Super Magnetic Neo - Sega Dreamcast

In steps Super Magnetic Neo, a hapless title styled on a sonic-meets-Mario-meets-Crash-Bandicoot sort of affair. With colourful graphics, a gamestyle that sees you running into the screen in a puesdo 3D-esque landscape, this game just oozes fun.

The Wacky, if not different plot, revolves around Pinki a naughty toddler who whittles away her time working out ways to sabotage Pao Pao Park. To stop her mischievous activities, the Professor sends out his robotic creation--wait for it--called the Super Magnetic Neo to battle against the evil Pinki. You control Neo, and it's your task to return Pao Pao Park back to the pleasant state that it used to be in.

This game is basic and simple, with the tried method of playing, dying, playing some more, dying and then eventually getting to the end of the levels being used. To put it simply, Super Magnetic Neo just has that je ne sais quoi that Crash had when it first made it onto our screens.--Stuart Miles