Mobile Forces [updated]

Sometimes it's hard to find a good parking spot.

Mobile Forces is a first person shooter built on top of Epic's Unreal technology and offers 8 game modes and 11 sprawling and realistic environments. Unleash warfare all the way from the Arctic to the Wild West in a diverse range of vehicles with groundbreaking physics and choose to either drive or ride in the vehicle passenger seat and blow away your opponents.

This updated demo has many improvements including - Dedicated server option, Improved networking code, Player and Announcer spoken voices.

Minimum System Requirements: PII 450, Windows 95, 128 Mb RAM, Windows 9x. Compatible Sound Card, 32 MB 3D Accelerated DirectX 8.0 Compatible Video Card.

DOWNLOAD: MobileForcesDemo_2002.05.07.exe [74.1 MB]

URL: http://www.mobile-forces.com/

MoonBase Commander

That's one small kill for man...

MoonBase Commander puts players in charge of their own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire on the moon. The key to winning is to find, exploit and use valuable energy pools to eliminate rival factions who are also on the same quest. Along the way players must choose the best way to accomplish their goals by using weapons, surveillance or shields to fortify their defenses.

MoonBase Commander features multiple and unique opposing factions, bright graphics, a light storyline and various types of terrain that can be easily customised with the terrain editor. Bottom line — MoonBase Commander is an addictive, turn-based strategy game with a simpler feel that provides an exciting entrance into a proven genre.

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, 32 MB RAM, DirectX 8.1.

DOWNLOAD: moonbasecommanderdemo.exe [56.2 MB]

URL: http://www.funkidsgames.com/games/moonbase_commander_pc/

New World Order MP beta test 2

The trusty crate features largely but does little when fired upon.

Be a part of the multiplayer team-based game where teams battle it out in environments and situations that could be taken right out of an action-movie.

To make your gaming experience better, you should take part in the DirectPlay Beta. DirectPlay 8.2 will improve your game performance in the New World Order Multiplayer Test 2.0.

Microsoft has supposedly provided a direct link to the DirectPlay 8.2 beta patch for New World Order but it never seems to work. See the NWO site for more up-to-date information.

Please note that this is beta code and it is being made publicly available for the current New World Order beta release. The DirectPlay 8.2 beta release requires that DirectX 8.1 be installed on your machine. You may not re-distribute or modify this beta code or provide your own direct link to this file [that's why it's not on the CD. Sorry.].

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, 128 MB RAM, DirectX 8.1, 32MB 3D card.

DOWNLOAD: nwo_mpbeta2.exe [118 MB]

URL: http://www.funkidsgames.com/games/moonbase_commander_pc/

Prince Of Qin

Sadly, the turkey is not a playable character.

Prince Of Qin, pronounced chin, apparently, is an isometric action/RPG that explores the final days of the Qin dynasty and follows the story of the Prince and his cohorts on many quests of uninspired genocide. There is very little in the way of ritual disembowelment that would bring this game close to my heart. But the fighting scenes are pretty good and, if you can figure out how to play it without the manual, you should have a fairly good time.

Pick your fighting buddies, buy/sell weapons, learn new skills as you advance through the levels and, basically, take out any one who comes near you. The scenery, though lush, is failry repetitive and boring but the graphics and gameplay can still manage to keep you enthralled for at least one mission.

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, Pentium II/266MHz, 64MB RAM, 16 MB 3D video card.

DOWNLOAD: princeofqindemo.exe [194 MB]

URL: http://english.object.com.cn/...

Syberia [updated]

Their leader long since dead, Hannibal's elephants have taken to performing mundane duties these days just to make ends meet.

Syberia is a first-person adventure game which chronicles the life of lawyer Kate Walker as she tries to locate Hans - the long, lost brother of Anna Voralberg - in Siberia in order to ratify the sale of the family business.

OK. So it may not sound like much fun but you've got to give 'em 10 /10 for originality. The player will take on the role of the heroine, Kate Walker, as she sets out on her long journey eastwards, encountering cities along the way bearing the mark of Hans' genius; cities that still exude the bygone days of the twentieth century in so many different ways.

One thing that the game has definitely got going for it is some stunning visuals. The 3D creations were based on sketches by illustrators such as B. Sokal and engender a series of highly unique atmospheres. The web ist eis also worth a look. Very pretty and some good use of Javascript window commands. This special press demo contains a walkthrough with a storyline synopsis, features and gameplay instructions.

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, Pentium II 350 Mhz, 16 MB compatible Direct3D (DirectX 7) 3D graphics card, 64 Mb RAM, 400 MB free on hard disk, CD-Rom 16X, DirectX 7 compatible sound card.

DOWNLOAD: syberia.zip [112 MB]

URL: http://www.syberia.info/

Team Factor 1.5i

Soldiers often flirt with danger by firing upon each other from well within the 3m paintball range.

The "Team Factor" story takes place at present time, complete with realistic weapons, equipment and enviroments. Basically it will be a fight between two teams, with a third one trying to achieve its own independent objective which collides with objectives of the first two teams. Imagine a scenario where the US SOCOM team is going to capture leader of one important Middle East militia force to bring him to justice alive. The leader has its own elite forces for protection, of course.

To mess things up a little, an Israeli commando team appears on the scene with objective to "terminate" the militia leader to prevent some further incidents, like his prison escape, or terrorists attack for negotiating his release. If the SOCOM team will want to fullfill its own objective, they will need to capture the militia leader alive, so they will need to fight the militia as well as repell the Israelis away from him by force. The campaign has sixteen different missions.

This demo offers a different map from the other demo called Sarajevo and incorporates the improvements and changes from the v1.5 patch.

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, Pentium II 350 Mhz, 16 MB compatible Direct3D (DirectX 7) 3D graphics card, 64 Mb RAM, 400 MB free on hard disk, CD-Rom 16X, DirectX 7 compatible sound card.

DOWNLOAD: tfdemo1.5i.zip [91.5 MB]

URL: http://www.7fx.com/