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February 28, 2024 No Responses

Klonoa 2 – Lunatea’s Veil

, Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 07/25/01 Genre: Platformer Klonoa was a breath of fresh air for platformers during the 32-bit era. While many developers were going full 3d like Mario 64 Klonoa was a throwback to the 16-bit...

August 30, 2023 No Responses

Vampire Night

Developer: Wow Entertainment Publisher: Namco Release: 11/13/01 Genre: Action In the mid to late 90s Sega and Namco went back and forth creating arcade hits to compete with each other. When Sega made Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far...

August 28, 2023 No Responses

Mars Matrix

Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 04/30/01 Genre: Shooter In my nascent bullet hell days many years ago many swore by Mars Matrix as one of the best games in the genre. As someone who still only occasionally dips their toes...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

Giga Wing 2

Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 05/16/01 Genre: Shooter Giga Wing was one of a host of Capcom shooters for the Dreamcast that helped reignite my love for the genre. At a time where the best of the...

June 27, 2022 No Responses

Aqua GT

Developer: East Point Software Publisher: Take 2 Release: 01/26/01 Genre: Racing I have never ridden a jet ski. Perhaps that is why I like Wave Race 64 so much. Beyond the graphics and gameplay Wave Race still to...

December 29, 2021 No Responses

Silent Hill 2

Developer: Team Silent Publisher: Konami Release: 09/25/01 Genre: Horror Of all of the survival horror titles that followed in the wake of Resident Evil Silent Hill had the biggest impact. Both cerebral and terrifying at the same time...

October 28, 2021 No Responses

The Bouncer

Developer: Dream Factory Publisher: Squaresoft Released: March 6, 2001 Genre: Beat ’em up The PS One completely dominated the market during the 32-bit era thanks to the cheap costs of CDs and great third party support. No third party...

June 30, 2021 No Responses

Onimusha: Warlords

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 03/14/01 Genre: Action Also On: PS2, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC The PlayStation 2 had a whopping 26 games at its launc...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

Zone of the Enders

Developer: KCEJ Publisher: Konami Released: March 27, 2001 Genre: Action As the successor to the PS One the PlayStation 2 hit the market like a rocket. There was literally no scenario in which the system could possibly fail, which...

July 29, 2020 No Responses

Extermination

Developer: Deep Space Publisher: Sony Released: 07/24/01 Genre: Survival Horror Heading in to the PlayStation 2 generation a lot of genres received a much needed shot in the arm. Survival horror rose to prominence with Resident Evil and ...

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