Butt-Ugly Martians: B.K.M. Battles from Vivendi Universal Games for the Game Boy Advance, What's Her Face! Create the Ultimate TV Adventure from Mattel and Vivendi Universal Games, Quicken 2003 Premier and QuickBooks Pro 2002 from Intuit Inc.
Quick Picks of Recommended Titles
Butt-Ugly Martians: B.K.M. Battles from Vivendi Universal Games for the Game Boy Advance, by Sarah Berenbon
Sarah: Are you ready for a space travel, hunt and shootout all in one game? If you're up to the challenge, get Butt-Ugly Martians: B.K.M. Battles for the Game Boy Advance.
Half the time, cartoon games are bad, but this is an exception. Even kids who don't like the show will like the game (I do!). BUM's gameplay is not the hop-'n-bop style of most cartoon games, but a side-scrolling shooter.
Psyking (my Mewtwo): If power-ups were food, BUM would be bloated. There's invincibility, one-hit shield, speed-up, strength-up...
Sarah: *covers PK's mouth*...that's only da half of it! Have fun! Price: $19.99.
Butt-Ugly Martians B.K.M. Battles from Vivendi Universal Games for the Game Boy Advance, by Becky Berenbon
Are you ready for adventure? Excitement? Fast foods? In Butt-Ugly Martians B.K.M. Battles it's all there! Begin by choosing the difficulty level and your character. Get keys to unlock doors and pick up weapon upgrades, defense upgrades, extra energy, repair kit, score bonus, stealth, turbo, the memory erase crystal, (also known as mec) and invulnerability. Find the mec to stop the stoat! Have fun! Price: $19.99.
What's Her Face! Create the Ultimate TV Adventure from Mattel and Vivendi Universal Games
Barbie fans will love this Barbie and friends adventure from Mattel and Vivendi Universal Games. Kids ages 5 and up will create TV episodes for the "What's Her Face" friends hit show. Choose two What's Her Face friends, pick their wardrobe, select the props, then find a fun location to direct the action, with music and special effects. Obviously, girls will love this new CD adventure, which sells for $19.99.
Quicken 2003 Premier from Intuit Inc.
Quicken 2003 Premier is the latest and greatest version of this popular personal finance program from Intuit (originally reviewed in May 2001 at http://cyber-reviews.com/may01.html), and one of the best programs around. The newest feature includes Quicken Brokerage powered by Siebert, for access to discount investment information and services. It gives the user the ultimate in financial management advice, and is a first to be included in any financial software package. It allows the user to track any personal finance accounts including brokerage accounts, mutual funds and banking, and receive advice on how best manage these accounts. Quicken 2003 Premier will manage all your finances, optimize your investment portfolio, advise you on tax-saving opportunities and help plan for retirement. And you get all that money management power for only $49.95. ($79.95 less rebates)
QuickBooks Pro 2002 from Intuit Inc.
This is the 2002 version of the full-featured, excellent, small business accounting software reviewed here in July 2001 (http://cyber-reviews.com/jun01.html). If you're using QuickBooks Pro 2001 or earlier, it would be a wise decision to upgrade to the latest version. If you aren't using QuickBooks Pro, you should! It will make your small business life so much easier. The new features include access to the Dun & Bradstreet credit check service so you can safely offer credit to your clients, after a quick check and online billing incorporated in QuickBooks through Paypal or your existing business merchant account service.
Other important changes and enhancements include the QuickBooks Accounting Live Advice Center to help you get answers to your business questions by telephone or e-mail and QuickBooks Online Backup Service. You'll find improvements to Accounts Receivable, Archiving, Customizable Forms, the Find Feature and a new addition to the Help Feature: the "One Stop Help Shop." You can't beat the price at only $146.99 at Amazon.com ($246.95 less rebates--single user) or $576.99 ($726.99 less rebates) for the 5-user value pack.
Software Companies Mentioned
Intuit Inc.
2500 Garcia Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: 1-800-446-8848
URL quickbooks.com
Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
4247 S. Minnewawa Ave.
Fresno, CA 93725
Phone: 1-866-894-0738
URL: education.com
Vivendi Universal Games
6080 Center Drive, 10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045
