November 2001 Volume 82 Number 11 "serving the protectors"
Sub Command

This is one of the most realistic submarine simulations. You take charge of the most deadly modern-day submarines in the world as you command unique and challenging campaigns.

You utilize cutting-edge technology to navigate the world’s oceans to locate, track and destroy enemy convoys. Or you can park your sub off hostile shores to deliver Tomahawk missiles to inland targets. Whether diving, scouring or surfacing, you control the smartest, stealthiest, and most feared subs in the water today.

Features include:

• Three of the most technologically advanced submarines in the world to command: the Seawolf, the 688(I), and the Akula.
• Each sub equipped with authentic naval systems like sonar, radar and target motion analysis.
• Two campaigns to navigate - test your skills in missions straight from headlines as you fire Tomahawk missiles at enemy structures, rescue crippled subs, rise through the polar caps to communicate vital information, and much more.
• Multiplayer extends the action. Play co-operatively or head-to-head over the Internet on EA.COM’s matchmaking system for endless hours of submarine warfare.
• Easy-to-use game interface - ideal for the advanced or casual gamer.
• Enhanced sound and 3D graphics engine - 250 + 3D objects, from Russian trawlers to France’s Mirage fighters, and exacting sound modes pull you into a realistic battle experience like no other. You won’t just hear depth charges - you will feel them!

Stronghold

This ingenious strategy game will appeal to fans of the Age of Empires and Lords of the Realm.

This game is set during medieval times, when the castle was very much the military centrepiece.

Your task is to build the sort of castle to suit the terrain you’re defending, as well as the type of enemy you face.

You are responsible for developing small specialist armies with very specific battlefield capabilities. There are knights, archers, engineers and spearmen, each with their strengths and weaknesses, which you have to know how to deploy most effectively.

To engage in battle, you can dig ditches, build archery towers and siege equipment, or even use your engineers to pour boiling oil from the battlements down onto the enemy.

The game throngs with medieval characters, such as peasants, blacksmiths and cart-wheeling jesters.

One of your tasks is not only to support your villagers and to defend them from their enemies, but to keep law and order. You can be a kind or a harsh ruler. Should you desire, you have the power to put troublesome peasants in the stocks or even send them to the gallows.

Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Hot on the heals of Disney’s recent animated feature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, comes a 3D action adventure of the same name.

A team of five explorers sets off on a perilous expedition, travelling far beneath the ocean floor and deep into the Earth’s core in search of the lost city of Atlantis.

Soon they find themselves in a land of mystery, guarded by mythical monsters, including the vicious sea-dwelling Leviathan.

But the adventure doesn’t stop there. One explorer - confronted by the riches he finds in Atlantis - is overcome by ambition and greed, which threaten to destroy the ancient empire.

Unwilling to go along with his plan, the remaining four join forces with Kida the Atlantean princess, to save the city from a cataclysmic volcanic eruption and certain destruction.

The action and excitement take place in a 3D world, using high-quality footage from the movie.

You can play as five different characters from the movie, including the lead character, Milo Thatch.

Taking full control of the team’s fate, you control not one, but five different adventures. Drawing on the skills of each character, you’ll find yourself using a wide array of gadgets and mysterious objects, and also pilot fleets of exotic Atlantean air and sea vehicles for increasingly dangerous challenges.

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