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August 30, 2024 No Responses

Goldeneye: Rogue Agent

Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: 11/22/04 Genre: FPS To this day Goldeneye is still one of the most fondly remembered first person shooters of all time. For many of us it was our introduction to the first...

June 28, 2023 No Responses

Eternal Quest

Developer: Tamsoft Publisher: Midas Release: 05/21/04 Genre: RPG The Simple 1500 series of games has always fascinated me. Dating back as far as the PS One these smaller titles spanned every genre and ranged in complexity, from otherwise...

April 26, 2023 No Responses

Gradius V

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Konami Release: 09/14/04 Genre: Shooter For a while in the mid-2000s it looked like Gradius was sent to the graveyard where once popular intellectual properties reside. Aside from the solid Gradius Galaxies ther...

March 1, 2023 No Responses

Champions of Norrath

Developer: Stormblind Studios Publisher: Sony Release: 02/10/04 Genre: Action RPG The Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance series were some of the best action RPGs of the sixth generation. Interplay and Snowblind Studios married the Dungeons & Drag...

October 28, 2022 No Responses

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Developer: Retro Studios Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/15/04 Genre: Action Metroid Prime is one of the highest rated games of all time and one of the best transitions from 2d to 3d gameplay. It silenced all critics who were...

October 26, 2022 No Responses

Rockman: Power Battle Fighters

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 08/05/04 Genre: Action To this day I still miss arcade games. Part of the thrill of visiting the arcade was seeing games that were technically far ahead of what we had at home. Obviously...

April 27, 2022 No Responses

Metal Slug 3

Developer: SNK Publisher: Ignition Release: 11/05/04 (UK) Genre: Action SNK set a high bar with the first two Metal Slug games. As essentially Contra on steroids they took the 2d side scrolling action genre to new heights with...

February 23, 2022 No Responses

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II

Developer: Black Isle Publisher: Interplay Release: 01/20/04 Genre: Action RPG Computer RPGs have always been a hard sell for console gamers. The complex interfaces designed for a mouse and keyboard were usually butchered while trying to fit o...

March 21, 2018 No Responses

Mega Man X8

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/07/04 Genre: Action There aren’t many games that I’ve come to hate as much as Mega Man X7. I really love this series and to see what that game did to its sterling reputation...

June 20, 2017 2 Responses

Neo Contra

Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: 10/19/04 Genre: Action Contra saw some dark days but Konami was able to right the ship with Contra: Shattered Soldier. Although it was incredibly difficult it had everything you could want in a next...