(respectively) Resident Evil, Virtua Cop, and Twisted Metal. The most common criticism was that the Die Harder segment requires the Konami light gun to be enjoyable, since the cursor when using the standard controller is slow and difficult to move. The first segment of the game was particularly praised for its deep challenge, requiring players to out-think the enemy. Die Hard Trilogy was a finalist for the Computer Game Developers Conference's 1996 "Best Adaptation of Linear Media" Spotlight Award, but lost the prize to I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. However, Electronic Gaming Monthly editors named it Action Game of the Year. The Saturn port also received mostly positive reviews, though it was often compared unfavorably to the PlayStation original. GamePros The Rookie said the graphics are not as sharp as the PlayStation version's, especially in the Die Harder segment, but the gameplay is addictive enough to make this relatively unimportant. Josh Smith stated in GameSpot that the sluggish controls and poor graphics, especially as compared to the PlayStation version, make the first two segments of the game nearly unplayable, since lining up shots in time is awkward and frustrating. However, he said that in the third segment the animation is actually better than the PlayStation version's, and that the fast pace and black humor of this segment make it worth buying Die Hard Trilogy all by itself. Paul Glancey of Sega Saturn Magazine summarized, "Often when you see compilations like this there's ... one section that stands out as the one that the programmers thought of first and lavished the most attention on, but all three sections of Die Hard Trilogy have their fair share of thrills, great visuals and clever ideas." In Germany, the game was banned because of its extreme violence, especially being able to drive through harmless people with blood spilling all over the windshield. References External links 1996 video games Christmas video games Trilogy Light gun games PlayStation (console) games Racing video games Fox Interactive games Rail shooters Sega Saturn games Third-person shooters Windows games Video games about police officers Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in New York City Video games set in Los Angeles Video games set in Virginia Video games about terrorism Single-player video games