Ten News segment Screen Test looked at the newest computer games on the market and reviewed them for general audiences. This 1996 clip provides insight into the exciting new innovations brewing at the time. Approaching the new millennium, gaming giants Sony, SEGA and Nintendo were neck-and-neck in developing the hottest 'new age' console – with much buzz concentrated on Sony's 'super console', the original PlayStation model.

Screen Test host and journalist Bryan Seymour personally test-drives two new PlayStation games, Road Rash (where players race their fellow gang members on superbikes) and Striker '96 (a soccer game that capitalised on the international popularity of football). The conversational format of Seymour's overviews pays mind to accessibility, as seen when he points out that the PlayStation is now cheaper to purchase, as time has passed since its big launch.

The excitable, tech-oriented spirit of the late ‘90s is also evident, both in Screen Test's stylistic quirks and in the visual approach of the games themselves. Aggressive and rapid-fire editing, grainy VHS filters and neon accents reflect the beginnings of the digital obsession and an upcoming age of speed.