woy Woy.
System requirements: Pentium
133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
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from CD
From the Article in this months PC PowerPlay.
X
files Preview - Fox Interactive
Preview
The X-Files game due soon looks set to be absolutely huge. Here in an exclusive PC PowerPlay Preview, you have the opportunity to see first, before anyone else how development on this most anticipated game is going.
System requirements: Pentium
133, 16 Mb RAM, Soundcard.
Run
Macromind App from CD
Open
Movies Directory
Install
Quick Time for Windows