Channel 10 News segment Screentest looked at the newest computer games on the market and reviewed them for general audiences. This 1996 Screentest clip provides insight to 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' i.e. the original PlayStation model.

Screentest host and journalist Bryan Seymour personally test drives two new PlayStation games, Road Rash (where players race their gang members as a bikie) 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 and tech-oriented spirit of the late 90s is also evident, both through Screentest's stylistic quirks and the visual approach of the games themselves. Aggressive and rapid-fire editing, grainy VHS filters and neon accents reflects the beginnings of the digital obsession and an upcoming age of speed.