USD Football 1996

MADDEN Nfl 97 POSTGAME WRAP-UP

There is no surprise here, the best-selling football game of all time is showing no signs of slowing down. Madden NFL 97 takes all of the hard-hitting, pass-rushing excite– ment of the original versions and makes the necessary adjustments to stay in front of the competition. Some of the improvements and additions include motion-captured animations of real NFL players-digitiz– ing actual player movements onto the screen to make the players hit, throw, run and jump as lifelike as the actual pros-all 30 stadiums 3--D ren- MAKER EA SPORTS dered, eight different camera GRAPHICS A angles, and Pro Bowl selec- --------------------- COMPUTER PLAY ______ A-_ 1 tions based upon the players' REALISTIC PLAY A- performance during your sea- ----- - - -- - - - - - - - - -- -- SOPHISTICATION A son. STAT-KEEPING A- You can pick from one of --------------------- OVERALL GRADE A- 100 past or present teams, making the matchups limitless. Try to make the playoffs in a 17-game season. If you need some help getting that last wild-card berth use create-a-player mode and make your own secret weapo11 at any position. To top it all off, improved TV-style play-by-play by Madden, Pat Summerall, James Brown in the studio and Leslie Visser patrolling the sidelines makes this game dif– ficult to distinguish from the actual games on Sunday.

WORlD SERIES BASEBAll 11 POSTGAME WRAP-UP Sega Sports won the world series last year with World Series Baseball and is trying to defend its title with this year's version. World Series Baseball is about as realistic as they come. Adjust your fielders when a pull hitter comes to the plate, jump over the sliding base runner to com– plete the double play or leap at the wall to save a home run. If the pros can do it so can you with World Series Baseball II.

MAKER

SEGA SPORTS

In addition to all the great features of the original-such as full rosters of all the teams, various length pennant races, team and individual statis– tics-World Series Baseball II has all 28 stadiums, increased

GRAPHICS

A+

COMPUTER PLAY

A

REALISTIC PLAY

A

A

SOPHISTICATION

STAT-KEEPING A- --------------------- OVERALL GRADE A

statistics and five new batting views including the sure to be popular "ball chase cam." Play in the All-Star game, or just participate in the always exciting "Home Run Derby." If the teams out there don't do it for you then create an expansion team and draft your own championship con– tender. Play hard but be careful because injuries are a part of the game-tracking down a fly ball into the ivy could result in a season-ending injury-putting all pennant hopes on hold. World Series Baseball II has everything but contract disputes and big-league attitudes.

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