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 design,...
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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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Resident Evil

Resident Evil

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 04/01/96   Genre: Horror Resident Evil is one of the first PlayStation games that truly made me realize the next generation had arrived. Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty of games that were a...
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Time Crisis

Time Crisis

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 11/12/97   Genre: Rail Shooter I have always enjoyed the yin and yang between Namco and Sega. When Sega created Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far behind. Once Virtua Cop was a hit Time Crisis...
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