Now, the value of either star and awards systems as an indicator for whether a game is good or bad is certainly questionable, given that two people can have entirely different views on a particular game. Also, it got a 4 star rating from PC Entertainment , 4 and 1/2 stars from CD-ROM Today, and 80% from PC Gamer and a Gold award for Adventure/Role-Playing Game Title from New Media's 1996 Invision Awards. It won the People's Choice Award for Best Entertainment Title and Most Innovative Use of Multimedia at the Macromedia International User Conference. Back in 1995, The Residents: Bad Day on the Midway collected several awards, despite the weird descriptions used to promote it. Looking through the list of titles to be had for $15 or less, I saw one that stood out from the others and which it seems Games Domain was unable to pick up for review at the time of its release. Something that just doesn't run on today's machines or was relegated to the bargain pile because it lacked anything of quality. Searching through the piles of leftover titles for half or even a quarter of the price of new releases is not an easy task and more times than not one comes up with a real loser. Titles in the bargain bins, some are hot and others not.

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