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FACTFILE Publisher: SCEE Developer: Argonaut Software Release Date: November, 2000 Age Restriction: None No of Players: One MAGIC-CARPET CAPERS AND, MERCIFULLY, NO ROBIN WILLIAMS The Disney Corporations attempt to saturate kiddie consumer culture continues with a follow-up to passable slider-swinger Tarzan ( OPMS1 7/10). Disney’s Aladdin sees you take charge of the baggy-trousered one for 28 levels of Arabian antics. Armed only with a scimitar, ballet skills and some useful f

Release Date: September 29, 2000 FACTFILE Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Doki Denki Studios Release Date: September 29,2000 Age Restriction: None No of Players: One The first of a new wave of titles aimed at three to sixyear-olds, Tiggers Honey Hunt is proof positive that children's games needn’t be patronising, nor scaled-down versions of ‘real’ titles. Instead, Honey Hunt is a beautifully judged platform game which marries Disney’s high production values with excellent level

Release Date: November 21, 1997 Tomb Raider 2? And about time too, eh? We don't know about the rest of you out there in magazine-reading land, but for those of us with full-time jobs and a social life it was about the end of last month that we finally finished Tomb Raider - a scant 11 months after its release. Since then we've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs, sighing and wishing that Core Design would get their act together, Well, the wait is over. We've been playing

Release Date: October 23, 1997 Like platform games? Like jester with magic wands? Like bouncing around a 3D world crammed with mutant fish, electric bridges and giant lava lamps? Believe us, you will... First thing's first, our Nikki looks a bit different this time out Gone is the boyish crop and prepubescent upper torso. Now our heroine sports a flowing main plus a set of lady bumps that could have your eye out at 15 paces. Sounds familiar? Of course it bloody does, but fret

Release Date: November 24, 2000 "A military outpost has taken over Dr Kirk’s experiments to breed the killers" Dino Crisis 2 is a mass of contradictions akin to one of those 'good news, bad news* jokes you used to hear as a kid. The good news, for example, is that it fulfils the main criteria of a sequel of having more of everything - especially dinosaurs. The bad news, however, is that Dino Crisis 2 no Longer falls under Capconrs survival horror mantle. Instead, its creator

Release Date: November 14, 2000 MIRROR, SIGNAL, MANOEUVRE GOES OUT OF THE WINDOW AS TANNER AND CO ONCE AGAIN BURY THEMSELVES IN THE MURKY WORLD OF ORGANISED CRIME Your bumper has just collapsed, the boot’s caved in and the rear left wheel is bouncing off down the freeway. Your damage gauge Ts flashing red, blaring impending disintegration, and you've only got 33.89 seconds to meet your contact. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO? Panic? Never. Die? Of course not Answer: You get o

Release Date: January 28, 1999 "All my Digimon are hard... I fight first and ask questions later" The wait is over. PlayStation owners clamouring to have their own brand of little monsters to collect and train will soon be able to get their hands on 113 of the critters. Bandai is releasing Digimon World* based on its successful cartoon series, currently being screened by ITV. You are given a randomly chosen Digimon, who you name, to begin your quest to rally the inhabitants o

Release Date: November 7, 2000 BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, HIGH-TECH GADGETS, AND MEGALOMANIACS. NO, NOT THE PSM OFFICE ; THE RETURN OF MR BOND TO PS1 IN THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH There’s nothing better than James Bond. And anyone who disagrees is wrong. No argument. And the rule holds for videogames too. For example, it's no coincidence that one of the best games ever made, Goldeneye, is better than its sequel, Perfect Dark. Why? It's got Bond in it. Deep down, you see, everyone wants to

Release Date: October 20, 2000 WHEN THE MUPPETS GET TRANSFORMED INTO EVIL VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES WHO YOU GONNA CALL? A SMALL FROG, OF COURSE Cuteness. Love it □r loathe it, if* definitely a driving force - and selling point - in videogames, helping to propel the likes of Spyro, Rayman and Nintendo's Mario to Platinum levels of performance. So when Hermit The Frog's nephew Robin hops and gribbets his way on to your screen in Moppet Monster Adventure don't be surprised to find

Release Date: November 16, 1999 "Bond is prone to getting snagged on the bug-riddled scenery" Peppering this review with cliched Bondisms would be all too easy, which is precisely why it doesn't open with the line, “We've been expecting you, 007. You and your appallingly-overdue movie tie-in.” Very loosely based upon the film of two years ago, Tomorrow Never Dies is a third-person action/adventure with subtle stealth overtones and gadgets ahoy. It should prove familiar territ

Release Date: October 5, 1999 "Mostly it’s a case of stumbling along, waiting for the next soldier" Bit late really, isn’t it? Nice potential (clanging swordplay, magic, monster pick-’n’-mix and bottomless cleavage), shame about the timing and execution. Comparisons with a certain other spunky lady may be inevitable, but the hope of Xena as Lara-come-lately is sadly scuppered by a clunky control system and painfully linear gameplay. For the record, the evil Kalabrax, impriso

Release Date: February 29, 2000 JOHN MCCLANE DIES HARDER DURING ANOTHER NIGHTMARE CHRISTMAS IN THIS LATEST BRUCIE BONUS. YIPPIE-KI-YAY, UM... YOU KNOW THE REST. Should you discover that some Eastern European terrorist organisation is threatening to take over your office building, our advice is to change into a vest and go kick Hans’ butt. It works for Bruce. The numerically challenged might struggle to comprehend the title to Fox’s latest game. As the sequel to 1996’s origina

Release Date: November 17, 1999 "You can deathslide down washing lines and zap hovering robots..." Remember “to infinity, and beyond!” from the first time round? Then you've probably too old to be part of Toy Story 2’s target audience - but that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy it. In fact, like Pixar’s masterpiece of computer¬ generated cinema, there’s plenty in Toy Story 2 that’ll appeal to those who still think Star Wars starred Indiana Jones and not that bloke out of Trainspo

Release Date: November 10, 1999 "Ducking round corners in the sewers triggers eerie tunes, anticipating the Nazi guards..." The delights of the one-shot kill. Line up a tin-pot helmet in the cross hairs, gently squeeze the trigger and another Nazi’s no more. Set at the tail end of World War II, Medal Of Honour takes you on a jaunt round Europe as a field agent for the Office Of Strategic Services. Standard first-person shooting stuff, you might think, but this title goes way

Release Date: November 30, 1999 "It’s not really a sequel. It’s something completely different..." Hawk Mason, one of the original Fighting Force, is apparently no longer content with spending his weekends beating people up with baseball bats and iron bars. He’s now a government agent, which basically means he can spend his time beating people up with guns and gadgets instead. Starting the game with only a few knives and grenades, you have to rely on hand-to-hand combat to de