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Starcraft

Company / developer:
  Blizzard Entertainment

As the military leader for your species, you must gather the resources you need to train and expand your forces and lead them to victory. 30 unique missions will challenge you across three different campaigns as you control the fate of the galaxy.

Story:
In the distant future a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. Through military strength, espionage and deceit, a unified Terran government has maintained an uneasy peace. As resources run short, however, these Confederate nations find themselves looking towards the rich worlds of their alien neighbors, the enigmatic Protoss. To further complicate matters, it seems that a previously unknown and deadly species known only as the Zerg has entered Protoss space and is destroying everything in its path. The time for war has come...

Crazy Machines

Company / developer:
  Pepper Games

Who doesn't know it - the cult game, "The incredible Machine®", - the one that captivated many computer gamers. So...DIY freaks, logical thinkers, and superbrains get ready! Moulded along the lines of that classic is yet another gem - "Crazy Machines - The Inventor's Workshop" - and this one will test your logic and inventive talent to the limits. 

The task sounds easy enough, doesn't it? With the given parts, construct a machine that matches the objective of the game; but, as always, there are hidden pitfalls in there - how can I grill meat using a light bulb?, or, how can I get a flower to grow using a cannon or gun? These are all questions that you can answer during the game!

"Crazy Machines" won't only test your brainpower – it has features like particle systems, volumetric realtime shadows, clothing simulation – and you won't be able to get enough of the incredibly detailed machine parts designed by the prize-winning design team "DBKI" - graphics both powerful and impressive.

Freelancer

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Experience a vast, open-ended universe filled with an infinite number of adventures. You are the freelancer Edison Trent, an intergalactic jack-of-all-trades. Your mission: whatever you want. Become a smuggler or a ruthless space thug, a naval hero or a trader. Dodge through asteroid fields while piloting elite spacecraft. The action is endless as you make your way through 48 known star systems. Greed, morality, compassion, anger... whatever motivates you, the dynamic universe will respond. Take the first step. The universe is waiting.

SWAT 3

Company / developer:
  Sierra Entertainment, Inc.

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition gives you more of what you crave, including ten-person multiplayer capability, more missions, more weapons, more skins, and an Advanced Tactics CD.

Developed hand-in-hand with the Los Angeles Police Department SWAT unit, SWAT 3: TGOTY places you in 27 stunningly realistic Los Angeles locations. As the element leader of your SWAT entry team, you must defuse potentially deadly situations and preserve the lives of the innocent at all costs.

SWAT 3: TGOTY takes you deeper behind the scenes of a real life SWAT officer than ever before. The Advanced Tactics CD in this two-CD set includes educational videos shot on location at the famous Blackwater Training Center with commentary provided by actual SWAT officers.

Owners of the original SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle or SWAT 3: Elite Edition can upgrade to all of the expanded gameplay features of SWAT 3: TGOTY via free downloads that include the new missions and development tools.

The Sims

Company / developer:
  Electronic Arts Inc.

The Sims

The Sims is about creating, managing, and controlling the lives of tiny computerized people who dwell in miniature homes. The game's excellent music and sound effects, detailed scenery, cleverly animated characters, and equally clever writing go a long way toward fulfilling this intriguing premise. Yet though you can exercise a considerable amount of control over your sims' behavior and lifestyles, The Sims' actual gameplay is rather limited in some respects - either by odd inconsistencies or by actual restrictions placed on your actions. But to the game's credit, the most objectionable thing about these occasional limits is how starkly they contrast with the otherwise tremendous freedom you have to lead your sims' lives.

Hidden & Dangerous

Company / developer:
  Illusion Softworks

Hidden & Dangerous is a 1999 computer and video game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Take-Two Interactive and TalonSoft for Windows, the Sega Dreamcast, and the Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation port of the game was developed by Tarantula Studios.

The player takes the role of a four-man British Special Air Service (SAS) team executing a number of important sabotage and/or rescue campaigns during World War II. The game takes a realistic approach, where the player must use stealth for the most part to complete the objectives. Hidden and Dangerous (as well as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six) arguably set the tone for tactical realistic shooters and received a large proportion of 90% and above reviews.

Total Annihilation

Company / developer:
  Cavedog Entertainment®

Total Annihilation

Total Annihilation's technological and graphic advancements, including true 3D terrain and real-time 3D rendered units and buildings, make it the most challenging and visually stunning real-time combat game around.

Large, diverse maps transport players across radically different landscapes of ice, lava, forest and more. Mega-maps as large as 128Mb, thousands of screens wide, promise hours -- even days -- of battle.

With true 3D weapon trajectories, holding "high ground" isn't just a saying, it's survival. Players can lob artillery shells over hillsides, while long-range "Big Bertha" cannons bombard the enemy from halfway across the world.

The true 3D environment allows players to drive heavily armed tanks up mountains, into valleys and even underwater. Each Total Annihilation unit is constructed of hundreds of individually articulating parts. Cannons recoil and vehicles shake after each hit. Aircraft wings fold and unfold on takeoff and landing. With each vehicle fully rendered in 3D in a real-time environment, fighter aircraft can barrel-roll through turns, while belly cannon rotate to track targets.

The battle grinds on the ground, lofts through the stratosphere, and even takes to water. Dozens on naval units -- submarines, battleships and destroyers -- give Total Annihilation a whole new edge. Entire campaigns can take to the seas, as amphibious tanks actually drive beneath the waves and aircraft deploy directly from carriers to attack enemies bases across the oceans.

Age of Empires 2

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Game Studios

Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings is the sequel to the award-winning, best-selling real-time strategy game Age of Empires. Age of Empires II spans a thousand years, from the fall of Rome through the Middle Ages in which players lead one of 13 civilizations into greatness. The game keeps the epic scope of Age of Empires' game play while evolving the combat and economic features.

Rise of Nations

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Rise of Nations

Rise of Nations is a new historical real time strategy game from Big Huge Games’ Brian Reynolds, designer of PC game classics such as Civilization 2 and Alpha Centauri.
In Rise of Nations, you'll create new cities, improve city infrastructures and expand national borders. Conquer foes through military might using everything from sling-shots to cannons to stealth bombers to nuclear weapons; corner the market on key commodities and consolidate power under your rule; wheel and deal across time with history's eminent cultures.

Features:

• Cross genre gameplay.
• Zooming scale.
• Streamlined Fast Paced Multiplayer.
• Research more than 50 different technologies.
• Lead one of 18 Historical Nations.
• Conquer the World Campaign.
• 32 Rare Resources.
• Never depleting resources.
• Smart Citizens.
• Learn to play.
• In-depth game features.
• Multiple victory conditions.

Thief: The Dark Project

Company / developer:
  Eidos Interactive Limited

Released by Looking Glass Studios in 1998, and powered by their own in-house developed Dark engine, Thief: The Dark Project was in many ways a revolutionary title. Although it utilized a first person perspective, it was not an action-oriented shooter like almost all other first person games. Instead, the emphasis was on stealth: The character was not particularly agile nor a skilled fighter, and much of the gameplay involved using shadows to avoid enemies. However, for those who desire action, there are weapons available that allow direct confrontation. A skilled player can often break cover and go head-to-head with the enemies. An even more skilled player can stay in cover and never let the enemies know that he was there.