Elemental Gearbolt

Elemental Gearbolt

Developer: AlfaSystem    Publisher: Working Designs    Release: 08/10/98    Genre: Rail Shooter Working Designs, while famous for localizing many a RPG that would have never left Japan, would also publish games spanning a variety of genres. Often their odd choices would...
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Soul of the Samurai

Soul of the Samurai

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 1999    Genre: Action When Resident Evil hit it hit big. While it was certainly not the first game to mix 3d characters with polygonal characters it was one of the most notable at...
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Strider 2

Strider 2

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 2000   Genre: Action For a character who had only starred in three games Strider Hiryu’s popularity over the years is incredible. I guess that is the power of excellent character design. Speaking of d...
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Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell

Developer: Exact    Publisher: THQ    Release: 12/02/97    Genre: Action During the late 90s as anime began to rise in popularity Ghost in the Shell was one of the biggest animated films of 1995 with ridiculous production values and a theatrical...
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Sol Divide

Sol Divide

Developer: Boom    Publisher: XS Games    Release: 03/11/03   Genre: Shooter When I first became aware of the wider world of import gaming in the year 2000 shooters were the most popular. I can see why of course; the language...
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Disney’s Tarzan

Disney’s Tarzan

Developer: Eurocom    Publisher: Activision   Release: 02/15/00    Genre: Platformer Disney licensed games were largely absent during the 32-bit era until close to the end of the generation. I suppose developers did not want to go through their growing...
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Battle Arena Toshinden 2

Battle Arena Toshinden 2

Developer: Takara    Publisher: Playmates    Release:    Genre: Fighting Battle Arena Toshinden alongside Ridge Racer helped give the fledgling PlayStation an air of legitimacy as a brand new console. Where systems like the 3DO and Jaguar floundered d...
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Crisis Beat

Crisis Beat

Developer: Soft Machine    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 08/18/00   Genre: Beat em up The original PlayStation has games for everyone in every genre. You like fighting games? Well god damn son there is an embarrassment of riches. Sports games?...
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Thunder Force V – Perfect System

Thunder Force V – Perfect System

Developer: Technosoft    Publisehr: Working Designs    Release: 11/13/98   Genre: Shooter With the advent of 3d the shooter genre was in a weird place. For the most part most developers were content to pump out exquisite 2d games that would never...
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Gungage

Gungage

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Release: 09/24/99    Genre: Action Konami had a legendary run on the PlayStation 1 in nearly every genre. While I cannot speak to the quality of their sports games as I did not care they adapted to...
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