"The Sorceress and the Jester have returned and this time they have taken the world of mobile gaming by surprise!" Pandemonium is one of the first generation of games to land on the powerful Nokia N-Gage that has truly taken mobile phones into the 21st century.

Pandemonium was originally released on the Sony PlayStation in 1996 that soon followed a PC release with famed 3DFX support. Although the game wasn't a blockbuster hit of the time, it was an extremely entertaining game that featured the very sexy & acrobatic sorceress Nikki and the mischievous jester called Fargus. The story behind Pandemonium involves a beautiful sorceress named Nikki who is persuaded by a Jester named Fargus to dabble with some extremely powerful spells. Unfortunately for the world of Pandemonium, this spells unleashes a variety on inevitable monsters that threaten the very existence of the world itself and the only way to prevent this apocalyptic disaster is to venture to a distant land for a mythical wishing well that will return the world to normal.

Pandemonium is a traditional "3D" style arcade game that has players running, jumping, collecting and attacking enemies in a 3D generated gaming environment. Gamers have the choice of playing two characters, that of Nikki and that of Fargus. Although both characters play the same storyline and perform similar moves, each character has a unique method of dispatching enemies. While Nikki defeats foes with her double jump, Fargus takes out his enemies with his cartwheel attacks.

Although Pandemonium can be played with caution, it is basically a running and jumping game and in order to enjoy this title thoroughly, you must race along the screen and avoid the dangers that lurk in the world of Pandemonium. The only downside to the gameplay of the Pandemonium is the limited sight into the gaming environment that sometimes does affect what your next move will be. Whether a planned jump to another ledge or a leap of faith into the unknown.

Graphically, Pandemonium is almost an exact port of the PSOne version which is an impressive feat in its own considering how small the game is. The gaming world of Pandemonium is a true 3D world that is made up of thousands of polygons to create the realistic three dimensional feel and look to the environments. The game also contains a variety of different gaming environments from lush green forests to sun starved deserts and dangerous dark caverns. The N-Gage does a brilliant job at recreating hundreds of different colours in the game and even some special effects such as lighting and magic spells.

- Andrew B