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Show MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 2000 9 ON THE PLAYING FIELD: THL SPORTS GAMES Not much of an athlete? Wish you were? Then the arcade's sports games are for you well, some of them at least. The absolute best game in the entire union-sp- orts or otherwise is Virtual Tennis, something Watts agrees with. "I love Virtual Tennis. Play it as much as possible," he said, noting that you could play it for awhile on a single quarter. Virtual Tennis lets you choose from a series of o professional players, such as Tim Henman, Jim Courier and that Kafilnikov fella from Russia. But what's amazing about Virtual Tennis is the play of the game. It's fairly easy to control and soon you'll find yourself progressing through the various rounds and wishing you had taken a tennis course this semester. Also, the beauty of Virtual Tennis is an oid one: If you keep winning, you don't have to keep feeding the coin slot. The graphics are impressive too, but the flow of the game is so impressive, you'll find yourself not caring what things look like. The only downfall of the game is Plaza Entertainment's fault the joystick is broken, so for now, it will be you against the computer. Sidenote: Watch out for Courier he's tough when he rushes the net. The typical sports games are there as well and big surprise, none of them offer anything different or exciting. NFL Blitz 2000 and NBA Showcase are fairly old regulars that are wearing out their welcome, especially since the machines they are on either have screens, no sound or really choppy graphics. World Series is perhaps the worst game in the union. There appears to be something wrong with the controls and even when you finally discover the controls are just really complicated and unwieldy, the game is a snoozer. It's so bad, I played an inning and walked away, probably making the day of some poor kid, until he or she too discovered that World Series sucks. so-s- two-play- er ultra-yello- 9 os. &iE , w The final sports game and the last of our reviewed games is Ski Champ. This is Plaza's with the large screen and a big attention-gette- r, that allows you to stand on pseudo-skisetup Don't let the slick marketing fool you like it did to Hancock. I kept getting lost," he said, "and running into things. It's not very good. Watts and I had the same experience. Besides, s, VIDEO GUNS: shoot-'em-u- p lift .,g.; , you feel like an idiot throwing your whole body into a turn in the middle of die union. So there you have it a comprehensive review of what to play and what to avoid in the union arcade. Next time you happen to be in the union walking toward the slop magnet known as Chartwells, maybe you could spare a quarter on the game of your choice. Just remember one thine as you slip that George Washington into the coin slot that's one of 25,000 quarters that fill the machines each year. Progressive Chicanao Press coming to you from the heart of Aztian! Look for it everywhere A Utew FEBRUARY TO 9 from thf Ja 5? Miller After paying on annual $5 processing fe, U of U ituder.U con rsceive: FREE TICKETS to piewew night performances FREE TICKETS to in the ieiond boitony on opening night J4 TICKETS Ooening night or on the 1st Thursday $4 TICKETS to ony show one half hour before curtain HALF PRICE TICKETS Monday - Thuradoys ond Saturday Molinee in odvonce STUDINT TICIITI IIOUSMT GmiDASUU f; presenter's OFFICE TO YOU a Bridge FEBRUARY 26, 2000 by Arthur UNION OELIsaturde, BE A DATING COPIOUS LOME SHACK mAl 9:00 D.m. DJ datina names GAMES CON'TESTAMI theatre M BBS COMPANY KARAflKF nriRR See our ad in personal classifeds or contact Jessie a? IT 581-76- or 5iMNTr oi V vul ..... is:;::;::,... brought to you by STUOtKf 'XIATKN AT .. . frff Fnnn programsiinion.utah.edu. lAm.-tW- eWgPIONEER ,1 These (juns don't have to be concealed: the union arcade offers several games to help you rslieve the stress of your physics class. Venceremos is Here! free & discount tickets available for UofU Students i stimulating your student body |
