From the country that brought us Sushi, Sony and cheap TVs, Japan gives Europe yet another fantastic import.
Sue Denim

Would you pay 21p for a PlayStation game? How about paying 21p for a hilarious game that you could pick up and play, and no matter how drunk you were, still enjoy it? You would? Well, get ready to go down to your local games store immediately. The only catch is you've got to buy 94 of them at once.

Bishi Bashi Special is a massive collection of rather unusual mini games. Set out in a style similar to that in Point Blank, you and up to eight players can flick through the catalogue of titles in both Super and Hyper Bishi Bashi (the two were sold separately in Japan but have been combined for European release). Hyper, as the latter of the two to be released, contains many games reminiscent of others published by Konami, including Beatmania, Track n Field and Sony's Parappa and Bust a Groove.

In fact, some of them could have been taken straight from the originals and put on the disc, whereas others have received the rather special treatment of KCES. Track n Field's shot putter has been replaced by a bride and groom, whose aim is to throw a cake over as much of a church congregation as possible. For your finesse on the dance floor in the Parappa/Bust a Groove-style game (aptly named Perm), you're rewarded with an ever-growing Afro. Then there's pinball with squid, and so the weirdness continues. To be quite honest, it looks as though someone spiked the studio coffee machine with acid.