Quake II is the kind of sequel that arrives wearing a hard face and pretending not to care what anyone thought of the first one. The 1997 Windows 95 original, from id Software and published by Activision, is less a simple follow-up than a statement of technical intent: no MS-DOS, native OpenGL support, client/server multiplayer, […]
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Reader Rabbit’s Reading 2 is not trying to seduce the jaded adult in the room, which is frankly one of its virtues. This 1997 The Learning Company reading game, best supported here in its Windows PC form, is a no-nonsense piece of children’s software built for ages 5 to 8, the sort of thing that
Shadow Warrior, in its original 1997 PC form, is what happens when a studio looks at the post-Duke Nukem 3D landscape, grins like it has a fresh pack of fireworks in its jacket, and decides subtlety is for accountants. This is a Build engine first-person shooter from 3D Realms, the sort of game that arrives
SEGA Worldwide Soccer ’97 is the kind of football game that arrives wearing a shiny arcade jacket and then, halfway through the first match, quietly admits it has a limp. On paper, that sounds like a deal breaker. In motion, it is more complicated, and more interesting, than the usual retro sports memory lane nonsense.
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Star Trek: Generations is the kind of licensed game that makes me want to salute the ambition, then immediately ask whether anyone in charge had actually played a first-person shooter in 1997. The PC version, released by MicroProse in May 1997, is not content to be merely a movie tie-in. It lurches toward something stranger,
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