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Dirt Track Racing Sprint Cars

ATS Dist Ltd
Mini Golf

ATS Dist Ltd
Dirt Track Racing

ATS Dist Ltd
Junior Sports Backyard Football Game

Humongous

Searching for a pigskin computer game for your football-fanatic child (especially ages 5 to 10)? If you'd rather not opt for the complicated simulation of the Madden series or the intense taunting and tackling of the NFL Blitz series, pick up Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Football.
Combining the Junior Sports Network and the famous football players of the NFL Quarterback Club, Backyard Football features all 31 NFL teams and logos, custom NFL trading cards, and fast-paced five-on-five game play. Complex football play names are simplified for young players, and control couldn't be easier with Backyard Football's simple point-and-click interface, supporting keyboard, mouse and game pad.
One of Backyard Football's best features is its inclusion of big name NFL players, including John Elway, Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, Steve Young and Jerry Rice. Though the "backyard bunch" has been shrunk to pint-size form, young football fans should instantly recognise their favourite gridiron stars. A 14-game season satisfies those looking for solo play (the season ends with the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl), and a multiplayer option provides football excitement over the Junior Sports Network Internet site.
While certainly not as deep or dazzling as top-of-the-line football computer games, Backyard Football's colourful graphics and intuitive game play should please all football-crazed youngsters. --Doug Radcliffe
Kid's Sports- Multimedia Activity Kit

ATS Dist Ltd
Barbie Super Sports

Mattel
Barbie Super Sports

Barbie

Winter or summer, rain or shine, players can get a shot of electronic-sports action with Barbie Super Sports, which lets girls try out two sports--snowboarding and in-line skating. Young athletes will enjoy slamming snowmen and setting spinning gates awhirl as they negotiate obstacles, navigate slalom courses and, of course, fly over jumps of varying difficulty.
Both sports activities start in the same way: players receive a minimal budget of points for clothes and equipment before they hit the available courses. They rack up more points by making jumps and performing other smooth moves. These points can then be spent on better snowboards or skates, ones capable of performing even more stunts. Aimed at less computer-experienced girls around five-years-old, the courses provide lots of action but comparatively few challenges. Super Sports is fun, but there is nothing here that is especially difficult.
Super Sports has a few technical problems--it crashes easily and often, and there are places on the ski hills where it is easy to get hung up if you fall, making it impossible to continue. The courses themselves are too few in number and too narrow in their range of difficulty, making play repetitive. The lack of variety in the courses also means it is easy to get the higher-cost snowboards and skates. Older girls may find that these factors give the game a low replay factor.
On the plus side, two players can skate or board at once, and younger girls will find that the cheerful soundtrack and animations are great additions to the snowboarding and in-line skating experience. --Alyx Dellamonica