Whatever happened to family game night? Face it -- kids would rather plop down in front of the television or play a really good videogame than mess with silly board games or spend time with their family. While some would blame technology, 3DO has come up with a solution to the game night woes. As a compromise between videogames and classic board games, Family Game Pack features 25 classic family-oriented games! Family Game Pack is broken into four genres including card games, board games, casino games, and solitaire. With games such as Go Fish, Old Maid, and Hearts, there are plenty of card games for everyone in the family. Likewise, the included board games span a wide age group with Checkers for younger gamers and Backgammon for the adults. Is Dad constantly nagging you about him being an elite Chess champion? Show him up by challenging him to an intellectual battle between kings, queens, and their pawns!

Starsphere Interactive and Mindscape presents Chessmaster II for the PlayStation, the second edition of the popular original that many chess fans favored no matter what platform it was developed on. In this game you have a choice of 2D or 3D graphics with real-time board zoom and rotation, as well as twenty-four different chess sets, like Mycenae (Greek), Egyptian, Isle of Lewis, Staunton (classic), and many more! All pieces can be changed to a dozen types to your liking whether they be statues, thimbles, or just traditional chess pieces.