Gold:

Sacrifice: It's Battlezone meets … Master of Magic?

Escape from Monkey Island: Guybrush Threepwood, LeChuck and more terrible puns than a whole year of Beatdowns.

No One Lives Forever: …but there's always “God Mode” right?

Released:

4x4 Evolution: It's your chance to actually use that 4x4 button, really!

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2: Skateboarding is not a crime. Grinding down my porch railing is. Remember that, punks!

Front Office Football 2001: EA is releasing it online only, and if you're into gridiron management sims, this is the one to get!

Links 2001: Turns out all the series really needed to be great was… Microsoft?

Rune: Go straight to Hel.

By vice-president Al Gore, special for Beatdown

“I remember, sometime around the time I began my second term in the role of vice-president, a game was announced that seemed like it would be based on my life. The game would cast the player in the role of a tough but fair vice-president taking on the rampant evils inhabiting our world. Evils threatening our children and preying on our future. Using the amazing new “portal technology,” this shooter-type-game would let everyone know how exciting my life truly is. Sadly “Gore - the Game,” never came out and I think the gaming landscape, and America, are the worse for it. I'm also pretty disappointed that my running mate, the honorable Senator Joe Lieberman, wants to remove me completely from all the games. Now, I'm not saying that I'm appropriate for children, but I can add a lot to a game. To make it fun and exciting.”