I picked up the Holiday edition of Computer Gaming World (#246) which came
with a DVD.  On the back of the sleeve for the included wih the DVD are
supposedly the "full game" versions of Rollercoaster Tycoon and
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.  It does not mention any limitations on the ...

Picked up AoM Gold Edition today.  It installs both AOM and the Titans
Expansion.  In the campaign menu there are two options, the AoM Campaign and
the Titans Campaign, but regardless of which one you select you start the
same campaign, playing as the Atlanteans.  Since the ...

Has anyone got any tips on how to defeat city defenses. My fleets are
nothing but fodder against these things. City defenses fire about 3 times
faster than my fully crewed ships and are about 90% accurate. I have not
been able to knock out any city because of this.

Due to overwhelming feedback, Slitherine have decided to extend the single
player demo for Spartan - their award winning civilization building game.
Over the past few months an increasing number of posters to the Slitherine
forums and elsewhere have complained how the demo did not ...

For those who have been around for awhile and even some of the newer folks
who are the people whose posts and opinions you look forward to reading in
this group?

I recently purchased Warlords IV.  It looks like a nice game, but I
have a problem with the cursor.  It keeps flickering on and off.
I've tried everything I can think of.  I applied the patch.  I changed
all the game's video options and turned off my virus protection.  No

This is in all stores across US between 7am and 12pm, on day after
thanksgiving.
DOOM3        $20
Rome:TW        $30

I'm working with an old computer here - what would you call as the top
ten pc games - any genre - for machines with minimum spec's (say,
933-1.2 processor, 16-32 mb graphics, 256-512 ram). In other words, a
machine that can't quite run the heavy 3-D in most of the recent

Review: Kohan: Kings of War (Global Star Software, 2004)
by Keith Ness
As I don't play multi-player, and I'm not crazy about campaigns, I
haven't tried them for this game, and my review will focus on custom

Looks interesting despite a really bad review I saw on the web.
Wondering if anyone has played it yet?

Review: Axis & Allies (Atari, 2004)
by Keith Ness
The game opens without introduction directly to the main screen.  In
the background, there is a loop of appropriately brief, 3D-ish,

Could someone recommend an online strategy guide for Heroes 3:
Armageddon's Blade?  I'm having trouble overpowering Xeron in map five
of the self-titled campaign.
The Astral Wizard site doesn't seem to be responding to ping attempts.

Can anyone give me a few recommendations as to whether any political
strategy games exist, and if so, what you would recommend?  I have tried the
likes of Shadow President and Political Tycoon (which sucks), but are there
others?  Where can they be downloaded or purchased?  ...

Old game but a good one. Installed it again under Win2k and the screen
flickers. I think this is known problem, but didn't see a known
solution.
Anyone have one?