Article: Serious play: today's CD-ROM multimedia games will blow you away. (includes related article on hardware controllers and list of companies and products)(Computer Shopper Buying Guide)(Buyers Guide)

What's the real reason you bought a Pentium-powered multimedia PC? Yeah, yeah, productivity, presentations, faster spreadsheet recalculations, Internet access. But be honest--you don't care about the hot new CD-ROM games? You haven't the slightest interest in hours of fast-paced, interactive, challenging, graphically gorgeous, and great-sounding entertainment?

If you answered, "No," you don't know what you're missing. Here's a rundown of some of our latest favorites--programs that prove today's multimedia games are definitely not kid stuff.

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