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C64 Commando Remake is a retro arcade game; a new version of a 1980s home port of an arcade game. Does that make sense? The important information is that this is a fast, one player vertical shoot 'em up. You play a commando and have to survive waves and waves of enemy soldiers.

The C64 Commando Remake can be played via keyboard or game pad, and has very simple controls: 8-way directional control, and shooting in the direction your commando is facing. you can throw grenades if you have them, although they can only be thrown ahead!

In keeping with the 8-bit feel, C64 Commando Remake has very blocky graphics, and a bleepy C64 soundtrack (considered one of the best of its genre). This isn't a modern remake, but one faithful to the original. You have three lives, there are no saves over the two levels, and it's pretty hardcore by today's standards. Touch a soldier or a bullet and you're dead!

C64 Commando Remake feels a little quicker than the original game, although it's difficult to be sure after over 20 years! It's incredibly basic, but that's the attraction of retro games, which are much easier to just pick up and play, even if the difficulty level is higher.

A great trip down memory lane for older gamers, C64 Commando Remake is a challenging shoot 'em up for everyone who can live with graphics that really turn back the clock!

There are some videogame characters that go beyond the game's boundaries and become almost part of our culture. Lara Croft is undoubtedly one of them, and she's back – again – with yet another exotic adventure.

Tomb Raider: Underworld is the latest episode in the franchise and it remains truly faithful to the series' principles: mysterious locations, varied puzzles and challenges and a more acrobatic than ever Lara with her usual tiny pants and tight tank.

Tomb Raider: Underworld requires both logical skills and physical abilities, I mean, physical in the sense of keyboard dexterity. The game's fully interactive environment provides you with many paths to explore the area and different ways to move around. However, the game is probably better managed with a gamepad, rather than the usual keyboard and mouse combination.

One of the most outstanding features in this new Lara Croft adventure is its astounding graphics. Characters, objects and especially landscapes are rendered with plenty of detail. Pay attention, for example, to tree leaves or water: they're so realistic it makes you feel like touching it. Of course, this means that the game has really high system requirements: another reason to play it on a console instead.

Tomb Raider: Underworld is another episode in the Lara Croft franchise, which will please Lara's fans but which will probably be boring for those of use who don't really like the character.

Are you a fan of WWE Raw? If you love the TV show, you're going to get a kick out the PC game, a cool piece of entertainment that is sure to keep wrestling fans on the edge of their seats.

The WWE Raw graphics are really impressive. From the adrenaline-filled opening sequence to the pumping music and excellent crowd details, the whole thing is a buzz from the moment it starts. The wrestling itself doesn't let the game down either - it's natural and believable and doesn't lose any detail during gameplay, although the moves available seemed a little limited.

Unfortunately, the WWE Raw trial version is really restricted: you can only try one out of the four game options and only two characters are available, The Rock and Kane. Menus and options aren't well designed so even though the game graphics are great, actually figuring out how to play or exit isn't so easy. Even so, the game that is available (1 to 1) is pretty cool, and real fans will want to give the demo a try despite WWE Raw's limitations.

WWE Raw - great graphics and music are brought down by a limited trial and uncomfortable options.

Knight of the Living Dead is a gaming mash up of the King Arthur legend, and zombies! You play Sir Galahad, and have to destroy waves and waves of zombies using your sword, plus a range of fantastic powers

This is a quirky top-down slash em up survival game. The aim is to kill every single zombie as fast as possible. If you die, there's a five second penalty before you rebirth and can continue the undead slaughter. Control is via the keyboard, for moving and managing your magic powers, and the mouse, for aiming and slicing zombies. This system works well.

As soon as you begin, zombies swarm toward you. Left-clicking to hack them away with your sword is effective, but slow, and you need to constantly circle around, keeping yourself in some space so you don't become engulfed. As you proceed, you will level up. A message tells you to hit Space, which takes you to a menu where you can upgrade Galahad.

Your abilities are organized into 5 cards, giving you some cool powers like Smite, Zealotry and Holy Beam. As you level up your powers will get more ridiculous too, and the effects are dramatic. Your sword can grow to huge proportions, allowing you to sweep crowds of Zombies away in a single swipe.

Knight of the Living Dead looks pretty basic, with big, blocky graphics, but it plays really well, and the sound effects are pretty cool. The card system for powers takes some getting used to, especially when you're really under zombie pressure. It's a fairly simple, and short experience, and replay value comes mainly from fast time chasing. There are online scoreboards, based on time that are automatically update with your score. You can view the top ten results for all time and the last week.

Knight if the Living Dead is a humorous, challenging and fun slash em up, which should satisfy arcade action fans.

It's incredible to think it's been 15 years since the FIFA game dynasty began. FIFA 09 is a far cry from the blocky graphics and rigid gameplay of the original, 16-bit version. But, of course, the question is, how much better is this one than FIFA 08?

The answer, in short is: a little. The graphics in FIFA 09 have been refined, with more photo-realistic captures of the superstars of soccer, and some great new animations both on and off the ball. The presentation of the game is as exquisite as ever, with new match intro sequences featuring the players warming up in the tunnel, crowd chants specific to each club, not to mention the cool new 'widgets' system on the menu pages, where various online and offline stats are displayed at all times. Unfortunately, it was impossible to test the commentary in FIFA 09, as it's not included in this demo version.

In terms of its gameplay, FIFA 09 offers a smooth ride, although there are few changes to the way the game handles other than a few new tricks and the addition of more realistic collisions. I could've done without these clashes, as sometimes it takes your player a long time to get up after a heavy hit. In fact, one of the new gameplay enhancements in FIFA 09 is the physical presence of some players, which means large defenders are more likely to bundle you off the ball, requiring more cunning to get past them.

While this demo of FIFA 09 is limited to four-minute demo matches between a choice of six clubs, the full release looks set to really raise the bar in terms of its online modes. I'm particularly excited by the new Adidas Live Season mode, where player information is updated dynamically depending on performances in real life.

FIFA 09 is undoubtedly a great football sim, although unless you're particularly interested in the online aspect of the game, you may not see a great deal of benefit in upgrading from 08 (other than, of course, the updated transfers).

Whether it'll prove better than Pro Evolution 2009 is a matter of extensive debate, but FIFA 09 is definitely the best version in the EA series to date.