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All the latest and greatest games from the Internet and other sources will be available here as a trial, demo, or shareware versions - sometimes even free! If you don't see a game demo here that you want it'll more than likely be on the DVD or next issue's CD1. If not, let us know and we'll check it out for worthiness.

PLEASE NOTE: After clicking any of the Install links below you may experience a long wait, depending on the relative size of the game demo. Please be patient as multiple clicking may cause the installation process to fail or, in some cases, lock up your machine.

Blade Mistress

A little MMORPG with a big punch.

Don't be too hard on yourself if you've never heard of this one. Either had I until recently. And, no, the file size isn't a misprint, making Blade Mistress the smallest persistent-world MMORPG in history.

But for a game you've probably never heard of Blade Mistress is a lot of things. It's a server-centric, ultra-low bandwidth, massively multiplayer, 3D graphical fantasy role-playing game.

In a magic world filled with dangerous monsters and fantastic adventure, the eight Great Spirits watch over a matriarchal human society. The heroines of the land include warrior Blade Mistresses, magical Enchantresses, and artistic Craftswomen. All three types of heroine protect and promote the small human population that exists in this fearsome and challenging world.

Blade Mistress currently has PvE combat, trading, crafting, chatting, character advancement, guilds, totem magic, and ritual magic. It also has dungeons and guild towers that can be edited by the players themselves and allows each player to create up to eight characters.

Minimum System Requirements: PIII 500, 64 MB RAM, DirectX 8.1.

Install: bbosetup.exe
File size: 1.25 MB
URL: http://www.blademistress.com/

Robocop

Police brutality at its best.

This all-out intense first person, 3D-action game mixes pure fast-paced gameplay with thrilling cutting-edge technology, bringing Robocop's whole world alive! Taking the role of hit character Alex Murphy, (a.k.a. Robocop), the player must protect the good citizens of Detroit City from drug dealers, cyborg gangs and renegade robots, while foiling the plans of crime lords, corrupt executives at Omni Consumer Products (OCP) and the omnipresent conscious central computer MIND.

Minimum System Requirements: PIII 500, 128 MB RAM, 16 MB video card, DirectX 8.1.

Install: robocop_demo.zip
File size: 23.49 MB
URL: http://www.robocop-game.com/

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4

That's one small step for mankind.

Drop into the ultimate skating challenge with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. Players take on the role of legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk and 13 other athletes as they skate through enormous free roaming levels, choose from 190 progressively harder goals and build their skills to perform 14 of the greatest skateboarding stunts of all time.

The game's enhanced career mode allows players to earn respect and the chance to take on all new pro goals by conquering a skater-specific Pro Challenge based on each skater's personal history.

If you loved 3 then you're gonna go nuts over 4. Better graphics, sound, physics, maps and models all combine to create another fine girlfriend-killer of a game. You'll spend hours on this.

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, P3 800, 256 MB RAM, 32 MB video card, DirectX 8.1.

Install: thps4demo_smallest_.exe
File size: 132.65 MB
URL: http://www.aspyr.com/products.php?p_product_id=60

Your Own World 2.5

As good as it gets? Let's hope not.

"Once upon a time, a young boy was going home. Once a got up to the door, he heard screaming. The boy finds out some guy stabbed his mom. Your mom dies. You are to get your revenge."

Believe it or not this is the plot, word for word, as supplied by the developer. Don't ask me who he is, where he comes from, or how he old he is. I don't know. What I do know is that this game is small enough and wacky enough that it would have been irresponsible of me not to have included it here. It most probably never should have been made either.

Maybe it is true that video games breed violent thoughts because after 10 mintues of playing this sh*te I personally wanted to track down and kill the people responsible for bringing this guy into the world. And what's even scarier is that this is only the demo!

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP.

Install: yourownworld2.5_demo.exe
File size: 344 KB
URL: http://www.bond-ware.netfirms.com/

Our Best Of E3 Trailers:
	Call of Duty Call of Duty is a World War II-based First-Person Shooter being developed by Infinity Ward, the team that created Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
	Doom III This is the awesome presentation of DOOM 3 being shown at the L.A. Convention Center for E3 2003. The Quicktime movie shows some beautiful and scary in-game footage from this anticipated title.
	Halo 2 An 8 minute long movie of in game footage. Check out some of the new weapons and tactics, pay special attention to the ghost hijack sequence. This looks nothing short of perfect.
	Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2 is one of the most anticipated games at E3 2003 and this incredible DVD quality movie shows us why. Watch over a minute of actual in-game footage in this DivX 5.0.5 video.
	Jedi Academy The next installment to the Jedi Knight series places you as a new cadet at the Jedi Academy. Watch furious duel-saber and saber staff action in this Quicktime E3 2003 movie.
	Lineage 2 The E3 2003 movie for Lineage II: Chaotic Chronicle shows an awesome introduction of CGI eye-candy. If the in-game graphics are anywhere near as good as this then they could have ahit on their hands. I am so in love with this chick.
	Matrix Online The Matrix Online sets you as a player in a world full of others across the globe deep in the Matrix. Create your identity, learn kung fu, and master your environment in the war to inherit the earth.
	Metal Gear Solid 3 Solid Snake returns as the main character in this jungle survival game that continues the successful franchise.
	Mythica Mythica is a new breed of MMORPG that casts players in the role of an immortal in the mythological world of the Norse gods.
	Prince of Persia: Sands of Time What started off many years ago as a bloody annoying yet strangely unforgettable game has since grown into an institution. PoP 3D was a big leap forward from its predecessor and Sands of Time looks to have leapt ahead agion. Check out 2 minutes of CGI and gameplay footage.
	Thief 3 First time on the console, the next installment in the Thief series takes gamers to the next level of stealth gameplay with the chance to experience the game that pioneered the stealth concept in games.
	War of the Ring If only JRR had know what he was doing when he wrote those books he might just have had a change of heart. OK, OK, don't get me wrong. I'm a die-hard fan, too, but the bandwagon of spin-offs to PJ's excellent movies is enough to make you sick.
	XIII XIII is an upcoming cel-shaded first-person shooter in development at Ubi Soft using the Unreal Engine. This E3 movie trailer sports nearly three minutes of action-packed in-game footage in an appropriate comic-style montage.