Online Preview:<br>Week 1
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| Frogger |
From: Hasbro Interactive For Ages: 10 and up
When available: Now
Game Plan: "Frogger" is back, and he's armed with all new moves: power croak, heat-seeking tongue, and super jump! He's the coolest amphibian in town, but now he's lost in strange new worlds filled with hungry enemies.
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| Small Soldiers |
From: Hasbro Interactive
For Ages: 9 and up
When available: Now
Gameplay: Based on the hit moview Small Soldiers, the mighty Commando Elite and the noble Gorgonites come to life in "Small Soldiers Squad Commander" CD-Rom. Explore up to 20 challenging missions.
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| Final Fantasy VII |
From: Eidos Interactive
For Ages: 13 and up
When available: Now
Gameplay: "Final Fantasy VII's storyline draws the player into a believable and entertaining world full of spine-tingling battles and exultant victories! Guide characters through futuristic cities of intricate design.
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| Jazz Jackrabbit 2 |
From: Gathering Developer
For Ages: 5 and up
When available: Now
Gameplay: Gamers jump into an ultra-cool animated world with the wacky green rabbit Jazz and his crazy brother Spaz in "Jazz Jackrabbit 2"! Help them take on a bevy of dangerous turtles, bats, and other enemies.
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| FIFA World Cup '98 |
From: Electronic Arts
For Ages: Kids to adult
When available: Now
Gameplay: "FIFA Road To World Cup '98' combines fast action gameplay with the authenticity of the exclusive World Cup license. Contains over 360 teams and 6,400 soccer players.
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| Banjo-Kazooie |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: The game stars a big, goofy honey bear named Banjo who wears tight yellow shorts and carries around a raucous, red-crested breegull in his bright blue backpack. The action starts when wicked witchy-poo Gruntilda nabs Banjo's cute kid sister, Tooty, to use as a test subject for her beauty-stealing invention. Banjo sets out immediately to the rescue with his inseparable feathered companion Kazooie. The bear-and-bird duo must use constant teamwork to overcome the many obstacles in Gruntilda's cavernous lair.
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| Quet 64 |
For Ages:Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: This epic chronicles the bold bid by an intrepid young magician to find his father and save his people from an overwhelming evil. It takes place in Celtland, an island amicably shared by three kingdoms.
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| Gex '64: Enter the Gecko |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: End of August, 1998
Gameplay: Here, the smart-alecky lizard leaps through giant TV screens in search of red remote controls, which he then uses to open up additional worlds. What kind of worlds? Well, you've got your Star Wars-ish world, your cartoony world, your kung fu world. . .you get the idea.
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| Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: This baseball video game, starring a binary Ken Griffey, Jr., boasts a pitching and batting engine, precision play control, and a light-touch control stick that enables you to quickly and precisely swing just where you want to. And let's not forget the Hall of Fame artificial intelligence.
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| F-1 World Grand Prix |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: July 27
Gameplay: The game's centerpiece is its World Grand Prix mode, which follows 27 drivers and cars on eleven teams through the grueling 1997 racing season. The seventeen tracks offer plenty of challenges, from the long straightaways of Germany's Hockenheim to the nasty downtown curves of Monte Carlo.
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| Cruis'n World |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: September 28
Gameplay: Cruis'n World, a race car game, challenges you to a grueling globe-trotting circuit that boasts drive-by views of the world's great landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Kremlin and the Great Wall of China. However, stiff competition from a world-class field of lead-footers means you won't have much time for rubbernecking.
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| WCW/NWO Revenge |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Early October
Gameplay: More than 50 gladiators from World Championship Wrestling and its detested rival, the New World Order, are stepping into the squared circle with only one goal in mind: body-slamming the opposition into craven submission.
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: October 1, 1998
Gameplay: NFL Blitz uses actual NFL players but that's where the realism ends. Blitz is bigger than life, from the bulked-out polygonal players to their over-the-top field antics. See a defensive lineman pick up an opposing player with one hand and slam him face-first onto the turf.
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| International Superstar Soccer |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: This game sports a full arsenal of soccer moves, including kick, slide, lob, pass, feint and tackle. It also has a mode for every mood - six modes in all: Open Game, Penalty Kick, International, Scenario, World League, and Training. Each team is based on official FIFA statistics, although player names have been fictionalized.
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| Mission: Impossible |
From: Nintendo
For Ages: 13 & Up
When available: Now
Gameplay: Here, you'll mostly explore stages and try to figure out what to do next without being caught - scenarios including a tense escape from CIA headquarters. Fans of firepower need not worry: you'll get the chance to blast away with some mighty big cannons on a gunboat.
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| Spyro the Dragon |
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: To be announced
When available: September 1998
Gameplay: This adorable, though mischievous, little dragon glides, flies, rolls, jumps, charges, flames, and frolics through more than 30 interactive fantasy worlds. You'll encounter dragon families and free them from the evil spells of Gnasty Gnorc (when you're not recovering stolen family jewels and discovering hidden kingdoms).
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: The prankish Jersey Devil is out seeking revenge on the evil Dr. Knarf. Along the way, he encounters bizarre enemies, eerie passageways, creepy levels, and mysterious objects.
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| Gran Turismo |
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: An arcade racing game featuring individually customized performance, handling, and drive-train, along with real engine sounds.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: You can hit the fairways for Stroke play, Match play, Tournaments, and the ultra-challenging "vs. Mode." It even includes 18 holes of miniature golf.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: Everyone
When available: Now
Gameplay: NFL Xtreme is an "in-your-face," five on five arcade-style NFL experience. It features helmet popping sticks, trash talking, high scoring football with all of your favorite teams, players and stadiums.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: To be announced.
When available: October 1998
Gameplay: Players control their favorite characters from the TV cartoon of the same name as they show us the world from a below-the-knees perspective. The game features more than 20 levels and bonus rounds based on the actual series episodes.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: 13 & Up
When available: August 1998
Gameplay: Loosely based on last summer's film, the game consists of exploring Gotham City in the Batmobile, collecting clues, and fighting Mr. Freeze. Players can also take the role of Batgirl.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: 13 & Up
When available: November 1998
Gameplay: A sequel to the multiple-objective mission "Colony Wars," "Colony Wars Vengeance" adds air-to-ground combat that will allow for missions in which a pilot must take out a nuclear weapons reactor on a planet or follow a fleeing enemy back to their home base.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: 13 & Up
When available: March 1999
Gameplay: Starring the game version of martial artist Jackie Chan, it features an array of martial arts techniques.
From: Sony Computer Entertainment America
For Ages: 13 & Up
When available: August 1998
Gameplay: In this fighting game, players must collect gems that are floating around after an attack. Players also have the ability to temporarily change into other characters.
From: Hasbro Interactive
For Ages: 8 & UP
When available: Now
Gameplay: A game of cunning and logic that enriches the challenge of breaking a hidden code with graphics, sound effects, and artificial intelligence.
From: Microsoft
For Ages: Kids to adult
When available: To be announced
Gameplay: How many mudpies can you eat? The answer may lie in this game starring the latest, muddiest, biggest monster trucks. The new version offers up four of the baddest trucks around: Executioner, Firestone Wilderness, Snake Bite, and Stinger.
From: Electronic Arts
For Ages: Kids to adult
When available: Now
Gameplay: Possible in this game, which features artificial intelligence, is lean-in jumping, crossovers, spin moves, fade-away jump shots, and dunking-on-demand.
From: Ambertec
For Ages: 9 & Up
When available: To be announced
Gameplay: Set in the mythical afterlife of ancient Egypt, Pharaoh's Ascent places you in the role of Pharaoh. Trapped in your pyramid tomb, you must conquer 91 twisted levels as you ascend the pyramid and meet your destiny.
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| X-Files |
From: Fox Interactive
For Ages: 13 & Up
When available: Now
Gameplay: Featuring stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, the TV show-based game allows you to team up with agents Mulder and Scully in an investigation never seen on TV or in the movie.
